Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull RCU updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "The main changes in this cycle were:

   - documentation updates

   - miscellaneous fixes

   - minor reorganization of code

   - torture-test updates"

* 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (30 commits)
  rcu: Correctly handle sparse possible cpus
  rcu: sysctl: Panic on RCU Stall
  rcu: Fix a typo in a comment
  rcu: Make call_rcu_tasks() tolerate first call with irqs disabled
  rcu: Disable TASKS_RCU for usermode Linux
  rcu: No ordering for rcu_assign_pointer() of NULL
  rcutorture: Fix error return code in rcu_perf_init()
  torture: Inflict default jitter
  rcuperf: Don't treat gp_exp mis-setting as a WARN
  rcutorture: Drop "-soundhw pcspkr" from x86 boot arguments
  rcutorture: Don't specify the cpu type of QEMU on PPC
  rcutorture: Make -soundhw a x86 specific option
  rcutorture: Use vmlinux as the fallback kernel image
  rcutorture/doc: Create initrd using dracut
  torture: Stop onoff task if there is only one cpu
  torture: Add starvation events to error summary
  torture:  Break online and offline functions out of torture_onoff()
  torture: Forgive lengthy trace dumps and preemption
  torture: Remove CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST_RUNNABLE, simplify code
  torture: Simplify code, eliminate RCU_PERF_TEST_RUNNABLE
  ...

3 files changed, 22 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 94aa10ffe156..c42082112ec8 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ extern int panic_on_oops;
 extern int panic_on_unrecovered_nmi;
 extern int panic_on_io_nmi;
 extern int panic_on_warn;
+extern int sysctl_panic_on_rcu_stall;
 extern int sysctl_panic_on_stackoverflow;
 
 extern bool crash_kexec_post_notifiers;
diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 5f1533e3d032..3bc5de08c0b7 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #include <linux/bug.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/ktime.h>
+#include <linux/irqflags.h>
 
 #include <asm/barrier.h>
 
@@ -379,12 +380,13 @@ static inline void rcu_init_nohz(void)
  * in the inner idle loop.
  *
  * This macro provides the way out:  RCU_NONIDLE(do_something_with_RCU())
- * will tell RCU that it needs to pay attending, invoke its argument
- * (in this example, a call to the do_something_with_RCU() function),
+ * will tell RCU that it needs to pay attention, invoke its argument
+ * (in this example, calling the do_something_with_RCU() function),
  * and then tell RCU to go back to ignoring this CPU.  It is permissible
- * to nest RCU_NONIDLE() wrappers, but the nesting level is currently
- * quite limited.  If deeper nesting is required, it will be necessary
- * to adjust DYNTICK_TASK_NESTING_VALUE accordingly.
+ * to nest RCU_NONIDLE() wrappers, but not indefinitely (but the limit is
+ * on the order of a million or so, even on 32-bit systems).  It is
+ * not legal to block within RCU_NONIDLE(), nor is it permissible to
+ * transfer control either into or out of RCU_NONIDLE()'s statement.
  */
 #define RCU_NONIDLE(a) \
 	do { \
@@ -649,7 +651,16 @@ static inline void rcu_preempt_sleep_check(void)
  * please be careful when making changes to rcu_assign_pointer() and the
  * other macros that it invokes.
  */
-#define rcu_assign_pointer(p, v) smp_store_release(&p, RCU_INITIALIZER(v))
+#define rcu_assign_pointer(p, v)					      \
+({									      \
+	uintptr_t _r_a_p__v = (uintptr_t)(v);				      \
+									      \
+	if (__builtin_constant_p(v) && (_r_a_p__v) == (uintptr_t)NULL)	      \
+		WRITE_ONCE((p), (typeof(p))(_r_a_p__v));		      \
+	else								      \
+		smp_store_release(&p, RCU_INITIALIZER((typeof(p))_r_a_p__v)); \
+	_r_a_p__v;							      \
+})
 
 /**
  * rcu_access_pointer() - fetch RCU pointer with no dereferencing
diff --git a/include/linux/torture.h b/include/linux/torture.h
index 7759fc3c622d..6685a73736a2 100644
--- a/include/linux/torture.h
+++ b/include/linux/torture.h
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@
 	do { if (verbose) pr_alert("%s" TORTURE_FLAG "!!! %s\n", torture_type, s); } while (0)
 
 /* Definitions for online/offline exerciser. */
+bool torture_offline(int cpu, long *n_onl_attempts, long *n_onl_successes,
+		     unsigned long *sum_offl, int *min_onl, int *max_onl);
+bool torture_online(int cpu, long *n_onl_attempts, long *n_onl_successes,
+		    unsigned long *sum_onl, int *min_onl, int *max_onl);
 int torture_onoff_init(long ooholdoff, long oointerval);
 void torture_onoff_stats(void);
 bool torture_onoff_failures(void);