Index: linux-2.6.9-rc4/mm/page_alloc.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.9-rc4.orig/mm/page_alloc.c	2004-10-10 19:57:03.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.9-rc4/mm/page_alloc.c	2004-10-11 12:54:51.000000000 -0700
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
 long nr_swap_pages;
 int numnodes = 1;
 int sysctl_lower_zone_protection = 0;
+#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
+int sysctl_node_swap = 0;
+#endif
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(totalram_pages);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nr_swap_pages);
@@ -483,6 +486,13 @@
 	p = &z->pageset[cpu];
 	if (pg == orig) {
 		z->pageset[cpu].numa_hit++;
+		/*
+		 * If zone allocation leaves less than a (sysctl_node_swap * 10) %
+		 * of the zone free then invoke kswapd.
+		 * (to make it efficient we do (pages * sysctl_node_swap) / 1024))
+		 */
+		if (z->free_pages < (z->present_pages * sysctl_node_swap) << 10) 
+			wakeup_kswapd(z);
 	} else {
 		p->numa_miss++;
 		zonelist->zones[0]->pageset[cpu].numa_foreign++;
Index: linux-2.6.9-rc4/kernel/sysctl.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.9-rc4.orig/kernel/sysctl.c	2004-10-10 19:57:03.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.9-rc4/kernel/sysctl.c	2004-10-11 12:54:51.000000000 -0700
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@
 extern int min_free_kbytes;
 extern int printk_ratelimit_jiffies;
 extern int printk_ratelimit_burst;
+#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
+extern int sysctl_node_swap;
+#endif
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC) && defined(__i386__)
 int unknown_nmi_panic;
@@ -800,7 +803,17 @@
 		.extra1		= &zero,
 	},
 #endif
-	{ .ctl_name = 0 }
+#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
+	{
+		.ctl_name	= VM_NODE_SWAP,
+		.procname	= "node_swap",
+		.data		= &sysctl_node_swap,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(sysctl_node_swap),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec
+	},
+#endif
+		{ .ctl_name = 0 }
 };
 
 static ctl_table proc_table[] = {
Index: linux-2.6.9-rc4/include/linux/sysctl.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.9-rc4.orig/include/linux/sysctl.h	2004-10-10 19:58:05.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.9-rc4/include/linux/sysctl.h	2004-10-11 12:54:51.000000000 -0700
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@
 	VM_HUGETLB_GROUP=25,	/* permitted hugetlb group */
 	VM_VFS_CACHE_PRESSURE=26, /* dcache/icache reclaim pressure */
 	VM_LEGACY_VA_LAYOUT=27, /* legacy/compatibility virtual address space layout */
+	VM_NODE_SWAP=28,	/* Swap local node memory limit (in % *10) */
 };
 
 
Index: linux-2.6.9-rc4/mm/vmscan.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.9-rc4.orig/mm/vmscan.c	2004-10-10 19:57:04.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.9-rc4/mm/vmscan.c	2004-10-11 12:54:51.000000000 -0700
@@ -1168,9 +1168,11 @@
  */
 void wakeup_kswapd(struct zone *zone)
 {
+	extern int sysctl_node_swap;
+
 	if (zone->present_pages == 0)
 		return;
-	if (zone->free_pages > zone->pages_low)
+	if (zone->free_pages > (zone->present_pages * sysctl_node_swap) << 10 && zone->free_pages > zone->pages_low)
 		return;
 	if (!waitqueue_active(&zone->zone_pgdat->kswapd_wait))
 		return;