KVM: arm64: Fix MTE flag initialization for protected VMs

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The function pkvm_init_features_from_host() initializes guest
features, propagating them from the host. The logic to propagate
KVM_ARCH_FLAG_MTE_ENABLED (Memory Tagging Extension)
has a couple of issues.

First, the check was in the common path, before the divergence for
protected and non-protected VMs. For non-protected VMs, this was
unnecessary, as 'kvm->arch.flags' is completely overwritten by
host_arch_flags immediately after, which already contains the MTE flag.
For protected VMs, this was setting the flag even if the feature is not
allowed.

Second, the check was reading 'host_kvm->arch.flags' instead of using
the local 'host_arch_flags', which is read once from the host flags.

Fix these by moving the MTE flag check inside the protected-VM-only
path, checking if the feature is allowed, and changing it to use the
correct host_arch_flags local variable. This ensures non-protected VMs
get the flag via the bulk copy, and protected VMs get it via an explicit
check.

Fixes: b7f345fbc3 ("KVM: arm64: Fix FEAT_MTE in pKVM")
Reviewed-by: Ben Horgan <ben.horgan@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251211104710.151771-4-tabba@google.com
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>

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