--- libev/ev.c	2008/10/24 08:15:33	1.266
+++ libev/ev.c	2008/10/27 11:08:29	1.267
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@
   unsigned char events;
   unsigned char reify;
   unsigned char emask; /* the epoll backend stores the actual kernel mask in here */
-  unsigned char unused; /* currently unused padding */
+  unsigned char egen;  /* generation counter to counter epoll bugs */
 #if EV_SELECT_IS_WINSOCKET
   SOCKET handle;
 #endif