diff --git a/.bcachefs_revision b/.bcachefs_revision
index 7ea6a71d..d8ca95c6 100644
--- a/.bcachefs_revision
+++ b/.bcachefs_revision
@@ -1 +1 @@
-adfbb84c7c986f2f46f363d95bca33b4c470dad0
+a8faf2472b83bb675aceca3e43f20d232409b1cc
diff --git a/cmd_migrate.c b/cmd_migrate.c
index 7d15a08e..14532b6a 100644
--- a/cmd_migrate.c
+++ b/cmd_migrate.c
@@ -134,11 +134,12 @@ static void create_link(struct bch_fs *c,
 			const char *name, u64 inum, mode_t mode)
 {
 	struct qstr qstr = QSTR(name);
+	struct bch_inode_unpacked parent_u;
 	struct bch_inode_unpacked inode;
 
 	int ret = bch2_trans_do(c, NULL, BTREE_INSERT_ATOMIC,
-		bch2_link_trans(&trans, parent->bi_inum,
-				inum, &inode, &qstr));
+		bch2_link_trans(&trans, parent->bi_inum, inum,
+				&parent_u, &inode, &qstr));
 	if (ret)
 		die("error creating hardlink: %s", strerror(-ret));
 }
diff --git a/libbcachefs/fs-common.c b/libbcachefs/fs-common.c
index a4497eeb..96f7bbe0 100644
--- a/libbcachefs/fs-common.c
+++ b/libbcachefs/fs-common.c
@@ -76,11 +76,10 @@ int bch2_create_trans(struct btree_trans *trans, u64 dir_inum,
 }
 
 int bch2_link_trans(struct btree_trans *trans, u64 dir_inum,
-		    u64 inum, struct bch_inode_unpacked *inode_u,
-		    const struct qstr *name)
+		    u64 inum, struct bch_inode_unpacked *dir_u,
+		    struct bch_inode_unpacked *inode_u, const struct qstr *name)
 {
 	struct btree_iter *dir_iter, *inode_iter;
-	struct bch_inode_unpacked dir_u;
 	struct bch_hash_info dir_hash;
 	u64 now = bch2_current_time(trans->c);
 
@@ -91,18 +90,19 @@ int bch2_link_trans(struct btree_trans *trans, u64 dir_inum,
 	inode_u->bi_ctime = now;
 	bch2_inode_nlink_inc(inode_u);
 
-	dir_iter = bch2_inode_peek(trans, &dir_u, dir_inum, 0);
+	dir_iter = bch2_inode_peek(trans, dir_u, dir_inum, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(dir_iter))
 		return PTR_ERR(dir_iter);
 
-	/* XXX: shouldn't we be updating mtime/ctime on the directory? */
+	dir_u->bi_mtime = dir_u->bi_ctime = now;
 
-	dir_hash = bch2_hash_info_init(trans->c, &dir_u);
+	dir_hash = bch2_hash_info_init(trans->c, dir_u);
 	bch2_trans_iter_put(trans, dir_iter);
 
 	return bch2_dirent_create(trans, dir_inum, &dir_hash,
 				  mode_to_type(inode_u->bi_mode),
 				  name, inum, BCH_HASH_SET_MUST_CREATE) ?:
+		bch2_inode_write(trans, dir_iter, dir_u) ?:
 		bch2_inode_write(trans, inode_iter, inode_u);
 }
 
diff --git a/libbcachefs/fs-common.h b/libbcachefs/fs-common.h
index c1621485..2273b796 100644
--- a/libbcachefs/fs-common.h
+++ b/libbcachefs/fs-common.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ int bch2_create_trans(struct btree_trans *, u64,
 
 int bch2_link_trans(struct btree_trans *, u64,
 		    u64, struct bch_inode_unpacked *,
+		    struct bch_inode_unpacked *,
 		    const struct qstr *);
 
 int bch2_unlink_trans(struct btree_trans *,
diff --git a/libbcachefs/fs-io.c b/libbcachefs/fs-io.c
index 160644cc..7f954a5d 100644
--- a/libbcachefs/fs-io.c
+++ b/libbcachefs/fs-io.c
@@ -2284,6 +2284,15 @@ int bch2_truncate(struct bch_inode_info *inode, struct iattr *iattr)
 	ret = PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(iter);
 	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
 
+	if (ret)
+		goto err;
+
+	/*
+	 * check this before next assertion; on filesystem error our normal
+	 * invariants are a bit broken (truncate has to truncate the page cache
+	 * before the inode).
+	 */
+	ret = bch2_journal_error(&c->journal);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
diff --git a/libbcachefs/fs.c b/libbcachefs/fs.c
index 6fc6d504..278c6d5b 100644
--- a/libbcachefs/fs.c
+++ b/libbcachefs/fs.c
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ static int __bch2_link(struct bch_fs *c,
 		       struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct btree_trans trans;
-	struct bch_inode_unpacked inode_u;
+	struct bch_inode_unpacked dir_u, inode_u;
 	int ret;
 
 	mutex_lock(&inode->ei_update_lock);
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ static int __bch2_link(struct bch_fs *c,
 		bch2_trans_begin(&trans);
 		ret   = bch2_link_trans(&trans,
 					dir->v.i_ino,
-					inode->v.i_ino, &inode_u,
+					inode->v.i_ino, &dir_u, &inode_u,
 					&dentry->d_name) ?:
 			bch2_trans_commit(&trans, NULL,
 					&inode->ei_journal_seq,
@@ -397,8 +397,14 @@ static int __bch2_link(struct bch_fs *c,
 					BTREE_INSERT_NOUNLOCK);
 	} while (ret == -EINTR);
 
-	if (likely(!ret))
+	if (likely(!ret)) {
+		BUG_ON(inode_u.bi_inum != inode->v.i_ino);
+
+		journal_seq_copy(inode, dir->ei_journal_seq);
+		bch2_inode_update_after_write(c, dir, &dir_u,
+					      ATTR_MTIME|ATTR_CTIME);
 		bch2_inode_update_after_write(c, inode, &inode_u, ATTR_CTIME);
+	}
 
 	bch2_trans_exit(&trans);
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->ei_update_lock);
diff --git a/libbcachefs/fsck.c b/libbcachefs/fsck.c
index 0f2308e5..3ae545b3 100644
--- a/libbcachefs/fsck.c
+++ b/libbcachefs/fsck.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static int reattach_inode(struct bch_fs *c,
 			  struct bch_inode_unpacked *lostfound_inode,
 			  u64 inum)
 {
-	struct bch_inode_unpacked inode_u;
+	struct bch_inode_unpacked dir_u, inode_u;
 	char name_buf[20];
 	struct qstr name;
 	int ret;
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static int reattach_inode(struct bch_fs *c,
 			    BTREE_INSERT_ATOMIC|
 			    BTREE_INSERT_LAZY_RW,
 		bch2_link_trans(&trans, lostfound_inode->bi_inum,
-				inum, &inode_u, &name));
+				inum, &dir_u, &inode_u, &name));
 	if (ret)
 		bch_err(c, "error %i reattaching inode %llu", ret, inum);