WTF: patch "[PATCH] tpm_tis: make array cmd_getticks static const to shrink" was seriously submitted to be applied to the 4.14-stable tree?

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below was submitted to be applied to the 4.14-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 
<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 0bbc931a074a741cf8e6279e8045cf7118586780 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 17:45:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] tpm_tis: make array cmd_getticks static const to shrink
 object code size

Don't populate array cmd_getticks on the stack, instead make it static
const.  Makes the object code smaller by over 160 bytes:

Before:
   text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
  18813	   3152	    128	  22093	   564d	drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.o

After:
   text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
  18554	   3248	    128	  21930	   55aa	drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.o

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>

diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c
index 63bc6c3b949e..1e957e923d21 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ static int probe_itpm(struct tpm_chip *chip)
 {
 	struct tpm_tis_data *priv = dev_get_drvdata(&chip->dev);
 	int rc = 0;
-	u8 cmd_getticks[] = {
+	static const u8 cmd_getticks[] = {
 		0x00, 0xc1, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0a,
 		0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xf1
 	};