Index: linux-2.6.17/mm/slab.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.17.orig/mm/slab.c	2006-06-19 19:12:02.229401242 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.17/mm/slab.c	2006-06-19 19:12:10.306049957 -0700
@@ -3931,6 +3931,20 @@ done:
 
 }
 
+void kmem_cache_reclaim_get(kmem_cache_t *cachep)
+{
+	struct kmem_list3 *l3 = cachep->nodelists[numa_node_id()];
+
+	atomic_inc(&l3->reclaim);
+}
+
+void kmem_cache_reclaim_put(kmem_cache_t *cachep)
+{
+	struct kmem_list3 *l3 = cachep->nodelists[numa_node_id()];
+
+	atomic_dec(&l3->reclaim);
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 
 static void print_slabinfo_header(struct seq_file *m)
Index: linux-2.6.17/include/linux/slab.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.17.orig/include/linux/slab.h	2006-06-19 18:03:14.699210844 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.17/include/linux/slab.h	2006-06-19 19:12:10.307026459 -0700
@@ -222,6 +222,10 @@ extern kmem_cache_t	*bio_cachep;
 extern atomic_t slab_reclaim_pages;
 
 extern long kmem_cache_reclaim(struct kmem_cache *, unsigned long);
+
+extern void kmem_cache_reclaim_get(struct kmem_cache *);
+extern void kmem_cache_reclaim_put(struct kmem_cache *);
+
 #endif	/* __KERNEL__ */
 
 #endif	/* _LINUX_SLAB_H */