Comment 16 for bug 907055

I was asking if you submitted the patch upstream as of yet. This is usually done by contacting the maintainer of a subsystem or sending email to LKML. The reason is that the kernel team is reluctant (not opposed) to apply any patch to a stable kernel that is not from upstream. Applying patches that don't come from upstream add greatly to the support of the kernel as other upstream patches may touch the same area as the non-upstream patch and may prevent them from applying cleanly.

There is some good information available here:
http://kernelnewbies.org/UpstreamMerge