WTF: patch "[PATCH] drm: nouveau: Replace sprintf() with sysfs_emit()" was seriously submitted to be applied to the 6.18-stable tree?

The patch below was submitted to be applied to the 6.18-stable tree.

I fail to see how this patch meets the stable kernel rules as found at Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst.

I could be totally wrong, and if so, please respond to <[email protected]> and let me know why this patch should be applied. Otherwise, it is now dropped from my patch queues, never to be seen again.

thanks,

greg k-h

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

From 979e2ec58de2b600955b8290d1df549e33d67347 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Madhur Kumar <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2025 14:48:04 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] drm: nouveau: Replace sprintf() with sysfs_emit()

Replace sprintf() calls with sysfs_emit() to follow current kernel coding standards.

sysfs_emit() is the preferred method for formatting sysfs output as it provides better bounds checking and is more secure.

index 5c07a9ee8b77..34effe6d86ad 100644
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ nouveau_hwmon_get_pwm1_max(struct device *d,
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	return sprintf(buf, "%i\n", ret);
+	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%i\n", ret);
 }
 
 static ssize_t

@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ nouveau_hwmon_get_pwm1_min(struct device *d,
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	return sprintf(buf, "%i\n", ret);
+	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%i\n", ret);
 }
 
 static ssize_t