diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
index 7d9ebb7cc98218435d59a62e9a04d856e0b55479..f8f5162a3571742ff0419638bd18fee62e04be72 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
@@ -128,10 +128,7 @@ struct page {
 		};
 
 		struct list_head list;	/* slobs list of pages */
-		struct {		/* slab fields */
-			struct kmem_cache *slab_cache;
-			struct slab *slab_page;
-		};
+		struct slab *slab_page; /* slab fields */
 	};
 
 	/* Remainder is not double word aligned */
@@ -146,7 +143,7 @@ struct page {
 #if USE_SPLIT_PTLOCKS
 		spinlock_t ptl;
 #endif
-		struct kmem_cache *slab;	/* SLUB: Pointer to slab */
+		struct kmem_cache *slab_cache;	/* SL[AU]B: Pointer to slab */
 		struct page *first_page;	/* Compound tail pages */
 	};
 
diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index 83d1a1454b7edea3bc32e91fc4b03b58e52af474..743a104151229e0efc5416cf7a54383d3ba41c82 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache_create(const char *, size_t, size_t,
 void kmem_cache_destroy(struct kmem_cache *);
 int kmem_cache_shrink(struct kmem_cache *);
 void kmem_cache_free(struct kmem_cache *, void *);
-unsigned int kmem_cache_size(struct kmem_cache *);
 
 /*
  * Please use this macro to create slab caches. Simply specify the
@@ -388,6 +387,14 @@ static inline void *kzalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node)
 	return kmalloc_node(size, flags | __GFP_ZERO, node);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Determine the size of a slab object
+ */
+static inline unsigned int kmem_cache_size(struct kmem_cache *s)
+{
+	return s->object_size;
+}
+
 void __init kmem_cache_init_late(void);
 
 #endif	/* _LINUX_SLAB_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/slab_def.h b/include/linux/slab_def.h
index cc290f0bdb346efe82dbe0e87985e6d015ad58e1..45c0356fdc8c086f8b392b5ff6c8813a01679a32 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab_def.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab_def.h
@@ -89,9 +89,13 @@ struct kmem_cache {
 	 * (see kmem_cache_init())
 	 * We still use [NR_CPUS] and not [1] or [0] because cache_cache
 	 * is statically defined, so we reserve the max number of cpus.
+	 *
+	 * We also need to guarantee that the list is able to accomodate a
+	 * pointer for each node since "nodelists" uses the remainder of
+	 * available pointers.
 	 */
 	struct kmem_list3 **nodelists;
-	struct array_cache *array[NR_CPUS];
+	struct array_cache *array[NR_CPUS + MAX_NUMNODES];
 	/*
 	 * Do not add fields after array[]
 	 */
diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 33d3363658df78bc95b928202856a01ed7c54d77..2c3a2e0394db6737887cb0309c27988ca0edb621 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -162,23 +162,6 @@
  */
 static bool pfmemalloc_active __read_mostly;
 
-/* Legal flag mask for kmem_cache_create(). */
-#if DEBUG
-# define CREATE_MASK	(SLAB_RED_ZONE | \
-			 SLAB_POISON | SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN | \
-			 SLAB_CACHE_DMA | \
-			 SLAB_STORE_USER | \
-			 SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT | SLAB_PANIC | \
-			 SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU | SLAB_MEM_SPREAD | \
-			 SLAB_DEBUG_OBJECTS | SLAB_NOLEAKTRACE | SLAB_NOTRACK)
-#else
-# define CREATE_MASK	(SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN | \
-			 SLAB_CACHE_DMA | \
-			 SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT | SLAB_PANIC | \
-			 SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU | SLAB_MEM_SPREAD | \
-			 SLAB_DEBUG_OBJECTS | SLAB_NOLEAKTRACE | SLAB_NOTRACK)
-#endif
-
 /*
  * kmem_bufctl_t:
  *
@@ -564,15 +547,11 @@ static struct cache_names __initdata cache_names[] = {
 #undef CACHE
 };
 
-static struct arraycache_init initarray_cache __initdata =
-    { {0, BOOT_CPUCACHE_ENTRIES, 1, 0} };
 static struct arraycache_init initarray_generic =
     { {0, BOOT_CPUCACHE_ENTRIES, 1, 0} };
 
 /* internal cache of cache description objs */
-static struct kmem_list3 *kmem_cache_nodelists[MAX_NUMNODES];
 static struct kmem_cache kmem_cache_boot = {
-	.nodelists = kmem_cache_nodelists,
 	.batchcount = 1,
 	.limit = BOOT_CPUCACHE_ENTRIES,
 	.shared = 1,
@@ -1576,29 +1555,34 @@ static void __init set_up_list3s(struct kmem_cache *cachep, int index)
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * The memory after the last cpu cache pointer is used for the
+ * the nodelists pointer.
+ */
+static void setup_nodelists_pointer(struct kmem_cache *cachep)
+{
+	cachep->nodelists = (struct kmem_list3 **)&cachep->array[nr_cpu_ids];
+}
+
 /*
  * Initialisation.  Called after the page allocator have been initialised and
  * before smp_init().
  */
 void __init kmem_cache_init(void)
 {
-	size_t left_over;
 	struct cache_sizes *sizes;
 	struct cache_names *names;
 	int i;
-	int order;
-	int node;
 
 	kmem_cache = &kmem_cache_boot;
+	setup_nodelists_pointer(kmem_cache);
 
 	if (num_possible_nodes() == 1)
 		use_alien_caches = 0;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < NUM_INIT_LISTS; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < NUM_INIT_LISTS; i++)
 		kmem_list3_init(&initkmem_list3[i]);
-		if (i < MAX_NUMNODES)
-			kmem_cache->nodelists[i] = NULL;
-	}
+
 	set_up_list3s(kmem_cache, CACHE_CACHE);
 
 	/*
@@ -1629,37 +1613,16 @@ void __init kmem_cache_init(void)
 	 * 6) Resize the head arrays of the kmalloc caches to their final sizes.
 	 */
 
-	node = numa_mem_id();
-
 	/* 1) create the kmem_cache */
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&slab_caches);
-	list_add(&kmem_cache->list, &slab_caches);
-	kmem_cache->colour_off = cache_line_size();
-	kmem_cache->array[smp_processor_id()] = &initarray_cache.cache;
-	kmem_cache->nodelists[node] = &initkmem_list3[CACHE_CACHE + node];
 
 	/*
 	 * struct kmem_cache size depends on nr_node_ids & nr_cpu_ids
 	 */
-	kmem_cache->size = offsetof(struct kmem_cache, array[nr_cpu_ids]) +
-				  nr_node_ids * sizeof(struct kmem_list3 *);
-	kmem_cache->object_size = kmem_cache->size;
-	kmem_cache->size = ALIGN(kmem_cache->object_size,
-					cache_line_size());
-	kmem_cache->reciprocal_buffer_size =
-		reciprocal_value(kmem_cache->size);
-
-	for (order = 0; order < MAX_ORDER; order++) {
-		cache_estimate(order, kmem_cache->size,
-			cache_line_size(), 0, &left_over, &kmem_cache->num);
-		if (kmem_cache->num)
-			break;
-	}
-	BUG_ON(!kmem_cache->num);
-	kmem_cache->gfporder = order;
-	kmem_cache->colour = left_over / kmem_cache->colour_off;
-	kmem_cache->slab_size = ALIGN(kmem_cache->num * sizeof(kmem_bufctl_t) +
-				      sizeof(struct slab), cache_line_size());
+	create_boot_cache(kmem_cache, "kmem_cache",
+		offsetof(struct kmem_cache, array[nr_cpu_ids]) +
+				  nr_node_ids * sizeof(struct kmem_list3 *),
+				  SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN);
+	list_add(&kmem_cache->list, &slab_caches);
 
 	/* 2+3) create the kmalloc caches */
 	sizes = malloc_sizes;
@@ -1671,23 +1634,13 @@ void __init kmem_cache_init(void)
 	 * bug.
 	 */
 
-	sizes[INDEX_AC].cs_cachep = kmem_cache_zalloc(kmem_cache, GFP_NOWAIT);
-	sizes[INDEX_AC].cs_cachep->name = names[INDEX_AC].name;
-	sizes[INDEX_AC].cs_cachep->size = sizes[INDEX_AC].cs_size;
-	sizes[INDEX_AC].cs_cachep->object_size = sizes[INDEX_AC].cs_size;
-	sizes[INDEX_AC].cs_cachep->align = ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN;
-	__kmem_cache_create(sizes[INDEX_AC].cs_cachep, ARCH_KMALLOC_FLAGS|SLAB_PANIC);
-	list_add(&sizes[INDEX_AC].cs_cachep->list, &slab_caches);
-
-	if (INDEX_AC != INDEX_L3) {
-		sizes[INDEX_L3].cs_cachep = kmem_cache_zalloc(kmem_cache, GFP_NOWAIT);
-		sizes[INDEX_L3].cs_cachep->name = names[INDEX_L3].name;
-		sizes[INDEX_L3].cs_cachep->size = sizes[INDEX_L3].cs_size;
-		sizes[INDEX_L3].cs_cachep->object_size = sizes[INDEX_L3].cs_size;
-		sizes[INDEX_L3].cs_cachep->align = ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN;
-		__kmem_cache_create(sizes[INDEX_L3].cs_cachep, ARCH_KMALLOC_FLAGS|SLAB_PANIC);
-		list_add(&sizes[INDEX_L3].cs_cachep->list, &slab_caches);
-	}
+	sizes[INDEX_AC].cs_cachep = create_kmalloc_cache(names[INDEX_AC].name,
+					sizes[INDEX_AC].cs_size, ARCH_KMALLOC_FLAGS);
+
+	if (INDEX_AC != INDEX_L3)
+		sizes[INDEX_L3].cs_cachep =
+			create_kmalloc_cache(names[INDEX_L3].name,
+				sizes[INDEX_L3].cs_size, ARCH_KMALLOC_FLAGS);
 
 	slab_early_init = 0;
 
@@ -1699,24 +1652,14 @@ void __init kmem_cache_init(void)
 		 * Note for systems short on memory removing the alignment will
 		 * allow tighter packing of the smaller caches.
 		 */
-		if (!sizes->cs_cachep) {
-			sizes->cs_cachep = kmem_cache_zalloc(kmem_cache, GFP_NOWAIT);
-			sizes->cs_cachep->name = names->name;
-			sizes->cs_cachep->size = sizes->cs_size;
-			sizes->cs_cachep->object_size = sizes->cs_size;
-			sizes->cs_cachep->align = ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN;
-			__kmem_cache_create(sizes->cs_cachep, ARCH_KMALLOC_FLAGS|SLAB_PANIC);
-			list_add(&sizes->cs_cachep->list, &slab_caches);
-		}
+		if (!sizes->cs_cachep)
+			sizes->cs_cachep = create_kmalloc_cache(names->name,
+					sizes->cs_size, ARCH_KMALLOC_FLAGS);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA
-		sizes->cs_dmacachep = kmem_cache_zalloc(kmem_cache, GFP_NOWAIT);
-		sizes->cs_dmacachep->name = names->name_dma;
-		sizes->cs_dmacachep->size = sizes->cs_size;
-		sizes->cs_dmacachep->object_size = sizes->cs_size;
-		sizes->cs_dmacachep->align = ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN;
-		__kmem_cache_create(sizes->cs_dmacachep,
-			       ARCH_KMALLOC_FLAGS|SLAB_CACHE_DMA| SLAB_PANIC);
-		list_add(&sizes->cs_dmacachep->list, &slab_caches);
+		sizes->cs_dmacachep = create_kmalloc_cache(
+			names->name_dma, sizes->cs_size,
+			SLAB_CACHE_DMA|ARCH_KMALLOC_FLAGS);
 #endif
 		sizes++;
 		names++;
@@ -1727,7 +1670,6 @@ void __init kmem_cache_init(void)
 
 		ptr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct arraycache_init), GFP_NOWAIT);
 
-		BUG_ON(cpu_cache_get(kmem_cache) != &initarray_cache.cache);
 		memcpy(ptr, cpu_cache_get(kmem_cache),
 		       sizeof(struct arraycache_init));
 		/*
@@ -2282,7 +2224,15 @@ static int __init_refok setup_cpu_cache(struct kmem_cache *cachep, gfp_t gfp)
 
 	if (slab_state == DOWN) {
 		/*
-		 * Note: the first kmem_cache_create must create the cache
+		 * Note: Creation of first cache (kmem_cache).
+		 * The setup_list3s is taken care
+		 * of by the caller of __kmem_cache_create
+		 */
+		cachep->array[smp_processor_id()] = &initarray_generic.cache;
+		slab_state = PARTIAL;
+	} else if (slab_state == PARTIAL) {
+		/*
+		 * Note: the second kmem_cache_create must create the cache
 		 * that's used by kmalloc(24), otherwise the creation of
 		 * further caches will BUG().
 		 */
@@ -2290,7 +2240,7 @@ static int __init_refok setup_cpu_cache(struct kmem_cache *cachep, gfp_t gfp)
 
 		/*
 		 * If the cache that's used by kmalloc(sizeof(kmem_list3)) is
-		 * the first cache, then we need to set up all its list3s,
+		 * the second cache, then we need to set up all its list3s,
 		 * otherwise the creation of further caches will BUG().
 		 */
 		set_up_list3s(cachep, SIZE_AC);
@@ -2299,6 +2249,7 @@ static int __init_refok setup_cpu_cache(struct kmem_cache *cachep, gfp_t gfp)
 		else
 			slab_state = PARTIAL_ARRAYCACHE;
 	} else {
+		/* Remaining boot caches */
 		cachep->array[smp_processor_id()] =
 			kmalloc(sizeof(struct arraycache_init), gfp);
 
@@ -2331,11 +2282,8 @@ static int __init_refok setup_cpu_cache(struct kmem_cache *cachep, gfp_t gfp)
 
