diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/sev.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/sev.h
index db08d0ac90be..0937ac7a96db 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/sev.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/sev.h
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ struct snp_req_data {
 #define AAD_LEN			48
 #define MSG_HDR_VER		1
 
+#define SNP_REQ_MAX_RETRY_DURATION      (60*HZ)
+#define SNP_REQ_RETRY_DELAY             (2*HZ)
+
 /* See SNP spec SNP_GUEST_REQUEST section for the structure */
 enum msg_type {
 	SNP_MSG_TYPE_INVALID = 0,
@@ -443,8 +446,6 @@ void snp_set_wakeup_secondary_cpu(void);
 bool snp_init(struct boot_params *bp);
 void __noreturn snp_abort(void);
 void snp_dmi_setup(void);
-int snp_issue_guest_request(struct snp_guest_req *req, struct snp_req_data *input,
-			    struct snp_guest_request_ioctl *rio);
 int snp_issue_svsm_attest_req(u64 call_id, struct svsm_call *call, struct svsm_attest_call *input);
 void snp_accept_memory(phys_addr_t start, phys_addr_t end);
 u64 snp_get_unsupported_features(u64 status);
@@ -459,6 +460,8 @@ void snp_kexec_begin(void);
 int snp_msg_init(struct snp_msg_desc *mdesc, int vmpck_id);
 struct snp_msg_desc *snp_msg_alloc(void);
 void snp_msg_free(struct snp_msg_desc *mdesc);
+int snp_send_guest_request(struct snp_msg_desc *mdesc, struct snp_guest_req *req,
+			   struct snp_guest_request_ioctl *rio);
 
 #else	/* !CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT */
 
@@ -482,11 +485,6 @@ static inline void snp_set_wakeup_secondary_cpu(void) { }
 static inline bool snp_init(struct boot_params *bp) { return false; }
 static inline void snp_abort(void) { }
 static inline void snp_dmi_setup(void) { }
-static inline int snp_issue_guest_request(struct snp_guest_req *req, struct snp_req_data *input,
-					  struct snp_guest_request_ioctl *rio)
-{
-	return -ENOTTY;
-}
 static inline int snp_issue_svsm_attest_req(u64 call_id, struct svsm_call *call, struct svsm_attest_call *input)
 {
 	return -ENOTTY;
@@ -503,6 +501,8 @@ static inline void snp_kexec_begin(void) { }
 static inline int snp_msg_init(struct snp_msg_desc *mdesc, int vmpck_id) { return -1; }
 static inline struct snp_msg_desc *snp_msg_alloc(void) { return NULL; }
 static inline void snp_msg_free(struct snp_msg_desc *mdesc) { }
+static inline int snp_send_guest_request(struct snp_msg_desc *mdesc, struct snp_guest_req *req,
+					 struct snp_guest_request_ioctl *rio) { return -ENODEV; }
 
 #endif	/* CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT */
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c b/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
index 93627a21945d..feb145df6bf7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
@@ -2504,8 +2504,8 @@ int snp_issue_svsm_attest_req(u64 call_id, struct svsm_call *call,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snp_issue_svsm_attest_req);
 
-int snp_issue_guest_request(struct snp_guest_req *req, struct snp_req_data *input,
-			    struct snp_guest_request_ioctl *rio)
+static int snp_issue_guest_request(struct snp_guest_req *req, struct snp_req_data *input,
+				   struct snp_guest_request_ioctl *rio)
 {
 	struct ghcb_state state;
 	struct es_em_ctxt ctxt;
@@ -2567,7 +2567,6 @@ int snp_issue_guest_request(struct snp_guest_req *req, struct snp_req_data *inpu
 
 	return ret;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snp_issue_guest_request);
 
 static struct platform_device sev_guest_device = {
 	.name		= "sev-guest",
@@ -2833,3 +2832,292 @@ void snp_msg_free(struct snp_msg_desc *mdesc)
 	kfree(mdesc);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snp_msg_free);
+
+/* Mutex to serialize the shared buffer access and command handling. */
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(snp_cmd_mutex);
+
+/*
+ * If an error is received from the host or AMD Secure Processor (ASP) there
+ * are two options. Either retry the exact same encrypted request or discontinue
+ * using the VMPCK.
