in zero_info_block, check if the info block is already all-zeroes, and
if so, don't write zeroes. This is in preparation for the fixes to
destroy-namespace accounting where the number of namespaces 'destroyed'
is often incorrect.

Cc: Steve Scargall <[email protected]>
Link: https://github.com/pmem/ndctl/issues/41
Signed-off-by: Vishal Verma <[email protected]>
---
 ndctl/namespace.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ndctl/namespace.c b/ndctl/namespace.c
index 510553c..65e8f7c 100644
--- a/ndctl/namespace.c
+++ b/ndctl/namespace.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
@@ -786,23 +787,35 @@ static int namespace_create(struct ndctl_region *region)
        return setup_namespace(region, ndns, &p);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Return convention:
+ * rc < 0 : Error while zeroing, propagate forward
+ * rc == 0 : Successfully cleared the info block, report as destroyed
+ * rc > 0 : skipped, do not count
+ */
 static int zero_info_block(struct ndctl_namespace *ndns)
 {
        const char *devname = ndctl_namespace_get_devname(ndns);
-       int fd, rc = -ENXIO;
-       void *buf = NULL;
+       int fd, rc = -ENXIO, info_size = 8192;
+       void *buf = NULL, *read_buf = NULL;
        char path[50];
 
        ndctl_namespace_set_raw_mode(ndns, 1);
        rc = ndctl_namespace_enable(ndns);
        if (rc < 0) {
                debug("%s failed to enable for zeroing, continuing\n", devname);
-               rc = 0;
+               rc = 1;
                goto out;
        }
 
-       if (posix_memalign(&buf, 4096, 4096) != 0)
-               return -ENXIO;
+       if (posix_memalign(&buf, 4096, info_size) != 0) {
+               rc = -ENOMEM;
+               goto out;
+       }
+       if (posix_memalign(&read_buf, 4096, info_size) != 0) {
+               rc = -ENOMEM;
+               goto out;
+       }
 
        sprintf(path, "/dev/%s", ndctl_namespace_get_block_device(ndns));
        fd = open(path, O_RDWR|O_DIRECT|O_EXCL);
@@ -812,18 +825,30 @@ static int zero_info_block(struct ndctl_namespace *ndns)
                goto out;
        }
 
-       memset(buf, 0, 4096);
-       rc = pwrite(fd, buf, 4096, 4096);
-       if (rc < 4096) {
+       memset(buf, 0, info_size);
+       rc = pread(fd, read_buf, info_size, 0);
+       if (rc < info_size) {
+               debug("%s: failed to read info block, continuing\n",
+                       devname);
+       }
+       if (memcmp(buf, read_buf, info_size) == 0) {
+               rc = 1;
+               goto out_close;
+       }
+
+       rc = pwrite(fd, buf, info_size, 0);
+       if (rc < info_size) {
                debug("%s: failed to zero info block %s\n",
                                devname, path);
                rc = -ENXIO;
        } else
                rc = 0;
+ out_close:
        close(fd);
  out:
        ndctl_namespace_set_raw_mode(ndns, 0);
        ndctl_namespace_disable_invalidate(ndns);
+       free(read_buf);
        free(buf);
        return rc;
 }
@@ -857,7 +882,7 @@ static int namespace_destroy(struct ndctl_region *region,
 
        if (pfn || btt || dax) {
                rc = zero_info_block(ndns);
-               if (rc)
+               if (rc < 0)
                        return rc;
        }
 
-- 
2.14.4

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