diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/torture.txt b/Documentation/RCU/torture.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4c3815
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/torture.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+RCU Torture Test Operation
+
+
+CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST
+
+The CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST config option is available for all RCU
+implementations.  It creates an rcutorture kernel module that can
+be loaded to run a torture test.  The test periodically outputs
+status messages via printk(), which can be examined via the dmesg
+command (perhaps grepping for "rcutorture").  The test is started
+when the module is loaded, and stops when the module is unloaded.
+
+However, actually setting this config option to "y" results in the system
+running the test immediately upon boot, and ending only when the system
+is taken down.  Normally, one will instead want to build the system
+with CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST=m and to use modprobe and rmmod to control
+the test, perhaps using a script similar to the one shown at the end of
+this document.  Note that you will need CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD in order
+to be able to end the test.
+
+
+MODULE PARAMETERS
+
+This module has the following parameters:
+
+nreaders	This is the number of RCU reading threads supported.
+		The default is twice the number of CPUs.  Why twice?
+		To properly exercise RCU implementations with preemptible
+		read-side critical sections.
+
+stat_interval	The number of seconds between output of torture
+		statistics (via printk()).  Regardless of the interval,
+		statistics are printed when the module is unloaded.
+		Setting the interval to zero causes the statistics to
+		be printed -only- when the module is unloaded, and this
+		is the default.
+
+verbose		Enable debug printk()s.  Default is disabled.
+
+
+OUTPUT
+
+The statistics output is as follows:
+
+	rcutorture: --- Start of test: nreaders=16 stat_interval=0 verbose=0
+	rcutorture: rtc: 0000000000000000 ver: 1916 tfle: 0 rta: 1916 rtaf: 0 rtf: 1915
+	rcutorture: Reader Pipe:  1466408 9747 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
+	rcutorture: Reader Batch:  1464477 11678 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
+	rcutorture: Free-Block Circulation:  1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 0
+	rcutorture: --- End of test
+
+The command "dmesg | grep rcutorture:" will extract this information on
+most systems.  On more esoteric configurations, it may be necessary to
+use other commands to access the output of the printk()s used by
+the RCU torture test.  The printk()s use KERN_ALERT, so they should
+be evident.  ;-)
+
+The entries are as follows:
+
+o	"ggp": The number of counter flips (or batches) since boot.
+
+o	"rtc": The hexadecimal address of the structure currently visible
+	to readers.
+
+o	"ver": The number of times since boot that the rcutw writer task
+	has changed the structure visible to readers.
+
+o	"tfle": If non-zero, indicates that the "torture freelist"
+	containing structure to be placed into the "rtc" area is empty.
+	This condition is important, since it can fool you into thinking
+	that RCU is working when it is not.  :-/
+
+o	"rta": Number of structures allocated from the torture freelist.
+
+o	"rtaf": Number of allocations from the torture freelist that have
+	failed due to the list being empty.
+
+o	"rtf": Number of frees into the torture freelist.
+
+o	"Reader Pipe": Histogram of "ages" of structures seen by readers.
+	If any entries past the first two are non-zero, RCU is broken.
+	And rcutorture prints the error flag string "!!!" to make sure
+	you notice.  The age of a newly allocated structure is zero,
+	it becomes one when removed from reader visibility, and is
+	incremented once per grace period subsequently -- and is freed
+	after passing through (RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN-2) grace periods.
+
+	The output displayed above was taken from a correctly working
+	RCU.  If you want to see what it looks like when broken, break
+	it yourself.  ;-)
+
+o	"Reader Batch": Another histogram of "ages" of structures seen
+	by readers, but in terms of counter flips (or batches) rather
+	than in terms of grace periods.  The legal number of non-zero
+	entries is again two.  The reason for this separate view is
+	that it is easier to get the third entry to show up in the
+	"Reader Batch" list than in the "Reader Pipe" list.
