Re: [PATCH 1/3] storage: Introduce virStorageBackendZeroDeviceHeader

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On 04/07/2017 07:54 AM, Peter Krempa wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 07, 2017 at 07:49:57 -0400, John Ferlan wrote:
>> Create a wrapper/helper that can be used to call the storage backend
>> wipe helper - storageBackendVolWipeLocalFile for future use by logical
>> and disk backends to clear out the partition table rather than having
>> each open code the same algorithm.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: John Ferlan <jferlan@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  src/storage/storage_util.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
>>  src/storage/storage_util.h |  4 ++++
>>  2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/src/storage/storage_util.c b/src/storage/storage_util.c
>> index 8e25984..784df7a 100644
>> --- a/src/storage/storage_util.c
>> +++ b/src/storage/storage_util.c
>> @@ -4087,3 +4087,21 @@ virStorageBackendSCSIFindLUs(virStoragePoolObjPtr pool,
>>  
>>      return found;
>>  }
>> +
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * @path: Path to the device to initialize
>> + * @size: Size to be cleared
>> + *
>> + * Clear out device header for the purpose of being able to write
>> + * some sort of partition to the device.
>> + *
>> + * Returns 0 on success, -1 on failure with error message set
>> + */
>> +int
>> +virStorageBackendZeroDeviceHeader(const char *path,
>> +                                  unsigned long long size)
>> +{
>> +    return storageBackendVolWipeLocalFile(path, VIR_STORAGE_VOL_WIPE_ALG_ZERO,
>> +                                          size);
> 
> Do you plan on adding stuff here? otherwise it's quite useless.
> 

You mean like merging patch 1 and 2?   I started that way, but waffled
back and forth finally deciding upon the one thing at a time approach.

John

>> +}
>> diff --git a/src/storage/storage_util.h b/src/storage/storage_util.h
>> index 602d3a0..756d140 100644
>> --- a/src/storage/storage_util.h
>> +++ b/src/storage/storage_util.h
>> @@ -167,4 +167,8 @@ virStorageBackendCreateQemuImgCmdFromVol(virConnectPtr conn,
>>  int virStorageBackendSCSIFindLUs(virStoragePoolObjPtr pool,
>>                                   uint32_t scanhost);
>>  
>> +int
>> +virStorageBackendZeroDeviceHeader(const char *path,
>> +                                  unsigned long long size);
>> +
>>  #endif /* __VIR_STORAGE_UTIL_H__ */
>> -- 
>> 2.9.3
>>
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