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diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index d8dde07a365..e249088908c 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -1770,9 +1770,32 @@ out_big:
out_busy:
return -ETXTBSY;
}
-
EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmtruncate);
+int vmtruncate_range(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t end)
+{
+ struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
+
+ /*
+ * If the underlying filesystem is not going to provide
+ * a way to truncate a range of blocks (punch a hole) -
+ * we should return failure right now.
+ */
+ if (!inode->i_op || !inode->i_op->truncate_range)
+ return -ENOSYS;
+
+ down(&inode->i_sem);
+ down_write(&inode->i_alloc_sem);
+ unmap_mapping_range(mapping, offset, (end - offset), 1);
+ truncate_inode_pages_range(mapping, offset, end);
+ inode->i_op->truncate_range(inode, offset, end);
+ up_write(&inode->i_alloc_sem);
+ up(&inode->i_sem);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmtruncate_range);
+
/*
* Primitive swap readahead code. We simply read an aligned block of
* (1 << page_cluster) entries in the swap area. This method is chosen