+ *
+ * This is because in the current encryption scheme GHCB v2 uses AES-GCM to
+ * encrypt the requests. The IV for this scheme is the sequence number. GCM
+ * cannot tolerate IV reuse.
+ *
+ * The ASP FW v1.51 only increments the sequence numbers on a successful
+ * guest<->ASP back and forth and only accepts messages at its exact sequence
+ * number.
+ *
+ * So if the sequence number were to be reused the encryption scheme is
+ * vulnerable. If the sequence number were incremented for a fresh IV the ASP
+ * will reject the request.
+ */
+static void snp_disable_vmpck(struct snp_msg_desc *mdesc)
+{
+	pr_alert("Disabling VMPCK%d communication key to prevent IV reuse.\n",
+		  mdesc->vmpck_id);
+	memzero_explicit(mdesc->vmpck, VMPCK_KEY_LEN);
+	mdesc->vmpck = NULL;
+}
+
+static inline u64 __snp_get_msg_seqno(struct snp_msg_desc *mdesc)
+{
+	u64 count;
+
+	lockdep_assert_held(&snp_cmd_mutex);
+
+	/* Read the current message sequence counter from secrets pages */
+	count = *mdesc->os_area_msg_seqno;
+
+	return count + 1;
+}
+
+/* Return a non-zero on success */
+static u64 snp_get_msg_seqno(struct snp_msg_desc *mdesc)
+{
+	u64 count = __snp_get_msg_seqno(mdesc);
+
+	/*
+	 * The message sequence counter for the SNP guest request is a  64-bit
+	 * value but the version 2 of GHCB specification defines a 32-bit storage
+	 * for it. If the counter exceeds the 32-bit value then return zero.
+	 * The caller should check the return value, but if the caller happens to
+	 * not check the value and use it, then the firmware treats zero as an
+	 * invalid number and will fail the  message request.
+	 */
+	if (count >= UINT_MAX) {
+		pr_err("request message sequence counter overflow\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+static void snp_inc_msg_seqno(struct snp_msg_desc *mdesc)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The counter is also incremented by the PSP, so increment it by 2
+	 * and save in secrets page.
+	 */
+	*mdesc->os_area_msg_seqno += 2;
+}
+
+static int verify_and_dec_payload(struct snp_msg_desc *mdesc, struct snp_guest_req *req)
+{
+	struct snp_guest_msg *resp_msg = &mdesc->secret_response;
+	struct snp_guest_msg *req_msg = &mdesc->secret_request;
+	struct snp_guest_msg_hdr *req_msg_hdr = &req_msg->hdr;
+	struct snp_guest_msg_hdr *resp_msg_hdr = &resp_msg->hdr;
+	struct aesgcm_ctx *ctx = mdesc->ctx;
+	u8 iv[GCM_AES_IV_SIZE] = {};
+
+	pr_debug("response [seqno %lld type %d version %d sz %d]\n",
+		 resp_msg_hdr->msg_seqno, resp_msg_hdr->msg_type, resp_msg_hdr->msg_version,
+		 resp_msg_hdr->msg_sz);
+
+	/* Copy response from shared memory to encrypted memory. */
+	memcpy(resp_msg, mdesc->response, sizeof(*resp_msg));
+
+	/* Verify that the sequence counter is incremented by 1 */
+	if (unlikely(resp_msg_hdr->msg_seqno != (req_msg_hdr->msg_seqno + 1)))
+		return -EBADMSG;
+
+	/* Verify response message type and version number. */
+	if (resp_msg_hdr->msg_type != (req_msg_hdr->msg_type + 1) ||
+	    resp_msg_hdr->msg_version != req_msg_hdr->msg_version)
+		return -EBADMSG;
+
+	/*
+	 * If the message size is greater than our buffer length then return
+	 * an error.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely((resp_msg_hdr->msg_sz + ctx->authsize) > req->resp_sz))
