diff -urN 2.3.18ac4/include/linux/sched.h 2.3.18ac4-trashmem/include/linux/sched.h
--- 2.3.18ac4/include/linux/sched.h	Wed Sep 15 14:48:32 1999
+++ 2.3.18ac4-trashmem/include/linux/sched.h	Wed Sep 15 15:19:49 1999
@@ -321,6 +321,8 @@
 /* mm fault and swap info: this can arguably be seen as either mm-specific or thread-specific */
 	unsigned long min_flt, maj_flt, nswap, cmin_flt, cmaj_flt, cnswap;
 	int swappable:1;
+	int trashing_mem:1;
+	int trashing_bigmem:1;
 /* process credentials */
 	uid_t uid,euid,suid,fsuid;
 	gid_t gid,egid,sgid,fsgid;
@@ -404,7 +406,7 @@
 /* utime */	{0,0,0,0},0, \
 /* per CPU times */ {0, }, {0, }, \
 /* flt */	0,0,0,0,0,0, \
-/* swp */	0, \
+/* swp */	0,0,0, \
 /* process credentials */					\
 /* uid etc */	0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,				\
 /* suppl grps*/ 0, {0,},					\
diff -urN 2.3.18ac4/mm/page_alloc.c 2.3.18ac4-trashmem/mm/page_alloc.c
--- 2.3.18ac4/mm/page_alloc.c	Tue Sep 14 14:35:26 1999
+++ 2.3.18ac4-trashmem/mm/page_alloc.c	Wed Sep 15 15:18:57 1999
@@ -255,43 +255,43 @@
 	 */
 	if (!(current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC)) {
 		int freed;
-		static int low_on_memory = 0;
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_BIGMEM
 		if (nr_free_pages > freepages.min) {
-			if (!low_on_memory)
+			if (!current->trashing_mem)
 				goto ok_to_allocate;
 			if (nr_free_pages >= freepages.high) {
-				low_on_memory = 0;
+				current->trashing_mem = 0;
 				goto ok_to_allocate;
 			}
 		}
 
-		low_on_memory = 1;
+		if (!current->trashing_mem)
+			current->trashing_mem = 1;
 #else
-		static int low_on_bigmemory = 0;
-
 		if (gfp_mask & __GFP_BIGMEM)
 		{
 			if (nr_free_pages > freepages.min) {
-				if (!low_on_bigmemory)
+				if (!current->trashing_bigmem)
 					goto ok_to_allocate;
 				if (nr_free_pages >= freepages.high) {
-					low_on_bigmemory = 0;
+					current->trashing_bigmem = 0;
 					goto ok_to_allocate;
 				}
 			}
-			low_on_bigmemory = 1;
+			if (!current->trashing_bigmem)
+				current->trashing_bigmem = 1;
 		} else {
 			if (nr_free_pages-nr_free_bigpages > freepages.min) {
-				if (!low_on_memory)
+				if (!current->trashing_mem)
 					goto ok_to_allocate;
 				if (nr_free_pages-nr_free_bigpages >= freepages.high) {
-					low_on_memory = 0;
+					current->trashing_mem = 0;
 					goto ok_to_allocate;
 				}
 			}
-			low_on_memory = 1;
+			if (!current->trashing_mem)
+				current->trashing_mem = 1;
 		}
 #endif
 		current->flags |= PF_MEMALLOC;