diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 0e73aa0..cb9d050 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -883,6 +883,11 @@
 	return (dentry_stat.nr_unused / 100) * sysctl_vfs_cache_pressure;
 }
 
+static struct shrinker dcache_shrinker = {
+	.shrink = shrink_dcache_memory,
+	.seeks = DEFAULT_SEEKS,
+};
+
 /**
  * d_alloc	-	allocate a dcache entry
  * @parent: parent of entry to allocate
@@ -2115,7 +2120,7 @@
 	dentry_cache = KMEM_CACHE(dentry,
 		SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|SLAB_PANIC|SLAB_MEM_SPREAD);
 	
-	set_shrinker(DEFAULT_SEEKS, shrink_dcache_memory);
+	register_shrinker(&dcache_shrinker);
 
 	/* Hash may have been set up in dcache_init_early */
 	if (!hashdist)
diff --git a/fs/dquot.c b/fs/dquot.c
index 8819d28..7e27315 100644
--- a/fs/dquot.c
+++ b/fs/dquot.c
@@ -538,6 +538,11 @@
 	return (dqstats.free_dquots / 100) * sysctl_vfs_cache_pressure;
 }
 
+static struct shrinker dqcache_shrinker = {
+	.shrink = shrink_dqcache_memory,
+	.seeks = DEFAULT_SEEKS,
+};
+
 /*
  * Put reference to dquot
  * NOTE: If you change this function please check whether dqput_blocks() works right...
@@ -1870,7 +1875,7 @@
 	printk("Dquot-cache hash table entries: %ld (order %ld, %ld bytes)\n",
 			nr_hash, order, (PAGE_SIZE << order));
 
-	set_shrinker(DEFAULT_SEEKS, shrink_dqcache_memory);
+	register_shrinker(&dqcache_shrinker);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 47b87b0..320e088 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -462,6 +462,11 @@
 	return (inodes_stat.nr_unused / 100) * sysctl_vfs_cache_pressure;
 }
 
+static struct shrinker icache_shrinker = {
+	.shrink = shrink_icache_memory,
+	.seeks = DEFAULT_SEEKS,
+};
+
 static void __wait_on_freeing_inode(struct inode *inode);
 /*
  * Called with the inode lock held.
@@ -1385,7 +1390,7 @@
 					 SLAB_MEM_SPREAD),
 					 init_once,
 					 NULL);
-	set_shrinker(DEFAULT_SEEKS, shrink_icache_memory);
+	register_shrinker(&icache_shrinker);
 
 	/* Hash may have been set up in inode_init_early */
 	if (!hashdist)
diff --git a/fs/mbcache.c b/fs/mbcache.c
index deeb9dc..fbb1d02 100644
--- a/fs/mbcache.c
+++ b/fs/mbcache.c
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@
 static LIST_HEAD(mb_cache_list);
 static LIST_HEAD(mb_cache_lru_list);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(mb_cache_spinlock);
-static struct shrinker *mb_shrinker;
 
 static inline int
 mb_cache_indexes(struct mb_cache *cache)
@@ -118,6 +117,10 @@
 
 static int mb_cache_shrink_fn(int nr_to_scan, gfp_t gfp_mask);
 
+static struct shrinker mb_cache_shrinker = {
+	.shrink = mb_cache_shrink_fn,
+	.seeks = DEFAULT_SEEKS,
+};
 
 static inline int
 __mb_cache_entry_is_hashed(struct mb_cache_entry *ce)
@@ -662,13 +665,13 @@
 
 static int __init init_mbcache(void)
 {
-	mb_shrinker = set_shrinker(DEFAULT_SEEKS, mb_cache_shrink_fn);
+	register_shrinker(&mb_cache_shrinker);
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static void __exit exit_mbcache(void)
 {
-	remove_shrinker(mb_shrinker);
+	unregister_shrinker(&mb_cache_shrinker);
 }
 
 module_init(init_mbcache)
diff --git a/fs/nfs/super.c b/fs/nfs/super.c
index a2b1af8..adffe16 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/super.c
@@ -300,7 +300,10 @@
 };
 #endif
 
-static struct shrinker *acl_shrinker;
+static struct shrinker acl_shrinker = {
+	.shrink		= nfs_access_cache_shrinker,
+	.seeks		= DEFAULT_SEEKS,
+};
 
 /*
  * Register the NFS filesystems
@@ -321,7 +324,7 @@
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto error_2;
 #endif
-	acl_shrinker = set_shrinker(DEFAULT_SEEKS, nfs_access_cache_shrinker);
+	register_shrinker(&acl_shrinker);
 	return 0;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V4
@@ -339,8 +342,7 @@
  */
 void __exit unregister_nfs_fs(void)
 {
-	if (acl_shrinker != NULL)
-		remove_shrinker(acl_shrinker);
+	unregister_shrinker(&acl_shrinker);
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V4
 	unregister_filesystem(&nfs4_fs_type);
 	nfs_unregister_sysctl();
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
index 2df6362..b0f0e58 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
@@ -35,10 +35,13 @@
 #include <linux/freezer.h>
 
 static kmem_zone_t *xfs_buf_zone;
-static struct shrinker *xfs_buf_shake;
 STATIC int xfsbufd(void *);
 STATIC int xfsbufd_wakeup(int, gfp_t);
 STATIC void xfs_buf_delwri_queue(xfs_buf_t *, int);
+static struct shrinker xfs_buf_shake = {
+	.shrink = xfsbufd_wakeup,
+	.seeks = DEFAULT_SEEKS,
+};
 
 static struct workqueue_struct *xfslogd_workqueue;
 struct workqueue_struct *xfsdatad_workqueue;
@@ -1832,14 +1835,9 @@
 	if (!xfsdatad_workqueue)
 		goto out_destroy_xfslogd_workqueue;
 
-	xfs_buf_shake = set_shrinker(DEFAULT_SEEKS, xfsbufd_wakeup);
-	if (!xfs_buf_shake)
-		goto out_destroy_xfsdatad_workqueue;
-
+	register_shrinker(&xfs_buf_shake);
 	return 0;
 
- out_destroy_xfsdatad_workqueue:
-	destroy_workqueue(xfsdatad_workqueue);
  out_destroy_xfslogd_workqueue:
 	destroy_workqueue(xfslogd_workqueue);
  out_free_buf_zone:
@@ -1854,7 +1852,7 @@
 void
 xfs_buf_terminate(void)
 {
-	remove_shrinker(xfs_buf_shake);
+	unregister_shrinker(&xfs_buf_shake);
 	destroy_workqueue(xfsdatad_workqueue);
 	destroy_workqueue(xfslogd_workqueue);
 	kmem_zone_destroy(xfs_buf_zone);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm.c b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm.c
index 7def4c6..2d274b2 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/quota/xfs_qm.c
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
 
 kmem_zone_t	*qm_dqzone;
 kmem_zone_t	*qm_dqtrxzone;
-static struct shrinker *xfs_qm_shaker;
 
 static cred_t	xfs_zerocr;
 
@@ -78,6 +77,11 @@
 STATIC int	xfs_qm_init_quotainfo(xfs_mount_t *);
 STATIC int	xfs_qm_shake(int, gfp_t);
 
+static struct shrinker xfs_qm_shaker = {
+	.shrink = xfs_qm_shake,
+	.seeks = DEFAULT_SEEKS,
+};
+
 #ifdef DEBUG
 extern mutex_t	qcheck_lock;
 #endif
@@ -149,7 +153,7 @@
 	} else
 		xqm->qm_dqzone = qm_dqzone;
 
-	xfs_qm_shaker = set_shrinker(DEFAULT_SEEKS, xfs_qm_shake);
+	register_shrinker(&xfs_qm_shaker);
 
 	/*
 	 * The t_dqinfo portion of transactions.
@@ -181,7 +185,7 @@
 
 	ASSERT(xqm != NULL);
 	ASSERT(xqm->qm_nrefs == 0);
-	remove_shrinker(xfs_qm_shaker);
+	unregister_shrinker(&xfs_qm_shaker);
 	hsize = xqm->qm_dqhashmask + 1;
 	for (i = 0; i < hsize; i++) {
 		xfs_qm_list_destroy(&(xqm->qm_usr_dqhtable[i]));
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 97d0cdd..4c482a3 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -810,27 +810,31 @@
 			       unsigned long flags, unsigned long new_addr);
 
 /*
- * Prototype to add a shrinker callback for ageable caches.
- * 
- * These functions are passed a count `nr_to_scan' and a gfpmask.  They should
- * scan `nr_to_scan' objects, attempting to free them.
+ * A callback you can register to apply pressure to ageable caches.
  *
- * The callback must return the number of objects which remain in the cache.
+ * 'shrink' is passed a count 'nr_to_scan' and a 'gfpmask'.  It should
+ * look through the least-recently-used 'nr_to_scan' entries and
+ * attempt to free them up.  It should return the number of objects
+ * which remain in the cache.  If it returns -1, it means it cannot do
+ * any scanning at this time (eg. there is a risk of deadlock).
  *
- * The callback will be passed nr_to_scan == 0 when the VM is querying the
- * cache size, so a fastpath for that case is appropriate.
+ * The 'gfpmask' refers to the allocation we are currently trying to
+ * fulfil.
+ *
+ * Note that 'shrink' will be passed nr_to_scan == 0 when the VM is
+ * querying the cache size, so a fastpath for that case is appropriate.
  */
-typedef int (*shrinker_t)(int nr_to_scan, gfp_t gfp_mask);
+struct shrinker {
+	int (*shrink)(int nr_to_scan, gfp_t gfp_mask);
+	int seeks;	/* seeks to recreate an obj */
 
