diff -Nru linux-2.6.13-rc4/mm/slab.c linux-2.6.13-rc4-ed/mm/slab.c
--- linux-2.6.13-rc4/mm/slab.c	2005-07-29 00:44:44.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.13-rc4-ed/mm/slab.c	2005-07-29 10:48:45.000000000 +0200
@@ -2166,6 +2166,7 @@
 	}
 	local_irq_restore(save_flags);
 	objp = cache_alloc_debugcheck_after(cachep, flags, objp, __builtin_return_address(0));
+	prefetchw(objp);
 	return objp;
 }