+
+o	"Free-Block Circulation": Shows the number of torture structures
+	that have reached a given point in the pipeline.  The first element
+	should closely correspond to the number of structures allocated,
+	the second to the number that have been removed from reader view,
+	and all but the last remaining to the corresponding number of
+	passes through a grace period.  The last entry should be zero,
+	as it is only incremented if a torture structure's counter
+	somehow gets incremented farther than it should.
+
+
+USAGE
+
+The following script may be used to torture RCU:
+
+	#!/bin/sh
+
+	modprobe rcutorture
+	sleep 100
+	rmmod rcutorture
+	dmesg | grep rcutorture:
+
+The output can be manually inspected for the error flag of "!!!".
+One could of course create a more elaborate script that automatically
+checked for such errors.
diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 70191a5..cce2559 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@
 extern void rcu_init(void);
 extern void rcu_check_callbacks(int cpu, int user);
 extern void rcu_restart_cpu(int cpu);
+extern long rcu_batches_completed(void);
 
 /* Exported interfaces */
 extern void FASTCALL(call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head, 
diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index 980b5e4..4f5a145 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_HARDIRQS) += irq/
 obj-$(CONFIG_CRASH_DUMP) += crash_dump.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SECCOMP) += seccomp.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST) += rcutorture.o
 
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_SCHED_NO_NO_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER),y)
 # According to Alan Modra <alan@linuxcare.com.au>, the -fno-omit-frame-pointer is
diff --git a/kernel/rcupdate.c b/kernel/rcupdate.c
index 2559d4b..c4d159a 100644
--- a/kernel/rcupdate.c
+++ b/kernel/rcupdate.c
@@ -154,6 +154,15 @@
 }
 
 /*
+ * Return the number of RCU batches processed thus far.  Useful
+ * for debug and statistics.
+ */
+long rcu_batches_completed(void)
+{
+	return rcu_ctrlblk.completed;
+}
+
+/*
  * Invoke the completed RCU callbacks. They are expected to be in
  * a per-cpu list.
  */
@@ -501,6 +510,7 @@
 }
 
 module_param(maxbatch, int, 0);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_batches_completed);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_rcu);  /* WARNING: GPL-only in April 2006. */
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_rcu_bh);  /* WARNING: GPL-only in April 2006. */
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(synchronize_rcu);
diff --git a/kernel/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcutorture.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b58f1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/rcutorture.c
@@ -0,0 +1,492 @@
+/*
+ * Read-Copy Update /proc-based torture test facility
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) IBM Corporation, 2005
+ *
+ * Authors: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com>
+ *
+ * See also:  Documentation/RCU/torture.txt
+ */
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/smp.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
+#include <linux/interrupt.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <asm/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/bitops.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/completion.h>
+#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
+#include <linux/percpu.h>
+#include <linux/notifier.h>
+#include <linux/rcuref.h>
+#include <linux/cpu.h>
+#include <linux/random.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/byteorder/swabb.h>
+#include <linux/stat.h>
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+
+static int nreaders = -1;	/* # reader threads, defaults to 4*ncpus */
+static int stat_interval = 0;	/* Interval between stats, in seconds. */
+				/*  Defaults to "only at end of test". */
+static int verbose = 0;		/* Print more debug info. */
+
+MODULE_PARM(nreaders, "i");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(nreaders, "Number of RCU reader threads");
+MODULE_PARM(stat_interval, "i");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(stat_interval, "Number of seconds between stats printk()s");
+MODULE_PARM(verbose, "i");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(verbose, "Enable verbose debugging printk()s");
+#define TORTURE_FLAG "rcutorture: "
+#define PRINTK_STRING(s) \
+	do { printk(KERN_ALERT TORTURE_FLAG s "\n"); } while (0)
+#define VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING(s) \
+	do { if (verbose) printk(KERN_ALERT TORTURE_FLAG s "\n"); } while (0)
+#define VERBOSE_PRINTK_ERRSTRING(s) \
+	do { if (verbose) printk(KERN_ALERT TORTURE_FLAG "!!! " s "\n"); } while (0)
+
+static char printk_buf[4096];
+
+static int nrealreaders;
+static struct task_struct *writer_task;
+static struct task_struct **reader_tasks;
+static struct task_struct *stats_task;
+
+#define RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN 10
+
+struct rcu_torture {
+	struct rcu_head rtort_rcu;
+	int rtort_pipe_count;
+	struct list_head rtort_free;
+};
+
+static int fullstop = 0;	/* stop generating callbacks at test end. */
+static LIST_HEAD(rcu_torture_freelist);
+static struct rcu_torture *rcu_torture_current = NULL;
+static long rcu_torture_current_version = 0;
+static struct rcu_torture rcu_tortures[10 * RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN];
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(rcu_torture_lock);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(long [RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN + 1], rcu_torture_count) =
+	{ 0 };
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(long [RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN + 1], rcu_torture_batch) =
+	{ 0 };
+static atomic_t rcu_torture_wcount[RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN + 1];
+atomic_t n_rcu_torture_alloc;
+atomic_t n_rcu_torture_alloc_fail;
+atomic_t n_rcu_torture_free;
+
+/*
+ * Allocate an element from the rcu_tortures pool.
+ */
+struct rcu_torture *
+rcu_torture_alloc(void)
+{
+	struct list_head *p;
+
+	spin_lock(&rcu_torture_lock);
+	if (list_empty(&rcu_torture_freelist)) {
+		atomic_inc(&n_rcu_torture_alloc_fail);
+		spin_unlock(&rcu_torture_lock);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	atomic_inc(&n_rcu_torture_alloc);
+	p = rcu_torture_freelist.next;
+	list_del_init(p);
+	spin_unlock(&rcu_torture_lock);
+	return container_of(p, struct rcu_torture, rtort_free);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Free an element to the rcu_tortures pool.
+ */
+static void
+rcu_torture_free(struct rcu_torture *p)
+{
+	atomic_inc(&n_rcu_torture_free);
+	spin_lock(&rcu_torture_lock);
+	list_add_tail(&p->rtort_free, &rcu_torture_freelist);
+	spin_unlock(&rcu_torture_lock);
+}
+
+static void
+rcu_torture_cb(struct rcu_head *p)
+{
+	int i;
+	struct rcu_torture *rp = container_of(p, struct rcu_torture, rtort_rcu);
+
+	if (fullstop) {
+		/* Test is ending, just drop callbacks on the floor. */
+		/* The next initialization will pick up the pieces. */
+		return;
+	}
+	i = rp->rtort_pipe_count;
+	if (i > RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN)
+		i = RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN;
+	atomic_inc(&rcu_torture_wcount[i]);
+	if (++rp->rtort_pipe_count >= RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN)
+		rcu_torture_free(rp);
+	else
+		call_rcu(p, rcu_torture_cb);
+}
+
+struct rcu_random_state {
+	unsigned long rrs_state;
+	unsigned long rrs_count;
+};
+
+#define RCU_RANDOM_MULT 39916801  /* prime */
+#define RCU_RANDOM_ADD	479001701 /* prime */
+#define RCU_RANDOM_REFRESH 10000
+
+#define DEFINE_RCU_RANDOM(name) struct rcu_random_state name = { 0, 0 }
+
+/*
+ * Crude but fast random-number generator.  Uses a linear congruential
+ * generator, with occasional help from get_random_bytes().
+ */
+static long
+rcu_random(struct rcu_random_state *rrsp)
+{
+	long refresh;
+
+	if (--rrsp->rrs_count < 0) {
+		get_random_bytes(&refresh, sizeof(refresh));
+		rrsp->rrs_state += refresh;
+		rrsp->rrs_count = RCU_RANDOM_REFRESH;
+	}
+	rrsp->rrs_state = rrsp->rrs_state * RCU_RANDOM_MULT + RCU_RANDOM_ADD;
+	return swahw32(rrsp->rrs_state);
+}
+
+/*
+ * RCU torture writer kthread.  Repeatedly substitutes a new structure
+ * for that pointed to by rcu_torture_current, freeing the old structure
+ * after a series of grace periods (the "pipeline").
+ */
+static int
+rcu_torture_writer(void *arg)
+{
+	int i;
+	long oldbatch = rcu_batches_completed();
+	struct rcu_torture *rp;
+	struct rcu_torture *old_rp;
+	static DEFINE_RCU_RANDOM(rand);
+
+	VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING("rcu_torture_writer task started");
+	do {
+		schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
+		if (rcu_batches_completed() == oldbatch)
+			continue;
+		if ((rp = rcu_torture_alloc()) == NULL)
+			continue;
+		rp->rtort_pipe_count = 0;
+		udelay(rcu_random(&rand) & 0x3ff);
+		old_rp = rcu_torture_current;
+		rcu_assign_pointer(rcu_torture_current, rp);
+		smp_wmb();
+		if (old_rp != NULL) {
+			i = old_rp->rtort_pipe_count;
+			if (i > RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN)
+				i = RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN;
+			atomic_inc(&rcu_torture_wcount[i]);
+			old_rp->rtort_pipe_count++;
+			call_rcu(&old_rp->rtort_rcu, rcu_torture_cb);
+		}
+		rcu_torture_current_version++;
+		oldbatch = rcu_batches_completed();
+	} while (!kthread_should_stop() && !fullstop);
+	VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING("rcu_torture_writer task stopping");
+	while (!kthread_should_stop())
+		schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * RCU torture reader kthread.  Repeatedly dereferences rcu_torture_current,
+ * incrementing the corresponding element of the pipeline array.  The
+ * counter in the element should never be greater than 1, otherwise, the
+ * RCU implementation is broken.
+ */
+static int
+rcu_torture_reader(void *arg)
+{
+	int completed;
+	DEFINE_RCU_RANDOM(rand);
+	struct rcu_torture *p;
+	int pipe_count;
+
+	VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING("rcu_torture_reader task started");
+	do {
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		completed = rcu_batches_completed();
+		p = rcu_dereference(rcu_torture_current);
+		if (p == NULL) {
+			/* Wait for rcu_torture_writer to get underway */
+			rcu_read_unlock();
+			schedule_timeout_interruptible(HZ);
+			continue;
+		}
+		udelay(rcu_random(&rand) & 0x7f);
+		preempt_disable();
+		pipe_count = p->rtort_pipe_count;
+		if (pipe_count > RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN) {
+			/* Should not happen, but... */
+			pipe_count = RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN;
+		}
+		++__get_cpu_var(rcu_torture_count)[pipe_count];
+		completed = rcu_batches_completed() - completed;
+		if (completed > RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN) {
+			/* Should not happen, but... */
+			completed = RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN;
+		}
+		++__get_cpu_var(rcu_torture_batch)[completed];
+		preempt_enable();
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		schedule();
+	} while (!kthread_should_stop() && !fullstop);
+	VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING("rcu_torture_reader task stopping");
+	while (!kthread_should_stop())
+		schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Create an RCU-torture statistics message in the specified buffer.
