FAILED: patch "[PATCH] nfsd: fix clock domain mismatch in clients_still_reclaiming()" failed to apply to 6.18-stable tree

The patch below does not apply to the 6.18-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.18.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 09ea3eb9a518565f5bca386e81b993ed8825f5e8
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<[email protected]>' --in-reply-to '2026090314-hardcopy-exception-291b@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.18.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 09ea3eb9a518565f5bca386e81b993ed8825f5e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:00:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] nfsd: fix clock domain mismatch in clients_still_reclaiming()
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clients_still_reclaiming() computes a deadline from nn->boot_time (CLOCK_REALTIME, ~1.7 billion) but compares it against ktime_get_boottime_seconds() (CLOCK_BOOTTIME, seconds since boot). The comparison is always false — it would take ~54 years of uptime for BOOTTIME to exceed the REALTIME-derived deadline.

This means any client can hold the server in grace indefinitely by sending CLAIM_PREVIOUS OPEN requests, blocking all non-reclaim operations for all other clients.

Add boot_time_bt (CLOCK_BOOTTIME) alongside the existing boot_time and use it for the deadline computation. boot_time (CLOCK_REALTIME) is preserved for its cl_boot clientid-nonce role.

index 5c33c96da28e..03724bef10a7 100644
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ struct nfsd_net {
 	struct lock_manager nfsd4_manager;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	time64_t boot_time;
+	time64_t boot_time_bt;	/* same instant in CLOCK_BOOTTIME */
 
 	struct dentry *nfsd_client_dir;
 

index 3dc0c0f6eb5d..17cb3b0ad956 100644
@@ -6870,7 +6870,7 @@ bool nfsd4_force_end_grace(struct nfsd_net *nn)
  */
 static bool clients_still_reclaiming(struct nfsd_net *nn)
 {
-	time64_t double_grace_period_end = nn->boot_time +
+	time64_t double_grace_period_end = nn->boot_time_bt +
 					   2 * nn->nfsd4_lease;
 
 	if (test_bit(NFSD_NET_GRACE_END_FORCED, &nn->flags))

@@ -9245,6 +9245,7 @@ static int nfs4_state_create_net(struct net *net)
 	nn->conf_name_tree = RB_ROOT;
 	nn->unconf_name_tree = RB_ROOT;
 	nn->boot_time = ktime_get_real_seconds();
+	nn->boot_time_bt = ktime_get_boottime_seconds();
 	clear_bit(NFSD_NET_GRACE_ENDED, &nn->flags);
 	clear_bit(NFSD_NET_GRACE_END_FORCED, &nn->flags);
 	nn->nfsd4_manager.block_opens = true;

From: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>

[ Upstream commit 09ea3eb9a518565f5bca386e81b993ed8825f5e8 ]

clients_still_reclaiming() computes a deadline from nn->boot_time (CLOCK_REALTIME, ~1.7 billion) but compares it against ktime_get_boottime_seconds() (CLOCK_BOOTTIME, seconds since boot). The comparison is always false — it would take ~54 years of uptime for BOOTTIME to exceed the REALTIME-derived deadline.

This means any client can hold the server in grace indefinitely by sending CLAIM_PREVIOUS OPEN requests, blocking all non-reclaim operations for all other clients.

Add boot_time_bt (CLOCK_BOOTTIME) alongside the existing boot_time and use it for the deadline computation. boot_time (CLOCK_REALTIME) is preserved for its cl_boot clientid-nonce role.

---
 fs/nfsd/netns.h     | 1 +
 fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

index fe8338735e7cc..ca25cfa4c36e2 100644
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ struct nfsd_net {
 	bool grace_end_forced;
 	bool client_tracking_active;
 	time64_t boot_time;
+	time64_t boot_time_bt;	/* same instant in CLOCK_BOOTTIME */
 
 	struct dentry *nfsd_client_dir;
 

index c9d9a7d46e7b2..9ab5135c052d9 100644
@@ -6670,7 +6670,7 @@ bool nfsd4_force_end_grace(struct nfsd_net *nn)
  */
 static bool clients_still_reclaiming(struct nfsd_net *nn)
 {
-	time64_t double_grace_period_end = nn->boot_time +
+	time64_t double_grace_period_end = nn->boot_time_bt +
 					   2 * nn->nfsd4_lease;
 
 	if (READ_ONCE(nn->grace_end_forced))

@@ -8993,6 +8993,7 @@ static int nfs4_state_create_net(struct net *net)
 	nn->conf_name_tree = RB_ROOT;
 	nn->unconf_name_tree = RB_ROOT;
 	nn->boot_time = ktime_get_real_seconds();
+	nn->boot_time_bt = ktime_get_boottime_seconds();
 	nn->grace_ended = false;
 	nn->grace_end_forced = false;
 	nn->client_tracking_active = false;

2.53.0