 /**
  * __kmem_cache_create - Create a cache.
- * @name: A string which is used in /proc/slabinfo to identify this cache.
- * @size: The size of objects to be created in this cache.
- * @align: The required alignment for the objects.
+ * @cachep: cache management descriptor
  * @flags: SLAB flags
- * @ctor: A constructor for the objects.
  *
  * Returns a ptr to the cache on success, NULL on failure.
  * Cannot be called within a int, but can be interrupted.
@@ -2378,11 +2326,6 @@ __kmem_cache_create (struct kmem_cache *cachep, unsigned long flags)
 	if (flags & SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU)
 		BUG_ON(flags & SLAB_POISON);
 #endif
-	/*
-	 * Always checks flags, a caller might be expecting debug support which
-	 * isn't available.
-	 */
-	BUG_ON(flags & ~CREATE_MASK);
 
 	/*
 	 * Check that size is in terms of words.  This is needed to avoid
@@ -2394,22 +2337,6 @@ __kmem_cache_create (struct kmem_cache *cachep, unsigned long flags)
 		size &= ~(BYTES_PER_WORD - 1);
 	}
 
-	/* calculate the final buffer alignment: */
-
-	/* 1) arch recommendation: can be overridden for debug */
-	if (flags & SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN) {
-		/*
-		 * Default alignment: as specified by the arch code.  Except if
-		 * an object is really small, then squeeze multiple objects into
-		 * one cacheline.
-		 */
-		ralign = cache_line_size();
-		while (size <= ralign / 2)
-			ralign /= 2;
-	} else {
-		ralign = BYTES_PER_WORD;
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * Redzoning and user store require word alignment or possibly larger.
 	 * Note this will be overridden by architecture or caller mandated
@@ -2426,10 +2353,6 @@ __kmem_cache_create (struct kmem_cache *cachep, unsigned long flags)
 		size &= ~(REDZONE_ALIGN - 1);
 	}
 
-	/* 2) arch mandated alignment */
-	if (ralign < ARCH_SLAB_MINALIGN) {
-		ralign = ARCH_SLAB_MINALIGN;
-	}
 	/* 3) caller mandated alignment */
 	if (ralign < cachep->align) {
 		ralign = cachep->align;
@@ -2447,7 +2370,7 @@ __kmem_cache_create (struct kmem_cache *cachep, unsigned long flags)
 	else
 		gfp = GFP_NOWAIT;
 
-	cachep->nodelists = (struct kmem_list3 **)&cachep->array[nr_cpu_ids];
+	setup_nodelists_pointer(cachep);
 #if DEBUG
 
 	/*
@@ -3969,12 +3892,6 @@ void kfree(const void *objp)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kfree);
 
-unsigned int kmem_cache_size(struct kmem_cache *cachep)
-{
-	return cachep->object_size;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_size);
-
 /*
  * This initializes kmem_list3 or resizes various caches for all nodes.
  */
@@ -4276,54 +4193,8 @@ static void cache_reap(struct work_struct *w)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SLABINFO
-
-static void print_slabinfo_header(struct seq_file *m)
+void get_slabinfo(struct kmem_cache *cachep, struct slabinfo *sinfo)
 {
-	/*
-	 * Output format version, so at least we can change it
-	 * without _too_ many complaints.
-	 */
-#if STATS
-	seq_puts(m, "slabinfo - version: 2.1 (statistics)\n");
-#else
-	seq_puts(m, "slabinfo - version: 2.1\n");
-#endif
-	seq_puts(m, "# name            <active_objs> <num_objs> <objsize> "
-		 "<objperslab> <pagesperslab>");
-	seq_puts(m, " : tunables <limit> <batchcount> <sharedfactor>");
-	seq_puts(m, " : slabdata <active_slabs> <num_slabs> <sharedavail>");
-#if STATS
-	seq_puts(m, " : globalstat <listallocs> <maxobjs> <grown> <reaped> "
-		 "<error> <maxfreeable> <nodeallocs> <remotefrees> <alienoverflow>");
-	seq_puts(m, " : cpustat <allochit> <allocmiss> <freehit> <freemiss>");
-#endif
-	seq_putc(m, '\n');
-}
-
-static void *s_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
-{
-	loff_t n = *pos;
-
-	mutex_lock(&slab_mutex);
-	if (!n)
-		print_slabinfo_header(m);
-
-	return seq_list_start(&slab_caches, *pos);
-}
-
-static void *s_next(struct seq_file *m, void *p, loff_t *pos)
-{
-	return seq_list_next(p, &slab_caches, pos);
-}
-
-static void s_stop(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
-{
-	mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex);
-}
-
-static int s_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
-{
-	struct kmem_cache *cachep = list_entry(p, struct kmem_cache, list);
 	struct slab *slabp;
 	unsigned long active_objs;
 	unsigned long num_objs;
@@ -4378,13 +4249,20 @@ static int s_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
 	if (error)
 		printk(KERN_ERR "slab: cache %s error: %s\n", name, error);
 
-	seq_printf(m, "%-17s %6lu %6lu %6u %4u %4d",
-		   name, active_objs, num_objs, cachep->size,
-		   cachep->num, (1 << cachep->gfporder));
-	seq_printf(m, " : tunables %4u %4u %4u",
-		   cachep->limit, cachep->batchcount, cachep->shared);
-	seq_printf(m, " : slabdata %6lu %6lu %6lu",
-		   active_slabs, num_slabs, shared_avail);
+	sinfo->active_objs = active_objs;
+	sinfo->num_objs = num_objs;
+	sinfo->active_slabs = active_slabs;
+	sinfo->num_slabs = num_slabs;
+	sinfo->shared_avail = shared_avail;
+	sinfo->limit = cachep->limit;
+	sinfo->batchcount = cachep->batchcount;
+	sinfo->shared = cachep->shared;
+	sinfo->objects_per_slab = cachep->num;
+	sinfo->cache_order = cachep->gfporder;
+}
+
+void slabinfo_show_stats(struct seq_file *m, struct kmem_cache *cachep)
+{
 #if STATS
 	{			/* list3 stats */
 		unsigned long high = cachep->high_mark;
@@ -4414,31 +4292,8 @@ static int s_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
 			   allochit, allocmiss, freehit, freemiss);
 	}
 #endif
-	seq_putc(m, '\n');
-	return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * slabinfo_op - iterator that generates /proc/slabinfo
- *
- * Output layout:
- * cache-name
- * num-active-objs
- * total-objs
- * object size
- * num-active-slabs
- * total-slabs
- * num-pages-per-slab
- * + further values on SMP and with statistics enabled
- */
-
-static const struct seq_operations slabinfo_op = {
-	.start = s_start,
-	.next = s_next,
-	.stop = s_stop,
-	.show = s_show,
-};
-
 #define MAX_SLABINFO_WRITE 128
 /**
  * slabinfo_write - Tuning for the slab allocator
@@ -4447,7 +4302,7 @@ static const struct seq_operations slabinfo_op = {
  * @count: data length
  * @ppos: unused
  */
-static ssize_t slabinfo_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
+ssize_t slabinfo_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
 		       size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	char kbuf[MAX_SLABINFO_WRITE + 1], *tmp;
@@ -4490,19 +4345,6 @@ static ssize_t slabinfo_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
 	return res;
 }
 
