+/* For defining a structure whose instances should aligned on an N-byte
+ * boundary.
+ *
+ * e.g. The following:
+ * OVS_ALIGNED_STRUCT(64, mystruct) { ... };
+ * is equivalent to the following except that it specifies 64-byte alignment:
+ * struct mystruct { ... };
+ */
+#ifndef _MSC_VER
+#define OVS_ALIGNED_STRUCT(N, TAG) struct __attribute__((aligned(N))) TAG
+#else
+#define OVS_ALIGNED_STRUCT(N, TAG) __declspec(align(N)) struct TAG
+#endif
+