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/mdio.c | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/net/mdio.c') diff --git a/drivers/net/mdio.c b/drivers/net/mdio.c index 7d2e610f14ff..21f8754fcf4c 100644 --- a/drivers/net/mdio.c +++ b/drivers/net/mdio.c @@ -380,10 +380,7 @@ int mdio_mii_ioctl(const struct mdio_if_info *mdio, cmd = SIOCGMIIREG; break; case SIOCGMIIREG: - break; case SIOCSMIIREG: - if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) - return -EPERM; break; default: return -EOPNOTSUPP; -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b