If the node does not change then there is no need to recalculate the node from the page struct. So move the node determination into the places where we acquire a new slab page. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter --- mm/slub.c | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/mm/slub.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/mm/slub.c 2011-04-15 12:52:17.000000000 -0500 +++ linux-2.6/mm/slub.c 2011-04-15 12:54:15.000000000 -0500 @@ -1828,7 +1828,6 @@ load_freelist: c->freelist = get_freepointer(s, object); page->inuse = page->objects; page->freelist = NULL; - c->node = page_to_nid(page); unlock_out: slab_unlock(page); @@ -1845,8 +1844,10 @@ another_slab: new_slab: page = get_partial(s, gfpflags, node); if (page) { - c->page = page; stat(s, ALLOC_FROM_PARTIAL); +load_from_page: + c->node = page_to_nid(page); + c->page = page; goto load_freelist; } @@ -1867,8 +1868,8 @@ new_slab: slab_lock(page); __SetPageSlubFrozen(page); - c->page = page; - goto load_freelist; + + goto load_from_page; } if (!(gfpflags & __GFP_NOWARN) && printk_ratelimit()) slab_out_of_memory(s, gfpflags, node); -- 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/