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

On Thu, 2026-08-06 at 10:14 -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.
> 
> For all intents and purposes, no functional change intended.
> 
> Suggested-by: Paolo Bonzini <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <[email protected]>
> 

Reviewed-by: Kai Huang <[email protected]>