The patch below makes ext3 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/ext3/namei.c | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c index dec3e0d..b0f377f 100644 --- a/fs/ext3/namei.c +++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c @@ -2318,6 +2318,8 @@ static int ext3_rename (struct inode * old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry, EXT3_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_FILETYPE)) new_de->file_type = old_de->file_type; new_dir->i_version++; + new_dir->i_ctime = new_dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC; + ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, new_dir); BUFFER_TRACE(new_bh, "call ext3_journal_dirty_metadata"); ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, new_bh); brelse(new_bh); -- 1.5.2.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html