I'd still prefer this to be split into one patch for shmem, and one for ext2 to make bisecting easier. > @@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ void ext2_delete_inode (struct inode * i > > inode->i_size = 0; > if (inode->i_blocks) > - ext2_truncate (inode); > + ext2_truncate_blocks(inode, 0); > ext2_free_inode (inode); > > return; > -void ext2_truncate(struct inode *inode) > +static void ext2_truncate_blocks(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset) > { > __le32 *i_data = EXT2_I(inode)->i_data; > struct ext2_inode_info *ei = EXT2_I(inode); > @@ -1032,27 +1074,8 @@ void ext2_truncate(struct inode *inode) > int n; > long iblock; > unsigned blocksize; > - > - if (!(S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) || S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) || > - S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))) > - return; > - if (ext2_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode)) > - return; > - if (IS_APPEND(inode) || IS_IMMUTABLE(inode)) > - return; > - We can't move this to the caller easily. ext2_delete_inode gets called for all inodes, but we only want to go on truncating for the limited set that passes this check. > - if (mapping_is_xip(inode->i_mapping)) > - xip_truncate_page(inode->i_mapping, inode->i_size); > - else if (test_opt(inode->i_sb, NOBH)) > - nobh_truncate_page(inode->i_mapping, > - inode->i_size, ext2_get_block); > - else > - block_truncate_page(inode->i_mapping, > - inode->i_size, ext2_get_block); The patch header should have an explanation for why we don't need this anymore for the various existing callers. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html