WTF: patch "[PATCH] fbcon: Remove struct fbcon_display.inverse" was seriously submitted to be applied to the 6.1-stable tree?

The patch below was submitted to be applied to the 6.1-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 30baedeeeab524172abc0b58cb101e8df86b5be8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Zimmermann <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 17:15:43 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fbcon: Remove struct fbcon_display.inverse

The field inverse in struct fbcon_display is unused. Remove it.

Signed-off-by Thomas Zimmermann <[email protected]>

Cc <[email protected]> # v6.0+

Signed-off-by Helge Deller <[email protected]>

drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.h +0 -1

index 1cd10a7faab0..fca14e9b729b 100644
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ struct fbcon_display {
  #ifdef CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_LEGACY_ACCELERATION
      u_short scrollmode;             /* Scroll Method, use fb_scrollmode() */
  #endif
-    u_short inverse;                /* != 0 text black on white as default */
      short yscroll;                  /* Hardware scrolling */
      int vrows;                      /* number of virtual rows */
      int cursor_shape;