MLX network interface card link detection will set the
interface to a down state upon detecting an anomaly.

Signed-off-by: Yang Xu <xu.yang3@zte.com.cn>
---
 .mailmap                                | 1 +
 drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_ethdev_os.c | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap
index 34a99f93a1..14d6ee93dd 100644
--- a/.mailmap
+++ b/.mailmap
@@ -1891,3 +1891,4 @@ Zoltan Kiss <zoltan.kiss@schaman.hu> <zoltan.kiss@linaro.org>
 Zorik Machulsky <zorik@amazon.com>
 Zyta Szpak <zyta@marvell.com> <zr@semihalf.com>
 Zyta Szpak <zyta@marvell.com> <zyta.szpak@semihalf.com>
+Yang Xu <xu.yang3@zte.com.cn>
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_ethdev_os.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_ethdev_os.c
index 9daeda5435..364b024b77 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_ethdev_os.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_ethdev_os.c
@@ -486,6 +486,7 @@ mlx5_link_update(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, int wait_to_complete)
 	struct rte_eth_link dev_link;
 	time_t start_time = time(NULL);
 	int retry = MLX5_GET_LINK_STATUS_RETRY_COUNT;
+	memset(&dev_link, 0, sizeof(dev_link));
 
 	do {
 		ret = mlx5_link_update_unlocked_gs(dev, &dev_link);
@@ -504,6 +505,7 @@ mlx5_link_update(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, int wait_to_complete)
 				return -rte_errno;
 			}
 		} else if (ret < 0) {
+			dev->data->dev_link = dev_link;
 			return ret;
 		}
 	} while (wait_to_complete || retry-- > 0);
-- 
2.27.0