blkdiscard — discard sectors on a device
blkdiscard [options] [
−o offset ] [
−l length ] device
blkdiscard is used to discard device sectors. This is useful for solid-state drivers (SSDs) and thinly-provisioned storage. Unlike fstrim(8), this command is used directly on the block device.
By default, blkdiscard will discard all blocks on the device. Options may be used to modify this behavior based on range or size, as explained below.
The device
argument is the pathname of the block device.
WARNING: All data in the discarded region on the device will be lost!
The offset and
length arguments may
be followed by the multiplicative suffixes KiB (=1024), MiB
(=1024*1024), and so on for GiB, TiB, PiB, EiB, ZiB and YiB
(the "iB" is optional, e.g., "K" has the same meaning as
"KiB") or the suffixes KB (=1000), MB (=1000*1000), and so on
for GB, TB, PB, EB, ZB and YB.
−o,
−−offset offsetByte offset into the device from which to start discarding. The provided value will be aligned to the device sector size. The default value is zero.
−l,
−−length lengthThe number of bytes to discard (counting from the starting point). The provided value will be aligned to the device sector size. If the specified value extends past the end of the device, blkdiscard will stop at the device size boundary. The default value extends to the end of the device.
−p,
−−step lengthThe number of bytes to discard within one iteration. The default is to discard all by one ioctl call.
−s,
−−securePerform a secure discard. A secure discard is the same as a regular discard except that all copies of the discarded blocks that were possibly created by garbage collection must also be erased. This requires support from the device.
−z,
−−zerooutZero-fill rather than discard.
−v,
−−verboseDisplay the aligned values of offset and length. If the option
−−step
specified than it prints discard progress every
second.
−V,
−−versionDisplay version information and exit.
−h,
−−helpDisplay help text and exit.
The blkdiscard command is part of the util-linux package and is available Linux Kernel Archive
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