FAILED: patch "[PATCH] spi: sun4i: 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 42108a2f03e0fdeabe9d02d085bdb058baa1189f
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026051252-unproven-faculty-80e7@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.1.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

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

From 42108a2f03e0fdeabe9d02d085bdb058baa1189f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:17:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] spi: sun4i: fix controller deregistration

Make sure to deregister the controller before disabling underlying
resources like clocks during driver unbind.

Fixes: b5f6517948cc ("spi: sunxi: Add Allwinner A10 SPI controller driver")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org	# 3.15
Cc: Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260410081757.503099-19-johan@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-sun4i.c b/drivers/spi/spi-sun4i.c
index bfdf419a583c..b7fbb5270edb 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-sun4i.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-sun4i.c
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ static int sun4i_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	pm_runtime_enable(&pdev->dev);
 	pm_runtime_idle(&pdev->dev);
 
-	ret = devm_spi_register_controller(&pdev->dev, host);
+	ret = spi_register_controller(host);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "cannot register SPI host\n");
 		goto err_pm_disable;
@@ -522,7 +522,15 @@ static int sun4i_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 static void sun4i_spi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
+	struct spi_controller *host = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+
+	spi_controller_get(host);
+
+	spi_unregister_controller(host);
+
 	pm_runtime_force_suspend(&pdev->dev);
+
+	spi_controller_put(host);
 }
 
 static const struct of_device_id sun4i_spi_match[] = {