---
 mm/slub.c |   23 +++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/mm/slub.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/slub.c	2008-02-04 18:29:05.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6/mm/slub.c	2008-02-04 18:36:09.000000000 -0800
@@ -1081,12 +1081,14 @@ static struct page *new_slab(struct kmem
 {
 	struct page *page;
 	struct kmem_cache_node *n;
+	int locked = 0;
 	void *start;
 	void *last;
 	void *p;
 
 	BUG_ON(flags & GFP_SLAB_BUG_MASK);
 
+redo:
 	page = allocate_slab(s,
 		flags & (GFP_RECLAIM_MASK | GFP_CONSTRAINT_MASK), node);
 	if (!page)
@@ -1117,7 +1119,18 @@ static struct page *new_slab(struct kmem
 
 	page->freelist = start;
 	page->inuse = 0;
+
+	if (n && n->nr_partials < MIN_PARTIAL) {
+		if (!locked) {
+			locked = 1;
+			spinlock_irqsave(&n->list_lock);
+		}
+		__add_partial(n, page, 1);
+	}
+
 out:
+	if (locked)
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&n->list_lock);
 	return page;
 }
 
@@ -1197,15 +1210,21 @@ static __always_inline int slab_trylock(
 /*
  * Management of partially allocated slabs
  */
-static void add_partial(struct kmem_cache_node *n,
+static inline void __add_partial(struct kmem_cache_node *n,
 				struct page *page, int tail)
 {
-	spin_lock(&n->list_lock);
 	n->nr_partial++;
 	if (tail)
 		list_add_tail(&page->lru, &n->partial);
 	else
 		list_add(&page->lru, &n->partial);
+}
+
+static void add_partial(struct kmem_cache_node *n,
+				struct page *page, int tail)
+{
+	spin_lock(&n->list_lock);
+	__add_partial(n, page, tail);
 	spin_unlock(&n->list_lock);
 }