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diff --git a/src/common/macros.h b/src/common/macros.h
index 13f51d9d1..36ec04b74 100644
--- a/src/common/macros.h
+++ b/src/common/macros.h
@@ -96,6 +96,13 @@ void *zmalloc(size_t len)
 
 #define member_sizeof(type, field)	sizeof(((type *) 0)->field)
 
+/*
+ * Get an aligned pointer to a value. This is meant
+ * as a helper to pass an aligned pointer to a member in a packed structure
+ * to a function.
+ */
+#define ALIGNED_CONST_PTR(value) (((const typeof(value) []) { value }))
+
 /*
  * lttng_strncpy returns 0 on success, or nonzero on failure.
  * It checks that the @src string fits into @dst_len before performing