WTF: patch "[PATCH] ipmi:ssif: Remove rtc_us_timer" was seriously submitted to be applied to the 5.15-stable tree?

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below was submitted to be applied to the 5.15-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 9e8b89926fb87e5625bdde6fd5de2c31fb1d83bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2023 10:41:48 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] ipmi:ssif: Remove rtc_us_timer

It was cruft left over from older handling of run to completion.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>

diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
index 5a377e86dade..c25c4b1a03ae 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
@@ -241,12 +241,6 @@ struct ssif_info {
 	 */
 	bool                req_flags;
 
-	/*
-	 * Used to perform timer operations when run-to-completion
-	 * mode is on.  This is a countdown timer.
-	 */
-	int                 rtc_us_timer;
-
 	/* Used for sending/receiving data.  +1 for the length. */
 	unsigned char data[IPMI_MAX_MSG_LENGTH + 1];
 	unsigned int  data_len;
@@ -530,7 +524,6 @@ static void msg_done_handler(struct ssif_info *ssif_info, int result,
 
 static void start_get(struct ssif_info *ssif_info)
 {
-	ssif_info->rtc_us_timer = 0;
 	ssif_info->multi_pos = 0;
 
 	ssif_i2c_send(ssif_info, msg_done_handler, I2C_SMBUS_READ,
@@ -622,7 +615,6 @@ static void msg_done_handler(struct ssif_info *ssif_info, int result,
 
 			flags = ipmi_ssif_lock_cond(ssif_info, &oflags);
 			ssif_info->waiting_alert = true;
-			ssif_info->rtc_us_timer = SSIF_MSG_USEC;
 			if (!ssif_info->stopping)
 				mod_timer(&ssif_info->retry_timer,
 					  jiffies + SSIF_MSG_JIFFIES);
@@ -973,7 +965,6 @@ static void msg_written_handler(struct ssif_info *ssif_info, int result,
 			/* Wait a jiffie then request the next message */
 			ssif_info->waiting_alert = true;
 			ssif_info->retries_left = SSIF_RECV_RETRIES;
-			ssif_info->rtc_us_timer = SSIF_MSG_PART_USEC;
 			if (!ssif_info->stopping)
 				mod_timer(&ssif_info->retry_timer,
 					  jiffies + SSIF_MSG_PART_JIFFIES);