}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_push_to_buffers);
 
+/**
+ * iio_push_to_buffers_with_ts_unaligned() - push to registered buffer,
+ *    no alignment or space requirements.
+ * @indio_dev:         iio_dev structure for device.
+ * @data:              channel data excluding the timestamp.
+ * @data_sz:           size of data.
+ * @timestamp:         timestamp for the sample data.
+ *
+ * This special variant of iio_push_to_buffers_with_timestamp() does
+ * not require space for the timestamp, or 8 byte alignment of data.
+ * It does however require an allocation on first call and additional
+ * copies on all calls, so should be avoided if possible.
+ */
+int iio_push_to_buffers_with_ts_unaligned(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
+                                         const void *data,
+                                         size_t data_sz,
+                                         int64_t timestamp)
+{
+       struct iio_dev_opaque *iio_dev_opaque = to_iio_dev_opaque(indio_dev);
+
+       /*
+        * Conservative estimate - we can always safely copy the minimum
+        * of either the data provided or the length of the destination buffer.
+        * This relaxed limit allows the calling drivers to be lax about
+        * tracking the size of the data they are pushing, at the cost of
+        * unnecessary copying of padding.
+        */
+       data_sz = min_t(size_t, indio_dev->scan_bytes, data_sz);
+       if (iio_dev_opaque->bounce_buffer_size !=  indio_dev->scan_bytes) {
+               void *bb;
+
+               bb = devm_krealloc(&indio_dev->dev,
+                                  iio_dev_opaque->bounce_buffer,
+                                  indio_dev->scan_bytes, GFP_KERNEL);
+               if (!bb)
+                       return -ENOMEM;
+               iio_dev_opaque->bounce_buffer = bb;
+               iio_dev_opaque->bounce_buffer_size = indio_dev->scan_bytes;
+       }
+       memcpy(iio_dev_opaque->bounce_buffer, data, data_sz);
+       return iio_push_to_buffers_with_timestamp(indio_dev,
+                                                 iio_dev_opaque->bounce_buffer,
+                                                 timestamp);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_push_to_buffers_with_ts_unaligned);
+
 /**
  * iio_buffer_release() - Free a buffer's resources
  * @ref: Pointer to the kref embedded in the iio_buffer struct
 
  * @groupcounter:              index of next attribute group
  * @legacy_scan_el_group:      attribute group for legacy scan elements attribute group
  * @legacy_buffer_group:       attribute group for legacy buffer attributes group
+ * @bounce_buffer:             for devices that call iio_push_to_buffers_with_timestamp_unaligned()
+ * @bounce_buffer_size:                size of currently allocate bounce buffer
  * @scan_index_timestamp:      cache of the index to the timestamp
  * @clock_id:                  timestamping clock posix identifier
  * @chrdev:                    associated character device
        int                             groupcounter;
        struct attribute_group          legacy_scan_el_group;
        struct attribute_group          legacy_buffer_group;
+       void                            *bounce_buffer;
+       size_t                          bounce_buffer_size;
 
        unsigned int                    scan_index_timestamp;
        clockid_t                       clock_id;