When PF sending link status messages to VF, it is possible
that by the time link_event_task work function is executed
VF might have brought down. Hence before sending VF link
status message check whether VF is up to receive it.

Fixes: ad513ed938c9 ("octeontx2-vf: Link event notification support")
Signed-off-by: Subbaraya Sundeep <sbhatta@marvell.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c
index f85d38fab321..b40bd0e46751 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c
@@ -3122,6 +3122,9 @@ static void otx2_vf_link_event_task(struct work_struct *work)
 	vf_idx = config - config->pf->vf_configs;
 	pf = config->pf;
 
+	if (config->intf_down)
+		return;
+
 	mutex_lock(&pf->mbox.lock);
 
 	dwork = &config->link_event_work;
-- 
2.17.1