diff -u --recursive pre5/linux/mm/vmscan.c linux/mm/vmscan.c
--- pre5/linux/mm/vmscan.c	Tue Oct 30 08:51:13 2001
+++ linux/mm/vmscan.c	Tue Oct 30 08:46:08 2001
@@ -515,20 +515,6 @@
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&pagemap_lru_lock);
 
-	if (nr_pages <= 0)
-		return 0;
-
-	/*
-	 * If swapping out isn't appropriate, and 
-	 * we still fail, try the other (usually smaller)
-	 * caches instead.
-	 */
-	shrink_dcache_memory(priority, gfp_mask);
-	shrink_icache_memory(priority, gfp_mask);
-#ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
-	shrink_dqcache_memory(DEF_PRIORITY, gfp_mask);
-#endif
-
 	return nr_pages;
 }
 
@@ -577,7 +563,17 @@
 	ratio = (unsigned long) nr_pages * nr_active_pages / ((nr_inactive_pages + 1) * 2);
 	refill_inactive(ratio);
 
-	return shrink_cache(nr_pages, classzone, gfp_mask, priority);
+	nr_pages = shrink_cache(nr_pages, classzone, gfp_mask, priority);
+	if (nr_pages <= 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	shrink_dcache_memory(priority, gfp_mask);
+	shrink_icache_memory(priority, gfp_mask);
+#ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
+	shrink_dqcache_memory(DEF_PRIORITY, gfp_mask);
+#endif
+
+	return nr_pages;
 }
 
 int try_to_free_pages(zone_t *classzone, unsigned int gfp_mask, unsigned int order)