1 files changed, 37 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/daemon/zero.c b/daemon/zero.c
index 4d065052..6e62e151 100644
--- a/daemon/zero.c
+++ b/daemon/zero.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -55,3 +56,39 @@ do_zero (const char *device)
 
   return 0;
 }
+
+int
+do_zero_device (const char *device)
+{
+  int64_t size = do_blockdev_getsize64 (device);
+  if (size == -1)
+    return -1;
+
+  int fd = open (device, O_WRONLY);
+  if (fd == -1) {
+    reply_with_perror ("%s", device);
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  char buf[1024*1024];
+  memset (buf, 0, sizeof buf);
+
+  while (size > 0) {
+    size_t n = size > sizeof buf ? sizeof buf : size;
+    ssize_t r = write (fd, buf, n);
+    if (r == -1) {
+      reply_with_perror ("write: %s (with %" PRId64 " bytes left to write)",
+                         device, size);
+      close (fd);
+      return -1;
+    }
+    size -= r;
+  }
+
+  if (close (fd) == -1) {
+    reply_with_perror ("close: %s", device);
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}