diff --git a/ae.c b/ae.c
index 81fd9add8..25e55fdef 100644
--- a/ae.c
+++ b/ae.c
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ int aeCreateFileEvent(aeEventLoop *eventLoop, int fd, int mask,
     fe->mask |= mask;
     if (mask & AE_READABLE) fe->rfileProc = proc;
     if (mask & AE_WRITABLE) fe->wfileProc = proc;
-    if (mask & AE_EXCEPTION) fe->efileProc = proc;
     fe->clientData = clientData;
     if (fd > eventLoop->maxfd)
         eventLoop->maxfd = fd;
@@ -325,18 +324,19 @@ int aeProcessEvents(aeEventLoop *eventLoop, int flags)
             aeFileEvent *fe = &eventLoop->events[eventLoop->fired[j].fd];
             int mask = eventLoop->fired[j].mask;
             int fd = eventLoop->fired[j].fd;
+            int rfired = 0;
 
 	    /* note the fe->mask & mask & ... code: maybe an already processed
              * event removed an element that fired and we still didn't
              * processed, so we check if the event is still valid. */
-            if (fe->mask & mask & AE_READABLE)
+            if (fe->mask & mask & AE_READABLE) {
+                rfired = 1;
                 fe->rfileProc(eventLoop,fd,fe->clientData,mask);
-            if (fe->mask & mask & AE_WRITABLE && fe->wfileProc != fe->rfileProc)
-                fe->wfileProc(eventLoop,fd,fe->clientData,mask);
-            if (fe->mask & mask & AE_EXCEPTION &&
-				       fe->efileProc != fe->wfileProc &&
-                                       fe->efileProc != fe->rfileProc)
-                fe->efileProc(eventLoop,fd,fe->clientData,mask);
+            }
+            if (fe->mask & mask & AE_WRITABLE) {
+                if (!rfired || fe->wfileProc != fe->rfileProc)
+                    fe->wfileProc(eventLoop,fd,fe->clientData,mask);
+            }
             processed++;
         }
     }
@@ -362,11 +362,9 @@ int aeWait(int fd, int mask, long long milliseconds) {
 
     if (mask & AE_READABLE) FD_SET(fd,&rfds);
     if (mask & AE_WRITABLE) FD_SET(fd,&wfds);
-    if (mask & AE_EXCEPTION) FD_SET(fd,&efds);
     if ((retval = select(fd+1, &rfds, &wfds, &efds, &tv)) > 0) {
         if (FD_ISSET(fd,&rfds)) retmask |= AE_READABLE;
         if (FD_ISSET(fd,&wfds)) retmask |= AE_WRITABLE;
-        if (FD_ISSET(fd,&efds)) retmask |= AE_EXCEPTION;
         return retmask;
     } else {
         return retval;
diff --git a/ae.h b/ae.h
index 0a056ce91..4e9503bc5 100644
--- a/ae.h
+++ b/ae.h
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 #define AE_NONE 0
 #define AE_READABLE 1
 #define AE_WRITABLE 2
-#define AE_EXCEPTION 4
 
 #define AE_FILE_EVENTS 1
 #define AE_TIME_EVENTS 2
@@ -62,10 +61,9 @@ typedef void aeEventFinalizerProc(struct aeEventLoop *eventLoop, void *clientDat
 
 /* File event structure */
 typedef struct aeFileEvent {
-    int mask; /* one of AE_(READABLE|WRITABLE|EXCEPTION) */
+    int mask; /* one of AE_(READABLE|WRITABLE) */
     aeFileProc *rfileProc;
     aeFileProc *wfileProc;
-    aeFileProc *efileProc;
     void *clientData;
 } aeFileEvent;
 
diff --git a/ae_epoll.c b/ae_epoll.c
index ce9ce3b01..a8cd3adc1 100644
--- a/ae_epoll.c
+++ b/ae_epoll.c
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ static int aeApiAddEvent(aeEventLoop *eventLoop, int fd, int mask) {
     mask |= eventLoop->events[fd].mask; /* Merge old events */
     if (mask & AE_READABLE) ee.events |= EPOLLIN;
     if (mask & AE_WRITABLE) ee.events |= EPOLLOUT;
-    if (mask & AE_EXCEPTION) ee.events |= EPOLLPRI;
     ee.data.u64 = 0; /* avoid valgrind warning */
     ee.data.fd = fd;
     if (epoll_ctl(state->epfd,op,fd,&ee) == -1) return -1;
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ static void aeApiDelEvent(aeEventLoop *eventLoop, int fd, int delmask) {
     ee.events = 0;
     if (mask & AE_READABLE) ee.events |= EPOLLIN;
     if (mask & AE_WRITABLE) ee.events |= EPOLLOUT;
-    if (mask & AE_EXCEPTION) ee.events |= EPOLLPRI;
     ee.data.u64 = 0; /* avoid valgrind warning */
     ee.data.fd = fd;
     if (mask != AE_NONE) {
@@ -81,7 +79,6 @@ static int aeApiPoll(aeEventLoop *eventLoop, struct timeval *tvp) {
 
