--- /dev/null
+++ a/arch/arc/include/asm/cachetype.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __ASM_ARC_CACHETYPE_H
+#define __ASM_ARC_CACHETYPE_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+#define cpu_dcache_is_aliasing()	true
+
+#endif
--- a/arch/arc/Kconfig~introduce-cpu_dcache_is_aliasing-across-all-architectures
+++ a/arch/arc/Kconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 config ARC
 	def_bool y
 	select ARC_TIMERS
+	select ARCH_HAS_CPU_CACHE_ALIASING
 	select ARCH_HAS_CACHE_LINE_SIZE
 	select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_VM_PGTABLE
 	select ARCH_HAS_DMA_PREP_COHERENT
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/cachetype.h~introduce-cpu_dcache_is_aliasing-across-all-architectures
+++ a/arch/arm/include/asm/cachetype.h
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ extern unsigned int cacheid;
 #define icache_is_vipt_aliasing()	cacheid_is(CACHEID_VIPT_I_ALIASING)
 #define icache_is_pipt()		cacheid_is(CACHEID_PIPT)
 
+#define cpu_dcache_is_aliasing()	(cache_is_vivt() || cache_is_vipt_aliasing())
+
 /*
  * __LINUX_ARM_ARCH__ is the minimum supported CPU architecture
  * Mask out support which will never be present on newer CPUs.
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig~introduce-cpu_dcache_is_aliasing-across-all-architectures
+++ a/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ config ARM
 	select ARCH_32BIT_OFF_T
 	select ARCH_CORRECT_STACKTRACE_ON_KRETPROBE if HAVE_KRETPROBES && FRAME_POINTER && !ARM_UNWIND
 	select ARCH_HAS_BINFMT_FLAT
+	select ARCH_HAS_CPU_CACHE_ALIASING
 	select ARCH_HAS_CPU_FINALIZE_INIT if MMU
 	select ARCH_HAS_CURRENT_STACK_POINTER
 	select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_VIRTUAL if MMU
--- /dev/null
+++ a/arch/csky/include/asm/cachetype.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __ASM_CSKY_CACHETYPE_H
+#define __ASM_CSKY_CACHETYPE_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+#define cpu_dcache_is_aliasing()	true
+
+#endif
--- a/arch/csky/Kconfig~introduce-cpu_dcache_is_aliasing-across-all-architectures
+++ a/arch/csky/Kconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 config CSKY
 	def_bool y
 	select ARCH_32BIT_OFF_T
+	select ARCH_HAS_CPU_CACHE_ALIASING
 	select ARCH_HAS_DMA_PREP_COHERENT
 	select ARCH_HAS_GCOV_PROFILE_ALL
 	select ARCH_HAS_SYNC_DMA_FOR_CPU
--- /dev/null
+++ a/arch/m68k/include/asm/cachetype.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __ASM_M68K_CACHETYPE_H
+#define __ASM_M68K_CACHETYPE_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+#define cpu_dcache_is_aliasing()	true
+
+#endif
--- a/arch/m68k/Kconfig~introduce-cpu_dcache_is_aliasing-across-all-architectures
+++ a/arch/m68k/Kconfig
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config M68K
 	bool
 	default y
 	select ARCH_32BIT_OFF_T
+	select ARCH_HAS_CPU_CACHE_ALIASING
 	select ARCH_HAS_BINFMT_FLAT
 	select ARCH_HAS_CPU_FINALIZE_INIT if MMU
 	select ARCH_HAS_CURRENT_STACK_POINTER
--- /dev/null
+++ a/arch/mips/include/asm/cachetype.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __ASM_MIPS_CACHETYPE_H
+#define __ASM_MIPS_CACHETYPE_H
+
+#include <asm/cpu-features.h>
+
+#define cpu_dcache_is_aliasing()	cpu_has_dc_aliases
+
+#endif
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig~introduce-cpu_dcache_is_aliasing-across-all-architectures
+++ a/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ config MIPS
 	default y
 	select ARCH_32BIT_OFF_T if !64BIT
 	select ARCH_BINFMT_ELF_STATE if MIPS_FP_SUPPORT
+	select ARCH_HAS_CPU_CACHE_ALIASING
 	select ARCH_HAS_CPU_FINALIZE_INIT
 	select ARCH_HAS_CURRENT_STACK_POINTER if !CC_IS_CLANG || CLANG_VERSION >= 140000
 	select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_VIRTUAL if !64BIT
--- /dev/null
+++ a/arch/nios2/include/asm/cachetype.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __ASM_NIOS2_CACHETYPE_H
+#define __ASM_NIOS2_CACHETYPE_H
+
+#include <asm/page.h>
+#include <asm/cache.h>
+
+#define cpu_dcache_is_aliasing()	(NIOS2_DCACHE_SIZE > PAGE_SIZE)
+
+#endif
--- a/arch/nios2/Kconfig~introduce-cpu_dcache_is_aliasing-across-all-architectures
+++ a/arch/nios2/Kconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 config NIOS2
