Index: linux-2.6.19-rc3/include/linux/sched.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.19-rc3.orig/include/linux/sched.h	2006-10-26 21:27:42.722619657 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.19-rc3/include/linux/sched.h	2006-10-26 21:27:49.894092872 -0500
@@ -626,6 +626,7 @@ enum idle_type
 #define SD_SHARE_CPUPOWER	128	/* Domain members share cpu power */
 #define SD_POWERSAVINGS_BALANCE	256	/* Balance for power savings */
 #define SD_SHARE_PKG_RESOURCES	512	/* Domain members share cpu pkg resources */
+#define SD_PER_NODE		1024	/* Domain is per node not per execution context */
 
 #define BALANCE_FOR_MC_POWER	\
 	(sched_smt_power_savings ? SD_POWERSAVINGS_BALANCE : 0)
@@ -668,11 +669,12 @@ struct sched_domain {
 	unsigned int wake_idx;
 	unsigned int forkexec_idx;
 	int flags;			/* See SD_* */
+	unsigned int balance_interval;	/* initialise to 1. units in ms. */
 
 	/* Runtime fields. */
 	unsigned long next_balance;	/* init to jiffies. units in jiffies */
-	unsigned int balance_interval;	/* initialise to 1. units in ms. */
 	unsigned int nr_balance_failed; /* initialise to 0 */
+	spinlock_t balancing;		/* Lock for SD_PER_NODE sched domains */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
 	/* load_balance() stats */
Index: linux-2.6.19-rc3/kernel/sched.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.19-rc3.orig/kernel/sched.c	2006-10-26 21:27:48.009176152 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.19-rc3/kernel/sched.c	2006-10-26 21:27:49.940971630 -0500
@@ -2865,6 +2865,9 @@ static void rebalance_domains(unsigned l
 	for_each_domain(this_cpu, sd) {
 		if (!(sd->flags & SD_LOAD_BALANCE))
 			continue;
+		if ((sd->flags & SD_PER_NODE) &&
+				!spin_trylock(&sd->balancing))
+			continue;
 
 		if (jiffies >= sd->next_balance) {
 			unsigned long interval;
@@ -2888,6 +2891,8 @@ static void rebalance_domains(unsigned l
 			sd->next_balance += interval;
 		}
 		next_balance = min(next_balance, sd->next_balance);
+		if (sd->flags & SD_PER_NODE)
+			spin_unlock(&sd->balancing);
 	}
       	__get_cpu_var(next_balance) = next_balance;
 }
Index: linux-2.6.19-rc3/include/asm-ia64/topology.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.19-rc3.orig/include/asm-ia64/topology.h	2006-10-26 21:27:42.624955581 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.19-rc3/include/asm-ia64/topology.h	2006-10-26 21:27:49.957574524 -0500
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ void build_cpu_to_node_map(void);
 				| SD_BALANCE_EXEC	\
 				| SD_BALANCE_FORK	\
 				| SD_WAKE_BALANCE,	\
+				| SD_PER_NODE		\
 	.balance_interval	= 64,			\
 	.nr_balance_failed	= 0,			\
 }
Index: linux-2.6.19-rc3/include/linux/topology.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.19-rc3.orig/include/linux/topology.h	2006-10-26 21:27:42.748988958 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.19-rc3/include/linux/topology.h	2006-10-26 21:27:49.966364291 -0500
@@ -191,7 +191,8 @@
 	.wake_idx		= 0, /* unused */	\
 	.forkexec_idx		= 0, /* unused */	\
 	.per_cpu_gain		= 100,			\
-	.flags			= SD_LOAD_BALANCE,	\
+	.flags			= SD_LOAD_BALANCE	\
+				| SD_PER_NODE,		\
 	.balance_interval	= 64,			\
 	.nr_balance_failed	= 0,			\
 }