linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.5 299/367] nfsd: fix jiffies/time

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Message-Id: <20200210122451.209655162@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Mon, 10 Feb 2020 04:33:32 -0800
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5.5 299/367] nfsd: fix jiffies/time_t mixup in LRU list

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

commit 9594497f2c78993cb66b696122f7c65528ace985 upstream.

The nfsd4_blocked_lock->nbl_time timestamp is recorded in jiffies,
but then compared to a CLOCK_REALTIME timestamp later on, which makes
no sense.

For consistency with the other timestamps, change this to use a time_t.

This is a change in behavior, which may cause regressions, but the
current code is not sensible. On a system with CONFIG_HZ=1000,
the 'time_after((unsigned long)nbl->nbl_time, (unsigned long)cutoff))'
check is false for roughly the first 18 days of uptime and then true
for the next 49 days.

Fixes: 7919d0a27f1e ("nfsd: add a LRU list for blocked locks")
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c |    2 +-
 fs/nfsd/state.h     |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c
@@ -6550,7 +6550,7 @@ nfsd4_lock(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struc
 	}

 	if (fl_flags & FL_SLEEP) {
-		nbl->nbl_time = jiffies;
+		nbl->nbl_time = get_seconds();
 		spin_lock(&nn->blocked_locks_lock);
 		list_add_tail(&nbl->nbl_list, &lock_sop->lo_blocked);
 		list_add_tail(&nbl->nbl_lru, &nn->blocked_locks_lru);
--- a/fs/nfsd/state.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/state.h
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ static inline bool nfsd4_stateid_generat
 struct nfsd4_blocked_lock {
 	struct list_head	nbl_list;
 	struct list_head	nbl_lru;
-	unsigned long		nbl_time;
+	time_t			nbl_time;
 	struct file_lock	nbl_lock;
 	struct knfsd_fh		nbl_fh;
 	struct nfsd4_callback	nbl_cb;