+ */
+static int
+rcu_torture_printk(char *page)
+{
+	int cnt = 0;
+	int cpu;
+	int i;
+	long pipesummary[RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN + 1] = { 0 };
+	long batchsummary[RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN + 1] = { 0 };
+
+	for_each_cpu(cpu) {
+		for (i = 0; i < RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN + 1; i++) {
+			pipesummary[i] += per_cpu(rcu_torture_count, cpu)[i];
+			batchsummary[i] += per_cpu(rcu_torture_batch, cpu)[i];
+		}
+	}
+	for (i = RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+		if (pipesummary[i] != 0)
+			break;
+	}
+	cnt += sprintf(&page[cnt], "rcutorture: ");
+	cnt += sprintf(&page[cnt],
+		       "rtc: %p ver: %ld tfle: %d rta: %d rtaf: %d rtf: %d",
+		       rcu_torture_current,
+		       rcu_torture_current_version,
+		       list_empty(&rcu_torture_freelist),
+		       atomic_read(&n_rcu_torture_alloc),
+		       atomic_read(&n_rcu_torture_alloc_fail),
+		       atomic_read(&n_rcu_torture_free));
+	cnt += sprintf(&page[cnt], "\nrcutorture: ");
+	if (i > 1)
+		cnt += sprintf(&page[cnt], "!!! ");
+	cnt += sprintf(&page[cnt], "Reader Pipe: ");
+	for (i = 0; i < RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN + 1; i++)
+		cnt += sprintf(&page[cnt], " %ld", pipesummary[i]);
+	cnt += sprintf(&page[cnt], "\nrcutorture: ");
+	cnt += sprintf(&page[cnt], "Reader Batch: ");
+	for (i = 0; i < RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN; i++)
+		cnt += sprintf(&page[cnt], " %ld", batchsummary[i]);
+	cnt += sprintf(&page[cnt], "\nrcutorture: ");
+	cnt += sprintf(&page[cnt], "Free-Block Circulation: ");
+	for (i = 0; i < RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN + 1; i++) {
+		cnt += sprintf(&page[cnt], " %d",
+			       atomic_read(&rcu_torture_wcount[i]));
+	}
+	cnt += sprintf(&page[cnt], "\n");
+	return cnt;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Print torture statistics.  Caller must ensure that there is only
+ * one call to this function at a given time!!!  This is normally
+ * accomplished by relying on the module system to only have one copy
+ * of the module loaded, and then by giving the rcu_torture_stats
+ * kthread full control (or the init/cleanup functions when rcu_torture_stats
+ * thread is not running).
+ */
+static void
+rcu_torture_stats_print(void)
+{
+	int cnt;
+
+	cnt = rcu_torture_printk(printk_buf);
+	printk(KERN_ALERT "%s", printk_buf);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Periodically prints torture statistics, if periodic statistics printing
+ * was specified via the stat_interval module parameter.
+ *
+ * No need to worry about fullstop here, since this one doesn't reference
+ * volatile state or register callbacks.
+ */
+static int
+rcu_torture_stats(void *arg)
+{
+	VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING("rcu_torture_stats task started");
+	do {
+		schedule_timeout_interruptible(stat_interval * HZ);
+		rcu_torture_stats_print();
+	} while (!kthread_should_stop());
+	VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING("rcu_torture_stats task stopping");
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+rcu_torture_cleanup(void)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	fullstop = 1;
+	if (writer_task != NULL) {
+		VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING("Stopping rcu_torture_writer task");
+		kthread_stop(writer_task);
+	}
+	writer_task = NULL;
+
+	if (reader_tasks != NULL) {
+		for (i = 0; i < nrealreaders; i++) {
+			if (reader_tasks[i] != NULL) {
+				VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING(
+					"Stopping rcu_torture_reader task");
+				kthread_stop(reader_tasks[i]);
+			}
+			reader_tasks[i] = NULL;
+		}
+		kfree(reader_tasks);
+		reader_tasks = NULL;
+	}
+	rcu_torture_current = NULL;
+
+	if (stats_task != NULL) {
+		VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING("Stopping rcu_torture_stats task");
+		kthread_stop(stats_task);
+	}
+	stats_task = NULL;
+
+	/* Wait for all RCU callbacks to fire.  */
+
+	for (i = 0; i < RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN; i++)
+		synchronize_rcu();
+	rcu_torture_stats_print();  /* -After- the stats thread is stopped! */
+	PRINTK_STRING("--- End of test");
+}
+
+static int
+rcu_torture_init(void)
+{
+	int i;
+	int cpu;
+	int firsterr = 0;
+
