diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 67745ceab0db..e16b2b15d67e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ config X86
 	select ARCH_ENABLE_THP_MIGRATION if X86_64 && TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
 	select ARCH_HAS_ACPI_TABLE_UPGRADE	if ACPI
 	select ARCH_HAS_CACHE_LINE_SIZE
+	select ARCH_HAS_CPU_CACHE_INVALIDATE_MEMREGION
 	select ARCH_HAS_CURRENT_STACK_POINTER
 	select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_VIRTUAL
 	select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_VM_PGTABLE	if !X86_PAE
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
index 97342c42dda8..0a735c62fa0d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
@@ -330,6 +330,23 @@ void arch_invalidate_pmem(void *addr, size_t size)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(arch_invalidate_pmem);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_CPU_CACHE_INVALIDATE_MEMREGION
+bool cpu_cache_has_invalidate_memregion(void)
+{
+	return !cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(cpu_cache_has_invalidate_memregion, DEVMEM);
+
+int cpu_cache_invalidate_memregion(int res_desc)
+{
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!cpu_cache_has_invalidate_memregion()))
+		return -ENXIO;
+	wbinvd_on_all_cpus();
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(cpu_cache_invalidate_memregion, DEVMEM);
+#endif
+
 static void __cpa_flush_all(void *arg)
 {
 	unsigned long cache = (unsigned long)arg;
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/nfit/intel.c b/drivers/acpi/nfit/intel.c
index 8dd792a55730..fa0e57e35162 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/nfit/intel.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/nfit/intel.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <linux/libnvdimm.h>
 #include <linux/ndctl.h>
 #include <linux/acpi.h>
+#include <linux/memregion.h>
 #include <asm/smp.h>
 #include "intel.h"
 #include "nfit.h"
@@ -190,8 +191,6 @@ static int intel_security_change_key(struct nvdimm *nvdimm,
 	}
 }
 
-static void nvdimm_invalidate_cache(void);
-
 static int __maybe_unused intel_security_unlock(struct nvdimm *nvdimm,
 		const struct nvdimm_key_data *key_data)
 {
@@ -213,6 +212,9 @@ static int __maybe_unused intel_security_unlock(struct nvdimm *nvdimm,
 	if (!test_bit(NVDIMM_INTEL_UNLOCK_UNIT, &nfit_mem->dsm_mask))
 		return -ENOTTY;
 
+	if (!cpu_cache_has_invalidate_memregion())
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	memcpy(nd_cmd.cmd.passphrase, key_data->data,
 			sizeof(nd_cmd.cmd.passphrase));
 	rc = nvdimm_ctl(nvdimm, ND_CMD_CALL, &nd_cmd, sizeof(nd_cmd), NULL);
@@ -228,7 +230,7 @@ static int __maybe_unused intel_security_unlock(struct nvdimm *nvdimm,
 	}
 
 	/* DIMM unlocked, invalidate all CPU caches before we read it */
-	nvdimm_invalidate_cache();
+	cpu_cache_invalidate_memregion(IORES_DESC_PERSISTENT_MEMORY);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -297,8 +299,11 @@ static int __maybe_unused intel_security_erase(struct nvdimm *nvdimm,
 	if (!test_bit(cmd, &nfit_mem->dsm_mask))
 		return -ENOTTY;
 
+	if (!cpu_cache_has_invalidate_memregion())
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	/* flush all cache before we erase DIMM */
-	nvdimm_invalidate_cache();
+	cpu_cache_invalidate_memregion(IORES_DESC_PERSISTENT_MEMORY);
 	memcpy(nd_cmd.cmd.passphrase, key->data,
 			sizeof(nd_cmd.cmd.passphrase));
 	rc = nvdimm_ctl(nvdimm, ND_CMD_CALL, &nd_cmd, sizeof(nd_cmd), NULL);
@@ -318,7 +323,7 @@ static int __maybe_unused intel_security_erase(struct nvdimm *nvdimm,
 	}
 
 	/* DIMM erased, invalidate all CPU caches before we read it */
-	nvdimm_invalidate_cache();
+	cpu_cache_invalidate_memregion(IORES_DESC_PERSISTENT_MEMORY);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -341,6 +346,9 @@ static int __maybe_unused intel_security_query_overwrite(struct nvdimm *nvdimm)
 	if (!test_bit(NVDIMM_INTEL_QUERY_OVERWRITE, &nfit_mem->dsm_mask))
 		return -ENOTTY;
 
