diff --git a/kernel/rcu/Makefile b/kernel/rcu/Makefile
index 032b2c015beb..18dfc485225c 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/rcu/Makefile
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ KCOV_INSTRUMENT := n
 obj-y += update.o sync.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SRCU) += srcu.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_RCU_TORTURE_TEST) += rcutorture.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_RCU_PERF_TEST) += rcuperf.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TREE_RCU) += tree.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU) += tree.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TREE_RCU_TRACE) += tree_trace.o
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c b/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9d54a57bee7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcuperf.c
@@ -0,0 +1,637 @@
+/*
+ * Read-Copy Update module-based performance-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, you can access it online at
+ * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) IBM Corporation, 2015
+ *
+ * Authors: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com>
+ */
+#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 <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/bitops.h>
+#include <linux/completion.h>
+#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
+#include <linux/percpu.h>
+#include <linux/notifier.h>
+#include <linux/reboot.h>
+#include <linux/freezer.h>
+#include <linux/cpu.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/stat.h>
+#include <linux/srcu.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <asm/byteorder.h>
+#include <linux/torture.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>");
+
+#define PERF_FLAG "-perf:"
+#define PERFOUT_STRING(s) \
+	pr_alert("%s" PERF_FLAG s "\n", perf_type)
+#define VERBOSE_PERFOUT_STRING(s) \
+	do { if (verbose) pr_alert("%s" PERF_FLAG " %s\n", perf_type, s); } while (0)
+#define VERBOSE_PERFOUT_ERRSTRING(s) \
+	do { if (verbose) pr_alert("%s" PERF_FLAG "!!! %s\n", perf_type, s); } while (0)
+
+torture_param(bool, gp_exp, true, "Use expedited GP wait primitives");
+torture_param(int, nreaders, -1, "Number of RCU reader threads");
+torture_param(int, nwriters, -1, "Number of RCU updater threads");
+torture_param(bool, shutdown, false, "Shutdown at end of performance tests.");
+torture_param(bool, verbose, true, "Enable verbose debugging printk()s");
+
+static char *perf_type = "rcu";
+module_param(perf_type, charp, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(perf_type, "Type of RCU to performance-test (rcu, rcu_bh, ...)");
+
+static int nrealreaders;
+static int nrealwriters;
+static struct task_struct **writer_tasks;
+static struct task_struct **reader_tasks;
+static struct task_struct *shutdown_task;
+
+static u64 **writer_durations;
+static int *writer_n_durations;
+static atomic_t n_rcu_perf_reader_started;
+static atomic_t n_rcu_perf_writer_started;
+static atomic_t n_rcu_perf_writer_finished;
+static wait_queue_head_t shutdown_wq;
+static u64 t_rcu_perf_writer_started;
+static u64 t_rcu_perf_writer_finished;
+static unsigned long b_rcu_perf_writer_started;
+static unsigned long b_rcu_perf_writer_finished;
+
+static int rcu_perf_writer_state;
+#define RTWS_INIT		0
+#define RTWS_EXP_SYNC		1
+#define RTWS_SYNC		2
+#define RTWS_IDLE		2
+#define RTWS_STOPPING		3
+
+#define MAX_MEAS 10000
+#define MIN_MEAS 100
+
+#if defined(MODULE) || defined(CONFIG_RCU_PERF_TEST_RUNNABLE)
+#define RCUPERF_RUNNABLE_INIT 1
+#else
+#define RCUPERF_RUNNABLE_INIT 0
+#endif
+static int perf_runnable = RCUPERF_RUNNABLE_INIT;
+module_param(perf_runnable, int, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(perf_runnable, "Start rcuperf at boot");
+
+/*
+ * Operations vector for selecting different types of tests.
+ */
+
+struct rcu_perf_ops {
+	int ptype;
+	void (*init)(void);
+	void (*cleanup)(void);
+	int (*readlock)(void);
+	void (*readunlock)(int idx);
+	unsigned long (*started)(void);
+	unsigned long (*completed)(void);
+	unsigned long (*exp_completed)(void);
+	void (*sync)(void);
+	void (*exp_sync)(void);
+	const char *name;
+};
+
+static struct rcu_perf_ops *cur_ops;
+
+/*
+ * Definitions for rcu perf testing.
+ */
+
+static int rcu_perf_read_lock(void) __acquires(RCU)
+{
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void rcu_perf_read_unlock(int idx) __releases(RCU)
+{
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+}
+
+static unsigned long __maybe_unused rcu_no_completed(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void rcu_sync_perf_init(void)
+{
+}
+
+static struct rcu_perf_ops rcu_ops = {
+	.ptype		= RCU_FLAVOR,
+	.init		= rcu_sync_perf_init,
+	.readlock	= rcu_perf_read_lock,
+	.readunlock	= rcu_perf_read_unlock,
+	.started	= rcu_batches_started,
+	.completed	= rcu_batches_completed,
+	.exp_completed	= rcu_exp_batches_completed,
+	.sync		= synchronize_rcu,
+	.exp_sync	= synchronize_rcu_expedited,
+	.name		= "rcu"
+};
+
+/*
+ * Definitions for rcu_bh perf testing.
+ */
+
+static int rcu_bh_perf_read_lock(void) __acquires(RCU_BH)
+{
+	rcu_read_lock_bh();
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void rcu_bh_perf_read_unlock(int idx) __releases(RCU_BH)
+{
+	rcu_read_unlock_bh();
+}
+
+static struct rcu_perf_ops rcu_bh_ops = {
+	.ptype		= RCU_BH_FLAVOR,
+	.init		= rcu_sync_perf_init,
+	.readlock	= rcu_bh_perf_read_lock,
+	.readunlock	= rcu_bh_perf_read_unlock,
+	.started	= rcu_batches_started_bh,
+	.completed	= rcu_batches_completed_bh,
+	.exp_completed	= rcu_exp_batches_completed_sched,
+	.sync		= synchronize_rcu_bh,
+	.exp_sync	= synchronize_rcu_bh_expedited,
+	.name		= "rcu_bh"
+};
+
+/*
+ * Definitions for srcu perf testing.
+ */
+
+DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU(srcu_ctl_perf);
+static struct srcu_struct *srcu_ctlp = &srcu_ctl_perf;
+
+static int srcu_perf_read_lock(void) __acquires(srcu_ctlp)
+{
+	return srcu_read_lock(srcu_ctlp);
+}
+
+static void srcu_perf_read_unlock(int idx) __releases(srcu_ctlp)
+{
+	srcu_read_unlock(srcu_ctlp, idx);
+}
+
+static unsigned long srcu_perf_completed(void)
+{
+	return srcu_batches_completed(srcu_ctlp);
+}
+
+static void srcu_perf_synchronize(void)
+{
+	synchronize_srcu(srcu_ctlp);
+}
+
+static void srcu_perf_synchronize_expedited(void)
+{
+	synchronize_srcu_expedited(srcu_ctlp);
+}
+
+static struct rcu_perf_ops srcu_ops = {
+	.ptype		= SRCU_FLAVOR,
+	.init		= rcu_sync_perf_init,
+	.readlock	= srcu_perf_read_lock,
+	.readunlock	= srcu_perf_read_unlock,
+	.started	= NULL,
+	.completed	= srcu_perf_completed,
+	.exp_completed	= srcu_perf_completed,
+	.sync		= srcu_perf_synchronize,
+	.exp_sync	= srcu_perf_synchronize_expedited,
+	.name		= "srcu"
+};
+
+/*
+ * Definitions for sched perf testing.
+ */
+
+static int sched_perf_read_lock(void)
+{
+	preempt_disable();
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void sched_perf_read_unlock(int idx)
+{
+	preempt_enable();
+}
+
+static struct rcu_perf_ops sched_ops = {
+	.ptype		= RCU_SCHED_FLAVOR,
+	.init		= rcu_sync_perf_init,
+	.readlock	= sched_perf_read_lock,
+	.readunlock	= sched_perf_read_unlock,
+	.started	= rcu_batches_started_sched,
+	.completed	= rcu_batches_completed_sched,
+	.exp_completed	= rcu_exp_batches_completed_sched,
+	.sync		= synchronize_sched,
+	.exp_sync	= synchronize_sched_expedited,
+	.name		= "sched"
+};
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RCU
+
+/*
+ * Definitions for RCU-tasks perf testing.
