3 files changed, 33 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/journal/journal-file.c b/src/journal/journal-file.c
index 8cbdbb9f96..7b9815c69f 100644
--- a/src/journal/journal-file.c
+++ b/src/journal/journal-file.c
@@ -1929,7 +1929,24 @@ int journal_file_move_to_entry_by_monotonic(
 }
 
 void journal_file_reset_location(JournalFile *f) {
+        f->location_type = LOCATION_HEAD;
         f->current_offset = 0;
+        f->current_seqnum = 0;
+        f->current_realtime = 0;
+        f->current_monotonic = 0;
+        zero(f->current_boot_id);
+        f->current_xor_hash = 0;
+}
+
+void journal_file_save_location(JournalFile *f, direction_t direction, Object *o, uint64_t offset) {
+        f->last_direction = direction;
+        f->location_type = LOCATION_SEEK;
+        f->current_offset = offset;
+        f->current_seqnum = le64toh(o->entry.seqnum);
+        f->current_realtime = le64toh(o->entry.realtime);
+        f->current_monotonic = le64toh(o->entry.monotonic);
+        f->current_boot_id = o->entry.boot_id;
+        f->current_xor_hash = le64toh(o->entry.xor_hash);
 }
 
 int journal_file_next_entry(
diff --git a/src/journal/journal-file.h b/src/journal/journal-file.h
index 3a19827fb7..2bdfff782e 100644
--- a/src/journal/journal-file.h
+++ b/src/journal/journal-file.h
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ typedef struct JournalFile {
         bool tail_entry_monotonic_valid:1;
 
         direction_t last_direction;
+        LocationType location_type;
 
         char *path;
         struct stat last_stat;
@@ -86,6 +87,11 @@ typedef struct JournalFile {
         HashItem *field_hash_table;
 
         uint64_t current_offset;
+        uint64_t current_seqnum;
+        uint64_t current_realtime;
+        uint64_t current_monotonic;
+        sd_id128_t current_boot_id;
+        uint64_t current_xor_hash;
 
         JournalMetrics metrics;
         MMapCache *mmap;
@@ -190,6 +196,7 @@ int journal_file_find_field_object(JournalFile *f, const void *field, uint64_t s
 int journal_file_find_field_object_with_hash(JournalFile *f, const void *field, uint64_t size, uint64_t hash, Object **ret, uint64_t *offset);
 
 void journal_file_reset_location(JournalFile *f);
+void journal_file_save_location(JournalFile *f, direction_t direction, Object *o, uint64_t offset);
 int journal_file_next_entry(JournalFile *f, Object *o, uint64_t p, direction_t direction, Object **ret, uint64_t *offset);
 
 int journal_file_next_entry_for_data(JournalFile *f, Object *o, uint64_t p, uint64_t data_offset, direction_t direction, Object **ret, uint64_t *offset);
diff --git a/src/journal/sd-journal.c b/src/journal/sd-journal.c
index adaf402f46..71b056c234 100644
--- a/src/journal/sd-journal.c
+++ b/src/journal/sd-journal.c
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ static void set_location(sd_journal *j, LocationType type, JournalFile *f, Objec
 
         f->last_direction = direction;
         f->current_offset = offset;
+
+        /* Let f know its candidate entry was picked. */
+        assert(f->location_type == LOCATION_SEEK);
+        f->location_type = LOCATION_DISCRETE;
 }
 
 static int match_is_valid(const void *data, size_t size) {
@@ -855,6 +859,8 @@ static int next_beyond_location(sd_journal *j, JournalFile *f, direction_t direc
                         found = true;
 
                 if (found) {
+                        journal_file_save_location(f, direction, c, cp);
+
                         if (ret)
                                 *ret = c;
                         if (offset)
@@ -887,8 +893,10 @@ static int real_journal_next(sd_journal *j, direction_t direction) {
                         log_debug_errno(r, "Can't iterate through %s, ignoring: %m", f->path);
                         remove_file_real(j, f);
                         continue;
-                } else if (r == 0)
+                } else if (r == 0) {
+                        f->location_type = LOCATION_TAIL;
                         continue;
+                }
 
                 if (!new_file)
                         found = true;