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Message-ID: <20260203062523.3869120-3-yi.zhang@huawei.com>
Date: Tue,  3 Feb 2026 14:25:02 +0800
From: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@...wei.com>
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Subject: [PATCH -next v2 02/22] ext4: make ext4_block_truncate_page() return zeroed length

Modify ext4_block_truncate_page() to return the zeroed length. This is
prepared for the move out of ordered data handling in
__ext4_block_zero_page_range(), which is prepared for the conversion of
block zero range to the iomap infrastructure.

Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@...wei.com>
---
 fs/ext4/inode.c | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 759a2a031a9d..f856ea015263 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4163,6 +4163,7 @@ static int ext4_block_zero_page_range(handle_t *handle,
  * up to the end of the block which corresponds to `from'.
  * This required during truncate. We need to physically zero the tail end
  * of that block so it doesn't yield old data if the file is later grown.
+ * Return the zeroed length on success.
  */
 static int ext4_block_truncate_page(handle_t *handle,
 		struct address_space *mapping, loff_t from)
@@ -4170,6 +4171,8 @@ static int ext4_block_truncate_page(handle_t *handle,
 	unsigned length;
 	unsigned blocksize;
 	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
+	bool did_zero = false;
+	int err;
 
 	/* If we are processing an encrypted inode during orphan list handling */
 	if (IS_ENCRYPTED(inode) && !fscrypt_has_encryption_key(inode))
@@ -4178,7 +4181,12 @@ static int ext4_block_truncate_page(handle_t *handle,
 	blocksize = i_blocksize(inode);
 	length = blocksize - (from & (blocksize - 1));
 
-	return ext4_block_zero_page_range(handle, mapping, from, length, NULL);
+	err = ext4_block_zero_page_range(handle, mapping, from, length,
+					 &did_zero);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	return did_zero ? length : 0;
 }
 
 int ext4_zero_partial_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
-- 
2.52.0