hw/block/nvme: add metadata support

Add support for metadata in the form of extended logical blocks as well
as a separate buffer of data. The new `ms` nvme-ns device parameter
specifies the size of metadata per logical block in bytes. The `mset`
nvme-ns device parameter controls whether metadata is transfered as part
of an extended lba (set to '1') or in a separate buffer (set to '0',
the default).

Regardsless of the scheme chosen with `mset`, metadata is stored at the
end of the namespace backing block device. This requires the user
provided PRP/SGLs to be walked and "split" into data and metadata
scatter/gather lists if the extended logical block scheme is used, but
has the advantage of not breaking the deallocated blocks support.

Co-authored-by: Gollu Appalanaidu <anaidu.gollu@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Gollu Appalanaidu <anaidu.gollu@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Klaus Jensen <k.jensen@samsung.com>
Reviewed-by: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>

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