Merge branches 'expcb.2026.07.24a', 'misc.2026.07.30a', 'rcu-tasks.2026.07.30a', 'srcu.2026.08.11a' and 'torture.2026.08.14a' into HEADgrafted

Changes:

Make expedited grace periods expedite normal RCU callbacks

Miscellaneous fixes:
 * Improve diagnostic output with character task states.
 * Mark accesses to inform KCSAN of concurrency design.
 * Move from kmalloc() to kmalloc_obj().
 * Documentation updates.
 * Improve handling of RCU deferred quiescent states.
 * Clean up unused function arguments and structure fields.
 * Reduce show_rcu_gp_kthreads() stack space.

Tasks RCU updates:
 * Clean up after SRCU re-implementation of Tasks Trace RCU.
 * Mark accesses to inform KCSAN of concurrency design.
 * Add ->lazy_timer status to diagnostic output.
 * Remove an unnecessary memory barrier.
 * Fix a data race, courtesy of KCSAN.
 * Documentation updates.
 * Convert cond_resched_tasks_rcu_qs() from macro to static inline
   function.

SRCU updates:
 * Add Rust helpers for SRCU.
 * Avoid losing queued work at cleanup_srcu_struct() time.

Torture-test updates:
 * Preparation work for immediate RCU priority deboosting.
 * Test RCU readers from real interrupt handlers (as opposed to softirq).
 * Simplify code through use of cpumask_next_wrap().
 * Improve diagnostic output with character task states.
 * Add rcutorture.nwriters parameter to allow lightweight stall testing,
   and rcutorture.stall_only to make doing so easier.
 * Test an RCU Tasks Trace grace period implying an RCU grace period.
 * Make RCU Tasks Trace torturing track reader batches.
 * Fix a data race, courtesy of KCSAN.
 * Plug a shuffle_tmp_mask memory leak on kthread spawn failure.

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+.. raw:: latex
+
+	\renewcommand\thesection*
+	\renewcommand\thesubsection*
+
+.. _process_index:
+
+=============================================
+Working with the kernel development community
+=============================================
+
+So you want to be a Linux kernel developer?  Welcome!  While there is a lot
+to be learned about the kernel in a technical sense, it is also important
+to learn about how our community works.  Reading these documents will make
+it much easier for you to get your changes merged with a minimum of
+trouble.
+
+An introduction to how kernel development works
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+Read these documents first: an understanding of the material here will ease
+your entry into the kernel community.
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   howto
+   development-process
+   submitting-patches
+   submit-checklist
+
+Tools and technical guides for kernel developers
+------------------------------------------------
+
+This is a collection of material that kernel developers should be familiar
+with.
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   changes
+   programming-language
+   coding-style
+   maintainer-pgp-guide
+   email-clients
+   applying-patches
+   backporting
+   adding-syscalls
+   volatile-considered-harmful
+   botching-up-ioctls
+
+Policy guides and developer statements
+--------------------------------------
+
+These are the rules that we try to live by in the kernel community (and
+beyond).
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   license-rules
+   code-of-conduct
+   code-of-conduct-interpretation
+   contribution-maturity-model
+   kernel-enforcement-statement
+   kernel-driver-statement
+   stable-api-nonsense
+   stable-kernel-rules
+   management-style
+   researcher-guidelines
+   generated-content
+   coding-assistants
+   conclave
+
+Dealing with bugs
+-----------------
+
+Bugs are a fact of life; it is important that we handle them properly. The
+documents below provide general advice about debugging and describe our
+policies around the handling of a couple of special classes of bugs:
+regressions and security problems.
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   debugging/index
+   handling-regressions
+   security-bugs
+   threat-model
+   cve
+   embargoed-hardware-issues
+
+Maintainer information
+----------------------
+
+How to find the people who will accept your patches.
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   maintainer-handbooks
+   maintainers
+
+Other material
+--------------
+
+Here are some other guides to the community that are of interest to most
+developers:
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   kernel-docs
+   deprecated