Index: linux-2.4.20/mm/filemap.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.4.20.orig/mm/filemap.c	2004-12-17 17:51:44.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.4.20/mm/filemap.c	2004-12-17 17:56:54.000000000 -0500
@@ -1153,6 +1153,14 @@
  */
 struct page *grab_cache_page_nowait(struct address_space *mapping, unsigned long index)
 {
+	return grab_cache_page_nowait_gfp(mapping, index, mapping->gfp_mask);
+}
+
+
+struct page *grab_cache_page_nowait_gfp(struct address_space *mapping,
+					unsigned long index, 
+					unsigned int gfp_mask)
+{
 	struct page *page, **hash;
 
 	hash = page_hash(mapping, index);
@@ -1177,7 +1185,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	page = page_cache_alloc(mapping);
+	page = alloc_pages(gfp_mask, 0);
 	if ( unlikely(!page) )
 		return NULL;	/* Failed to allocate a page */
 
Index: linux-2.4.20/mm/page_alloc.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.4.20.orig/mm/page_alloc.c	2004-12-17 17:51:30.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.4.20/mm/page_alloc.c	2004-12-17 18:26:45.000000000 -0500
@@ -547,6 +547,8 @@
 				 */
 				return NULL;
 			}
+		} else if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_HIGH)) {
+			return NULL;
 		}
 	}
 
Index: linux-2.4.20/kernel/ksyms.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.4.20.orig/kernel/ksyms.c	2004-12-17 17:51:46.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.4.20/kernel/ksyms.c	2004-12-17 17:52:59.000000000 -0500
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__find_lock_page);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(find_or_create_page);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(grab_cache_page_nowait);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(grab_cache_page_nowait_gfp);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(read_cache_page);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_page_dirty);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_readlink);
Index: linux-2.4.20/include/linux/pagemap.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.4.20.orig/include/linux/pagemap.h	2004-05-27 14:25:05.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.4.20/include/linux/pagemap.h	2004-12-17 18:11:09.000000000 -0500
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
 
 
 extern struct page * grab_cache_page_nowait (struct address_space *, unsigned long);
+extern struct page * grab_cache_page_nowait_gfp (struct address_space *, unsigned long, unsigned int);
 
 typedef int filler_t(void *, struct page*);