Restructure slab_alloc so that the code flows in the sequence
it is usually executed.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

---
 mm/slub.c |   40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/mm/slub.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/slub.c    2007-10-27 07:58:07.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6/mm/slub.c 2007-10-27 07:58:36.000000000 -0700
@@ -1580,16 +1580,28 @@ static void *__slab_alloc(struct kmem_ca
        local_irq_save(flags);
        preempt_enable_no_resched();
 #endif
-       if (!c->page)
-               goto new_slab;
+       if (likely(c->page)) {
+               state = slab_lock(c->page);
+
+               if (unlikely(node_match(c, node) &&
+                       c->page->freelist != c->page->end))
+                               goto load_freelist;
+
+               deactivate_slab(s, c, state);
+       }
+
+another_slab:
+       state = get_partial(s, c, gfpflags, node);
+       if (!state)
+               goto grow_slab;
 
-       state = slab_lock(c->page);
-       if (unlikely(!node_match(c, node)))
-               goto another_slab;
 load_freelist:
-       object = c->page->freelist;
-       if (unlikely(object == c->page->end))
-               goto another_slab;
+       /*
+        * slabs from the partial list must have at least
+        * one free object.
+        */
+       VM_BUG_ON(c->page->freelist == c->page->end);
+
        if (unlikely(state & SLABDEBUG))
                goto debug;
 
@@ -1607,20 +1619,16 @@ out:
 #endif
        return object;
 
-another_slab:
-       deactivate_slab(s, c, state);
-
-new_slab:
-       state = get_partial(s, c, gfpflags, node);
-       if (state)
-               goto load_freelist;
-
+/* Extend the slabcache with a new slab */
+grow_slab:
        state = get_new_slab(s, &c, gfpflags, node);
        if (state)
                goto load_freelist;
 
        object = NULL;
        goto out;
+
+/* Perform debugging */
 debug:
        object = c->page->freelist;
        if (!alloc_debug_processing(s, c->page, object, addr))

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