diff -ruN linux-2.4.20/include/linux/mempool.h linux/include/linux/mempool.h
--- linux-2.4.20/include/linux/mempool.h	Thu Jan  1 01:00:00 1970
+++ linux/include/linux/mempool.h	Wed Mar 26 12:53:48 2003
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * memory buffer pool support
+ */
+#ifndef _LINUX_MEMPOOL_H
+#define _LINUX_MEMPOOL_H
+
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/wait.h>
+
+struct mempool_s;
+typedef struct mempool_s mempool_t;
+
+typedef void * (mempool_alloc_t)(int gfp_mask, void *pool_data);
+typedef void (mempool_free_t)(void *element, void *pool_data);
+
+extern mempool_t * mempool_create(int min_nr, mempool_alloc_t *alloc_fn,
+				 mempool_free_t *free_fn, void *pool_data);
+extern int mempool_resize(mempool_t *pool, int new_min_nr, int gfp_mask);
+extern void mempool_destroy(mempool_t *pool);
+extern void * mempool_alloc(mempool_t *pool, int gfp_mask);
+extern void mempool_free(void *element, mempool_t *pool);
+
+/*
+ * A mempool_alloc_t and mempool_free_t that get the memory from
+ * a slab that is passed in through pool_data.
+ */
+void *mempool_alloc_slab(int gfp_mask, void *pool_data);
+void mempool_free_slab(void *element, void *pool_data);
+
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_MEMPOOL_H */
diff -ruN linux-2.4.20/mm/Makefile linux/mm/Makefile
--- linux-2.4.20/mm/Makefile	Fri Jan 10 16:36:02 2003
+++ linux/mm/Makefile	Wed Mar 26 12:53:19 2003
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
 
 O_TARGET := mm.o
 
-export-objs := shmem.o filemap.o memory.o page_alloc.o
+export-objs := shmem.o filemap.o memory.o page_alloc.o mempool.o
 
 obj-y	 := memory.o mmap.o filemap.o mprotect.o mlock.o mremap.o \
 	    vmalloc.o slab.o bootmem.o swap.o vmscan.o page_io.o \
 	    page_alloc.o swap_state.o swapfile.o numa.o oom_kill.o \
-	    shmem.o
+	    shmem.o mempool.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_HIGHMEM) += highmem.o
 
diff -ruN linux-2.4.20/mm/mempool.c linux/mm/mempool.c
--- linux-2.4.20/mm/mempool.c	Thu Jan  1 01:00:00 1970
+++ linux/mm/mempool.c	Wed Mar 26 12:53:48 2003
@@ -0,0 +1,299 @@
+/*
+ *  linux/mm/mempool.c
+ *
+ *  memory buffer pool support. Such pools are mostly used
+ *  for guaranteed, deadlock-free memory allocations during
+ *  extreme VM load.
+ *
+ *  started by Ingo Molnar, Copyright (C) 2001
+ */
+
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/mempool.h>
+
+struct mempool_s {
+	spinlock_t lock;
+	int min_nr;		/* nr of elements at *elements */
+	int curr_nr;		/* Current nr of elements at *elements */
+	void **elements;
+
+	void *pool_data;
+	mempool_alloc_t *alloc;
+	mempool_free_t *free;
+	wait_queue_head_t wait;
+};
+
+static void add_element(mempool_t *pool, void *element)
+{
+	BUG_ON(pool->curr_nr >= pool->min_nr);
+	pool->elements[pool->curr_nr++] = element;
+}
+
+static void *remove_element(mempool_t *pool)
+{
+	BUG_ON(pool->curr_nr <= 0);
+	return pool->elements[--pool->curr_nr];
+}
+
+static void free_pool(mempool_t *pool)
+{
+	while (pool->curr_nr) {
+		void *element = remove_element(pool);
+		pool->free(element, pool->pool_data);
+	}
+	kfree(pool->elements);
+	kfree(pool);
+}
+
+/**
+ * mempool_create - create a memory pool
+ * @min_nr:    the minimum number of elements guaranteed to be
+ *             allocated for this pool.
