--- linux-2.5.74/kernel/fork.c Mon Jul 7 14:35:07 2003 +++ linux-2.5.74.aio/kernel/fork.c Mon Jul 7 14:35:07 2003 @@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ mm->core_waiters = 0; mm->page_table_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED; mm->ioctx_list_lock = RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED; + mm->ioctx_list = NULL; mm->default_kioctx = (struct kioctx)INIT_KIOCTX(mm->default_kioctx, *mm); mm->free_area_cache = TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE;