ext4: prevent stale extent cache entries caused by concurrent fiemap

The ext4_fiemap() currently invokes ext4_ext_precache() and
iomap_fiemap() to preload the extent cache and query mapping information
without holding the inode's i_rwsem. This can result in stale extent
cache entries when competing with operations such as
ext4_collapse_range() which calls ext4_ext_remove_space() or
ext4_ext_shift_extents().

The problem arises when ext4_ext_remove_space() temporarily releases
i_data_sem due to insufficient journal credits. During this interval, a
concurrent ext4_fiemap() may cache extent entries that are about to be
deleted. As a result, these cached entries become stale and inconsistent
with the actual extents.

Loading the extents cache without holding the inode's i_rwsem or the
mapping's invalidate_lock is not permitted besides during the writeback.
Fix this by holding the i_rwsem in ext4_fiemap().

Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250423085257.122685-5-yi.zhang@huaweicloud.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>

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