> … Thus add a call of the function > “nfp_nsp_close” for the completion of the exception handling. Thanks for your positive response. I imagined that a small patch series would be more reasonable than this direct change combination. … > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/abm/main.c … > ether_addr_copy(nn->dp.netdev->perm_addr, mac_addr); > + > +generate_random_address: > + eth_hw_addr_random(nn->dp.netdev); > + return; > } … Unfortunately, you interpreted my update suggestion in a questionable way at this source code place. I guess that the following code variant can be considered instead. ether_addr_copy(nn->dp.netdev->perm_addr, mac_addr); + return; + +generate_random_address: + eth_hw_addr_random(nn->dp.netdev); } Regards, Markus