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Description: kernel: fix rwlock implementation
Symptom: Kernel hangs, due to deadlock on an rwlock.
Problem: With upstream commit 94232a4332de ("s390/rwlock: improve writer
              fairness") rwlock writer fairness was supposed to be
              implemented. If a writer tries to take an rwlock it sets
              unconditionally the writer bit within the lock word and waits
              until all readers have released the lock. This however can lead
              to a deadlock since rwlocks can be taken recursively by readers.
              If e.g. CPU 0 holds the lock as a reader, and CPU 1 wants to
              write-lock the lock, then CPU 1 sets the writer bit and
              afterwards busy waits for CPU 0 to release the lock. If now CPU 0
              tries to read-lock the lock again (recursively) it will also busy
              wait until CPU 1 removes the writer bit, which will never happen,
              since it waits for the first reader on CPU 0 to release the lock.
Solution: Revert the rwlock writer fairness semantics again.