diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/capability-analysis.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/capability-analysis.rst
index a34dfe7b0b09..73dd28a23b11 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/capability-analysis.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/capability-analysis.rst
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Supported Kernel Primitives
 
 Currently the following synchronization primitives are supported:
 `raw_spinlock_t`, `spinlock_t`, `rwlock_t`, `mutex`, `seqlock_t`,
-`bit_spinlock`.
+`bit_spinlock`, RCU.
 
 For capabilities with an initialization function (e.g., `spin_lock_init()`),
 calling this function on the capability instance before initializing any
diff --git a/include/linux/cleanup.h b/include/linux/cleanup.h
index 93a166549add..7d70d308357a 100644
--- a/include/linux/cleanup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cleanup.h
@@ -404,6 +404,10 @@ static inline class_##_name##_t class_##_name##_constructor(void)	\
 	return _t;							\
 }
 
+#define DECLARE_LOCK_GUARD_0_ATTRS(_name, _lock, _unlock)		\
+static inline class_##_name##_t class_##_name##_constructor(void) _lock;\
+static inline void class_##_name##_destructor(class_##_name##_t *_T) _unlock
+
 #define DEFINE_LOCK_GUARD_1(_name, _type, _lock, _unlock, ...)		\
 __DEFINE_CLASS_IS_CONDITIONAL(_name, false);				\
 __DEFINE_UNLOCK_GUARD(_name, _type, _unlock, __VA_ARGS__)		\
diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 48e5c03df1dd..ee68095ba9f0 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <linux/context_tracking_irq.h>
 
+token_capability(RCU);
+token_capability_instance(RCU, RCU_SCHED);
+token_capability_instance(RCU, RCU_BH);
+
+/*
+ * A convenience macro that can be used for RCU-protected globals or struct
+ * members; adds type qualifier __rcu, and also enforces __var_guarded_by(RCU).
+ */
+#define __rcu_guarded __rcu __var_guarded_by(RCU)
+
 #define ULONG_CMP_GE(a, b)	(ULONG_MAX / 2 >= (a) - (b))
 #define ULONG_CMP_LT(a, b)	(ULONG_MAX / 2 < (a) - (b))
 
@@ -431,7 +441,8 @@ static inline void rcu_preempt_sleep_check(void) { }
 
 // See RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN() for an explanation of the double call to
 // debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled().
-static inline bool lockdep_assert_rcu_helper(bool c)
+static inline bool lockdep_assert_rcu_helper(bool c, const struct __capability_RCU *cap)
+	__asserts_shared_cap(RCU) __asserts_shared_cap(cap)
 {
 	return debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled() &&
 	       (c || !rcu_is_watching() || !rcu_lockdep_current_cpu_online()) &&
@@ -444,7 +455,7 @@ static inline bool lockdep_assert_rcu_helper(bool c)
  * Splats if lockdep is enabled and there is no rcu_read_lock() in effect.
  */
 #define lockdep_assert_in_rcu_read_lock() \
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(lockdep_assert_rcu_helper(!lock_is_held(&rcu_lock_map)))
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(lockdep_assert_rcu_helper(!lock_is_held(&rcu_lock_map), RCU))
 
 /**
  * lockdep_assert_in_rcu_read_lock_bh - WARN if not protected by rcu_read_lock_bh()
@@ -454,7 +465,7 @@ static inline bool lockdep_assert_rcu_helper(bool c)
  * actual rcu_read_lock_bh() is required.
  */
 #define lockdep_assert_in_rcu_read_lock_bh() \
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(lockdep_assert_rcu_helper(!lock_is_held(&rcu_bh_lock_map)))
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(lockdep_assert_rcu_helper(!lock_is_held(&rcu_bh_lock_map), RCU_BH))
 
 /**
  * lockdep_assert_in_rcu_read_lock_sched - WARN if not protected by rcu_read_lock_sched()
@@ -464,7 +475,7 @@ static inline bool lockdep_assert_rcu_helper(bool c)
  * instead an actual rcu_read_lock_sched() is required.
  */
 #define lockdep_assert_in_rcu_read_lock_sched() \
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(lockdep_assert_rcu_helper(!lock_is_held(&rcu_sched_lock_map)))
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(lockdep_assert_rcu_helper(!lock_is_held(&rcu_sched_lock_map), RCU_SCHED))
 
 /**
  * lockdep_assert_in_rcu_reader - WARN if not within some type of RCU reader
@@ -482,17 +493,17 @@ static inline bool lockdep_assert_rcu_helper(bool c)
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(lockdep_assert_rcu_helper(!lock_is_held(&rcu_lock_map) &&			\
 					       !lock_is_held(&rcu_bh_lock_map) &&		\
 					       !lock_is_held(&rcu_sched_lock_map) &&		\
-					       preemptible()))
+					       preemptible(), RCU))
 
 #else /* #ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_RCU */
 
 #define RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(c, s) do { } while (0 && (c))
 #define rcu_sleep_check() do { } while (0)
 
