Pull RCU updates from Thomas Gleixner:
"RCU, LKMM and KCSAN updates collected by Paul McKenney.
RCU:
- Avoid cpuinfo-induced IPI pileups and idle-CPU IPIs
- Lockdep-RCU updates reducing the need for __maybe_unused
- Tasks-RCU updates
- Miscellaneous fixes
- Documentation updates
- Torture-test updates
KCSAN:
- updates for selftests, avoiding setting watchpoints on NULL pointers
- fix to watchpoint encoding
LKMM:
- updates for documentation along with some updates to example-code
litmus tests"
* tag 'core-rcu-2020-12-14' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (72 commits)
srcu: Take early exit on memory-allocation failure
rcu/tree: Defer kvfree_rcu() allocation to a clean context
rcu: Do not report strict GPs for outgoing CPUs
rcu: Fix a typo in rcu_blocking_is_gp() header comment
rcu: Prevent lockdep-RCU splats on lock acquisition/release
rcu/tree: nocb: Avoid raising softirq for offloaded ready-to-execute CBs
rcu,ftrace: Fix ftrace recursion
rcu/tree: Make struct kernel_param_ops definitions const
rcu/tree: Add a warning if CPU being onlined did not report QS already
rcu: Clarify nocb kthreads naming in RCU_NOCB_CPU config
rcu: Fix single-CPU check in rcu_blocking_is_gp()
rcu: Implement rcu_segcblist_is_offloaded() config dependent
list.h: Update comment to explicitly note circular lists
rcu: Panic after fixed number of stalls
x86/smpboot: Move rcu_cpu_starting() earlier
rcu: Allow rcu_irq_enter_check_tick() from NMI
tools/memory-model: Label MP tests' producers and consumers
tools/memory-model: Use "buf" and "flag" for message-passing tests
tools/memory-model: Add types to litmus tests
tools/memory-model: Add a glossary of LKMM terms
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