kdump: fix crash_kexec()/smp_send_stop() race in panic()

When two CPUs call panic at the same time there is a possible race
condition that can stop kdump.  The first CPU calls crash_kexec() and the
second CPU calls smp_send_stop() in panic() before crash_kexec() finished
on the first CPU.  So the second CPU stops the first CPU and therefore
kdump fails:

1st CPU:
  panic()->crash_kexec()->mutex_trylock(&kexec_mutex)-> do kdump

2nd CPU:
  panic()->crash_kexec()->kexec_mutex already held by 1st CPU
       ->smp_send_stop()-> stop 1st CPU (stop kdump)

This patch fixes the problem by introducing a spinlock in panic that
allows only one CPU to process crash_kexec() and the subsequent panic
code.

All other CPUs call the weak function panic_smp_self_stop() that stops the
CPU itself.  This function can be overloaded by architecture code.  For
example "tile" can use their lower-power "nap" instruction for that.

Signed-off-by: Michael Holzheu <holzheu@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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