NFS: Fix rename of directory onto empty directory If someone tries to rename a directory onto an empty directory, we currently fail and return EBUSY. This patch ensures that we try the rename if both source and target are directories, and that we fail with a correct error of EISDIR if the source is not a directory. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust --- fs/nfs/dir.c | 8 +++++--- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/fs/nfs/dir.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/nfs/dir.c +++ linux-2.6/fs/nfs/dir.c @@ -1511,9 +1511,11 @@ static int nfs_rename(struct inode *old_ */ if (!new_inode) goto go_ahead; - if (S_ISDIR(new_inode->i_mode)) - goto out; - else if (atomic_read(&new_dentry->d_count) > 2) { + if (S_ISDIR(new_inode->i_mode)) { + error = -EISDIR; + if (!S_ISDIR(old_inode->i_mode)) + goto out; + } else if (atomic_read(&new_dentry->d_count) > 2) { int err; /* copy the target dentry's name */ dentry = d_alloc(new_dentry->d_parent,