+ * @alloc_fn:  user-defined element-allocation function.
+ * @free_fn:   user-defined element-freeing function.
+ * @pool_data: optional private data available to the user-defined functions.
+ *
+ * this function creates and allocates a guaranteed size, preallocated
+ * memory pool. The pool can be used from the mempool_alloc and mempool_free
+ * functions. This function might sleep. Both the alloc_fn() and the free_fn()
+ * functions might sleep - as long as the mempool_alloc function is not called
+ * from IRQ contexts.
+ */
+mempool_t * mempool_create(int min_nr, mempool_alloc_t *alloc_fn,
+				mempool_free_t *free_fn, void *pool_data)
+{
+	mempool_t *pool;
+
+	pool = kmalloc(sizeof(*pool), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!pool)
+		return NULL;
+	memset(pool, 0, sizeof(*pool));
+	pool->elements = kmalloc(min_nr * sizeof(void *), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!pool->elements) {
+		kfree(pool);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	spin_lock_init(&pool->lock);
+	pool->min_nr = min_nr;
+	pool->pool_data = pool_data;
+	init_waitqueue_head(&pool->wait);
+	pool->alloc = alloc_fn;
+	pool->free = free_fn;
+
+	/*
+	 * First pre-allocate the guaranteed number of buffers.
+	 */
+	while (pool->curr_nr < pool->min_nr) {
+		void *element;
+
+		element = pool->alloc(GFP_KERNEL, pool->pool_data);
+		if (unlikely(!element)) {
+			free_pool(pool);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+		add_element(pool, element);
+	}
+	return pool;
+}
+
+/**
+ * mempool_resize - resize an existing memory pool
+ * @pool:       pointer to the memory pool which was allocated via
+ *              mempool_create().
+ * @new_min_nr: the new minimum number of elements guaranteed to be
+ *              allocated for this pool.
+ * @gfp_mask:   the usual allocation bitmask.
+ *
+ * This function shrinks/grows the pool. In the case of growing,
+ * it cannot be guaranteed that the pool will be grown to the new
+ * size immediately, but new mempool_free() calls will refill it.
+ *
+ * Note, the caller must guarantee that no mempool_destroy is called
+ * while this function is running. mempool_alloc() & mempool_free()
+ * might be called (eg. from IRQ contexts) while this function executes.
+ */
+int mempool_resize(mempool_t *pool, int new_min_nr, int gfp_mask)
+{
+	void *element;
+	void **new_elements;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	BUG_ON(new_min_nr <= 0);
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&pool->lock, flags);
+	if (new_min_nr < pool->min_nr) {
+		while (pool->curr_nr > new_min_nr) {
+			element = remove_element(pool);
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->lock, flags);
+			pool->free(element, pool->pool_data);
+			spin_lock_irqsave(&pool->lock, flags);
+		}
+		pool->min_nr = new_min_nr;
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->lock, flags);
+
+	/* Grow the pool */
+	new_elements = kmalloc(new_min_nr * sizeof(*new_elements), gfp_mask);
+	if (!new_elements)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&pool->lock, flags);
+	memcpy(new_elements, pool->elements,
+			pool->curr_nr * sizeof(*new_elements));
+	kfree(pool->elements);
+	pool->elements = new_elements;
+	pool->min_nr = new_min_nr;
+
+	while (pool->curr_nr < pool->min_nr) {
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->lock, flags);
+		element = pool->alloc(gfp_mask, pool->pool_data);
+		if (!element)
+			goto out;
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&pool->lock, flags);
+		if (pool->curr_nr < pool->min_nr)
+			add_element(pool, element);
+		else
+			kfree(element);		/* Raced */
+	}
+out_unlock:
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->lock, flags);
+out:
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * mempool_destroy - deallocate a memory pool
+ * @pool:      pointer to the memory pool which was allocated via
+ *             mempool_create().
