diff --git a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c
index 79c18e95dd293e..196aeaf280042c 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c
@@ -42,8 +42,19 @@ enum arm_smmu_msi_index {
 	ARM_SMMU_MAX_MSIS,
 };
 
-static void arm_smmu_sync_ste_for_sid(struct arm_smmu_device *smmu,
-				      ioasid_t sid);
+struct arm_smmu_entry_writer_ops;
+struct arm_smmu_entry_writer {
+	const struct arm_smmu_entry_writer_ops *ops;
+	struct arm_smmu_master *master;
+};
+
+struct arm_smmu_entry_writer_ops {
+	void (*get_used)(const __le64 *entry, __le64 *used);
+	void (*sync)(struct arm_smmu_entry_writer *writer);
+};
+
+#define NUM_ENTRY_QWORDS 8
+static_assert(sizeof(struct arm_smmu_ste) == NUM_ENTRY_QWORDS * sizeof(u64));
 
 static phys_addr_t arm_smmu_msi_cfg[ARM_SMMU_MAX_MSIS][3] = {
 	[EVTQ_MSI_INDEX] = {
@@ -972,43 +983,42 @@ void arm_smmu_tlb_inv_asid(struct arm_smmu_device *smmu, u16 asid)
  * would be nice if this was complete according to the spec, but minimally it
  * has to capture the bits this driver uses.
  */
-static void arm_smmu_get_ste_used(const struct arm_smmu_ste *ent,
-				  struct arm_smmu_ste *used_bits)
+static void arm_smmu_get_ste_used(const __le64 *ent, __le64 *used_bits)
 {
-	unsigned int cfg = FIELD_GET(STRTAB_STE_0_CFG, le64_to_cpu(ent->data[0]));
+	unsigned int cfg = FIELD_GET(STRTAB_STE_0_CFG, le64_to_cpu(ent[0]));
 
-	used_bits->data[0] = cpu_to_le64(STRTAB_STE_0_V);
-	if (!(ent->data[0] & cpu_to_le64(STRTAB_STE_0_V)))
+	used_bits[0] = cpu_to_le64(STRTAB_STE_0_V);
+	if (!(ent[0] & cpu_to_le64(STRTAB_STE_0_V)))
 		return;
 
-	used_bits->data[0] |= cpu_to_le64(STRTAB_STE_0_CFG);
+	used_bits[0] |= cpu_to_le64(STRTAB_STE_0_CFG);
 
 	/* S1 translates */
 	if (cfg & BIT(0)) {
-		used_bits->data[0] |= cpu_to_le64(STRTAB_STE_0_S1FMT |
-						  STRTAB_STE_0_S1CTXPTR_MASK |
-						  STRTAB_STE_0_S1CDMAX);
-		used_bits->data[1] |=
+		used_bits[0] |= cpu_to_le64(STRTAB_STE_0_S1FMT |
+					    STRTAB_STE_0_S1CTXPTR_MASK |
+					    STRTAB_STE_0_S1CDMAX);
+		used_bits[1] |=
 			cpu_to_le64(STRTAB_STE_1_S1DSS | STRTAB_STE_1_S1CIR |
 				    STRTAB_STE_1_S1COR | STRTAB_STE_1_S1CSH |
 				    STRTAB_STE_1_S1STALLD | STRTAB_STE_1_STRW |
 				    STRTAB_STE_1_EATS);
-		used_bits->data[2] |= cpu_to_le64(STRTAB_STE_2_S2VMID);
+		used_bits[2] |= cpu_to_le64(STRTAB_STE_2_S2VMID);
 	}
 
 	/* S2 translates */
 	if (cfg & BIT(1)) {
-		used_bits->data[1] |=
+		used_bits[1] |=
 			cpu_to_le64(STRTAB_STE_1_EATS | STRTAB_STE_1_SHCFG);
-		used_bits->data[2] |=
+		used_bits[2] |=
 			cpu_to_le64(STRTAB_STE_2_S2VMID | STRTAB_STE_2_VTCR |
 				    STRTAB_STE_2_S2AA64 | STRTAB_STE_2_S2ENDI |
 				    STRTAB_STE_2_S2PTW | STRTAB_STE_2_S2R);
-		used_bits->data[3] |= cpu_to_le64(STRTAB_STE_3_S2TTB_MASK);
+		used_bits[3] |= cpu_to_le64(STRTAB_STE_3_S2TTB_MASK);
 	}
 
 	if (cfg == STRTAB_STE_0_CFG_BYPASS)
-		used_bits->data[1] |= cpu_to_le64(STRTAB_STE_1_SHCFG);
+		used_bits[1] |= cpu_to_le64(STRTAB_STE_1_SHCFG);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1017,57 +1027,55 @@ static void arm_smmu_get_ste_used(const struct arm_smmu_ste *ent,
  * unused_update is an intermediate value of entry that has unused bits set to
  * their new values.
  */
-static u8 arm_smmu_entry_qword_diff(const struct arm_smmu_ste *entry,
-				    const struct arm_smmu_ste *target,
-				    struct arm_smmu_ste *unused_update)
+static u8 arm_smmu_entry_qword_diff(struct arm_smmu_entry_writer *writer,
+				    const __le64 *entry, const __le64 *target,
+				    __le64 *unused_update)
 {
-	struct arm_smmu_ste target_used = {};
-	struct arm_smmu_ste cur_used = {};
+	__le64 target_used[NUM_ENTRY_QWORDS] = {};
+	__le64 cur_used[NUM_ENTRY_QWORDS] = {};
 	u8 used_qword_diff = 0;
 	unsigned int i;
 
