diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 473350462d04..640152fedcde 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -216,6 +216,8 @@ void synchronize_sched(void);
  * memory ordering guarantees.
  */
 void call_rcu_tasks(struct rcu_head *head, void (*func)(struct rcu_head *head));
+void synchronize_rcu_tasks(void);
+void rcu_barrier_tasks(void);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RCU
 
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/update.c b/kernel/rcu/update.c
index 19b3dacb0753..5fd1ddbfcc55 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/update.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/update.c
@@ -381,6 +381,61 @@ void call_rcu_tasks(struct rcu_head *rhp, void (*func)(struct rcu_head *rhp))
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(call_rcu_tasks);
 
+/**
+ * synchronize_rcu_tasks - wait until an rcu-tasks grace period has elapsed.
+ *
+ * Control will return to the caller some time after a full rcu-tasks
+ * grace period has elapsed, in other words after all currently
+ * executing rcu-tasks read-side critical sections have elapsed.  These
+ * read-side critical sections are delimited by calls to schedule(),
+ * cond_resched_rcu_qs(), idle execution, userspace execution, calls
+ * to synchronize_rcu_tasks(), and (in theory, anyway) cond_resched().
+ *
+ * This is a very specialized primitive, intended only for a few uses in
+ * tracing and other situations requiring manipulation of function
+ * preambles and profiling hooks.  The synchronize_rcu_tasks() function
+ * is not (yet) intended for heavy use from multiple CPUs.
+ *
+ * Note that this guarantee implies further memory-ordering guarantees.
+ * On systems with more than one CPU, when synchronize_rcu_tasks() returns,
+ * each CPU is guaranteed to have executed a full memory barrier since the
+ * end of its last RCU-tasks read-side critical section whose beginning
+ * preceded the call to synchronize_rcu_tasks().  In addition, each CPU
+ * having an RCU-tasks read-side critical section that extends beyond
+ * the return from synchronize_rcu_tasks() is guaranteed to have executed
+ * a full memory barrier after the beginning of synchronize_rcu_tasks()
+ * and before the beginning of that RCU-tasks read-side critical section.
+ * Note that these guarantees include CPUs that are offline, idle, or
+ * executing in user mode, as well as CPUs that are executing in the kernel.
+ *
+ * Furthermore, if CPU A invoked synchronize_rcu_tasks(), which returned
+ * to its caller on CPU B, then both CPU A and CPU B are guaranteed
+ * to have executed a full memory barrier during the execution of
+ * synchronize_rcu_tasks() -- even if CPU A and CPU B are the same CPU
+ * (but again only if the system has more than one CPU).
+ */
+void synchronize_rcu_tasks(void)
+{
+	/* Complain if the scheduler has not started.  */
+	rcu_lockdep_assert(!rcu_scheduler_active,
+			   "synchronize_rcu_tasks called too soon");
+
+	/* Wait for the grace period. */
+	wait_rcu_gp(call_rcu_tasks);
+}
+
+/**
+ * rcu_barrier_tasks - Wait for in-flight call_rcu_tasks() callbacks.
+ *
+ * Although the current implementation is guaranteed to wait, it is not
+ * obligated to, for example, if there are no pending callbacks.
+ */
+void rcu_barrier_tasks(void)
+{
+	/* There is only one callback queue, so this is easy.  ;-) */
+	synchronize_rcu_tasks();
+}
+
 /* See if the current task has stopped holding out, remove from list if so. */
 static void check_holdout_task(struct task_struct *t)
 {