- period, while a "." preceding the ">" indicates otherwise.
- The character following the ">" indicates similarly for
- the next grace period. A "T" should appear in this
- field only for rcu-preempt.
+ period, while a "E" preceding the ">" indicates that
+ at least one task blocked in an RCU read-side critical
+ section blocks the current expedited grace period.
+ A "T" character following the ">" indicates that at
+ least one task is blocked within an RCU read-side
+ critical section, regardless of whether any current
+ grace period (expedited or normal) is inconvenienced.
+ A "." character appears if the corresponding condition
+ does not hold, so that "..>." indicates that no tasks
+ are blocked. In contrast, "GE>T" indicates maximal
+ inconvenience from blocked tasks.