rcu: Prohibit starting new grace periods while forcing quiescent states

Reduce the number and variety of race conditions by prohibiting
the start of a new grace period while force_quiescent_state() is
active. A new fqs_active flag in the rcu_state structure is used
to trace whether or not force_quiescent_state() is active, and
this new flag is tested by rcu_start_gp().  If the CPU that
closed out the last grace period needs another grace period,
this new grace period may be delayed up to one scheduling-clock
tick, but it will eventually get started.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]>
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Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>

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