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diff --git a/ccan/tcon/tcon.h b/ccan/tcon/tcon.h
index 62bacf53..c33070d6 100644
--- a/ccan/tcon/tcon.h
+++ b/ccan/tcon/tcon.h
@@ -166,6 +166,28 @@
  */
 #define tcon_sizeof(x, canary) sizeof((x)->_tcon[0].canary)
 
+/**
+ * TCON_VALUE - encode an integer value in a type canary
+ * @canary: name of the value canary
+ * @val: positive integer compile time constant value
+ *
+ * This macro can be included inside the declarations in a TCON() or
+ * TCON_WRAP(), constructing a special "type" canary which encodes the
+ * integer value @val (which must be a compile time constant, and a
+ * positive integer in the range of size_t).
+ */
+#define TCON_VALUE(canary, val)	char _value_##canary[val]
+
+/**
+ * tcon_value - retrieve the value of a TCON_VALUE canary
+ * @x: the structure containing the TCON
+ * @canary: name of the value canary
+ *
+ * This macros expands to the value previously encoded into a TCON
+ * using TCON_VALUE().
+ */
+#define tcon_value(x, canary)	tcon_sizeof(x, _value_##canary)
+
 /**
  * tcon_ptr_type - pointer to the type within a container (or void *)
  * @x: the structure containing the TCON.