The patch below makes ext4 update mtime and ctime of the directory into which we move file even if the directory entry already exists. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/namei.c | 3 +++ 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c index 28aa2ed..d04bc73 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/namei.c +++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c @@ -2347,6 +2347,9 @@ static int ext4_rename (struct inode * old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry, EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_FILETYPE)) new_de->file_type = old_de->file_type; new_dir->i_version++; + new_dir->i_ctime = new_dir->i_mtime = + ext4_current_time(new_dir); + ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, new_dir); BUFFER_TRACE(new_bh, "call ext4_journal_dirty_metadata"); ext4_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, new_bh); brelse(new_bh); -- 1.5.2.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html