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>

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/pcmcia/3c574_cs.c b/drivers/net/pcmcia/3c574_cs.c
index 382d26520acc..d836af1b9034 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pcmcia/3c574_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/pcmcia/3c574_cs.c
@@ -1124,8 +1124,6 @@ static int el3_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
                         int saved_window;
                        unsigned long flags;
 
-                        if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
-                                return -EPERM;
                         spin_lock_irqsave(&lp->window_lock, flags);
                         saved_window = inw(ioaddr + EL3_CMD) >> 13;
                         EL3WINDOW(4);