ipv4: igmp: encode multicast exponential fields

In IGMP, MRC and QQIC fields are not correctly encoded
when generating query packets. Since the receiver of the
query interprets these fields using the IGMPv3 floating-
point decoding logic, any value that exceeds the linear
threshold is incorrectly parsed as an exponential value,
leading to an incorrect interval calculation.

Encode and assign the corresponding protocol fields during
query generation. Introduce the logic to dynamically
calculate the exponent and mantissa using bit-scan (fls).
This ensures MRC and QQIC fields (8-bit) are properly
encoded when transmitting query packets with intervals
that exceed their respective linear threshold value of
128 (for MRT/QQI).

RFC3376: for both MRC and QQIC, values >= 128 represent
the same floating-point encoding as follows:
     0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |1| exp | mant  |
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Ujjal Roy <royujjal@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260502131907.987-4-royujjal@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

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