diff -upN reference/include/linux/gfp.h current/include/linux/gfp.h
--- reference/include/linux/gfp.h	Wed Jun 16 08:19:27 2004
+++ current/include/linux/gfp.h	Wed Jun 16 15:53:11 2004
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
 #define __GFP_NORETRY	0x1000	/* Do not retry.  Might fail */
 #define __GFP_NO_GROW	0x2000	/* Slab internal usage */
 #define __GFP_COMP	0x4000	/* Add compound page metadata */
+#define __GFP_NODE_STRICT 0x8000/* Do not fall back to other nodes */
 
 #define __GFP_BITS_SHIFT 16	/* Room for 16 __GFP_FOO bits */
 #define __GFP_BITS_MASK ((1 << __GFP_BITS_SHIFT) - 1)
diff -upN reference/mm/page_alloc.c current/mm/page_alloc.c
--- reference/mm/page_alloc.c	Wed Jun 16 08:19:27 2004
+++ current/mm/page_alloc.c	Wed Jun 16 15:53:11 2004
@@ -610,6 +610,10 @@ __alloc_pages(unsigned int gfp_mask, uns
 
 		min = (1<<order) + z->protection[alloc_type];
 
+		if ((__GFP_NODE_STRICT & gfp_mask) &&
+		    (pfn_to_nid(z->zone_start_pfn) != numa_node_id()))
+			continue;
+
 		/*
 		 * We let real-time tasks dip their real-time paws a little
 		 * deeper into reserves.