diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index aa3a260..c8c687b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@
 
 #include <trace/events/ext4.h>
 
+static int ext4_split_extent(handle_t *handle,
+				struct inode *inode,
+				struct ext4_ext_path *path,
+				struct ext4_map_blocks *map,
+				int split_flag,
+				int flags);
+
 static int ext4_ext_truncate_extend_restart(handle_t *handle,
 					    struct inode *inode,
 					    int needed)
@@ -2203,8 +2210,16 @@
 		ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, NULL, start, num, flags);
 	} else if (from == le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block)
 		   && to <= le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block) + ee_len - 1) {
-		printk(KERN_INFO "strange request: removal %u-%u from %u:%u\n",
-			from, to, le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block), ee_len);
+		/* head removal */
+		ext4_lblk_t num;
+		ext4_fsblk_t start;
+
+		num = to - from;
+		start = ext4_ext_pblock(ex);
+
+		ext_debug("free first %u blocks starting %llu\n", num, start);
+		ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, 0, start, num, flags);
+
 	} else {
 		printk(KERN_INFO "strange request: removal(2) "
 				"%u-%u from %u:%u\n",
@@ -2213,9 +2228,22 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+
+/*
+ * ext4_ext_rm_leaf() Removes the extents associated with the
+ * blocks appearing between "start" and "end", and splits the extents
+ * if "start" and "end" appear in the same extent
+ *
+ * @handle: The journal handle
+ * @inode:  The files inode
+ * @path:   The path to the leaf
+ * @start:  The first block to remove
+ * @end:   The last block to remove
+ */
 static int
 ext4_ext_rm_leaf(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
-		struct ext4_ext_path *path, ext4_lblk_t start)
+		struct ext4_ext_path *path, ext4_lblk_t start,
+		ext4_lblk_t end)
 {
 	int err = 0, correct_index = 0;
 	int depth = ext_depth(inode), credits;
@@ -2226,6 +2254,7 @@
 	unsigned short ex_ee_len;
 	unsigned uninitialized = 0;
 	struct ext4_extent *ex;
+	struct ext4_map_blocks map;
 
 	/* the header must be checked already in ext4_ext_remove_space() */
 	ext_debug("truncate since %u in leaf\n", start);
@@ -2255,31 +2284,95 @@
 		path[depth].p_ext = ex;
 
 		a = ex_ee_block > start ? ex_ee_block : start;
-		b = ex_ee_block + ex_ee_len - 1 < EXT_MAX_BLOCK ?
-			ex_ee_block + ex_ee_len - 1 : EXT_MAX_BLOCK;
+		b = ex_ee_block+ex_ee_len - 1 < end ?
+			ex_ee_block+ex_ee_len - 1 : end;
 
 		ext_debug("  border %u:%u\n", a, b);
 
