From: Jan Kara Make 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 Cc: Al Viro Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- fs/ext3/namei.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff -puN fs/ext3/namei.c~ext3-fix-update-of-mtime-and-ctime-on-rename fs/ext3/namei.c --- a/fs/ext3/namei.c~ext3-fix-update-of-mtime-and-ctime-on-rename +++ a/fs/ext3/namei.c @@ -2323,6 +2323,8 @@ static int ext3_rename (struct inode * o 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); _