drive: always set FUA on READ(10) to bypass the drive cache

Every Drive::read now forces the read from physical media instead of
letting the drive satisfy it from cache. A recovery tool must not trust
the cache: on a re-read of a marginal sector the BU40N can return a
cached miss (~4 ms) instead of giving the surface a fresh physical
attempt (~40-250 ms), masking a sector that would otherwise read on a
real media hit. FUA (READ(10) byte 1 bit 3) is validated on the
BU40N/Initio bridge.
This commit is contained in:
Matthew Jackson
2026-06-30 18:49:14 -07:00
parent 25a7b131b4
commit ff7f3028a5
+17 -4
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@@ -723,7 +723,16 @@ impl Drive {
) -> Result<usize> {
let cdb = [
crate::scsi::SCSI_READ_10,
0x00,
// FUA (Force Unit Access, bit 3 = 0x08): every read comes from the
// physical MEDIA, never the drive's cache. A recovery tool must not
// trust the cache — the BU40N caches aggressively (a re-read of a
// good sector returns in ~4 ms vs ~250 ms from media), so without
// FUA a retry of a marginal sector could return a cached result
// instead of giving the surface a fresh physical attempt. A
// stochastic sector that would read on a real media hit is otherwise
// masked by a cached miss. Cache-bypass is validated on the
// BU40N/Initio bridge (FUA reads execute, media 40 ms vs cache 4 ms).
0x08,
(lba >> 24) as u8,
(lba >> 16) as u8,
(lba >> 8) as u8,
@@ -1403,8 +1412,9 @@ mod command_tests {
#[test]
fn read_builds_read10_cdb_with_be_lba_and_count() {
// Drive::read issues READ(10) (0x28). LBA bytes 2..5 big-endian,
// transfer length bytes 7..8 big-endian (MMC-6). No FUA on this
// path (byte 1 == 0). Distinct nibbles catch a swapped shift.
// transfer length bytes 7..8 big-endian (MMC-6). FUA is set (byte 1 ==
// 0x08) so every read bypasses the drive cache and hits physical media.
// Distinct nibbles catch a swapped shift.
let RecordingHarness {
drive: mut d,
cdb,
@@ -1415,7 +1425,10 @@ mod command_tests {
assert_eq!(n, 4096, "returns transport bytes_transferred");
let c = cdb.lock().unwrap();
assert_eq!(c[0], crate::scsi::SCSI_READ_10);
assert_eq!(c[1], 0x00, "Drive::read path sets no FUA");
assert_eq!(
c[1], 0x08,
"Drive::read sets FUA (force media, bypass cache)"
);
assert_eq!(&c[2..6], &[0x00, 0xAB, 0xCD, 0xEF], "LBA big-endian");
assert_eq!(&c[7..9], &[0x00, 0x02], "transfer length big-endian");
}