PM: sleep: add kernel parameter to disable asynchronous suspend/resume

On some platforms, device dependencies are not properly represented by
device links, which can cause issues when asynchronous power management
is enabled. While it is possible to disable this via sysfs, doing so
at runtime can race with the first system suspend event.

This patch introduces a kernel command-line parameter, "pm_async", which
can be set to "off" to globally disable asynchronous suspend and resume
operations from early boot. It effectively provides a way to set the
initial value of the existing pm_async sysfs knob at boot time. This
offers a robust method to fall back to synchronous (sequential)
operation, which can stabilize platforms with problematic dependencies
and also serve as a useful debugging tool.

The default behavior remains unchanged (asynchronous enabled). To
disable it, boot the kernel with the "pm_async=off" parameter.

Signed-off-by: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@linaro.org>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250709-pm-async-off-v3-1-cb69a6fc8d04@linaro.org
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>

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