+		return -EBADMSG;
+
+	/* Decrypt the payload */
+	memcpy(iv, &resp_msg_hdr->msg_seqno, min(sizeof(iv), sizeof(resp_msg_hdr->msg_seqno)));
+	if (!aesgcm_decrypt(ctx, req->resp_buf, resp_msg->payload, resp_msg_hdr->msg_sz,
+			    &resp_msg_hdr->algo, AAD_LEN, iv, resp_msg_hdr->authtag))
+		return -EBADMSG;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int enc_payload(struct snp_msg_desc *mdesc, u64 seqno, struct snp_guest_req *req)
+{
+	struct snp_guest_msg *msg = &mdesc->secret_request;
+	struct snp_guest_msg_hdr *hdr = &msg->hdr;
+	struct aesgcm_ctx *ctx = mdesc->ctx;
+	u8 iv[GCM_AES_IV_SIZE] = {};
+
+	memset(msg, 0, sizeof(*msg));
+
+	hdr->algo = SNP_AEAD_AES_256_GCM;
+	hdr->hdr_version = MSG_HDR_VER;
+	hdr->hdr_sz = sizeof(*hdr);
+	hdr->msg_type = req->msg_type;
+	hdr->msg_version = req->msg_version;
+	hdr->msg_seqno = seqno;
+	hdr->msg_vmpck = req->vmpck_id;
+	hdr->msg_sz = req->req_sz;
+
+	/* Verify the sequence number is non-zero */
+	if (!hdr->msg_seqno)
+		return -ENOSR;
+
+	pr_debug("request [seqno %lld type %d version %d sz %d]\n",
+		 hdr->msg_seqno, hdr->msg_type, hdr->msg_version, hdr->msg_sz);
+
+	if (WARN_ON((req->req_sz + ctx->authsize) > sizeof(msg->payload)))
+		return -EBADMSG;
+
+	memcpy(iv, &hdr->msg_seqno, min(sizeof(iv), sizeof(hdr->msg_seqno)));
+	aesgcm_encrypt(ctx, msg->payload, req->req_buf, req->req_sz, &hdr->algo,
+		       AAD_LEN, iv, hdr->authtag);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int __handle_guest_request(struct snp_msg_desc *mdesc, struct snp_guest_req *req,
+				  struct snp_guest_request_ioctl *rio)
+{
+	unsigned long req_start = jiffies;
+	unsigned int override_npages = 0;
+	u64 override_err = 0;
+	int rc;
+
+retry_request:
+	/*
+	 * Call firmware to process the request. In this function the encrypted
+	 * message enters shared memory with the host. So after this call the
+	 * sequence number must be incremented or the VMPCK must be deleted to
+	 * prevent reuse of the IV.
+	 */
+	rc = snp_issue_guest_request(req, &mdesc->input, rio);
+	switch (rc) {
+	case -ENOSPC:
+		/*
+		 * If the extended guest request fails due to having too
+		 * small of a certificate data buffer, retry the same
+		 * guest request without the extended data request in
+		 * order to increment the sequence number and thus avoid
+		 * IV reuse.
+		 */
+		override_npages = mdesc->input.data_npages;
+		req->exit_code	= SVM_VMGEXIT_GUEST_REQUEST;
+
+		/*
+		 * Override the error to inform callers the given extended
+		 * request buffer size was too small and give the caller the
+		 * required buffer size.
+		 */
+		override_err = SNP_GUEST_VMM_ERR(SNP_GUEST_VMM_ERR_INVALID_LEN);
+
+		/*
+		 * If this call to the firmware succeeds, the sequence number can
+		 * be incremented allowing for continued use of the VMPCK. If
+		 * there is an error reflected in the return value, this value
+		 * is checked further down and the result will be the deletion
+		 * of the VMPCK and the error code being propagated back to the
+		 * user as an ioctl() return code.
+		 */
+		goto retry_request;
+
+	/*
+	 * The host may return SNP_GUEST_VMM_ERR_BUSY if the request has been
+	 * throttled. Retry in the driver to avoid returning and reusing the
+	 * message sequence number on a different message.
