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/rust/syn/lifetime.rs b/rust/syn/lifetime.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..24bec7fe9
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+++ b/rust/syn/lifetime.rs
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
+
+#[cfg(feature = "parsing")]
+use crate::lookahead;
+use proc_macro2::{Ident, Span};
+use std::cmp::Ordering;
+use std::fmt::{self, Display};
+use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
+
+/// A Rust lifetime: `'a`.
+///
+/// Lifetime names must conform to the following rules:
+///
+/// - Must start with an apostrophe.
+/// - Must not consist of just an apostrophe: `'`.
+/// - Character after the apostrophe must be `_` or a Unicode code point with
+///   the XID_Start property.
+/// - All following characters must be Unicode code points with the XID_Continue
+///   property.
+pub struct Lifetime {
+    pub apostrophe: Span,
+    pub ident: Ident,
+}
+
+impl Lifetime {
+    /// # Panics
+    ///
+    /// Panics if the lifetime does not conform to the bulleted rules above.
+    ///
+    /// # Invocation
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # use proc_macro2::Span;
+    /// # use syn::Lifetime;
+    /// #
+    /// # fn f() -> Lifetime {
+    /// Lifetime::new("'a", Span::call_site())
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    pub fn new(symbol: &str, span: Span) -> Self {
+        if !symbol.starts_with('\'') {
+            panic!(
+                "lifetime name must start with apostrophe as in \"'a\", got {:?}",
+                symbol
+            );
+        }
+
+        if symbol == "'" {
+            panic!("lifetime name must not be empty");
+        }
+
+        if !crate::ident::xid_ok(&symbol[1..]) {
+            panic!("{:?} is not a valid lifetime name", symbol);
+        }
+
+        Lifetime {
+            apostrophe: span,
+            ident: Ident::new(&symbol[1..], span),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn span(&self) -> Span {
+        self.apostrophe
+            .join(self.ident.span())
+            .unwrap_or(self.apostrophe)
+    }
+
+    pub fn set_span(&mut self, span: Span) {
+        self.apostrophe = span;
+        self.ident.set_span(span);
+    }
+}
+
+impl Display for Lifetime {
+    fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        "'".fmt(formatter)?;
+        self.ident.fmt(formatter)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Clone for Lifetime {
+    fn clone(&self) -> Self {
+        Lifetime {
+            apostrophe: self.apostrophe,
+            ident: self.ident.clone(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl PartialEq for Lifetime {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &Lifetime) -> bool {
+        self.ident.eq(&other.ident)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Eq for Lifetime {}
+
+impl PartialOrd for Lifetime {
+    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Lifetime) -> Option<Ordering> {
+        Some(self.cmp(other))
+    }
+}
+
+impl Ord for Lifetime {
+    fn cmp(&self, other: &Lifetime) -> Ordering {
+        self.ident.cmp(&other.ident)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Hash for Lifetime {
+    fn hash<H: Hasher>(&self, h: &mut H) {
+        self.ident.hash(h);
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "parsing")]
+pub_if_not_doc! {
+    #[doc(hidden)]
+    #[allow(non_snake_case)]
+    pub fn Lifetime(marker: lookahead::TokenMarker) -> Lifetime {
+        match marker {}
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "parsing")]
+pub(crate) mod parsing {
+    use crate::error::Result;
+    use crate::lifetime::Lifetime;
+    use crate::parse::{Parse, ParseStream};
+
+    #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "parsing")))]
+    impl Parse for Lifetime {
+        fn parse(input: ParseStream) -> Result<Self> {
+            input.step(|cursor| {
+                cursor
+                    .lifetime()
+                    .ok_or_else(|| cursor.error("expected lifetime"))
+            })
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "printing")]
+mod printing {
+    use crate::lifetime::Lifetime;
+    use proc_macro2::{Punct, Spacing, TokenStream};
+    use quote::{ToTokens, TokenStreamExt};
+
+    #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "printing")))]
+    impl ToTokens for Lifetime {
+        fn to_tokens(&self, tokens: &mut TokenStream) {
+            let mut apostrophe = Punct::new('\'', Spacing::Joint);
+            apostrophe.set_span(self.apostrophe);
+            tokens.append(apostrophe);
+            self.ident.to_tokens(tokens);
+        }
+    }
+}