--- zzzz-none-000/linux-2.4.17/fs/ext3/super.c	2001-12-21 17:41:55.000000000 +0000
+++ sangam-fb-322/linux-2.4.17/fs/ext3/super.c	2004-11-24 13:22:18.000000000 +0000
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <linux/locks.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
+#include <linux/random.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_JBD_DEBUG
@@ -1115,6 +1116,7 @@
 	sbi->s_loaded_inode_bitmaps = 0;
 	sbi->s_loaded_block_bitmaps = 0;
 	sbi->s_gdb_count = db_count;
+	get_random_bytes(&sbi->s_next_generation, sizeof(u32));
 	/*
 	 * set up enough so that it can read an inode
 	 */