-		if (a != ex_ee_block && b != ex_ee_block + ex_ee_len - 1) {
-			block = 0;
-			num = 0;
-			BUG();
+		/* If this extent is beyond the end of the hole, skip it */
+		if (end <= ex_ee_block) {
+			ex--;
+			ex_ee_block = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block);
+			ex_ee_len = ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex);
+			continue;
+		} else if (a != ex_ee_block &&
+			b != ex_ee_block + ex_ee_len - 1) {
+			/*
+			 * If this is a truncate, then this condition should
+			 * never happen because at least one of the end points
+			 * needs to be on the edge of the extent.
+			 */
+			if (end == EXT_MAX_BLOCK) {
+				ext_debug("  bad truncate %u:%u\n",
+						start, end);
+				block = 0;
+				num = 0;
+				err = -EIO;
+				goto out;
+			}
+			/*
+			 * else this is a hole punch, so the extent needs to
+			 * be split since neither edge of the hole is on the
+			 * extent edge
+			 */
+			else{
+				map.m_pblk = ext4_ext_pblock(ex);
+				map.m_lblk = ex_ee_block;
+				map.m_len = b - ex_ee_block;
+
+				err = ext4_split_extent(handle,
+					inode, path, &map, 0,
+					EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_PUNCH_OUT_EXT |
+					EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_PRE_IO);
+
+				if (err < 0)
+					goto out;
+
+				ex_ee_len = ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex);
+
+				b = ex_ee_block+ex_ee_len - 1 < end ?
+					ex_ee_block+ex_ee_len - 1 : end;
+
+				/* Then remove tail of this extent */
+				block = ex_ee_block;
+				num = a - block;
+			}
 		} else if (a != ex_ee_block) {
 			/* remove tail of the extent */
 			block = ex_ee_block;
 			num = a - block;
 		} else if (b != ex_ee_block + ex_ee_len - 1) {
 			/* remove head of the extent */
-			block = a;
-			num = b - a;
-			/* there is no "make a hole" API yet */
-			BUG();
+			block = b;
+			num =  ex_ee_block + ex_ee_len - b;
+
+			/*
+			 * If this is a truncate, this condition
+			 * should never happen
+			 */
+			if (end == EXT_MAX_BLOCK) {
+				ext_debug("  bad truncate %u:%u\n",
+					start, end);
+				err = -EIO;
+				goto out;
+			}
 		} else {
 			/* remove whole extent: excellent! */
 			block = ex_ee_block;
 			num = 0;
-			BUG_ON(a != ex_ee_block);
-			BUG_ON(b != ex_ee_block + ex_ee_len - 1);
+			if (a != ex_ee_block) {
+				ext_debug("  bad truncate %u:%u\n",
+					start, end);
+				err = -EIO;
+				goto out;
+			}
+
+			if (b != ex_ee_block + ex_ee_len - 1) {
+				ext_debug("  bad truncate %u:%u\n",
+					start, end);
+				err = -EIO;
+				goto out;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
@@ -2310,7 +2403,13 @@
 		if (num == 0) {
 			/* this extent is removed; mark slot entirely unused */
 			ext4_ext_store_pblock(ex, 0);
-			le16_add_cpu(&eh->eh_entries, -1);
+		} else if (block != ex_ee_block) {
+			/*
+			 * If this was a head removal, then we need to update
+			 * the physical block since it is now at a different
+			 * location
+			 */
+			ext4_ext_store_pblock(ex, ext4_ext_pblock(ex) + (b-a));
 		}
 
 		ex->ee_block = cpu_to_le32(block);
@@ -2326,6 +2425,27 @@
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
 
+		/*
+		 * If the extent was completely released,
+		 * we need to remove it from the leaf
+		 */
+		if (num == 0) {
+			if (end != EXT_MAX_BLOCK) {
+				/*
+				 * For hole punching, we need to scoot all the
+				 * extents up when an extent is removed so that
+				 * we dont have blank extents in the middle
+				 */
+				memmove(ex, ex+1, (EXT_LAST_EXTENT(eh) - ex) *
+					sizeof(struct ext4_extent));
+
+				/* Now get rid of the one at the end */
+				memset(EXT_LAST_EXTENT(eh), 0,
+					sizeof(struct ext4_extent));
+			}
+			le16_add_cpu(&eh->eh_entries, -1);
+		}
+
 		ext_debug("new extent: %u:%u:%llu\n", block, num,
 				ext4_ext_pblock(ex));
 		ex--;
@@ -2366,7 +2486,8 @@
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static int ext4_ext_remove_space(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t start)
+static int ext4_ext_remove_space(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t start,
+				ext4_lblk_t end)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	int depth = ext_depth(inode);
@@ -2405,7 +2526,8 @@
 	while (i >= 0 && err == 0) {
 		if (i == depth) {
 			/* this is leaf block */
-			err = ext4_ext_rm_leaf(handle, inode, path, start);
+			err = ext4_ext_rm_leaf(handle, inode, path,
+					start, end);
 			/* root level has p_bh == NULL, brelse() eats this */
 			brelse(path[i].p_bh);
 			path[i].p_bh = NULL;
@@ -3451,7 +3573,7 @@
 
 	last_block = (inode->i_size + sb->s_blocksize - 1)
 			>> EXT4_BLOCK_SIZE_BITS(sb);
-	err = ext4_ext_remove_space(inode, last_block);
+	err = ext4_ext_remove_space(inode, last_block, EXT_MAX_BLOCK);
 
 	/* In a multi-transaction truncate, we only make the final
 	 * transaction synchronous.