ext4_ext_rm_leaf(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
		struct ext4_ext_path *path, ext4_lblk_t start)
{
	int err = 0, correct_index = 0;
	int depth = ext_depth(inode), credits;
	struct ext4_extent_header *eh;
	ext4_lblk_t a, b, block;
	unsigned num;
	ext4_lblk_t ex_ee_block;
	unsigned short ex_ee_len;
	unsigned uninitialized = 0;
	struct ext4_extent *ex;

	/* the header must be checked already in ext4_ext_remove_space() */
	ext_debug("truncate since %u in leaf\n", start);
	if (!path[depth].p_hdr)
		path[depth].p_hdr = ext_block_hdr(path[depth].p_bh);
	eh = path[depth].p_hdr;
	BUG_ON(eh == NULL);

	/* find where to start removing */
	ex = EXT_LAST_EXTENT(eh);

	ex_ee_block = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block);
	ex_ee_len = ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex);

	while (ex >= EXT_FIRST_EXTENT(eh) &&
			ex_ee_block + ex_ee_len > start) {

		if (ext4_ext_is_uninitialized(ex))
			uninitialized = 1;
		else
			uninitialized = 0;

		ext_debug("remove ext %u:[%d]%d\n", ex_ee_block,
			 uninitialized, ex_ee_len);
		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;

		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();
		} 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();
		} 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);
		}

		/*
		 * 3 for leaf, sb, and inode plus 2 (bmap and group
		 * descriptor) for each block group; assume two block
		 * groups plus ex_ee_len/blocks_per_block_group for
		 * the worst case
		 */
		credits = 7 + 2*(ex_ee_len/EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(inode->i_sb));
		if (ex == EXT_FIRST_EXTENT(eh)) {
			correct_index = 1;
			credits += (ext_depth(inode)) + 1;
		}
		credits += EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb);

		err = ext4_ext_truncate_extend_restart(handle, inode, credits);
		if (err)
			goto out;

		err = ext4_ext_get_access(handle, inode, path + depth);
		if (err)
			goto out;

		err = ext4_remove_blocks(handle, inode, ex, a, b);
		if (err)
			goto out;

		if (num == 0) {
			/* this extent is removed; mark slot entirely unused */
			ext4_ext_store_pblock(ex, 0);
			le16_add_cpu(&eh->eh_entries, -1);
		}

		ex->ee_block = cpu_to_le32(block);
		ex->ee_len = cpu_to_le16(num);
		/*
		 * Do not mark uninitialized if all the blocks in the
		 * extent have been removed.
		 */
		if (uninitialized && num)
			ext4_ext_mark_uninitialized(ex);

		err = ext4_ext_dirty(handle, inode, path + depth);
		if (err)
			goto out;

		ext_debug("new extent: %u:%u:%llu\n", block, num,
				ext_pblock(ex));
		ex--;
		ex_ee_block = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block);
		ex_ee_len = ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex);
	}

	if (correct_index && eh->eh_entries)
		err = ext4_ext_correct_indexes(handle, inode, path);

	/* if this leaf is free, then we should
	 * remove it from index block above */
	if (err == 0 && eh->eh_entries == 0 && path[depth].p_bh != NULL)
		err = ext4_ext_rm_idx(handle, inode, path + depth);

out:
	return err;
}