diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.c
index f77fe5c..80b9340 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.c
@@ -68,6 +68,22 @@
 	return ptr;
 }
 
+void *
+kmem_zalloc_greedy(size_t *size, size_t minsize, size_t maxsize,
+		   unsigned int __nocast flags)
+{
+	void	*ptr;
+
+	while (!(ptr = kmem_zalloc(maxsize, flags))) {
+		if ((maxsize >>= 1) <= minsize) {
+			maxsize = minsize;
+		 	flags = KM_SLEEP;
+		}
+	}
+	*size = maxsize;
+	return ptr;
+}
+
 void
 kmem_free(void *ptr, size_t size)
 {
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.h
index 6d24274f..9ebabdf7 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/kmem.h
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@
 }
 
 extern void *kmem_alloc(size_t, unsigned int __nocast);
-extern void *kmem_realloc(void *, size_t, size_t, unsigned int __nocast);
 extern void *kmem_zalloc(size_t, unsigned int __nocast);
+extern void *kmem_zalloc_greedy(size_t *, size_t, size_t, unsigned int __nocast);
+extern void *kmem_realloc(void *, size_t, size_t, unsigned int __nocast);
 extern void  kmem_free(void *, size_t);
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm.c b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm.c
index 3f86c7c..8b2c6cf 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm.c
@@ -112,17 +112,16 @@
 {
 	xfs_dqhash_t	*udqhash, *gdqhash;
 	xfs_qm_t	*xqm;
-	uint		i, hsize, flags = KM_SLEEP | KM_MAYFAIL | KM_LARGE;
+	uint		i, hsize;
 
 	/*
 	 * Initialize the dquot hash tables.
 	 */
-	hsize = XFS_QM_HASHSIZE_HIGH;
-	while (!(udqhash = kmem_zalloc(hsize * sizeof(*udqhash), flags))) {
-		if ((hsize >>= 1) <= XFS_QM_HASHSIZE_LOW)
-			flags = KM_SLEEP;
-	}
-	gdqhash = kmem_zalloc(hsize * sizeof(*gdqhash), KM_SLEEP | KM_LARGE);
+	udqhash = kmem_zalloc_greedy(&hsize,
+				     XFS_QM_HASHSIZE_LOW, XFS_QM_HASHSIZE_HIGH,
+				     KM_SLEEP | KM_MAYFAIL | KM_LARGE);
+	gdqhash = kmem_zalloc(hsize, KM_SLEEP | KM_LARGE);
+	hsize /= sizeof(xfs_dqhash_t);
 	ndquot = hsize << 8;
 
 	xqm = kmem_zalloc(sizeof(xfs_qm_t), KM_SLEEP);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
index 30eebc2..e304ab0 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 xfs_ihash_init(xfs_mount_t *mp)
 {
 	__uint64_t	icount;
-	uint		i, flags = KM_SLEEP | KM_MAYFAIL | KM_LARGE;
+	uint		i;
 
 	if (!mp->m_ihsize) {
 		icount = mp->m_maxicount ? mp->m_maxicount :
@@ -61,14 +61,13 @@
 					(64 * NBPP) / sizeof(xfs_ihash_t));
 	}
 
-	while (!(mp->m_ihash = (xfs_ihash_t *)kmem_zalloc(mp->m_ihsize *
-						sizeof(xfs_ihash_t), flags))) {
-		if ((mp->m_ihsize >>= 1) <= NBPP)
-			flags = KM_SLEEP;
-	}
-	for (i = 0; i < mp->m_ihsize; i++) {
+	mp->m_ihash = kmem_zalloc_greedy(&mp->m_ihsize,
+					 NBPC * sizeof(xfs_ihash_t),
+					 mp->m_ihsize * sizeof(xfs_ihash_t),
+					 KM_SLEEP | KM_MAYFAIL | KM_LARGE);
+	mp->m_ihsize /= sizeof(xfs_ihash_t);
+	for (i = 0; i < mp->m_ihsize; i++)
 		rwlock_init(&(mp->m_ihash[i].ih_lock));
-	}
 }
 
 /*
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@
 void
 xfs_ihash_free(xfs_mount_t *mp)
 {
-	kmem_free(mp->m_ihash, mp->m_ihsize*sizeof(xfs_ihash_t));
+	kmem_free(mp->m_ihash, mp->m_ihsize * sizeof(xfs_ihash_t));
 	mp->m_ihash = NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_itable.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_itable.c
index 6126899..0fbbd7b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_itable.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_itable.c
@@ -326,7 +326,6 @@
 	int			i;	/* loop index */
 	int			icount;	/* count of inodes good in irbuf */
 	int			irbsize; /* size of irec buffer in bytes */
-	unsigned int		kmflags; /* flags for allocating irec buffer */
 	xfs_ino_t		ino;	/* inode number (filesystem) */
 	xfs_inobt_rec_incore_t	*irbp;	/* current irec buffer pointer */
 	xfs_inobt_rec_incore_t	*irbuf;	/* start of irec buffer */
@@ -371,19 +370,8 @@
 		(XFS_INODE_CLUSTER_SIZE(mp) >> mp->m_sb.sb_inodelog);
 	nimask = ~(nicluster - 1);
 	nbcluster = nicluster >> mp->m_sb.sb_inopblog;
-	/*
-	 * Allocate a local buffer for inode cluster btree records.
-	 * This caps our maximum readahead window (so don't be stingy)
-	 * but we must handle the case where we can't get a contiguous
-	 * multi-page buffer, so we drop back toward pagesize; the end
-	 * case we ensure succeeds, via appropriate allocation flags.
-	 */
-	irbsize = NBPP * 4;
-	kmflags = KM_SLEEP | KM_MAYFAIL;
-	while (!(irbuf = kmem_alloc(irbsize, kmflags))) {
-		if ((irbsize >>= 1) <= NBPP)
-			kmflags = KM_SLEEP;
-	}
+	irbuf = kmem_zalloc_greedy(&irbsize, NBPC, NBPC * 4,
+				   KM_SLEEP | KM_MAYFAIL | KM_LARGE);
 	nirbuf = irbsize / sizeof(*irbuf);
 
 	/*