1 files changed, 2 insertions, 39 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index cf20e1fe7782..92655fd89657 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -2390,7 +2390,6 @@ static int ext4_da_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
         pgoff_t index;
         struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
         handle_t *handle;
-        loff_t page_len;
 
         index = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 
@@ -2437,13 +2436,6 @@ retry:
                  */
                 if (pos + len > inode->i_size)
                         ext4_truncate_failed_write(inode);
-        } else {
-                page_len = pos & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1);
-                if (page_len > 0) {
-                        ret = ext4_discard_partial_page_buffers_no_lock(handle,
-                                inode, page, pos - page_len, page_len,
-                                EXT4_DISCARD_PARTIAL_PG_ZERO_UNMAPPED);
-                }
         }
 
         if (ret == -ENOSPC && ext4_should_retry_alloc(inode->i_sb, &retries))
@@ -2486,7 +2478,6 @@ static int ext4_da_write_end(struct file *file,
         loff_t new_i_size;
         unsigned long start, end;
         int write_mode = (int)(unsigned long)fsdata;
-        loff_t page_len;
 
         if (write_mode == FALL_BACK_TO_NONDELALLOC) {
                 if (ext4_should_order_data(inode)) {
@@ -2535,16 +2526,6 @@ static int ext4_da_write_end(struct file *file,
         }
         ret2 = generic_write_end(file, mapping, pos, len, copied,
                                                         page, fsdata);
-
-        page_len = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE -
-                        ((pos + copied - 1) & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1));
-
-        if (page_len > 0) {
-                ret = ext4_discard_partial_page_buffers_no_lock(handle,
-                        inode, page, pos + copied - 1, page_len,
-                        EXT4_DISCARD_PARTIAL_PG_ZERO_UNMAPPED);
-        }
-
         copied = ret2;
         if (ret2 < 0)
                 ret = ret2;
@@ -3206,26 +3187,8 @@ int ext4_discard_partial_page_buffers_no_lock(handle_t *handle,
 
         iblock = index << (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - inode->i_sb->s_blocksize_bits);
 
-        if (!page_has_buffers(page)) {
-                /*
-                 * If the range to be discarded covers a partial block
-                 * we need to get the page buffers.  This is because
-                 * partial blocks cannot be released and the page needs
-                 * to be updated with the contents of the block before
-                 * we write the zeros on top of it.
-                 */
-                if ((from & (blocksize - 1)) ||
-                    ((from + length) & (blocksize - 1))) {
-                        create_empty_buffers(page, blocksize, 0);
-                } else {
-                        /*
-                         * If there are no partial blocks,
-                         * there is nothing to update,
-                         * so we can return now
-                         */
-                        return 0;
-                }
-        }
+        if (!page_has_buffers(page))
+                create_empty_buffers(page, blocksize, 0);
 
         /* Find the buffer that contains "offset" */
         bh = page_buffers(page);