[PATCH v3 7/9] KVM: selftests: add get_numa_mem_nodes()

From: Shivank Garg

Date: Wed Aug 05 2026 - 02:48:03 EST


The xAPIC IPI test uses MPOL_F_MEMS_ALLOWED to get the memory nodes
available to the current process. Move the query to numaif.h as
get_numa_mem_nodes() so other KVM selftests can use it.

Call get_mempolicy() directly instead of using the assert-on-failure
kvm_get_mempolicy() wrapper. The xAPIC test already asserts its two
node requirement.

Signed-off-by: Shivank Garg <shivankg@xxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/numaif.h | 12 ++++++++++++
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/xapic_ipi_test.c | 6 ++----
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/numaif.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/numaif.h
index 29572a6d789c..55124e2330ab 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/numaif.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/numaif.h
@@ -75,6 +75,18 @@ static bool is_numa_available(void)
(errno != ENOSYS && errno != EPERM);
}

+static inline unsigned long get_numa_mem_nodes(void)
+{
+ unsigned long nodemask = 0;
+
+ /* Get set of first 64 numa nodes available */
+ if (get_mempolicy(NULL, &nodemask, BITS_PER_TYPE(nodemask), NULL,
+ MPOL_F_MEMS_ALLOWED))
+ return 0;
+
+ return nodemask;
+}
+
static inline bool is_multi_numa_node_system(void)
{
return is_numa_available() && get_max_numa_node() >= 1;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/xapic_ipi_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/xapic_ipi_test.c
index 769d8d95ab2c..66dcf36398aa 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/xapic_ipi_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/xapic_ipi_test.c
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ void do_migrations(struct test_data_page *data, int run_secs, int delay_usecs,
u64 *pipis_rcvd)
{
long pages_not_moved;
- unsigned long nodemask = 0;
+ unsigned long nodemask;
unsigned long nodemasks[BITS_PER_TYPE(nodemask)];
int nodes = 0;
time_t start_time, last_update, now;
@@ -266,9 +266,7 @@ void do_migrations(struct test_data_page *data, int run_secs, int delay_usecs,
fprintf(stderr, "Calling migrate_pages every %d microseconds\n",
delay_usecs);

- /* Get set of first 64 numa nodes available */
- kvm_get_mempolicy(NULL, &nodemask, BITS_PER_TYPE(nodemask),
- 0, MPOL_F_MEMS_ALLOWED);
+ nodemask = get_numa_mem_nodes();

fprintf(stderr, "Numa nodes found amongst first %lu possible nodes "
"(each 1-bit indicates node is present): %#lx\n",

--
2.43.0