diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 0fbbd52e01f9c731d19d29f543d71e2c83fadb91..d8b20bfd47958d21616e7eabfeb0a9646dcf7c5d 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ extern void rcu_idle_enter(void);
 extern void rcu_idle_exit(void);
 extern void rcu_irq_enter(void);
 extern void rcu_irq_exit(void);
+extern void rcu_user_enter(void);
+extern void rcu_user_exit(void);
 extern void exit_rcu(void);
 
 /**
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c
index 7387e46009d957ddae08560809c6661a83fbb176..af0dc3472a4bf5e81490b70efccd312ba1697fa1 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutree.c
@@ -322,16 +322,17 @@ static struct rcu_node *rcu_get_root(struct rcu_state *rsp)
 }
 
 /*
- * rcu_idle_enter_common - inform RCU that current CPU is moving towards idle
+ * rcu_eqs_enter_common - current CPU is moving towards extended quiescent state
  *
  * If the new value of the ->dynticks_nesting counter now is zero,
  * we really have entered idle, and must do the appropriate accounting.
  * The caller must have disabled interrupts.
  */
-static void rcu_idle_enter_common(struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp, long long oldval)
+static void rcu_eqs_enter_common(struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp, long long oldval,
+				bool user)
 {
 	trace_rcu_dyntick("Start", oldval, 0);
-	if (!is_idle_task(current)) {
+	if (!is_idle_task(current) && !user) {
 		struct task_struct *idle = idle_task(smp_processor_id());
 
 		trace_rcu_dyntick("Error on entry: not idle task", oldval, 0);
@@ -348,7 +349,7 @@ static void rcu_idle_enter_common(struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp, long long oldval)
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_read(&rdtp->dynticks) & 0x1);
 
 	/*
-	 * The idle task is not permitted to enter the idle loop while
+	 * It is illegal to enter an extended quiescent state while
 	 * in an RCU read-side critical section.
 	 */
 	rcu_lockdep_assert(!lock_is_held(&rcu_lock_map),
@@ -359,19 +360,11 @@ static void rcu_idle_enter_common(struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp, long long oldval)
 			   "Illegal idle entry in RCU-sched read-side critical section.");
 }
 
-/**
- * rcu_idle_enter - inform RCU that current CPU is entering idle
- *
- * Enter idle mode, in other words, -leave- the mode in which RCU
- * read-side critical sections can occur.  (Though RCU read-side
- * critical sections can occur in irq handlers in idle, a possibility
- * handled by irq_enter() and irq_exit().)
- *
- * We crowbar the ->dynticks_nesting field to zero to allow for
- * the possibility of usermode upcalls having messed up our count
- * of interrupt nesting level during the prior busy period.
+/*
+ * Enter an RCU extended quiescent state, which can be either the
+ * idle loop or adaptive-tickless usermode execution.
  */
-void rcu_idle_enter(void)
+static void rcu_eqs_enter(bool user)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	long long oldval;
@@ -385,11 +378,53 @@ void rcu_idle_enter(void)
 		rdtp->dynticks_nesting = 0;
 	else
 		rdtp->dynticks_nesting -= DYNTICK_TASK_NEST_VALUE;
-	rcu_idle_enter_common(rdtp, oldval);
+	rcu_eqs_enter_common(rdtp, oldval, user);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
+
+/**
+ * rcu_idle_enter - inform RCU that current CPU is entering idle
+ *
+ * Enter idle mode, in other words, -leave- the mode in which RCU
+ * read-side critical sections can occur.  (Though RCU read-side
+ * critical sections can occur in irq handlers in idle, a possibility
+ * handled by irq_enter() and irq_exit().)
+ *
+ * We crowbar the ->dynticks_nesting field to zero to allow for
+ * the possibility of usermode upcalls having messed up our count
+ * of interrupt nesting level during the prior busy period.
+ */
+void rcu_idle_enter(void)
+{
+	rcu_eqs_enter(0);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_idle_enter);
 
