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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+
+/*
+ * The content of this file is mainly copied/inspired from Linux kernel
+ * code in include/linux/align.h and include/uapi/linux/const.h
+ *
+ * Macro name 'ALIGN' conflicts with macOS/BSD file param.h
+ */
+
+#ifndef OPENOCD_HELPER_ALIGN_H
+#define OPENOCD_HELPER_ALIGN_H
+
+#define ALIGN_MASK(x, mask) \
+({ \
+ typeof(mask) _mask = (mask); \
+ ((x) + _mask) & ~_mask; \
+})
+
+/* @a is a power of 2 value */
+#define ALIGN_UP(x, a) ALIGN_MASK(x, (typeof(x))(a) - 1)
+#define ALIGN_DOWN(x, a) ((x) & ~((typeof(x))(a) - 1))
+#define IS_ALIGNED(x, a) (((x) & ((typeof(x))(a) - 1)) == 0)
+
+#define IS_PWR_OF_2(x) \
+({ \
+ typeof(x) _x = (x); \
+ _x == 0 || (_x & (_x - 1)) == 0; \
+})
+
+#endif /* OPENOCD_HELPER_ALIGN_H */