diff --git a/arch/blackfin/Kconfig b/arch/blackfin/Kconfig
index 1a493050932..d80e5b1d686 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/blackfin/Kconfig
@@ -560,14 +560,6 @@ endchoice
 
 source "mm/Kconfig"
 
-config LARGE_ALLOCS
-	bool "Allow allocating large blocks (> 1MB) of memory"
-	help
-	  Allow the slab memory allocator to keep chains for very large
-	  memory sizes - upto 32MB. You may need this if your system has
-	  a lot of RAM, and you need to able to allocate very large
-	  contiguous chunks. If unsure, say N.
-
 config BFIN_DMA_5XX
 	bool "Enable DMA Support"
 	depends on (BF533 || BF532 || BF531 || BF537 || BF536 || BF534 || BF561)
diff --git a/arch/frv/Kconfig b/arch/frv/Kconfig
index 114738a4558..74eef7111f2 100644
--- a/arch/frv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/frv/Kconfig
@@ -102,14 +102,6 @@ config HIGHPTE
 	  with a lot of RAM, this can be wasteful of precious low memory.
 	  Setting this option will put user-space page tables in high memory.
 
-config LARGE_ALLOCS
-	bool "Allow allocating large blocks (> 1MB) of memory"
-	help
-	  Allow the slab memory allocator to keep chains for very large memory
-	  sizes - up to 32MB. You may need this if your system has a lot of
-	  RAM, and you need to able to allocate very large contiguous chunks.
-	  If unsure, say N.
-
 source "mm/Kconfig"
 
 choice
diff --git a/arch/m68knommu/Kconfig b/arch/m68knommu/Kconfig
index 823f73736bb..adc64a2bafb 100644
--- a/arch/m68knommu/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/m68knommu/Kconfig
@@ -470,14 +470,6 @@ config AVNET
 	default y
 	depends on (AVNET5282)
 
-config LARGE_ALLOCS
-	bool "Allow allocating large blocks (> 1MB) of memory"
-	help
-	  Allow the slab memory allocator to keep chains for very large
-	  memory sizes - upto 32MB. You may need this if your system has
-	  a lot of RAM, and you need to able to allocate very large
-	  contiguous chunks. If unsure, say N.
-
 config 4KSTACKS
 	bool "Use 4Kb for kernel stacks instead of 8Kb"
 	default y
diff --git a/arch/v850/Kconfig b/arch/v850/Kconfig
index 5f54c1236c1..ace479ab273 100644
--- a/arch/v850/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/v850/Kconfig
@@ -240,14 +240,6 @@ menu "Processor type and features"
    config RESET_GUARD
    	  bool "Reset Guard"
 
-   config LARGE_ALLOCS
-	  bool "Allow allocating large blocks (> 1MB) of memory"
-	  help
-	     Allow the slab memory allocator to keep chains for very large
-	     memory sizes - upto 32MB. You may need this if your system has
-	     a lot of RAM, and you need to able to allocate very large
-	     contiguous chunks. If unsure, say N.
-
 source "mm/Kconfig"
 
