Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] KVM: selftests: add get_numa_mem_nodes()

[Garg, Shivank]

On Tue, 2026-09-01 at 08:06 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 01, 2026, Shivank Garg wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> NAK.  This is not an improvement.  get_mempolicy() straight up should not fail
> for this usage.

Agreed. I will drop this patch.
Your kvm_get_numa_memory_nodes() / kvm_get_next_numa_node() helpers are
more useful here.

Thanks,
Shivank