diff -urpN lb3-2.5.44/mm/page_alloc.c lb4-2.5.44/mm/page_alloc.c
--- lb3-2.5.44/mm/page_alloc.c	2002-10-28 18:46:41.000000000 -0800
+++ lb4-2.5.44/mm/page_alloc.c	2002-10-28 18:44:31.000000000 -0800
@@ -142,7 +142,22 @@ static inline void __free_pages_bulk (st
 		struct zone *zone, struct free_area *area, unsigned long mask,
 		unsigned int order)
 {
-	buddy_free(page, base, zone, area, mask, order);
+	switch (area->active - area->locally_free) {
+		case 0:
+			if (!list_empty(&area->deferred_pages)) {
+				struct page *defer = list_entry(area->deferred_pages.next, struct page, list);
+				list_del(&defer->list);
+				area->locally_free--;
+				buddy_free(defer, base, zone, area, mask, order);
+			}
+			/* fall through */
+		case 1:
+			buddy_free(page, base, zone, area, mask, order);
+		default:
+			list_add(&page->list, &area->deferred_pages);
+			area->locally_free++;
+			break;
+	}
 	area->active--;
 }
 
@@ -273,18 +288,34 @@ static struct page *buddy_alloc(struct z
 		index = page - zone->zone_mem_map;
 		if (current_order != MAX_ORDER-1)
 			MARK_USED(index, current_order, area);
-		zone->free_pages -= 1UL << order;
 		return expand(zone, page, index, order, current_order, area);
 	}
 
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static inline struct page *steal_deferred_page(struct zone *zone, int order)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 static inline struct page *__rmqueue(struct zone *zone, unsigned int order)
 {
-	struct page *page = buddy_alloc(zone, order);
-	if (page)
-		zone->free_area[order].active++;
+	struct free_area *area = &zone->free_area[order];
+	struct page *page;
+
+	if (!list_empty(&area->deferred_pages)) {
+		page= list_entry(area->deferred_pages.next, struct page, list);
+		list_del(&page->list);
+		area->locally_free--;
+	} else
+		page = buddy_alloc(zone, order);
+	if (!page)
+		page = steal_deferred_page(zone, order);
+	if (!page)
+		return NULL;
+	zone->free_area[order].active++;
+	zone->free_pages -= 1UL << order;
 	return page;
 }