diff --git a/include/linux/rcuclassic.h b/include/linux/rcuclassic.h
index f3f697d..80044a4 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcuclassic.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcuclassic.h
@@ -181,4 +181,10 @@
 #define rcu_enter_nohz()	do { } while (0)
 #define rcu_exit_nohz()		do { } while (0)
 
+/* A context switch is a grace period for rcuclassic. */
+static inline int rcu_blocking_is_gp(void)
+{
+	return num_online_cpus() == 1;
+}
+
 #endif /* __LINUX_RCUCLASSIC_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 921340a..528343e 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@
 	void (*func)(struct rcu_head *head);
 };
 
+/* Internal to kernel, but needed by rcupreempt.h. */
+extern int rcu_scheduler_active;
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_CLASSIC_RCU)
 #include <linux/rcuclassic.h>
 #elif defined(CONFIG_TREE_RCU)
@@ -265,6 +268,7 @@
 
 /* Internal to kernel */
 extern void rcu_init(void);
+extern void rcu_scheduler_starting(void);
 extern int rcu_needs_cpu(int cpu);
 
 #endif /* __LINUX_RCUPDATE_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/rcupreempt.h b/include/linux/rcupreempt.h
index 3e05c09..74304b45 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupreempt.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupreempt.h
@@ -142,4 +142,19 @@
 #define rcu_exit_nohz()		do { } while (0)
 #endif /* CONFIG_NO_HZ */
 
+/*
+ * A context switch is a grace period for rcupreempt synchronize_rcu()
+ * only during early boot, before the scheduler has been initialized.
+ * So, how the heck do we get a context switch?  Well, if the caller
+ * invokes synchronize_rcu(), they are willing to accept a context
+ * switch, so we simply pretend that one happened.
+ *
+ * After boot, there might be a blocked or preempted task in an RCU
+ * read-side critical section, so we cannot then take the fastpath.
+ */
+static inline int rcu_blocking_is_gp(void)
+{
+	return num_online_cpus() == 1 && !rcu_scheduler_active;
+}
+
 #endif /* __LINUX_RCUPREEMPT_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/rcutree.h b/include/linux/rcutree.h
index d4368b7..a722fb6 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcutree.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcutree.h
@@ -326,4 +326,10 @@
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_NO_HZ */
 
+/* A context switch is a grace period for rcutree. */
+static inline int rcu_blocking_is_gp(void)
+{
+	return num_online_cpus() == 1;
+}
+
 #endif /* __LINUX_RCUTREE_H */