KVM: x86: Drop non-raw kvm_<reg>_write() helpers

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Drop the non-raw, mode-aware kvm_<reg>_write() helpers as there is no
usage in KVM, and in all likelihood there will never be usage in KVM as
use of hardcoded registers in instructions is uncommon, and *modifying*
hardcoded registers is practically unheard of.  While there are a few
instructions that modify registers in mode-aware ways, e.g. REP string
and some ENCLS varieties, the odds of KVM needing to emulate such
instructions (outside of the fully emulator) are vanishingly small.

Drop kvm_<reg>_write() to prevent incorrect usage; _if_ a new instruction
comes along that needs to modify a hardcoded register, this can be
reverted.

No functional change intended.

Reviewed-by: Binbin Wu <binbin.wu@linux.intel.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260529222223.870923-10-seanjc@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>

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arch/x86/kvm/regs.h

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