Index: linux-2.6.15-rc3-mm1/mm/mempolicy.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.15-rc3-mm1.orig/mm/mempolicy.c	2005-12-01 18:10:51.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.15-rc3-mm1/mm/mempolicy.c	2005-12-02 17:38:45.000000000 -0800
@@ -1693,6 +1693,41 @@ static inline int mpol_to_str(char *buff
 	return p - buffer;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Convert a representation of a memory policy from text
+ * form to binary. The function does not restrict
+ * the set of nodes to the ones allowed by a task.
+ *
+ * Returns either a memory policy or NULL for error.
+ */
+static struct mempolicy *str_to_mpol(char *buffer)
+{
+	nodemask_t nodes;
+	int mode;
+	int l;
+
+	for (mode = 0; mode <= MPOL_MAX; mode++) {
+		l = strlen(policy_types[mode]);
+		if (strnicmp(policy_types[mode], buffer, l) == 0
+			&& (mode == MPOL_DEFAULT || buffer[l] == '='))
+				break;
+	}
+
+	if (mode > MPOL_MAX)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (mode == MPOL_DEFAULT)
+		return &default_policy;
+
+	if (nodelist_parse(buffer + l + 1, nodes) || nodes_empty(nodes))
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (mpol_check_policy(mode, &nodes))
+		return NULL;
+
+	return mpol_new(mode, &nodes);
+}
+
 struct numa_maps {
 	unsigned long pages;
 	unsigned long anon;