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1 files changed, 29 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/block/blk-lib.c b/block/blk-lib.c
index a062543c58a..9373b58dfab 100644
--- a/block/blk-lib.c
+++ b/block/blk-lib.c
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(blkdev_issue_write_same);
214 * Generate and issue number of bios with zerofiled pages. 214 * Generate and issue number of bios with zerofiled pages.
215 */ 215 */
216 216
217int blkdev_issue_zeroout(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector, 217int __blkdev_issue_zeroout(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
218 sector_t nr_sects, gfp_t gfp_mask) 218 sector_t nr_sects, gfp_t gfp_mask)
219{ 219{
220 int ret; 220 int ret;
@@ -264,4 +264,32 @@ int blkdev_issue_zeroout(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
264 264
265 return ret; 265 return ret;
266} 266}
267
268/**
269 * blkdev_issue_zeroout - zero-fill a block range
270 * @bdev: blockdev to write
271 * @sector: start sector
272 * @nr_sects: number of sectors to write
273 * @gfp_mask: memory allocation flags (for bio_alloc)
274 *
275 * Description:
276 * Generate and issue number of bios with zerofiled pages.
277 */
278
279int blkdev_issue_zeroout(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
280 sector_t nr_sects, gfp_t gfp_mask)
281{
282 if (bdev_write_same(bdev)) {
283 unsigned char bdn[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
284
285 if (!blkdev_issue_write_same(bdev, sector, nr_sects, gfp_mask,
286 ZERO_PAGE(0)))
287 return 0;
288
289 bdevname(bdev, bdn);
290 pr_err("%s: WRITE SAME failed. Manually zeroing.\n", bdn);
291 }
292
293 return __blkdev_issue_zeroout(bdev, sector, nr_sects, gfp_mask);
294}
267EXPORT_SYMBOL(blkdev_issue_zeroout); 295EXPORT_SYMBOL(blkdev_issue_zeroout);