On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 12:00:59PM +0100, Marc Kleine-Budde wrote:
> On 23.03.2026 11:49:44, Johan Hovold wrote:
> > The SPI subsystem frees the controller and any subsystem allocated
> > driver data as part of deregistration (unless the allocation is device
> > managed).
> >
> > Take another reference before deregistering the controller so that the
> > driver data is not freed until the driver is done with it.
> 
> Would re-ordering the spi_imx_remove() function be an alternative fix?
> I.e. call spi_unregister_controller() last?

No, the controller needs to be deregistered before disabling clocks and
releasing other resources.

Johan