diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index d8dde07..e249088 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -1770,9 +1770,32 @@
 out_busy:
 	return -ETXTBSY;
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmtruncate);
 
+int vmtruncate_range(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t end)
+{
+	struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
+
+	/*
+	 * If the underlying filesystem is not going to provide
+	 * a way to truncate a range of blocks (punch a hole) -
+	 * we should return failure right now.
+	 */
+	if (!inode->i_op || !inode->i_op->truncate_range)
+		return -ENOSYS;
+
+	down(&inode->i_sem);
+	down_write(&inode->i_alloc_sem);
+	unmap_mapping_range(mapping, offset, (end - offset), 1);
+	truncate_inode_pages_range(mapping, offset, end);
+	inode->i_op->truncate_range(inode, offset, end);
+	up_write(&inode->i_alloc_sem);
+	up(&inode->i_sem);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmtruncate_range);
+
 /* 
  * Primitive swap readahead code. We simply read an aligned block of
  * (1 << page_cluster) entries in the swap area. This method is chosen