1 files changed, 40 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/alloc.c b/src/alloc.c
index 77d5d2839a2..f8609398a3f 100644
--- a/src/alloc.c
+++ b/src/alloc.c
@@ -104,6 +104,46 @@ along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 #include "w32heap.h"    /* for sbrk */
 #endif
 
+/* A type with alignment at least as large as any object that Emacs
+   allocates.  This is not max_align_t because some platforms (e.g.,
+   mingw) have buggy malloc implementations that do not align for
+   max_align_t.  This union contains types of all GCALIGNED_STRUCT
+   components visible here.  */
+union emacs_align_type
+{
+  struct frame frame;
+  struct Lisp_Bignum Lisp_Bignum;
+  struct Lisp_Bool_Vector Lisp_Bool_Vector;
+  struct Lisp_Char_Table Lisp_Char_Table;
+  struct Lisp_CondVar Lisp_CondVar;
+  struct Lisp_Finalizer Lisp_Finalizer;
+  struct Lisp_Float Lisp_Float;
+  struct Lisp_Hash_Table Lisp_Hash_Table;
+  struct Lisp_Marker Lisp_Marker;
+  struct Lisp_Misc_Ptr Lisp_Misc_Ptr;
+  struct Lisp_Mutex Lisp_Mutex;
+  struct Lisp_Overlay Lisp_Overlay;
+  struct Lisp_Sub_Char_Table Lisp_Sub_Char_Table;
+  struct Lisp_Subr Lisp_Subr;
+  struct Lisp_User_Ptr Lisp_User_Ptr;
+  struct Lisp_Vector Lisp_Vector;
+  struct terminal terminal;
+  struct thread_state thread_state;
+  struct window window;
+
+  /* Omit the following since they would require including process.h
+     etc.  In practice their alignments never exceed that of the
+     structs already listed.  */
+#if 0
+  struct Lisp_Module_Function Lisp_Module_Function;
+  struct Lisp_Process Lisp_Process;
+  struct save_window_data save_window_data;
+  struct scroll_bar scroll_bar;
+  struct xwidget_view xwidget_view;
+  struct xwidget xwidget;
+#endif
+};
+
 /* MALLOC_SIZE_NEAR (N) is a good number to pass to malloc when
    allocating a block of memory with size close to N bytes.
    For best results N should be a power of 2.