+/* ---- Unaligned access ------------------------------------ */
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+typedef int bb__aliased_int FIX_ALIASING;
+typedef uint16_t bb__aliased_uint16_t FIX_ALIASING;
+typedef uint32_t bb__aliased_uint32_t FIX_ALIASING;
+
+/* NB: unaligned parameter should be a pointer, aligned one -
+ * a lvalue. This makes it more likely to not swap them by mistake
+ */
+#if defined(i386) || defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__powerpc__)
+# define move_from_unaligned_int(v, intp) ((v) = *(bb__aliased_int*)(intp))
+# define move_from_unaligned16(v, u16p) ((v) = *(bb__aliased_uint16_t*)(u16p))
+# define move_from_unaligned32(v, u32p) ((v) = *(bb__aliased_uint32_t*)(u32p))
+# define move_to_unaligned16(u16p, v) (*(bb__aliased_uint16_t*)(u16p) = (v))
+# define move_to_unaligned32(u32p, v) (*(bb__aliased_uint32_t*)(u32p) = (v))
+/* #elif ... - add your favorite arch today! */
+#else
+/* performs reasonably well (gcc usually inlines memcpy here) */
+# define move_from_unaligned_int(v, intp) (memcpy(&(v), (intp), sizeof(int)))
+# define move_from_unaligned16(v, u16p) (memcpy(&(v), (u16p), 2))
+# define move_from_unaligned32(v, u32p) (memcpy(&(v), (u32p), 4))
+# define move_to_unaligned16(u16p, v) do { \
+ uint16_t __t = (v); \
+ memcpy((u16p), &__t, 4); \
+} while (0)
+# define move_to_unaligned32(u32p, v) do { \
+ uint32_t __t = (v); \
+ memcpy((u32p), &__t, 4); \
+} while (0)