{
			"current.Preferred && candidate.Preferred (1)",
			-1,
			&TopologyHint{NewTestBitMask(0), true},
			&TopologyHint{NewTestBitMask(0), true},
			"current",
		},
		{
			"current.Preferred && candidate.Preferred (2)",
			-1,
			&TopologyHint{NewTestBitMask(0, 1), true},
			&TopologyHint{NewTestBitMask(0), true},
			"candidate",
		},
		{
			"current.Preferred && candidate.Preferred (3)",
			-1,

						{NUMANodeAffinity: NewTestBitMask(0), Preferred: true},
						{NUMANodeAffinity: NewTestBitMask(0, 1), Preferred: false},
					},
					"resource-1/B": {
						{NUMANodeAffinity: NewTestBitMask(1), Preferred: true},
						{NUMANodeAffinity: NewTestBitMask(1, 2), Preferred: false},
					},
				},
				{
					"resource-2/A": {
						{NUMANodeAffinity: NewTestBitMask(2), Preferred: true},

					{NUMANodeAffinity: nil, Preferred: false},
				},
				{
					{NUMANodeAffinity: NewTestBitMask(1, 2), Preferred: false},
					{NUMANodeAffinity: NewTestBitMask(0, 1, 2), Preferred: false},
					{NUMANodeAffinity: NewTestBitMask(0, 2), Preferred: false},
					{NUMANodeAffinity: NewTestBitMask(3), Preferred: false},
				},
				{
					{NUMANodeAffinity: NewTestBitMask(1, 2), Preferred: false},

	if current == nil {
		return candidate
	}

	// If the current bestHint is non-preferred and the candidate hint is
	// preferred, always choose the preferred hint over the non-preferred one.
	if !current.Preferred && candidate.Preferred {
		return candidate
	}

	// If the current bestHint is preferred and the candidate hint is
	// non-preferred, never update the bestHint, regardless of how

						{NUMANodeAffinity: NewTestBitMask(0), Preferred: true},
						{NUMANodeAffinity: NewTestBitMask(0, 1), Preferred: false},
					},
					"resource-1/B": {
						{NUMANodeAffinity: NewTestBitMask(1), Preferred: true},
						{NUMANodeAffinity: NewTestBitMask(1, 2), Preferred: false},
					},
				},
				{
					"resource-2/A": {
						{NUMANodeAffinity: NewTestBitMask(2), Preferred: true},

							},
							{
								NUMANodeAffinity: NewTestBitMask(1),
								Preferred:        true,
							},
							{
								NUMANodeAffinity: NewTestBitMask(0, 1),
								Preferred:        false,
							},
						},
					},
				},
			},
			expected: true,
		},
		{
			name:     "QOSClass set as Burstable. BestEffort Policy. More than one Preferred Affinity.",

				{
					NUMANodeAffinity: m0001,
					Preferred:        true,
				},
				{
					NUMANodeAffinity: m0011,
					Preferred:        false,
				},
				{
					NUMANodeAffinity: m0101,
					Preferred:        false,
				},
				{
					NUMANodeAffinity: m1001,
					Preferred:        false,
				},
				{
					NUMANodeAffinity: m0111,
					Preferred:        false,
				},
				{

						NUMANodeAffinity: makeSocketMask(0),
						Preferred:        true,
					},
					{
						NUMANodeAffinity: makeSocketMask(1),
						Preferred:        true,
					},
					{
						NUMANodeAffinity: makeSocketMask(0, 1),
						Preferred:        false,
					},
				},
				"testdevice2": {
					{
						NUMANodeAffinity: makeSocketMask(0),
						Preferred:        true,
					},
					{

type TopologyHint struct {
	NUMANodeAffinity bitmask.BitMask
	// Preferred is set to true when the NUMANodeAffinity encodes a preferred
	// allocation for the Container. It is set to false otherwise.
	Preferred bool
}

// IsEqual checks if TopologyHint are equal
func (th *TopologyHint) IsEqual(topologyHint TopologyHint) bool {
	if th.Preferred == topologyHint.Preferred {

		},
		{
			name: "merge with a single provider with a single preferred resource",
			providersHints: []map[string][]TopologyHint{
				{
					"resource": {{NUMANodeAffinity: NewTestBitMask(0, 1), Preferred: true}},
				},
			},
			expectedHint:  TopologyHint{},
			expectedAdmit: true,
		},
		{
			name: "merge with a single provider with a single non-preferred resource",
			providersHints: []map[string][]TopologyHint{
				{