-	arm_smmu_get_ste_used(entry, &cur_used);
-	arm_smmu_get_ste_used(target, &target_used);
+	writer->ops->get_used(entry, cur_used);
+	writer->ops->get_used(target, target_used);
 
-	for (i = 0; i != ARRAY_SIZE(target_used.data); i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i != NUM_ENTRY_QWORDS; i++) {
 		/*
 		 * Check that masks are up to date, the make functions are not
 		 * allowed to set a bit to 1 if the used function doesn't say it
 		 * is used.
 		 */
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(target->data[i] & ~target_used.data[i]);
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(target[i] & ~target_used[i]);
 
 		/* Bits can change because they are not currently being used */
-		unused_update->data[i] = (entry->data[i] & cur_used.data[i]) |
-					 (target->data[i] & ~cur_used.data[i]);
+		unused_update[i] = (entry[i] & cur_used[i]) |
+				   (target[i] & ~cur_used[i]);
 		/*
 		 * Each bit indicates that a used bit in a qword needs to be
 		 * changed after unused_update is applied.
 		 */
-		if ((unused_update->data[i] & target_used.data[i]) !=
-		    target->data[i])
+		if ((unused_update[i] & target_used[i]) != target[i])
 			used_qword_diff |= 1 << i;
 	}
 	return used_qword_diff;
 }
 
-static bool entry_set(struct arm_smmu_device *smmu, ioasid_t sid,
-		      struct arm_smmu_ste *entry,
-		      const struct arm_smmu_ste *target, unsigned int start,
+static bool entry_set(struct arm_smmu_entry_writer *writer, __le64 *entry,
+		      const __le64 *target, unsigned int start,
 		      unsigned int len)
 {
 	bool changed = false;
 	unsigned int i;
 
 	for (i = start; len != 0; len--, i++) {
-		if (entry->data[i] != target->data[i]) {
-			WRITE_ONCE(entry->data[i], target->data[i]);
+		if (entry[i] != target[i]) {
+			WRITE_ONCE(entry[i], target[i]);
 			changed = true;
 		}
 	}
 
 	if (changed)
-		arm_smmu_sync_ste_for_sid(smmu, sid);
+		writer->ops->sync(writer);
 	return changed;
 }
 
@@ -1097,24 +1105,21 @@ static bool entry_set(struct arm_smmu_device *smmu, ioasid_t sid,
  * V=0 process. This relies on the IGNORED behavior described in the
  * specification.
  */
-static void arm_smmu_write_ste(struct arm_smmu_master *master, u32 sid,
-			       struct arm_smmu_ste *entry,
-			       const struct arm_smmu_ste *target)
+static void arm_smmu_write_entry(struct arm_smmu_entry_writer *writer,
+				 __le64 *entry, const __le64 *target)
 {
-	unsigned int num_entry_qwords = ARRAY_SIZE(target->data);
-	struct arm_smmu_device *smmu = master->smmu;
-	struct arm_smmu_ste unused_update;
+	__le64 unused_update[NUM_ENTRY_QWORDS];
 	u8 used_qword_diff;
 
 	used_qword_diff =
-		arm_smmu_entry_qword_diff(entry, target, &unused_update);
+		arm_smmu_entry_qword_diff(writer, entry, target, unused_update);
 	if (hweight8(used_qword_diff) == 1) {
 		/*
 		 * Only one qword needs its used bits to be changed. This is a
-		 * hitless update, update all bits the current STE is ignoring
-		 * to their new values, then update a single "critical qword" to
-		 * change the STE and finally 0 out any bits that are now unused
-		 * in the target configuration.
+		 * hitless update, update all bits the current STE/CD is
+		 * ignoring to their new values, then update a single "critical
+		 * qword" to change the STE/CD and finally 0 out any bits that
+		 * are now unused in the target configuration.
 		 */
 		unsigned int critical_qword_index = ffs(used_qword_diff) - 1;
 
