KVM: x86: Introduce Intel specific quirk KVM_X86_QUIRK_IGNORE_GUEST_PAT

Introduce an Intel specific quirk KVM_X86_QUIRK_IGNORE_GUEST_PAT to have
KVM ignore guest PAT when this quirk is enabled.

On AMD platforms, KVM always honors guest PAT.  On Intel however there are
two issues.  First, KVM *cannot* honor guest PAT if CPU feature self-snoop
is not supported. Second, UC access on certain Intel platforms can be very
slow[1] and honoring guest PAT on those platforms may break some old
guests that accidentally specify video RAM as UC. Those old guests may
never expect the slowness since KVM always forces WB previously. See [2].

So, introduce a quirk that KVM can enable by default on all Intel platforms
to avoid breaking old unmodifiable guests. Newer userspace can disable this
quirk if it wishes KVM to honor guest PAT; disabling the quirk will fail
if self-snoop is not supported, i.e. if KVM cannot obey the wish.

The quirk is a no-op on AMD and also if any assigned devices have
non-coherent DMA.  This is not an issue, as KVM_X86_QUIRK_CD_NW_CLEARED is
another example of a quirk that is sometimes automatically disabled.

Suggested-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Yan Zhao <yan.y.zhao@intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/Ztl9NWCOupNfVaCA@yzhao56-desk.sh.intel.com # [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/87jzfutmfc.fsf@redhat.com # [2]
Message-ID: <20250224070946.31482-1-yan.y.zhao@intel.com>
[Use supported_quirks/inapplicable_quirks to support both AMD and
 no-self-snoop cases, as well as to remove the shadow_memtype_mask check
 from kvm_mmu_may_ignore_guest_pat(). - Paolo]
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>

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