X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?p=thirdparty%2Fmdadm.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=Kill.c;fp=Kill.c;h=e73897857dd15df767f8975fb841664ad74d964d;hp=63442a628313b5dce794455c9a17220c2435b34d;hb=4c619b292f7e6b69a817b96d2001ff8f10b7a6bd;hpb=fc7e81e54ec37ece4f1a8ec1729933fc22ec25ff

diff --git a/Kill.c b/Kill.c
index 63442a62..e7389785 100644
--- a/Kill.c
+++ b/Kill.c
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ int Kill(char *dev, struct supertype *st, int force, int quiet, int noexcl)
 	/*
 	 * Nothing fancy about Kill.  It just zeroes out a superblock
 	 * Definitely not safe.
+	 * Returns:
+	 *  0 - a zero superblock was successfully written out
+	 *  1 - failed to write the zero superblock
+	 *  2 - failed to open the device or find a superblock.
 	 */
 
 	int fd, rv = 0;
@@ -45,8 +49,7 @@ int Kill(char *dev, struct supertype *st, int force, int quiet, int noexcl)
 		if (!quiet)
 			fprintf(stderr, Name ": Couldn't open %s for write - not zeroing\n",
 				dev);
-		close(fd);
-		return 1;
+		return 2;
 	}
 	if (st == NULL)
 		st = guess_super(fd);