From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8BA3E355053 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:55:40 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1771332940; cv=none; b=Enkpjq57gAw/msWVWiCE9wp1Tlkg5o/jKNX6+lc5kLm6GGGPSgyIw++v7y+mjbgestk41kiz+8CCCzCV6FmJZ9x5Jh7FHaogqX+EQLam95QeGRchrPZ886VX+YWxgd92GpaQhC2VWrIhAJWhNoYKWHdEzpWfxEN19Bww8x81gpw= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1771332940; c=relaxed/simple; bh=lgaXrU0Qc5+cPN7zuTIJCw2qmcmzq1Ykcda2tUjzz88=; h=Subject:To:Cc:From:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=ueoFeECMe/ridLgnwcrTbBu2MJGJ0C8+mYqSKykK4saBoLMzRNWwWHClGsVF7JUtzdTitEk8BUrbeTBqEkWLV6TCWnsA7SBsP1mgCKjMDuVnl9DE3NaHb8HIvwh/9che7GDtQu8Y+4rRtLnFkIO4SC5NIbY0DX8tq3VH+Do9CCA= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=GiIEgLNq; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="GiIEgLNq" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C714BC4CEF7; Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:55:39 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1771332940; bh=lgaXrU0Qc5+cPN7zuTIJCw2qmcmzq1Ykcda2tUjzz88=; h=Subject:To:Cc:From:Date:From; b=GiIEgLNqSs3bEIDteqa9+xFvFWIbKJSnwEN2acQ58Il0Go5/Wx0a9dQv01km+jieG 24xytRRh9W+4dU3gE2MsYdukfd2B5QxzmamjHyrlUx3Un8Ayv2Ph7YGdRkcUVLNA6C 7uY8qey5wjv3tIyGXHwmwSHdfL3mMGwxACjCi1J4= Subject: WTF: patch "[PATCH] fbcon: Remove struct fbcon_display.inverse" was seriously submitted to be applied to the 6.19-stable tree? To: tzimmermann@suse.de,deller@gmx.de,stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: From: Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 13:55:37 +0100 Message-ID: <2026021737-quarry-wieldable-6c75@gregkh> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The patch below was submitted to be applied to the 6.19-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 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 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 Cc: # v6.0+ Signed-off-by: Helge Deller diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.h b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.h index 1cd10a7faab0..fca14e9b729b 100644 --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.h +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.h @@ -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;