octeontx2-vf: fix workqueue and netdev race in probe/remove

Initialize the VF workqueue before register_netdev() so ndo_set_rx_mode
does not queue work on a NULL workqueue. Unregister the netdev before
destroying the workqueue, and add proper probe error cleanup.

Fixes: cbc100aa22 ("octeontx2-nicvf: add ndo_set_rx_mode support for multicast & promisc")
Signed-off-by: Nitin Shetty J <nshettyj@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Anshumali Gaur <agaur@marvell.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260820083634.1641740-1-nshettyj@marvell.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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Anshumali Gaur 2026-08-20 14:06:34 +05:30 • committed by Jakub Kicinski
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