@@ -144,12 +144,6 @@ static __always_inline void icache_inval
 	dsb(ish);
 }
 
-int set_memory_valid(unsigned long addr, int numpages, int enable);
-
-int set_direct_map_invalid_noflush(struct page *page);
-int set_direct_map_default_noflush(struct page *page);
-bool kernel_page_present(struct page *page);
-
 #include <asm-generic/cacheflush.h>
 
 #endif /* __ASM_CACHEFLUSH_H */
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/Kbuild~set_memory-allow-querying-whether-set_direct_map_-is-actually-enabled
+++ a/arch/arm64/include/asm/Kbuild

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ generic-y += early_ioremap.h
 generic-y += mcs_spinlock.h
 generic-y += qrwlock.h
 generic-y += qspinlock.h
-generic-y += set_memory.h
 generic-y += user.h
 
 generated-y += cpucaps.h
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kfence.h~set_memory-allow-querying-whether-set_direct_map_-is-actually-enabled
+++ a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kfence.h

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #ifndef __ASM_KFENCE_H
 #define __ASM_KFENCE_H
 
-#include <asm/cacheflush.h>
+#include <asm/set_memory.h>
 
 static inline bool arch_kfence_init_pool(void) { return true; }
 
--- /dev/null
+++ a/arch/arm64/include/asm/set_memory.h

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+
+#ifndef _ASM_ARM64_SET_MEMORY_H
+#define _ASM_ARM64_SET_MEMORY_H
+
+#include <asm-generic/set_memory.h>
+
+bool can_set_direct_map(void);
+#define can_set_direct_map can_set_direct_map
+
+int set_memory_valid(unsigned long addr, int numpages, int enable);
+
+int set_direct_map_invalid_noflush(struct page *page);
+int set_direct_map_default_noflush(struct page *page);
+bool kernel_page_present(struct page *page);
+
+#endif /* _ASM_ARM64_SET_MEMORY_H */
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec.c~set_memory-allow-querying-whether-set_direct_map_-is-actually-enabled
+++ a/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec.c

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/kexec.h>
 #include <linux/page-flags.h>
+#include <linux/set_memory.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
 
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c~set_memory-allow-querying-whether-set_direct_map_-is-actually-enabled
+++ a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+#include <linux/set_memory.h>
 
 #include <asm/barrier.h>
 #include <asm/cputype.h>

@@ -515,8 +516,7 @@ static void __init map_mem(pgd_t *pgdp)
 	 */
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(pgd_index(direct_map_end - 1) == pgd_index(direct_map_end));
 
-	if (rodata_full || crash_mem_map || debug_pagealloc_enabled() ||
-	    IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KFENCE))
+	if (can_set_direct_map() || crash_mem_map || IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KFENCE))
 		flags |= NO_BLOCK_MAPPINGS | NO_CONT_MAPPINGS;
 
 	/*

@@ -1489,8 +1489,7 @@ int arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start,
 	 * KFENCE requires linear map to be mapped at page granularity, so that
 	 * it is possible to protect/unprotect single pages in the KFENCE pool.
 	 */
-	if (rodata_full || debug_pagealloc_enabled() ||
-	    IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KFENCE))
+	if (can_set_direct_map() || IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KFENCE))
 		flags |= NO_BLOCK_MAPPINGS | NO_CONT_MAPPINGS;
 
 	__create_pgd_mapping(swapper_pg_dir, start, __phys_to_virt(start),
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c~set_memory-allow-querying-whether-set_direct_map_-is-actually-enabled
+++ a/arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c

@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ struct page_change_data {
 
 bool rodata_full __ro_after_init = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RODATA_FULL_DEFAULT_ENABLED);
 
+bool can_set_direct_map(void)
+{
+	return rodata_full || debug_pagealloc_enabled();
+}
+
 static int change_page_range(pte_t *ptep, unsigned long addr, void *data)
 {
 	struct page_change_data *cdata = data;

@@ -155,7 +160,7 @@ int set_direct_map_invalid_noflush(struc
 		.clear_mask = __pgprot(PTE_VALID),
 	};
 
-	if (!debug_pagealloc_enabled() && !rodata_full)
+	if (!can_set_direct_map())
 		return 0;
 
 	return apply_to_page_range(&init_mm,

@@ -170,7 +175,7 @@ int set_direct_map_default_noflush(struc
 		.clear_mask = __pgprot(PTE_RDONLY),
 	};
 
-	if (!debug_pagealloc_enabled() && !rodata_full)
+	if (!can_set_direct_map())
 		return 0;
 
 	return apply_to_page_range(&init_mm,

@@ -181,7 +186,7 @@ int set_direct_map_default_noflush(struc
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
 void __kernel_map_pages(struct page *page, int numpages, int enable)
 {
-	if (!debug_pagealloc_enabled() && !rodata_full)
+	if (!can_set_direct_map())
 		return;
 
 	set_memory_valid((unsigned long)page_address(page), numpages, enable);

@@ -206,7 +211,7 @@ bool kernel_page_present(struct page *pa
 	pte_t *ptep;
 	unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)page_address(page);
 
-	if (!debug_pagealloc_enabled() && !rodata_full)
+	if (!can_set_direct_map())
 		return true;
 
 	pgdp = pgd_offset_k(addr);
--- a/include/linux/set_memory.h~set_memory-allow-querying-whether-set_direct_map_-is-actually-enabled
+++ a/include/linux/set_memory.h

@@ -28,7 +28,19 @@ static inline bool kernel_page_present(s
 {
 	return true;
 }
+#else /* CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_SET_DIRECT_MAP */
+/*
+ * Some architectures, e.g. ARM64 can disable direct map modifications at
+ * boot time. Let them overrive this query.
+ */
+#ifndef can_set_direct_map
+static inline bool can_set_direct_map(void)
+{
+	return true;
+}
+#define can_set_direct_map can_set_direct_map
 #endif
+#endif /* CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_SET_DIRECT_MAP */
 
 #ifndef set_mce_nospec
 static inline int set_mce_nospec(unsigned long pfn, bool unmap)