icount: prepare the code for future races in calling qemu_clock_warp

Computing the deadline of all vm_clocks is somewhat expensive and calls
out to qemu-timer.c; two reasons not to do it in the seqlock's write-side
critical section.  This however opens the door for races in setting and
reading vm_clock_warp_start.

To plug them, we need to cover the case where a new deadline slips in
between the call to qemu_clock_deadline_ns_all and the actual modification
of the icount_warp_timer.  Restrict changes to vm_clock_warp_start and
the icount_warp_timer's expiration time, to only move them back (which
would simply cause an early wakeup).

If a vm_clock timer is cancelled while CPUs are idle, this might cause the
icount_warp_timer to fire unnecessarily.  This is not a problem, after it
fires the timer becomes inactive and the next call to timer_mod_anticipate
will be precise.

In addition to this, we must deactivate the icount_warp_timer _before_
checking whether CPUs are idle.  This way, if the "last" CPU becomes idle
during the call to timer_del we will still set up the icount_warp_timer.

Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>

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