1 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index 6ae4ecf3ce40..74b432fa166b 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -2253,6 +2253,19 @@ static void ext3_free_branches(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
         }
 }
 
+int ext3_can_truncate(struct inode *inode)
+{
+        if (IS_APPEND(inode) || IS_IMMUTABLE(inode))
+                return 0;
+        if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
+                return 1;
+        if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
+                return 1;
+        if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
+                return !ext3_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode);
+        return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * ext3_truncate()
  *
@@ -2297,12 +2310,7 @@ void ext3_truncate(struct inode *inode)
         unsigned blocksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
         struct page *page;
 
-        if (!(S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) || S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) ||
-            S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)))
-                return;
-        if (ext3_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode))
-                return;
-        if (IS_APPEND(inode) || IS_IMMUTABLE(inode))
+        if (!ext3_can_truncate(inode))
                 return;
 
         /*