powerpc/align: Don't use __get_user_instr() on kernel addresses

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In the old days, when we didn't have kernel userspace access
protection and had set_fs(), it was wise to use __get_user()
and friends to read kernel memory.

Nowadays, get_user() is granting userspace access and is exclusively
for userspace access.

In alignment exception handler, use probe_kernel_read_inst()
instead of __get_user_instr() for reading instructions in kernel.

This will allow to remove the is_kernel_addr() check in
__get/put_user() in a following patch.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Axtens <dja@axtens.net>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/d9ecbce00178484e66ca7adec2ff210058037704.1615398265.git.christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu

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