diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-xen-blkback b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-xen-blkback
index 8bb43b66eb55a1f8c0cbac1917301b2e96a55bbc..4e7babb3ba1fecc673018253d4adbb860e0cb8a4 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-xen-blkback
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-driver-xen-blkback
@@ -15,3 +15,13 @@ Description:
                 blkback. If the frontend tries to use more than
                 max_persistent_grants, the LRU kicks in and starts
                 removing 5% of max_persistent_grants every 100ms.
+
+What:           /sys/module/xen_blkback/parameters/persistent_grant_unused_seconds
+Date:           August 2018
+KernelVersion:  4.19
+Contact:        Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@citrix.com>
+Description:
+                How long a persistent grant is allowed to remain
+                allocated without being in use. The time is in
+                seconds, 0 means indefinitely long.
+                The default is 60 seconds.
diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
index b55b245e805205a07266c9d745b96e4716ed3009..fd1e19f1a49f5803ca6dd5d939ec41ec592af077 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
@@ -83,6 +83,18 @@ module_param_named(max_persistent_grants, xen_blkif_max_pgrants, int, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_persistent_grants,
                  "Maximum number of grants to map persistently");
 
+/*
+ * How long a persistent grant is allowed to remain allocated without being in
+ * use. The time is in seconds, 0 means indefinitely long.
+ */
+
+static unsigned int xen_blkif_pgrant_timeout = 60;
+module_param_named(persistent_grant_unused_seconds, xen_blkif_pgrant_timeout,
+		   uint, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(persistent_grant_unused_seconds,
+		 "Time in seconds an unused persistent grant is allowed to "
+		 "remain allocated. Default is 60, 0 means unlimited.");
+
 /*
  * Maximum number of rings/queues blkback supports, allow as many queues as there
  * are CPUs if user has not specified a value.
@@ -123,6 +135,13 @@ module_param(log_stats, int, 0644);
 /* Number of free pages to remove on each call to gnttab_free_pages */
 #define NUM_BATCH_FREE_PAGES 10
 
+static inline bool persistent_gnt_timeout(struct persistent_gnt *persistent_gnt)
+{
+	return xen_blkif_pgrant_timeout &&
+	       (jiffies - persistent_gnt->last_used >=
+		HZ * xen_blkif_pgrant_timeout);
+}
+
 static inline int get_free_page(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring, struct page **page)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -236,8 +255,7 @@ static int add_persistent_gnt(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring,
 		}
 	}
 
-	bitmap_zero(persistent_gnt->flags, PERSISTENT_GNT_FLAGS_SIZE);
-	set_bit(PERSISTENT_GNT_ACTIVE, persistent_gnt->flags);
+	persistent_gnt->active = true;
 	/* Add new node and rebalance tree. */
 	rb_link_node(&(persistent_gnt->node), parent, new);
 	rb_insert_color(&(persistent_gnt->node), &ring->persistent_gnts);
@@ -261,11 +279,11 @@ static struct persistent_gnt *get_persistent_gnt(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring,
 		else if (gref > data->gnt)
 			node = node->rb_right;
 		else {
-			if(test_bit(PERSISTENT_GNT_ACTIVE, data->flags)) {
+			if (data->active) {
 				pr_alert_ratelimited("requesting a grant already in use\n");
 				return NULL;
 			}
-			set_bit(PERSISTENT_GNT_ACTIVE, data->flags);
+			data->active = true;
 			atomic_inc(&ring->persistent_gnt_in_use);
 			return data;
 		}
@@ -276,10 +294,10 @@ static struct persistent_gnt *get_persistent_gnt(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring,
 static void put_persistent_gnt(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring,
                                struct persistent_gnt *persistent_gnt)
 {
-	if(!test_bit(PERSISTENT_GNT_ACTIVE, persistent_gnt->flags))
+	if (!persistent_gnt->active)
 		pr_alert_ratelimited("freeing a grant already unused\n");
-	set_bit(PERSISTENT_GNT_WAS_ACTIVE, persistent_gnt->flags);
-	clear_bit(PERSISTENT_GNT_ACTIVE, persistent_gnt->flags);
+	persistent_gnt->last_used = jiffies;
+	persistent_gnt->active = false;
 	atomic_dec(&ring->persistent_gnt_in_use);
 }
 