@@ -1123,22 +1128,21 @@ static void arm_smmu_write_ste(struct arm_smmu_master *master, u32 sid,
 		 * writing it in the next step anyways. This can save a sync
 		 * when the only change is in that qword.
 		 */
-		unused_update.data[critical_qword_index] =
-			entry->data[critical_qword_index];
-		entry_set(smmu, sid, entry, &unused_update, 0, num_entry_qwords);
-		entry_set(smmu, sid, entry, target, critical_qword_index, 1);
-		entry_set(smmu, sid, entry, target, 0, num_entry_qwords);
+		unused_update[critical_qword_index] =
+			entry[critical_qword_index];
+		entry_set(writer, entry, unused_update, 0, NUM_ENTRY_QWORDS);
+		entry_set(writer, entry, target, critical_qword_index, 1);
+		entry_set(writer, entry, target, 0, NUM_ENTRY_QWORDS);
 	} else if (used_qword_diff) {
 		/*
 		 * At least two qwords need their inuse bits to be changed. This
 		 * requires a breaking update, zero the V bit, write all qwords
 		 * but 0, then set qword 0
 		 */
-		unused_update.data[0] = entry->data[0] &
-					cpu_to_le64(~STRTAB_STE_0_V);
-		entry_set(smmu, sid, entry, &unused_update, 0, 1);
-		entry_set(smmu, sid, entry, target, 1, num_entry_qwords - 1);
-		entry_set(smmu, sid, entry, target, 0, 1);
+		unused_update[0] = 0;
+		entry_set(writer, entry, unused_update, 0, 1);
+		entry_set(writer, entry, target, 1, NUM_ENTRY_QWORDS - 1);
+		entry_set(writer, entry, target, 0, 1);
 	} else {
 		/*
 		 * No inuse bit changed. Sanity check that all unused bits are 0
@@ -1146,18 +1150,7 @@ static void arm_smmu_write_ste(struct arm_smmu_master *master, u32 sid,
 		 * compute_qword_diff().
 		 */
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(
-			entry_set(smmu, sid, entry, target, 0, num_entry_qwords));
-	}
-
-	/* It's likely that we'll want to use the new STE soon */
-	if (!(smmu->options & ARM_SMMU_OPT_SKIP_PREFETCH)) {
-		struct arm_smmu_cmdq_ent
-			prefetch_cmd = { .opcode = CMDQ_OP_PREFETCH_CFG,
-					 .prefetch = {
-						 .sid = sid,
-					 } };
-
-		arm_smmu_cmdq_issue_cmd(smmu, &prefetch_cmd);
+			entry_set(writer, entry, target, 0, NUM_ENTRY_QWORDS));
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1430,17 +1423,56 @@ arm_smmu_write_strtab_l1_desc(__le64 *dst, struct arm_smmu_strtab_l1_desc *desc)
 	WRITE_ONCE(*dst, cpu_to_le64(val));
 }
 
-static void arm_smmu_sync_ste_for_sid(struct arm_smmu_device *smmu, u32 sid)
+struct arm_smmu_ste_writer {
+	struct arm_smmu_entry_writer writer;
+	u32 sid;
+};
+
+static void arm_smmu_ste_writer_sync_entry(struct arm_smmu_entry_writer *writer)
 {
+	struct arm_smmu_ste_writer *ste_writer =
+		container_of(writer, struct arm_smmu_ste_writer, writer);
 	struct arm_smmu_cmdq_ent cmd = {
 		.opcode	= CMDQ_OP_CFGI_STE,
 		.cfgi	= {
-			.sid	= sid,
+			.sid	= ste_writer->sid,
 			.leaf	= true,
 		},
 	};
 
-	arm_smmu_cmdq_issue_cmd_with_sync(smmu, &cmd);
+	arm_smmu_cmdq_issue_cmd_with_sync(writer->master->smmu, &cmd);
+}
+
+static const struct arm_smmu_entry_writer_ops arm_smmu_ste_writer_ops = {
+	.sync = arm_smmu_ste_writer_sync_entry,
+	.get_used = arm_smmu_get_ste_used,
+};
+
+static void arm_smmu_write_ste(struct arm_smmu_master *master, u32 sid,
+			       struct arm_smmu_ste *ste,
+			       const struct arm_smmu_ste *target)
+{
+	struct arm_smmu_device *smmu = master->smmu;
+	struct arm_smmu_ste_writer ste_writer = {
+		.writer = {
+			.ops = &arm_smmu_ste_writer_ops,
+			.master = master,
+		},
+		.sid = sid,
+	};
+
+	arm_smmu_write_entry(&ste_writer.writer, ste->data, target->data);
+
+	/* It's likely that we'll want to use the new STE soon */
+	if (!(smmu->options & ARM_SMMU_OPT_SKIP_PREFETCH)) {
+		struct arm_smmu_cmdq_ent
+			prefetch_cmd = { .opcode = CMDQ_OP_PREFETCH_CFG,
+					 .prefetch = {
+						 .sid = sid,
+					 } };
+
+		arm_smmu_cmdq_issue_cmd(smmu, &prefetch_cmd);
+	}
 }
 
 static void arm_smmu_make_abort_ste(struct arm_smmu_ste *target)
