[PATCH 09/14] KVM: x86: Consolidate SEV-ES MMIO emulation into a single public API

From: Sean Christopherson

Date: Tue Feb 24 2026 - 20:26:29 EST


Dedup kvm_sev_es_mmio_{read,write}() into a single API, as the "cost" of
plumbing in a boolean is largely negligible since KVM pulls out a boolean
for ops->write anyways, and consolidating the APIs will allow for
additional cleanups.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c | 20 ++++++--------------
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 29 +++++++++--------------------
arch/x86/kvm/x86.h | 6 ++----
3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
index ea515cf41168..723f4452302a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
@@ -4434,25 +4434,17 @@ int sev_handle_vmgexit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)

switch (control->exit_code) {
case SVM_VMGEXIT_MMIO_READ:
- ret = setup_vmgexit_scratch(svm, true, control->exit_info_2);
- if (ret)
- break;
+ case SVM_VMGEXIT_MMIO_WRITE: {
+ bool is_write = control->exit_code == SVM_VMGEXIT_MMIO_WRITE;

- ret = kvm_sev_es_mmio_read(vcpu,
- control->exit_info_1,
- control->exit_info_2,
- svm->sev_es.ghcb_sa);
- break;
- case SVM_VMGEXIT_MMIO_WRITE:
- ret = setup_vmgexit_scratch(svm, false, control->exit_info_2);
+ ret = setup_vmgexit_scratch(svm, !is_write, control->exit_info_2);
if (ret)
break;

- ret = kvm_sev_es_mmio_write(vcpu,
- control->exit_info_1,
- control->exit_info_2,
- svm->sev_es.ghcb_sa);
+ ret = kvm_sev_es_mmio(vcpu, is_write, control->exit_info_1,
+ control->exit_info_2, svm->sev_es.ghcb_sa);
break;
+ }
case SVM_VMGEXIT_NMI_COMPLETE:
++vcpu->stat.nmi_window_exits;
svm->nmi_masked = false;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index f93f0f8961af..022e953906f7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -14293,9 +14293,8 @@ static int complete_sev_es_emulated_mmio(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
return 0;
}

-static int kvm_sev_es_do_mmio(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa,
- unsigned int bytes, void *data,
- const struct read_write_emulator_ops *ops)
+int kvm_sev_es_mmio(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool is_write, gpa_t gpa,
+ unsigned int bytes, void *data)
{
struct kvm_mmio_fragment *frag;
int handled;
@@ -14303,7 +14302,10 @@ static int kvm_sev_es_do_mmio(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa,
if (!data || WARN_ON_ONCE(object_is_on_stack(data)))
return -EINVAL;

- handled = ops->read_write_mmio(vcpu, gpa, bytes, data);
+ if (is_write)
+ handled = vcpu_mmio_write(vcpu, gpa, bytes, data);
+ else
+ handled = vcpu_mmio_read(vcpu, gpa, bytes, data);
if (handled == bytes)
return 1;

@@ -14326,8 +14328,8 @@ static int kvm_sev_es_do_mmio(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa,

vcpu->run->mmio.phys_addr = gpa;
vcpu->run->mmio.len = min(8u, frag->len);
- vcpu->run->mmio.is_write = ops->write;
- if (ops->write)
+ vcpu->run->mmio.is_write = is_write;
+ if (is_write)
memcpy(vcpu->run->mmio.data, frag->data, min(8u, frag->len));
vcpu->run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_MMIO;

@@ -14335,20 +14337,7 @@ static int kvm_sev_es_do_mmio(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa,

return 0;
}
-
-int kvm_sev_es_mmio_write(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa, unsigned int bytes,
- void *data)
-{
- return kvm_sev_es_do_mmio(vcpu, gpa, bytes, data, &write_emultor);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(kvm_sev_es_mmio_write);
-
-int kvm_sev_es_mmio_read(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa, unsigned int bytes,
- void *data)
-{
- return kvm_sev_es_do_mmio(vcpu, gpa, bytes, data, &read_emultor);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(kvm_sev_es_mmio_read);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(kvm_sev_es_mmio);

static void advance_sev_es_emulated_pio(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned count, int size)
{
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
index 94d4f07aaaa0..1d0f0edd31b3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
@@ -712,10 +712,8 @@ static inline bool __kvm_is_valid_cr4(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cr4)
__reserved_bits; \
})

-int kvm_sev_es_mmio_write(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t src, unsigned int bytes,
- void *dst);
-int kvm_sev_es_mmio_read(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t src, unsigned int bytes,
- void *dst);
+int kvm_sev_es_mmio(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool is_write, gpa_t gpa,
+ unsigned int bytes, void *data);
int kvm_sev_es_string_io(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned int size,
unsigned int port, void *data, unsigned int count,
int in);
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