@@ -371,26 +389,26 @@ static void purge_persistent_gnt(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring)
 	struct persistent_gnt *persistent_gnt;
 	struct rb_node *n;
 	unsigned int num_clean, total;
-	bool scan_used = false, clean_used = false;
+	bool scan_used = false;
 	struct rb_root *root;
 
-	if (ring->persistent_gnt_c < xen_blkif_max_pgrants ||
-	    (ring->persistent_gnt_c == xen_blkif_max_pgrants &&
-	    !ring->blkif->vbd.overflow_max_grants)) {
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	if (work_busy(&ring->persistent_purge_work)) {
 		pr_alert_ratelimited("Scheduled work from previous purge is still busy, cannot purge list\n");
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	num_clean = (xen_blkif_max_pgrants / 100) * LRU_PERCENT_CLEAN;
-	num_clean = ring->persistent_gnt_c - xen_blkif_max_pgrants + num_clean;
-	num_clean = min(ring->persistent_gnt_c, num_clean);
-	if ((num_clean == 0) ||
-	    (num_clean > (ring->persistent_gnt_c - atomic_read(&ring->persistent_gnt_in_use))))
-		goto out;
+	if (ring->persistent_gnt_c < xen_blkif_max_pgrants ||
+	    (ring->persistent_gnt_c == xen_blkif_max_pgrants &&
+	    !ring->blkif->vbd.overflow_max_grants)) {
+		num_clean = 0;
+	} else {
+		num_clean = (xen_blkif_max_pgrants / 100) * LRU_PERCENT_CLEAN;
+		num_clean = ring->persistent_gnt_c - xen_blkif_max_pgrants +
+			    num_clean;
+		num_clean = min(ring->persistent_gnt_c, num_clean);
+		pr_debug("Going to purge at least %u persistent grants\n",
+			 num_clean);
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * At this point, we can assure that there will be no calls
@@ -401,9 +419,7 @@ static void purge_persistent_gnt(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring)
          * number of grants.
 	 */
 
-	total = num_clean;
-
-	pr_debug("Going to purge %u persistent grants\n", num_clean);
+	total = 0;
 
 	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&ring->persistent_purge_list));
 	root = &ring->persistent_gnts;
@@ -412,46 +428,37 @@ static void purge_persistent_gnt(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring)
 		BUG_ON(persistent_gnt->handle ==
 			BLKBACK_INVALID_HANDLE);
 
-		if (clean_used) {
-			clear_bit(PERSISTENT_GNT_WAS_ACTIVE, persistent_gnt->flags);
+		if (persistent_gnt->active)
 			continue;
-		}
-
-		if (test_bit(PERSISTENT_GNT_ACTIVE, persistent_gnt->flags))
+		if (!scan_used && !persistent_gnt_timeout(persistent_gnt))
 			continue;
-		if (!scan_used &&
-		    (test_bit(PERSISTENT_GNT_WAS_ACTIVE, persistent_gnt->flags)))
+		if (scan_used && total >= num_clean)
 			continue;
 
 		rb_erase(&persistent_gnt->node, root);
 		list_add(&persistent_gnt->remove_node,
 			 &ring->persistent_purge_list);
-		if (--num_clean == 0)
-			goto finished;
+		total++;
 	}
 	/*
-	 * If we get here it means we also need to start cleaning
+	 * Check whether we also need to start cleaning
 	 * grants that were used since last purge in order to cope
 	 * with the requested num
 	 */
-	if (!scan_used && !clean_used) {
-		pr_debug("Still missing %u purged frames\n", num_clean);
+	if (!scan_used && total < num_clean) {
+		pr_debug("Still missing %u purged frames\n", num_clean - total);
 		scan_used = true;
 		goto purge_list;
 	}
-finished:
-	if (!clean_used) {
-		pr_debug("Finished scanning for grants to clean, removing used flag\n");
-		clean_used = true;
-		goto purge_list;
-	}
 
-	ring->persistent_gnt_c -= (total - num_clean);
-	ring->blkif->vbd.overflow_max_grants = 0;
+	if (total) {
+		ring->persistent_gnt_c -= total;
+		ring->blkif->vbd.overflow_max_grants = 0;
 
-	/* We can defer this work */
-	schedule_work(&ring->persistent_purge_work);
-	pr_debug("Purged %u/%u\n", (total - num_clean), total);
+		/* We can defer this work */
+		schedule_work(&ring->persistent_purge_work);
+		pr_debug("Purged %u/%u\n", num_clean, total);
+	}
 
 out:
 	return;
diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h
index ecb35fe8ca8dbb54f36a85513a09064819acd67a..1d3002d773f7adb151dcf79adf18f919e461290a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/common.h
@@ -233,16 +233,6 @@ struct xen_vbd {
 
 struct backend_info;
 
-/* Number of available flags */
-#define PERSISTENT_GNT_FLAGS_SIZE	2
-/* This persistent grant is currently in use */
-#define PERSISTENT_GNT_ACTIVE		0
-/*
- * This persistent grant has been used, this flag is set when we remove the
- * PERSISTENT_GNT_ACTIVE, to know that this grant has been used recently.
- */
-#define PERSISTENT_GNT_WAS_ACTIVE	1
-
 /* Number of requests that we can fit in a ring */
 #define XEN_BLKIF_REQS_PER_PAGE		32
 
@@ -250,7 +240,8 @@ struct persistent_gnt {
 	struct page *page;
 	grant_ref_t gnt;
 	grant_handle_t handle;
-	DECLARE_BITMAP(flags, PERSISTENT_GNT_FLAGS_SIZE);
+	unsigned long last_used;
+	bool active;
 	struct rb_node node;
 	struct list_head remove_node;
 };
@@ -278,7 +269,6 @@ struct xen_blkif_ring {
 	wait_queue_head_t	pending_free_wq;
 
 	/* Tree to store persistent grants. */
-	spinlock_t		pers_gnts_lock;
 	struct rb_root		persistent_gnts;
 	unsigned int		persistent_gnt_c;
 	atomic_t		persistent_gnt_in_use;
diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index 8986adab9bf58540bd8d2ab0744d317fba6c23a0..a71d817e900ddc07ff45d240f0ae290ff408b6cd 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include <linux/scatterlist.h>
 #include <linux/bitmap.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
 
 #include <xen/xen.h>
 #include <xen/xenbus.h>
@@ -121,6 +122,8 @@ static inline struct blkif_req *blkif_req(struct request *rq)
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(blkfront_mutex);
 static const struct block_device_operations xlvbd_block_fops;
+static struct delayed_work blkfront_work;
+static LIST_HEAD(info_list);
 
 /*
  * Maximum number of segments in indirect requests, the actual value used by
@@ -216,6 +219,7 @@ struct blkfront_info
 	/* Save uncomplete reqs and bios for migration. */
 	struct list_head requests;
 	struct bio_list bio_list;
+	struct list_head info_list;
 };
 
 static unsigned int nr_minors;
@@ -1759,6 +1763,12 @@ static int write_per_ring_nodes(struct xenbus_transaction xbt,
 	return err;
 }
 
+static void free_info(struct blkfront_info *info)
+{
+	list_del(&info->info_list);
+	kfree(info);
+}
+
 /* Common code used when first setting up, and when resuming. */
 static int talk_to_blkback(struct xenbus_device *dev,
 			   struct blkfront_info *info)
@@ -1880,7 +1890,10 @@ static int talk_to_blkback(struct xenbus_device *dev,
  destroy_blkring:
 	blkif_free(info, 0);
 
-	kfree(info);
+	mutex_lock(&blkfront_mutex);
+	free_info(info);
+	mutex_unlock(&blkfront_mutex);
+
 	dev_set_drvdata(&dev->dev, NULL);
 
 	return err;
@@ -1991,6 +2004,10 @@ static int blkfront_probe(struct xenbus_device *dev,
 	info->handle = simple_strtoul(strrchr(dev->nodename, '/')+1, NULL, 0);
 	dev_set_drvdata(&dev->dev, info);
 
+	mutex_lock(&blkfront_mutex);
+	list_add(&info->info_list, &info_list);
+	mutex_unlock(&blkfront_mutex);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2301,6 +2318,12 @@ static void blkfront_gather_backend_features(struct blkfront_info *info)
 	if (indirect_segments <= BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST)
 		indirect_segments = 0;
 	info->max_indirect_segments = indirect_segments;
+
+	if (info->feature_persistent) {
+		mutex_lock(&blkfront_mutex);
+		schedule_delayed_work(&blkfront_work, HZ * 10);
+		mutex_unlock(&blkfront_mutex);
+	}
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2482,7 +2505,9 @@ static int blkfront_remove(struct xenbus_device *xbdev)
 	mutex_unlock(&info->mutex);
 
 	if (!bdev) {
-		kfree(info);
+		mutex_lock(&blkfront_mutex);
+		free_info(info);
+		mutex_unlock(&blkfront_mutex);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -2502,7 +2527,9 @@ static int blkfront_remove(struct xenbus_device *xbdev)
 	if (info && !bdev->bd_openers) {
 		xlvbd_release_gendisk(info);
 		disk->private_data = NULL;
-		kfree(info);
+		mutex_lock(&blkfront_mutex);
+		free_info(info);
+		mutex_unlock(&blkfront_mutex);
 	}
 
 	mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
@@ -2585,7 +2612,7 @@ static void blkif_release(struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode)
 		dev_info(disk_to_dev(bdev->bd_disk), "releasing disk\n");
 		xlvbd_release_gendisk(info);
 		disk->private_data = NULL;
-		kfree(info);
+		free_info(info);
 	}
 
 out:
@@ -2618,6 +2645,61 @@ static struct xenbus_driver blkfront_driver = {
 	.is_ready = blkfront_is_ready,
 };
 
+static void purge_persistent_grants(struct blkfront_info *info)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < info->nr_rings; i++) {
+		struct blkfront_ring_info *rinfo = &info->rinfo[i];
+		struct grant *gnt_list_entry, *tmp;
+
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&rinfo->ring_lock, flags);
+
+		if (rinfo->persistent_gnts_c == 0) {
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rinfo->ring_lock, flags);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		list_for_each_entry_safe(gnt_list_entry, tmp, &rinfo->grants,
+					 node) {
+			if (gnt_list_entry->gref == GRANT_INVALID_REF ||
+			    gnttab_query_foreign_access(gnt_list_entry->gref))
+				continue;
+
+			list_del(&gnt_list_entry->node);
+			gnttab_end_foreign_access(gnt_list_entry->gref, 0, 0UL);
+			rinfo->persistent_gnts_c--;
+			__free_page(gnt_list_entry->page);
+			kfree(gnt_list_entry);
+		}
+
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rinfo->ring_lock, flags);
+	}
+}
+
+static void blkfront_delay_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct blkfront_info *info;
+	bool need_schedule_work = false;
+
+	mutex_lock(&blkfront_mutex);
+
+	list_for_each_entry(info, &info_list, info_list) {
+		if (info->feature_persistent) {
+			need_schedule_work = true;
+			mutex_lock(&info->mutex);
+			purge_persistent_grants(info);
+			mutex_unlock(&info->mutex);
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (need_schedule_work)
+		schedule_delayed_work(&blkfront_work, HZ * 10);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&blkfront_mutex);
+}
+
 static int __init xlblk_init(void)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -2626,6 +2708,15 @@ static int __init xlblk_init(void)
 	if (!xen_domain())
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+	if (!xen_has_pv_disk_devices())
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	if (register_blkdev(XENVBD_MAJOR, DEV_NAME)) {
+		pr_warn("xen_blk: can't get major %d with name %s\n",
+			XENVBD_MAJOR, DEV_NAME);
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
 	if (xen_blkif_max_segments < BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST)
 		xen_blkif_max_segments = BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST;
 
@@ -2641,14 +2732,7 @@ static int __init xlblk_init(void)
 		xen_blkif_max_queues = nr_cpus;
 	}
 
-	if (!xen_has_pv_disk_devices())
-		return -ENODEV;
-
-	if (register_blkdev(XENVBD_MAJOR, DEV_NAME)) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "xen_blk: can't get major %d with name %s\n",
-		       XENVBD_MAJOR, DEV_NAME);
-		return -ENODEV;
-	}
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&blkfront_work, blkfront_delay_work);
 
 	ret = xenbus_register_frontend(&blkfront_driver);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -2663,6 +2747,8 @@ module_init(xlblk_init);
 
 static void __exit xlblk_exit(void)
 {
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&blkfront_work);
+
 	xenbus_unregister_driver(&blkfront_driver);
 	unregister_blkdev(XENVBD_MAJOR, DEV_NAME);
 	kfree(minors);