FAILED: patch "[PATCH] spi: fix resource leaks on device setup failure" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 5.10-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.10.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x db357034f7e0cf23f233f414a8508312dfe8fbbe
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026050103-during-excitable-f53c@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.10.y' HEAD^..

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thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From db357034f7e0cf23f233f414a8508312dfe8fbbe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:49:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] spi: fix resource leaks on device setup failure

Make sure to call controller cleanup() if spi_setup() fails while
registering a device to avoid leaking any resources allocated by
setup().

Fixes: c7299fea6769 ("spi: Fix spi device unregister flow")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org	# 5.13
Cc: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260410154907.129248-2-johan@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c
index a0b2bd3b8186..3e434a9885bc 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL(spi_transfer_stop);
 
 #include "internals.h"
 
+static int __spi_setup(struct spi_device *spi, bool initial_setup);
+
 static DEFINE_IDR(spi_controller_idr);
 
 static void spidev_release(struct device *dev)
@@ -743,7 +745,7 @@ static int __spi_add_device(struct spi_device *spi, struct spi_device *parent)
 	 * normally rely on the device being setup.  Devices
 	 * using SPI_CS_HIGH can't coexist well otherwise...
 	 */
-	status = spi_setup(spi);
+	status = __spi_setup(spi, true);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		dev_err(dev, "can't setup %s, status %d\n",
 				dev_name(&spi->dev), status);
@@ -4049,27 +4051,7 @@ static int spi_set_cs_timing(struct spi_device *spi)
 	return status;
 }
 
-/**
- * spi_setup - setup SPI mode and clock rate
- * @spi: the device whose settings are being modified
- * Context: can sleep, and no requests are queued to the device
- *
- * SPI protocol drivers may need to update the transfer mode if the
- * device doesn't work with its default.  They may likewise need
- * to update clock rates or word sizes from initial values.  This function
- * changes those settings, and must be called from a context that can sleep.
- * Except for SPI_CS_HIGH, which takes effect immediately, the changes take
- * effect the next time the device is selected and data is transferred to
- * or from it.  When this function returns, the SPI device is deselected.
- *
- * Note that this call will fail if the protocol driver specifies an option
- * that the underlying controller or its driver does not support.  For
- * example, not all hardware supports wire transfers using nine bit words,
- * LSB-first wire encoding, or active-high chipselects.
- *
- * Return: zero on success, else a negative error code.
- */
-int spi_setup(struct spi_device *spi)
+static int __spi_setup(struct spi_device *spi, bool initial_setup)
 {
 	unsigned	bad_bits, ugly_bits;
 	int		status;
@@ -4154,7 +4136,7 @@ int spi_setup(struct spi_device *spi)
 	status = spi_set_cs_timing(spi);
 	if (status) {
 		mutex_unlock(&spi->controller->io_mutex);
-		return status;
+		goto err_cleanup;
 	}
 
 	if (spi->controller->auto_runtime_pm && spi->controller->set_cs) {
@@ -4163,7 +4145,7 @@ int spi_setup(struct spi_device *spi)
 			mutex_unlock(&spi->controller->io_mutex);
 			dev_err(&spi->controller->dev, "Failed to power device: %d\n",
 				status);
-			return status;
+			goto err_cleanup;
 		}
 
 		/*
@@ -4199,6 +4181,37 @@ int spi_setup(struct spi_device *spi)
 			status);
 
 	return status;
+
+err_cleanup:
+	if (initial_setup)
+		spi_cleanup(spi);
+
+	return status;
+}
+
+/**
+ * spi_setup - setup SPI mode and clock rate
+ * @spi: the device whose settings are being modified
+ * Context: can sleep, and no requests are queued to the device
+ *
+ * SPI protocol drivers may need to update the transfer mode if the
+ * device doesn't work with its default.  They may likewise need
+ * to update clock rates or word sizes from initial values.  This function
+ * changes those settings, and must be called from a context that can sleep.
+ * Except for SPI_CS_HIGH, which takes effect immediately, the changes take
+ * effect the next time the device is selected and data is transferred to
+ * or from it.  When this function returns, the SPI device is deselected.
+ *
+ * Note that this call will fail if the protocol driver specifies an option
+ * that the underlying controller or its driver does not support.  For
+ * example, not all hardware supports wire transfers using nine bit words,
+ * LSB-first wire encoding, or active-high chipselects.
+ *
+ * Return: zero on success, else a negative error code.
+ */
+int spi_setup(struct spi_device *spi)
+{
+	return __spi_setup(spi, false);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(spi_setup);