+/* 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
+
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#define CCALL __cdecl
+#pragma section(".CRT$XCU",read)
+#define OVS_CONSTRUCTOR(f) \
+ static void __cdecl f(void); \
+ __declspec(allocate(".CRT$XCU")) void (__cdecl*f##_)(void) = f; \
+ static void __cdecl f(void)
+#else
+#define OVS_CONSTRUCTOR(f) \
+ static void f(void) __attribute__((constructor)); \
+ static void f(void)
+#endif
+
+/* OVS_PREFETCH() can be used to instruct the CPU to fetch the cache
+ * line containing the given address to a CPU cache.
+ * OVS_PREFETCH_WRITE() should be used when the memory is going to be
+ * written to. Depending on the target CPU, this can generate the same
+ * instruction as OVS_PREFETCH(), or bring the data into the cache in an
+ * exclusive state. */
+#if __GNUC__
+#define OVS_PREFETCH(addr) __builtin_prefetch((addr))
+#define OVS_PREFETCH_WRITE(addr) __builtin_prefetch((addr), 1)
+#else
+#define OVS_PREFETCH(addr)
+#define OVS_PREFETCH_WRITE(addr)
+#endif
+