--- libev/ev_epoll.c	2019/06/20 22:44:59	1.73
+++ libev/ev_epoll.c	2019/06/23 00:21:24	1.74
@@ -235,21 +235,32 @@
     }
 }
 
-inline_size
-int
-epoll_init (EV_P_ int flags)
+static int
+ev_epoll_create (void)
 {
+  int fd;
+
 #if defined EPOLL_CLOEXEC && !defined __ANDROID__
-  backend_fd = epoll_create1 (EPOLL_CLOEXEC);
+  fd = epoll_create1 (EPOLL_CLOEXEC);
 
-  if (backend_fd < 0 && (errno == EINVAL || errno == ENOSYS))
+  if (fd < 0 && (errno == EINVAL || errno == ENOSYS))
 #endif
-    backend_fd = epoll_create (256);
+    {
+      fd = epoll_create (256);
 
-  if (backend_fd < 0)
-    return 0;
+      if (fd >= 0)
+        fcntl (fd, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
+    }
+
+  return fd;
+}
 
-  fcntl (backend_fd, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
+inline_size
+int
+epoll_init (EV_P_ int flags)
+{
+  if ((backend_fd = ev_epoll_create ()) < 0)
+    return 0;
 
   backend_mintime = 1e-3; /* epoll does sometimes return early, this is just to avoid the worst */
   backend_modify  = epoll_modify;
@@ -275,11 +286,9 @@
 {
   close (backend_fd);
 
-  while ((backend_fd = epoll_create (256)) < 0)
+  while ((backend_fd = ev_epoll_create ()) < 0)
     ev_syserr ("(libev) epoll_create");
 
-  fcntl (backend_fd, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC);
-
   fd_rearm_all (EV_A);
 }