diff -urN linux-2.6.7-rc1-bk/mm/slab.c linux/mm/slab.c
--- linux-2.6.7-rc1-bk/mm/slab.c	2004-05-23 18:41:51.000000000 -0400
+++ linux/mm/slab.c	2004-05-27 08:49:05.444639592 -0400
@@ -754,11 +754,9 @@
 		 * eliminates "false sharing".
 		 * Note for systems short on memory removing the alignment will
 		 * allow tighter packing of the smaller caches. */
-		sizes->cs_cachep = kmem_cache_create(
-			names->name, sizes->cs_size,
-			ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN, 0, NULL, NULL);
-		if (!sizes->cs_cachep)
-			BUG();
+		sizes->cs_cachep = kmem_cache_create(names->name,
+			sizes->cs_size, ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN,
+			SLAB_PANIC, NULL, NULL);
 
 		/* Inc off-slab bufctl limit until the ceiling is hit. */
 		if (!(OFF_SLAB(sizes->cs_cachep))) {
@@ -766,11 +764,9 @@
 			offslab_limit /= sizeof(kmem_bufctl_t);
 		}
 
-		sizes->cs_dmacachep = kmem_cache_create(
-			names->name_dma, sizes->cs_size,
-			ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN, SLAB_CACHE_DMA, NULL, NULL);
-		if (!sizes->cs_dmacachep)
-			BUG();
+		sizes->cs_dmacachep = kmem_cache_create(names->name_dma,
+			sizes->cs_size, ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN,
+			(SLAB_CACHE_DMA | SLAB_PANIC), NULL, NULL);
 
 		sizes++;
 		names++;