diff --git a/common/include/villas/memory.hpp b/common/include/villas/memory.hpp
index b7e73b6d2..a97b22511 100644
--- a/common/include/villas/memory.hpp
+++ b/common/include/villas/memory.hpp
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ class MemoryBlock {
 public:
 	using deallocator_fn = std::function<void(MemoryBlock*)>;
 
+	using Ptr = std::shared_ptr<MemoryBlock>;
+
+	// cppcheck-suppress passedByValue
 	MemoryBlock(size_t offset, size_t size, MemoryManager::AddressSpaceId addrSpaceId) :
 	    offset(offset), size(size), addrSpaceId(addrSpaceId) {}
 
diff --git a/common/include/villas/memory_manager.hpp b/common/include/villas/memory_manager.hpp
index ea09d78aa..708fce7fa 100644
--- a/common/include/villas/memory_manager.hpp
+++ b/common/include/villas/memory_manager.hpp
@@ -230,8 +230,8 @@ public:
 	MemoryTranslation
 	getTranslation(AddressSpaceId fromAddrSpaceId, AddressSpaceId toAddrSpaceId);
 
-	MemoryTranslation
-	getTranslationFromProcess(AddressSpaceId foreignAddrSpaceId)
+	// cppcheck-suppress passedByValue
+	MemoryTranslation getTranslationFromProcess(AddressSpaceId foreignAddrSpaceId)
 	{ return getTranslation(getProcessAddressSpace(), foreignAddrSpaceId); }
 
 	static std::string
diff --git a/common/lib/memory.cpp b/common/lib/memory.cpp
index a21dfc760..eaac1c145 100644
--- a/common/lib/memory.cpp
+++ b/common/lib/memory.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ HostRam::HostRamAllocator::allocateBlock(size_t size)
 	return mem;
 }
 
-
+// cppcheck-suppress passedByValue
 LinearAllocator::LinearAllocator(MemoryManager::AddressSpaceId memoryAddrSpaceId,
                                  size_t memorySize,
                                  size_t internalOffset) :