WTF is this supposed to do and why is this the right way to achieve the
desired result?

Your changelog gives me 0 clues -- guess how much I then care about your
patches?

Excuse me? No. This is incredibly rude and violates the community code
of conduct. Please review examples of creating a positive environment
here https://docs.kernel.org/process/code-of-conduct.html

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-Dionna Glaze, PhD (she/her)