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:

   - Dynamic tick (nohz) updates, perhaps most notably changes to force
     the tick on when needed due to lengthy in-kernel execution on CPUs
     on which RCU is waiting.

   - Linux-kernel memory consistency model updates.

   - Replace rcu_swap_protected() with rcu_prepace_pointer().

   - Torture-test updates.

   - Documentation updates.

   - Miscellaneous fixes"

* 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (51 commits)
  security/safesetid: Replace rcu_swap_protected() with rcu_replace_pointer()
  net/sched: Replace rcu_swap_protected() with rcu_replace_pointer()
  net/netfilter: Replace rcu_swap_protected() with rcu_replace_pointer()
  net/core: Replace rcu_swap_protected() with rcu_replace_pointer()
  bpf/cgroup: Replace rcu_swap_protected() with rcu_replace_pointer()
  fs/afs: Replace rcu_swap_protected() with rcu_replace_pointer()
  drivers/scsi: Replace rcu_swap_protected() with rcu_replace_pointer()
  drm/i915: Replace rcu_swap_protected() with rcu_replace_pointer()
  x86/kvm/pmu: Replace rcu_swap_protected() with rcu_replace_pointer()
  rcu: Upgrade rcu_swap_protected() to rcu_replace_pointer()
  rcu: Suppress levelspread uninitialized messages
  rcu: Fix uninitialized variable in nocb_gp_wait()
  rcu: Update descriptions for rcu_future_grace_period tracepoint
  rcu: Update descriptions for rcu_nocb_wake tracepoint
  rcu: Remove obsolete descriptions for rcu_barrier tracepoint
  rcu: Ensure that ->rcu_urgent_qs is set before resched IPI
  workqueue: Convert for_each_wq to use built-in list check
  rcu: Several rcu_segcblist functions can be static
  rcu: Remove unused function hlist_bl_del_init_rcu()
  Documentation: Rename rcu_node_context_switch() to rcu_note_context_switch()
  ...

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diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 75a2eded7aa2..185dd9736863 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -383,6 +383,24 @@ do {									      \
 } while (0)
 
 /**
+ * rcu_replace_pointer() - replace an RCU pointer, returning its old value
+ * @rcu_ptr: RCU pointer, whose old value is returned
+ * @ptr: regular pointer
+ * @c: the lockdep conditions under which the dereference will take place
+ *
+ * Perform a replacement, where @rcu_ptr is an RCU-annotated
+ * pointer and @c is the lockdep argument that is passed to the
+ * rcu_dereference_protected() call used to read that pointer.  The old
+ * value of @rcu_ptr is returned, and @rcu_ptr is set to @ptr.
+ */
+#define rcu_replace_pointer(rcu_ptr, ptr, c)				\
+({									\
+	typeof(ptr) __tmp = rcu_dereference_protected((rcu_ptr), (c));	\
+	rcu_assign_pointer((rcu_ptr), (ptr));				\
+	__tmp;								\
+})
+
+/**
  * rcu_swap_protected() - swap an RCU and a regular pointer
  * @rcu_ptr: RCU pointer
  * @ptr: regular pointer