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/md/dm-path-selector.h b/drivers/md/dm-path-selector.h
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+++ b/drivers/md/dm-path-selector.h
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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 Sistina Software.
+ * Copyright (C) 2004 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Module Author: Heinz Mauelshagen
+ *
+ * This file is released under the GPL.
+ *
+ * Path-Selector registration.
+ */
+
+#ifndef	DM_PATH_SELECTOR_H
+#define	DM_PATH_SELECTOR_H
+
+#include <linux/device-mapper.h>
+
+#include "dm-mpath.h"
+
+/*
+ * We provide an abstraction for the code that chooses which path
+ * to send some io down.
+ */
+struct path_selector_type;
+struct path_selector {
+	struct path_selector_type *type;
+	void *context;
+};
+
+/*
+ * If a path selector uses this flag, a high resolution timer is used
+ * (via ktime_get_ns) to account for IO start time in BIO-based mpath.
+ * This improves performance of some path selectors (i.e. HST), in
+ * exchange for slightly higher overhead when submitting the BIO.
+ * The extra cost is usually offset by improved path selection for
+ * some benchmarks.
+ *
+ * This has no effect for request-based mpath, since it already uses a
+ * higher precision timer by default.
+ */
+#define DM_PS_USE_HR_TIMER		0x00000001
+#define dm_ps_use_hr_timer(type)	((type)->features & DM_PS_USE_HR_TIMER)
+
+/* Information about a path selector type */
+struct path_selector_type {
+	char *name;
+	struct module *module;
+
+	unsigned int features;
+	unsigned int table_args;
+	unsigned int info_args;
+
+	/*
+	 * Constructs a path selector object, takes custom arguments
+	 */
+	int (*create)(struct path_selector *ps, unsigned int argc, char **argv);
+	void (*destroy)(struct path_selector *ps);
+
+	/*
+	 * Add an opaque path object, along with some selector specific
+	 * path args (eg, path priority).
+	 */
+	int (*add_path)(struct path_selector *ps, struct dm_path *path,
+			int argc, char **argv, char **error);
+
+	/*
+	 * Chooses a path for this io, if no paths are available then
+	 * NULL will be returned.
+	 */
+	struct dm_path *(*select_path)(struct path_selector *ps, size_t nr_bytes);
+
+	/*
+	 * Notify the selector that a path has failed.
+	 */
+	void (*fail_path)(struct path_selector *ps, struct dm_path *p);
+
+	/*
+	 * Ask selector to reinstate a path.
+	 */
+	int (*reinstate_path)(struct path_selector *ps, struct dm_path *p);
+
+	/*
+	 * Table content based on parameters added in ps_add_path_fn
+	 * or path selector status
+	 */
+	int (*status)(struct path_selector *ps, struct dm_path *path,
+		      status_type_t type, char *result, unsigned int maxlen);
+
+	int (*start_io)(struct path_selector *ps, struct dm_path *path,
+			size_t nr_bytes);
+	int (*end_io)(struct path_selector *ps, struct dm_path *path,
+		      size_t nr_bytes, u64 start_time);
+};
+
+/* Register a path selector */
+int dm_register_path_selector(struct path_selector_type *type);
+
+/* Unregister a path selector */
+void dm_unregister_path_selector(struct path_selector_type *type);
+
+/* Returns a registered path selector type */
+struct path_selector_type *dm_get_path_selector(const char *name);
+
+/* Releases a path selector  */
+void dm_put_path_selector(struct path_selector_type *pst);
+
+#endif