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/e1000e/netdev.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c') diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c b/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c index 0f8d9619ade..16c193a6c95 100644 --- a/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c +++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c @@ -4346,8 +4346,6 @@ static int e1000_mii_ioctl(struct net_device *netdev, struct ifreq *ifr, data->phy_id = adapter->hw.phy.addr; break; case SIOCGMIIREG: - if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) - return -EPERM; switch (data->reg_num & 0x1F) { case MII_BMCR: data->val_out = adapter->phy_regs.bmcr; -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2