WTF: patch "[PATCH] fbcon: Remove struct fbcon_display.inverse" was seriously submitted to be applied to the 6.1-stable tree?

WTF: patch "[PATCH] fbcon: Remove struct fbcon_display.inverse" was seriously submitted to be applied to the 6.1-stable tree?

[gregkh]

The patch below was submitted to be applied to the 6.1-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 30baedeeeab524172abc0b58cb101e8df86b5be8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
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 <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v6.0+
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>

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;

Re: WTF: patch "[PATCH] fbcon: Remove struct fbcon_display.inverse" was seriously submitted to be applied to the 6.1-stable tree?

[Thomas Zimmermann]

Hi

Am 17.02.26 um 13:55 schrieb gregkh@linuxfoundation.org:
> The patch below was submitted to be applied to the 6.1-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.

This patch originally had a Fixes tag, so it also got a CC: stable. The 
Fixes didn't belong there, but the CC was erroneously kept. Please 
ignore the patch in all stable branches.

Apologies for this mistake.

Best regards
Thomas

>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>
> ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
>
>  From 30baedeeeab524172abc0b58cb101e8df86b5be8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
> 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 <tzimmermann@suse.de>
> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v6.0+
> Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
>
> 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;
>

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