ocfs2: add check for free bits before allocation in ocfs2_move_extent()

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Add a check to verify the group descriptor has enough free bits before
attempting allocation in ocfs2_move_extent().  This prevents a kernel
BUG_ON crash in ocfs2_block_group_set_bits() when the move_extents ioctl
is called on a crafted or corrupted filesystem.

The existing validation in ocfs2_validate_gd_self() only checks static
metadata consistency (bg_free_bits_count <= bg_bits) when the descriptor
is first read from disk.  However, during move_extents operations,
multiple allocations can exhaust the free bits count below the requested
allocation size, triggering BUG_ON(le16_to_cpu(bg->bg_free_bits_count) <
num_bits).

The debug trace shows the issue clearly:
  - Block group 32 validated with bg_free_bits_count=427
  - Repeated allocations decreased count: 427 -> 171 -> 43 -> ... -> 1
  - Final request for 2 bits with only 1 available triggers BUG_ON

By adding an early check in ocfs2_move_extent() right after
ocfs2_find_victim_alloc_group(), we return -ENOSPC gracefully instead of
crashing the kernel.  This also avoids unnecessary work in
ocfs2_probe_alloc_group() and __ocfs2_move_extent() when the allocation
will fail.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260104133504.14810-1-kartikey406@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
Reported-by: syzbot+7960178e777909060224@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=7960178e777909060224
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251231115801.293726-1-kartikey406@gmail.com/T/ [v1]
Reviewed-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Mark Fasheh <mark@fasheh.com>
Cc: Joel Becker <jlbec@evilplan.org>
Cc: Junxiao Bi <junxiao.bi@oracle.com>
Cc: Changwei Ge <gechangwei@live.cn>
Cc: Jun Piao <piaojun@huawei.com>
Cc: Heming Zhao <heming.zhao@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

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