From: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> The dereference should be moved below the NULL test. dpatch engine is used to auto generate this patch. (https://github.com/weiyj/dpatch) Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c index c9a6a7f..3a64790 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c @@ -2110,10 +2110,10 @@ static int r871x_wps_start(struct net_device *dev, struct iw_point *pdata = &wrqu->data; u32 u32wps_start = 0; - if (copy_from_user((void *)&u32wps_start, pdata->pointer, 4)) - return -EFAULT; if ((padapter->bDriverStopped) || (pdata == NULL)) return -EINVAL; + if (copy_from_user((void *)&u32wps_start, pdata->pointer, 4)) + return -EFAULT; if (u32wps_start == 0) u32wps_start = *extra; if (u32wps_start == 1) /* WPS Start */ _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel