diff -NurpP --minimal linux-2.6.19-vs2.2.0-rc4/kernel/vserver/context.c linux-2.6.19-vs2.2.0-rc4.1/kernel/vserver/context.c
--- linux-2.6.19-vs2.2.0-rc4/kernel/vserver/context.c	2006-12-07 23:58:43 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.19-vs2.2.0-rc4.1/kernel/vserver/context.c	2006-12-10 22:22:04 +0100
@@ -53,6 +53,16 @@ atomic_t vx_global_ctotal	= ATOMIC_INIT(
 atomic_t vx_global_cactive	= ATOMIC_INIT(0);
 
 
+kmem_cache_t *vx_info_cachep __read_mostly;
+
+void __init vx_info_cache_init(void)
+{
+	vx_info_cachep = kmem_cache_create("vx_info_cache",
+		sizeof(struct vx_info), 0,
+		SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC, NULL, NULL);
+}
+
+
 /*	now inactive context structures */
 
 static struct hlist_head vx_info_inactive = HLIST_HEAD_INIT;
@@ -72,8 +82,7 @@ static struct vx_info *__alloc_vx_info(x
 
 	vxdprintk(VXD_CBIT(xid, 0), "alloc_vx_info(%d)*", xid);
 
-	/* would this benefit from a slab cache? */
-	new = kmalloc(sizeof(struct vx_info), GFP_KERNEL);
+	new = kmem_cache_alloc(vx_info_cachep, SLAB_KERNEL);
 	if (!new)
 		return 0;
 
@@ -160,7 +169,7 @@ static void __dealloc_vx_info(struct vx_
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	free_percpu(vxi->ptr_pc);
 #endif
-	kfree(vxi);
+	kmem_cache_free(vx_info_cachep, (void *)(vxi));
 	atomic_dec(&vx_global_ctotal);
 }
 
diff -NurpP --minimal linux-2.6.19-vs2.2.0-rc4/kernel/vserver/init.c linux-2.6.19-vs2.2.0-rc4.1/kernel/vserver/init.c
--- linux-2.6.19-vs2.2.0-rc4/kernel/vserver/init.c	2006-11-09 01:00:34 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.19-vs2.2.0-rc4.1/kernel/vserver/init.c	2006-12-10 22:29:17 +0100
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 int	vserver_register_sysctl(void);
 void	vserver_unregister_sysctl(void);
 
+void	vx_info_cache_init(void);
+
 
 static int __init init_vserver(void)
 {
@@ -24,6 +26,8 @@ static int __init init_vserver(void)
 #ifdef	CONFIG_VSERVER_DEBUG
 	vserver_register_sysctl();
 #endif
+	vx_info_cache_init();
+
 	return ret;
 }