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authorJeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>2006-09-30 23:55:03 -0400
committerJeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>2006-09-30 23:55:03 -0400
commite993835441734c184d70d3716eed78a08eeb71c2 (patch)
tree583aa17813cdae1c4640e353f8c6df3f197e7548 /net/core/ethtool.c
parent360f654e7cda850034f3f6252a7a7cff3fa77356 (diff)
parent1bdfd554be94def718323659173517c5d4a69d25 (diff)
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Merge branch 'master' into upstream
Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/ethtool.c')
-rw-r--r--net/core/ethtool.c32
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
index e0ca04f38cef..87dc556fd9d6 100644
--- a/net/core/ethtool.c
+++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
@@ -806,13 +806,6 @@ int dev_ethtool(struct ifreq *ifr)
int rc;
unsigned long old_features;
- /*
- * XXX: This can be pushed down into the ethtool_* handlers that
- * need it. Keep existing behaviour for the moment.
- */
- if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
- return -EPERM;
-
if (!dev || !netif_device_present(dev))
return -ENODEV;
@@ -822,6 +815,27 @@ int dev_ethtool(struct ifreq *ifr)
if (copy_from_user(&ethcmd, useraddr, sizeof (ethcmd)))
return -EFAULT;
+ /* Allow some commands to be done by anyone */
+ switch(ethcmd) {
+ case ETHTOOL_GDRVINFO:
+ case ETHTOOL_GMSGLVL:
+ case ETHTOOL_GCOALESCE:
+ case ETHTOOL_GRINGPARAM:
+ case ETHTOOL_GPAUSEPARAM:
+ case ETHTOOL_GRXCSUM:
+ case ETHTOOL_GTXCSUM:
+ case ETHTOOL_GSG:
+ case ETHTOOL_GSTRINGS:
+ case ETHTOOL_GTSO:
+ case ETHTOOL_GPERMADDR:
+ case ETHTOOL_GUFO:
+ case ETHTOOL_GGSO:
+ break;
+ default:
+ if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
+ return -EPERM;
+ }
+
if(dev->ethtool_ops->begin)
if ((rc = dev->ethtool_ops->begin(dev)) < 0)
return rc;
@@ -947,6 +961,10 @@ int dev_ethtool(struct ifreq *ifr)
return rc;
ioctl:
+ /* Keep existing behaviour for the moment. */
+ if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
+ return -EPERM;
+
if (dev->do_ioctl)
return dev->do_ioctl(dev, ifr, SIOCETHTOOL);
return -EOPNOTSUPP;