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diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
index af7c19439f4e..350ebf5051f9 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tasks.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ typedef void (*holdouts_func_t)(struct list_head *hop, bool ndrpt, bool *frptp);
typedef void (*postgp_func_t)(struct rcu_tasks *rtp);
/**
- * Definition for a Tasks-RCU-like mechanism.
+ * struct rcu_tasks - Definition for a Tasks-RCU-like mechanism.
* @cbs_head: Head of callback list.
* @cbs_tail: Tail pointer for callback list.
* @cbs_wq: Wait queue allowning new callback to get kthread's attention.
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ typedef void (*postgp_func_t)(struct rcu_tasks *rtp);
* @pregp_func: This flavor's pre-grace-period function (optional).
* @pertask_func: This flavor's per-task scan function (optional).
* @postscan_func: This flavor's post-task scan function (optional).
- * @holdout_func: This flavor's holdout-list scan function (optional).
+ * @holdouts_func: This flavor's holdout-list scan function (optional).
* @postgp_func: This flavor's post-grace-period function (optional).
* @call_func: This flavor's call_rcu()-equivalent function.
* @name: This flavor's textual name.
@@ -726,6 +726,42 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(show_rcu_tasks_rude_gp_kthread);
// flavors, rcu_preempt and rcu_sched. The fact that RCU Tasks Trace
// readers can operate from idle, offline, and exception entry/exit in no
// way allows rcu_preempt and rcu_sched readers to also do so.
+//
+// The implementation uses rcu_tasks_wait_gp(), which relies on function
+// pointers in the rcu_tasks structure. The rcu_spawn_tasks_trace_kthread()
+// function sets these function pointers up so that rcu_tasks_wait_gp()
+// invokes these functions in this order:
+//
+// rcu_tasks_trace_pregp_step():
+// Initialize the count of readers and block CPU-hotplug operations.
+// rcu_tasks_trace_pertask(), invoked on every non-idle task:
+// Initialize per-task state and attempt to identify an immediate
+// quiescent state for that task, or, failing that, attempt to
+// set that task's .need_qs flag so that task's next outermost
+// rcu_read_unlock_trace() will report the quiescent state (in which
+// case the count of readers is incremented). If both attempts fail,
+// the task is added to a "holdout" list.
+// rcu_tasks_trace_postscan():
+// Initialize state and attempt to identify an immediate quiescent
+// state as above (but only for idle tasks), unblock CPU-hotplug
+// operations, and wait for an RCU grace period to avoid races with
+// tasks that are in the process of exiting.
+// check_all_holdout_tasks_trace(), repeatedly until holdout list is empty:
+// Scans the holdout list, attempting to identify a quiescent state
+// for each task on the list. If there is a quiescent state, the
+// corresponding task is removed from the holdout list.
+// rcu_tasks_trace_postgp():
+// Wait for the count of readers do drop to zero, reporting any stalls.
+// Also execute full memory barriers to maintain ordering with code
+// executing after the grace period.
+//
+// The exit_tasks_rcu_finish_trace() synchronizes with exiting tasks.
+//
+// Pre-grace-period update-side code is ordered before the grace
+// period via the ->cbs_lock and barriers in rcu_tasks_kthread().
+// Pre-grace-period read-side code is ordered before the grace period by
+// atomic_dec_and_test() of the count of readers (for IPIed readers) and by
+// scheduler context-switch ordering (for locked-down non-running readers).
// The lockdep state must be outside of #ifdef to be useful.
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC