[PATCH v2 0/2] scsi: Replace SYNC_CACHE with FUA for scsi write

[Casey Connolly]

+ marex, I'd appreicate your r-b before I consider picking these up.

On 22/01/2026 09:39, Balaji Selvanathan wrote:
> This series replaces the SYNC_CACHE approach with FUA (Force Unit
> Access) to prevent data loss during board resets while avoiding
> system hangs during large sparse image flashing operations.
> 
> The previous SYNC_CACHE implementation caused timeouts and hangs
> when flashing large sparse images because it issued cache sync
> commands after every write operation. The FUA approach achieves
> the same data integrity goal by setting the FUA bit in 
> WRITE10 commands.
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Reverted "scsi: sync cache on write" commit and then set the FUA bit
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/u-boot/20260105052526.593017-1-balaji.selvanathan@oss.qualcomm.com/
> 
> Aswin Murugan (1):
>   scsi: Enable FUA bit in WRITE10 commands
> 
> Balaji Selvanathan (1):
>   Revert "scsi: sync cache on write"
> 
>  drivers/scsi/scsi.c | 24 +-----------------------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 23 deletions(-)
> 

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// Casey (she/her)