-static int slabinfo_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
-{
-	return seq_open(file, &slabinfo_op);
-}
-
-static const struct file_operations proc_slabinfo_operations = {
-	.open		= slabinfo_open,
-	.read		= seq_read,
-	.write		= slabinfo_write,
-	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
-	.release	= seq_release,
-};
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB_LEAK
 
 static void *leaks_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
@@ -4631,6 +4473,16 @@ static int leaks_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void *s_next(struct seq_file *m, void *p, loff_t *pos)
+{
+	return seq_list_next(p, &slab_caches, pos);
+}
+
+static void s_stop(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
+{
+	mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex);
+}
+
 static const struct seq_operations slabstats_op = {
 	.start = leaks_start,
 	.next = s_next,
@@ -4665,7 +4517,6 @@ static const struct file_operations proc_slabstats_operations = {
 
 static int __init slab_proc_init(void)
 {
-	proc_create("slabinfo",S_IWUSR|S_IRUSR,NULL,&proc_slabinfo_operations);
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB_LEAK
 	proc_create("slab_allocators", 0, NULL, &proc_slabstats_operations);
 #endif
diff --git a/mm/slab.h b/mm/slab.h
index 7deeb449a3013ea279fde16bf6935b9d23ba752a..1cb9c9ee0e6f3875854b6f51b206925031faaf55 100644
--- a/mm/slab.h
+++ b/mm/slab.h
@@ -32,9 +32,17 @@ extern struct list_head slab_caches;
 /* The slab cache that manages slab cache information */
 extern struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache;
 
+unsigned long calculate_alignment(unsigned long flags,
+		unsigned long align, unsigned long size);
+
 /* Functions provided by the slab allocators */
 extern int __kmem_cache_create(struct kmem_cache *, unsigned long flags);
 
+extern struct kmem_cache *create_kmalloc_cache(const char *name, size_t size,
+			unsigned long flags);
+extern void create_boot_cache(struct kmem_cache *, const char *name,
+			size_t size, unsigned long flags);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SLUB
 struct kmem_cache *__kmem_cache_alias(const char *name, size_t size,
 	size_t align, unsigned long flags, void (*ctor)(void *));
@@ -45,6 +53,51 @@ static inline struct kmem_cache *__kmem_cache_alias(const char *name, size_t siz
 #endif
 
 
+/* Legal flag mask for kmem_cache_create(), for various configurations */
+#define SLAB_CORE_FLAGS (SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN | SLAB_CACHE_DMA | SLAB_PANIC | \
+			 SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU | SLAB_DEBUG_OBJECTS )
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB)
+#define SLAB_DEBUG_FLAGS (SLAB_RED_ZONE | SLAB_POISON | SLAB_STORE_USER)
+#elif defined(CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG)
+#define SLAB_DEBUG_FLAGS (SLAB_RED_ZONE | SLAB_POISON | SLAB_STORE_USER | \
+			  SLAB_TRACE | SLAB_DEBUG_FREE)
+#else
+#define SLAB_DEBUG_FLAGS (0)
+#endif
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_SLAB)
+#define SLAB_CACHE_FLAGS (SLAB_MEM_SPREAD | SLAB_NOLEAKTRACE | \
+			  SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT | SLAB_TEMPORARY | SLAB_NOTRACK)
+#elif defined(CONFIG_SLUB)
+#define SLAB_CACHE_FLAGS (SLAB_NOLEAKTRACE | SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT | \
+			  SLAB_TEMPORARY | SLAB_NOTRACK)
+#else
+#define SLAB_CACHE_FLAGS (0)
+#endif
+
+#define CACHE_CREATE_MASK (SLAB_CORE_FLAGS | SLAB_DEBUG_FLAGS | SLAB_CACHE_FLAGS)
+
 int __kmem_cache_shutdown(struct kmem_cache *);
 
+struct seq_file;
+struct file;
+
+struct slabinfo {
+	unsigned long active_objs;
+	unsigned long num_objs;
+	unsigned long active_slabs;
+	unsigned long num_slabs;
+	unsigned long shared_avail;
+	unsigned int limit;
+	unsigned int batchcount;
+	unsigned int shared;
+	unsigned int objects_per_slab;
+	unsigned int cache_order;
+};
+
+void get_slabinfo(struct kmem_cache *s, struct slabinfo *sinfo);
+void slabinfo_show_stats(struct seq_file *m, struct kmem_cache *s);
+ssize_t slabinfo_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
+		       size_t count, loff_t *ppos);
 #endif
diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index 069a24e64403f19bd6f51c9d9a9ef4b56deef48d..a8e76d79ee65628cb5071b00935202536262c490 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/seq_file.h>
+#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
@@ -70,6 +72,34 @@ static inline int kmem_cache_sanity_check(const char *name, size_t size)
 }
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Figure out what the alignment of the objects will be given a set of
+ * flags, a user specified alignment and the size of the objects.
+ */
+unsigned long calculate_alignment(unsigned long flags,
+		unsigned long align, unsigned long size)
+{
+	/*
+	 * If the user wants hardware cache aligned objects then follow that
+	 * suggestion if the object is sufficiently large.
+	 *
+	 * The hardware cache alignment cannot override the specified
+	 * alignment though. If that is greater then use it.
+	 */
+	if (flags & SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN) {
+		unsigned long ralign = cache_line_size();
+		while (size <= ralign / 2)
+			ralign /= 2;
+		align = max(align, ralign);
+	}
+
+	if (align < ARCH_SLAB_MINALIGN)
+		align = ARCH_SLAB_MINALIGN;
+
+	return ALIGN(align, sizeof(void *));
+}
+
+
 /*
  * kmem_cache_create - Create a cache.
  * @name: A string which is used in /proc/slabinfo to identify this cache.
@@ -107,6 +137,13 @@ struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache_create(const char *name, size_t size, size_t align
 	if (!kmem_cache_sanity_check(name, size) == 0)
 		goto out_locked;
 
+	/*
+	 * Some allocators will constraint the set of valid flags to a subset
+	 * of all flags. We expect them to define CACHE_CREATE_MASK in this
+	 * case, and we'll just provide them with a sanitized version of the
+	 * passed flags.
+	 */
+	flags &= CACHE_CREATE_MASK;
 
