linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/4] media: dvb-frontends: remove duplicate checks for EPERM in dbg_g/s

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Message-Id: <1368510317-4356-3-git-send-email-prabhakar.csengg@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 14 May 2013 11:15:15 +0530
From:	Lad Prabhakar <prabhakar.csengg@...il.com>
To:	LMML <linux-media@...r.kernel.org>,
	uclinux-dist-devel@...ckfin.uclinux.org, ivtv-devel@...vdriver.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	DLOS <davinci-linux-open-source@...ux.davincidsp.com>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>,
	Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@...co.com>,
	Scott Jiang <scott.jiang.linux@...il.com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Andy Walls <awalls@...metrocast.net>,
	Mike Isely <isely@...ox.com>,
	Devin Heitmueller <dheitmueller@...nellabs.com>,
	Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@....de>,
	Antti Palosaari <crope@....fi>,
	Jon Arne Jørgensen <jonarne@...arne.no>,
	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
	Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
	Alexey Klimov <klimov.linux@...il.com>,
	Martin Bugge <marbugge@...co.com>,
	Javier Martin <javier.martin@...ta-silicon.com>,
	Frank Schäfer <fschaefer.oss@...glemail.com>,
	Janne Grunau <j@...nau.net>,
	"Lad, Prabhakar" <prabhakar.csengg@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] media: dvb-frontends: remove duplicate checks for EPERM in dbg_g/s_register

From: Lad, Prabhakar <prabhakar.csengg@...il.com>

This patch removes check for EPERM in dbg_g/s_register
as this check is already performed by core.

Signed-off-by: Lad, Prabhakar <prabhakar.csengg@...il.com>
---
 drivers/media/dvb-frontends/au8522_decoder.c |    4 ----
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/au8522_decoder.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/au8522_decoder.c
index 2099f21..9d159b4 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/au8522_decoder.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/au8522_decoder.c
@@ -529,8 +529,6 @@ static int au8522_g_register(struct v4l2_subdev *sd,
 
 	if (!v4l2_chip_match_i2c_client(client, &reg->match))
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-		return -EPERM;
 	reg->val = au8522_readreg(state, reg->reg & 0xffff);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -543,8 +541,6 @@ static int au8522_s_register(struct v4l2_subdev *sd,
 
 	if (!v4l2_chip_match_i2c_client(client, &reg->match))
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
-		return -EPERM;
 	au8522_writereg(state, reg->reg, reg->val & 0xff);
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
1.7.4.1

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