diff --git a/authfs/src/common.rs b/authfs/src/common.rs
index 522397f..6556fde 100644
--- a/authfs/src/common.rs
+++ b/authfs/src/common.rs
@@ -20,3 +20,59 @@
 pub fn divide_roundup(dividend: u64, divisor: u64) -> u64 {
     (dividend + divisor - 1) / divisor
 }
+
+/// Given `offset` and `length`, generates (offset, size) tuples that together form the same length,
+/// and aligned to `alignment`.
+pub struct ChunkedSizeIter {
+    remaining: usize,
+    offset: u64,
+    alignment: usize,
+}
+
+impl ChunkedSizeIter {
+    pub fn new(remaining: usize, offset: u64, alignment: usize) -> Self {
+        ChunkedSizeIter { remaining, offset, alignment }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Iterator for ChunkedSizeIter {
+    type Item = (u64, usize);
+
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
+        if self.remaining == 0 {
+            return None;
+        }
+        let chunk_data_size = std::cmp::min(
+            self.remaining,
+            self.alignment - (self.offset % self.alignment as u64) as usize,
+        );
+        let retval = (self.offset, chunk_data_size);
+        self.offset += chunk_data_size as u64;
+        self.remaining = self.remaining.saturating_sub(chunk_data_size);
+        Some(retval)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    fn collect_chunk_read_iter(remaining: usize, offset: u64) -> Vec<(u64, usize)> {
+        ChunkedSizeIter::new(remaining, offset, 4096).collect::<Vec<_>>()
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_chunk_read_iter() {
+        assert_eq!(collect_chunk_read_iter(4096, 0), [(0, 4096)]);
+        assert_eq!(collect_chunk_read_iter(8192, 0), [(0, 4096), (4096, 4096)]);
+        assert_eq!(collect_chunk_read_iter(8192, 4096), [(4096, 4096), (8192, 4096)]);
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            collect_chunk_read_iter(16384, 1),
+            [(1, 4095), (4096, 4096), (8192, 4096), (12288, 4096), (16384, 1)]
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(collect_chunk_read_iter(0, 0), []);
+        assert_eq!(collect_chunk_read_iter(0, 100), []);
+    }
+}