panic: introduce helper functions for panic state

Patch series "panic: introduce panic status function family", v2.

This series introduces a family of helper functions to manage panic state
and updates existing code to use them.

Before this series, panic state helpers were scattered and inconsistent. 
For example, panic_in_progress() was defined in printk/printk.c, not in
panic.c or panic.h.  As a result, developers had to look in unexpected
places to understand or re-use panic state logic.  Other checks were open-
coded, duplicating logic across panic, crash, and watchdog paths.

The new helpers centralize the functionality in panic.c/panic.h:
  - panic_try_start()
  - panic_reset()
  - panic_in_progress()
  - panic_on_this_cpu()
  - panic_on_other_cpu()

Patches 1–8 add the helpers and convert panic/crash and printk/nbcon
code to use them.

Patch 9 fixes a bug in the watchdog subsystem by skipping checks when a
panic is in progress, avoiding interference with the panic CPU.

Together, this makes panic state handling simpler, more discoverable, and
more robust.


This patch (of 9):

This patch introduces four new helper functions to abstract the management
of the panic_cpu variable.  These functions will be used in subsequent
patches to refactor existing code.

The direct use of panic_cpu can be error-prone and ambiguous, as it
requires manual checks to determine which CPU is handling the panic.  The
new helpers clarify intent:

panic_try_start():
Atomically sets the current CPU as the panicking CPU.

panic_reset():
Reset panic_cpu to PANIC_CPU_INVALID.

panic_in_progress():
Checks if a panic has been triggered.

panic_on_this_cpu():
Returns true if the current CPU is the panic originator.

panic_on_other_cpu():
Returns true if a panic is on another CPU.

This change lays the groundwork for improved code readability
and robustness in the panic handling subsystem.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250825022947.1596226-1-wangjinchao600@gmail.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250825022947.1596226-2-wangjinchao600@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jinchao Wang <wangjinchao600@gmail.com>
Cc: Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@oracle.com>
Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Cc: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>
Cc: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com>
Cc: Doug Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
Cc: "Guilherme G. Piccoli" <gpiccoli@igalia.com>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>
Cc: Joanthan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>
Cc: Joel Granados <joel.granados@kernel.org>
Cc: John Ogness <john.ogness@linutronix.de>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Cc: Li Huafei <lihuafei1@huawei.com>
Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com>
Cc: Luo Gengkun <luogengkun@huaweicloud.com>
Cc: Max Kellermann <max.kellermann@ionos.com>
Cc: Nam Cao <namcao@linutronix.de>
Cc: oushixiong <oushixiong@kylinos.cn>
Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Cc: Qianqiang Liu <qianqiang.liu@163.com>
Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@chromium.org>
Cc: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@intel.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleinxer <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Thomas Zimemrmann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Cc: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@linux.dev>
Cc: Ville Syrjala <ville.syrjala@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Cc: Yicong Yang <yangyicong@hisilicon.com>
Cc: Yunhui Cui <cuiyunhui@bytedance.com>
Cc: Yury Norov (NVIDIA) <yury.norov@gmail.com>b
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

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