From: Jan Kara Make 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 Cc: Al Viro Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- fs/ext4/namei.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff -puN fs/ext4/namei.c~ext4-fix-update-of-mtime-and-ctime-on-rename fs/ext4/namei.c --- a/fs/ext4/namei.c~ext4-fix-update-of-mtime-and-ctime-on-rename +++ a/fs/ext4/namei.c @@ -2354,6 +2354,9 @@ static int ext4_rename (struct inode * o 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); _