FAILED: patch "[PATCH] spi: rspi: 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 9944fa6726afb1e6eb7e2212764e7da0c97f2dcc
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<[email protected]>' --in-reply-to '2026051544-unblock-emptiness-36bb@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.1.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:

thanks,

greg k-h

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

From 9944fa6726afb1e6eb7e2212764e7da0c97f2dcc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johan Hovold <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:17:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] spi: rspi: fix controller deregistration

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

index c739c1998b4c..a8180dece716 100644
@@ -1171,8 +1171,14 @@ static void rspi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct rspi_data *rspi = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
+	spi_controller_get(rspi->ctlr);
+
+	spi_unregister_controller(rspi->ctlr);
+
 	rspi_release_dma(rspi->ctlr);
 	pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev);
+
+	spi_controller_put(rspi->ctlr);
 }
 
 static const struct spi_ops rspi_ops = {

@@ -1376,9 +1382,9 @@ static int rspi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "DMA not available, using PIO\n");
 
-	ret = devm_spi_register_controller(&pdev->dev, ctlr);
+	ret = spi_register_controller(ctlr);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "devm_spi_register_controller error.\n");
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to register controller\n");
 		goto error3;
 	}