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>
diff --git a/drivers/net/sungem.c b/drivers/net/sungem.c
index e0dfdd24..305ec3d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sungem.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sungem.c
@@ -2852,9 +2852,7 @@
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,
