}
	if err = e.encoder().Encode(encoded); err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	return encoded, nil
}

// DecodeDataBlocks decodes the given erasure-coded data.
// It only decodes the data blocks but does not verify them.
// It returns an error if the decoding failed.
func (e *Erasure) DecodeDataBlocks(data [][]byte) error {
	isZero := 0
	for _, b := range data {
		if len(b) == 0 {
			isZero++
			break
		}
	}

			encoded[j] = nil
		}

		if test.reconstructParity {
			err = erasure.DecodeDataAndParityBlocks(context.Background(), encoded)
		} else {
			err = erasure.DecodeDataBlocks(encoded)
		}

		if err == nil && test.shouldFail {
			t.Errorf("Test %d: test should fail but it passed", i)
		}
		if err != nil && !test.shouldFail {

				if derr == nil {
					derr = err
				}
			}
		} else if err != nil {
			// For all errors that cannot be reconstructed fail the read operation.
			return -1, err
		}

		if err = e.DecodeDataBlocks(bufs); err != nil {
			return -1, err
		}

		n, err := writeDataBlocks(ctx, writer, bufs, e.dataBlocks, blockOffset, blockLength)
		if err != nil {
			return -1, err
		}

		bytesWritten += n