             if (e->events & EPOLLIN) mask |= AE_READABLE;
             if (e->events & EPOLLOUT) mask |= AE_WRITABLE;
-            if (e->events & EPOLLPRI) mask |= AE_EXCEPTION;
             eventLoop->fired[j].fd = e->data.fd;
             eventLoop->fired[j].mask = mask;
         }
diff --git a/ae_select.c b/ae_select.c
index 11fd719aa..6dc825153 100644
--- a/ae_select.c
+++ b/ae_select.c
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 #include <string.h>
 
 typedef struct aeApiState {
-    fd_set rfds, wfds, efds;
+    fd_set rfds, wfds;
     /* We need to have a copy of the fd sets as it's not safe to reuse
      * FD sets after select(). */
-    fd_set _rfds, _wfds, _efds;
+    fd_set _rfds, _wfds;
 } aeApiState;
 
 static int aeApiCreate(aeEventLoop *eventLoop) {
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ static int aeApiCreate(aeEventLoop *eventLoop) {
     if (!state) return -1;
     FD_ZERO(&state->rfds);
     FD_ZERO(&state->wfds);
-    FD_ZERO(&state->efds);
     eventLoop->apidata = state;
     return 0;
 }
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ static int aeApiAddEvent(aeEventLoop *eventLoop, int fd, int mask) {
 
     if (mask & AE_READABLE) FD_SET(fd,&state->rfds);
     if (mask & AE_WRITABLE) FD_SET(fd,&state->wfds);
-    if (mask & AE_EXCEPTION) FD_SET(fd,&state->efds);
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -40,7 +38,6 @@ static void aeApiDelEvent(aeEventLoop *eventLoop, int fd, int mask) {
 
     if (mask & AE_READABLE) FD_CLR(fd,&state->rfds);
     if (mask & AE_WRITABLE) FD_CLR(fd,&state->wfds);
-    if (mask & AE_EXCEPTION) FD_CLR(fd,&state->efds);
 }
 
 static int aeApiPoll(aeEventLoop *eventLoop, struct timeval *tvp) {
@@ -49,10 +46,9 @@ static int aeApiPoll(aeEventLoop *eventLoop, struct timeval *tvp) {
 
     memcpy(&state->_rfds,&state->rfds,sizeof(fd_set));
     memcpy(&state->_wfds,&state->wfds,sizeof(fd_set));
-    memcpy(&state->_efds,&state->efds,sizeof(fd_set));
 
     retval = select(eventLoop->maxfd+1,
-                &state->_rfds,&state->_wfds,&state->_efds,tvp);
+                &state->_rfds,&state->_wfds,NULL,tvp);
     if (retval > 0) {
         for (j = 0; j <= eventLoop->maxfd; j++) {
             int mask = 0;
@@ -63,8 +59,6 @@ static int aeApiPoll(aeEventLoop *eventLoop, struct timeval *tvp) {
                 mask |= AE_READABLE;
             if (fe->mask & AE_WRITABLE && FD_ISSET(j,&state->_wfds))
                 mask |= AE_WRITABLE;
-            if (fe->mask & AE_EXCEPTION && FD_ISSET(j,&state->_efds))
-                mask |= AE_EXCEPTION;
             eventLoop->fired[numevents].fd = j;
             eventLoop->fired[numevents].mask = mask;
             numevents++;
diff --git a/redis-cli.c b/redis-cli.c
index 7559d00e2..cac22c9bb 100644
--- a/redis-cli.c
+++ b/redis-cli.c
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ static struct redisCommand cmdTable[] = {
     {"debug",-2,REDIS_CMD_INLINE},
     {"mset",-3,REDIS_CMD_MULTIBULK},
     {"msetnx",-3,REDIS_CMD_MULTIBULK},
+    {"monitor",1,REDIS_CMD_INLINE},
     {NULL,0,0}
 };
 
@@ -188,6 +189,7 @@ static int cliReadSingleLineReply(int fd, int quiet) {
     if (reply == NULL) return 1;
     if (!quiet)
         printf("%s\n", reply);
+    sdsfree(reply);
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -287,6 +289,7 @@ static int selectDb(int fd)
 static int cliSendCommand(int argc, char **argv) {
     struct redisCommand *rc = lookupCommand(argv[0]);
     int fd, j, retval = 0;
+    int read_forever = 0;
     sds cmd;
 
     if (!rc) {
@@ -299,6 +302,7 @@ static int cliSendCommand(int argc, char **argv) {
             fprintf(stderr,"Wrong number of arguments for '%s'\n",rc->name);
             return 1;
     }
+    if (!strcasecmp(rc->name,"monitor")) read_forever = 1;
     if ((fd = cliConnect()) == -1) return 1;
 
     /* Select db number */
@@ -337,6 +341,11 @@ static int cliSendCommand(int argc, char **argv) {
         }
         anetWrite(fd,cmd,sdslen(cmd));
         sdsfree(cmd);
+
+        while (read_forever) {
+            cliReadSingleLineReply(fd,0);
+        }
+
         retval = cliReadReply(fd);
         if (retval) {
             close(fd);