diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 65731b060e3f..b72e2049c487 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -5302,6 +5302,12 @@
 			Dump ftrace buffer after reporting RCU CPU
 			stall warning.
 
+	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_notifiers= [KNL]
+			Provide RCU CPU stall notifiers, but see the
+			warnings in the RCU_CPU_STALL_NOTIFIER Kconfig
+			option's help text.  TL;DR:  You almost certainly
+			do not want rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_notifiers.
+
 	rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_suppress= [KNL]
 			Suppress RCU CPU stall warning messages.
 
diff --git a/include/linux/rcu_notifier.h b/include/linux/rcu_notifier.h
index ebf371364581..5640f024773b 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcu_notifier.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcu_notifier.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #define RCU_STALL_NOTIFY_NORM	1
 #define RCU_STALL_NOTIFY_EXP	2
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_STALL_COMMON
+#if defined(CONFIG_RCU_STALL_COMMON) && defined(CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_NOTIFIER)
 
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@
 int rcu_stall_chain_notifier_register(struct notifier_block *n);
 int rcu_stall_chain_notifier_unregister(struct notifier_block *n);
 
-#else // #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_STALL_COMMON
+#else // #if defined(CONFIG_RCU_STALL_COMMON) && defined(CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_NOTIFIER)
 
 // No RCU CPU stall warnings in Tiny RCU.
 static inline int rcu_stall_chain_notifier_register(struct notifier_block *n) { return -EEXIST; }
 static inline int rcu_stall_chain_notifier_unregister(struct notifier_block *n) { return -ENOENT; }
 
-#endif // #else // #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_STALL_COMMON
+#endif // #else // #if defined(CONFIG_RCU_STALL_COMMON) && defined(CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_NOTIFIER)
 
 #endif /* __LINUX_RCU_NOTIFIER_H */
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/Kconfig.debug b/kernel/rcu/Kconfig.debug
index 2984de629f74..9b0b52e1836f 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/kernel/rcu/Kconfig.debug
@@ -105,6 +105,31 @@ config RCU_CPU_STALL_CPUTIME
 	  The boot option rcupdate.rcu_cpu_stall_cputime has the same function
 	  as this one, but will override this if it exists.
 
+config RCU_CPU_STALL_NOTIFIER
+	bool "Provide RCU CPU-stall notifiers"
+	depends on RCU_STALL_COMMON
+	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+	depends on RCU_EXPERT
+	default n
+	help
+	  WARNING:  You almost certainly do not want this!!!
+
+	  Enable RCU CPU-stall notifiers, which are invoked just before
+	  printing the RCU CPU stall warning.  As such, bugs in notifier
+	  callbacks can prevent stall warnings from being printed.
+	  And the whole reason that a stall warning is being printed is
+	  that something is hung up somewhere.	Therefore, the notifier
+	  callbacks must be written extremely carefully, preferably
+	  containing only lockless code.  After all, it is quite possible
+	  that the whole reason that the RCU CPU stall is happening in
+	  the first place is that someone forgot to release whatever lock
+	  that you are thinking of acquiring.  In which case, having your
+	  notifier callback acquire that lock will hang, preventing the
+	  RCU CPU stall warning from appearing.
+
+	  Say Y here if you want RCU CPU stall notifiers (you don't want them)
+	  Say N if you are unsure.
+
 config RCU_TRACE
 	bool "Enable tracing for RCU"
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcu.h b/kernel/rcu/rcu.h
index b531c33e9545..f94f65877f2b 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcu.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcu.h
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ static inline bool rcu_stall_is_suppressed_at_boot(void)
 	return rcu_cpu_stall_suppress_at_boot && !rcu_inkernel_boot_has_ended();
 }
 
+extern int rcu_cpu_stall_notifiers;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_STALL_COMMON
 
 extern int rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump;
@@ -659,10 +661,10 @@ static inline bool rcu_cpu_beenfullyonline(int cpu) { return true; }
 bool rcu_cpu_beenfullyonline(int cpu);
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_STALL_COMMON
+#if defined(CONFIG_RCU_STALL_COMMON) && defined(CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_NOTIFIER)
 int rcu_stall_notifier_call_chain(unsigned long val, void *v);
-#else // #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_STALL_COMMON
+#else // #if defined(CONFIG_RCU_STALL_COMMON) && defined(CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_NOTIFIER)
 static inline int rcu_stall_notifier_call_chain(unsigned long val, void *v) { return NOTIFY_DONE; }
-#endif // #else // #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_STALL_COMMON
+#endif // #else // #if defined(CONFIG_RCU_STALL_COMMON) && defined(CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_NOTIFIER)
 
