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+#ifndef _BABELTRACE_ALIGN_H
+#define _BABELTRACE_ALIGN_H
+
+/*
+ * BabelTrace align.h - alignment header
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2010 Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+#include <ctf/compiler.h>
+
+#define ALIGN(x, a) __ALIGN_MASK(x, (typeof(x))(a) - 1)
+#define __ALIGN_MASK(x, mask) (((x) + (mask)) & ~(mask))
+#define PTR_ALIGN(p, a) ((typeof(p)) ALIGN((unsigned long) (p), a))
+#define ALIGN_FLOOR(x, a) __ALIGN_FLOOR_MASK(x, (typeof(x)) (a) - 1)
+#define __ALIGN_FLOOR_MASK(x, mask) ((x) & ~(mask))
+#define PTR_ALIGN_FLOOR(p, a) \
+ ((typeof(p)) ALIGN_FLOOR((unsigned long) (p), a))
+#define IS_ALIGNED(x, a) (((x) & ((typeof(x)) (a) - 1)) == 0)
+
+/*
+ * Align pointer on natural object alignment.
+ */
+#define object_align(obj) PTR_ALIGN(obj, __alignof__(*(obj)))
+#define object_align_floor(obj) PTR_ALIGN_FLOOR(obj, __alignof__(*(obj)))
+
+/**
+ * offset_align - Calculate the offset needed to align an object on its natural
+ * alignment towards higher addresses.
+ * @align_drift: object offset from an "alignment"-aligned address.
+ * @alignment: natural object alignment. Must be non-zero, power of 2.
+ *
+ * Returns the offset that must be added to align towards higher
+ * addresses.
+ */
+#define offset_align(align_drift, alignment) \
+ ({ \
+ MAYBE_BUILD_BUG_ON((alignment) == 0 \
+ || ((alignment) & ((alignment) - 1))); \
+ (((alignment) - (align_drift)) & ((alignment) - 1)); \
+ })
+
+/**
+ * offset_align_floor - Calculate the offset needed to align an object
+ * on its natural alignment towards lower addresses.
+ * @align_drift: object offset from an "alignment"-aligned address.
+ * @alignment: natural object alignment. Must be non-zero, power of 2.
+ *
+ * Returns the offset that must be substracted to align towards lower addresses.
+ */
+#define offset_align_floor(align_drift, alignment) \
+ ({ \
+ MAYBE_BUILD_BUG_ON((alignment) == 0 \
+ || ((alignment) & ((alignment) - 1))); \
+ (((align_drift) - (alignment)) & ((alignment) - 1); \
+ })
+
+#endif /* _BABELTRACE_ALIGN_H */