tipc: fix nametbl_lock soft lockup at node/link events

We trigger a soft lockup as we grab nametbl_lock twice if the node
has a pending node up/down or link up/down event while:
- we process an incoming named message in tipc_named_rcv() and
  perform an tipc_update_nametbl().
- we have pending backlog items in the name distributor queue
  during a nametable update using tipc_nametbl_publish() or
  tipc_nametbl_withdraw().

The following are the call chain associated:
tipc_named_rcv() Grabs nametbl_lock
   tipc_update_nametbl() (publish/withdraw)
     tipc_node_subscribe()/unsubscribe()
       tipc_node_write_unlock()
          << lockup occurs if an outstanding node/link event
             exits, as we grabs nametbl_lock again >>

tipc_nametbl_withdraw() Grab nametbl_lock
  tipc_named_process_backlog()
    tipc_update_nametbl()
      << rest as above >>

The function tipc_node_write_unlock(), in addition to releasing the
lock processes the outstanding node/link up/down events. To do this,
we need to grab the nametbl_lock again leading to the lockup.

In this commit we fix the soft lockup by introducing a fast variant of
node_unlock(), where we just release the lock. We adapt the
node_subscribe()/node_unsubscribe() to use the fast variants.

Reported-and-Tested-by: John Thompson <thompa.atl@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Ying Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com>
Acked-by: Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com>
Signed-off-by: Parthasarathy Bhuvaragan <parthasarathy.bhuvaragan@ericsson.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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