virtiofsd: introduce inode refcount to prevent use-after-free

If thread A is using an inode it must not be deleted by thread B when
processing a FUSE_FORGET request.

The FUSE protocol itself already has a counter called nlookup that is
used in FUSE_FORGET messages.  We cannot trust this counter since the
untrusted client can manipulate it via FUSE_FORGET messages.

Introduce a new refcount to keep inodes alive for the required lifespan.
lo_inode_put() must be called to release a reference.  FUSE's nlookup
counter holds exactly one reference so that the inode stays alive as
long as the client still wants to remember it.

Note that the lo_inode->is_symlink field is moved to avoid creating a
hole in the struct due to struct field alignment.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Misono Tomohiro <misono.tomohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
Reviewed-by: Sergio Lopez <slp@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilbert@redhat.com>

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