Load freelist is now only branched to if there are objects available. So no need to check. --- mm/slub.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/mm/slub.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/mm/slub.c 2011-04-01 10:22:56.000000000 -0500 +++ linux-2.6/mm/slub.c 2011-04-01 10:22:58.000000000 -0500 @@ -1976,14 +1976,13 @@ static void *__slab_alloc(struct kmem_ca "__slab_alloc")); } -load_freelist: - VM_BUG_ON(!page->frozen); - if (unlikely(!object)) { c->page = NULL; goto new_slab; } +load_freelist: + VM_BUG_ON(!page->frozen); c->freelist = get_freepointer(s, object); #ifdef CONFIG_CMPXCHG_LOCAL -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/