 	s = __kmem_cache_alias(name, size, align, flags, ctor);
 	if (s)
@@ -115,7 +152,7 @@ struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache_create(const char *name, size_t size, size_t align
 	s = kmem_cache_zalloc(kmem_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (s) {
 		s->object_size = s->size = size;
-		s->align = align;
+		s->align = calculate_alignment(flags, align, size);
 		s->ctor = ctor;
 		s->name = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!s->name) {
@@ -192,3 +229,146 @@ int slab_is_available(void)
 {
 	return slab_state >= UP;
 }
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_SLOB
+/* Create a cache during boot when no slab services are available yet */
+void __init create_boot_cache(struct kmem_cache *s, const char *name, size_t size,
+		unsigned long flags)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	s->name = name;
+	s->size = s->object_size = size;
+	s->align = calculate_alignment(flags, ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN, size);
+	err = __kmem_cache_create(s, flags);
+
+	if (err)
+		panic("Creation of kmalloc slab %s size=%zd failed. Reason %d\n",
+					name, size, err);
+
+	s->refcount = -1;	/* Exempt from merging for now */
+}
+
+struct kmem_cache *__init create_kmalloc_cache(const char *name, size_t size,
+				unsigned long flags)
+{
+	struct kmem_cache *s = kmem_cache_zalloc(kmem_cache, GFP_NOWAIT);
+
+	if (!s)
+		panic("Out of memory when creating slab %s\n", name);
+
+	create_boot_cache(s, name, size, flags);
+	list_add(&s->list, &slab_caches);
+	s->refcount = 1;
+	return s;
+}
+
+#endif /* !CONFIG_SLOB */
+
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SLABINFO
+static void print_slabinfo_header(struct seq_file *m)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Output format version, so at least we can change it
+	 * without _too_ many complaints.
+	 */
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB
+	seq_puts(m, "slabinfo - version: 2.1 (statistics)\n");
+#else
+	seq_puts(m, "slabinfo - version: 2.1\n");
+#endif
+	seq_puts(m, "# name            <active_objs> <num_objs> <objsize> "
+		 "<objperslab> <pagesperslab>");
+	seq_puts(m, " : tunables <limit> <batchcount> <sharedfactor>");
+	seq_puts(m, " : slabdata <active_slabs> <num_slabs> <sharedavail>");
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB
+	seq_puts(m, " : globalstat <listallocs> <maxobjs> <grown> <reaped> "
+		 "<error> <maxfreeable> <nodeallocs> <remotefrees> <alienoverflow>");
+	seq_puts(m, " : cpustat <allochit> <allocmiss> <freehit> <freemiss>");
+#endif
+	seq_putc(m, '\n');
+}
+
+static void *s_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
+{
+	loff_t n = *pos;
+
+	mutex_lock(&slab_mutex);
+	if (!n)
+		print_slabinfo_header(m);
+
+	return seq_list_start(&slab_caches, *pos);
+}
+
+static void *s_next(struct seq_file *m, void *p, loff_t *pos)
+{
+	return seq_list_next(p, &slab_caches, pos);
+}
+
+static void s_stop(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
+{
+	mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex);
+}
+
+static int s_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
+{
+	struct kmem_cache *s = list_entry(p, struct kmem_cache, list);
+	struct slabinfo sinfo;
+
+	memset(&sinfo, 0, sizeof(sinfo));
+	get_slabinfo(s, &sinfo);
+
+	seq_printf(m, "%-17s %6lu %6lu %6u %4u %4d",
+		   s->name, sinfo.active_objs, sinfo.num_objs, s->size,
+		   sinfo.objects_per_slab, (1 << sinfo.cache_order));
+
+	seq_printf(m, " : tunables %4u %4u %4u",
+		   sinfo.limit, sinfo.batchcount, sinfo.shared);
+	seq_printf(m, " : slabdata %6lu %6lu %6lu",
+		   sinfo.active_slabs, sinfo.num_slabs, sinfo.shared_avail);
+	slabinfo_show_stats(m, s);
+	seq_putc(m, '\n');
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * slabinfo_op - iterator that generates /proc/slabinfo
+ *
+ * Output layout:
+ * cache-name
+ * num-active-objs
+ * total-objs
+ * object size
+ * num-active-slabs
+ * total-slabs
+ * num-pages-per-slab
+ * + further values on SMP and with statistics enabled
+ */
+static const struct seq_operations slabinfo_op = {
+	.start = s_start,
+	.next = s_next,
+	.stop = s_stop,
+	.show = s_show,
+};
+
+static int slabinfo_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+	return seq_open(file, &slabinfo_op);
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations proc_slabinfo_operations = {
+	.open		= slabinfo_open,
+	.read		= seq_read,
+	.write          = slabinfo_write,
+	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
+	.release	= seq_release,
+};
+
+static int __init slab_proc_init(void)
+{
+	proc_create("slabinfo", S_IRUSR, NULL, &proc_slabinfo_operations);
+	return 0;
+}
+module_init(slab_proc_init);
+#endif /* CONFIG_SLABINFO */
diff --git a/mm/slob.c b/mm/slob.c
index 1e921c5e9576b6db64cc07fb4f4c90a8f4e2729e..795bab7d391da90fbd68cfd7c4730485db69b294 100644
--- a/mm/slob.c
+++ b/mm/slob.c
@@ -28,9 +28,8 @@
  * from kmalloc are prepended with a 4-byte header with the kmalloc size.
  * If kmalloc is asked for objects of PAGE_SIZE or larger, it calls
  * alloc_pages() directly, allocating compound pages so the page order
- * does not have to be separately tracked, and also stores the exact
- * allocation size in page->private so that it can be used to accurately
- * provide ksize(). These objects are detected in kfree() because slob_page()
+ * does not have to be separately tracked.
+ * These objects are detected in kfree() because PageSlab()
  * is false for them.
  *
  * SLAB is emulated on top of SLOB by simply calling constructors and
@@ -124,7 +123,6 @@ static inline void clear_slob_page_free(struct page *sp)
 
 #define SLOB_UNIT sizeof(slob_t)
 #define SLOB_UNITS(size) (((size) + SLOB_UNIT - 1)/SLOB_UNIT)
-#define SLOB_ALIGN L1_CACHE_BYTES
 
 /*
  * struct slob_rcu is inserted at the tail of allocated slob blocks, which
@@ -455,11 +453,6 @@ __do_kmalloc_node(size_t size, gfp_t gfp, int node, unsigned long caller)
 		if (likely(order))
 			gfp |= __GFP_COMP;
 		ret = slob_new_pages(gfp, order, node);
-		if (ret) {
-			struct page *page;
-			page = virt_to_page(ret);
-			page->private = size;
-		}
 
 		trace_kmalloc_node(caller, ret,
 				   size, PAGE_SIZE << order, gfp, node);
@@ -506,7 +499,7 @@ void kfree(const void *block)
 		unsigned int *m = (unsigned int *)(block - align);
 		slob_free(m, *m + align);
 	} else
-		put_page(sp);
+		__free_pages(sp, compound_order(sp));
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kfree);
 
@@ -514,37 +507,30 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kfree);
 size_t ksize(const void *block)
 {
 	struct page *sp;
+	int align;
+	unsigned int *m;
 
 	BUG_ON(!block);
 	if (unlikely(block == ZERO_SIZE_PTR))
 		return 0;
 
 	sp = virt_to_page(block);
-	if (PageSlab(sp)) {
-		int align = max_t(size_t, ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN, ARCH_SLAB_MINALIGN);
-		unsigned int *m = (unsigned int *)(block - align);
-		return SLOB_UNITS(*m) * SLOB_UNIT;
-	} else
-		return sp->private;
+	if (unlikely(!PageSlab(sp)))
+		return PAGE_SIZE << compound_order(sp);
+
+	align = max_t(size_t, ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN, ARCH_SLAB_MINALIGN);
+	m = (unsigned int *)(block - align);
+	return SLOB_UNITS(*m) * SLOB_UNIT;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ksize);
 
 int __kmem_cache_create(struct kmem_cache *c, unsigned long flags)
 {
-	size_t align = c->size;
-
 	if (flags & SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU) {
 		/* leave room for rcu footer at the end of object */
 		c->size += sizeof(struct slob_rcu);
 	}
 	c->flags = flags;
-	/* ignore alignment unless it's forced */
-	c->align = (flags & SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN) ? SLOB_ALIGN : 0;
-	if (c->align < ARCH_SLAB_MINALIGN)
-		c->align = ARCH_SLAB_MINALIGN;
-	if (c->align < align)
-		c->align = align;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -558,12 +544,12 @@ void *kmem_cache_alloc_node(struct kmem_cache *c, gfp_t flags, int node)
 
