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

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] spi: img-spfi: 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 fc3a83b0d9c16b941c9028f5a8db9541dce4ddf2
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026051518-unsure-oyster-1ac9@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.1.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

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

From fc3a83b0d9c16b941c9028f5a8db9541dce4ddf2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 14:04:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] spi: img-spfi: fix controller deregistration

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

Fixes: deba25800a12 ("spi: Add driver for IMG SPFI controller")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org	# 3.19
Cc: Andrew Bresticker <abrestic@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260409120419.388546-16-johan@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-img-spfi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-img-spfi.c
index 902fb64815c9..57625a3ce2f2 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-img-spfi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-img-spfi.c
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ static int img_spfi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	pm_runtime_set_active(spfi->dev);
 	pm_runtime_enable(spfi->dev);
 
-	ret = devm_spi_register_controller(spfi->dev, host);
+	ret = spi_register_controller(host);
 	if (ret)
 		goto disable_pm;
 
@@ -669,6 +669,10 @@ static void img_spfi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct spi_controller *host = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	struct img_spfi *spfi = spi_controller_get_devdata(host);
 
+	spi_controller_get(host);
+
+	spi_unregister_controller(host);
+
 	if (spfi->tx_ch)
 		dma_release_channel(spfi->tx_ch);
 	if (spfi->rx_ch)
@@ -679,6 +683,8 @@ static void img_spfi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		clk_disable_unprepare(spfi->spfi_clk);
 		clk_disable_unprepare(spfi->sys_clk);
 	}
+
+	spi_controller_put(host);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM