Hello!

This series provides documentation updates:

1.      Set down forward-progress requirements.

2.      Clarify RCU data-structure comment about rcu_tree fanout,
        courtesy of Joel Fernandes.

3.      Remove rcu_preempt_state reference in stallwarn, courtesy of
        Joel Fernandes.

4.      Update information about resched_cpu, courtesy of Joel Fernandes.

5.      Remove rcu_dynticks from Data-Structures, courtesy of Joel
        Fernandes.

6.      Update Data-Structures for RCU flavor consolidation, courtesy of
        Joel Fernandes.

7.      Better clarify the rcu_segcblist ->len field, courtesy of Joel
        Fernandes.

8.      Update description of gp_seq fields in rcu_data, courtesy of
        Joel Fernandes.

9.      Document rcutorture forward-progress test kernel parameters.

10.     Update core and full API in whatisRCU, courtesy of Joel Fernandes.

11.     Add more rationale for using rcu_read_lock_sched() in checklist,
        courtesy of Joel Fernandes.

12.     Remove obsolete suggestion from checklist, courtesy of Joel
        Fernandes.

13.     Remove obsolete checklist item about synchronize_rcu() usage,
        courtesy of Joel Fernandes.

14.     Encourage use of rcu_barrier in checklist, courtesy of Joel
        Fernandes.

15.     Make reader aware of rcu_dereference_protected(), courtesy of
        Joel Fernandes.

16.     Remove obsolete (non-)requirement about disabling preemption,
        courtesy of Joel Fernandes.

17.     Make listing in RCU perf/scale requirements use rcu_assign_pointer(),
        courtesy of Joel Fernandes.

18.     RCU scheduler spinlock rcu_read_unlock() restriction remains.

19.     Correct the parameter in stallwarn, courtesy of Joel Fernandes.

20.     Fix "struction" typo in RCU memory-ordering documentation,
        courtesy of Joel Fernandes.

                                                        Thanx, Paul

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 Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/BigTreeClassicRCUBH.svg               
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 Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/BigTreeClassicRCUBHdyntick.svg        
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 Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/BigTreePreemptRCUBHdyntick.svg        
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 b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/BigTreePreemptRCUBHdyntickCB.svg    
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 b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/Data-Structures.html                
 |  177 --
 b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Data-Structures/blkd_task.svg                       
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b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Expedited-Grace-Periods/Expedited-Grace-Periods.html 
|    6 
 b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Memory-Ordering/Tree-RCU-Memory-Ordering.html       
 |    2 
 b/Documentation/RCU/Design/Requirements/Requirements.html                      
 |  206 +-
 b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.txt                                              
 |   49 
 b/Documentation/RCU/stallwarn.txt                                              
 |    7 
 b/Documentation/RCU/whatisRCU.txt                                              
 |   70 
 b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt                              
 |   17 
 13 files changed, 823 insertions(+), 3156 deletions(-)

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