-#define lockdep_assert_in_rcu_read_lock() do { } while (0)
-#define lockdep_assert_in_rcu_read_lock_bh() do { } while (0)
-#define lockdep_assert_in_rcu_read_lock_sched() do { } while (0)
-#define lockdep_assert_in_rcu_reader() do { } while (0)
+#define lockdep_assert_in_rcu_read_lock() __assert_shared_cap(RCU)
+#define lockdep_assert_in_rcu_read_lock_bh() __assert_shared_cap(RCU_BH)
+#define lockdep_assert_in_rcu_read_lock_sched() __assert_shared_cap(RCU_SCHED)
+#define lockdep_assert_in_rcu_reader() __assert_shared_cap(RCU)
 
 #endif /* #else #ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_RCU */
 
@@ -512,11 +523,11 @@ static inline bool lockdep_assert_rcu_helper(bool c)
 #endif /* #else #ifdef __CHECKER__ */
 
 #define __unrcu_pointer(p, local)					\
-({									\
+capability_unsafe(							\
 	typeof(*p) *local = (typeof(*p) *__force)(p);			\
 	rcu_check_sparse(p, __rcu);					\
 	((typeof(*p) __force __kernel *)(local)); 			\
-})
+)
 /**
  * unrcu_pointer - mark a pointer as not being RCU protected
  * @p: pointer needing to lose its __rcu property
@@ -592,7 +603,7 @@ static inline bool lockdep_assert_rcu_helper(bool c)
  * other macros that it invokes.
  */
 #define rcu_assign_pointer(p, v)					      \
-do {									      \
+capability_unsafe(							      \
 	uintptr_t _r_a_p__v = (uintptr_t)(v);				      \
 	rcu_check_sparse(p, __rcu);					      \
 									      \
@@ -600,7 +611,7 @@ do {									      \
 		WRITE_ONCE((p), (typeof(p))(_r_a_p__v));		      \
 	else								      \
 		smp_store_release(&p, RCU_INITIALIZER((typeof(p))_r_a_p__v)); \
-} while (0)
+)
 
 /**
  * rcu_replace_pointer() - replace an RCU pointer, returning its old value
@@ -843,9 +854,10 @@ do {									      \
  * only when acquiring spinlocks that are subject to priority inheritance.
  */
 static __always_inline void rcu_read_lock(void)
+	__acquires_shared(RCU)
 {
 	__rcu_read_lock();
-	__acquire(RCU);
+	__acquire_shared(RCU);
 	rcu_lock_acquire(&rcu_lock_map);
 	RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(!rcu_is_watching(),
 			 "rcu_read_lock() used illegally while idle");
@@ -874,11 +886,12 @@ static __always_inline void rcu_read_lock(void)
  * See rcu_read_lock() for more information.
  */
 static inline void rcu_read_unlock(void)
+	__releases_shared(RCU)
 {
 	RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(!rcu_is_watching(),
 			 "rcu_read_unlock() used illegally while idle");
 	rcu_lock_release(&rcu_lock_map); /* Keep acq info for rls diags. */
-	__release(RCU);
+	__release_shared(RCU);
 	__rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
@@ -897,9 +910,11 @@ static inline void rcu_read_unlock(void)
  * was invoked from some other task.
  */
 static inline void rcu_read_lock_bh(void)
+	__acquires_shared(RCU) __acquires_shared(RCU_BH)
 {
 	local_bh_disable();
-	__acquire(RCU_BH);
+	__acquire_shared(RCU);
+	__acquire_shared(RCU_BH);
 	rcu_lock_acquire(&rcu_bh_lock_map);
 	RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(!rcu_is_watching(),
 			 "rcu_read_lock_bh() used illegally while idle");
@@ -911,11 +926,13 @@ static inline void rcu_read_lock_bh(void)
  * See rcu_read_lock_bh() for more information.
  */
 static inline void rcu_read_unlock_bh(void)
+	__releases_shared(RCU) __releases_shared(RCU_BH)
 {
 	RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(!rcu_is_watching(),
 			 "rcu_read_unlock_bh() used illegally while idle");
 	rcu_lock_release(&rcu_bh_lock_map);
-	__release(RCU_BH);
+	__release_shared(RCU_BH);
+	__release_shared(RCU);
 	local_bh_enable();
 }
 
@@ -935,9 +952,11 @@ static inline void rcu_read_unlock_bh(void)
  * rcu_read_lock_sched() was invoked from an NMI handler.
  */
 static inline void rcu_read_lock_sched(void)
+	__acquires_shared(RCU) __acquires_shared(RCU_SCHED)
 {
 	preempt_disable();
-	__acquire(RCU_SCHED);
+	__acquire_shared(RCU);
+	__acquire_shared(RCU_SCHED);
 	rcu_lock_acquire(&rcu_sched_lock_map);
 	RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(!rcu_is_watching(),
 			 "rcu_read_lock_sched() used illegally while idle");
@@ -945,9 +964,11 @@ static inline void rcu_read_lock_sched(void)
 
