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authorJeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>2008-04-25 03:11:31 -0400
committerJeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>2008-04-25 03:11:31 -0400
commitf946dffed6334f08da065a89ed65026ebf8b33b4 (patch)
tree64751c19f951f9c5e4df443337a1194e24481155 /drivers/net/tehuti.c
parentd4f73c8e459d355e10051174d859ffd0ef5764c0 (diff)
downloadlinux-f946dffed6334f08da065a89ed65026ebf8b33b4.tar.gz
[netdrvr] tehuti: move ioctl perm check closer to function start
Noticed by davem.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/tehuti.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/tehuti.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/tehuti.c b/drivers/net/tehuti.c
index d2e1b219673d..e83b166aa6b9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tehuti.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tehuti.c
@@ -649,6 +649,9 @@ static int bdx_ioctl_priv(struct net_device *ndev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
 		DBG("%d 0x%x 0x%x\n", data[0], data[1], data[2]);
 	}
 
+	if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	switch (data[0]) {
 
 	case BDX_OP_READ:
@@ -664,8 +667,6 @@ static int bdx_ioctl_priv(struct net_device *ndev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
 		break;
 
 	case BDX_OP_WRITE:
-		if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
-			return -EPERM;
 		error = bdx_range_check(priv, data[1]);
 		if (error < 0)
 			return error;