diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 17781fade060..f9f7e7514b27 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 26b6e051bc36b968a0b5ac96903b99e050d20b87
+refs/heads/master: fec433aaaae32a02329ad7d71b0f3c91b7525077
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/mempool.h b/trunk/include/linux/mempool.h
index 41570ce353eb..9be484d11283 100644
--- a/trunk/include/linux/mempool.h
+++ b/trunk/include/linux/mempool.h
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 
+struct kmem_cache;
+
 typedef void * (mempool_alloc_t)(gfp_t gfp_mask, void *pool_data);
 typedef void (mempool_free_t)(void *element, void *pool_data);
 
@@ -37,6 +39,12 @@ extern void mempool_free(void *element, mempool_t *pool);
  */
 void *mempool_alloc_slab(gfp_t gfp_mask, void *pool_data);
 void mempool_free_slab(void *element, void *pool_data);
+static inline mempool_t *
+mempool_create_slab_pool(int min_nr, struct kmem_cache *kc)
+{
+	return mempool_create(min_nr, mempool_alloc_slab, mempool_free_slab,
+			      (void *) kc);
+}
 
 /*
  * 2 mempool_alloc_t's and a mempool_free_t to kmalloc/kzalloc and kfree