The current behavior is to report error and continue, it seems strange:
# blockdev --setro /dev/sdc
# wipefs -a /dev/sdc
wipefs: /dev/sdc: failed to erase xfs magic string at offset 0x00000000: Operation not permitted
/dev/sdc: 4 bytes were erased at offset 0x00000000 (xfs): 58 46 53 42
^^^^^^^^^^^
not true
The patch calls err() to exit.
Reported-by: Vratislav Podzimek <vpodzime@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>