What good is code review and "signed off by" for kernel commits if nobody ever actually reads the code? These are supposed be some of the best developers on the planet right?
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?h=linux-6.6.y&id=5a1e865e51063d6c56f673ec8ad4b6604321b455
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