+ */
+
+static int tasks_perf_read_lock(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void tasks_perf_read_unlock(int idx)
+{
+}
+
+static struct rcu_perf_ops tasks_ops = {
+	.ptype		= RCU_TASKS_FLAVOR,
+	.init		= rcu_sync_perf_init,
+	.readlock	= tasks_perf_read_lock,
+	.readunlock	= tasks_perf_read_unlock,
+	.started	= rcu_no_completed,
+	.completed	= rcu_no_completed,
+	.sync		= synchronize_rcu_tasks,
+	.exp_sync	= synchronize_rcu_tasks,
+	.name		= "tasks"
+};
+
+#define RCUPERF_TASKS_OPS &tasks_ops,
+
+static bool __maybe_unused torturing_tasks(void)
+{
+	return cur_ops == &tasks_ops;
+}
+
+#else /* #ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RCU */
+
+#define RCUPERF_TASKS_OPS
+
+static bool __maybe_unused torturing_tasks(void)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
+#endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_TASKS_RCU */
+
+/*
+ * If performance tests complete, wait for shutdown to commence.
+ */
+static void rcu_perf_wait_shutdown(void)
+{
+	cond_resched_rcu_qs();
+	if (atomic_read(&n_rcu_perf_writer_finished) < nrealwriters)
+		return;
+	while (!torture_must_stop())
+		schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
+}
+
+/*
+ * RCU perf reader kthread.  Repeatedly does empty RCU read-side
+ * critical section, minimizing update-side interference.
+ */
+static int
+rcu_perf_reader(void *arg)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+	int idx;
+
+	VERBOSE_PERFOUT_STRING("rcu_perf_reader task started");
+	set_user_nice(current, MAX_NICE);
+	atomic_inc(&n_rcu_perf_reader_started);
+
+	do {
+		local_irq_save(flags);
+		idx = cur_ops->readlock();
+		cur_ops->readunlock(idx);
+		local_irq_restore(flags);
+		rcu_perf_wait_shutdown();
+	} while (!torture_must_stop());
+	torture_kthread_stopping("rcu_perf_reader");
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * RCU perf writer kthread.  Repeatedly does a grace period.
+ */
+static int
+rcu_perf_writer(void *arg)
+{
+	int i = 0;
+	int i_max;
+	long me = (long)arg;
+	bool started = false, done = false, alldone = false;
+	u64 t;
+	u64 *wdp;
+	u64 *wdpp = writer_durations[me];
+
+	VERBOSE_PERFOUT_STRING("rcu_perf_writer task started");
+	WARN_ON(rcu_gp_is_expedited() && !rcu_gp_is_normal() && !gp_exp);
+	WARN_ON(rcu_gp_is_normal() && gp_exp);
+	WARN_ON(!wdpp);
+	t = ktime_get_mono_fast_ns();
+	if (atomic_inc_return(&n_rcu_perf_writer_started) >= nrealwriters) {
+		t_rcu_perf_writer_started = t;
+		if (gp_exp) {
+			b_rcu_perf_writer_started =
+				cur_ops->exp_completed() / 2;
+		} else {
+			b_rcu_perf_writer_started =
+				cur_ops->completed();
+		}
+	}
+
+	do {
+		wdp = &wdpp[i];
+		*wdp = ktime_get_mono_fast_ns();
+		if (gp_exp) {
+			rcu_perf_writer_state = RTWS_EXP_SYNC;
+			cur_ops->exp_sync();
+		} else {
+			rcu_perf_writer_state = RTWS_SYNC;
+			cur_ops->sync();
+		}
+		rcu_perf_writer_state = RTWS_IDLE;
+		t = ktime_get_mono_fast_ns();
+		*wdp = t - *wdp;
+		i_max = i;
+		if (!started &&
+		    atomic_read(&n_rcu_perf_writer_started) >= nrealwriters)
+			started = true;
+		if (!done && i >= MIN_MEAS) {
+			done = true;
+			pr_alert("%s" PERF_FLAG
+				 "rcu_perf_writer %ld has %d measurements\n",
