Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: x86: Track kvm_vcpu_arch.pending_ioapic_eoi as a u8 to drop dead BUG_ON()

[Sean Christopherson]

On Thu, 06 Aug 2026 10:14:00 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Track the vector associated with KVM_EXIT_IOAPIC_EOI as a u8, as the vector
> is zero-initialized and is only ever set to a legal vector.  I.e. unlike
> many of the other vector variables in KVM, it can't be -1 (and can't be
> greater than 255, though that should hold true for all vectors in KVM).
> 
> Drop the now fully dead BUG_ON(), which aside from being completely
> unnecessary, was also useless, as it wouldn't guard against a negative
> value, i.e. wouldn't detect KVM's magic -1 value.
> 
> [...]

Applied to kvm-x86 misc, thanks!

[1/1] KVM: x86: Track kvm_vcpu_arch.pending_ioapic_eoi as a u8 to drop dead BUG_ON()
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/926a9ea9bdf0

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