FAILED: patch "[PATCH] spi: fsl: 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 9b7abfed4c3754062d1f3ffd452e65a38667f586
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026051511-strongbox-herbal-74ea@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.1.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

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

From 9b7abfed4c3754062d1f3ffd452e65a38667f586 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:47:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] spi: fsl: fix controller deregistration

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

Fixes: 4178b6b1b595 ("spi: fsl-(e)spi: migrate to using devm_ functions to simplify cleanup")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org	# 4.3
Cc: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260410064749.496888-1-johan@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-spi.c
index bf3fc3ce0cc2..1252c41c206f 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-spi.c
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ static struct spi_controller *fsl_spi_probe(struct device *dev,
 
 	mpc8xxx_spi_write_reg(&reg_base->mode, regval);
 
-	ret = devm_spi_register_controller(dev, host);
+	ret = spi_register_controller(host);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto err_probe;
 
@@ -705,7 +705,13 @@ static void of_fsl_spi_remove(struct platform_device *ofdev)
 	struct spi_controller *host = platform_get_drvdata(ofdev);
 	struct mpc8xxx_spi *mpc8xxx_spi = spi_controller_get_devdata(host);
 
+	spi_controller_get(host);
+
+	spi_unregister_controller(host);
+
 	fsl_spi_cpm_free(mpc8xxx_spi);
+
+	spi_controller_put(host);
 }
 
 static struct platform_driver of_fsl_spi_driver = {
@@ -751,7 +757,13 @@ static void plat_mpc8xxx_spi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct spi_controller *host = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	struct mpc8xxx_spi *mpc8xxx_spi = spi_controller_get_devdata(host);
 
+	spi_controller_get(host);
+
+	spi_unregister_controller(host);
+
 	fsl_spi_cpm_free(mpc8xxx_spi);
+
+	spi_controller_put(host);
 }
 
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:mpc8xxx_spi");