tun/tap & vhost-net: avoid ptr_ring tail-drop when a qdisc is present

This commit prevents tail-drop when a qdisc is present and the ptr_ring
becomes full. Once the ring reaches capacity after a produce attempt,
the netdev queue is stopped instead of dropping subsequent packets.
If no qdisc is present, the previous tail-drop behavior is preserved.

If producing an entry fails anyway due to a race, tun_net_xmit() drops
the packet. Such races are expected because LLTX is enabled and the
transmit path operates without the usual locking.

The __tun_wake_queue() function of the consumer races with the producer
for waking/stopping the netdev queue, which could result in a stalled
queue. Therefore, an smp_mb__after_atomic() is introduced that pairs
with the smp_mb() of the consumer. It follows the principle of store
buffering described in tools/memory-model/Documentation/recipes.txt:

- The producer in tun_net_xmit() first sets __QUEUE_STATE_DRV_XOFF,
  followed by an smp_mb__after_atomic() (= smp_mb()), and then reads the
  ring with __ptr_ring_check_produce().

- The consumer in __tun_wake_queue() first writes zero to the ring in
  __ptr_ring_consume(), followed by an smp_mb(), and then reads the queue
  status with netif_tx_queue_stopped().

=> Following the aforementioned principle, it is impossible for the
   producer to see a full ring (and therefore not wake the queue on the
   re-check) while the consumer simultaneously fails to see a stopped
   queue (and therefore also does not wake it).

Benchmarks:
The benchmarks show a slight regression in raw transmission performance
when using two sending threads. Packet loss also occurs only in the
two-thread sending case; no packet loss was observed with a single
sending thread.

Test setup:
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X at 4.3 GHz, 3200 MHz RAM, isolated QEMU threads;
Average over 50 runs @ 100,000,000 packets. SRSO and spectre v2
mitigations disabled.

Note for tap+vhost-net:
XDP drop program active in VM -> ~2.5x faster; slower for tap due to
more syscalls (high utilization of entry_SYSRETQ_unsafe_stack in perf)

+--------------------------+--------------+----------------+----------+
| 1 thread                 | Stock        | Patched with   | diff     |
| sending                  |              | fq_codel qdisc |          |
+------------+-------------+--------------+----------------+----------+
| TAP        | Received    | 1.132 Mpps   | 1.123 Mpps     | -0.8%    |
|            +-------------+--------------+----------------+----------+
|            | Lost/s      | 3.765 Mpps   | 0 pps          |          |
+------------+-------------+--------------+----------------+----------+
| TAP        | Received    | 3.857 Mpps   | 3.901 Mpps     | +1.1%    |
|            +-------------+--------------+----------------+----------+
| +vhost-net | Lost/s      | 0.802 Mpps   | 0 pps          |          |
+------------+-------------+--------------+----------------+----------+

+--------------------------+--------------+----------------+----------+
| 2 threads                | Stock        | Patched with   | diff     |
| sending                  |              | fq_codel qdisc |          |
+------------+-------------+--------------+----------------+----------+
| TAP        | Received    | 1.115 Mpps   | 1.081 Mpps     | -3.0%    |
|            +-------------+--------------+----------------+----------+
|            | Lost/s      | 8.490 Mpps   | 391 pps        |          |
+------------+-------------+--------------+----------------+----------+
| TAP        | Received    | 3.664 Mpps   | 3.555 Mpps     | -3.0%    |
|            +-------------+--------------+----------------+----------+
| +vhost-net | Lost/s      | 5.330 Mpps   | 938 pps        |          |
+------------+-------------+--------------+----------------+----------+

Co-developed-by: Tim Gebauer <tim.gebauer@tu-dortmund.de>
Signed-off-by: Tim Gebauer <tim.gebauer@tu-dortmund.de>
Signed-off-by: Simon Schippers <simon.schippers@tu-dortmund.de>
Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260510151529.43895-5-simon.schippers@tu-dortmund.de
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

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