Index: linux-2.6.18-rc4-mm2/mm/vmscan.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.18-rc4-mm2.orig/mm/vmscan.c	2006-08-25 12:11:51.604590868 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.18-rc4-mm2/mm/vmscan.c	2006-08-25 12:19:44.964984592 -0700
@@ -1575,6 +1575,8 @@ static int __zone_reclaim(struct zone *z
 		.swappiness = vm_swappiness,
 	};
 
+	printk(KERN_CRIT "__zone reclaim zone=%p limit=%ld slabpage=%ld\n",
+				zone, zone->min_slab_ratio, zone_page_state(zone, NR_SLAB));
 	disable_swap_token();
 	cond_resched();
 	/*
@@ -1613,8 +1615,12 @@ static int __zone_reclaim(struct zone *z
 		 */
 		unsigned long limit = zone_page_state(zone, NR_SLAB) - nr_pages;
 
+		printk(KERN_CRIT "slab reclaim zone=%p limit=%ld slabpages=%ld\n",
+			zone, zone->min_slab_ratio, zone_page_state(zone, NR_SLAB));
+
 		while (shrink_slab(sc.nr_scanned, gfp_mask, order) &&
-			zone_page_state(zone, NR_SLAB > limit)) ;
+			zone_page_state(zone, NR_SLAB > limit))
+				printk(KERN_CRIT "limit=%ld actual=%ld\n", limit, zone_page_state(zone, NR_SLAB));
 	}
 
 	p->reclaim_state = NULL;
@@ -1642,6 +1648,7 @@ int zone_reclaim(struct zone *zone, gfp_
 	    zone_page_state(zone, NR_SLAB) <= zone->min_slab_ratio)
 		return 0;
 
+	printk(KERN_CRIT "zone reclaim limits violated\n");
 	/*
 	 * Avoid concurrent zone reclaims, do not reclaim in a zone that does
 	 * not have reclaimable pages and if we should not delay the allocation