diff --git a/tools/lib/rbtree.c b/tools/lib/rbtree.c
index 17c2b59..2548ff8 100644
--- a/tools/lib/rbtree.c
+++ b/tools/lib/rbtree.c
@@ -1,27 +1,16 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 /*
   Red Black Trees
   (C) 1999  Andrea Arcangeli <andrea@suse.de>
   (C) 2002  David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
   (C) 2012  Michel Lespinasse <walken@google.com>
 
-  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-  (at your option) any later version.
-
-  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-  GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 
   linux/lib/rbtree.c
 */
 
 #include <linux/rbtree_augmented.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
 
 /*
  * red-black trees properties:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rbtree
@@ -43,6 +32,30 @@
  *  parentheses and have some accompanying text comment.
  */
 
+/*
+ * Notes on lockless lookups:
+ *
+ * All stores to the tree structure (rb_left and rb_right) must be done using
+ * WRITE_ONCE(). And we must not inadvertently cause (temporary) loops in the
+ * tree structure as seen in program order.
+ *
+ * These two requirements will allow lockless iteration of the tree -- not
+ * correct iteration mind you, tree rotations are not atomic so a lookup might
+ * miss entire subtrees.
+ *
+ * But they do guarantee that any such traversal will only see valid elements
+ * and that it will indeed complete -- does not get stuck in a loop.
+ *
+ * It also guarantees that if the lookup returns an element it is the 'correct'
+ * one. But not returning an element does _NOT_ mean it's not present.
+ *
+ * NOTE:
+ *
+ * Stores to __rb_parent_color are not important for simple lookups so those
+ * are left undone as of now. Nor did I check for loops involving parent
+ * pointers.
+ */
+
 static inline void rb_set_black(struct rb_node *rb)
 {
 	rb->__rb_parent_color |= RB_BLACK;
@@ -76,16 +89,25 @@
 
 	while (true) {
 		/*
-		 * Loop invariant: node is red
-		 *
-		 * If there is a black parent, we are done.
-		 * Otherwise, take some corrective action as we don't
-		 * want a red root or two consecutive red nodes.
+		 * Loop invariant: node is red.
 		 */
-		if (!parent) {
+		if (unlikely(!parent)) {
+			/*
+			 * The inserted node is root. Either this is the
+			 * first node, or we recursed at Case 1 below and
+			 * are no longer violating 4).
+			 */
 			rb_set_parent_color(node, NULL, RB_BLACK);
 			break;
-		} else if (rb_is_black(parent))
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * If there is a black parent, we are done.
+		 * Otherwise, take some corrective action as,
+		 * per 4), we don't want a red root or two
+		 * consecutive red nodes.
+		 */
+		if(rb_is_black(parent))
 			break;
 
 		gparent = rb_red_parent(parent);
@@ -94,7 +116,7 @@
 		if (parent != tmp) {	/* parent == gparent->rb_left */
 			if (tmp && rb_is_red(tmp)) {
 				/*
-				 * Case 1 - color flips
+				 * Case 1 - node's uncle is red (color flips).
 				 *
 				 *       G            g
 				 *      / \          / \
@@ -117,7 +139,8 @@
 			tmp = parent->rb_right;
 			if (node == tmp) {
 				/*
-				 * Case 2 - left rotate at parent
+				 * Case 2 - node's uncle is black and node is
+				 * the parent's right child (left rotate at parent).
 				 *
 				 *      G             G
 				 *     / \           / \
@@ -128,8 +151,9 @@
 				 * This still leaves us in violation of 4), the
 				 * continuation into Case 3 will fix that.
 				 */
-				parent->rb_right = tmp = node->rb_left;
-				node->rb_left = parent;
+				tmp = node->rb_left;
+				WRITE_ONCE(parent->rb_right, tmp);
+				WRITE_ONCE(node->rb_left, parent);
 				if (tmp)
 					rb_set_parent_color(tmp, parent,
 							    RB_BLACK);
@@ -140,7 +164,8 @@
 			}
 
 			/*
-			 * Case 3 - right rotate at gparent
+			 * Case 3 - node's uncle is black and node is
+			 * the parent's left child (right rotate at gparent).
 			 *
 			 *        G           P
 			 *       / \         / \
@@ -148,8 +173,8 @@
 			 *     /                 \
 			 *    n                   U
 			 */
-			gparent->rb_left = tmp;  /* == parent->rb_right */
-			parent->rb_right = gparent;
+			WRITE_ONCE(gparent->rb_left, tmp); /* == parent->rb_right */
+			WRITE_ONCE(parent->rb_right, gparent);
 			if (tmp)
 				rb_set_parent_color(tmp, gparent, RB_BLACK);
 			__rb_rotate_set_parents(gparent, parent, root, RB_RED);
@@ -170,8 +195,9 @@
 			tmp = parent->rb_left;
 			if (node == tmp) {
 				/* Case 2 - right rotate at parent */
-				parent->rb_left = tmp = node->rb_right;
-				node->rb_right = parent;
+				tmp = node->rb_right;
+				WRITE_ONCE(parent->rb_left, tmp);
+				WRITE_ONCE(node->rb_right, parent);
 				if (tmp)
 					rb_set_parent_color(tmp, parent,
 							    RB_BLACK);
@@ -182,8 +208,8 @@
 			}
 
