[PATCH 2/5] spi: imx: switch to managed controller allocation

From: Johan Hovold

Date: Mon Mar 23 2026 - 07:01:20 EST


Switch to device managed controller allocation to simplify error
handling and to avoid having to take another reference during
deregistration.

Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/spi/spi-imx.c | 45 ++++++++++++++-----------------------------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c
index a8d90c86a8a1..4747899e0646 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c
@@ -2231,11 +2231,9 @@ static int spi_imx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
target_mode = devtype_data->has_targetmode &&
of_property_read_bool(np, "spi-slave");
if (target_mode)
- controller = spi_alloc_target(&pdev->dev,
- sizeof(struct spi_imx_data));
+ controller = devm_spi_alloc_target(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*spi_imx));
else
- controller = spi_alloc_host(&pdev->dev,
- sizeof(struct spi_imx_data));
+ controller = devm_spi_alloc_host(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*spi_imx));
if (!controller)
return -ENOMEM;

@@ -2304,40 +2302,31 @@ static int spi_imx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
init_completion(&spi_imx->xfer_done);

spi_imx->base = devm_platform_get_and_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0, &res);
- if (IS_ERR(spi_imx->base)) {
- ret = PTR_ERR(spi_imx->base);
- goto out_controller_put;
- }
+ if (IS_ERR(spi_imx->base))
+ return PTR_ERR(spi_imx->base);
+
spi_imx->base_phys = res->start;

irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
- if (irq < 0) {
- ret = irq;
- goto out_controller_put;
- }
+ if (irq < 0)
+ return irq;

ret = devm_request_irq(&pdev->dev, irq, spi_imx_isr, 0,
dev_name(&pdev->dev), spi_imx);
- if (ret) {
- dev_err(&pdev->dev, "can't get irq%d: %d\n", irq, ret);
- goto out_controller_put;
- }
+ if (ret)
+ return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret, "can't get irq%d\n", irq);

spi_imx->clk_ipg = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, "ipg");
- if (IS_ERR(spi_imx->clk_ipg)) {
- ret = PTR_ERR(spi_imx->clk_ipg);
- goto out_controller_put;
- }
+ if (IS_ERR(spi_imx->clk_ipg))
+ return PTR_ERR(spi_imx->clk_ipg);

spi_imx->clk_per = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, "per");
- if (IS_ERR(spi_imx->clk_per)) {
- ret = PTR_ERR(spi_imx->clk_per);
- goto out_controller_put;
- }
+ if (IS_ERR(spi_imx->clk_per))
+ return PTR_ERR(spi_imx->clk_per);

ret = clk_prepare_enable(spi_imx->clk_per);
if (ret)
- goto out_controller_put;
+ return ret;

ret = clk_prepare_enable(spi_imx->clk_ipg);
if (ret)
@@ -2389,8 +2378,6 @@ static int spi_imx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
clk_disable_unprepare(spi_imx->clk_ipg);
out_put_per:
clk_disable_unprepare(spi_imx->clk_per);
-out_controller_put:
- spi_controller_put(controller);

return ret;
}
@@ -2401,8 +2388,6 @@ static void spi_imx_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
struct spi_imx_data *spi_imx = spi_controller_get_devdata(controller);
int ret;

- spi_controller_get(controller);
-
spi_unregister_controller(controller);

ret = pm_runtime_get_sync(spi_imx->dev);
@@ -2416,8 +2401,6 @@ static void spi_imx_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
pm_runtime_disable(spi_imx->dev);

spi_imx_sdma_exit(spi_imx);
-
- spi_controller_put(controller);
}

static int spi_imx_runtime_resume(struct device *dev)
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