Re: [PATCH 0/5] KVM: guest_memfd: fix unbind race and NUMA selftests

From: Sean Christopherson

Date: Mon Aug 31 2026 - 10:06:13 EST


On Mon, Aug 31, 2026, Shivank Garg wrote:
> On Sun, 2026-08-23 at 13:36 +0000, Shivank Garg wrote:
> > Split out the guest_memfd folio migration series [1], where migration part
> > needs more discussion. These fixes, reported by Sashiko bot [2][3], are
> > independent of it and can be reviewed on their own.
> >
> > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260805-shivank-gmem-migrate-v3-0-00d8bdec4e1d@xxxxxxx
> > [2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260728092027.225CF1F000E9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [3] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260728091945.EA6C31F000E9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Shivank Garg <shivankg@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Shivank Garg (5):
> > KVM: guest_memfd: take the invalidate lock when unbinding a dying file
> > KVM: selftests: fix maxnode arguments in xapic_ipi_test
> > KVM: selftests: use BITS_PER_TYPE() for NUMA masks
> > KVM: selftests: add get_numa_mem_nodes()
> > KVM: selftests: use allowed NUMA nodes in guest_memfd_test
> >
> > tools/testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_test.c | 86 ++++++++++++++++--------
> > tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/numaif.h | 52 ++------------
> > tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/xapic_ipi_test.c | 14 ++--
> > virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c | 23 ++++---
> > 4 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 91 deletions(-)
> > ---
> > base-commit: 2709dd5ae32f0828f386327c76bba9f39f63a1c6
> > change-id: 20260822-shivank-gmem-fix-split-b8a9057cf987
> >
> > Best regards,
>
> Hi Sean, Paolo,
>
> Would you consider queuing this for next (7.4)?

No, I'm expecting a new version based on the discussion in patch 1.

I also don't understand why the selftests changes are bundled in with what appears
to be a completely unrelated bug fix.