}
 
 static int ext4_alloc_file_blocks(struct file *file, ext4_lblk_t offset,
-                                 ext4_lblk_t len, int flags, int mode)
+                                 ext4_lblk_t len, loff_t new_size,
+                                 int flags, int mode)
 {
        struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
        handle_t *handle;
        int retries = 0;
        struct ext4_map_blocks map;
        unsigned int credits;
+       loff_t epos;
 
        map.m_lblk = offset;
+       map.m_len = len;
        /*
         * Don't normalize the request if it can fit in one extent so
         * that it doesn't get unnecessarily split into multiple
        credits = ext4_chunk_trans_blocks(inode, len);
 
 retry:
-       while (ret >= 0 && ret < len) {
-               map.m_lblk = map.m_lblk + ret;
-               map.m_len = len = len - ret;
+       while (ret >= 0 && len) {
                handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_MAP_BLOCKS,
                                            credits);
                if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
                        ret2 = ext4_journal_stop(handle);
                        break;
                }
+               map.m_lblk += ret;
+               map.m_len = len = len - ret;
+               epos = (loff_t)map.m_lblk << inode->i_blkbits;
+               inode->i_ctime = ext4_current_time(inode);
+               if (new_size) {
+                       if (epos > new_size)
+                               epos = new_size;
+                       if (ext4_update_inode_size(inode, epos) & 0x1)
+                               inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime;
+               } else {
+                       if (epos > inode->i_size)
+                               ext4_set_inode_flag(inode,
+                                                   EXT4_INODE_EOFBLOCKS);
+               }
+               ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
                ret2 = ext4_journal_stop(handle);
                if (ret2)
                        break;
        int ret = 0;
        int flags;
        int credits;
-       int partial;
+       int partial_begin, partial_end;
        loff_t start, end;
        ext4_lblk_t lblk;
        struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
 
        if (start < offset || end > offset + len)
                return -EINVAL;
-       partial = (offset + len) & ((1 << blkbits) - 1);
+       partial_begin = offset & ((1 << blkbits) - 1);
+       partial_end = (offset + len) & ((1 << blkbits) - 1);
 
        lblk = start >> blkbits;
        max_blocks = (end >> blkbits);
                 * If we have a partial block after EOF we have to allocate
                 * the entire block.
                 */
-               if (partial)
+               if (partial_end)
                        max_blocks += 1;
        }
 
 
                /* Now release the pages and zero block aligned part of pages*/
                truncate_pagecache_range(inode, start, end - 1);
+               inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = ext4_current_time(inode);
 
                /* Wait all existing dio workers, newcomers will block on i_mutex */
                ext4_inode_block_unlocked_dio(inode);
                if (ret)
                        goto out_dio;
 
-               ret = ext4_alloc_file_blocks(file, lblk, max_blocks, flags,
-                                            mode);
+               ret = ext4_alloc_file_blocks(file, lblk, max_blocks, new_size,
+                                            flags, mode);
                if (ret)
                        goto out_dio;
        }
+       if (!partial_begin && !partial_end)
+               goto out_dio;
+
        /*
         * In worst case we have to writeout two nonadjacent unwritten
         * blocks and update the inode
                if ((offset + len) > i_size_read(inode))
                        ext4_set_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EOFBLOCKS);
        }
-
        ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 
        /* Zero out partial block at the edges of the range */
 long ext4_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
 {
        struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
-       handle_t *handle;
        loff_t new_size = 0;
        unsigned int max_blocks;
        int ret = 0;
                        goto out;
        }
 
-       ret = ext4_alloc_file_blocks(file, lblk, max_blocks, flags, mode);
+       ret = ext4_alloc_file_blocks(file, lblk, max_blocks, new_size,
+                                    flags, mode);
        if (ret)
                goto out;
 
-       handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_INODE, 2);
-       if (IS_ERR(handle))
-               goto out;
-
-       inode->i_ctime = ext4_current_time(inode);
-
-       if (new_size) {
-               if (ext4_update_inode_size(inode, new_size) & 0x1)
-                       inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime;
-       } else {
-               /*
-               * Mark that we allocate beyond EOF so the subsequent truncate
-               * can proceed even if the new size is the same as i_size.
-               */
-               if ((offset + len) > i_size_read(inode))
-                       ext4_set_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EOFBLOCKS);
+       if (file->f_flags & O_SYNC && EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_journal) {
+               ret = jbd2_complete_transaction(EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_journal,
+                                               EXT4_I(inode)->i_sync_tid);
        }
-       ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
-       if (file->f_flags & O_SYNC)
-               ext4_handle_sync(handle);
-
-       ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 out:
        mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
        trace_ext4_fallocate_exit(inode, offset, max_blocks, ret);