Hi Chen, I love your patch! Yet something to improve: [auto build test ERROR on tip/sched/core] [also build test ERROR on tip/auto-latest linus/master v5.7-rc2 next-20200421] [cannot apply to linux/master] [if your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, please drop us a note to help improve the system. BTW, we also suggest to use '--base' option to specify the base tree in git format-patch, please see https://stackoverflow.com/a/37406982] url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Chen-Yu/sched-Clean-up-newidle_balance-and-pick_next_task/20200421-161412 base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git 8f3d9f354286745c751374f5f1fcafee6b3f3136 config: nds32-defconfig (attached as .config) compiler: nds32le-linux-gcc (GCC) 9.3.0 reproduce: wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross # save the attached .config to linux build tree COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day GCC_VERSION=9.3.0 make.cross ARCH=nds32 If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate Reported-by: kbuild test robot All errors (new ones prefixed by >>): nds32le-linux-ld: kernel/sched/fair.o: in function `pick_next_task_fair': fair.c:(.text+0x1384): undefined reference to `newidle_balance' >> nds32le-linux-ld: fair.c:(.text+0x1388): undefined reference to `newidle_balance' --- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service, Intel Corporation https://lists.01.org/hyperkitty/list/kbuild-all(a)lists.01.org