From 7ab0f2736bfe137a82a7084bbfb5f809da95cabd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Hutchings Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 10:39:43 +0000 Subject: netdev: Remove redundant checks for CAP_NET_ADMIN in MDIO implementations dev_ioctl() already checks capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN) before calling the driver's implementation of MDIO ioctls. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/cassini.c | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/net/cassini.c') diff --git a/drivers/net/cassini.c b/drivers/net/cassini.c index 7517dc1da650..05916aafa4f1 100644 --- a/drivers/net/cassini.c +++ b/drivers/net/cassini.c @@ -4875,10 +4875,6 @@ static int cas_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd) break; case SIOCSMIIREG: /* Write MII PHY register. */ - if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) { - rc = -EPERM; - break; - } spin_lock_irqsave(&cp->lock, flags); cas_mif_poll(cp, 0); rc = cas_phy_write(cp, data->reg_num & 0x1f, data->val_in); -- cgit v1.2.3