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/sungem.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/net/sungem.c') diff --git a/drivers/net/sungem.c b/drivers/net/sungem.c index e0dfdd2..305ec3d 100644 --- a/drivers/net/sungem.c +++ b/drivers/net/sungem.c @@ -2852,9 +2852,7 @@ static int gem_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd) break; case SIOCSMIIREG: /* Write MII PHY register. */ - if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) - rc = -EPERM; - else if (!gp->running) + if (!gp->running) rc = -EAGAIN; else { __phy_write(gp, data->phy_id & 0x1f, data->reg_num & 0x1f, -- cgit v1.1