 	if (c->size < PAGE_SIZE) {
 		b = slob_alloc(c->size, flags, c->align, node);
-		trace_kmem_cache_alloc_node(_RET_IP_, b, c->size,
+		trace_kmem_cache_alloc_node(_RET_IP_, b, c->object_size,
 					    SLOB_UNITS(c->size) * SLOB_UNIT,
 					    flags, node);
 	} else {
 		b = slob_new_pages(flags, get_order(c->size), node);
-		trace_kmem_cache_alloc_node(_RET_IP_, b, c->size,
+		trace_kmem_cache_alloc_node(_RET_IP_, b, c->object_size,
 					    PAGE_SIZE << get_order(c->size),
 					    flags, node);
 	}
@@ -608,12 +594,6 @@ void kmem_cache_free(struct kmem_cache *c, void *b)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_free);
 
-unsigned int kmem_cache_size(struct kmem_cache *c)
-{
-	return c->size;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_size);
-
 int __kmem_cache_shutdown(struct kmem_cache *c)
 {
 	/* No way to check for remaining objects */
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 487f0bdd53c0feed952205a1925f2b7f4fb4169b..87f9f32bf0cd86351ba4893bae66d64ff31e06c3 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -112,9 +112,6 @@
  * 			the fast path and disables lockless freelists.
  */
 
-#define SLAB_DEBUG_FLAGS (SLAB_RED_ZONE | SLAB_POISON | SLAB_STORE_USER | \
-		SLAB_TRACE | SLAB_DEBUG_FREE)
-
 static inline int kmem_cache_debug(struct kmem_cache *s)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG
@@ -179,8 +176,6 @@ static inline int kmem_cache_debug(struct kmem_cache *s)
 #define __OBJECT_POISON		0x80000000UL /* Poison object */
 #define __CMPXCHG_DOUBLE	0x40000000UL /* Use cmpxchg_double */
 
-static int kmem_size = sizeof(struct kmem_cache);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 static struct notifier_block slab_notifier;
 #endif
@@ -1092,11 +1087,11 @@ static noinline struct kmem_cache_node *free_debug_processing(
 	if (!check_object(s, page, object, SLUB_RED_ACTIVE))
 		goto out;
 
-	if (unlikely(s != page->slab)) {
+	if (unlikely(s != page->slab_cache)) {
 		if (!PageSlab(page)) {
 			slab_err(s, page, "Attempt to free object(0x%p) "
 				"outside of slab", object);
-		} else if (!page->slab) {
+		} else if (!page->slab_cache) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR
 				"SLUB <none>: no slab for object 0x%p.\n",
 						object);
@@ -1357,7 +1352,7 @@ static struct page *new_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags, int node)
 		goto out;
 
 	inc_slabs_node(s, page_to_nid(page), page->objects);
-	page->slab = s;
+	page->slab_cache = s;
 	__SetPageSlab(page);
 	if (page->pfmemalloc)
 		SetPageSlabPfmemalloc(page);
@@ -1424,7 +1419,7 @@ static void rcu_free_slab(struct rcu_head *h)
 	else
 		page = container_of((struct list_head *)h, struct page, lru);
 
-	__free_slab(page->slab, page);
+	__free_slab(page->slab_cache, page);
 }
 
 static void free_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page)
@@ -1872,12 +1867,14 @@ static void deactivate_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page, void *freel
 /*
  * Unfreeze all the cpu partial slabs.
  *
- * This function must be called with interrupt disabled.
+ * This function must be called with interrupts disabled
+ * for the cpu using c (or some other guarantee must be there
+ * to guarantee no concurrent accesses).
  */
-static void unfreeze_partials(struct kmem_cache *s)
+static void unfreeze_partials(struct kmem_cache *s,
+		struct kmem_cache_cpu *c)
 {
 	struct kmem_cache_node *n = NULL, *n2 = NULL;
-	struct kmem_cache_cpu *c = this_cpu_ptr(s->cpu_slab);
 	struct page *page, *discard_page = NULL;
 
 	while ((page = c->partial)) {
@@ -1963,7 +1960,7 @@ static int put_cpu_partial(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page, int drain)
 				 * set to the per node partial list.
 				 */
 				local_irq_save(flags);
-				unfreeze_partials(s);
+				unfreeze_partials(s, this_cpu_ptr(s->cpu_slab));
 				local_irq_restore(flags);
 				oldpage = NULL;
 				pobjects = 0;
@@ -2006,7 +2003,7 @@ static inline void __flush_cpu_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, int cpu)
 		if (c->page)
 			flush_slab(s, c);
 
-		unfreeze_partials(s);
+		unfreeze_partials(s, c);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2459,7 +2456,6 @@ static void __slab_free(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page,
 	void *prior;
 	void **object = (void *)x;
 	int was_frozen;
-	int inuse;
 	struct page new;
 	unsigned long counters;
 	struct kmem_cache_node *n = NULL;
@@ -2472,13 +2468,17 @@ static void __slab_free(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page,
 		return;
 
 	do {
+		if (unlikely(n)) {
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&n->list_lock, flags);
+			n = NULL;
+		}
 		prior = page->freelist;
 		counters = page->counters;
 		set_freepointer(s, object, prior);
 		new.counters = counters;
 		was_frozen = new.frozen;
 		new.inuse--;
-		if ((!new.inuse || !prior) && !was_frozen && !n) {
+		if ((!new.inuse || !prior) && !was_frozen) {
 
 			if (!kmem_cache_debug(s) && !prior)
 
@@ -2503,7 +2503,6 @@ static void __slab_free(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page,
 
 			}
 		}
-		inuse = new.inuse;
 
 	} while (!cmpxchg_double_slab(s, page,
 		prior, counters,
@@ -2529,25 +2528,17 @@ static void __slab_free(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page,
                 return;
         }
 
+	if (unlikely(!new.inuse && n->nr_partial > s->min_partial))
+		goto slab_empty;
+
 	/*
-	 * was_frozen may have been set after we acquired the list_lock in
-	 * an earlier loop. So we need to check it here again.
+	 * Objects left in the slab. If it was not on the partial list before
+	 * then add it.
 	 */
-	if (was_frozen)
-		stat(s, FREE_FROZEN);
-	else {
-		if (unlikely(!inuse && n->nr_partial > s->min_partial))
-                        goto slab_empty;
-
-		/*
-		 * Objects left in the slab. If it was not on the partial list before
-		 * then add it.
-		 */
-		if (unlikely(!prior)) {
-			remove_full(s, page);
-			add_partial(n, page, DEACTIVATE_TO_TAIL);
-			stat(s, FREE_ADD_PARTIAL);
-		}
+	if (kmem_cache_debug(s) && unlikely(!prior)) {
+		remove_full(s, page);
+		add_partial(n, page, DEACTIVATE_TO_TAIL);
+		stat(s, FREE_ADD_PARTIAL);
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&n->list_lock, flags);
 	return;
@@ -2623,9 +2614,9 @@ void kmem_cache_free(struct kmem_cache *s, void *x)
 
 	page = virt_to_head_page(x);
 
