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 <bhutchings@solarflare.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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@@ -1214,9 +1214,6 @@ static int sky2_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
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case SIOCSMIIREG:
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if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
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return -EPERM;
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spin_lock_bh(&sky2->phy_lock);
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err = gm_phy_write(hw, sky2->port, data->reg_num & 0x1f,
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data->val_in);
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