 /* Used by lockdep and tracing: cannot be traced, cannot call lockdep. */
 static inline notrace void rcu_read_lock_sched_notrace(void)
+	__acquires_shared(RCU) __acquires_shared(RCU_SCHED)
 {
 	preempt_disable_notrace();
-	__acquire(RCU_SCHED);
+	__acquire_shared(RCU);
+	__acquire_shared(RCU_SCHED);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -956,18 +977,22 @@ static inline notrace void rcu_read_lock_sched_notrace(void)
  * See rcu_read_lock_sched() for more information.
  */
 static inline void rcu_read_unlock_sched(void)
+	__releases_shared(RCU) __releases_shared(RCU_SCHED)
 {
 	RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(!rcu_is_watching(),
 			 "rcu_read_unlock_sched() used illegally while idle");
 	rcu_lock_release(&rcu_sched_lock_map);
-	__release(RCU_SCHED);
+	__release_shared(RCU_SCHED);
+	__release_shared(RCU);
 	preempt_enable();
 }
 
 /* Used by lockdep and tracing: cannot be traced, cannot call lockdep. */
 static inline notrace void rcu_read_unlock_sched_notrace(void)
+	__releases_shared(RCU) __releases_shared(RCU_SCHED)
 {
-	__release(RCU_SCHED);
+	__release_shared(RCU_SCHED);
+	__release_shared(RCU);
 	preempt_enable_notrace();
 }
 
@@ -1010,10 +1035,10 @@ static inline notrace void rcu_read_unlock_sched_notrace(void)
  * ordering guarantees for either the CPU or the compiler.
  */
 #define RCU_INIT_POINTER(p, v) \
-	do { \
+	capability_unsafe( \
 		rcu_check_sparse(p, __rcu); \
 		WRITE_ONCE(p, RCU_INITIALIZER(v)); \
-	} while (0)
+	)
 
 /**
  * RCU_POINTER_INITIALIZER() - statically initialize an RCU protected pointer
@@ -1172,4 +1197,6 @@ DEFINE_LOCK_GUARD_0(rcu,
 	} while (0),
 	rcu_read_unlock())
 
+DECLARE_LOCK_GUARD_0_ATTRS(rcu, __acquires_shared(RCU), __releases_shared(RCU));
+
 #endif /* __LINUX_RCUPDATE_H */
diff --git a/lib/test_capability-analysis.c b/lib/test_capability-analysis.c
index fc8dcad2a994..f5a1dda6ca38 100644
--- a/lib/test_capability-analysis.c
+++ b/lib/test_capability-analysis.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <linux/bit_spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/build_bug.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 #include <linux/seqlock.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 
@@ -277,3 +278,70 @@ static void __used test_bit_spin_lock(struct test_bit_spinlock_data *d)
 		bit_spin_unlock(3, &d->bits);
 	}
 }
+
+/*
+ * Test that we can mark a variable guarded by RCU, and we can dereference and
+ * write to the pointer with RCU's primitives.
+ */
+struct test_rcu_data {
+	long __rcu_guarded *data;
+};
+
+static void __used test_rcu_guarded_reader(struct test_rcu_data *d)
+{
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	(void)rcu_dereference(d->data);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	rcu_read_lock_bh();
+	(void)rcu_dereference(d->data);
+	rcu_read_unlock_bh();
+
+	rcu_read_lock_sched();
+	(void)rcu_dereference(d->data);
+	rcu_read_unlock_sched();
+}
+
+static void __used test_rcu_guard(struct test_rcu_data *d)
+{
+	guard(rcu)();
+	(void)rcu_dereference(d->data);
+}
+
+static void __used test_rcu_guarded_updater(struct test_rcu_data *d)
+{
+	rcu_assign_pointer(d->data, NULL);
+	RCU_INIT_POINTER(d->data, NULL);
+	(void)unrcu_pointer(d->data);
+}
+
+static void wants_rcu_held(void)	__must_hold_shared(RCU)       { }
+static void wants_rcu_held_bh(void)	__must_hold_shared(RCU_BH)    { }
+static void wants_rcu_held_sched(void)	__must_hold_shared(RCU_SCHED) { }
+
+static void __used test_rcu_lock_variants(void)
+{
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	wants_rcu_held();
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	rcu_read_lock_bh();
+	wants_rcu_held_bh();
+	rcu_read_unlock_bh();
+
+	rcu_read_lock_sched();
+	wants_rcu_held_sched();
+	rcu_read_unlock_sched();
+}
+
+static void __used test_rcu_assert_variants(void)
+{
+	lockdep_assert_in_rcu_read_lock();
+	wants_rcu_held();
+
+	lockdep_assert_in_rcu_read_lock_bh();
+	wants_rcu_held_bh();
+
+	lockdep_assert_in_rcu_read_lock_sched();
+	wants_rcu_held_sched();
+}
