mm: follow_pte() improvements

follow_pte() is now our main function to lookup PTEs in VM_PFNMAP/VM_IO
VMAs.  Let's perform some more sanity checks to make this exported
function harder to abuse.

Further, extend the doc a bit, it still focuses on the KVM use case with
MMU notifiers.  Drop the KVM+follow_pfn() comment, follow_pfn() is no
more, and we have other users nowadays.

Also extend the doc regarding refcounted pages and the interaction with
MMU notifiers.

KVM is one example that uses MMU notifiers and can deal with refcounted
pages properly.  VFIO is one example that doesn't use MMU notifiers, and
to prevent use-after-free, rejects refcounted pages: pfn_valid(pfn) &&
!PageReserved(pfn_to_page(pfn)).  Protection changes are less of a concern
for users like VFIO: the behavior is similar to longterm-pinning a page,
and getting the PTE protection changed afterwards.

The primary concern with refcounted pages is use-after-free, which callers
should be aware of.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <[email protected]>
Cc: Alex Williamson <[email protected]>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
Cc: Fei Li <[email protected]>
Cc: Gerald Schaefer <[email protected]>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <[email protected]>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <[email protected]>
Cc: Sean Christopherson <[email protected]>
Cc: Yonghua Huang <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>

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