 	def_bool y
 	select ARCH_32BIT_OFF_T
+	select ARCH_HAS_CPU_CACHE_ALIASING
 	select ARCH_HAS_DMA_PREP_COHERENT
 	select ARCH_HAS_SYNC_DMA_FOR_CPU
 	select ARCH_HAS_SYNC_DMA_FOR_DEVICE
--- /dev/null
+++ a/arch/parisc/include/asm/cachetype.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __ASM_PARISC_CACHETYPE_H
+#define __ASM_PARISC_CACHETYPE_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+#define cpu_dcache_is_aliasing()	true
+
+#endif
--- a/arch/parisc/Kconfig~introduce-cpu_dcache_is_aliasing-across-all-architectures
+++ a/arch/parisc/Kconfig
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ config PARISC
 	select HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER
 	select HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
 	select ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS
+	select ARCH_HAS_CPU_CACHE_ALIASING
 	select ARCH_HAS_DMA_ALLOC if PA11
 	select ARCH_HAS_ELF_RANDOMIZE
 	select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
--- /dev/null
+++ a/arch/sh/include/asm/cachetype.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __ASM_SH_CACHETYPE_H
+#define __ASM_SH_CACHETYPE_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+#define cpu_dcache_is_aliasing()	true
+
+#endif
--- a/arch/sh/Kconfig~introduce-cpu_dcache_is_aliasing-across-all-architectures
+++ a/arch/sh/Kconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 config SUPERH
 	def_bool y
 	select ARCH_32BIT_OFF_T
+	select ARCH_HAS_CPU_CACHE_ALIASING
 	select ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTPLUG if SPARSEMEM && MMU
 	select ARCH_ENABLE_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE if SPARSEMEM && MMU
 	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG if (GUSA_RB || CPU_SH4A)
--- /dev/null
+++ a/arch/sparc/include/asm/cachetype.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __ASM_SPARC_CACHETYPE_H
+#define __ASM_SPARC_CACHETYPE_H
+
+#include <asm/page.h>
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPARC32
+extern int vac_cache_size;
+#define cpu_dcache_is_aliasing()	(vac_cache_size > PAGE_SIZE)
+#else
+#define cpu_dcache_is_aliasing()	(L1DCACHE_SIZE > PAGE_SIZE)
+#endif
+
+#endif
--- a/arch/sparc/Kconfig~introduce-cpu_dcache_is_aliasing-across-all-architectures
+++ a/arch/sparc/Kconfig
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ config 64BIT
 config SPARC
 	bool
 	default y
+	select ARCH_HAS_CPU_CACHE_ALIASING
 	select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_PC_PARPORT if SPARC64 && PCI
 	select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_PC_SERIO
 	select DMA_OPS
--- /dev/null
+++ a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/cachetype.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __ASM_XTENSA_CACHETYPE_H
+#define __ASM_XTENSA_CACHETYPE_H
+
+#include <asm/cache.h>
+#include <asm/page.h>
+
+#define cpu_dcache_is_aliasing()	(DCACHE_WAY_SIZE > PAGE_SIZE)
+
+#endif
--- a/arch/xtensa/Kconfig~introduce-cpu_dcache_is_aliasing-across-all-architectures
+++ a/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 config XTENSA
 	def_bool y
 	select ARCH_32BIT_OFF_T
+	select ARCH_HAS_CPU_CACHE_ALIASING
 	select ARCH_HAS_BINFMT_FLAT if !MMU
 	select ARCH_HAS_CURRENT_STACK_POINTER
 	select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_VM_PGTABLE
--- a/include/linux/cacheinfo.h~introduce-cpu_dcache_is_aliasing-across-all-architectures
+++ a/include/linux/cacheinfo.h
@@ -138,4 +138,10 @@ static inline int get_cpu_cacheinfo_id(i
 #define use_arch_cache_info()	(false)
 #endif
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_CPU_CACHE_ALIASING
+#define cpu_dcache_is_aliasing()	false
+#else
+#include <asm/cachetype.h>
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_CACHEINFO_H */
--- a/mm/Kconfig~introduce-cpu_dcache_is_aliasing-across-all-architectures
+++ a/mm/Kconfig
@@ -973,6 +973,12 @@ config IDLE_PAGE_TRACKING
 	  See Documentation/admin-guide/mm/idle_page_tracking.rst for
 	  more details.
 
+# Architectures which implement cpu_dcache_is_aliasing() to query
+# whether the data caches are aliased (VIVT or VIPT with dcache
+# aliasing) need to select this.
+config ARCH_HAS_CPU_CACHE_ALIASING
+	bool
+
 config ARCH_HAS_CACHE_LINE_SIZE
 	bool
 