+/**
+ * rcu_user_enter - inform RCU that we are resuming userspace.
+ *
+ * Enter RCU idle mode right before resuming userspace.  No use of RCU
+ * is permitted between this call and rcu_user_exit(). This way the
+ * CPU doesn't need to maintain the tick for RCU maintenance purposes
+ * when the CPU runs in userspace.
+ */
+void rcu_user_enter(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Some contexts may involve an exception occuring in an irq,
+	 * leading to that nesting:
+	 * rcu_irq_enter() rcu_user_exit() rcu_user_exit() rcu_irq_exit()
+	 * This would mess up the dyntick_nesting count though. And rcu_irq_*()
+	 * helpers are enough to protect RCU uses inside the exception. So
+	 * just return immediately if we detect we are in an IRQ.
+	 */
+	if (in_interrupt())
+		return;
+
+	rcu_eqs_enter(1);
+}
+
+
 /**
  * rcu_irq_exit - inform RCU that current CPU is exiting irq towards idle
  *
@@ -420,18 +455,19 @@ void rcu_irq_exit(void)
 	if (rdtp->dynticks_nesting)
 		trace_rcu_dyntick("--=", oldval, rdtp->dynticks_nesting);
 	else
-		rcu_idle_enter_common(rdtp, oldval);
+		rcu_eqs_enter_common(rdtp, oldval, 1);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
 /*
- * rcu_idle_exit_common - inform RCU that current CPU is moving away from idle
+ * rcu_eqs_exit_common - current CPU moving away from extended quiescent state
  *
  * If the new value of the ->dynticks_nesting counter was previously zero,
  * we really have exited idle, and must do the appropriate accounting.
  * The caller must have disabled interrupts.
  */
-static void rcu_idle_exit_common(struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp, long long oldval)
+static void rcu_eqs_exit_common(struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp, long long oldval,
+			       int user)
 {
 	smp_mb__before_atomic_inc();  /* Force ordering w/previous sojourn. */
 	atomic_inc(&rdtp->dynticks);
@@ -440,7 +476,7 @@ static void rcu_idle_exit_common(struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp, long long oldval)
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!(atomic_read(&rdtp->dynticks) & 0x1));
 	rcu_cleanup_after_idle(smp_processor_id());
 	trace_rcu_dyntick("End", oldval, rdtp->dynticks_nesting);
-	if (!is_idle_task(current)) {
+	if (!is_idle_task(current) && !user) {
 		struct task_struct *idle = idle_task(smp_processor_id());
 
 		trace_rcu_dyntick("Error on exit: not idle task",
@@ -452,18 +488,11 @@ static void rcu_idle_exit_common(struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp, long long oldval)
 	}
 }
 
-/**
- * rcu_idle_exit - inform RCU that current CPU is leaving idle
- *
- * Exit idle mode, in other words, -enter- the mode in which RCU
- * read-side critical sections can occur.
- *
- * We crowbar the ->dynticks_nesting field to DYNTICK_TASK_NEST to
- * allow for the possibility of usermode upcalls messing up our count
- * of interrupt nesting level during the busy period that is just
- * now starting.
+/*
+ * Exit an RCU extended quiescent state, which can be either the
+ * idle loop or adaptive-tickless usermode execution.
  */
-void rcu_idle_exit(void)
+static void rcu_eqs_exit(bool user)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp;
@@ -477,11 +506,49 @@ void rcu_idle_exit(void)
 		rdtp->dynticks_nesting += DYNTICK_TASK_NEST_VALUE;
 	else
 		rdtp->dynticks_nesting = DYNTICK_TASK_EXIT_IDLE;
-	rcu_idle_exit_common(rdtp, oldval);
+	rcu_eqs_exit_common(rdtp, oldval, user);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
+
+/**
+ * rcu_idle_exit - inform RCU that current CPU is leaving idle
+ *
+ * Exit idle mode, in other words, -enter- the mode in which RCU
+ * read-side critical sections can occur.
+ *
+ * We crowbar the ->dynticks_nesting field to DYNTICK_TASK_NEST to
+ * allow for the possibility of usermode upcalls messing up our count
+ * of interrupt nesting level during the busy period that is just
+ * now starting.
+ */
+void rcu_idle_exit(void)
+{
+	rcu_eqs_exit(0);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_idle_exit);
 
+/**
+ * rcu_user_exit - inform RCU that we are exiting userspace.
+ *
+ * Exit RCU idle mode while entering the kernel because it can
+ * run a RCU read side critical section anytime.
+ */
+void rcu_user_exit(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Some contexts may involve an exception occuring in an irq,
+	 * leading to that nesting:
+	 * rcu_irq_enter() rcu_user_exit() rcu_user_exit() rcu_irq_exit()
+	 * This would mess up the dyntick_nesting count though. And rcu_irq_*()
+	 * helpers are enough to protect RCU uses inside the exception. So
+	 * just return immediately if we detect we are in an IRQ.
+	 */
+	if (in_interrupt())
+		return;
+
+	rcu_eqs_exit(1);
+}
+
 /**
  * rcu_irq_enter - inform RCU that current CPU is entering irq away from idle
  *
@@ -515,7 +582,7 @@ void rcu_irq_enter(void)
 	if (oldval)
 		trace_rcu_dyntick("++=", oldval, rdtp->dynticks_nesting);
 	else
-		rcu_idle_exit_common(rdtp, oldval);
+		rcu_eqs_exit_common(rdtp, oldval, 1);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }