@@ -365,6 +365,9 @@ int simple_offset_empty(struct dentry *dentry)
*
* Caller provides appropriate serialization.
*
+ * User space expects the directory offset value of the replaced
+ * (new) directory entry to be unchanged after a rename.
+ *
* Returns zero on success, a negative errno value on failure.
*/
int simple_offset_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
@@ -372,8 +375,14 @@ int simple_offset_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
{
struct offset_ctx *old_ctx = old_dir->i_op->get_offset_ctx(old_dir);
struct offset_ctx *new_ctx = new_dir->i_op->get_offset_ctx(new_dir);
+ long new_offset = dentry2offset(new_dentry);
simple_offset_remove(old_ctx, old_dentry);
+
+ if (new_offset) {
+ offset_set(new_dentry, 0);
+ return simple_offset_replace(new_ctx, old_dentry, new_offset);
+ }
return simple_offset_add(new_ctx, old_dentry);
}