Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull RCU changes from Ingo Molar:
 "The main changes:

   - torture-test updates
   - callback-offloading changes
   - maintainership changes
   - update RCU documentation
   - miscellaneous fixes"

* 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (32 commits)
  rcu: Allow for NULL tick_nohz_full_mask when nohz_full= missing
  rcu: Fix a sparse warning in rcu_report_unblock_qs_rnp()
  rcu: Fix a sparse warning in rcu_initiate_boost()
  rcu: Fix __rcu_reclaim() to use true/false for bool
  rcu: Remove CONFIG_PROVE_RCU_DELAY
  rcu: Use __this_cpu_read() instead of per_cpu_ptr()
  rcu: Don't use NMIs to dump other CPUs' stacks
  rcu: Bind grace-period kthreads to non-NO_HZ_FULL CPUs
  rcu: Simplify priority boosting by putting rt_mutex in rcu_node
  rcu: Check both root and current rcu_node when setting up future grace period
  rcu: Allow post-unlock reference for rt_mutex
  rcu: Loosen __call_rcu()'s rcu_head alignment constraint
  rcu: Eliminate read-modify-write ACCESS_ONCE() calls
  rcu: Remove redundant ACCESS_ONCE() from tick_do_timer_cpu
  rcu: Make rcu node arrays static const char * const
  signal: Explain local_irq_save() call
  rcu: Handle obsolete references to TINY_PREEMPT_RCU
  rcu: Document deadlock-avoidance information for rcu_read_unlock()
  scripts: Teach get_maintainer.pl about the new "R:" tag
  rcu: Update rcu torture maintainership filename patterns
  ...

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 7a638aa3545b..12132e433e30 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -1131,20 +1131,6 @@ config PROVE_RCU_REPEATEDLY
 
          Say N if you are unsure.
 
-config PROVE_RCU_DELAY
-        bool "RCU debugging: preemptible RCU race provocation"
-        depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PREEMPT_RCU
-        default n
-        help
-         There is a class of races that involve an unlikely preemption
-         of __rcu_read_unlock() just after ->rcu_read_lock_nesting has
-         been set to INT_MIN.  This feature inserts a delay at that
-         point to increase the probability of these races.
-
-         Say Y to increase probability of preemption of __rcu_read_unlock().
-
-         Say N if you are unsure.
-
 config SPARSE_RCU_POINTER
         bool "RCU debugging: sparse-based checks for pointer usage"
         default n