+				 perf_type, me, MIN_MEAS);
+			if (atomic_inc_return(&n_rcu_perf_writer_finished) >=
+			    nrealwriters) {
+				PERFOUT_STRING("Test complete");
+				t_rcu_perf_writer_finished = t;
+				if (gp_exp) {
+					b_rcu_perf_writer_finished =
+						cur_ops->exp_completed() / 2;
+				} else {
+					b_rcu_perf_writer_finished =
+						cur_ops->completed();
+				}
+				smp_mb(); /* Assign before wake. */
+				wake_up(&shutdown_wq);
+			}
+		}
+		if (done && !alldone &&
+		    atomic_read(&n_rcu_perf_writer_finished) >= nrealwriters)
+			alldone = true;
+		if (started && !alldone && i < MAX_MEAS - 1)
+			i++;
+		rcu_perf_wait_shutdown();
+	} while (!torture_must_stop());
+	rcu_perf_writer_state = RTWS_STOPPING;
+	writer_n_durations[me] = i_max;
+	torture_kthread_stopping("rcu_perf_writer");
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline void
+rcu_perf_print_module_parms(struct rcu_perf_ops *cur_ops, const char *tag)
+{
+	pr_alert("%s" PERF_FLAG
+		 "--- %s: nreaders=%d nwriters=%d verbose=%d shutdown=%d\n",
+		 perf_type, tag, nrealreaders, nrealwriters, verbose, shutdown);
+}
+
+static void
+rcu_perf_cleanup(void)
+{
+	int i;
+	int j;
+	int ngps = 0;
+	u64 *wdp;
+	u64 *wdpp;
+
+	if (torture_cleanup_begin())
+		return;
+
+	if (reader_tasks) {
+		for (i = 0; i < nrealreaders; i++)
+			torture_stop_kthread(rcu_perf_reader,
+					     reader_tasks[i]);
+		kfree(reader_tasks);
+	}
+
+	if (writer_tasks) {
+		for (i = 0; i < nrealwriters; i++) {
+			torture_stop_kthread(rcu_perf_writer,
+					     writer_tasks[i]);
+			if (!writer_n_durations)
+				continue;
+			j = writer_n_durations[i];
+			pr_alert("%s%s writer %d gps: %d\n",
+				 perf_type, PERF_FLAG, i, j);
+			ngps += j;
+		}
+		pr_alert("%s%s start: %llu end: %llu duration: %llu gps: %d batches: %ld\n",
+			 perf_type, PERF_FLAG,
+			 t_rcu_perf_writer_started, t_rcu_perf_writer_finished,
+			 t_rcu_perf_writer_finished -
+			 t_rcu_perf_writer_started,
+			 ngps,
+			 b_rcu_perf_writer_finished -
+			 b_rcu_perf_writer_started);
+		for (i = 0; i < nrealwriters; i++) {
+			if (!writer_durations)
+				break;
+			if (!writer_n_durations)
+				continue;
+			wdpp = writer_durations[i];
+			if (!wdpp)
+				continue;
+			for (j = 0; j <= writer_n_durations[i]; j++) {
+				wdp = &wdpp[j];
+				pr_alert("%s%s %4d writer-duration: %5d %llu\n",
+					perf_type, PERF_FLAG,
+					i, j, *wdp);
+				if (j % 100 == 0)
+					schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
+			}
+			kfree(writer_durations[i]);
+		}
+		kfree(writer_tasks);
+		kfree(writer_durations);
+		kfree(writer_n_durations);
+	}
+
+	/* Do flavor-specific cleanup operations.  */
+	if (cur_ops->cleanup != NULL)
+		cur_ops->cleanup();
+
+	torture_cleanup_end();
+}
+
+/*
+ * Return the number if non-negative.  If -1, the number of CPUs.
+ * If less than -1, that much less than the number of CPUs, but
+ * at least one.
+ */
+static int compute_real(int n)
+{
+	int nr;
+
+	if (n >= 0) {
+		nr = n;
+	} else {
+		nr = num_online_cpus() + 1 + n;
+		if (nr <= 0)
+			nr = 1;
+	}
+	return nr;
+}
+
+/*
+ * RCU perf shutdown kthread.  Just waits to be awakened, then shuts
+ * down system.
