rcu: Add full-sized polling for start_poll_expedited()

The start_poll_synchronize_rcu_expedited() API compresses the combined
expedited and normal grace-period states into a single unsigned long,
which conserves storage, but can miss grace periods in certain cases
involving overlapping normal and expedited grace periods.  Missing the
occasional grace period is usually not a problem, but there are use
cases that care about each and every grace period.

This commit therefore adds yet another member of the
full-state RCU grace-period polling API, which is the
start_poll_synchronize_rcu_expedited_full() function.  This uses up to
three times the storage (rcu_gp_oldstate structure instead of unsigned
long), but is guaranteed not to miss grace periods.

[ paulmck: Apply feedback from kernel test robot and Julia Lawall. ]

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/rcutiny.h b/include/linux/rcutiny.h
index 6bc30e46a819..653e35777a99 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcutiny.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcutiny.h
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ static inline unsigned long start_poll_synchronize_rcu_expedited(void)
 	return start_poll_synchronize_rcu();
 }
 
+static inline void start_poll_synchronize_rcu_expedited_full(struct rcu_gp_oldstate *rgosp)
+{
+	rgosp->rgos_norm = start_poll_synchronize_rcu_expedited();
+}
+
 static inline void cond_synchronize_rcu_expedited(unsigned long oldstate)
 {
 	cond_synchronize_rcu(oldstate);