[PATCH v2] spi: fsl: fix controller deregistration
From: Johan Hovold
Date: Fri Apr 10 2026 - 02:48:39 EST
Make sure to deregister the controller before releasing underlying
resources like DMA during driver unbind.
Fixes: 4178b6b1b595 ("spi: fsl-(e)spi: migrate to using devm_ functions to simplify cleanup")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 4.3
Cc: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- add missing deregistration in of_fsl_spi_remove()
drivers/spi/spi-fsl-spi.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-spi.c
index bf3fc3ce0cc2..1252c41c206f 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-spi.c
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ static struct spi_controller *fsl_spi_probe(struct device *dev,
mpc8xxx_spi_write_reg(®_base->mode, regval);
- ret = devm_spi_register_controller(dev, host);
+ ret = spi_register_controller(host);
if (ret < 0)
goto err_probe;
@@ -705,7 +705,13 @@ static void of_fsl_spi_remove(struct platform_device *ofdev)
struct spi_controller *host = platform_get_drvdata(ofdev);
struct mpc8xxx_spi *mpc8xxx_spi = spi_controller_get_devdata(host);
+ spi_controller_get(host);
+
+ spi_unregister_controller(host);
+
fsl_spi_cpm_free(mpc8xxx_spi);
+
+ spi_controller_put(host);
}
static struct platform_driver of_fsl_spi_driver = {
@@ -751,7 +757,13 @@ static void plat_mpc8xxx_spi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
struct spi_controller *host = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
struct mpc8xxx_spi *mpc8xxx_spi = spi_controller_get_devdata(host);
+ spi_controller_get(host);
+
+ spi_unregister_controller(host);
+
fsl_spi_cpm_free(mpc8xxx_spi);
+
+ spi_controller_put(host);
}
MODULE_ALIAS("platform:mpc8xxx_spi");
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