Hi Christoph, Martin, blkdev_issue_zeroout() now checks for any error. This required a minor refactor, so I dropped the stable tag, Jens can add it back if needed. v2 -> v3: - another code flow change in blkdev_issue_zeroout() suggested by Christoph -- no functional changes v1 -> v2: - changed code flow in blkdev_issue_zeroout() according to Christoph's suggestion - this required adding additional checks to blkdev_issue_zeroout() and __blkdev_issue_zero_pages(), the latter is no longer void Previous version at https://marc.info/?l=linux-block&m=150712940922089&w=2 Thanks, Ilya Ilya Dryomov (2): block: factor out __blkdev_issue_zero_pages() block: cope with WRITE ZEROES failing in blkdev_issue_zeroout() block/blk-lib.c | 108 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 72 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-) -- 2.4.3