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> > + /* Spread load among preferred CPUs */ > + cpumask_and(cpus, cpus, cpu_preferred_mask); Since "cpu_preferred_mask" is a subset of "cpu_active_mask", just: cpumask_and(cpus, sched_domain_span(sd), cpu_preferred_mask); is sufficient. We don't need that redundant cpumask_and() with cpu_active_mask before. > + > schedstat_inc(sd->lb_count[idle]); > > redo: -- Thanks and Regards, Prateek