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diff --git a/lib/div64.c b/lib/div64.c
index bb5bd0c0f03..76c01542d3e 100644
--- a/lib/div64.c
+++ b/lib/div64.c
@@ -98,3 +98,26 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(div64_u64);
#endif
#endif /* BITS_PER_LONG == 32 */
+
+/*
+ * Iterative div/mod for use when dividend is not expected to be much
+ * bigger than divisor.
+ */
+u32 iter_div_u64_rem(u64 dividend, u32 divisor, u64 *remainder)
+{
+ u32 ret = 0;
+
+ while (dividend >= divisor) {
+ /* The following asm() prevents the compiler from
+ optimising this loop into a modulo operation. */
+ asm("" : "+rm"(dividend));
+
+ dividend -= divisor;
+ ret++;
+ }
+
+ *remainder = dividend;
+
+ return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(iter_div_u64_rem);