-	if (kmem_cache_debug(s) && page->slab != s) {
+	if (kmem_cache_debug(s) && page->slab_cache != s) {
 		pr_err("kmem_cache_free: Wrong slab cache. %s but object"
-			" is from  %s\n", page->slab->name, s->name);
+			" is from  %s\n", page->slab_cache->name, s->name);
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -2769,32 +2760,6 @@ static inline int calculate_order(int size, int reserved)
 	return -ENOSYS;
 }
 
-/*
- * Figure out what the alignment of the objects will be.
- */
-static unsigned long calculate_alignment(unsigned long flags,
-		unsigned long align, unsigned long size)
-{
-	/*
-	 * If the user wants hardware cache aligned objects then follow that
-	 * suggestion if the object is sufficiently large.
-	 *
-	 * The hardware cache alignment cannot override the specified
-	 * alignment though. If that is greater then use it.
-	 */
-	if (flags & SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN) {
-		unsigned long ralign = cache_line_size();
-		while (size <= ralign / 2)
-			ralign /= 2;
-		align = max(align, ralign);
-	}
-
-	if (align < ARCH_SLAB_MINALIGN)
-		align = ARCH_SLAB_MINALIGN;
-
-	return ALIGN(align, sizeof(void *));
-}
-
 static void
 init_kmem_cache_node(struct kmem_cache_node *n)
 {
@@ -2928,7 +2893,6 @@ static int calculate_sizes(struct kmem_cache *s, int forced_order)
 {
 	unsigned long flags = s->flags;
 	unsigned long size = s->object_size;
-	unsigned long align = s->align;
 	int order;
 
 	/*
@@ -2999,20 +2963,12 @@ static int calculate_sizes(struct kmem_cache *s, int forced_order)
 		size += sizeof(void *);
 #endif
 
-	/*
-	 * Determine the alignment based on various parameters that the
-	 * user specified and the dynamic determination of cache line size
-	 * on bootup.
-	 */
-	align = calculate_alignment(flags, align, s->object_size);
-	s->align = align;
-
 	/*
 	 * SLUB stores one object immediately after another beginning from
 	 * offset 0. In order to align the objects we have to simply size
 	 * each object to conform to the alignment.
 	 */
-	size = ALIGN(size, align);
+	size = ALIGN(size, s->align);
 	s->size = size;
 	if (forced_order >= 0)
 		order = forced_order;
@@ -3041,7 +2997,6 @@ static int calculate_sizes(struct kmem_cache *s, int forced_order)
 		s->max = s->oo;
 
 	return !!oo_objects(s->oo);
-
 }
 
 static int kmem_cache_open(struct kmem_cache *s, unsigned long flags)
@@ -3127,15 +3082,6 @@ static int kmem_cache_open(struct kmem_cache *s, unsigned long flags)
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
-/*
- * Determine the size of a slab object
- */
-unsigned int kmem_cache_size(struct kmem_cache *s)
-{
-	return s->object_size;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_size);
-
 static void list_slab_objects(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page,
 							const char *text)
 {
@@ -3261,32 +3207,6 @@ static int __init setup_slub_nomerge(char *str)
 
 __setup("slub_nomerge", setup_slub_nomerge);
 
-static struct kmem_cache *__init create_kmalloc_cache(const char *name,
-						int size, unsigned int flags)
-{
-	struct kmem_cache *s;
-
-	s = kmem_cache_zalloc(kmem_cache, GFP_NOWAIT);
-
-	s->name = name;
-	s->size = s->object_size = size;
-	s->align = ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN;
-
-	/*
-	 * This function is called with IRQs disabled during early-boot on
-	 * single CPU so there's no need to take slab_mutex here.
-	 */
-	if (kmem_cache_open(s, flags))
-		goto panic;
-
-	list_add(&s->list, &slab_caches);
-	return s;
-
-panic:
-	panic("Creation of kmalloc slab %s size=%d failed.\n", name, size);
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 /*
  * Conversion table for small slabs sizes / 8 to the index in the
  * kmalloc array. This is necessary for slabs < 192 since we have non power
@@ -3424,7 +3344,7 @@ size_t ksize(const void *object)
 		return PAGE_SIZE << compound_order(page);
 	}
 
-	return slab_ksize(page->slab);
+	return slab_ksize(page->slab_cache);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ksize);
 
@@ -3449,8 +3369,8 @@ bool verify_mem_not_deleted(const void *x)
 	}
 
 	slab_lock(page);
-	if (on_freelist(page->slab, page, object)) {
-		object_err(page->slab, page, object, "Object is on free-list");
+	if (on_freelist(page->slab_cache, page, object)) {
+		object_err(page->slab_cache, page, object, "Object is on free-list");
 		rv = false;
 	} else {
 		rv = true;
@@ -3481,7 +3401,7 @@ void kfree(const void *x)
 		__free_pages(page, compound_order(page));
 		return;
 	}
-	slab_free(page->slab, page, object, _RET_IP_);
+	slab_free(page->slab_cache, page, object, _RET_IP_);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kfree);
 
@@ -3676,15 +3596,16 @@ static int slab_memory_callback(struct notifier_block *self,
 
 /*
  * Used for early kmem_cache structures that were allocated using
- * the page allocator
+ * the page allocator. Allocate them properly then fix up the pointers
+ * that may be pointing to the wrong kmem_cache structure.
  */
 
-static void __init kmem_cache_bootstrap_fixup(struct kmem_cache *s)
+static struct kmem_cache * __init bootstrap(struct kmem_cache *static_cache)
 {
 	int node;
+	struct kmem_cache *s = kmem_cache_zalloc(kmem_cache, GFP_NOWAIT);
 
-	list_add(&s->list, &slab_caches);
-	s->refcount = -1;
+	memcpy(s, static_cache, kmem_cache->object_size);
 
 	for_each_node_state(node, N_NORMAL_MEMORY) {
 		struct kmem_cache_node *n = get_node(s, node);
@@ -3692,78 +3613,52 @@ static void __init kmem_cache_bootstrap_fixup(struct kmem_cache *s)
 
 		if (n) {
 			list_for_each_entry(p, &n->partial, lru)
-				p->slab = s;
+				p->slab_cache = s;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG
 			list_for_each_entry(p, &n->full, lru)
-				p->slab = s;
+				p->slab_cache = s;
 #endif
 		}
 	}
+	list_add(&s->list, &slab_caches);
+	return s;
 }
 
 void __init kmem_cache_init(void)
 {
+	static __initdata struct kmem_cache boot_kmem_cache,
+		boot_kmem_cache_node;
 	int i;
-	int caches = 0;
-	struct kmem_cache *temp_kmem_cache;
-	int order;
-	struct kmem_cache *temp_kmem_cache_node;
-	unsigned long kmalloc_size;
+	int caches = 2;
 
 	if (debug_guardpage_minorder())
 		slub_max_order = 0;
 
