rt,ntp: Move call to schedule_delayed_work() to helper thread

The ntp code for notify_cmos_timer() is called from a hard interrupt
context. schedule_delayed_work() under PREEMPT_RT_FULL calls spinlocks
that have been converted to mutexes, thus calling schedule_delayed_work()
from interrupt is not safe.

Add a helper thread that does the call to schedule_delayed_work and wake
up that thread instead of calling schedule_delayed_work() directly.
This is only for CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_FULL, otherwise the code still calls
schedule_delayed_work() directly in irq context.

Note: There's a few places in the kernel that do this. Perhaps the RT
code should have a dedicated thread that does the checks. Just register
a notifier on boot up for your check and wake up the thread when
needed. This will be a todo.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>

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