+	 */
+	case -EAGAIN:
+		if (jiffies - req_start > SNP_REQ_MAX_RETRY_DURATION) {
+			rc = -ETIMEDOUT;
+			break;
+		}
+		schedule_timeout_killable(SNP_REQ_RETRY_DELAY);
+		goto retry_request;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Increment the message sequence number. There is no harm in doing
+	 * this now because decryption uses the value stored in the response
+	 * structure and any failure will wipe the VMPCK, preventing further
+	 * use anyway.
+	 */
+	snp_inc_msg_seqno(mdesc);
+
+	if (override_err) {
+		rio->exitinfo2 = override_err;
+
+		/*
+		 * If an extended guest request was issued and the supplied certificate
+		 * buffer was not large enough, a standard guest request was issued to
+		 * prevent IV reuse. If the standard request was successful, return -EIO
+		 * back to the caller as would have originally been returned.
+		 */
+		if (!rc && override_err == SNP_GUEST_VMM_ERR(SNP_GUEST_VMM_ERR_INVALID_LEN))
+			rc = -EIO;
+	}
+
+	if (override_npages)
+		mdesc->input.data_npages = override_npages;
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
+int snp_send_guest_request(struct snp_msg_desc *mdesc, struct snp_guest_req *req,
+			   struct snp_guest_request_ioctl *rio)
+{
+	u64 seqno;
+	int rc;
+
+	guard(mutex)(&snp_cmd_mutex);
+
+	/* Check if the VMPCK is not empty */
+	if (!mdesc->vmpck || !memchr_inv(mdesc->vmpck, 0, VMPCK_KEY_LEN)) {
+		pr_err_ratelimited("VMPCK is disabled\n");
+		return -ENOTTY;
+	}
+
+	/* Get message sequence and verify that its a non-zero */
+	seqno = snp_get_msg_seqno(mdesc);
+	if (!seqno)
+		return -EIO;
+
+	/* Clear shared memory's response for the host to populate. */
+	memset(mdesc->response, 0, sizeof(struct snp_guest_msg));
+
+	/* Encrypt the userspace provided payload in mdesc->secret_request. */
+	rc = enc_payload(mdesc, seqno, req);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
+
+	/*
+	 * Write the fully encrypted request to the shared unencrypted
+	 * request page.
+	 */
+	memcpy(mdesc->request, &mdesc->secret_request, sizeof(mdesc->secret_request));
+
+	rc = __handle_guest_request(mdesc, req, rio);
+	if (rc) {
+		if (rc == -EIO &&
+		    rio->exitinfo2 == SNP_GUEST_VMM_ERR(SNP_GUEST_VMM_ERR_INVALID_LEN))
+			return rc;
+
+		pr_alert("Detected error from ASP request. rc: %d, exitinfo2: 0x%llx\n",
+			 rc, rio->exitinfo2);
+
+		snp_disable_vmpck(mdesc);
+		return rc;
+	}
+
+	rc = verify_and_dec_payload(mdesc, req);
+	if (rc) {
+		pr_alert("Detected unexpected decode failure from ASP. rc: %d\n", rc);
+		snp_disable_vmpck(mdesc);
+		return rc;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snp_send_guest_request);
diff --git a/drivers/virt/coco/sev-guest/sev-guest.c b/drivers/virt/coco/sev-guest/sev-guest.c
index d0f7233b1430..264b6523fe52 100644
--- a/drivers/virt/coco/sev-guest/sev-guest.c
+++ b/drivers/virt/coco/sev-guest/sev-guest.c
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@
 
 #define DEVICE_NAME	"sev-guest"
 
-#define SNP_REQ_MAX_RETRY_DURATION	(60*HZ)
-#define SNP_REQ_RETRY_DELAY		(2*HZ)
-
 #define SVSM_MAX_RETRIES		3
 
 struct snp_guest_dev {
@@ -60,76 +57,6 @@ static int vmpck_id = -1;
 module_param(vmpck_id, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(vmpck_id, "The VMPCK ID to use when communicating with the PSP.");
 
-/* Mutex to serialize the shared buffer access and command handling. */
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(snp_cmd_mutex);
-
-/*
- * If an error is received from the host or AMD Secure Processor (ASP) there
- * are two options. Either retry the exact same encrypted request or discontinue
- * using the VMPCK.
