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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+Using the mtty vfio-mdev sample code
+====================================
+
+mtty is a sample vfio-mdev driver that demonstrates how to use the mediated
+device framework.
+
+The sample driver creates an mdev device that simulates a serial port over a PCI
+card.
+
+1. Build and load the mtty.ko module.
+
+   This step creates a dummy device, /sys/devices/virtual/mtty/mtty/
+
+   Files in this device directory in sysfs are similar to the following::
+
+     # tree /sys/devices/virtual/mtty/mtty/
+        /sys/devices/virtual/mtty/mtty/
+        |-- mdev_supported_types
+        |   |-- mtty-1
+        |   |   |-- available_instances
+        |   |   |-- create
+        |   |   |-- device_api
+        |   |   |-- devices
+        |   |   `-- name
+        |   `-- mtty-2
+        |       |-- available_instances
+        |       |-- create
+        |       |-- device_api
+        |       |-- devices
+        |       `-- name
+        |-- mtty_dev
+        |   `-- sample_mtty_dev
+        |-- power
+        |   |-- autosuspend_delay_ms
+        |   |-- control
+        |   |-- runtime_active_time
+        |   |-- runtime_status
+        |   `-- runtime_suspended_time
+        |-- subsystem -> ../../../../class/mtty
+        `-- uevent
+
+2. Create a mediated device by using the dummy device that you created in the
+   previous step::
+
+     # echo "83b8f4f2-509f-382f-3c1e-e6bfe0fa1001" >	\
+              /sys/devices/virtual/mtty/mtty/mdev_supported_types/mtty-2/create
+
+3. Add parameters to qemu-kvm::
+
+     -device vfio-pci,\
+      sysfsdev=/sys/bus/mdev/devices/83b8f4f2-509f-382f-3c1e-e6bfe0fa1001
+
+4. Boot the VM.
+
+   In the Linux guest VM, with no hardware on the host, the device appears
+   as  follows::
+
+     # lspci -s 00:05.0 -xxvv
+     00:05.0 Serial controller: Device 4348:3253 (rev 10) (prog-if 02 [16550])
+             Subsystem: Device 4348:3253
+             Physical Slot: 5
+             Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
+     Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
+             Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
+     <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
+             Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
+             Region 0: I/O ports at c150 [size=8]
+             Region 1: I/O ports at c158 [size=8]
+             Kernel driver in use: serial
+     00: 48 43 53 32 01 00 00 02 10 02 00 07 00 00 00 00
+     10: 51 c1 00 00 59 c1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
+     20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 48 43 53 32
+     30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0a 01 00 00
+
+     In the Linux guest VM, dmesg output for the device is as follows:
+
+     serial 0000:00:05.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKA] -> GSI 10 (level, high) -> IRQ 10
+     0000:00:05.0: ttyS1 at I/O 0xc150 (irq = 10) is a 16550A
+     0000:00:05.0: ttyS2 at I/O 0xc158 (irq = 10) is a 16550A
+
+
+5. In the Linux guest VM, check the serial ports::
+
+     # setserial -g /dev/ttyS*
+     /dev/ttyS0, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4
+     /dev/ttyS1, UART: 16550A, Port: 0xc150, IRQ: 10
+     /dev/ttyS2, UART: 16550A, Port: 0xc158, IRQ: 10
+
+6. Using minicom or any terminal emulation program, open port /dev/ttyS1 or
+   /dev/ttyS2 with hardware flow control disabled.
+
+7. Type data on the minicom terminal or send data to the terminal emulation
+   program and read the data.
+
+   Data is loop backed from hosts mtty driver.
+
+8. Destroy the mediated device that you created::
+
+     # echo 1 > /sys/bus/mdev/devices/83b8f4f2-509f-382f-3c1e-e6bfe0fa1001/remove
+