1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h b/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h
index cb80166161f0..09a2af4294a6 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h
@@ -374,6 +374,17 @@ static inline unsigned long mei_secs_to_jiffies(unsigned long sec)
         return msecs_to_jiffies(sec * MSEC_PER_SEC);
 }
 
+/**
+ * mei_data2slots - get slots - number of (dwords) from a message length
+ *      + size of the mei header
+ * @length - size of the messages in bytes
+ * returns  - number of slots
+ */
+static inline u32 mei_data2slots(size_t length)
+{
+        return DIV_ROUND_UP(sizeof(struct mei_msg_hdr) + length, 4);
+}
+
 
 /*
  * mei init function prototypes