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:

   - Expedited grace-period changes, most notably avoiding having user
     threads drive expedited grace periods, using a workqueue instead.

   - Miscellaneous fixes, including a performance fix for lists that was
     sent with the lists modifications.

   - CPU hotplug updates, most notably providing exact CPU-online
     tracking for RCU. This will in turn allow removal of the checks
     supporting RCU's prior heuristic that was based on the assumption
     that CPUs would take no longer than one jiffy to come online.

   - Torture-test updates.

   - Documentation updates"

* 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (22 commits)
  list: Expand list_first_entry_or_null()
  torture: TOROUT_STRING(): Insert a space between flag and message
  rcuperf: Consistently insert space between flag and message
  rcutorture: Print out barrier error as document says
  torture: Add task state to writer-task stall printk()s
  torture: Convert torture_shutdown() to hrtimer
  rcutorture: Convert to hotplug state machine
  cpu/hotplug: Get rid of CPU_STARTING reference
  rcu: Provide exact CPU-online tracking for RCU
  rcu: Avoid redundant quiescent-state chasing
  rcu: Don't use modular infrastructure in non-modular code
  sched: Make wake_up_nohz_cpu() handle CPUs going offline
  rcu: Use rcu_gp_kthread_wake() to wake up grace period kthreads
  rcu: Use RCU's online-CPU state for expedited IPI retry
  rcu: Exclude RCU-offline CPUs from expedited grace periods
  rcu: Make expedited RCU CPU stall warnings respond to controls
  rcu: Stop disabling expedited RCU CPU stall warnings
  rcu: Drive expedited grace periods from workqueue
  rcu: Consolidate expedited grace period machinery
  documentation: Record reason for rcu_head two-byte alignment
  ...

kernel/sched/core.c

@@ -581,6 +581,8 @@ static bool wake_up_full_nohz_cpu(int cpu)
 	 * If needed we can still optimize that later with an
 	 * empty IRQ.
 	 */
+	if (cpu_is_offline(cpu))
+		return true;  /* Don't try to wake offline CPUs. */
 	if (tick_nohz_full_cpu(cpu)) {
 		if (cpu != smp_processor_id() ||
 		    tick_nohz_tick_stopped())
@@ -591,6 +593,11 @@ static bool wake_up_full_nohz_cpu(int cpu)
 	return false;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Wake up the specified CPU.  If the CPU is going offline, it is the
+ * caller's responsibility to deal with the lost wakeup, for example,
+ * by hooking into the CPU_DEAD notifier like timers and hrtimers do.
+ */
 void wake_up_nohz_cpu(int cpu)
 {
 	if (!wake_up_full_nohz_cpu(cpu))