KVM: x86/mmu: Don't force flush if SPTE update clears Accessed bit

Don't force a TLB flush if mmu_spte_update() clears the Accessed bit, as
access tracking tolerates false negatives, as evidenced by the
mmu_notifier hooks that explicitly test and age SPTEs without doing a TLB
flush.

In practice, this is very nearly a nop.  spte_write_protect() and
spte_clear_dirty() never clear the Accessed bit.  make_spte() always
sets the Accessed bit for !prefetch scenarios.  FNAME(sync_spte) only sets
SPTE if the protection bits are changing, i.e. if a flush will be needed
regardless of the Accessed bits.  And FNAME(pte_prefetch) sets SPTE if and
only if the old SPTE is !PRESENT.

That leaves kvm_arch_async_page_ready() as the one path that will generate
a !ACCESSED SPTE *and* overwrite a PRESENT SPTE.  And that's very arguably
a bug, as clobbering a valid SPTE in that case is nonsensical.

Tested-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241011021051.1557902-5-seanjc@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>

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