---
 mm/slub.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux-2.6/mm/slub.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/slub.c	2007-12-17 19:43:18.729942984 -0800
+++ linux-2.6/mm/slub.c	2007-12-17 19:54:57.786313975 -0800
@@ -1475,7 +1475,8 @@ static void *__slab_alloc(struct kmem_ca
 		goto new_slab;
 
 	slab_lock(c->page);
-	if (unlikely(!node_match(c, node)))
+	if (unlikely(!node_match(c, node) ||
+			c->page->inuse < (s->objects >> 2)))
 		goto another_slab;
 load_freelist:
 	object = c->page->freelist;