diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
index ebf9b22..ed1619e 100644
--- a/fs/dax.c
+++ b/fs/dax.c
@@ -464,31 +464,35 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_fault);
 
 /**
- * dax_truncate_page - handle a partial page being truncated in a DAX file
+ * dax_zero_page_range - zero a range within a page of a DAX file
  * @inode: The file being truncated
  * @from: The file offset that is being truncated to
+ * @length: The number of bytes to zero
  * @get_block: The filesystem method used to translate file offsets to blocks
  *
- * Similar to block_truncate_page(), this function can be called by a
- * filesystem when it is truncating an DAX file to handle the partial page.
+ * This function can be called by a filesystem when it is zeroing part of a
+ * page in a DAX file.  This is intended for hole-punch operations.  If
+ * you are truncating a file, the helper function dax_truncate_page() may be
+ * more convenient.
  *
  * We work in terms of PAGE_CACHE_SIZE here for commonality with
  * block_truncate_page(), but we could go down to PAGE_SIZE if the filesystem
  * took care of disposing of the unnecessary blocks.  Even if the filesystem
  * block size is smaller than PAGE_SIZE, we have to zero the rest of the page
- * since the file might be mmaped.
+ * since the file might be mmapped.
  */
-int dax_truncate_page(struct inode *inode, loff_t from, get_block_t get_block)
+int dax_zero_page_range(struct inode *inode, loff_t from, unsigned length,
+							get_block_t get_block)
 {
 	struct buffer_head bh;
 	pgoff_t index = from >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 	unsigned offset = from & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE-1);
-	unsigned length = PAGE_CACHE_ALIGN(from) - from;
 	int err;
 
 	/* Block boundary? Nothing to do */
 	if (!length)
 		return 0;
+	BUG_ON((offset + length) > PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
 
 	memset(&bh, 0, sizeof(bh));
 	bh.b_size = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
@@ -505,4 +509,26 @@
 
 	return 0;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_zero_page_range);
+
+/**
+ * dax_truncate_page - handle a partial page being truncated in a DAX file
+ * @inode: The file being truncated
+ * @from: The file offset that is being truncated to
+ * @get_block: The filesystem method used to translate file offsets to blocks
+ *
+ * Similar to block_truncate_page(), this function can be called by a
+ * filesystem when it is truncating a DAX file to handle the partial page.
+ *
+ * We work in terms of PAGE_CACHE_SIZE here for commonality with
+ * block_truncate_page(), but we could go down to PAGE_SIZE if the filesystem
+ * took care of disposing of the unnecessary blocks.  Even if the filesystem
+ * block size is smaller than PAGE_SIZE, we have to zero the rest of the page
+ * since the file might be mmapped.
+ */
+int dax_truncate_page(struct inode *inode, loff_t from, get_block_t get_block)
+{
+	unsigned length = PAGE_CACHE_ALIGN(from) - from;
+	return dax_zero_page_range(inode, from, length, get_block);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_truncate_page);