1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c
index 833139620431..03b1a3b0fbd5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_32.c
@@ -72,13 +72,25 @@ extern unsigned long p_mapped_by_tlbcam(phys_addr_t pa);
 
 #define PGDIR_ORDER     (32 + PGD_T_LOG2 - PGDIR_SHIFT)
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_PPC_4K_PAGES
+static struct kmem_cache *pgtable_cache;
+
+void pgtable_cache_init(void)
+{
+        pgtable_cache = kmem_cache_create("PGDIR cache", 1 << PGDIR_ORDER,
+                                          1 << PGDIR_ORDER, 0, NULL);
+        if (pgtable_cache == NULL)
+                panic("Couldn't allocate pgtable caches");
+}
+#endif
+
 pgd_t *pgd_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
         pgd_t *ret;
 
         /* pgdir take page or two with 4K pages and a page fraction otherwise */
 #ifndef CONFIG_PPC_4K_PAGES
-        ret = kzalloc(1 << PGDIR_ORDER, GFP_KERNEL);
+        ret = kmem_cache_alloc(pgtable_cache, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
 #else
         ret = (pgd_t *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO,
                         PGDIR_ORDER - PAGE_SHIFT);
@@ -89,7 +101,7 @@ pgd_t *pgd_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm)
 void pgd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd)
 {
 #ifndef CONFIG_PPC_4K_PAGES
-        kfree((void *)pgd);
+        kmem_cache_free(pgtable_cache, (void *)pgd);
 #else
         free_pages((unsigned long)pgd, PGDIR_ORDER - PAGE_SHIFT);
 #endif