+/**
+ * ecryptfs_truncate
+ * @dentry: The ecryptfs layer dentry
+ * @new_length: The length to expand the file to
+ *
+ * Simple function that handles the truncation of an eCryptfs inode and
+ * its corresponding lower inode.
+ *
+ * Returns zero on success; non-zero otherwise
+ */
+int ecryptfs_truncate(struct dentry *dentry, loff_t new_length)
+{
+ struct iattr ia = { .ia_valid = ATTR_SIZE, .ia_size = new_length };
+ struct iattr lower_ia = { .ia_valid = 0 };
+ int rc;
+
+ rc = truncate_upper(dentry, &ia, &lower_ia);
+ if (!rc && lower_ia.ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
+ struct dentry *lower_dentry = ecryptfs_dentry_to_lower(dentry);
+
+ mutex_lock(&lower_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+ rc = notify_change(lower_dentry, &lower_ia);
+ mutex_unlock(&lower_dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
+ }
+ return rc;
+}
+