Index: linux-2.6.21-rc6/mm/slub.c
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--- linux-2.6.21-rc6.orig/mm/slub.c	2007-04-10 14:16:33.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.21-rc6/mm/slub.c	2007-04-10 14:19:05.000000000 -0700
@@ -961,6 +961,12 @@ static struct page *get_any_partial(stru
 	 *
 	 * A higher ratio means slabs may be taken from other nodes
 	 * thus reducing the number of partial slabs on those nodes.
+	 *
+	 * If /sys/slab/xx/defrag_ratio is set to 100 (which makes
+	 * defrag_ratio = 1000) then every (well almost) allocation
+	 * will first attempt to defrag slab caches on other nodes. This
+	 * means scanning over all nodes to look for partial slabs which
+	 * may be a bit expensive to do on every slab allocation.
 	 */
 	if (!s->defrag_ratio || get_cycles() % 1024 > s->defrag_ratio)
 		return NULL;