FAILED: patch "[PATCH] spi: st-ssc4: fix controller deregistration" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] spi: st-ssc4: 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 19857374010d06ca6a2f7c2c53464122eb804df0
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026051546-drinkable-guru-5feb@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.1.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

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

From 19857374010d06ca6a2f7c2c53464122eb804df0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:17:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] spi: st-ssc4: fix controller deregistration

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

Fixes: 9e862375c542 ("spi: Add new driver for STMicroelectronics' SPI Controller")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org	# 4.0
Cc: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260410081757.503099-18-johan@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-st-ssc4.c b/drivers/spi/spi-st-ssc4.c
index b173ef70d77e..9c8099fe6e19 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-st-ssc4.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-st-ssc4.c
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ static int spi_st_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, host);
 
-	ret = devm_spi_register_controller(&pdev->dev, host);
+	ret = spi_register_controller(host);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to register host\n");
 		goto rpm_disable;
@@ -371,10 +371,16 @@ static void spi_st_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct spi_controller *host = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	struct spi_st *spi_st = spi_controller_get_devdata(host);
 
+	spi_controller_get(host);
+
+	spi_unregister_controller(host);
+
 	pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev);
 
 	clk_disable_unprepare(spi_st->clk);
 
+	spi_controller_put(host);
+
 	pinctrl_pm_select_sleep_state(&pdev->dev);
 }