[PATCH v3 1/8] KVM: VMX: Disallow using to_vmx() in common VT code
From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Thu Sep 03 2026 - 21:04:48 EST
Poison to_vmx() in main.c and posted_intr.c so that attempting to interpret
the vCPU as a VMX vCPU will fail at compile time, as opposed to failing at
runtime, or worse corrupting state without outright failing.
Note, to_tdx() is buried in tdx.c, i.e. isn't broadly reachable, and so
doesn't need the same treatment as to_vmx().
Reviewed-by: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Kai Huang <kai.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Kai Huang <kai.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/main.c | 2 ++
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c | 2 ++
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/main.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/main.c
index 4c52ab8d0786..ea0d825e556d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/main.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/main.c
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
#include "tdx.h"
#include "tdx_arch.h"
+#pragma GCC poison to_vmx
+
#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_INTEL_TDX
static_assert(offsetof(struct vcpu_vmx, vt) == offsetof(struct vcpu_tdx, vt));
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c
index 4a6d9a17da23..24221ba553be 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
#include "vmx.h"
#include "tdx.h"
+#pragma GCC poison to_vmx
+
/*
* Maintain a per-CPU list of vCPUs that need to be awakened by wakeup_handler()
* when a WAKEUP_VECTOR interrupted is posted. vCPUs are added to the list when
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