FAILED: patch "[PATCH] spi: topcliff-pch: fix controller deregistration" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.1-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-6.1.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 5d6f477d6fc0767c57c5e1e6f55a1662820eef87
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026051240-defiance-marlin-3914@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.1.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

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

From 5d6f477d6fc0767c57c5e1e6f55a1662820eef87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:43:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] spi: topcliff-pch: fix controller deregistration

Make sure to deregister the controller before disabling and releasing
underlying resources like interrupts and DMA during driver unbind.

Fixes: e8b17b5b3f30 ("spi/topcliff: Add topcliff platform controller hub (PCH) spi bus driver")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org	# 2.6.37
Cc: Masayuki Ohtake <masa-korg@dsn.okisemi.com>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260414134319.978196-8-johan@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-topcliff-pch.c b/drivers/spi/spi-topcliff-pch.c
index cae2dcefabea..c120436434d0 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-topcliff-pch.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-topcliff-pch.c
@@ -1406,6 +1406,10 @@ static void pch_spi_pd_remove(struct platform_device *plat_dev)
 	dev_dbg(&plat_dev->dev, "%s:[ch%d] irq=%d\n",
 		__func__, plat_dev->id, board_dat->pdev->irq);
 
+	spi_controller_get(data->host);
+
+	spi_unregister_controller(data->host);
+
 	if (use_dma)
 		pch_free_dma_buf(board_dat, data);
 
@@ -1433,7 +1437,8 @@ static void pch_spi_pd_remove(struct platform_device *plat_dev)
 	}
 
 	pci_iounmap(board_dat->pdev, data->io_remap_addr);
-	spi_unregister_controller(data->host);
+
+	spi_controller_put(data->host);
 }
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
 static int pch_spi_pd_suspend(struct platform_device *pd_dev,