FAILED: patch "[PATCH] spi: dln2: fix controller deregistration" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree

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 <[email protected]>.

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 c353020fbfa8514ee91a6de2d88de4e5edca5803
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<[email protected]>' --in-reply-to '2026051503-daisy-condition-bac3@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.1.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:

thanks,

greg k-h

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

From c353020fbfa8514ee91a6de2d88de4e5edca5803 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johan Hovold <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 14:04:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] spi: dln2: fix controller deregistration

Make sure to deregister the controller before disabling it to allow SPI device drivers to do I/O during deregistration.

index d90282960ab6..392f0d05f508 100644
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ static int dln2_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 < 0) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to register host\n");
 		goto exit_register;

@@ -783,10 +783,16 @@ static void dln2_spi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct spi_controller *host = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	struct dln2_spi *dln2 = spi_controller_get_devdata(host);
 
+	spi_controller_get(host);
+
+	spi_unregister_controller(host);
+
 	pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev);
 
 	if (dln2_spi_enable(dln2, false) < 0)
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to disable SPI module\n");
+
+	spi_controller_put(host);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP