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linux: add sysctl compat.linux.use_emul_path

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linux: add sysctl compat.linux.use_emul_path

This is a step towards facilitating jails with only Linux binaries.
Supporting emul_path adds path lookups which are completely spurious
if the binary at hand runs in a Linux-based root directory.

It defaults to on (== current behavior).

make -C /root/linux-5.3-rc8 -s -j 1 bzImage:

use_emul_path=1: 101.65s user 68.68s system 100% cpu 2:49.62 total
use_emul_path=0: 101.41s user 64.32s system 100% cpu 2:45.02 total

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mjgAuthored on
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rS364365: linux: consistently use LFREEPATH instead of open-coding it
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