diff --git a/src/benchmarks/eina/Ecore_Data.h b/src/benchmarks/eina/Ecore_Data.h
index 50d42f1fe2..415efc7e56 100644
--- a/src/benchmarks/eina/Ecore_Data.h
+++ b/src/benchmarks/eina/Ecore_Data.h
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ struct _ecore_string
 };
 
 EAPI int         ecore_string_init();
-EAPI void        ecore_string_shutdown();
+EAPI int         ecore_string_shutdown();
 EAPI const char *ecore_string_instance(const char *string);
 EAPI void        ecore_string_release(const char *string);
 
diff --git a/src/benchmarks/eina/ecore_strings.c b/src/benchmarks/eina/ecore_strings.c
index d76e4c5f5e..15deae6b8f 100644
--- a/src/benchmarks/eina/ecore_strings.c
+++ b/src/benchmarks/eina/ecore_strings.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static int ecore_string_init_count = 0;
  * @return  Zero on failure, non-zero on successful initialization.
  */
 EAPI int
-ecore_string_init()
+ecore_string_init(void)
 {
    /*
     * No strings have been loaded at this point, so create the hash
@@ -138,9 +138,11 @@ ecore_string_hash_dump_stats(void)
 
 /**
  * Shutdown the ecore string internal structures
+ * @return 0 when the module is completely shut down, 1 or
+ * greater otherwise.
  */
-EAPI void
-ecore_string_shutdown()
+EAPI int
+ecore_string_shutdown(void)
 {
    --ecore_string_init_count;
    if (!ecore_string_init_count)
@@ -148,6 +150,7 @@ ecore_string_shutdown()
         ecore_hash_destroy(ecore_strings);
         ecore_strings = NULL;
      }
+   return ecore_string_init_count;
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/src/benchmarks/eina/eina_bench_stringshare_e17.c b/src/benchmarks/eina/eina_bench_stringshare_e17.c
index 6ab0a807ea..505374df77 100644
--- a/src/benchmarks/eina/eina_bench_stringshare_e17.c
+++ b/src/benchmarks/eina/eina_bench_stringshare_e17.c
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ static Eina_Stringshare_Test eina_str = {
 
 static Eina_Stringshare_Test evas_str = {
    "evas",
-/*  evas_stringshare_init, */
+   NULL,
    evas_stringshare_add,
-   evas_stringshare_del
-/*  evas_stringshare_shutdown */
+   evas_stringshare_del,
+   NULL
 };
 
 static Eina_Stringshare_Test ecore_str = {
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static Eina_Stringshare_Test ecore_str = {
    ecore_string_shutdown
 };
 
-static Eina_Stringshare_Test *str[] = {
+static Eina_Stringshare_Test *tests[] = {
    &eina_str,
    &evas_str,
    &ecore_str,
@@ -87,16 +87,17 @@ eina_bench_e17_stringshare(Eina_Stringshare_Test *str)
 
    eina_counter_start(cnt);
 
-   str->init();
+   if (str->init)
+     str->init();
 
-#include "strlog"
+//#include "strlog"
 
-   str->shutdown();
+   if (str->shutdown)
+     str->shutdown();
 
    eina_counter_stop(cnt, 1);
 
-   fprintf(stderr, "For `%s`:\n", str->name);
-   eina_counter_dump(cnt);
+   fprintf(stderr, "For `%s`:\n%s\n", str->name,eina_counter_dump(cnt));
 
    eina_counter_free(cnt);
 }
@@ -110,8 +111,8 @@ eina_bench_e17(void)
 
    eina_init();
 
-   for (i = 0; str[i]; ++i)
-      eina_bench_e17_stringshare(str[i]);
+   for (i = 0; tests[i]; ++i)
+      eina_bench_e17_stringshare(tests[i]);
 
    eina_shutdown();
 #endif
diff --git a/src/benchmarks/eina/evas_mempool.c b/src/benchmarks/eina/evas_mempool.c
index 921b7dfafb..fbc48fa19a 100644
--- a/src/benchmarks/eina/evas_mempool.c
+++ b/src/benchmarks/eina/evas_mempool.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ _evas_mp_pool_free(Pool *p)
 }
 
 void *
-evas_mempool_malloc(Evas_Mempool *pool, int size EINA_UNUSED)
+evas_mempool_malloc(Evas_Mempool *pool, int size)
 {
 #ifdef NOPOOL
    return malloc(size);