--- libev/ev_epoll.c	2007/12/09 03:19:50	1.30
+++ libev/ev_epoll.c	2007/12/09 03:51:18	1.31
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 
   fcntl (backend_fd, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
 
-  backend_fudge  = 2e-4; /* needed to compensate for epoll returning early */
+  backend_fudge  = 0.; /* kernel sources seem to indicate this to be zero */
   backend_modify = epoll_modify;
   backend_poll   = epoll_poll;