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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diff --git a/drivers/fwctl/Kconfig b/drivers/fwctl/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1b1925bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/fwctl/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+menuconfig FWCTL
+	tristate "fwctl device firmware access framework"
+	help
+	  fwctl provides a userspace API for restricted access to communicate
+	  with on-device firmware. The communication channel is intended to
+	  support a wide range of lockdown compatible device behaviors including
+	  manipulating device FLASH, debugging, and other activities that don't
+	  fit neatly into an existing subsystem.
+
+if FWCTL
+config FWCTL_BNXT
+	tristate "bnxt control fwctl driver"
+	depends on BNXT
+	help
+	  BNXT provides interface for the user process to access the debug and
+	  configuration registers of the Broadcom NIC hardware family.
+	  This will allow configuration and debug tools to work out of the box on
+	  mainstream kernel.
+
+	  If you don't know what to do here, say N.
+
+config FWCTL_MLX5
+	tristate "mlx5 ConnectX control fwctl driver"
+	depends on MLX5_CORE
+	help
+	  MLX5 provides interface for the user process to access the debug and
+	  configuration registers of the ConnectX hardware family
+	  (NICs, PCI switches and SmartNIC SoCs).
+	  This will allow configuration and debug tools to work out of the box on
+	  mainstream kernel.
+
+	  If you don't know what to do here, say N.
+
+config FWCTL_PDS
+	tristate "AMD/Pensando pds fwctl driver"
+	depends on PDS_CORE
+	help
+	  The pds_fwctl driver provides an fwctl interface for a user process
+	  to access the debug and configuration information of the AMD/Pensando
+	  DSC hardware family.
+
+	  If you don't know what to do here, say N.
+endif