ipvs: fix races around est_mutex and est_cpulist

Sashiko reports for races and possible crash around
the usage of est_cpulist_valid and sysctl_est_cpulist.
The problem is that we do not lock est_mutex in some
places which can lead to wrong write ordering and
as result problems when calling cpumask_weight()
and cpumask_empty().

Fix them by moving the est_max_threads read/write under
locked est_mutex. Do the same for one ip_vs_est_reload_start()
call to protect the cpumask_empty() usage of sysctl_est_cpulist.

To remove the chance of deadlock while stopping the
estimation kthreads, keep the data structure for kthread 0
even after last estimator is removed and do not hold mutexes
while stopping this task. Now we will use a new flag 'needed'
to know when kthread 0 should run. The kthreads above 0
do not use mutexes, so stop them under est_mutex because
their kthread data still can be destroyed if they do not
serve estimators. Now all kthreads will be started by
the est_reload_work to properly serialize the stop/start
for kthread 0.

Reduce the use of service_mutex in ip_vs_est_calc_phase()
because under est_mutex we can safely walk est_kt_arr to
stop the kthreads above slot 0.

As ip_vs_stop_estimator() for tot_stats should be called
under service_mutex, do it early in the netns exit path
in ip_vs_flush() to avoid locking the mutex again later.
It still should be called in ip_vs_control_net_cleanup_sysctl()
when we are called during netns init error. Use -2 for ktid
as indicator if estimator was already stopped.

Finally, fix use-after-free for kd->est_row in
ip_vs_est_calc_phase(). est->ktrow should simply switch to
a delay value while estimator is linked to est_temp_list.

Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260331165015.2777765-1-longman%40redhat.com
Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260420171308.87192-1-ja%40ssi.bg
Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260422125123.40658-1-ja%40ssi.bg
Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260424175858.54752-1-ja%40ssi.bg
Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260425103918.7447-1-ja%40ssi.bg
Fixes: f0be83d54217 ("ipvs: add est_cpulist and est_nice sysctl vars")
Signed-off-by: Julian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>

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