Re: [PATCH 0/5] KVM: guest_memfd: fix unbind race and NUMA selftests
From: Garg, Shivank
Date: Mon Aug 31 2026 - 14:41:15 EST
On Mon, 2026-08-31 at 06:34 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> 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.
Hi Sean,
I'll send the unbind fix as a standalone v2, and separate the selftests fixes.
I thought of bundling them as they all came out from migration series.
Thanks,
Shivank