FAILED: patch "[PATCH] spi: atmel: fix controller deregistration" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 5.15-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-5.15.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 8d4de97e83520be89d0ff40610ca633b3963a7de
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026051516-blend-preshow-eca2@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.15.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

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

From 8d4de97e83520be89d0ff40610ca633b3963a7de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 14:04:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] spi: atmel: fix controller deregistration

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

Fixes: 754ce4f29937 ("[PATCH] SPI: atmel_spi driver")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org	# 2.6.21
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260409120419.388546-5-johan@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c b/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c
index 445d645585bf..42db85d7ff8e 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c
@@ -1654,7 +1654,7 @@ static int atmel_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	pm_runtime_set_active(&pdev->dev);
 	pm_runtime_enable(&pdev->dev);
 
-	ret = devm_spi_register_controller(&pdev->dev, host);
+	ret = spi_register_controller(host);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_free_dma;
 
@@ -1688,8 +1688,12 @@ static void atmel_spi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct spi_controller	*host = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	struct atmel_spi	*as = spi_controller_get_devdata(host);
 
+	spi_controller_get(host);
+
 	pm_runtime_get_sync(&pdev->dev);
 
+	spi_unregister_controller(host);
+
 	/* reset the hardware and block queue progress */
 	if (as->use_dma) {
 		atmel_spi_stop_dma(host);
@@ -1716,6 +1720,8 @@ static void atmel_spi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	pm_runtime_put_noidle(&pdev->dev);
 	pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev);
+
+	spi_controller_put(host);
 }
 
 static int atmel_spi_runtime_suspend(struct device *dev)