---
 mm/slub.c |    8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

Index: linux-2.6/mm/slub.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/slub.c	2008-02-09 10:53:44.337116876 -0800
+++ linux-2.6/mm/slub.c	2008-02-09 10:57:02.990170061 -0800
@@ -2333,6 +2333,14 @@ static int calculate_sizes(struct kmem_c
 	if (s->order < 0)
 		return 0;
 
+	if (s->order)
+		/*
+		 * Give it the maximu. We already have to take
+		 * the slow path in the page allocator. Make it
+		 * worth i. Having just two orders also reduces
+		 * fragmentation issues.
+		 */
+		s->order = PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER;
 	/*
 	 * Determine the number of objects per slab
 	 */