 			/* Case 3 - left rotate at gparent */
-			gparent->rb_right = tmp;  /* == parent->rb_left */
-			parent->rb_left = gparent;
+			WRITE_ONCE(gparent->rb_right, tmp); /* == parent->rb_left */
+			WRITE_ONCE(parent->rb_left, gparent);
 			if (tmp)
 				rb_set_parent_color(tmp, gparent, RB_BLACK);
 			__rb_rotate_set_parents(gparent, parent, root, RB_RED);
@@ -223,8 +249,9 @@
 				 *      / \         / \
 				 *     Sl  Sr      N   Sl
 				 */
-				parent->rb_right = tmp1 = sibling->rb_left;
-				sibling->rb_left = parent;
+				tmp1 = sibling->rb_left;
+				WRITE_ONCE(parent->rb_right, tmp1);
+				WRITE_ONCE(sibling->rb_left, parent);
 				rb_set_parent_color(tmp1, parent, RB_BLACK);
 				__rb_rotate_set_parents(parent, sibling, root,
 							RB_RED);
@@ -268,15 +295,31 @@
 				 *
 				 *   (p)           (p)
 				 *   / \           / \
-				 *  N   S    -->  N   Sl
+				 *  N   S    -->  N   sl
 				 *     / \             \
-				 *    sl  Sr            s
+				 *    sl  Sr            S
 				 *                       \
 				 *                        Sr
+				 *
+				 * Note: p might be red, and then both
+				 * p and sl are red after rotation(which
+				 * breaks property 4). This is fixed in
+				 * Case 4 (in __rb_rotate_set_parents()
+				 *         which set sl the color of p
+				 *         and set p RB_BLACK)
+				 *
+				 *   (p)            (sl)
+				 *   / \            /  \
+				 *  N   sl   -->   P    S
+				 *       \        /      \
+				 *        S      N        Sr
+				 *         \
+				 *          Sr
 				 */
-				sibling->rb_left = tmp1 = tmp2->rb_right;
-				tmp2->rb_right = sibling;
-				parent->rb_right = tmp2;
+				tmp1 = tmp2->rb_right;
+				WRITE_ONCE(sibling->rb_left, tmp1);
+				WRITE_ONCE(tmp2->rb_right, sibling);
+				WRITE_ONCE(parent->rb_right, tmp2);
 				if (tmp1)
 					rb_set_parent_color(tmp1, sibling,
 							    RB_BLACK);
@@ -296,8 +339,9 @@
 			 *        / \         / \
 			 *      (sl) sr      N  (sl)
 			 */
-			parent->rb_right = tmp2 = sibling->rb_left;
-			sibling->rb_left = parent;
+			tmp2 = sibling->rb_left;
+			WRITE_ONCE(parent->rb_right, tmp2);
+			WRITE_ONCE(sibling->rb_left, parent);
 			rb_set_parent_color(tmp1, sibling, RB_BLACK);
 			if (tmp2)
 				rb_set_parent(tmp2, parent);
@@ -309,8 +353,9 @@
 			sibling = parent->rb_left;
 			if (rb_is_red(sibling)) {
 				/* Case 1 - right rotate at parent */
-				parent->rb_left = tmp1 = sibling->rb_right;
-				sibling->rb_right = parent;
+				tmp1 = sibling->rb_right;
+				WRITE_ONCE(parent->rb_left, tmp1);
+				WRITE_ONCE(sibling->rb_right, parent);
 				rb_set_parent_color(tmp1, parent, RB_BLACK);
 				__rb_rotate_set_parents(parent, sibling, root,
 							RB_RED);
@@ -334,10 +379,11 @@
 					}
 					break;
 				}
-				/* Case 3 - right rotate at sibling */
-				sibling->rb_right = tmp1 = tmp2->rb_left;
-				tmp2->rb_left = sibling;
-				parent->rb_left = tmp2;
+				/* Case 3 - left rotate at sibling */
+				tmp1 = tmp2->rb_left;
+				WRITE_ONCE(sibling->rb_right, tmp1);
+				WRITE_ONCE(tmp2->rb_left, sibling);
+				WRITE_ONCE(parent->rb_left, tmp2);
 				if (tmp1)
 					rb_set_parent_color(tmp1, sibling,
 							    RB_BLACK);
@@ -345,9 +391,10 @@
 				tmp1 = sibling;
 				sibling = tmp2;
 			}
-			/* Case 4 - left rotate at parent + color flips */
-			parent->rb_left = tmp2 = sibling->rb_right;
-			sibling->rb_right = parent;
+			/* Case 4 - right rotate at parent + color flips */
+			tmp2 = sibling->rb_right;
+			WRITE_ONCE(parent->rb_left, tmp2);
+			WRITE_ONCE(sibling->rb_right, parent);
 			rb_set_parent_color(tmp1, sibling, RB_BLACK);
 			if (tmp2)
 				rb_set_parent(tmp2, parent);
@@ -378,7 +425,9 @@
 static inline void dummy_rotate(struct rb_node *old, struct rb_node *new) {}
 
 static const struct rb_augment_callbacks dummy_callbacks = {
-	dummy_propagate, dummy_copy, dummy_rotate
+	.propagate = dummy_propagate,
+	.copy = dummy_copy,
+	.rotate = dummy_rotate
 };
 
 void rb_insert_color(struct rb_node *node, struct rb_root *root)
@@ -498,15 +547,15 @@
 {
 	struct rb_node *parent = rb_parent(victim);
 
+	/* Copy the pointers/colour from the victim to the replacement */
+	*new = *victim;
+
 	/* Set the surrounding nodes to point to the replacement */
-	__rb_change_child(victim, new, parent, root);
 	if (victim->rb_left)
 		rb_set_parent(victim->rb_left, new);
 	if (victim->rb_right)
 		rb_set_parent(victim->rb_right, new);
-
-	/* Copy the pointers/colour from the victim to the replacement */
-	*new = *victim;
+	__rb_change_child(victim, new, parent, root);
 }
 
 static struct rb_node *rb_left_deepest_node(const struct rb_node *node)