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, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/rcutree.h b/include/linux/rcutree.h
index 8f2e0f0b26f6..7151fd861736 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcutree.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcutree.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ struct rcu_gp_oldstate {
 };
 
 unsigned long start_poll_synchronize_rcu_expedited(void);
+void start_poll_synchronize_rcu_expedited_full(struct rcu_gp_oldstate *rgosp);
 void cond_synchronize_rcu_expedited(unsigned long oldstate);
 unsigned long get_state_synchronize_rcu(void);
 void get_state_synchronize_rcu_full(struct rcu_gp_oldstate *rgosp);