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.

1 files changed, 72 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/sound/firewire/lib.c b/sound/firewire/lib.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..654e1a605
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sound/firewire/lib.c
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * miscellaneous helper functions
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/firewire.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include "lib.h"
+
+#define ERROR_RETRY_DELAY_MS	20
+
+/**
+ * snd_fw_transaction - send a request and wait for its completion
+ * @unit: the driver's unit on the target device
+ * @tcode: the transaction code
+ * @offset: the address in the target's address space
+ * @buffer: input/output data
+ * @length: length of @buffer
+ * @flags: use %FW_FIXED_GENERATION and add the generation value to attempt the
+ *         request only in that generation; use %FW_QUIET to suppress error
+ *         messages
+ *
+ * Submits an asynchronous request to the target device, and waits for the
+ * response.  The node ID and the current generation are derived from @unit.
+ * On a bus reset or an error, the transaction is retried a few times.
+ * Returns zero on success, or a negative error code.
+ */
+int snd_fw_transaction(struct fw_unit *unit, int tcode,
+		       u64 offset, void *buffer, size_t length,
+		       unsigned int flags)
+{
+	struct fw_device *device = fw_parent_device(unit);
+	int generation, rcode, tries = 0;
+
+	generation = flags & FW_GENERATION_MASK;
+	for (;;) {
+		if (!(flags & FW_FIXED_GENERATION)) {
+			generation = device->generation;
+			smp_rmb(); /* node_id vs. generation */
+		}
+		rcode = fw_run_transaction(device->card, tcode,
+					   device->node_id, generation,
+					   device->max_speed, offset,
+					   buffer, length);
+
+		if (rcode == RCODE_COMPLETE)
+			return 0;
+
+		if (rcode == RCODE_GENERATION && (flags & FW_FIXED_GENERATION))
+			return -EAGAIN;
+
+		if (rcode_is_permanent_error(rcode) || ++tries >= 3) {
+			if (!(flags & FW_QUIET))
+				dev_err(&unit->device,
+					"transaction failed: %s\n",
+					fw_rcode_string(rcode));
+			return -EIO;
+		}
+
+		msleep(ERROR_RETRY_DELAY_MS);
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(snd_fw_transaction);
+
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("FireWire audio helper functions");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");