KVM: Prevent module exit until all VMs are freed

Tie the lifetime the KVM module to the lifetime of each VM via
kvm.users_count. This way anything that grabs a reference to the VM via
kvm_get_kvm() cannot accidentally outlive the KVM module.

Prior to this commit, the lifetime of the KVM module was tied to the
lifetime of /dev/kvm file descriptors, VM file descriptors, and vCPU
file descriptors by their respective file_operations "owner" field.
This approach is insufficient because references grabbed via
kvm_get_kvm() do not prevent closing any of the aforementioned file
descriptors.

This fixes a long standing theoretical bug in KVM that at least affects
async page faults. kvm_setup_async_pf() grabs a reference via
kvm_get_kvm(), and drops it in an asynchronous work callback. Nothing
prevents the VM file descriptor from being closed and the KVM module
from being unloaded before this callback runs.

Fixes: af585b921e5d ("KVM: Halt vcpu if page it tries to access is swapped out")
Fixes: 3d3aab1b973b ("KVM: set owner of cpu and vm file operations")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Suggested-by: Ben Gardon <bgardon@google.com>
[ Based on a patch from Ben implemented for Google's kernel. ]
Signed-off-by: David Matlack <dmatlack@google.com>
Message-Id: <20220303183328.1499189-2-dmatlack@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>

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