diff --git a/include/trace/events/rcu.h b/include/trace/events/rcu.h
index 172620a92b1..c29fb2f5590 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/rcu.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/rcu.h
@@ -246,21 +246,24 @@ TRACE_EVENT(rcu_fqs,
  */
 TRACE_EVENT(rcu_dyntick,
 
-	TP_PROTO(char *polarity, int nesting),
+	TP_PROTO(char *polarity, long long oldnesting, long long newnesting),
 
-	TP_ARGS(polarity, nesting),
+	TP_ARGS(polarity, oldnesting, newnesting),
 
 	TP_STRUCT__entry(
 		__field(char *, polarity)
-		__field(int, nesting)
+		__field(long long, oldnesting)
+		__field(long long, newnesting)
 	),
 
 	TP_fast_assign(
 		__entry->polarity = polarity;
-		__entry->nesting = nesting;
+		__entry->oldnesting = oldnesting;
+		__entry->newnesting = newnesting;
 	),
 
-	TP_printk("%s %d", __entry->polarity, __entry->nesting)
+	TP_printk("%s %llx %llx", __entry->polarity,
+		  __entry->oldnesting, __entry->newnesting)
 );
 
 /*
@@ -470,7 +473,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(rcu_torture_read,
 #define trace_rcu_unlock_preempted_task(rcuname, gpnum, pid) do { } while (0)
 #define trace_rcu_quiescent_state_report(rcuname, gpnum, mask, qsmask, level, grplo, grphi, gp_tasks) do { } while (0)
 #define trace_rcu_fqs(rcuname, gpnum, cpu, qsevent) do { } while (0)
-#define trace_rcu_dyntick(polarity, nesting) do { } while (0)
+#define trace_rcu_dyntick(polarity, oldnesting, newnesting) do { } while (0)
 #define trace_rcu_callback(rcuname, rhp, qlen) do { } while (0)
 #define trace_rcu_kfree_callback(rcuname, rhp, offset, qlen) do { } while (0)
 #define trace_rcu_batch_start(rcuname, qlen, blimit) do { } while (0)
diff --git a/kernel/rcu.h b/kernel/rcu.h
index f600868d550..aa88baab5f7 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu.h
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@
 #define RCU_TRACE(stmt)
 #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
diff --git a/kernel/rcutiny.c b/kernel/rcutiny.c
index b4e0b498176..9b9bdf666fb 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutiny.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutiny.c
@@ -53,20 +53,21 @@ static void __call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head,
 
 #include "rcutiny_plugin.h"
 
-static long long rcu_dynticks_nesting = LLONG_MAX / 2;
+static long long rcu_dynticks_nesting = DYNTICK_TASK_NESTING;
 
 /* Common code for rcu_idle_enter() and rcu_irq_exit(), see kernel/rcutree.c. */
-static void rcu_idle_enter_common(void)
+static void rcu_idle_enter_common(long long oldval)
 {
 	if (rcu_dynticks_nesting) {
-		RCU_TRACE(trace_rcu_dyntick("--=", rcu_dynticks_nesting));
+		RCU_TRACE(trace_rcu_dyntick("--=",
+					    oldval, rcu_dynticks_nesting));
 		return;
 	}
-	RCU_TRACE(trace_rcu_dyntick("Start", rcu_dynticks_nesting));
+	RCU_TRACE(trace_rcu_dyntick("Start", oldval, rcu_dynticks_nesting));
 	if (!idle_cpu(smp_processor_id())) {
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);	/* must be idle task! */
 		RCU_TRACE(trace_rcu_dyntick("Error on entry: not idle task",
-					    rcu_dynticks_nesting));
+					    oldval, rcu_dynticks_nesting));
 		ftrace_dump(DUMP_ALL);
 	}
 	rcu_sched_qs(0); /* implies rcu_bh_qsctr_inc(0) */
@@ -79,10 +80,12 @@ static void rcu_idle_enter_common(void)
 void rcu_idle_enter(void)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
+	long long oldval;
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
+	oldval = rcu_dynticks_nesting;
 	rcu_dynticks_nesting = 0;
-	rcu_idle_enter_common();
+	rcu_idle_enter_common(oldval);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
@@ -92,11 +95,13 @@ void rcu_idle_enter(void)
 void rcu_irq_exit(void)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
+	long long oldval;
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
+	oldval = rcu_dynticks_nesting;
 	rcu_dynticks_nesting--;
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(rcu_dynticks_nesting < 0);
-	rcu_idle_enter_common();
+	rcu_idle_enter_common(oldval);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
@@ -104,14 +109,15 @@ void rcu_irq_exit(void)
 static void rcu_idle_exit_common(long long oldval)
 {
 	if (oldval) {
-		RCU_TRACE(trace_rcu_dyntick("++=", rcu_dynticks_nesting));
+		RCU_TRACE(trace_rcu_dyntick("++=",
+					    oldval, rcu_dynticks_nesting));
 		return;
 	}
-	RCU_TRACE(trace_rcu_dyntick("End", oldval));
+	RCU_TRACE(trace_rcu_dyntick("End", oldval, rcu_dynticks_nesting));
 	if (!idle_cpu(smp_processor_id())) {
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);	/* must be idle task! */
 		RCU_TRACE(trace_rcu_dyntick("Error on exit: not idle task",
-			  oldval));
+			  oldval, rcu_dynticks_nesting));
 		ftrace_dump(DUMP_ALL);
 	}
 }
@@ -127,7 +133,7 @@ void rcu_idle_exit(void)
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	oldval = rcu_dynticks_nesting;
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(oldval != 0);
-	rcu_dynticks_nesting = LLONG_MAX / 2;
+	rcu_dynticks_nesting = DYNTICK_TASK_NESTING;
 	rcu_idle_exit_common(oldval);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c
index 489b62a67d3..06e40dd53b2 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutree.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ void rcu_note_context_switch(int cpu)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_note_context_switch);
 
 DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct rcu_dynticks, rcu_dynticks) = {
-	.dynticks_nesting = LLONG_MAX / 2,
+	.dynticks_nesting = DYNTICK_TASK_NESTING,
 	.dynticks = ATOMIC_INIT(1),
 };
 
@@ -348,17 +348,17 @@ static int rcu_implicit_offline_qs(struct rcu_data *rdp)
  * 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)
+static void rcu_idle_enter_common(struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp, long long oldval)
 {
 	if (rdtp->dynticks_nesting) {
-		trace_rcu_dyntick("--=", rdtp->dynticks_nesting);
+		trace_rcu_dyntick("--=", oldval, rdtp->dynticks_nesting);
 		return;
 	}
-	trace_rcu_dyntick("Start", rdtp->dynticks_nesting);
+	trace_rcu_dyntick("Start", oldval, rdtp->dynticks_nesting);
 	if (!idle_cpu(smp_processor_id())) {
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);	/* must be idle task! */
 		trace_rcu_dyntick("Error on entry: not idle task",
-				   rdtp->dynticks_nesting);
+				   oldval, rdtp->dynticks_nesting);
 		ftrace_dump(DUMP_ALL);
 	}
 	/* CPUs seeing atomic_inc() must see prior RCU read-side crit sects */
@@ -383,12 +383,14 @@ static void rcu_idle_enter_common(struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp)
 void rcu_idle_enter(void)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
+	long long oldval;
 	struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp;
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	rdtp = &__get_cpu_var(rcu_dynticks);
+	oldval = rdtp->dynticks_nesting;
 	rdtp->dynticks_nesting = 0;
-	rcu_idle_enter_common(rdtp);
+	rcu_idle_enter_common(rdtp, oldval);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
@@ -411,13 +413,15 @@ void rcu_idle_enter(void)
 void rcu_irq_exit(void)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
+	long long oldval;
 	struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp;
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
 	rdtp = &__get_cpu_var(rcu_dynticks);
+	oldval = rdtp->dynticks_nesting;
 	rdtp->dynticks_nesting--;
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(rdtp->dynticks_nesting < 0);
-	rcu_idle_enter_common(rdtp);
+	rcu_idle_enter_common(rdtp, oldval);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
@@ -431,7 +435,7 @@ void rcu_irq_exit(void)
 static void rcu_idle_exit_common(struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp, long long oldval)
 {
 	if (oldval) {
-		trace_rcu_dyntick("++=", rdtp->dynticks_nesting);
+		trace_rcu_dyntick("++=", oldval, rdtp->dynticks_nesting);
 		return;
 	}
 	smp_mb__before_atomic_inc();  /* Force ordering w/previous sojourn. */
@@ -439,10 +443,11 @@ static void rcu_idle_exit_common(struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp, long long oldval)
 	/* CPUs seeing atomic_inc() must see later RCU read-side crit sects */
 	smp_mb__after_atomic_inc();  /* See above. */
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!(atomic_read(&rdtp->dynticks) & 0x1));
-	trace_rcu_dyntick("End", oldval);
+	trace_rcu_dyntick("End", oldval, rdtp->dynticks_nesting);
 	if (!idle_cpu(smp_processor_id())) {
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);	/* must be idle task! */
-		trace_rcu_dyntick("Error on exit: not idle task", oldval);
+		trace_rcu_dyntick("Error on exit: not idle task",
+				  oldval, rdtp->dynticks_nesting);
 		ftrace_dump(DUMP_ALL);
 	}
 }
@@ -453,8 +458,8 @@ static void rcu_idle_exit_common(struct rcu_dynticks *rdtp, long long oldval)
  * 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 LLONG_MAX/2 to allow for
- * the possibility of usermode upcalls messing up our count
+ * We crowbar the ->dynticks_nesting field to DYNTICK_TASK_NESTING 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.
  */
@@ -468,7 +473,7 @@ void rcu_idle_exit(void)
 	rdtp = &__get_cpu_var(rcu_dynticks);
 	oldval = rdtp->dynticks_nesting;
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(oldval != 0);
-	rdtp->dynticks_nesting = LLONG_MAX / 2;
+	rdtp->dynticks_nesting = DYNTICK_TASK_NESTING;
 	rcu_idle_exit_common(rdtp, oldval);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
@@ -2012,7 +2017,7 @@ rcu_boot_init_percpu_data(int cpu, struct rcu_state *rsp)
 		rdp->nxttail[i] = &rdp->nxtlist;
 	rdp->qlen = 0;
 	rdp->dynticks = &per_cpu(rcu_dynticks, cpu);
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(rdp->dynticks->dynticks_nesting != LLONG_MAX / 2);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(rdp->dynticks->dynticks_nesting != DYNTICK_TASK_NESTING);
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_read(&rdp->dynticks->dynticks) != 1);
 	rdp->cpu = cpu;
 	rdp->rsp = rsp;
@@ -2040,7 +2045,7 @@ rcu_init_percpu_data(int cpu, struct rcu_state *rsp, int preemptible)
 	rdp->qlen_last_fqs_check = 0;
 	rdp->n_force_qs_snap = rsp->n_force_qs;
 	rdp->blimit = blimit;
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(rdp->dynticks->dynticks_nesting != LLONG_MAX / 2);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(rdp->dynticks->dynticks_nesting != DYNTICK_TASK_NESTING);
 	WARN_ON_ONCE((atomic_read(&rdp->dynticks->dynticks) & 0x1) != 1);
 	raw_spin_unlock(&rnp->lock);		/* irqs remain disabled. */