#define STABLE_FLAG    0x200   /* is listed from the stable tree */
 
 /* The stable and unstable tree heads */
-static struct rb_root root_unstable_tree[MAX_NUMNODES];
-static struct rb_root root_stable_tree[MAX_NUMNODES];
+static struct rb_root one_stable_tree[1] = { RB_ROOT };
+static struct rb_root one_unstable_tree[1] = { RB_ROOT };
+static struct rb_root *root_stable_tree = one_stable_tree;
+static struct rb_root *root_unstable_tree = one_unstable_tree;
 
 /* Recently migrated nodes of stable tree, pending proper placement */
 static LIST_HEAD(migrate_nodes);
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 /* Zeroed when merging across nodes is not allowed */
 static unsigned int ksm_merge_across_nodes = 1;
+static int ksm_nr_node_ids = 1;
 #else
 #define ksm_merge_across_nodes 1U
+#define ksm_nr_node_ids                1
 #endif
 
 #define KSM_RUN_STOP   0
                list_del(&stable_node->list);
        else
                rb_erase(&stable_node->node,
-                        &root_stable_tree[NUMA(stable_node->nid)]);
+                        root_stable_tree + NUMA(stable_node->nid));
        free_stable_node(stable_node);
 }
 
                BUG_ON(age > 1);
                if (!age)
                        rb_erase(&rmap_item->node,
-                                &root_unstable_tree[NUMA(rmap_item->nid)]);
+                                root_unstable_tree + NUMA(rmap_item->nid));
                ksm_pages_unshared--;
                rmap_item->address &= PAGE_MASK;
        }
        int nid;
        int err = 0;
 
-       for (nid = 0; nid < nr_node_ids; nid++) {
+       for (nid = 0; nid < ksm_nr_node_ids; nid++) {
                while (root_stable_tree[nid].rb_node) {
                        stable_node = rb_entry(root_stable_tree[nid].rb_node,
                                                struct stable_node, node);
 static struct page *stable_tree_search(struct page *page)
 {
        int nid;
+       struct rb_root *root;
        struct rb_node **new;
        struct rb_node *parent;
        struct stable_node *stable_node;
        }
 
        nid = get_kpfn_nid(page_to_pfn(page));
+       root = root_stable_tree + nid;
 again:
-       new = &root_stable_tree[nid].rb_node;
+       new = &root->rb_node;
        parent = NULL;
 
        while (*new) {
        list_del(&page_node->list);
        DO_NUMA(page_node->nid = nid);
        rb_link_node(&page_node->node, parent, new);
-       rb_insert_color(&page_node->node, &root_stable_tree[nid]);
+       rb_insert_color(&page_node->node, root);
        get_page(page);
        return page;
 
        if (page_node) {
                list_del(&page_node->list);
                DO_NUMA(page_node->nid = nid);
-               rb_replace_node(&stable_node->node,
-                               &page_node->node, &root_stable_tree[nid]);
+               rb_replace_node(&stable_node->node, &page_node->node, root);
                get_page(page);
        } else {
-               rb_erase(&stable_node->node, &root_stable_tree[nid]);
+               rb_erase(&stable_node->node, root);
                page = NULL;
        }
        stable_node->head = &migrate_nodes;
 {
        int nid;
        unsigned long kpfn;
+       struct rb_root *root;
        struct rb_node **new;
        struct rb_node *parent = NULL;
        struct stable_node *stable_node;
 
        kpfn = page_to_pfn(kpage);
        nid = get_kpfn_nid(kpfn);
-       new = &root_stable_tree[nid].rb_node;
+       root = root_stable_tree + nid;
+       new = &root->rb_node;
 
        while (*new) {
                struct page *tree_page;
        set_page_stable_node(kpage, stable_node);
        DO_NUMA(stable_node->nid = nid);
        rb_link_node(&stable_node->node, parent, new);
-       rb_insert_color(&stable_node->node, &root_stable_tree[nid]);
+       rb_insert_color(&stable_node->node, root);
 
        return stable_node;
 }
        int nid;
 
        nid = get_kpfn_nid(page_to_pfn(page));
-       root = &root_unstable_tree[nid];
+       root = root_unstable_tree + nid;
        new = &root->rb_node;
 
        while (*new) {
                if (stable_node->head != &migrate_nodes &&
                    get_kpfn_nid(stable_node->kpfn) != NUMA(stable_node->nid)) {
                        rb_erase(&stable_node->node,
-                                &root_stable_tree[NUMA(stable_node->nid)]);
+                                root_stable_tree + NUMA(stable_node->nid));
                        stable_node->head = &migrate_nodes;
                        list_add(&stable_node->list, stable_node->head);
                }
                        }
                }
 
-               for (nid = 0; nid < nr_node_ids; nid++)
+               for (nid = 0; nid < ksm_nr_node_ids; nid++)
                        root_unstable_tree[nid] = RB_ROOT;
 
                spin_lock(&ksm_mmlist_lock);
        struct rb_node *node;
        int nid;
 
-       for (nid = 0; nid < nr_node_ids; nid++) {
-               node = rb_first(&root_stable_tree[nid]);
+       for (nid = 0; nid < ksm_nr_node_ids; nid++) {
+               node = rb_first(root_stable_tree + nid);
                while (node) {
                        stable_node = rb_entry(node, struct stable_node, node);
                        if (stable_node->kpfn >= start_pfn &&
                                 * which is why we keep kpfn instead of page*
                                 */
                                remove_node_from_stable_tree(stable_node);
-                               node = rb_first(&root_stable_tree[nid]);
+                               node = rb_first(root_stable_tree + nid);
                        } else
                                node = rb_next(node);
                        cond_resched();
        if (ksm_merge_across_nodes != knob) {
                if (ksm_pages_shared || remove_all_stable_nodes())
                        err = -EBUSY;
-               else
+               else if (root_stable_tree == one_stable_tree) {
+                       struct rb_root *buf;
+                       /*
+                        * This is the first time that we switch away from the
+                        * default of merging across nodes: must now allocate
+                        * a buffer to hold as many roots as may be needed.
+                        * Allocate stable and unstable together:
+                        * MAXSMP NODES_SHIFT 10 will use 16kB.
+                        */
+                       buf = kcalloc(nr_node_ids + nr_node_ids,
+                               sizeof(*buf), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
+                       /* Let us assume that RB_ROOT is NULL is zero */
+                       if (!buf)
+                               err = -ENOMEM;
+                       else {
+                               root_stable_tree = buf;
+                               root_unstable_tree = buf + nr_node_ids;
+                               /* Stable tree is empty but not the unstable */
+                               root_unstable_tree[0] = one_unstable_tree[0];
+                       }
+               }
+               if (!err) {
                        ksm_merge_across_nodes = knob;
+                       ksm_nr_node_ids = knob ? 1 : nr_node_ids;
+               }
        }
        mutex_unlock(&ksm_thread_mutex);
 
 {
        struct task_struct *ksm_thread;
        int err;
-       int nid;
 
        err = ksm_slab_init();
        if (err)
                goto out;
 
-       for (nid = 0; nid < nr_node_ids; nid++)
-               root_stable_tree[nid] = RB_ROOT;
-
        ksm_thread = kthread_run(ksm_scan_thread, NULL, "ksmd");
        if (IS_ERR(ksm_thread)) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "ksm: creating kthread failed\n");