Index: linux-2.6.15-rc5-mm1/mm/vmscan.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.15-rc5-mm1.orig/mm/vmscan.c 2005-12-06 18:03:24.000000000 -0800 +++ linux-2.6.15-rc5-mm1/mm/vmscan.c 2005-12-07 17:11:58.000000000 -0800 @@ -1038,8 +1038,8 @@ redo: * Maybe this page is still waiting for a cpu to drain it * from one of the lru lists? */ - schedule_on_each_cpu(lru_add_drain_per_cpu, NULL); - if (PageLRU(page)) + rc = schedule_on_each_cpu(lru_add_drain_per_cpu, NULL); + if (rc == 0 && PageLRU(page)) goto redo; } return rc; Index: linux-2.6.15-rc5-mm1/kernel/workqueue.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.15-rc5-mm1.orig/kernel/workqueue.c 2005-12-07 16:38:54.000000000 -0800 +++ linux-2.6.15-rc5-mm1/kernel/workqueue.c 2005-12-07 17:13:04.000000000 -0800 @@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ int schedule_on_each_cpu(void (*func) (v work = kmalloc(NR_CPUS * sizeof(struct work_struct), GFP_KERNEL); if (!work) - return 0; + return -ENOMEM; for_each_online_cpu(cpu) { INIT_WORK(work + cpu, func, info); __queue_work(per_cpu_ptr(keventd_wq->cpu_wq, cpu), @@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ int schedule_on_each_cpu(void (*func) (v } flush_workqueue(keventd_wq); kfree(work); - return 1; + return 0; } void flush_scheduled_work(void)