t.Errorf("Memory Manager removeStaleState() error, expected assignments %v, but got: %v",
					testCase.expectedAssignments, mgr.state.GetMemoryAssignments())
			}
			if !areMachineStatesEqual(mgr.state.GetMachineState(), testCase.expectedMachineState) {
				t.Fatalf("The actual machine state: %v is different from the expected one: %v", mgr.state.GetMachineState(), testCase.expectedMachineState)
			}
		})

				t.Fatalf("Actual assignments: %v is different from the expected one: %v", assignments, testCase.expectedAssignments)
			}

			machineState := s.GetMachineState()
			if !areMachineStatesEqual(machineState, testCase.expectedMachineState) {
				t.Fatalf("The actual machine state: %v is different from the expected one: %v", machineState, testCase.expectedMachineState)
			}
		})
	}
}

	// - change of kubelet system-reserved, kube-reserved or pre-reserved-memory-zone parameters
	if !areMachineStatesEqual(machineState, expectedMachineState) {
		return fmt.Errorf("[memorymanager] the expected machine state is different from the real one")
	}

	return nil
}

func areMachineStatesEqual(ms1, ms2 state.NUMANodeMap) bool {
	if len(ms1) != len(ms2) {