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

Index: linux-2.6/mm/slub.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/slub.c	2008-02-04 17:33:54.763613764 -0800
+++ linux-2.6/mm/slub.c	2008-02-04 17:35:10.965328035 -0800
@@ -1528,7 +1528,7 @@ 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)) || s->objects - s->inuse < 3)
 		goto another_slab;
 	stat(c, ALLOC_REFILL);
 load_freelist: