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, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/sky2.c b/drivers/net/sky2.c
index bab591b418df..00bc65a0aac9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sky2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sky2.c
@@ -1214,9 +1214,6 @@ static int sky2_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
         }
 
         case SIOCSMIIREG:
-                if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
-                        return -EPERM;
-
                 spin_lock_bh(&sky2->phy_lock);
                 err = gm_phy_write(hw, sky2->port, data->reg_num & 0x1f,
                                    data->val_in);