Subclass tq_lock to eliminate a lockdep warning

When taskq_dispatch() calls taskq_thread_spawn() to create a new thread
for a taskq, linux lockdep warns of possible recursive locking.  This is
a false positive.

One such call chain is as follows, when a taskq needs more threads:
	taskq_dispatch->taskq_thread_spawn->taskq_dispatch

The initial taskq_dispatch() holds tq_lock on the taskq that needed more
worker threads.  The later call into taskq_dispatch() takes
dynamic_taskq->tq_lock.  Without subclassing, lockdep believes these
could potentially be the same lock and complains.  A similar case occurs
when taskq_dispatch() then calls task_alloc().

This patch uses spin_lock_irqsave_nested() when taking tq_lock, with one
of two new lock subclasses:

subclass              taskq
TQ_LOCK_DYNAMIC       dynamic_taskq
TQ_LOCK_GENERAL       any other

Signed-off-by: Olaf Faaland <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Brian Behlendorf <[email protected]>
Issue #480

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