Index: linux-2.6.16-rc5-mm1/mm/slab.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.16-rc5-mm1.orig/mm/slab.c	2006-02-28 12:17:08.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.16-rc5-mm1/mm/slab.c	2006-02-28 13:17:49.000000000 -0800
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ static struct array_cache **alloc_alien_
 	int i;
 
 	if (limit > 1)
-		limit = 12;
+		limit = 6;
 	ac_ptr = kmalloc_node(memsize, GFP_KERNEL, node);
 	if (ac_ptr) {
 		for_each_node(i) {