[PATCH 16/20] spi: lantiq-ssc: fix controller deregistration

From: Johan Hovold

Date: Thu Apr 09 2026 - 08:11:17 EST


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

Fixes: 17f84b793c01 ("spi: lantiq-ssc: add support for Lantiq SSC SPI controller")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 4.11
Cc: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/spi/spi-lantiq-ssc.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-lantiq-ssc.c b/drivers/spi/spi-lantiq-ssc.c
index f83cb63c9d0c..75b9af8cb5db 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-lantiq-ssc.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-lantiq-ssc.c
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ static int lantiq_ssc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
"Lantiq SSC SPI controller (Rev %i, TXFS %u, RXFS %u, DMA %u)\n",
revision, spi->tx_fifo_size, spi->rx_fifo_size, supports_dma);

- err = devm_spi_register_controller(dev, host);
+ err = spi_register_controller(host);
if (err) {
dev_err(dev, "failed to register spi host\n");
goto err_wq_destroy;
@@ -1016,6 +1016,10 @@ static void lantiq_ssc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
struct lantiq_ssc_spi *spi = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);

+ spi_controller_get(spi->host);
+
+ spi_unregister_controller(spi->host);
+
lantiq_ssc_writel(spi, 0, LTQ_SPI_IRNEN);
lantiq_ssc_writel(spi, 0, LTQ_SPI_CLC);
rx_fifo_flush(spi);
@@ -1024,6 +1028,8 @@ static void lantiq_ssc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)

destroy_workqueue(spi->wq);
clk_put(spi->fpi_clk);
+
+ spi_controller_put(spi->host);
}

static struct platform_driver lantiq_ssc_driver = {
--
2.52.0