1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/alloc.c b/src/alloc.c
index ff93956109b..0fc79fe68ac 100644
--- a/src/alloc.c
+++ b/src/alloc.c
@@ -621,6 +621,12 @@ buffer_memory_full (ptrdiff_t nbytes)
 #endif
 }
 
+/* A common multiple of the positive integers A and B.  Ideally this
+   would be the least common multiple, but there's no way to do that
+   as a constant expression in C, so do the best that we can easily do.  */
+#define COMMON_MULTIPLE(a, b) \
+  ((a) % (b) == 0 ? (a) : (b) % (a) == 0 ? (b) : (a) * (b))
+
 #ifndef XMALLOC_OVERRUN_CHECK
 #define XMALLOC_OVERRUN_CHECK_OVERHEAD 0
 #else