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

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

[gregkh]

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 e506a700a7ad229f5c8f01f4b8350119cccb4158
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026051512-arguably-underhand-cbf3@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.1.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

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

From e506a700a7ad229f5c8f01f4b8350119cccb4158 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 14:04:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] spi: fsl-espi: fix controller deregistration

Make sure to deregister the controller before disabling runtime PM
(which can leave the controller disabled) to allow SPI device drivers to
do I/O during deregistration.

Fixes: e9abb4db8d10 ("spi: fsl-espi: add runtime PM")
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/20260409120419.388546-14-johan@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-espi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-espi.c
index 56270f8fdc17..45b9974ae911 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-espi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-espi.c
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ static int fsl_espi_probe(struct device *dev, struct resource *mem,
 	pm_runtime_enable(dev);
 	pm_runtime_get_sync(dev);
 
-	ret = devm_spi_register_controller(dev, host);
+	ret = spi_register_controller(host);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto err_pm;
 
@@ -782,7 +782,15 @@ static int of_fsl_espi_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev)
 
 static void of_fsl_espi_remove(struct platform_device *dev)
 {
+	struct spi_controller *host = platform_get_drvdata(dev);
+
+	spi_controller_get(host);
+
+	spi_unregister_controller(host);
+
 	pm_runtime_disable(&dev->dev);
+
+	spi_controller_put(host);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP