Index: linux-2.6.21-rc6/fs/bio.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.21-rc6.orig/fs/bio.c 2007-04-11 15:41:37.000000000 -0700 +++ linux-2.6.21-rc6/fs/bio.c 2007-04-11 15:42:03.000000000 -0700 @@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@ static void __init biovec_init_slabs(voi struct biovec_slab *bvs = bvec_slabs + i; size = bvs->nr_vecs * sizeof(struct bio_vec); - bvs->slab = kmem_cache_create(bvs->name, size, 0, + bvs->slab = kmem_cache_create(bvs->name, max(size, 32), 0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC, NULL, NULL); } }