diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index c4a0d5d..bde40a6 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -2191,7 +2191,7 @@
 	if (!cfqd->cfq_hash)
 		goto out_cfqhash;
 
-	cfqd->crq_pool = mempool_create(BLKDEV_MIN_RQ, mempool_alloc_slab, mempool_free_slab, crq_pool);
+	cfqd->crq_pool = mempool_create_slab_pool(BLKDEV_MIN_RQ, crq_pool);
 	if (!cfqd->crq_pool)
 		goto out_crqpool;
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
index 32fea55..393b86a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
@@ -211,9 +211,7 @@
 		return;
 	}
 
-	d->bufpool = mempool_create(MIN_BUFS,
-				    mempool_alloc_slab, mempool_free_slab,
-				    buf_pool_cache);
+	d->bufpool = mempool_create_slab_pool(MIN_BUFS, buf_pool_cache);
 	if (d->bufpool == NULL) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "aoe: aoeblk_gdalloc: cannot allocate bufpool "
 			"for %ld.%ld\n", d->aoemajor, d->aoeminor);
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
index d88b8ed..259e86f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
@@ -616,8 +616,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	cc->io_pool = mempool_create(MIN_IOS, mempool_alloc_slab,
-				     mempool_free_slab, _crypt_io_pool);
+	cc->io_pool = mempool_create_slab_pool(MIN_IOS, _crypt_io_pool);
 	if (!cc->io_pool) {
 		ti->error = PFX "Cannot allocate crypt io mempool";
 		goto bad3;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
index f72a82f..1816f30 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
@@ -179,8 +179,7 @@
 		m->queue_io = 1;
 		INIT_WORK(&m->process_queued_ios, process_queued_ios, m);
 		INIT_WORK(&m->trigger_event, trigger_event, m);
-		m->mpio_pool = mempool_create(MIN_IOS, mempool_alloc_slab,
-					      mempool_free_slab, _mpio_cache);
+		m->mpio_pool = mempool_create_slab_pool(MIN_IOS, _mpio_cache);
 		if (!m->mpio_pool) {
 			kfree(m);
 			return NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-snap.c b/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
index f3759dd7..7401540 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
@@ -1174,8 +1174,7 @@
 		goto bad4;
 	}
 
-	pending_pool = mempool_create(128, mempool_alloc_slab,
-				      mempool_free_slab, pending_cache);
+	pending_pool = mempool_create_slab_pool(128, pending_cache);
 	if (!pending_pool) {
 		DMERR("Couldn't create pending pool.");
 		r = -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index 8c82373..a64798e 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -823,13 +823,11 @@
 	md->queue->unplug_fn = dm_unplug_all;
 	md->queue->issue_flush_fn = dm_flush_all;
 
-	md->io_pool = mempool_create(MIN_IOS, mempool_alloc_slab,
-				     mempool_free_slab, _io_cache);
+	md->io_pool = mempool_create_slab_pool(MIN_IOS, _io_cache);
  	if (!md->io_pool)
  		goto bad2;
 
-	md->tio_pool = mempool_create(MIN_IOS, mempool_alloc_slab,
-				      mempool_free_slab, _tio_cache);
+	md->tio_pool = mempool_create_slab_pool(MIN_IOS, _tio_cache);
 	if (!md->tio_pool)
 		goto bad3;
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/kcopyd.c b/drivers/md/kcopyd.c
index 0d54e8b..9dcb2c8 100644
--- a/drivers/md/kcopyd.c
+++ b/drivers/md/kcopyd.c
@@ -227,8 +227,7 @@
 	if (!_job_cache)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	_job_pool = mempool_create(MIN_JOBS, mempool_alloc_slab,
-				   mempool_free_slab, _job_cache);
+	_job_pool = mempool_create_slab_pool(MIN_JOBS, _job_cache);
 	if (!_job_pool) {
 		kmem_cache_destroy(_job_cache);
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c
index b09fb63..7d4c549 100644
--- a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c
+++ b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c
@@ -1179,10 +1179,9 @@
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
-	i2o_blk_req_pool.pool = mempool_create(I2O_BLOCK_REQ_MEMPOOL_SIZE,
-					       mempool_alloc_slab,
-					       mempool_free_slab,
-					       i2o_blk_req_pool.slab);
+	i2o_blk_req_pool.pool =
+		mempool_create_slab_pool(I2O_BLOCK_REQ_MEMPOOL_SIZE,
+					 i2o_blk_req_pool.slab);
 	if (!i2o_blk_req_pool.pool) {
 		osm_err("can't init request mempool\n");
 		rc = -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c b/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
index 7b82ff0..2068b66 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
@@ -3200,8 +3200,8 @@
 		 * Data-Out PDU's within R2T-sequence can be quite big;
 		 * using mempool
 		 */
-		ctask->datapool = mempool_create(ISCSI_DTASK_DEFAULT_MAX,
-			 mempool_alloc_slab, mempool_free_slab, taskcache);
+		ctask->datapool = mempool_create_slab_pool(ISCSI_DTASK_DEFAULT_MAX,
+							   taskcache);
 		if (ctask->datapool == NULL) {
 			kfifo_free(ctask->r2tqueue);
 			iscsi_pool_free(&ctask->r2tpool, (void**)ctask->r2ts);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
index 029bbf4..017729c 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
@@ -2154,8 +2154,7 @@
 	int      rval;
 
