Index: linux-2.6.16-rc4-mm2/mm/slab.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.16-rc4-mm2.orig/mm/slab.c	2006-02-24 10:33:54.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.16-rc4-mm2/mm/slab.c	2006-02-28 18:55:44.000000000 -0800
@@ -3332,12 +3332,10 @@ void kfree(const void *objp)
 
 	if (unlikely(!objp))
 		return;
-	local_irq_save(flags);
 	kfree_debugcheck(objp);
 	c = virt_to_cache(objp);
 	mutex_debug_check_no_locks_freed(objp, obj_size(c));
-	__cache_free(c, (void *)objp);
-	local_irq_restore(flags);
+	kmem_cache_free(c, (void *)objp);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kfree);