FAILED: patch "[PATCH] spi: octeon: fix controller deregistration" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] spi: octeon: fix controller deregistration" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree

[gregkh]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.12-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-6.12.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 3c49a4d8799bee423a80f392ba95b26af8e9ab91
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026051536-pencil-thirsty-6243@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.12.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

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

From 3c49a4d8799bee423a80f392ba95b26af8e9ab91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 14:04:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] spi: octeon: fix controller deregistration

Make sure to deregister the controller before disabling it to avoid
hanging or leaking resources associated with the queue when the queue is
non-empty.

Fixes: 22ad2d8df77d ("spi: octeon: use devm_spi_register_master()")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org	# 3.13
Cc: Jingoo Han <jg1.han@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260409120419.388546-9-johan@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-cavium-octeon.c b/drivers/spi/spi-cavium-octeon.c
index 155085a053a1..b95bfa6a3013 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-cavium-octeon.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-cavium-octeon.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static int octeon_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	host->bits_per_word_mask = SPI_BPW_MASK(8);
 	host->max_speed_hz = OCTEON_SPI_MAX_CLOCK_HZ;
 
-	err = devm_spi_register_controller(&pdev->dev, host);
+	err = spi_register_controller(host);
 	if (err) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "register host failed: %d\n", err);
 		goto fail;
@@ -73,8 +73,14 @@ static void octeon_spi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct spi_controller *host = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	struct octeon_spi *p = spi_controller_get_devdata(host);
 
+	spi_controller_get(host);
+
+	spi_unregister_controller(host);
+
 	/* Clear the CSENA* and put everything in a known state. */
 	writeq(0, p->register_base + OCTEON_SPI_CFG(p));
+
+	spi_controller_put(host);
 }
 
 static const struct of_device_id octeon_spi_match[] = {