FAILED: patch "[PATCH] gpio: fix gpio-device list corruption" failed to apply to 5.11-stable tree

The patch below does not apply to the 5.11-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]>.

thanks,

greg k-h

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

From cf25ef6b631c6fc6c0435fc91eba8734cca20511 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johan Hovold <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2021 10:05:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] gpio: fix gpio-device list corruption

Make sure to hold the gpio_lock when removing the gpio device from the gpio_devices list (when dropping the last reference) to avoid corrupting the list when there are concurrent accesses.

index 6e0572515d02..4253837f870b 100644
@@ -475,8 +475,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gpiochip_line_is_valid);
 static void gpiodevice_release(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct gpio_device *gdev = container_of(dev, struct gpio_device, dev);
+	unsigned long flags;
 
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&gpio_lock, flags);
 	list_del(&gdev->list);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&gpio_lock, flags);
+
 	ida_free(&gpio_ida, gdev->id);
 	kfree_const(gdev->label);
 	kfree(gdev->descs);