up_write(&_hash_lock);
 }
 
-static int dm_hash_rename(uint32_t cookie, uint32_t *flags, const char *old,
-                         const char *new)
+static struct mapped_device *dm_hash_rename(struct dm_ioctl *param,
+                                           const char *new)
 {
        char *new_name, *old_name;
        struct hash_cell *hc;
        struct dm_table *table;
+       struct mapped_device *md;
 
        /*
         * duplicate new.
         */
        new_name = kstrdup(new, GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!new_name)
-               return -ENOMEM;
+               return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
        down_write(&_hash_lock);
 
         */
        hc = __get_name_cell(new);
        if (hc) {
-               DMWARN("asked to rename to an already existing name %s -> %s",
-                      old, new);
+               DMWARN("asked to rename to an already-existing name %s -> %s",
+                      param->name, new);
                dm_put(hc->md);
                up_write(&_hash_lock);
                kfree(new_name);
-               return -EBUSY;
+               return ERR_PTR(-EBUSY);
        }
 
        /*
         * Is there such a device as 'old' ?
         */
-       hc = __get_name_cell(old);
+       hc = __get_name_cell(param->name);
        if (!hc) {
-               DMWARN("asked to rename a non existent device %s -> %s",
-                      old, new);
+               DMWARN("asked to rename a non-existent device %s -> %s",
+                      param->name, new);
                up_write(&_hash_lock);
                kfree(new_name);
-               return -ENXIO;
+               return ERR_PTR(-ENXIO);
        }
 
        /*
                dm_table_put(table);
        }
 
-       if (!dm_kobject_uevent(hc->md, KOBJ_CHANGE, cookie))
-               *flags |= DM_UEVENT_GENERATED_FLAG;
+       if (!dm_kobject_uevent(hc->md, KOBJ_CHANGE, param->event_nr))
+               param->flags |= DM_UEVENT_GENERATED_FLAG;
 
-       dm_put(hc->md);
+       md = hc->md;
        up_write(&_hash_lock);
        kfree(old_name);
-       return 0;
+
+       return md;
 }
 
 /*-----------------------------------------------------------------
 {
        int r;
        char *new_name = (char *) param + param->data_start;
+       struct mapped_device *md;
 
        if (new_name < param->data ||
            invalid_str(new_name, (void *) param + param_size) ||
        if (r)
                return r;
 
-       param->data_size = 0;
+       md = dm_hash_rename(param, new_name);
+       if (IS_ERR(md))
+               return PTR_ERR(md);
 
-       return dm_hash_rename(param->event_nr, ¶m->flags, param->name,
-                             new_name);
+       __dev_status(md, param);
+       dm_put(md);
+
+       return 0;
 }
 
 static int dev_set_geometry(struct dm_ioctl *param, size_t param_size)