WTF: patch "[PATCH] block: add __must_check attribute to sb_min_blocksize()" was seriously submitted to be applied to the 6.15-stable tree?

WTF: patch "[PATCH] block: add __must_check attribute to sb_min_blocksize()" was seriously submitted to be applied to the 6.15-stable tree?

[gregkh]

The patch below was submitted to be applied to the 6.15-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 8637fa89e678422995301ddb20b74190dffcccee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yongpeng Yang <yangyongpeng@xiaomi.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2025 20:50:10 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] block: add __must_check attribute to sb_min_blocksize()
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When sb_min_blocksize() returns 0 and the return value is not checked,
it may lead to a situation where sb->s_blocksize is 0 when
accessing the filesystem super block. After commit a64e5a596067bd
("bdev: add back PAGE_SIZE block size validation for
sb_set_blocksize()"), this becomes more likely to happen when the
block device’s logical_block_size is larger than PAGE_SIZE and the
filesystem is unformatted. Add the __must_check attribute to ensure
callers always check the return value.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.15
Suggested-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Yongpeng Yang <yangyongpeng@xiaomi.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251104125009.2111925-6-yangyongpeng.storage@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>

diff --git a/block/bdev.c b/block/bdev.c
index 810707cca970..638f0cd458ae 100644
--- a/block/bdev.c
+++ b/block/bdev.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ int sb_set_blocksize(struct super_block *sb, int size)
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sb_set_blocksize);
 
-int sb_min_blocksize(struct super_block *sb, int size)
+int __must_check sb_min_blocksize(struct super_block *sb, int size)
 {
 	int minsize = bdev_logical_block_size(sb->s_bdev);
 	if (size < minsize)
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index c895146c1444..3ea98c6cce81 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -3423,8 +3423,8 @@ static inline void remove_inode_hash(struct inode *inode)
 extern void inode_sb_list_add(struct inode *inode);
 extern void inode_add_lru(struct inode *inode);
 
-extern int sb_set_blocksize(struct super_block *, int);
-extern int sb_min_blocksize(struct super_block *, int);
+int sb_set_blocksize(struct super_block *sb, int size);
+int __must_check sb_min_blocksize(struct super_block *sb, int size);
 
 int generic_file_mmap(struct file *, struct vm_area_struct *);
 int generic_file_mmap_prepare(struct vm_area_desc *desc);