+#define META_BLOCK_SIZE 4096
+__u32 crc32c_le(__u32 crc, unsigned char const *p, size_t len);
+
+static int write_empty_r5l_meta_block(struct supertype *st, int fd)
+{
+ struct r5l_meta_block *mb;
+ struct mdp_superblock_1 *sb = st->sb;
+ struct align_fd afd;
+ __u32 crc;
+
+ init_afd(&afd, fd);
+
+ if (posix_memalign((void**)&mb, 4096, META_BLOCK_SIZE) != 0) {
+ pr_err("Could not allocate memory for the meta block.\n");
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ memset(mb, 0, META_BLOCK_SIZE);
+
+ mb->magic = __cpu_to_le32(R5LOG_MAGIC);
+ mb->version = R5LOG_VERSION;
+ mb->meta_size = __cpu_to_le32(sizeof(struct r5l_meta_block));
+ mb->seq = __cpu_to_le64(random32());
+ mb->position = __cpu_to_le64(0);
+
+ crc = crc32c_le(0xffffffff, sb->set_uuid, sizeof(sb->set_uuid));
+ crc = crc32c_le(crc, (void *)mb, META_BLOCK_SIZE);
+ mb->checksum = crc;
+
+ if (lseek64(fd, (sb->data_offset) * 512, 0) < 0LL) {
+ pr_err("cannot seek to offset of the meta block\n");
+ goto fail_to_write;
+ }
+
+ if (awrite(&afd, mb, META_BLOCK_SIZE) != META_BLOCK_SIZE) {
+ pr_err("failed to store write the meta block \n");
+ goto fail_to_write;
+ }
+ fsync(fd);
+
+ free(mb);
+ return 0;
+
+fail_to_write:
+ free(mb);
+ return 1;
+}
+