static DEFINE_PER_CPU(spinlock_t, blocked_vcpu_on_cpu_lock);
 
 enum {
-       VMX_IO_BITMAP_A,
-       VMX_IO_BITMAP_B,
        VMX_MSR_BITMAP_LEGACY,
        VMX_MSR_BITMAP_LONGMODE,
        VMX_MSR_BITMAP_LEGACY_X2APIC_APICV,
 
 static unsigned long *vmx_bitmap[VMX_BITMAP_NR];
 
-#define vmx_io_bitmap_a                      (vmx_bitmap[VMX_IO_BITMAP_A])
-#define vmx_io_bitmap_b                      (vmx_bitmap[VMX_IO_BITMAP_B])
 #define vmx_msr_bitmap_legacy                (vmx_bitmap[VMX_MSR_BITMAP_LEGACY])
 #define vmx_msr_bitmap_longmode              (vmx_bitmap[VMX_MSR_BITMAP_LONGMODE])
 #define vmx_msr_bitmap_legacy_x2apic_apicv   (vmx_bitmap[VMX_MSR_BITMAP_LEGACY_X2APIC_APICV])
 #endif
              CPU_BASED_CR3_LOAD_EXITING |
              CPU_BASED_CR3_STORE_EXITING |
-             CPU_BASED_USE_IO_BITMAPS |
+             CPU_BASED_UNCOND_IO_EXITING |
              CPU_BASED_MOV_DR_EXITING |
              CPU_BASED_USE_TSC_OFFSETING |
              CPU_BASED_INVLPG_EXITING |
 #endif
        int i;
 
-       /* I/O */
-       vmcs_write64(IO_BITMAP_A, __pa(vmx_io_bitmap_a));
-       vmcs_write64(IO_BITMAP_B, __pa(vmx_io_bitmap_b));
-
        if (enable_shadow_vmcs) {
                vmcs_write64(VMREAD_BITMAP, __pa(vmx_vmread_bitmap));
                vmcs_write64(VMWRITE_BITMAP, __pa(vmx_vmwrite_bitmap));
        memset(vmx_vmread_bitmap, 0xff, PAGE_SIZE);
        memset(vmx_vmwrite_bitmap, 0xff, PAGE_SIZE);
 
-       memset(vmx_io_bitmap_a, 0xff, PAGE_SIZE);
-
-       memset(vmx_io_bitmap_b, 0xff, PAGE_SIZE);
-
        memset(vmx_msr_bitmap_legacy, 0xff, PAGE_SIZE);
        memset(vmx_msr_bitmap_longmode, 0xff, PAGE_SIZE);
 
        }
 
        /*
-        * Merging of IO bitmap not currently supported.
-        * Rather, exit every time.
+        * A vmexit (to either L1 hypervisor or L0 userspace) is always needed
+        * for I/O port accesses.
         */
        exec_control &= ~CPU_BASED_USE_IO_BITMAPS;
        exec_control |= CPU_BASED_UNCOND_IO_EXITING;