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

Pull RCU changes from Ingo Molnar:
 "SRCU changes:

   - These include debugging aids, updates that move towards the goal of
     permitting srcu_read_lock() and srcu_read_unlock() to be used from
     idle and offline CPUs, and a few small fixes.

  Changes to rcutorture and to RCU documentation:

   - Posted to LKML at https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/1/26/188

  Enhancements to uniprocessor handling in tiny RCU:

   - Posted to LKML at https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/1/27/2

  Tag RCU callbacks with grace-period number to simplify callback
  advancement:

   - Posted to LKML at https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/1/26/203

  Miscellaneous fixes:

   - Posted to LKML at https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/1/26/204"

* 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (27 commits)
  srcu: use ACCESS_ONCE() to access sp->completed in srcu_read_lock()
  srcu: Update synchronize_srcu_expedited()'s comments
  srcu: Update synchronize_srcu()'s comments
  srcu: Remove checks preventing idle CPUs from calling srcu_read_lock()
  srcu: Remove checks preventing offline CPUs from calling srcu_read_lock()
  srcu: Simple cleanup for cleanup_srcu_struct()
  srcu: Add might_sleep() annotation to synchronize_srcu()
  srcu: Simplify __srcu_read_unlock() via this_cpu_dec()
  rcu: Allow rcutorture to be built at low optimization levels
  rcu: Make rcutorture's shuffler task shuffle recently added tasks
  rcu: Allow TREE_PREEMPT_RCU on UP systems
  rcu: Provide RCU CPU stall warnings for tiny RCU
  context_tracking: Add comments on interface and internals
  rcu: Remove obsolete Kconfig option from comment
  rcu: Remove unused code originally used for context tracking
  rcu: Consolidate debugging Kconfig options
  rcu: Correct 'optimized' to 'optimize' in header comment
  rcu: Trace callback acceleration
  rcu: Tag callback lists with corresponding grace-period number
  rcutorture: Don't compare ptr with 0
  ...

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diff --git a/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt b/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt
index 27f2b21a9d5cd..d9ca5be9b471d 100644
--- a/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt
+++ b/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt
@@ -253,6 +253,8 @@ This performs an atomic exchange operation on the atomic variable v, setting
 the given new value.  It returns the old value that the atomic variable v had
 just before the operation.
 
+atomic_xchg requires explicit memory barriers around the operation.
+
 	int atomic_cmpxchg(atomic_t *v, int old, int new);
 
 This performs an atomic compare exchange operation on the atomic value v,
diff --git a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
index 3c4e1b3b80a1f..fa5d8a9ae2051 100644
--- a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
@@ -1685,6 +1685,7 @@ explicit lock operations, described later).  These include:
 
 	xchg();
 	cmpxchg();
+	atomic_xchg();
 	atomic_cmpxchg();
 	atomic_inc_return();
 	atomic_dec_return();