FAILED: patch "[PATCH] spi: sh-hspi: 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 e63982e6392e45a6ecd68d6c317a081cc8e70143
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<[email protected]>' --in-reply-to '2026051556-email-expansive-3b80@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.15.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:

thanks,

greg k-h

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

From e63982e6392e45a6ecd68d6c317a081cc8e70143 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johan Hovold <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:17:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] spi: sh-hspi: fix controller deregistration

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

index e03eaca1b1a7..1e3ca718ca73 100644
@@ -257,9 +257,9 @@ static int hspi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	ctlr->transfer_one_message = hspi_transfer_one_message;
 	ctlr->bits_per_word_mask = SPI_BPW_MASK(8);
 
-	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 error2;
 	}
 

@@ -279,9 +279,15 @@ static void hspi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct hspi_priv *hspi = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
+	spi_controller_get(hspi->ctlr);
+
+	spi_unregister_controller(hspi->ctlr);
+
 	pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev);
 
 	clk_put(hspi->clk);
+
+	spi_controller_put(hspi->ctlr);
 }
 
 static const struct of_device_id hspi_of_match[] = {