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Alex Vandiver 003fa7adda message_edit: Lock the Message row in check_update_message.
Fundamentally, we should take a write lock on the message, check its
validity for a change, and then make and commit that change.
Previously, `check_update_message` did not operate in a transaction,
but `do_update_message` did -- which led to the ordering:

 - `check_update_message` reads Message, not in a transaction
 - `check_update_message` verifies properties of the Message
 - `do_update_message` starts a transaction
 - `do_update_message` takes a read lock on UserMessage
 - `do_update_message` writes on UserMessage
 - `do_update_message` writes Message
 - `do_update_message` commits

This leads to race conditions, where the `check_update_message` may
have verified based on stale data, and `do_update_message` may
improperly overwrite it; as well as deadlocks, where
other (properly-written) codepaths take a write lock on Message
_before_ updating UserMessage, and thus deadlock with
`do_update_message`.

Change `check_update_message` to open a transaction, and take the
write lock when first accessing the Message row.  We update the
comment above `do_update_message` to clarify this expectation.

The new ordering is thus:

 - `check_update_message` starts a transaction
 - `check_update_message` takes a write lock on Message
 - `check_update_message` verifies properties of the Message
 - `do_update_message` writes on UserMessage
 - `do_update_message` writes Message
 - `check_update_message` commits
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