--- zzzz-none-000/linux-2.4.17/fs/ext3/ialloc.c	2001-11-09 22:25:04.000000000 +0000
+++ sangam-fb-322/linux-2.4.17/fs/ext3/ialloc.c	2004-11-24 13:22:18.000000000 +0000
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@
 	if (IS_SYNC(inode))
 		handle->h_sync = 1;
 	insert_inode_hash(inode);
-	inode->i_generation = event++;
+	inode->i_generation = sb->u.ext3_sb.s_next_generation++;
 
 	inode->u.ext3_i.i_state = EXT3_STATE_NEW;
 	err = ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);