Index: libcfa/src/concurrency/iofwd.hfa
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--- libcfa/src/concurrency/iofwd.hfa	(revision 2432e8ee237110fa472c4bb4da7d20a890ce7c2d)
+++ libcfa/src/concurrency/iofwd.hfa	(revision 93829cbfd3a1c0e3f00db9033224c903092a6910)
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@
 extern "C" {
 	#include <asm/types.h>
+	#include <sys/stat.h> // needed for mode_t
 	#if CFA_HAVE_LINUX_IO_URING_H
 		#include <linux/io_uring.h>
@@ -133,2 +134,21 @@
 // Check if a function is blocks a only the user thread
 bool has_user_level_blocking( fptr_t func );
+
+#if CFA_HAVE_LINUX_IO_URING_H
+	static inline void zero_sqe(struct io_uring_sqe * sqe) {
+		sqe->flags = 0;
+		sqe->ioprio = 0;
+		sqe->fd = 0;
+		sqe->off = 0;
+		sqe->addr = 0;
+		sqe->len = 0;
+		sqe->fsync_flags = 0;
+		sqe->__pad2[0] = 0;
+		sqe->__pad2[1] = 0;
+		sqe->__pad2[2] = 0;
+		sqe->fd = 0;
+		sqe->off = 0;
+		sqe->addr = 0;
+		sqe->len = 0;
+	}
+#endif