diff -Nur linux-2.5.74/fs/aio.c linux-2.5.74.aio/fs/aio.c
--- linux-2.5.74/fs/aio.c	Sun Jun 22 11:32:43 2003
+++ linux-2.5.74.aio/fs/aio.c	Tue Jul  8 16:11:50 2003
@@ -805,10 +805,6 @@
 	struct io_event		ent;
 	struct timeout		to;
 
-	/* needed to zero any padding within an entry (there shouldn't be 
-	 * any, but C is fun!
-	 */
-	memset(&ent, 0, sizeof(ent));
 	ret = 0;
 
 	while (likely(i < nr)) {