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

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

   - changes permitting use of call_rcu() and friends very early in
     boot, for example, before rcu_init() is invoked.

   - add in-kernel API to enable and disable expediting of normal RCU
     grace periods.

   - improve RCU's handling of (hotplug-) outgoing CPUs.

   - NO_HZ_FULL_SYSIDLE fixes.

   - tiny-RCU updates to make it more tiny.

   - documentation updates.

   - miscellaneous fixes"

* 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (58 commits)
  cpu: Provide smpboot_thread_init() on !CONFIG_SMP kernels as well
  cpu: Defer smpboot kthread unparking until CPU known to scheduler
  rcu: Associate quiescent-state reports with grace period
  rcu: Yet another fix for preemption and CPU hotplug
  rcu: Add diagnostics to grace-period cleanup
  rcutorture: Default to grace-period-initialization delays
  rcu: Handle outgoing CPUs on exit from idle loop
  cpu: Make CPU-offline idle-loop transition point more precise
  rcu: Eliminate ->onoff_mutex from rcu_node structure
  rcu: Process offlining and onlining only at grace-period start
  rcu: Move rcu_report_unblock_qs_rnp() to common code
  rcu: Rework preemptible expedited bitmask handling
  rcu: Remove event tracing from rcu_cpu_notify(), used by offline CPUs
  rcutorture: Enable slow grace-period initializations
  rcu: Provide diagnostic option to slow down grace-period initialization
  rcu: Detect stalls caused by failure to propagate up rcu_node tree
  rcu: Eliminate empty HOTPLUG_CPU ifdef
  rcu: Simplify sync_rcu_preempt_exp_init()
  rcu: Put all orphan-callback-related code under same comment
  rcu: Consolidate offline-CPU callback initialization
  ...

init/Kconfig

@@ -791,6 +791,19 @@ config RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL
 
 endchoice
 
+config RCU_EXPEDITE_BOOT
+	bool
+	default n
+	help
+	  This option enables expedited grace periods at boot time,
+	  as if rcu_expedite_gp() had been invoked early in boot.
+	  The corresponding rcu_unexpedite_gp() is invoked from
+	  rcu_end_inkernel_boot(), which is intended to be invoked
+	  at the end of the kernel-only boot sequence, just before
+	  init is exec'ed.
+
+	  Accept the default if unsure.
+
 endmenu # "RCU Subsystem"
 
 config BUILD_BIN2C

init/main.c

@@ -384,6 +384,7 @@ static noinline void __init_refok rest_init(void)
 	int pid;
 
 	rcu_scheduler_starting();
+	smpboot_thread_init();
 	/*
 	 * We need to spawn init first so that it obtains pid 1, however
 	 * the init task will end up wanting to create kthreads, which, if