diff -urN -X dontdiff linux/fs/dcache.c mnt/fs/dcache.c
--- linux/fs/dcache.c	Tue Aug 15 13:43:01 2000
+++ mnt/fs/dcache.c	Tue Aug 15 14:40:28 2000
@@ -1239,6 +1239,9 @@
 /* SLAB cache for buffer_head structures */
 kmem_cache_t *bh_cachep;
 
+/* SLAB cache for vfsmount structures */
+kmem_cache_t *mnt_cachep;
+
 void __init vfs_caches_init(unsigned long mempages)
 {
 	bh_cachep = kmem_cache_create("buffer_head",
@@ -1258,6 +1261,13 @@
 			SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN, NULL, NULL);
 	if(!filp_cachep)
 		panic("Cannot create filp SLAB cache");
+
+	mnt_cachep = kmem_cache_create("mnt_cache", 
+			sizeof(struct vfsmount), 0,
+			SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN, NULL, NULL);
+	if(!mnt_cachep)
+		panic("Cannot create mnt SLAB cache");
+
 
 #if defined (CONFIG_QUOTA)
 	dquot_cachep = kmem_cache_create("dquot", 
diff -urN -X dontdiff linux/fs/super.c mnt/fs/super.c
--- linux/fs/super.c	Tue Aug 15 13:43:01 2000
+++ mnt/fs/super.c	Tue Aug 15 14:42:25 2000
@@ -303,6 +303,10 @@
  *	support for such beasts we'll have to change prototype.
  */
 
+#define alloc_mnt() \
+	((struct vfsmount *)kmem_cache_alloc(mnt_cachep, SLAB_KERNEL))
+#define free_mnt(mnt) kmem_cache_free(mnt_cachep, (mnt))
+
 static struct vfsmount *add_vfsmnt(struct nameidata *nd,
 				struct dentry *root,
 				const char *dev_name)
@@ -311,7 +315,7 @@
 	struct super_block *sb = root->d_inode->i_sb;
 	char *name;
 
-	mnt = kmalloc(sizeof(struct vfsmount), GFP_KERNEL);
+	mnt = alloc_mnt();
 	if (!mnt)
 		goto out;
 	memset(mnt, 0, sizeof(struct vfsmount));
@@ -355,7 +359,7 @@
 	spin_unlock(&dcache_lock);
 	if (mnt->mnt_devname)
 		kfree(mnt->mnt_devname);
-	kfree(mnt);
+	free_mnt(mnt);
 	return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -424,7 +428,7 @@
 	dput(mnt->mnt_root);
 	if (mnt->mnt_devname)
 		kfree(mnt->mnt_devname);
-	kfree(mnt);
+	free_mnt(mnt);
 }
 
 
diff -urN -X dontdiff linux/include/linux/slab.h mnt/include/linux/slab.h
--- linux/include/linux/slab.h	Tue Aug 15 13:43:01 2000
+++ mnt/include/linux/slab.h	Tue Aug 15 14:43:12 2000
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
 extern kmem_cache_t	*bh_cachep;
 extern kmem_cache_t	*fs_cachep;
 extern kmem_cache_t	*sigact_cachep;
+extern kmem_cache_t	*mnt_cachep;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 extern unsigned long slab_cache_drain_mask;