1 files changed, 32 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/fat/inode.c b/fs/fat/inode.c
index 08ef5fd0d502..a6d41fb36a98 100644
--- a/fs/fat/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fat/inode.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static struct fat_floppy_defaults {
 },
 };
 
-static int fat_add_cluster(struct inode *inode)
+int fat_add_cluster(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	int err, cluster;
 
@@ -575,13 +575,43 @@ out:
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fat_build_inode);
 
+static int __fat_write_inode(struct inode *inode, int wait);
+
+static void fat_free_eofblocks(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	/* Release unwritten fallocated blocks on inode eviction. */
+	if ((inode->i_blocks << 9) >
+			round_up(MSDOS_I(inode)->mmu_private,
+				MSDOS_SB(inode->i_sb)->cluster_size)) {
+		int err;
+
+		fat_truncate_blocks(inode, MSDOS_I(inode)->mmu_private);
+		/* Fallocate results in updating the i_start/iogstart
+		 * for the zero byte file. So, make it return to
+		 * original state during evict and commit it to avoid
+		 * any corruption on the next access to the cluster
+		 * chain for the file.
+		 */
+		err = __fat_write_inode(inode, inode_needs_sync(inode));
+		if (err) {
+			fat_msg(inode->i_sb, KERN_WARNING, "Failed to "
+					"update on disk inode for unused "
+					"fallocated blocks, inode could be "
+					"corrupted. Please run fsck");
+		}
+
+	}
+}
+
 static void fat_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	truncate_inode_pages_final(&inode->i_data);
 	if (!inode->i_nlink) {
 		inode->i_size = 0;
 		fat_truncate_blocks(inode, 0);
-	}
+	} else
+		fat_free_eofblocks(inode);
+
 	invalidate_inode_buffers(inode);
 	clear_inode(inode);
 	fat_cache_inval_inode(inode);