* Below fields aren't properties of a worker_pool. They only modify how
         * :c:func:`apply_workqueue_attrs` select pools and thus don't
         * participate in pool hash calculations or equality comparisons.
+        *
+        * If @affn_strict is set, @cpumask isn't a property of a worker_pool
+        * either.
         */
 
        /**
 
 {
        attrs->affn_scope = WQ_AFFN_NR_TYPES;
        attrs->ordered = false;
+       if (attrs->affn_strict)
+               cpumask_copy(attrs->cpumask, cpu_possible_mask);
 }
 
 /* hash value of the content of @attr */
        u32 hash = 0;
 
        hash = jhash_1word(attrs->nice, hash);
-       hash = jhash(cpumask_bits(attrs->cpumask),
-                    BITS_TO_LONGS(nr_cpumask_bits) * sizeof(long), hash);
+       hash = jhash_1word(attrs->affn_strict, hash);
        hash = jhash(cpumask_bits(attrs->__pod_cpumask),
                     BITS_TO_LONGS(nr_cpumask_bits) * sizeof(long), hash);
-       hash = jhash_1word(attrs->affn_strict, hash);
+       if (!attrs->affn_strict)
+               hash = jhash(cpumask_bits(attrs->cpumask),
+                            BITS_TO_LONGS(nr_cpumask_bits) * sizeof(long), hash);
        return hash;
 }
 
 {
        if (a->nice != b->nice)
                return false;
-       if (!cpumask_equal(a->cpumask, b->cpumask))
+       if (a->affn_strict != b->affn_strict)
                return false;
        if (!cpumask_equal(a->__pod_cpumask, b->__pod_cpumask))
                return false;
-       if (a->affn_strict != b->affn_strict)
+       if (!a->affn_strict && !cpumask_equal(a->cpumask, b->cpumask))
                return false;
        return true;
 }