+ UNLOCK_INODE_MUTEX(dchild->d_inode);
+ return rc;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(l_notify_change);
+
+/* utility to truncate a file */
+int simple_truncate(struct dentry *dir, struct vfsmount *mnt,
+ char *name, loff_t length)
+{
+ struct dentry *dchild;
+ struct iattr newattrs;
+ int err = 0;
+ ENTRY;
+
+ CDEBUG(D_INODE, "truncating file %.*s to %lld\n", (int)strlen(name),
+ name, (long long)length);
+ dchild = ll_lookup_one_len(name, dir, strlen(name));
+ if (IS_ERR(dchild))
+ GOTO(out, err = PTR_ERR(dchild));
+
+ if (dchild->d_inode) {
+ int old_mode = dchild->d_inode->i_mode;
+ if (S_ISDIR(old_mode)) {
+ CERROR("found %s (%lu/%u) is mode %o\n", name,
+ dchild->d_inode->i_ino,
+ dchild->d_inode->i_generation, old_mode);
+ GOTO(out_dput, err = -EISDIR);
+ }