if a.isSocketFree(socket) {
			free = append(free, socket)
		}
	}
	return free
}

// Returns free core IDs as a slice sorted by sortAvailableCores().
func (a *cpuAccumulator) freeCores() []int {
	free := []int{}
	for _, core := range a.sortAvailableCores() {
		if a.isCoreFree(core) {
			free = append(free, core)
		}
	}
	return free
}