powerpc/qspinlock: implement option to yield to previous node
Queued waiters which are not at the head of the queue don't spin on the lock word but their qnode lock word, waiting for the previous queued CPU to release them. Add an option which allows these waiters to yield to the previous CPU if its vCPU is preempted. Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221126095932.1234527-9-npiggin@gmail.com
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