From 6e64e946338d0559751984cdbc9b3dde0c085811 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thiemo Nagel Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 19:44:33 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] blockdev-wipe: Set blocksize to 512k This should be large enough to avoid excessive system call overhead and small enough to prevent problems on systems with very little RAM. --- lib/crypto-base.sh | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/crypto-base.sh b/lib/crypto-base.sh index 45ee82c..d8284f1 100644 --- a/lib/crypto-base.sh +++ b/lib/crypto-base.sh @@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ crypto_do_wipe () { fifo=/var/run/wipe_progress mknod $fifo p - /bin/blockdev-wipe -s 65536 $dev > $fifo & + /bin/blockdev-wipe -s $((512*1024)) $dev > $fifo & pid=$! cancelled=0 -- 1.7.10.4