+ *
+ * this function only sleeps if the free_fn() function sleeps. The caller
+ * has to guarantee that all elements have been returned to the pool (ie:
+ * freed) prior to calling mempool_destroy().
+ */
+void mempool_destroy(mempool_t *pool)
+{
+	if (pool->curr_nr != pool->min_nr)
+		BUG();		/* There were outstanding elements */
+	free_pool(pool);
+}
+
+/**
+ * mempool_alloc - allocate an element from a specific memory pool
+ * @pool:      pointer to the memory pool which was allocated via
+ *             mempool_create().
+ * @gfp_mask:  the usual allocation bitmask.
+ *
+ * this function only sleeps if the alloc_fn function sleeps or
+ * returns NULL. Note that due to preallocation, this function
+ * *never* fails when called from process contexts. (it might
+ * fail if called from an IRQ context.)
+ */
+void * mempool_alloc(mempool_t *pool, int gfp_mask)
+{
+	void *element;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	int curr_nr;
+	DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
+	int gfp_nowait = gfp_mask & ~(__GFP_WAIT | __GFP_IO);
+
+repeat_alloc:
+	element = pool->alloc(gfp_nowait, pool->pool_data);
+	if (likely(element != NULL))
+		return element;
+
+	/*
+	 * If the pool is less than 50% full then try harder
+	 * to allocate an element:
+	 */
+	if ((gfp_mask != gfp_nowait) && (pool->curr_nr <= pool->min_nr/2)) {
+		element = pool->alloc(gfp_mask, pool->pool_data);
+		if (likely(element != NULL))
+			return element;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Kick the VM at this point.
+	 */
+	wakeup_bdflush();
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&pool->lock, flags);
+	if (likely(pool->curr_nr)) {
+		element = remove_element(pool);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->lock, flags);
+		return element;
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->lock, flags);
+
+	/* We must not sleep in the GFP_ATOMIC case */
+	if (gfp_mask == gfp_nowait)
+		return NULL;
+
+	run_task_queue(&tq_disk);
+
+	add_wait_queue_exclusive(&pool->wait, &wait);
+	set_task_state(current, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&pool->lock, flags);
+	curr_nr = pool->curr_nr;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->lock, flags);
+
+	if (!curr_nr)
+		schedule();
+
+	current->state = TASK_RUNNING;
+	remove_wait_queue(&pool->wait, &wait);
+
+	goto repeat_alloc;
+}
+
+/**
+ * mempool_free - return an element to the pool.
+ * @element:   pool element pointer.
+ * @pool:      pointer to the memory pool which was allocated via
+ *             mempool_create().
+ *
+ * this function only sleeps if the free_fn() function sleeps.
+ */
+void mempool_free(void *element, mempool_t *pool)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	if (pool->curr_nr < pool->min_nr) {
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&pool->lock, flags);
+		if (pool->curr_nr < pool->min_nr) {
+			add_element(pool, element);
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->lock, flags);
+			wake_up(&pool->wait);
+			return;
+		}
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->lock, flags);
+	}
+	pool->free(element, pool->pool_data);
+}
+
+/*
+ * A commonly used alloc and free fn.
+ */
+void *mempool_alloc_slab(int gfp_mask, void *pool_data)
+{
+	kmem_cache_t *mem = (kmem_cache_t *) pool_data;
+	return kmem_cache_alloc(mem, gfp_mask);
+}
+
+void mempool_free_slab(void *element, void *pool_data)
+{
+	kmem_cache_t *mem = (kmem_cache_t *) pool_data;
+	kmem_cache_free(mem, element);
+}
+
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(mempool_create);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(mempool_resize);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(mempool_destroy);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(mempool_alloc);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(mempool_free);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(mempool_alloc_slab);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(mempool_free_slab);