-	kmem_size = offsetof(struct kmem_cache, node) +
-			nr_node_ids * sizeof(struct kmem_cache_node *);
-
-	/* Allocate two kmem_caches from the page allocator */
-	kmalloc_size = ALIGN(kmem_size, cache_line_size());
-	order = get_order(2 * kmalloc_size);
-	kmem_cache = (void *)__get_free_pages(GFP_NOWAIT | __GFP_ZERO, order);
-
-	/*
-	 * Must first have the slab cache available for the allocations of the
-	 * struct kmem_cache_node's. There is special bootstrap code in
-	 * kmem_cache_open for slab_state == DOWN.
-	 */
-	kmem_cache_node = (void *)kmem_cache + kmalloc_size;
+	kmem_cache_node = &boot_kmem_cache_node;
+	kmem_cache = &boot_kmem_cache;
 
-	kmem_cache_node->name = "kmem_cache_node";
-	kmem_cache_node->size = kmem_cache_node->object_size =
-		sizeof(struct kmem_cache_node);
-	kmem_cache_open(kmem_cache_node, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN | SLAB_PANIC);
+	create_boot_cache(kmem_cache_node, "kmem_cache_node",
+		sizeof(struct kmem_cache_node), SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN);
 
 	hotplug_memory_notifier(slab_memory_callback, SLAB_CALLBACK_PRI);
 
 	/* Able to allocate the per node structures */
 	slab_state = PARTIAL;
 
-	temp_kmem_cache = kmem_cache;
-	kmem_cache->name = "kmem_cache";
-	kmem_cache->size = kmem_cache->object_size = kmem_size;
-	kmem_cache_open(kmem_cache, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN | SLAB_PANIC);
+	create_boot_cache(kmem_cache, "kmem_cache",
+			offsetof(struct kmem_cache, node) +
+				nr_node_ids * sizeof(struct kmem_cache_node *),
+		       SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN);
 
-	kmem_cache = kmem_cache_alloc(kmem_cache, GFP_NOWAIT);
-	memcpy(kmem_cache, temp_kmem_cache, kmem_size);
+	kmem_cache = bootstrap(&boot_kmem_cache);
 
 	/*
 	 * Allocate kmem_cache_node properly from the kmem_cache slab.
 	 * kmem_cache_node is separately allocated so no need to
 	 * update any list pointers.
 	 */
-	temp_kmem_cache_node = kmem_cache_node;
-
-	kmem_cache_node = kmem_cache_alloc(kmem_cache, GFP_NOWAIT);
-	memcpy(kmem_cache_node, temp_kmem_cache_node, kmem_size);
-
-	kmem_cache_bootstrap_fixup(kmem_cache_node);
-
-	caches++;
-	kmem_cache_bootstrap_fixup(kmem_cache);
-	caches++;
-	/* Free temporary boot structure */
-	free_pages((unsigned long)temp_kmem_cache, order);
+	kmem_cache_node = bootstrap(&boot_kmem_cache_node);
 
 	/* Now we can use the kmem_cache to allocate kmalloc slabs */
 
@@ -3964,6 +3859,10 @@ int __kmem_cache_create(struct kmem_cache *s, unsigned long flags)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
+	/* Mutex is not taken during early boot */
+	if (slab_state <= UP)
+		return 0;
+
 	mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex);
 	err = sysfs_slab_add(s);
 	mutex_lock(&slab_mutex);
@@ -5265,13 +5164,8 @@ static int sysfs_slab_add(struct kmem_cache *s)
 {
 	int err;
 	const char *name;
-	int unmergeable;
+	int unmergeable = slab_unmergeable(s);
 
-	if (slab_state < FULL)
-		/* Defer until later */
-		return 0;
-
-	unmergeable = slab_unmergeable(s);
 	if (unmergeable) {
 		/*
 		 * Slabcache can never be merged so we can use the name proper.
@@ -5405,49 +5299,14 @@ __initcall(slab_sysfs_init);
  * The /proc/slabinfo ABI
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SLABINFO
-static void print_slabinfo_header(struct seq_file *m)
-{
-	seq_puts(m, "slabinfo - version: 2.1\n");
-	seq_puts(m, "# name            <active_objs> <num_objs> <object_size> "
-		 "<objperslab> <pagesperslab>");
-	seq_puts(m, " : tunables <limit> <batchcount> <sharedfactor>");
-	seq_puts(m, " : slabdata <active_slabs> <num_slabs> <sharedavail>");
-	seq_putc(m, '\n');
-}
-
-static void *s_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
-{
-	loff_t n = *pos;
-
-	mutex_lock(&slab_mutex);
-	if (!n)
-		print_slabinfo_header(m);
-
-	return seq_list_start(&slab_caches, *pos);
-}
-
-static void *s_next(struct seq_file *m, void *p, loff_t *pos)
-{
-	return seq_list_next(p, &slab_caches, pos);
-}
-
-static void s_stop(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
-{
-	mutex_unlock(&slab_mutex);
-}
-
-static int s_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
+void get_slabinfo(struct kmem_cache *s, struct slabinfo *sinfo)
 {
 	unsigned long nr_partials = 0;
 	unsigned long nr_slabs = 0;
-	unsigned long nr_inuse = 0;
 	unsigned long nr_objs = 0;
 	unsigned long nr_free = 0;
-	struct kmem_cache *s;
 	int node;
 
-	s = list_entry(p, struct kmem_cache, list);
-
 	for_each_online_node(node) {
 		struct kmem_cache_node *n = get_node(s, node);
 
@@ -5460,41 +5319,21 @@ static int s_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
 		nr_free += count_partial(n, count_free);
 	}
 
-	nr_inuse = nr_objs - nr_free;
-
-	seq_printf(m, "%-17s %6lu %6lu %6u %4u %4d", s->name, nr_inuse,
-		   nr_objs, s->size, oo_objects(s->oo),
-		   (1 << oo_order(s->oo)));
-	seq_printf(m, " : tunables %4u %4u %4u", 0, 0, 0);
-	seq_printf(m, " : slabdata %6lu %6lu %6lu", nr_slabs, nr_slabs,
-		   0UL);
-	seq_putc(m, '\n');
-	return 0;
+	sinfo->active_objs = nr_objs - nr_free;
+	sinfo->num_objs = nr_objs;
+	sinfo->active_slabs = nr_slabs;
+	sinfo->num_slabs = nr_slabs;
+	sinfo->objects_per_slab = oo_objects(s->oo);
+	sinfo->cache_order = oo_order(s->oo);
 }
 
-static const struct seq_operations slabinfo_op = {
-	.start = s_start,
-	.next = s_next,
-	.stop = s_stop,
-	.show = s_show,
-};
-
-static int slabinfo_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+void slabinfo_show_stats(struct seq_file *m, struct kmem_cache *s)
 {
-	return seq_open(file, &slabinfo_op);
 }
 
-static const struct file_operations proc_slabinfo_operations = {
-	.open		= slabinfo_open,
-	.read		= seq_read,
-	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
-	.release	= seq_release,
-};
-
-static int __init slab_proc_init(void)
+ssize_t slabinfo_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
+		       size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	proc_create("slabinfo", S_IRUSR, NULL, &proc_slabinfo_operations);
-	return 0;
+	return -EIO;
 }
-module_init(slab_proc_init);
 #endif /* CONFIG_SLABINFO */