+	if (!cpu_cache_has_invalidate_memregion())
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	rc = nvdimm_ctl(nvdimm, ND_CMD_CALL, &nd_cmd, sizeof(nd_cmd), NULL);
 	if (rc < 0)
 		return rc;
@@ -355,7 +363,7 @@ static int __maybe_unused intel_security_query_overwrite(struct nvdimm *nvdimm)
 	}
 
 	/* flush all cache before we make the nvdimms available */
-	nvdimm_invalidate_cache();
+	cpu_cache_invalidate_memregion(IORES_DESC_PERSISTENT_MEMORY);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -380,8 +388,11 @@ static int __maybe_unused intel_security_overwrite(struct nvdimm *nvdimm,
 	if (!test_bit(NVDIMM_INTEL_OVERWRITE, &nfit_mem->dsm_mask))
 		return -ENOTTY;
 
+	if (!cpu_cache_has_invalidate_memregion())
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	/* flush all cache before we erase DIMM */
-	nvdimm_invalidate_cache();
+	cpu_cache_invalidate_memregion(IORES_DESC_PERSISTENT_MEMORY);
 	memcpy(nd_cmd.cmd.passphrase, nkey->data,
 			sizeof(nd_cmd.cmd.passphrase));
 	rc = nvdimm_ctl(nvdimm, ND_CMD_CALL, &nd_cmd, sizeof(nd_cmd), NULL);
@@ -401,22 +412,6 @@ static int __maybe_unused intel_security_overwrite(struct nvdimm *nvdimm,
 	}
 }
 
-/*
- * TODO: define a cross arch wbinvd equivalent when/if
- * NVDIMM_FAMILY_INTEL command support arrives on another arch.
- */
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86
-static void nvdimm_invalidate_cache(void)
-{
-	wbinvd_on_all_cpus();
-}
-#else
-static void nvdimm_invalidate_cache(void)
-{
-	WARN_ON_ONCE("cache invalidation required after unlock\n");
-}
-#endif
-
 static const struct nvdimm_security_ops __intel_security_ops = {
 	.get_flags = intel_security_flags,
 	.freeze = intel_security_freeze,
@@ -775,3 +770,5 @@ static const struct nvdimm_fw_ops __intel_fw_ops = {
 };
 
 const struct nvdimm_fw_ops *intel_fw_ops = &__intel_fw_ops;
+
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS(DEVMEM);
diff --git a/include/linux/memregion.h b/include/linux/memregion.h
index c04c4fd2e209..f7066b6d6bdb 100644
--- a/include/linux/memregion.h
+++ b/include/linux/memregion.h
@@ -20,4 +20,41 @@ static inline void memregion_free(int id)
 {
 }
 #endif
+
+/**
+ * cpu_cache_invalidate_memregion - drop any CPU cached data for
+ *     memregions described by @res_desc
+ * @res_desc: one of the IORES_DESC_* types
+ *
+ * Perform cache maintenance after a memory event / operation that
+ * changes the contents of physical memory in a cache-incoherent manner.
+ * For example, device memory technologies like NVDIMM and CXL have
+ * device secure erase, and dynamic region provision that can replace
+ * the memory mapped to a given physical address.
+ *
+ * Limit the functionality to architectures that have an efficient way
+ * to writeback and invalidate potentially terabytes of address space at
+ * once.  Note that this routine may or may not write back any dirty
+ * contents while performing the invalidation. It is only exported for
+ * the explicit usage of the NVDIMM and CXL modules in the 'DEVMEM'
+ * symbol namespace on bare platforms.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success or negative error code on a failure to perform
+ * the cache maintenance.
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_CPU_CACHE_INVALIDATE_MEMREGION
+int cpu_cache_invalidate_memregion(int res_desc);
+bool cpu_cache_has_invalidate_memregion(void);
+#else
+static inline bool cpu_cache_has_invalidate_memregion(void)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
+int cpu_cache_invalidate_memregion(int res_desc)
+{
+	WARN_ON_ONCE("CPU cache invalidation required");
+	return -ENXIO;
+}
+#endif
 #endif /* _MEMREGION_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
index 9bbf8a4b2108..9eb514abcdec 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/Kconfig
@@ -672,6 +672,9 @@ config ARCH_HAS_PMEM_API
 config MEMREGION
 	bool
 
+config ARCH_HAS_CPU_CACHE_INVALIDATE_MEMREGION
+	bool
+
 config ARCH_HAS_MEMREMAP_COMPAT_ALIGN
 	bool
 
