examples: check status of getting MAC address

[dpdk.git] / examples / skeleton / basicfwd.c

diff --git a/examples/skeleton/basicfwd.c b/examples/skeleton/basicfwd.c
index 8f1805a..73d313b 100644 (file)
--- a/examples/skeleton/basicfwd.c
+++ b/examples/skeleton/basicfwd.c
@@ -89,7 +89,10 @@ port_init(uint16_t port, struct rte_mempool *mbuf_pool)
 
        /* Display the port MAC address. */
        struct rte_ether_addr addr;
-       rte_eth_macaddr_get(port, &addr);
+       retval = rte_eth_macaddr_get(port, &addr);
+       if (retval != 0)
+               return retval;
+
        printf("Port %u MAC: %02" PRIx8 " %02" PRIx8 " %02" PRIx8
                           " %02" PRIx8 " %02" PRIx8 " %02" PRIx8 "\n",
                        port,