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Petersen" , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, target-devel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Stuart Hayes Subject: [PATCH] scsi: target: Allow FUA if no write cache enabled Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 10:33:10 -0600 Message-Id: <20260306163310.11065-1-stuart.w.hayes@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.39.3 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Modify target_check_fua() to allow FUA support for devices with no write cache enabled. Without this patch, accesses with FUA set will be rejected, even though they always go directly to the media when there's no write cache. This is needed because EDK2 FAT filesystem code sets the FUA bit when writing, regardless of whether the device advertises support of DPOFUA. If a UEFI pre-boot write fails, the filesystem can become inaccessible until a reboot. This can cause linux installs to iSCSI to be unbootable, because some systems have firmware that will try to write a file in a vendor-specific directory under /boot/EFI (such as /boot/EFI/Dell) before attempting to boot to a UEFI boot entry pointing to a file in the FAT filesystem. Signed-off-by: Stuart Hayes --- drivers/target/target_core_transport.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c index a7330c4fedde..f8da0dfcb5ae 100644 --- a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c +++ b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c @@ -3684,5 +3684,6 @@ target_check_wce(struct se_device *dev) bool target_check_fua(struct se_device *dev) { - return target_check_wce(dev) && dev->dev_attrib.emulate_fua_write > 0; + /* Allow FUA if there's no write cache */ + return target_check_wce(dev) ? dev->dev_attrib.emulate_fua_write > 0 : 1; } -- 2.39.3