7 files changed, 78 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Magefile.go b/Magefile.go
index 0396a9e..a708fb7 100644
--- a/Magefile.go
+++ b/Magefile.go
@@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ var expectedParquetColumns = []string{
 	"seq", "time_ns", "gap_ns", "latency_ns", "comm",
 	"pid", "tid", "syscall", "family", "fd", "ret",
 	"bytes", "address_space_bytes", "requested_sleep_ns",
-	"file", "is_error", "filter_epoch",
+	"file", "old_file", "is_error", "filter_epoch",
 	"epoll_op", "epoll_target_fd", "epoll_events",
 }
 
diff --git a/docs/parquet-querying.md b/docs/parquet-querying.md
index 2ebf16e..b47ac8e 100644
--- a/docs/parquet-querying.md
+++ b/docs/parquet-querying.md
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ state, no installation needed beyond Docker.
 | `bytes` | UInt64 | Bytes transferred (0 if not applicable) |
 | `address_space_bytes` | UInt64 | Memory-region extent for memory syscalls (e.g. `munmap`/`mremap`); 0 otherwise |
 | `requested_sleep_ns` | Int64 | Requested sleep duration for nanosleep-style syscalls; 0 otherwise |
-| `file` | String | File path (empty if not resolved) |
+| `file` | String | File path (empty if not resolved); for rename/link syscalls this is the "new" path |
+| `old_file` | String | Source/old path for rename-family (`rename`/`renameat`/`renameat2`) and link-family (`link`/`linkat`/`symlink`/`symlinkat`) syscalls; empty for other syscalls |
 | `is_error` | Bool | True when `ret` is a negative errno |
 | `filter_epoch` | UInt64 | Filter generation at capture time |
 | `epoll_op` | String | `epoll_ctl` operation (`ADD`/`MOD`/`DEL`); empty for other syscalls |
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ bytes               UInt64
 address_space_bytes UInt64
 requested_sleep_ns  Int64
 file                String
+old_file            String
 is_error            Bool
 filter_epoch        UInt64
 epoll_op            String
@@ -230,6 +232,6 @@ PARQUET_FILE=ior-recording-20260313-170234.parquet env GOTOOLCHAIN=auto mage par
 ```
 
 It checks:
-1. All 20 expected columns are present
+1. All 21 expected columns are present
 2. Row count > 0
 3. `seq` is monotonically ordered and `time_ns` is non-zero
diff --git a/integrationtests/rename_test.go b/integrationtests/rename_test.go
index b64ea56..31012f2 100644
--- a/integrationtests/rename_test.go
+++ b/integrationtests/rename_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package integrationtests
 
-import "testing"
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
 
 func TestRenameBasic(t *testing.T) {
 	runScenario(t, "rename-basic", []ExpectedEvent{
@@ -56,3 +59,46 @@ func TestRenameNoreplace(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	})
 }
+
+// TestRenameRenameatOldnameInParquet locks in the oldname capture end-to-end
+// for an AT-variant. renameat passes the source path at args[1] (after the
+// olddfd dirfd), so this validates the args[1] oldname index: the new `old_file`
+// parquet column must carry the source path while `file` carries the new path.
+// A wrong-oldname-index regression would surface here as a missing/empty
+// old_file, which no prior persisted-output test could detect.
+func TestRenameRenameatOldnameInParquet(t *testing.T) {
+	h := newTestHarness(t)
+	path, pid, err := h.RunParquetWithIorArgs("rename-renameat", defaultDuration,
+		[]string{"-trace-syscalls", "renameat"})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("run rename-renameat parquet scenario: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	rows := filterRecordsByPID(readParquetRecords(t, path), uint32(pid))
+	if len(rows) == 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected parquet rows for workload PID %d", pid)
+	}
+
+	var sawRenameat bool
+	for _, row := range rows {
+		if row.Syscall != "renameat" {
+			// old_file is rename/link-only; everything else must leave it empty.
+			if row.OldFile != "" {
+				t.Fatalf("%s row has unexpected old_file %q", row.Syscall, row.OldFile)
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+		sawRenameat = true
+		// file == newname; old_file == oldname (captured at args[1]).
+		if !strings.Contains(row.File, "renameat-new.txt") {
+			t.Fatalf("renameat row file = %q, want it to contain renameat-new.txt", row.File)
+		}
+		if !strings.Contains(row.OldFile, "renameat-old.txt") {
+			t.Fatalf("renameat row old_file = %q, want it to contain renameat-old.txt (args[1] oldname capture)", row.OldFile)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if !sawRenameat {
+		t.Fatalf("expected at least one renameat row in parquet output")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/event/pair.go b/internal/event/pair.go
index afc9bed..3adf38b 100644
--- a/internal/event/pair.go
+++ b/internal/event/pair.go
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ type Pair struct {
 	// Epoll.TargetFD is the descriptor being registered/modified/removed.
