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

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] spi: lantiq-ssc: 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 b99206710d032c16b7f8b75e4bc18414d8e4b9f4
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026051542-chamomile-silenced-f4e4@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.1.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

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

From b99206710d032c16b7f8b75e4bc18414d8e4b9f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 14:04:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] spi: lantiq-ssc: fix controller deregistration

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

Fixes: 17f84b793c01 ("spi: lantiq-ssc: add support for Lantiq SSC SPI controller")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org	# 4.11
Cc: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260409120419.388546-17-johan@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-lantiq-ssc.c b/drivers/spi/spi-lantiq-ssc.c
index f83cb63c9d0c..75b9af8cb5db 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-lantiq-ssc.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-lantiq-ssc.c
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ static int lantiq_ssc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		"Lantiq SSC SPI controller (Rev %i, TXFS %u, RXFS %u, DMA %u)\n",
 		revision, spi->tx_fifo_size, spi->rx_fifo_size, supports_dma);
 
-	err = devm_spi_register_controller(dev, host);
+	err = spi_register_controller(host);
 	if (err) {
 		dev_err(dev, "failed to register spi host\n");
 		goto err_wq_destroy;
@@ -1016,6 +1016,10 @@ static void lantiq_ssc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct lantiq_ssc_spi *spi = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
+	spi_controller_get(spi->host);
+
+	spi_unregister_controller(spi->host);
+
 	lantiq_ssc_writel(spi, 0, LTQ_SPI_IRNEN);
 	lantiq_ssc_writel(spi, 0, LTQ_SPI_CLC);
 	rx_fifo_flush(spi);
@@ -1024,6 +1028,8 @@ static void lantiq_ssc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	destroy_workqueue(spi->wq);
 	clk_put(spi->fpi_clk);
+
+	spi_controller_put(spi->host);
 }
 
 static struct platform_driver lantiq_ssc_driver = {