static int ext4_ext_remove_space(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t start)
{
	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
	int depth = ext_depth(inode);
	struct ext4_ext_path *path;
	handle_t *handle;
	int i = 0, err = 0;

	ext_debug("truncate since %u\n", start);

	/* probably first extent we're gonna free will be last in block */
	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, depth + 1);
	if (IS_ERR(handle))
		return PTR_ERR(handle);

	ext4_ext_invalidate_cache(inode);

	/*
	 * We start scanning from right side, freeing all the blocks
	 * after i_size and walking into the tree depth-wise.
	 */
	path = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ext4_ext_path) * (depth + 1), GFP_NOFS);
	if (path == NULL) {
		ext4_journal_stop(handle);
		return -ENOMEM;
	}
	path[0].p_hdr = ext_inode_hdr(inode);
	if (ext4_ext_check(inode, path[0].p_hdr, depth)) {
		err = -EIO;
		goto out;
	}
	path[0].p_depth = depth;

	while (i >= 0 && err == 0) {
		if (i == depth) {
			/* this is leaf block */
			err = ext4_ext_rm_leaf(handle, inode, path, start);
			/* root level has p_bh == NULL, brelse() eats this */
			brelse(path[i].p_bh);
			path[i].p_bh = NULL;
			i--;
			continue;
		}

		/* this is index block */
		if (!path[i].p_hdr) {
			ext_debug("initialize header\n");
			path[i].p_hdr = ext_block_hdr(path[i].p_bh);
		}

		if (!path[i].p_idx) {
			/* this level hasn't been touched yet */
			path[i].p_idx = EXT_LAST_INDEX(path[i].p_hdr);
			path[i].p_block = le16_to_cpu(path[i].p_hdr->eh_entries)+1;
			ext_debug("init index ptr: hdr 0x%p, num %d\n",
				  path[i].p_hdr,
				  le16_to_cpu(path[i].p_hdr->eh_entries));
		} else {
			/* we were already here, see at next index */
			path[i].p_idx--;
		}

		ext_debug("level %d - index, first 0x%p, cur 0x%p\n",
				i, EXT_FIRST_INDEX(path[i].p_hdr),
				path[i].p_idx);
		if (ext4_ext_more_to_rm(path + i)) {
			struct buffer_head *bh;
			/* go to the next level */
			ext_debug("move to level %d (block %llu)\n",
				  i + 1, idx_pblock(path[i].p_idx));
			memset(path + i + 1, 0, sizeof(*path));
			bh = sb_bread(sb, idx_pblock(path[i].p_idx));
			if (!bh) {
				/* should we reset i_size? */
				err = -EIO;
				break;
			}
			if (WARN_ON(i + 1 > depth)) {
				err = -EIO;
				break;
			}
			if (ext4_ext_check(inode, ext_block_hdr(bh),
							depth - i - 1)) {
				err = -EIO;
				break;
			}
			path[i + 1].p_bh = bh;

			/* save actual number of indexes since this
			 * number is changed at the next iteration */
			path[i].p_block = le16_to_cpu(path[i].p_hdr->eh_entries);
			i++;
		} else {
			/* we finished processing this index, go up */
			if (path[i].p_hdr->eh_entries == 0 && i > 0) {
				/* index is empty, remove it;
				 * handle must be already prepared by the
				 * truncatei_leaf() */
				err = ext4_ext_rm_idx(handle, inode, path + i);
			}
			/* root level has p_bh == NULL, brelse() eats this */
			brelse(path[i].p_bh);
			path[i].p_bh = NULL;
			i--;
			ext_debug("return to level %d\n", i);
		}
	}

	/* TODO: flexible tree reduction should be here */
	if (path->p_hdr->eh_entries == 0) {
		/*
		 * truncate to zero freed all the tree,
		 * so we need to correct eh_depth
		 */
		err = ext4_ext_get_access(handle, inode, path);
		if (err == 0) {
			ext_inode_hdr(inode)->eh_depth = 0;
			ext_inode_hdr(inode)->eh_max =
				cpu_to_le16(ext4_ext_space_root(inode, 0));
			err = ext4_ext_dirty(handle, inode, path);
		}
	}
out:
	ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
	kfree(path);
	ext4_journal_stop(handle);

	return err;
}