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diff --git a/kernel/rcu.h b/kernel/rcu.h
index f600868d550d..aa88baab5f78 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu.h
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@
#endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_TRACE */
/*
+ * Process-level increment to ->dynticks_nesting field. This allows for
+ * architectures that use half-interrupts and half-exceptions from
+ * process context.
+ */
+#define DYNTICK_TASK_NESTING (LLONG_MAX / 2 - 1)
+
+/*
* debug_rcu_head_queue()/debug_rcu_head_unqueue() are used internally
* by call_rcu() and rcu callback execution, and are therefore not part of the
* RCU API. Leaving in rcupdate.h because they are used by all RCU flavors.