 	Epoll    EpollCtl
 	HasEpoll bool
+	// Oldname holds the source/old path for rename-family (rename/renameat/
+	// renameat2) and link-family (link/linkat/symlink/symlinkat) syscalls. The
+	// Pair-level File resolves to the "new" path (File.Name() == newname), so
+	// Oldname is the only place the captured source path (BPF name_event.oldname,
+	// at args[1] for the AT-variants after a dirfd) reaches the output schema.
+	// Empty for every other syscall.
+	Oldname string
 }
 
 // EpollCtl holds the decoded epoll_ctl arguments surfaced from the BPF
diff --git a/internal/eventloop_exit.go b/internal/eventloop_exit.go
index 105d9ac..9802a6f 100644
--- a/internal/eventloop_exit.go
+++ b/internal/eventloop_exit.go
@@ -81,7 +81,12 @@ func (e *eventLoop) handleExecExit(ep *event.Pair, execEv *types.ExecEvent) bool
 }
 
 func (e *eventLoop) handleNameExit(ep *event.Pair, nameEv *types.NameEvent) bool {
+	// File.Name() resolves to the "new" path (newname); surface the captured
+	// source path (oldname, at args[1] for the AT-variants) separately on the
+	// Pair so it reaches the output schema rather than living only in the
+	// TUI String() repr ("old:... ->new:...").
 	ep.File = file.NewOldnameNewname(nameEv.Oldname[:], nameEv.Newname[:])
+	ep.Oldname = types.StringValue(nameEv.Oldname[:])
 	ep.Comm = e.comm(nameEv.GetTid())
 	return true
 }
diff --git a/internal/parquet/schema.go b/internal/parquet/schema.go
index b7ed381..8a92ea4 100644
--- a/internal/parquet/schema.go
+++ b/internal/parquet/schema.go
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ type Record struct {
 	File              string `parquet:"file"`
 	IsError           bool   `parquet:"is_error"`
 	FilterEpoch       uint64 `parquet:"filter_epoch"`
+	// OldFile is the source/old path for rename-family (rename/renameat/
+	// renameat2) and link-family (link/linkat/symlink/symlinkat) syscalls; the
+	// `file` column carries the "new" path. This is the only place the captured
+	// oldname (BPF name_event.oldname, at args[1] for the AT-variants) is
+	// persisted. Empty for every other syscall.
+	OldFile string `parquet:"old_file"`
 	// EpollOp/EpollTargetFD/EpollEvents surface epoll_ctl control metadata: the
 	// operation (ADD/MOD/DEL), the target descriptor registered (args[2]), and
 	// the requested event mask (args[3]->events). EpollOp is empty and the
@@ -81,6 +87,7 @@ func RecordFromStream(row streamrow.Row, filterEpoch uint64) Record {
 		File:              row.FileName,
 		IsError:           row.IsError,
 		FilterEpoch:       filterEpoch,
+		OldFile:           row.OldName,
 		EpollOp:           row.EpollOp,
 		EpollTargetFD:     row.EpollTargetFD,
 		EpollEvents:       row.EpollEvents,
diff --git a/internal/streamrow/row.go b/internal/streamrow/row.go
index c846346..7ed0520 100644
--- a/internal/streamrow/row.go
+++ b/internal/streamrow/row.go
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ type Row struct {
 	EpollOp       string
 	EpollTargetFD int32
 	EpollEvents   uint32
+	// OldName is the source/old path for rename-family (rename/renameat/
+	// renameat2) and link-family (link/linkat/symlink/symlinkat) syscalls;
+	// FileName carries the "new" path. Empty for every other syscall.
+	OldName string
 }
 
 func (r Row) SyscallValue() string {
@@ -124,6 +128,9 @@ func New(seq uint64, pair *event.Pair) Row {
 		AddressSpaceBytes: pair.AddressSpaceBytes,
 		RequestedSleepNs:  pair.RequestedSleepNs,
 		FD:                UnknownFD,
+		// OldName carries the rename/link source path; FileName is the new path.
+		// Empty for non-rename/link syscalls (pair.Oldname is zero there).
+		OldName: pair.Oldname,
 	}
 	if fd, ok := pair.FileDescriptor(); ok {
 		row.FD = fd