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.

1 files changed, 43 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/Makefile b/drivers/char/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a46d7bf7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/char/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#
+# Makefile for the kernel character device drivers.
+#
+
+obj-y				+= mem.o random.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_TTY_PRINTK)	+= ttyprintk.o
+obj-y				+= misc.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_TEST_MISC_MINOR)	+= misc_minor_kunit.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_ATARI_DSP56K)	+= dsp56k.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_VIRTIO_CONSOLE)	+= virtio_console.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_UV_MMTIMER)	+= uv_mmtimer.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_IBM_BSR)		+= bsr.o
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_PRINTER)		+= lp.o
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_APM_EMULATION)	+= apm-emulation.o
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_SONYPI)		+= sonypi.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_HPET)		+= hpet.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_XILINX_HWICAP)	+= xilinx_hwicap/
+obj-$(CONFIG_NVRAM)		+= nvram.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_TOSHIBA)		+= toshiba.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_DS1620)		+= ds1620.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_HW_RANDOM)		+= hw_random/
+obj-$(CONFIG_PPDEV)		+= ppdev.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_NWBUTTON)		+= nwbutton.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_NWFLASH)		+= nwflash.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SCx200_GPIO)	+= scx200_gpio.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_PC8736x_GPIO)	+= pc8736x_gpio.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_NSC_GPIO)		+= nsc_gpio.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_TELCLOCK)		+= tlclk.o
+
+obj-y				+= agp/
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_HANGCHECK_TIMER)	+= hangcheck-timer.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_TCG_TPM)		+= tpm/
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_PS3_FLASH)		+= ps3flash.o
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_XILLYBUS_CLASS)	+= xillybus/
+obj-$(CONFIG_POWERNV_OP_PANEL)	+= powernv-op-panel.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_ADI)		+= adi.o