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diff --git a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
index 0bdb592eee66..1d295c789d3d 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
+++ b/kernel/rcutree_plugin.h
@@ -425,6 +425,30 @@ void call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head, void (*func)(struct rcu_head *rcu))
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(call_rcu);
+/**
+ * synchronize_rcu - wait until a grace period has elapsed.
+ *
+ * Control will return to the caller some time after a full grace
+ * period has elapsed, in other words after all currently executing RCU
+ * read-side critical sections have completed. RCU read-side critical
+ * sections are delimited by rcu_read_lock() and rcu_read_unlock(),
+ * and may be nested.
+ */
+void synchronize_rcu(void)
+{
+ struct rcu_synchronize rcu;
+
+ if (!rcu_scheduler_active)
+ return;
+
+ init_completion(&rcu.completion);
+ /* Will wake me after RCU finished. */
+ call_rcu(&rcu.head, wakeme_after_rcu);
+ /* Wait for it. */
+ wait_for_completion(&rcu.completion);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(synchronize_rcu);
+
/*
* Wait for an rcu-preempt grace period. We are supposed to expedite the
* grace period, but this is the crude slow compatability hack, so just