- *
- * This is because in the current encryption scheme GHCB v2 uses AES-GCM to
- * encrypt the requests. The IV for this scheme is the sequence number. GCM
- * cannot tolerate IV reuse.
- *
- * The ASP FW v1.51 only increments the sequence numbers on a successful
- * guest<->ASP back and forth and only accepts messages at its exact sequence
- * number.
- *
- * So if the sequence number were to be reused the encryption scheme is
- * vulnerable. If the sequence number were incremented for a fresh IV the ASP
- * will reject the request.
- */
-static void snp_disable_vmpck(struct snp_msg_desc *mdesc)
-{
-	pr_alert("Disabling VMPCK%d communication key to prevent IV reuse.\n",
-		  mdesc->vmpck_id);
-	memzero_explicit(mdesc->vmpck, VMPCK_KEY_LEN);
-	mdesc->vmpck = NULL;
-}
-
-static inline u64 __snp_get_msg_seqno(struct snp_msg_desc *mdesc)
-{
-	u64 count;
-
-	lockdep_assert_held(&snp_cmd_mutex);
-
-	/* Read the current message sequence counter from secrets pages */
-	count = *mdesc->os_area_msg_seqno;
-
-	return count + 1;
-}
-
-/* Return a non-zero on success */
-static u64 snp_get_msg_seqno(struct snp_msg_desc *mdesc)
-{
-	u64 count = __snp_get_msg_seqno(mdesc);
-
-	/*
-	 * The message sequence counter for the SNP guest request is a  64-bit
-	 * value but the version 2 of GHCB specification defines a 32-bit storage
-	 * for it. If the counter exceeds the 32-bit value then return zero.
-	 * The caller should check the return value, but if the caller happens to
-	 * not check the value and use it, then the firmware treats zero as an
-	 * invalid number and will fail the  message request.
-	 */
-	if (count >= UINT_MAX) {
-		pr_err("request message sequence counter overflow\n");
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	return count;
-}
-
-static void snp_inc_msg_seqno(struct snp_msg_desc *mdesc)
-{
-	/*
-	 * The counter is also incremented by the PSP, so increment it by 2
-	 * and save in secrets page.
-	 */
-	*mdesc->os_area_msg_seqno += 2;
-}
-
 static inline struct snp_guest_dev *to_snp_dev(struct file *file)
 {
 	struct miscdevice *dev = file->private_data;
@@ -137,225 +64,6 @@ static inline struct snp_guest_dev *to_snp_dev(struct file *file)
 	return container_of(dev, struct snp_guest_dev, misc);
 }
 
-static int verify_and_dec_payload(struct snp_msg_desc *mdesc, struct snp_guest_req *req)
-{
-	struct snp_guest_msg *resp_msg = &mdesc->secret_response;
-	struct snp_guest_msg *req_msg = &mdesc->secret_request;
-	struct snp_guest_msg_hdr *req_msg_hdr = &req_msg->hdr;
-	struct snp_guest_msg_hdr *resp_msg_hdr = &resp_msg->hdr;
-	struct aesgcm_ctx *ctx = mdesc->ctx;
-	u8 iv[GCM_AES_IV_SIZE] = {};
-
-	pr_debug("response [seqno %lld type %d version %d sz %d]\n",
-		 resp_msg_hdr->msg_seqno, resp_msg_hdr->msg_type, resp_msg_hdr->msg_version,
-		 resp_msg_hdr->msg_sz);
-
-	/* Copy response from shared memory to encrypted memory. */
-	memcpy(resp_msg, mdesc->response, sizeof(*resp_msg));
-
-	/* Verify that the sequence counter is incremented by 1 */
-	if (unlikely(resp_msg_hdr->msg_seqno != (req_msg_hdr->msg_seqno + 1)))
-		return -EBADMSG;
-
-	/* Verify response message type and version number. */
-	if (resp_msg_hdr->msg_type != (req_msg_hdr->msg_type + 1) ||
-	    resp_msg_hdr->msg_version != req_msg_hdr->msg_version)
-		return -EBADMSG;
-
-	/*
-	 * If the message size is greater than our buffer length then return
-	 * an error.