+	/* Process args and tell the world that the torturer is on the job. */
+
+	if (nreaders >= 0)
+		nrealreaders = nreaders;
+	else
+		nrealreaders = 2 * num_online_cpus();
+	printk(KERN_ALERT TORTURE_FLAG
+	       "--- Start of test: nreaders=%d stat_interval=%d verbose=%d\n",
+	       nrealreaders, stat_interval, verbose);
+	fullstop = 0;
+
+	/* Set up the freelist. */
+
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rcu_torture_freelist);
+	for (i = 0; i < sizeof(rcu_tortures) / sizeof(rcu_tortures[0]); i++) {
+		list_add_tail(&rcu_tortures[i].rtort_free,
+			      &rcu_torture_freelist);
+	}
+
+	/* Initialize the statistics so that each run gets its own numbers. */
+
+	rcu_torture_current = NULL;
+	rcu_torture_current_version = 0;
+	atomic_set(&n_rcu_torture_alloc, 0);
+	atomic_set(&n_rcu_torture_alloc_fail, 0);
+	atomic_set(&n_rcu_torture_free, 0);
+	for (i = 0; i < RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN + 1; i++)
+		atomic_set(&rcu_torture_wcount[i], 0);
+	for_each_cpu(cpu) {
+		for (i = 0; i < RCU_TORTURE_PIPE_LEN + 1; i++) {
+			per_cpu(rcu_torture_count, cpu)[i] = 0;
+			per_cpu(rcu_torture_batch, cpu)[i] = 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* Start up the kthreads. */
+
+	VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING("Creating rcu_torture_writer task");
+	writer_task = kthread_run(rcu_torture_writer, NULL,
+				  "rcu_torture_writer");
+	if (IS_ERR(writer_task)) {
+		firsterr = PTR_ERR(writer_task);
+		VERBOSE_PRINTK_ERRSTRING("Failed to create writer");
+		writer_task = NULL;
+		goto unwind;
+	}
+	reader_tasks = kmalloc(nrealreaders * sizeof(reader_tasks[0]),
+			       GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (reader_tasks == NULL) {
+		VERBOSE_PRINTK_ERRSTRING("out of memory");
+		firsterr = -ENOMEM;
+		goto unwind;
+	}
+	for (i = 0; i < nrealreaders; i++) {
+		VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING("Creating rcu_torture_reader task");
+		reader_tasks[i] = kthread_run(rcu_torture_reader, NULL,
+					      "rcu_torture_reader");
+		if (IS_ERR(reader_tasks[i])) {
+			firsterr = PTR_ERR(reader_tasks[i]);
+			VERBOSE_PRINTK_ERRSTRING("Failed to create reader");
+			reader_tasks[i] = NULL;
+			goto unwind;
+		}
+	}
+	if (stat_interval > 0) {
+		VERBOSE_PRINTK_STRING("Creating rcu_torture_stats task");
+		stats_task = kthread_run(rcu_torture_stats, NULL,
+					"rcu_torture_stats");
+		if (IS_ERR(stats_task)) {
+			firsterr = PTR_ERR(stats_task);
+			VERBOSE_PRINTK_ERRSTRING("Failed to create stats");
+			stats_task = NULL;
+			goto unwind;
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+
+unwind:
+	rcu_torture_cleanup();
+	return firsterr;
+}
+
+module_init(rcu_torture_init);
+module_exit(rcu_torture_cleanup);
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index f9306b1..156822e 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -168,6 +168,14 @@
 
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
+config DEBUG_VM
+	bool "Debug VM"
+	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+	help
+	  Enable this to debug the virtual-memory system.
+
+	  If unsure, say N.
+
 config FRAME_POINTER
 	bool "Compile the kernel with frame pointers"
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && (X86 || CRIS || M68K || M68KNOMMU || FRV || UML)
@@ -178,3 +186,16 @@
 	  some architectures or if you use external debuggers.
 	  If you don't debug the kernel, you can say N.
 
+config RCU_TORTURE_TEST
+	tristate "torture tests for RCU"
+	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+	default n
+	help
+	  This option provides a kernel module that runs torture tests
+	  on the RCU infrastructure.  The kernel module may be built
+	  after the fact on the running kernel to be tested, if desired.
+
+	  Say Y here if you want RCU torture tests to start automatically
+	  at boot time (you probably don't).
+	  Say M if you want the RCU torture tests to build as a module.
+	  Say N if you are unsure.
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 5ecc2cf..320dda1 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1840,7 +1840,7 @@
 
 static inline void verify_mm_writelocked(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM
 	if (unlikely(down_read_trylock(&mm->mmap_sem))) {
 		WARN_ON(1);
 		up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);