diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/arm64/include/asm/Kbuild
index ff9cbb631212..35a68155cd0e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 generic-y += early_ioremap.h
+generic-y += kvm_types.h
 generic-y += local64.h
 generic-y += mcs_spinlock.h
 generic-y += qrwlock.h
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/mips/include/asm/Kbuild
index 8643d313890e..397e6d24d2ab 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ generated-y += syscall_table_64_n32.h
 generated-y += syscall_table_64_n64.h
 generated-y += syscall_table_64_o32.h
 generic-y += export.h
+generic-y += kvm_types.h
 generic-y += local64.h
 generic-y += mcs_spinlock.h
 generic-y += parport.h
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/Kbuild
index dadbcf3a0b1e..2d444d09b553 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ generated-y += syscall_table_64.h
 generated-y += syscall_table_c32.h
 generated-y += syscall_table_spu.h
 generic-y += export.h
+generic-y += kvm_types.h
 generic-y += local64.h
 generic-y += mcs_spinlock.h
 generic-y += vtime.h
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/s390/include/asm/Kbuild
index 83f6e85de7bc..319efa0e6d02 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ generated-y += unistd_nr.h
 
 generic-y += asm-offsets.h
 generic-y += export.h
+generic-y += kvm_types.h
 generic-y += local64.h
 generic-y += mcs_spinlock.h
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 685fe5ac7124..c461710d621a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -193,8 +193,6 @@ struct x86_exception;
 enum x86_intercept;
 enum x86_intercept_stage;
 
-#define KVM_NR_MEM_OBJS 40
-
 #define KVM_NR_DB_REGS	4
 
 #define DR6_BD		(1 << 13)
@@ -245,17 +243,6 @@ enum x86_intercept_stage;
 
 struct kvm_kernel_irq_routing_entry;
 
-/*
- * We don't want allocation failures within the mmu code, so we preallocate
- * enough memory for a single page fault in a cache.
- */
-struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache {
-	int nobjs;
-	gfp_t gfp_zero;
-	struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache;
-	void *objects[KVM_NR_MEM_OBJS];
-};
-
 /*
  * the pages used as guest page table on soft mmu are tracked by
  * kvm_memory_slot.arch.gfn_track which is 16 bits, so the role bits used
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_types.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..08f1b57d3b62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_types.h
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef _ASM_X86_KVM_TYPES_H
+#define _ASM_X86_KVM_TYPES_H
+
+#define KVM_ARCH_NR_OBJS_PER_MEMORY_CACHE 40
+
+#endif /* _ASM_X86_KVM_TYPES_H */
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/kvm_types.h b/include/asm-generic/kvm_types.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2a82daf110f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/asm-generic/kvm_types.h
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef _ASM_GENERIC_KVM_TYPES_H
+#define _ASM_GENERIC_KVM_TYPES_H
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_types.h b/include/linux/kvm_types.h
index 68e84cf42a3f..a7580f69dda0 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_types.h
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ enum kvm_mr_change;
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
+#include <asm/kvm_types.h>
+
 /*
  * Address types:
  *
@@ -58,4 +60,21 @@ struct gfn_to_pfn_cache {
 	bool dirty;
 };
 
+#ifdef KVM_ARCH_NR_OBJS_PER_MEMORY_CACHE
+/*
+ * Memory caches are used to preallocate memory ahead of various MMU flows,
+ * e.g. page fault handlers.  Gracefully handling allocation failures deep in
+ * MMU flows is problematic, as is triggering reclaim, I/O, etc... while
+ * holding MMU locks.  Note, these caches act more like prefetch buffers than
+ * classical caches, i.e. objects are not returned to the cache on being freed.
+ */
+struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache {
+	int nobjs;
+	gfp_t gfp_zero;
+	struct kmem_cache *kmem_cache;
+	void *objects[KVM_ARCH_NR_OBJS_PER_MEMORY_CACHE];
+};
+#endif
+
+
 #endif /* __KVM_TYPES_H__ */
