ptt_clear_sectors: new function

* libparted/labels/pt-tools.c (ptt_clear_sectors): New function.
* libparted/labels/pt-tools.h: Declare.

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libparted/labels/pt-tools.c b/libparted/labels/pt-tools.c
index 50fa55d..564f611 100644
--- a/libparted/labels/pt-tools.c
+++ b/libparted/labels/pt-tools.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* partition table tools
-   Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 
 #include "pt-tools.h"
 
+static char zero[16 * 1024];
+
 /* Write a single sector to DISK, filling the first BUFLEN
    bytes of that sector with data from BUF, and NUL-filling
    any remaining bytes.  Return nonzero to indicate success,
@@ -62,3 +64,23 @@ ptt_read_sector (PedDevice const *dev, PedSector sector_num, void **buf)
   *buf = b;
   return 1;
 }
+
+/* Zero N sectors of DEV, starting with START.
+   Return nonzero to indicate success, zero otherwise.  */
+int
+ptt_clear_sectors (PedDevice *dev, PedSector start, PedSector n)
+{
+  PED_ASSERT (dev->sector_size <= sizeof zero, return 0);
+  PedSector n_z_sectors = sizeof zero / dev->sector_size;
+  PedSector n_full = n / n_z_sectors;
+  PedSector i;
+  for (i = 0; i < n_full; i++)
+    {
+      if (!ped_device_write (dev, zero, start + n_z_sectors * i, n_z_sectors))
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+  PedSector rem = n - n_z_sectors * i;
+  return (rem == 0
+          ? 1 : ped_device_write (dev, zero, start + n_z_sectors * i, rem));
+}