-/*
- * Add an aging callback.  The int is the number of 'seeks' it takes
- * to recreate one of the objects that these functions age.
- */
-
-#define DEFAULT_SEEKS 2
-struct shrinker;
-extern struct shrinker *set_shrinker(int, shrinker_t);
-extern void remove_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker);
+	/* These are for internal use */
+	struct list_head list;
+	long nr;	/* objs pending delete */
+};
+#define DEFAULT_SEEKS 2 /* A good number if you don't know better. */
+extern void register_shrinker(struct shrinker *);
+extern void unregister_shrinker(struct shrinker *);
 
 /*
  * Some shared mappigns will want the pages marked read-only
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 1d9971d..2225b7c 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -70,17 +70,6 @@
 	int order;
 };
 
-/*
- * The list of shrinker callbacks used by to apply pressure to
- * ageable caches.
- */
-struct shrinker {
-	shrinker_t		shrinker;
-	struct list_head	list;
-	int			seeks;	/* seeks to recreate an obj */
-	long			nr;	/* objs pending delete */
-};
-
 #define lru_to_page(_head) (list_entry((_head)->prev, struct page, lru))
 
 #ifdef ARCH_HAS_PREFETCH
@@ -123,34 +112,25 @@
 /*
  * Add a shrinker callback to be called from the vm
  */
-struct shrinker *set_shrinker(int seeks, shrinker_t theshrinker)
+void register_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 {
-        struct shrinker *shrinker;
-
-        shrinker = kmalloc(sizeof(*shrinker), GFP_KERNEL);
-        if (shrinker) {
-	        shrinker->shrinker = theshrinker;
-	        shrinker->seeks = seeks;
-	        shrinker->nr = 0;
-	        down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
-	        list_add_tail(&shrinker->list, &shrinker_list);
-	        up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
-	}
-	return shrinker;
+	shrinker->nr = 0;
+	down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
+	list_add_tail(&shrinker->list, &shrinker_list);
+	up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_shrinker);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_shrinker);
 
 /*
  * Remove one
  */
-void remove_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
+void unregister_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 {
 	down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
 	list_del(&shrinker->list);
 	up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
-	kfree(shrinker);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(remove_shrinker);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_shrinker);
 
 #define SHRINK_BATCH 128
 /*
@@ -187,7 +167,7 @@
 	list_for_each_entry(shrinker, &shrinker_list, list) {
 		unsigned long long delta;
 		unsigned long total_scan;
-		unsigned long max_pass = (*shrinker->shrinker)(0, gfp_mask);
+		unsigned long max_pass = (*shrinker->shrink)(0, gfp_mask);
 
 		delta = (4 * scanned) / shrinker->seeks;
 		delta *= max_pass;
@@ -215,8 +195,8 @@
 			int shrink_ret;
 			int nr_before;
 
-			nr_before = (*shrinker->shrinker)(0, gfp_mask);
-			shrink_ret = (*shrinker->shrinker)(this_scan, gfp_mask);
+			nr_before = (*shrinker->shrink)(0, gfp_mask);
+			shrink_ret = (*shrinker->shrink)(this_scan, gfp_mask);
 			if (shrink_ret == -1)
 				break;
 			if (shrink_ret < nr_before)
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth.c b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
index aa55d0a..29a8ecc 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
@@ -543,17 +543,18 @@
 		test_bit(RPCAUTH_CRED_UPTODATE, &cred->cr_flags) != 0;
 }
 
-
-static struct shrinker *rpc_cred_shrinker;
+static struct shrinker rpc_cred_shrinker = {
+	.shrink = rpcauth_cache_shrinker,
+	.seeks = DEFAULT_SEEKS,
+};
 
 void __init rpcauth_init_module(void)
 {
 	rpc_init_authunix();
-	rpc_cred_shrinker = set_shrinker(DEFAULT_SEEKS, rpcauth_cache_shrinker);
+	register_shrinker(&rpc_cred_shrinker);
 }
 
 void __exit rpcauth_remove_module(void)
 {
-	if (rpc_cred_shrinker != NULL)
-		remove_shrinker(rpc_cred_shrinker);
+	unregister_shrinker(&rpc_cred_shrinker);
 }