Apply performance regression patch onto 4.7.1 srpm

Based on the PR from: ManageIQ/manageiq#23277
For jira issue: https://jsw.ibm.com/browse/CP4AIOPS-8477

rpm_spec/patches/0001-Merge-pull-request-23277-from-kbrock-preload_associa.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+From a582ab53ca80ab23cd21b9b049c895ea7173a745 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jason Frey <fryguy9@gmail.com>
+Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 10:40:44 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] Merge pull request #23277 from kbrock/preload_associations
+
+Avoid scope query when preloading
+
+(cherry picked from commit 82d5b6230b1f9a59801104ce6d07dbe517ca647d)
+---
+ infrastructure-management-core-18.0.0/lib/miq_preloader.rb                         |  4 +-
+ spec/lib/extensions/ar_to_model_hash_spec.rb |  2 +-
+ spec/lib/miq_preloader_spec.rb               | 48 ++------------------
+ 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/infrastructure-management-core-18.0.0/lib/miq_preloader.rb b/infrastructure-management-core-18.0.0/lib/miq_preloader.rb
+index 7c976cadc7..ecda007513 100644
+--- a/infrastructure-management-core-18.0.0/lib/miq_preloader.rb
++++ b/infrastructure-management-core-18.0.0/lib/miq_preloader.rb
+@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@ module MiqPreloader
+   #        Currently an array does not work
+   # @return [Array<ActiveRecord::Base>] records
+   def self.preload(records, associations, preload_scope = nil)
+-    # Rails 7 changed the interface.  See rails commit: e3b9779cb701c63012bc1af007c71dc5a888d35a
+-    # Note, added Array(records) as it could be a single element
+-    ActiveRecord::Associations::Preloader.new(:records => Array(records), :associations => associations, :available_records => Array(preload_scope)).call
++    ActiveRecord::Associations::Preloader.new(:records => Array(records), :associations => associations, :scope => preload_scope).call
+   end
+
+   # for a record, cache results. Also cache the children's links back
+-- 
+2.47.0
+