Potential issue with rename system call

[SleepyMug]

If the command being run has rename in it, while the renaming target is an existing directory, try gives EXDEV (Invalid cross-device link)

Potentially related to redirect_dir feature (https://docs.kernel.org/filesystems/overlayfs.html#renaming-directories)

To recreate:

Create rename.c:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>

int main(void)
{
    int ret;
    ret = link("x", "y");
    printf("link ret=%d\n", ret);
    ret = unlink("x");
    printf("unlink ret=%d\n", ret);
}

Then do the following:

$ gcc rename.c -o rename
$ mkdir x
$ ./rename
rename: Success
$ rmdir y; mkdir x
$ try ./rename
rename: Invalid cross-device link

[kwakubiney]

Can i pick this up? Assign to me if possible :)

[ezrizhu]

Can i pick this up? Assign to me if possible :)

Sure thing, please make a PR when it's ready.