rcu-tasks: Add block comment laying out RCU Tasks Trace design

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This commit adds a block comment that gives a high-level overview of
how RCU tasks trace grace periods progress.  It also adds a note about
how exiting tasks are handled, plus it gives an overview of the memory
ordering.

Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Reported-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
[ paulmck: Fix commit log per Mathieu Desnoyers feedback. ]
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>

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