-	 */
-	if (unlikely((resp_msg_hdr->msg_sz + ctx->authsize) > req->resp_sz))
-		return -EBADMSG;
-
-	/* Decrypt the payload */
-	memcpy(iv, &resp_msg_hdr->msg_seqno, min(sizeof(iv), sizeof(resp_msg_hdr->msg_seqno)));
-	if (!aesgcm_decrypt(ctx, req->resp_buf, resp_msg->payload, resp_msg_hdr->msg_sz,
-			    &resp_msg_hdr->algo, AAD_LEN, iv, resp_msg_hdr->authtag))
-		return -EBADMSG;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int enc_payload(struct snp_msg_desc *mdesc, u64 seqno, struct snp_guest_req *req)
-{
-	struct snp_guest_msg *msg = &mdesc->secret_request;
-	struct snp_guest_msg_hdr *hdr = &msg->hdr;
-	struct aesgcm_ctx *ctx = mdesc->ctx;
-	u8 iv[GCM_AES_IV_SIZE] = {};
-
-	memset(msg, 0, sizeof(*msg));
-
-	hdr->algo = SNP_AEAD_AES_256_GCM;
-	hdr->hdr_version = MSG_HDR_VER;
-	hdr->hdr_sz = sizeof(*hdr);
-	hdr->msg_type = req->msg_type;
-	hdr->msg_version = req->msg_version;
-	hdr->msg_seqno = seqno;
-	hdr->msg_vmpck = req->vmpck_id;
-	hdr->msg_sz = req->req_sz;
-
-	/* Verify the sequence number is non-zero */
-	if (!hdr->msg_seqno)
-		return -ENOSR;
-
-	pr_debug("request [seqno %lld type %d version %d sz %d]\n",
-		 hdr->msg_seqno, hdr->msg_type, hdr->msg_version, hdr->msg_sz);
-
-	if (WARN_ON((req->req_sz + ctx->authsize) > sizeof(msg->payload)))
-		return -EBADMSG;
-
-	memcpy(iv, &hdr->msg_seqno, min(sizeof(iv), sizeof(hdr->msg_seqno)));
-	aesgcm_encrypt(ctx, msg->payload, req->req_buf, req->req_sz, &hdr->algo,
-		       AAD_LEN, iv, hdr->authtag);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int __handle_guest_request(struct snp_msg_desc *mdesc, struct snp_guest_req *req,
-				  struct snp_guest_request_ioctl *rio)
-{
-	unsigned long req_start = jiffies;
-	unsigned int override_npages = 0;
-	u64 override_err = 0;
-	int rc;
-
-retry_request:
-	/*
-	 * Call firmware to process the request. In this function the encrypted
-	 * message enters shared memory with the host. So after this call the
-	 * sequence number must be incremented or the VMPCK must be deleted to
-	 * prevent reuse of the IV.
-	 */
-	rc = snp_issue_guest_request(req, &mdesc->input, rio);
-	switch (rc) {
-	case -ENOSPC:
-		/*
-		 * If the extended guest request fails due to having too
-		 * small of a certificate data buffer, retry the same
-		 * guest request without the extended data request in
-		 * order to increment the sequence number and thus avoid
-		 * IV reuse.
-		 */
-		override_npages = mdesc->input.data_npages;
-		req->exit_code	= SVM_VMGEXIT_GUEST_REQUEST;
-
-		/*
-		 * Override the error to inform callers the given extended
-		 * request buffer size was too small and give the caller the
-		 * required buffer size.
