diff --git a/common/fio b/common/fio
index 1db6128b..79c01c60 100644
--- a/common/fio
+++ b/common/fio
@@ -180,10 +180,13 @@ _run_fio() {
 		args+=("--runtime=$TIMEOUT")
 	fi
 
-	if ! fio "${args[@]}" "$@"; then
-		echo "fio exited with status $?"
+	fio "${args[@]}" "$@"
+	local rc=$?
+	if [ $rc != 0 ]; then
+		echo "fio exited with status $rc"
 		cat "$TMPDIR"/fio_perf
 	fi
+	return $rc
 }
 
 # Wrapper around _run_fio used if you need some I/O but don't really care much
diff --git a/common/scsi_debug b/common/scsi_debug
index 4e64b931..594883c9 100644
--- a/common/scsi_debug
+++ b/common/scsi_debug
@@ -25,6 +25,19 @@ _scsi_debug_key_path() {
 	echo "$path"
 }
 
+_have_scsi_debug_group_number_stats() {
+	local ret=0
+
+	modprobe -qr scsi_debug >&/dev/null
+	modprobe -q scsi_debug delay=0 >&/dev/null
+	if ! [[ -e ${SD_PSEUDO_PATH}/group_number_stats ]]; then
+		SKIP_REASONS+=("scsi_debug does not support group number statistics")
+		ret=1
+	fi
+	modprobe -qr scsi_debug >&/dev/null
+	return ${ret}
+}
+
 declare -a SCSI_DEBUG_HOSTS
 declare -a SCSI_DEBUG_TARGETS
 declare -a SCSI_DEBUG_DEVICES
diff --git a/tests/scsi/008 b/tests/scsi/008
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..b895032a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/scsi/008
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0+
+# Copyright (C) 2024 Google LLC
+
+. tests/scsi/rc
+. common/scsi_debug
+
+DESCRIPTION="test block data lifetime support"
+QUICK=1
+
+requires() {
+	_have_scsi_debug_group_number_stats
+	# For patch "Fall back to F_SET_RW_HINT if F_SET_FILE_RW_HINT is not
+	# supported"
+	# (https://github.com/axboe/fio/commit/0cfea592fedf0011e695a604a6961e9cbc1fe9b6).
+	_have_fio_ver 3 37
+}
+
+submit_io() {
+	local stats_attr=/sys/bus/pseudo/drivers/scsi_debug/group_number_stats
+	echo "$1 ($3)"
+	echo "$*" >>"${FULL}"
+	local direct_io=$2
+	echo 0 > "${stats_attr}" &&
+	local fio_args wh &&
+	for wh in none short medium long extreme; do
+		if [ "${direct_io}" = 0 ]; then
+			sync
+			echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
+		fi
+		fio_args=(
+			--buffer_pattern='"'"$wh"'"'
+			--direct="${direct_io}"
+			--disable_clat=1
+			--disable_slat=1
+			--end_fsync=$((1 - direct_io))
+			--filename="${dev}"
+			--group_reporting=1
+			--gtod_reduce=1
+			--ioengine="$3"
+			--ioscheduler=none
+			--name=whint_"$wh"
+			--norandommap
+			--rw=randwrite
+			--size=4M
+			--thread=1
+			--write_hint="$wh"
+		)
+		echo "fio ${fio_args[*]}" >>"${FULL}" 2>&1
+		fio "${fio_args[@]}" >>"${FULL}" 2>&1 || return $?
+	done &&
+	grep -v ' 0$' "${stats_attr}" >> "${FULL}"
+	while read -r group count; do
+		if [ "$count" -gt 0 ]; then echo "$group"; fi
+	done < "${stats_attr}"
+}
+
+test() {
+	echo "Running ${TEST_NAME}"
+
+	local scsi_debug_params=(
+		delay=0
+	)
+	_configure_scsi_debug "${scsi_debug_params[@]}" &&
+	local dev="/dev/${SCSI_DEBUG_DEVICES[0]}" fail &&
+	ls -ldi "${dev}" >>"${FULL}" &&
+	submit_io "Direct I/O" 1 pvsync &&
+	submit_io "Direct I/O" 1 libaio &&
+	submit_io "Direct I/O" 1 io_uring &&
+	submit_io "Buffered I/O" 0 pvsync ||
+	fail=true
+
+	_exit_scsi_debug
+
+	if [ -z "$fail" ]; then
+		echo "Test complete"
+	else
+		echo "Test failed"
+		return 1
+	fi
+}
diff --git a/tests/scsi/008.out b/tests/scsi/008.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..25788fd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/scsi/008.out
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+Running scsi/008
+Direct I/O (pvsync)
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+Direct I/O (libaio)
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+Direct I/O (io_uring)
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+Buffered I/O (pvsync)
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+Test complete