 #endif /* __LINUX_RCU_H */
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
index 30fc9d34e329..07a6a183c555 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
@@ -2450,10 +2450,12 @@ static int rcu_torture_stall(void *args)
 	unsigned long stop_at;
 
 	VERBOSE_TOROUT_STRING("rcu_torture_stall task started");
-	ret = rcu_stall_chain_notifier_register(&rcu_torture_stall_block);
-	if (ret)
-		pr_info("%s: rcu_stall_chain_notifier_register() returned %d, %sexpected.\n",
-			__func__, ret, !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_STALL_COMMON) ? "un" : "");
+	if (rcu_cpu_stall_notifiers) {
+		ret = rcu_stall_chain_notifier_register(&rcu_torture_stall_block);
+		if (ret)
+			pr_info("%s: rcu_stall_chain_notifier_register() returned %d, %sexpected.\n",
+				__func__, ret, !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RCU_STALL_COMMON) ? "un" : "");
+	}
 	if (stall_cpu_holdoff > 0) {
 		VERBOSE_TOROUT_STRING("rcu_torture_stall begin holdoff");
 		schedule_timeout_interruptible(stall_cpu_holdoff * HZ);
@@ -2497,7 +2499,7 @@ static int rcu_torture_stall(void *args)
 		cur_ops->readunlock(idx);
 	}
 	pr_alert("%s end.\n", __func__);
-	if (!ret) {
+	if (rcu_cpu_stall_notifiers && !ret) {
 		ret = rcu_stall_chain_notifier_unregister(&rcu_torture_stall_block);
 		if (ret)
 			pr_info("%s: rcu_stall_chain_notifier_unregister() returned %d.\n", __func__, ret);
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h
index ac8e86babe44..5d666428546b 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h
@@ -1061,6 +1061,7 @@ static int __init rcu_sysrq_init(void)
 }
 early_initcall(rcu_sysrq_init);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_NOTIFIER
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //
@@ -1081,7 +1082,13 @@ static ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(rcu_cpu_stall_notifier_list);
  */
 int rcu_stall_chain_notifier_register(struct notifier_block *n)
 {
-	return atomic_notifier_chain_register(&rcu_cpu_stall_notifier_list, n);
+	int rcsn = rcu_cpu_stall_notifiers;
+
+	WARN(1, "Adding %pS() to RCU stall notifier list (%s).\n", n->notifier_call,
+	     rcsn ? "possibly suppressing RCU CPU stall warnings" : "failed, so all is well");
+	if (rcsn)
+		return atomic_notifier_chain_register(&rcu_cpu_stall_notifier_list, n);
+	return -EEXIST;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_stall_chain_notifier_register);
 
@@ -1115,3 +1122,5 @@ int rcu_stall_notifier_call_chain(unsigned long val, void *v)
 {
 	return atomic_notifier_call_chain(&rcu_cpu_stall_notifier_list, val, v);
 }
+
+#endif // #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_NOTIFIER
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/update.c b/kernel/rcu/update.c
index c534d6806d3d..46aaaa9fe339 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/update.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/update.c
@@ -538,9 +538,15 @@ long torture_sched_setaffinity(pid_t pid, const struct cpumask *in_mask)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(torture_sched_setaffinity);
 #endif
 
+int rcu_cpu_stall_notifiers __read_mostly; // !0 = provide stall notifiers (rarely useful)
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_cpu_stall_notifiers);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_STALL_COMMON
 int rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump __read_mostly;
 module_param(rcu_cpu_stall_ftrace_dump, int, 0644);
+#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_NOTIFIER
+module_param(rcu_cpu_stall_notifiers, int, 0444);
+#endif // #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_NOTIFIER
 int rcu_cpu_stall_suppress __read_mostly; // !0 = suppress stall warnings.
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_cpu_stall_suppress);
 module_param(rcu_cpu_stall_suppress, int, 0644);