-		 */
-		override_err = SNP_GUEST_VMM_ERR(SNP_GUEST_VMM_ERR_INVALID_LEN);
-
-		/*
-		 * If this call to the firmware succeeds, the sequence number can
-		 * be incremented allowing for continued use of the VMPCK. If
-		 * there is an error reflected in the return value, this value
-		 * is checked further down and the result will be the deletion
-		 * of the VMPCK and the error code being propagated back to the
-		 * user as an ioctl() return code.
-		 */
-		goto retry_request;
-
-	/*
-	 * The host may return SNP_GUEST_VMM_ERR_BUSY if the request has been
-	 * throttled. Retry in the driver to avoid returning and reusing the
-	 * message sequence number on a different message.
-	 */
-	case -EAGAIN:
-		if (jiffies - req_start > SNP_REQ_MAX_RETRY_DURATION) {
-			rc = -ETIMEDOUT;
-			break;
-		}
-		schedule_timeout_killable(SNP_REQ_RETRY_DELAY);
-		goto retry_request;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Increment the message sequence number. There is no harm in doing
-	 * this now because decryption uses the value stored in the response
-	 * structure and any failure will wipe the VMPCK, preventing further
-	 * use anyway.
-	 */
-	snp_inc_msg_seqno(mdesc);
-
-	if (override_err) {
-		rio->exitinfo2 = override_err;
-
-		/*
-		 * If an extended guest request was issued and the supplied certificate
-		 * buffer was not large enough, a standard guest request was issued to
-		 * prevent IV reuse. If the standard request was successful, return -EIO
-		 * back to the caller as would have originally been returned.
-		 */
-		if (!rc && override_err == SNP_GUEST_VMM_ERR(SNP_GUEST_VMM_ERR_INVALID_LEN))
-			rc = -EIO;
-	}
-
-	if (override_npages)
-		mdesc->input.data_npages = override_npages;
-
-	return rc;
-}
-
-static int snp_send_guest_request(struct snp_msg_desc *mdesc, struct snp_guest_req *req,
-				  struct snp_guest_request_ioctl *rio)
-{
-	u64 seqno;
-	int rc;
-
-	guard(mutex)(&snp_cmd_mutex);
-
-	/* Check if the VMPCK is not empty */
-	if (!mdesc->vmpck || !memchr_inv(mdesc->vmpck, 0, VMPCK_KEY_LEN)) {
-		pr_err_ratelimited("VMPCK is disabled\n");
-		return -ENOTTY;
-	}
-
-	/* Get message sequence and verify that its a non-zero */
-	seqno = snp_get_msg_seqno(mdesc);
-	if (!seqno)
-		return -EIO;
-
-	/* Clear shared memory's response for the host to populate. */
-	memset(mdesc->response, 0, sizeof(struct snp_guest_msg));
-
-	/* Encrypt the userspace provided payload in mdesc->secret_request. */
-	rc = enc_payload(mdesc, seqno, req);
-	if (rc)
-		return rc;
-
-	/*
-	 * Write the fully encrypted request to the shared unencrypted
-	 * request page.
-	 */
-	memcpy(mdesc->request, &mdesc->secret_request,
-	       sizeof(mdesc->secret_request));
-
-	rc = __handle_guest_request(mdesc, req, rio);
-	if (rc) {
-		if (rc == -EIO &&
-		    rio->exitinfo2 == SNP_GUEST_VMM_ERR(SNP_GUEST_VMM_ERR_INVALID_LEN))
-			return rc;
-
-		pr_alert("Detected error from ASP request. rc: %d, exitinfo2: 0x%llx\n",
-			 rc, rio->exitinfo2);
-
-		snp_disable_vmpck(mdesc);
-		return rc;
-	}
-
-	rc = verify_and_dec_payload(mdesc, req);
-	if (rc) {
-		pr_alert("Detected unexpected decode failure from ASP. rc: %d\n", rc);
-		snp_disable_vmpck(mdesc);
-		return rc;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 struct snp_req_resp {
 	sockptr_t req_data;
 	sockptr_t resp_data;
