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/lib/Kconfig.kfence b/lib/Kconfig.kfence
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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+config HAVE_ARCH_KFENCE
+	bool
+
+menuconfig KFENCE
+	bool "KFENCE: low-overhead sampling-based memory safety error detector"
+	depends on HAVE_ARCH_KFENCE
+	select STACKTRACE
+	select IRQ_WORK
+	help
+	  KFENCE is a low-overhead sampling-based detector of heap out-of-bounds
+	  access, use-after-free, and invalid-free errors. KFENCE is designed
+	  to have negligible cost to permit enabling it in production
+	  environments.
+
+	  See <file:Documentation/dev-tools/kfence.rst> for more details.
+
+	  Note that, KFENCE is not a substitute for explicit testing with tools
+	  such as KASAN. KFENCE can detect a subset of bugs that KASAN can
+	  detect, albeit at very different performance profiles. If you can
+	  afford to use KASAN, continue using KASAN, for example in test
+	  environments. If your kernel targets production use, and cannot
+	  enable KASAN due to its cost, consider using KFENCE.
+
+if KFENCE
+
+config KFENCE_SAMPLE_INTERVAL
+	int "Default sample interval in milliseconds"
+	default 100
+	help
+	  The KFENCE sample interval determines the frequency with which heap
+	  allocations will be guarded by KFENCE. May be overridden via boot
+	  parameter "kfence.sample_interval".
+
+	  Set this to 0 to disable KFENCE by default, in which case only
+	  setting "kfence.sample_interval" to a non-zero value enables KFENCE.
+
+config KFENCE_NUM_OBJECTS
+	int "Number of guarded objects available"
+	range 1 65535
+	default 255
+	help
+	  The number of guarded objects available. For each KFENCE object, 2
+	  pages are required; with one containing the object and two adjacent
+	  ones used as guard pages.
+
+config KFENCE_DEFERRABLE
+	bool "Use a deferrable timer to trigger allocations"
+	help
+	  Use a deferrable timer to trigger allocations. This avoids forcing
+	  CPU wake-ups if the system is idle, at the risk of a less predictable
+	  sample interval.
+
+	  Warning: The KUnit test suite fails with this option enabled - due to
+	  the unpredictability of the sample interval!
+
+	  Say N if you are unsure.
+
+config KFENCE_STATIC_KEYS
+	bool "Use static keys to set up allocations" if EXPERT
+	depends on JUMP_LABEL
+	help
+	  Use static keys (static branches) to set up KFENCE allocations. This
+	  option is only recommended when using very large sample intervals, or
+	  performance has carefully been evaluated with this option.
+
+	  Using static keys comes with trade-offs that need to be carefully
+	  evaluated given target workloads and system architectures. Notably,
+	  enabling and disabling static keys invoke IPI broadcasts, the latency
+	  and impact of which is much harder to predict than a dynamic branch.
+
+	  Say N if you are unsure.
+
+config KFENCE_STRESS_TEST_FAULTS
+	int "Stress testing of fault handling and error reporting" if EXPERT
+	default 0
+	help
+	  The inverse probability with which to randomly protect KFENCE object
+	  pages, resulting in spurious use-after-frees. The main purpose of
+	  this option is to stress test KFENCE with concurrent error reports
+	  and allocations/frees. A value of 0 disables stress testing logic.
+
+	  Only for KFENCE testing; set to 0 if you are not a KFENCE developer.
+
+config KFENCE_KUNIT_TEST
+	tristate "KFENCE integration test suite" if !KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
+	default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
+	depends on TRACEPOINTS && KUNIT
+	help
+	  Test suite for KFENCE, testing various error detection scenarios with
+	  various allocation types, and checking that reports are correctly
+	  output to console.
+
+	  Say Y here if you want the test to be built into the kernel and run
+	  during boot; say M if you want the test to build as a module; say N
+	  if you are unsure.
+
+endif # KFENCE