private static void truncateBlock(File blockFile, File metaFile, long oldlen, long newlen)
      throws IOException {
    if (newlen == oldlen) {
      return;
    }
    if (newlen > oldlen) {
      throw new IOException(
          "Cannout truncate block to from oldlen (=" + oldlen + ") to newlen (=" + newlen + ")");
    }

    DataChecksum dcs = BlockMetadataHeader.readHeader(metaFile).getChecksum();
    int checksumsize = dcs.getChecksumSize();
    int bpc = dcs.getBytesPerChecksum();
    long n = (newlen - 1) / bpc + 1;
    long newmetalen = BlockMetadataHeader.getHeaderSize() + n * checksumsize;
    long lastchunkoffset = (n - 1) * bpc;
    int lastchunksize = (int) (newlen - lastchunkoffset);
    byte[] b = new byte[Math.max(lastchunksize, checksumsize)];

    RandomAccessFile blockRAF = new RandomAccessFile(blockFile, "rw");
    try {
      // truncate blockFile
      blockRAF.setLength(newlen);

      // read last chunk
      blockRAF.seek(lastchunkoffset);
      blockRAF.readFully(b, 0, lastchunksize);
    } finally {
      blockRAF.close();
    }

    // compute checksum
    dcs.update(b, 0, lastchunksize);
    dcs.writeValue(b, 0, false);

    // update metaFile
    RandomAccessFile metaRAF = new RandomAccessFile(metaFile, "rw");
    try {
      metaRAF.setLength(newmetalen);
      metaRAF.seek(newmetalen - checksumsize);
      metaRAF.write(b, 0, checksumsize);
    } finally {
      metaRAF.close();
    }
  }