Use block_create_hole() when hole is being created in a file so that ->page_mkwrite() will get called for the partial tail page if it is mmaped (see the first patch in the series for details). Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/inode.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c index 3aa26e9117c4..fdcb007c2c9e 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c @@ -4536,8 +4536,12 @@ int ext4_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr) ext4_orphan_del(NULL, inode); goto err_out; } - } else + } else { + loff_t old_size = inode->i_size; + i_size_write(inode, attr->ia_size); + block_create_hole(inode, old_size, inode->i_size); + } /* * Blocks are going to be removed from the inode. Wait -- 1.8.1.4 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>