WTF: patch "[PATCH] iio: adc: TI_AM335X_ADC should depend on HAS_DMA" was seriously submitted to be applied to the 4.9-stable tree?

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below was submitted to be applied to the 4.9-stable tree.

I fail to see how this patch meets the stable kernel rules as found at
Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt.

I could be totally wrong, and if so, please respond to 
<stable@vger.kernel.org> 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 b1448ea9cd95868e3e91313b643818d18917b382 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 13:30:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] iio: adc: TI_AM335X_ADC should depend on HAS_DMA

If NO_DMA=y:

    ERROR: "bad_dma_ops" [drivers/iio/adc/ti_am335x_adc.ko] undefined!

Add a dependency on HAS_DMA to fix this.

Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Fixes: f438b9da (" drivers: iio: ti_am335x_adc: add dma support")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>

diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/Kconfig b/drivers/iio/adc/Kconfig
index 38bc319904c4..9c8b558ba19e 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/Kconfig
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ config TI_ADS8688
 
 config TI_AM335X_ADC
 	tristate "TI's AM335X ADC driver"
-	depends on MFD_TI_AM335X_TSCADC
+	depends on MFD_TI_AM335X_TSCADC && HAS_DMA
 	select IIO_BUFFER
 	select IIO_KFIFO_BUF
 	help