 	rval = QLA_SUCCESS;
-	ha->srb_mempool = mempool_create(SRB_MIN_REQ, mempool_alloc_slab,
-	    mempool_free_slab, srb_cachep);
+	ha->srb_mempool = mempool_create_slab_pool(SRB_MIN_REQ, srb_cachep);
 	if (ha->srb_mempool == NULL) {
 		qla_printk(KERN_INFO, ha, "Unable to allocate SRB mempool.\n");
 		rval = QLA_FUNCTION_FAILED;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index ede158d..8f010a3 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -1787,9 +1787,8 @@
 					sgp->name);
 		}
 
-		sgp->pool = mempool_create(SG_MEMPOOL_SIZE,
-				mempool_alloc_slab, mempool_free_slab,
-				sgp->slab);
+		sgp->pool = mempool_create_slab_pool(SG_MEMPOOL_SIZE,
+						     sgp->slab);
 		if (!sgp->pool) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "SCSI: can't init sg mempool %s\n",
 					sgp->name);
diff --git a/fs/bio.c b/fs/bio.c
index 377046d..eb8fbc5 100644
--- a/fs/bio.c
+++ b/fs/bio.c
@@ -1141,8 +1141,7 @@
 		if (i >= scale)
 			pool_entries >>= 1;
 
-		*bvp = mempool_create(pool_entries, mempool_alloc_slab,
-					mempool_free_slab, bp->slab);
+		*bvp = mempool_create_slab_pool(pool_entries, bp->slab);
 		if (!*bvp)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 	}
@@ -1179,9 +1178,7 @@
 	if (!bs)
 		return NULL;
 
-	bs->bio_pool = mempool_create(bio_pool_size, mempool_alloc_slab,
-			mempool_free_slab, bio_slab);
-
+	bs->bio_pool = mempool_create_slab_pool(bio_pool_size, bio_slab);
 	if (!bs->bio_pool)
 		goto bad;
 
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index 221b333..6b99b51 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -738,10 +738,8 @@
 		cERROR(1,("cifs_min_rcv set to maximum (64)"));
 	}
 
-	cifs_req_poolp = mempool_create(cifs_min_rcv,
-					mempool_alloc_slab,
-					mempool_free_slab,
-					cifs_req_cachep);
+	cifs_req_poolp = mempool_create_slab_pool(cifs_min_rcv,
+						  cifs_req_cachep);
 
 	if(cifs_req_poolp == NULL) {
 		kmem_cache_destroy(cifs_req_cachep);
@@ -771,10 +769,8 @@
 		cFYI(1,("cifs_min_small set to maximum (256)"));
 	}
 
-	cifs_sm_req_poolp = mempool_create(cifs_min_small,
-				mempool_alloc_slab,
-				mempool_free_slab,
-				cifs_sm_req_cachep);
+	cifs_sm_req_poolp = mempool_create_slab_pool(cifs_min_small,
+						     cifs_sm_req_cachep);
 
