+/**
+ * mmc_align_data_size - pads a transfer size to a more optimal value
+ * @card: the MMC card associated with the data transfer
+ * @sz: original transfer size
+ *
+ * Pads the original data size with a number of extra bytes in
+ * order to avoid controller bugs and/or performance hits
+ * (e.g. some controllers revert to PIO for certain sizes).
+ *
+ * Returns the improved size, which might be unmodified.
+ *
+ * Note that this function is only relevant when issuing a
+ * single scatter gather entry.
+ */
+unsigned int mmc_align_data_size(struct mmc_card *card, unsigned int sz)
+{
+ /*
+ * FIXME: We don't have a system for the controller to tell
+ * the core about its problems yet, so for now we just 32-bit
+ * align the size.
+ */
+ sz = ((sz + 3) / 4) * 4;
+
+ return sz;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(mmc_align_data_size);
+