[PATCH] Staging: wlan-ng: moved memset() calls after copy_from_user() call

[Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@xxxxxxxxx>]

This patch moves memset() calls from p80211netdev_ethtool()
after copy_from_user() call in order to avoid unnecessary
instruction in case copy_from_user() fails.

Signed-off-by: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/staging/wlan-ng/p80211netdev.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/p80211netdev.c b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/p80211netdev.c
index 88255ce..3723b8c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/p80211netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/p80211netdev.c
@@ -465,12 +465,12 @@ static int p80211netdev_ethtool(wlandevice_t *wlandev, void __user *useraddr)
 	struct ethtool_drvinfo info;
 	struct ethtool_value edata;
 
-	memset(&info, 0, sizeof(info));
-	memset(&edata, 0, sizeof(edata));
-
 	if (copy_from_user(&ethcmd, useraddr, sizeof(ethcmd)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
+	memset(&info, 0, sizeof(info));
+	memset(&edata, 0, sizeof(edata));
+
 	switch (ethcmd) {
 	case ETHTOOL_GDRVINFO:
 		info.cmd = ethcmd;
-- 
1.9.1

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