 	if(cifs_sm_req_poolp == NULL) {
 		mempool_destroy(cifs_req_poolp);
@@ -808,10 +804,8 @@
 	if (cifs_mid_cachep == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	cifs_mid_poolp = mempool_create(3 /* a reasonable min simultan opers */,
-					mempool_alloc_slab,
-					mempool_free_slab,
-					cifs_mid_cachep);
+	/* 3 is a reasonable minimum number of simultaneous operations */
+	cifs_mid_poolp = mempool_create_slab_pool(3, cifs_mid_cachep);
 	if(cifs_mid_poolp == NULL) {
 		kmem_cache_destroy(cifs_mid_cachep);
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_metapage.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_metapage.c
index 8508043..f28696f 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_metapage.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_metapage.c
@@ -220,8 +220,8 @@
 	if (metapage_cache == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	metapage_mempool = mempool_create(METAPOOL_MIN_PAGES, mempool_alloc_slab,
-					  mempool_free_slab, metapage_cache);
+	metapage_mempool = mempool_create_slab_pool(METAPOOL_MIN_PAGES,
+						    metapage_cache);
 
 	if (metapage_mempool == NULL) {
 		kmem_cache_destroy(metapage_cache);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/read.c b/fs/nfs/read.c
index 3961524..624ca71 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/read.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/read.c
@@ -663,10 +663,8 @@
 	if (nfs_rdata_cachep == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	nfs_rdata_mempool = mempool_create(MIN_POOL_READ,
-					   mempool_alloc_slab,
-					   mempool_free_slab,
-					   nfs_rdata_cachep);
+	nfs_rdata_mempool = mempool_create_slab_pool(MIN_POOL_READ,
+						     nfs_rdata_cachep);
 	if (nfs_rdata_mempool == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index 3f52254..4cfada2 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -1521,17 +1521,13 @@
 	if (nfs_wdata_cachep == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	nfs_wdata_mempool = mempool_create(MIN_POOL_WRITE,
-					   mempool_alloc_slab,
-					   mempool_free_slab,
-					   nfs_wdata_cachep);
+	nfs_wdata_mempool = mempool_create_slab_pool(MIN_POOL_WRITE,
+						     nfs_wdata_cachep);
 	if (nfs_wdata_mempool == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	nfs_commit_mempool = mempool_create(MIN_POOL_COMMIT,
-					   mempool_alloc_slab,
-					   mempool_free_slab,
-					   nfs_wdata_cachep);
+	nfs_commit_mempool = mempool_create_slab_pool(MIN_POOL_COMMIT,
+						      nfs_wdata_cachep);
 	if (nfs_commit_mempool == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
index 8355faf..1884300 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
@@ -375,9 +375,8 @@
 	if (!xfs_ioend_zone)
 		goto out_destroy_vnode_zone;
 
-	xfs_ioend_pool = mempool_create(4 * MAX_BUF_PER_PAGE,
-					mempool_alloc_slab, mempool_free_slab,
-					xfs_ioend_zone);
+	xfs_ioend_pool = mempool_create_slab_pool(4 * MAX_BUF_PER_PAGE,
+						  xfs_ioend_zone);
 	if (!xfs_ioend_pool)
 		goto out_free_ioend_zone;
 	return 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/i2o.h b/include/linux/i2o.h
index 5a9d8c5..dd7d627 100644
--- a/include/linux/i2o.h
+++ b/include/linux/i2o.h
@@ -950,9 +950,7 @@
 	if (!pool->slab)
 		goto free_name;
 
-	pool->mempool =
-	    mempool_create(min_nr, mempool_alloc_slab, mempool_free_slab,
-			   pool->slab);
+	pool->mempool = mempool_create_slab_pool(min_nr, pool->slab);
 	if (!pool->mempool)
 		goto free_slab;
 
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sched.c b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
index b9969b9..5c3eee76 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sched.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sched.c
@@ -1167,16 +1167,12 @@
 					     NULL, NULL);
 	if (!rpc_buffer_slabp)
 		goto err_nomem;
-	rpc_task_mempool = mempool_create(RPC_TASK_POOLSIZE,
-					    mempool_alloc_slab,
-					    mempool_free_slab,
-					    rpc_task_slabp);
+	rpc_task_mempool = mempool_create_slab_pool(RPC_TASK_POOLSIZE,
+						    rpc_task_slabp);
 	if (!rpc_task_mempool)
 		goto err_nomem;
-	rpc_buffer_mempool = mempool_create(RPC_BUFFER_POOLSIZE,
-					    mempool_alloc_slab,
-					    mempool_free_slab,
-					    rpc_buffer_slabp);
+	rpc_buffer_mempool = mempool_create_slab_pool(RPC_BUFFER_POOLSIZE,
+						      rpc_buffer_slabp);
 	if (!rpc_buffer_mempool)
 		goto err_nomem;
 	return 0;