diff -urNp linux-2.5.55-ms/fs/exec.c linux-2.5.55-ms-ilb/fs/exec.c
--- linux-2.5.55-ms/fs/exec.c	2003-01-09 05:04:00.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.5.55-ms-ilb/fs/exec.c	2003-01-11 01:09:25.000000000 +0100
@@ -1027,6 +1027,8 @@ int do_execve(char * filename, char ** a
 	int retval;
 	int i;
 
+	sched_balance_exec();
+
 	file = open_exec(filename);
 
 	retval = PTR_ERR(file);
diff -urNp linux-2.5.55-ms/include/linux/sched.h linux-2.5.55-ms-ilb/include/linux/sched.h
--- linux-2.5.55-ms/include/linux/sched.h	2003-01-09 05:03:53.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.5.55-ms-ilb/include/linux/sched.h	2003-01-11 01:10:31.000000000 +0100
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ extern void update_one_process(struct ta
 extern void scheduler_tick(int user_tick, int system);
 extern unsigned long cache_decay_ticks;
 
-
 #define	MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT	LONG_MAX
 extern signed long FASTCALL(schedule_timeout(signed long timeout));
 asmlinkage void schedule(void);
@@ -444,6 +443,20 @@ extern void set_cpus_allowed(task_t *p, 
 # define set_cpus_allowed(p, new_mask) do { } while (0)
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
+extern void sched_balance_exec(void);
+extern void node_nr_running_init(void);
+#define nr_running_inc(rq) atomic_inc(rq->node_ptr); \
+	rq->nr_running++
+#define nr_running_dec(rq) atomic_dec(rq->node_ptr); \
+	rq->nr_running--
+#else
+#define sched_balance_exec() {}
+#define node_nr_running_init() {}
+#define nr_running_inc(rq) rq->nr_running++
+#define nr_running_dec(rq) rq->nr_running--
+#endif
+
 extern void set_user_nice(task_t *p, long nice);
 extern int task_prio(task_t *p);
 extern int task_nice(task_t *p);
diff -urNp linux-2.5.55-ms/init/main.c linux-2.5.55-ms-ilb/init/main.c
--- linux-2.5.55-ms/init/main.c	2003-01-09 05:03:55.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.5.55-ms-ilb/init/main.c	2003-01-11 01:09:25.000000000 +0100
@@ -495,6 +495,7 @@ static void do_pre_smp_initcalls(void)
 
 	migration_init();
 #endif
+	node_nr_running_init();
 	spawn_ksoftirqd();
 }
 
diff -urNp linux-2.5.55-ms/kernel/sched.c linux-2.5.55-ms-ilb/kernel/sched.c
--- linux-2.5.55-ms/kernel/sched.c	2003-01-10 23:01:02.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.5.55-ms-ilb/kernel/sched.c	2003-01-11 01:12:43.000000000 +0100
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ struct runqueue {
 	task_t *curr, *idle;
 	prio_array_t *active, *expired, arrays[2];
 	int prev_nr_running[NR_CPUS];
+	atomic_t * node_ptr;
 
 	task_t *migration_thread;
 	struct list_head migration_queue;
@@ -294,7 +295,7 @@ static inline void activate_task(task_t 
 		p->prio = effective_prio(p);
 	}
 	enqueue_task(p, array);
-	rq->nr_running++;
+	nr_running_inc(rq);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -302,7 +303,7 @@ static inline void activate_task(task_t 
  */
 static inline void deactivate_task(struct task_struct *p, runqueue_t *rq)
 {
-	rq->nr_running--;
+	nr_running_dec(rq);
 	if (p->state == TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE)
 		rq->nr_uninterruptible++;
 	dequeue_task(p, p->array);
@@ -736,9 +737,9 @@ out:
 static inline void pull_task(runqueue_t *src_rq, prio_array_t *src_array, task_t *p, runqueue_t *this_rq, int this_cpu)
 {
 	dequeue_task(p, src_array);
-	src_rq->nr_running--;
+	nr_running_dec(src_rq);
 	set_task_cpu(p, this_cpu);
-	this_rq->nr_running++;
+	nr_running_inc(this_rq);
 	enqueue_task(p, this_rq->active);
 	/*
 	 * Note that idle threads have a prio of MAX_PRIO, for this test
@@ -2171,6 +2172,86 @@ __init int migration_init(void)
 
 #endif
 
+#if CONFIG_NUMA
+static atomic_t node_nr_running[MAX_NUMNODES] ____cacheline_maxaligned_in_smp = {[0 ...MAX_NUMNODES-1] = ATOMIC_INIT(0)};
+
+__init void node_nr_running_init(void)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < NR_CPUS; i++) {
+		cpu_rq(i)->node_ptr = &node_nr_running[__cpu_to_node(i)];
+	}
+	return;
+}
+
+/*
+ * If dest_cpu is allowed for this process, migrate the task to it.
+ * This is accomplished by forcing the cpu_allowed mask to only
+ * allow dest_cpu, which will force the cpu onto dest_cpu.  Then
+ * the cpu_allowed mask is restored.
+ */
+static void sched_migrate_task(task_t *p, int dest_cpu)
+{
+	unsigned long old_mask;
+
+	old_mask = p->cpus_allowed;
+	if (!(old_mask & (1UL << dest_cpu)))
+		return;
+	/* force the process onto the specified CPU */
+	set_cpus_allowed(p, 1UL << dest_cpu);
+
+	/* restore the cpus allowed mask */
+	set_cpus_allowed(p, old_mask);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Find the least loaded CPU.  Slightly favor the current CPU by
+ * setting its runqueue length as the minimum to start.
+ */
+static int sched_best_cpu(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+	int i, minload, load, best_cpu, node = 0;
+	unsigned long cpumask;
+
+	best_cpu = task_cpu(p);
+	if (cpu_rq(best_cpu)->nr_running <= 2)
+		return best_cpu;
+
+	minload = 10000000;
+	for (i = 0; i < numnodes; i++) {
+		load = atomic_read(&node_nr_running[i]);
+		if (load < minload) {
+			minload = load;
+			node = i;
+		}
+	}
+
+	minload = 10000000;
+	cpumask = __node_to_cpu_mask(node);
+	for (i = 0; i < NR_CPUS; ++i) {
+		if (!(cpumask & (1UL << i)))
+			continue;
+		if (cpu_rq(i)->nr_running < minload) {
+			best_cpu = i;
+			minload = cpu_rq(i)->nr_running;
+		}
+	}
+	return best_cpu;
+}
+
+void sched_balance_exec(void)
+{
+	int new_cpu;
+
+	if (numnodes > 1) {
+		new_cpu = sched_best_cpu(current);
+		if (new_cpu != smp_processor_id())
+			sched_migrate_task(current, new_cpu);
+	}
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_NUMA */
+
 #if CONFIG_SMP || CONFIG_PREEMPT
 /*
  * The 'big kernel lock'
@@ -2232,6 +2313,10 @@ void __init sched_init(void)
 		spin_lock_init(&rq->lock);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rq->migration_queue);
 		atomic_set(&rq->nr_iowait, 0);
+#if CONFIG_NUMA
+		rq->node_ptr = &node_nr_running[0];
+#endif /* CONFIG_NUMA */
+
 
 		for (j = 0; j < 2; j++) {
 			array = rq->arrays + j;