- if (sp->units >= SLOB_UNITS(size)) {
- b = slob_page_alloc(sp, size, align);
- if (b)
- break;
- }
+ /* Attempt to alloc */
+ prev = sp->list.prev;
+ b = slob_page_alloc(sp, size, align);
+ if (!b)
+ continue;
+
+ /* Improve fragment distribution and reduce our average
+ * search time by starting our next search here. (see
+ * Knuth vol 1, sec 2.5, pg 449) */
+ if (free_slob_pages.next != prev->next)
+ list_move_tail(&free_slob_pages, prev->next);
+ break;