FAILED: patch "[PATCH] spi: pic32-sqi: fix controller deregistration" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree

The patch below does not apply to the 5.15-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-5.15.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 420df79d1a618951eb0eb4331df95c9f4f763b8b
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<[email protected]>' --in-reply-to '2026051522-criteria-backside-efb1@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.15.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:

thanks,

greg k-h

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

From 420df79d1a618951eb0eb4331df95c9f4f763b8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johan Hovold <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:17:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] spi: pic32-sqi: fix controller deregistration

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

index 051590038895..41662992dbe5 100644
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ static int pic32_sqi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	host->prepare_transfer_hardware	= pic32_sqi_prepare_hardware;
 	host->unprepare_transfer_hardware	= pic32_sqi_unprepare_hardware;
 
-	ret = devm_spi_register_controller(&pdev->dev, host);
+	ret = spi_register_controller(host);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(&host->dev, "failed registering spi host\n");
 		free_irq(sqi->irq, sqi);

@@ -665,9 +665,15 @@ static void pic32_sqi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct pic32_sqi *sqi = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
+	spi_controller_get(sqi->host);
+
+	spi_unregister_controller(sqi->host);
+
 	/* release resources */
 	free_irq(sqi->irq, sqi);
 	ring_desc_ring_free(sqi);
+
+	spi_controller_put(sqi->host);
 }
 
 static const struct of_device_id pic32_sqi_of_ids[] = {