 endmenu
diff --git a/include/linux/kmalloc_sizes.h b/include/linux/kmalloc_sizes.h
index bda23e00ed7..e576b848ce1 100644
--- a/include/linux/kmalloc_sizes.h
+++ b/include/linux/kmalloc_sizes.h
@@ -19,17 +19,27 @@
 	CACHE(32768)
 	CACHE(65536)
 	CACHE(131072)
-#if (NR_CPUS > 512) || (MAX_NUMNODES > 256) || !defined(CONFIG_MMU)
+#if KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE >= 262144
 	CACHE(262144)
 #endif
-#ifndef CONFIG_MMU
+#if KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE >= 524288
 	CACHE(524288)
+#endif
+#if KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE >= 1048576
 	CACHE(1048576)
-#ifdef CONFIG_LARGE_ALLOCS
+#endif
+#if KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE >= 2097152
 	CACHE(2097152)
+#endif
+#if KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE >= 4194304
 	CACHE(4194304)
+#endif
+#if KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE >= 8388608
 	CACHE(8388608)
+#endif
+#if KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE >= 16777216
 	CACHE(16777216)
+#endif
+#if KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE >= 33554432
 	CACHE(33554432)
-#endif /* CONFIG_LARGE_ALLOCS */
-#endif /* CONFIG_MMU */
+#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index 6fb2ae21415..a015236cc57 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -73,6 +73,21 @@ static inline void *kmem_cache_alloc_node(struct kmem_cache *cachep,
 }
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * The largest kmalloc size supported by the slab allocators is
+ * 32 megabyte (2^25) or the maximum allocatable page order if that is
+ * less than 32 MB.
+ *
+ * WARNING: Its not easy to increase this value since the allocators have
+ * to do various tricks to work around compiler limitations in order to
+ * ensure proper constant folding.
+ */
+#define KMALLOC_SHIFT_HIGH	((MAX_ORDER + PAGE_SHIFT) <= 25 ? \
+				(MAX_ORDER + PAGE_SHIFT) : 25)
+
+#define KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE	(1UL << KMALLOC_SHIFT_HIGH)
+#define KMALLOC_MAX_ORDER	(KMALLOC_SHIFT_HIGH - PAGE_SHIFT)
+
 /*
  * Common kmalloc functions provided by all allocators
  */
diff --git a/include/linux/slub_def.h b/include/linux/slub_def.h
index a9fb92862aa..0764c829d96 100644
--- a/include/linux/slub_def.h
+++ b/include/linux/slub_def.h
@@ -58,17 +58,6 @@ struct kmem_cache {
  */
 #define KMALLOC_SHIFT_LOW 3
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_LARGE_ALLOCS
-#define KMALLOC_SHIFT_HIGH ((MAX_ORDER + PAGE_SHIFT) =< 25 ? \
-				(MAX_ORDER + PAGE_SHIFT - 1) : 25)
-#else
-#if !defined(CONFIG_MMU) || NR_CPUS > 512 || MAX_NUMNODES > 256
-#define KMALLOC_SHIFT_HIGH 20
-#else
-#define KMALLOC_SHIFT_HIGH 18
-#endif
-#endif
-
 /*
  * We keep the general caches in an array of slab caches that are used for
  * 2^x bytes of allocations.
@@ -79,7 +68,7 @@ extern struct kmem_cache kmalloc_caches[KMALLOC_SHIFT_HIGH + 1];
  * Sorry that the following has to be that ugly but some versions of GCC
  * have trouble with constant propagation and loops.
  */
-static inline int kmalloc_index(int size)
+static inline int kmalloc_index(size_t size)
 {
 	/*
 	 * We should return 0 if size == 0 but we use the smallest object
@@ -87,7 +76,7 @@ static inline int kmalloc_index(int size)
 	 */
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(size == 0);
 
-	if (size > (1 << KMALLOC_SHIFT_HIGH))
+	if (size > KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE)
 		return -1;
 
 	if (size > 64 && size <= 96)
@@ -110,17 +99,13 @@ static inline int kmalloc_index(int size)
 	if (size <=  64 * 1024) return 16;
 	if (size <= 128 * 1024) return 17;
 	if (size <= 256 * 1024) return 18;
-#if KMALLOC_SHIFT_HIGH > 18
 	if (size <=  512 * 1024) return 19;
 	if (size <= 1024 * 1024) return 20;
-#endif
-#if KMALLOC_SHIFT_HIGH > 20
 	if (size <=  2 * 1024 * 1024) return 21;
 	if (size <=  4 * 1024 * 1024) return 22;
 	if (size <=  8 * 1024 * 1024) return 23;
 	if (size <= 16 * 1024 * 1024) return 24;
 	if (size <= 32 * 1024 * 1024) return 25;
-#endif
 	return -1;
 
 /*
diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 1dc0ce1d0d5..528243e15cc 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -568,21 +568,6 @@ static void **dbg_userword(struct kmem_cache *cachep, void *objp)
 
 #endif
 
-/*
- * Maximum size of an obj (in 2^order pages) and absolute limit for the gfp
- * order.
- */
-#if defined(CONFIG_LARGE_ALLOCS)
-#define	MAX_OBJ_ORDER	13	/* up to 32Mb */
-#define	MAX_GFP_ORDER	13	/* up to 32Mb */
-#elif defined(CONFIG_MMU)
-#define	MAX_OBJ_ORDER	5	/* 32 pages */
-#define	MAX_GFP_ORDER	5	/* 32 pages */
-#else
-#define	MAX_OBJ_ORDER	8	/* up to 1Mb */
-#define	MAX_GFP_ORDER	8	/* up to 1Mb */
-#endif
-
 /*
  * Do not go above this order unless 0 objects fit into the slab.
  */
@@ -2002,7 +1987,7 @@ static size_t calculate_slab_order(struct kmem_cache *cachep,
 	size_t left_over = 0;
 	int gfporder;
 
-	for (gfporder = 0; gfporder <= MAX_GFP_ORDER; gfporder++) {
+	for (gfporder = 0; gfporder <= KMALLOC_MAX_ORDER; gfporder++) {
 		unsigned int num;
 		size_t remainder;
 
@@ -2148,7 +2133,7 @@ kmem_cache_create (const char *name, size_t size, size_t align,
 	 * Sanity checks... these are all serious usage bugs.
 	 */
 	if (!name || in_interrupt() || (size < BYTES_PER_WORD) ||
-	    (size > (1 << MAX_OBJ_ORDER) * PAGE_SIZE) || dtor) {
+	    size > KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE || dtor) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Early error in slab %s\n", __FUNCTION__,
 				name);
 		BUG();