+ */
+static int
+rcu_perf_shutdown(void *arg)
+{
+	do {
+		wait_event(shutdown_wq,
+			   atomic_read(&n_rcu_perf_writer_finished) >=
+			   nrealwriters);
+	} while (atomic_read(&n_rcu_perf_writer_finished) < nrealwriters);
+	smp_mb(); /* Wake before output. */
+	rcu_perf_cleanup();
+	kernel_power_off();
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+static int __init
+rcu_perf_init(void)
+{
+	long i;
+	int firsterr = 0;
+	static struct rcu_perf_ops *perf_ops[] = {
+		&rcu_ops, &rcu_bh_ops, &srcu_ops, &sched_ops,
+		RCUPERF_TASKS_OPS
+	};
+
+	if (!torture_init_begin(perf_type, verbose, &perf_runnable))
+		return -EBUSY;
+
+	/* Process args and tell the world that the perf'er is on the job. */
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(perf_ops); i++) {
+		cur_ops = perf_ops[i];
+		if (strcmp(perf_type, cur_ops->name) == 0)
+			break;
+	}
+	if (i == ARRAY_SIZE(perf_ops)) {
+		pr_alert("rcu-perf: invalid perf type: \"%s\"\n",
+			 perf_type);
+		pr_alert("rcu-perf types:");
+		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(perf_ops); i++)
+			pr_alert(" %s", perf_ops[i]->name);
+		pr_alert("\n");
+		firsterr = -EINVAL;
+		goto unwind;
+	}
+	if (cur_ops->init)
+		cur_ops->init();
+
+	nrealwriters = compute_real(nwriters);
+	nrealreaders = compute_real(nreaders);
+	atomic_set(&n_rcu_perf_reader_started, 0);
+	atomic_set(&n_rcu_perf_writer_started, 0);
+	atomic_set(&n_rcu_perf_writer_finished, 0);
+	rcu_perf_print_module_parms(cur_ops, "Start of test");
+
+	/* Start up the kthreads. */
+
+	if (shutdown) {
+		init_waitqueue_head(&shutdown_wq);
+		firsterr = torture_create_kthread(rcu_perf_shutdown, NULL,
+						  shutdown_task);
+		if (firsterr)
+			goto unwind;
+		schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
+	}
+	reader_tasks = kcalloc(nrealreaders, sizeof(reader_tasks[0]),
+			       GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (reader_tasks == NULL) {
+		VERBOSE_PERFOUT_ERRSTRING("out of memory");
+		firsterr = -ENOMEM;
+		goto unwind;
+	}
+	for (i = 0; i < nrealreaders; i++) {
+		firsterr = torture_create_kthread(rcu_perf_reader, NULL,
+						  reader_tasks[i]);
+		if (firsterr)
+			goto unwind;
+	}
+	while (atomic_read(&n_rcu_perf_reader_started) < nrealreaders)
+		schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
+	writer_tasks = kcalloc(nrealwriters, sizeof(reader_tasks[0]),
+			       GFP_KERNEL);
+	writer_durations = kcalloc(nrealwriters, sizeof(*writer_durations),
+				   GFP_KERNEL);
+	writer_n_durations =
+		kcalloc(nrealwriters, sizeof(*writer_n_durations),
+			GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!writer_tasks || !writer_durations || !writer_n_durations) {
+		VERBOSE_PERFOUT_ERRSTRING("out of memory");
+		firsterr = -ENOMEM;
+		goto unwind;
+	}
+	for (i = 0; i < nrealwriters; i++) {
+		writer_durations[i] =
+			kcalloc(MAX_MEAS, sizeof(*writer_durations[i]),
+				GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!writer_durations[i])
+			goto unwind;
+		firsterr = torture_create_kthread(rcu_perf_writer, (void *)i,
+						  writer_tasks[i]);
+		if (firsterr)
+			goto unwind;
+	}
+	torture_init_end();
+	return 0;
+
+unwind:
+	torture_init_end();
+	rcu_perf_cleanup();
+	return firsterr;
+}
+
+module_init(rcu_perf_init);
+module_exit(rcu_perf_cleanup);
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 1e9a607534ca..f4b797a690ba 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -1289,6 +1289,39 @@ config TORTURE_TEST
 	tristate
 	default n
 
+config RCU_PERF_TEST
+	tristate "performance tests for RCU"
+	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+	select TORTURE_TEST
+	select SRCU
+	select TASKS_RCU
+	default n
+	help
+	  This option provides a kernel module that runs performance
+	  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 performance tests to be built into
+	  the kernel.
+	  Say M if you want the RCU performance tests to build as a module.
+	  Say N if you are unsure.
+
+config RCU_PERF_TEST_RUNNABLE
+	bool "performance tests for RCU runnable by default"
+	depends on RCU_PERF_TEST = y
+	default n
+	help
+	  This option provides a way to build the RCU performance tests
+	  directly into the kernel without them starting up at boot time.
+	  You can use /sys/module to manually override this setting.
+	  This /proc file is available only when the RCU performance
+	  tests have been built into the kernel.
+
+	  Say Y here if you want the RCU performance tests to start during
+	  boot (you probably don't).
+	  Say N here if you want the RCU performance tests to start only
+	  after being manually enabled via /sys/module.
+
 config RCU_TORTURE_TEST
 	tristate "torture tests for RCU"
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL