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diff --git a/src/helper/types.h b/src/helper/types.h
index 79eac13a..a8753c5f 100644
--- a/src/helper/types.h
+++ b/src/helper/types.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
#ifndef TYPES_H
#define TYPES_H
+#include <stddef.h>
#ifdef HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
#include <sys/types.h>
#endif
@@ -58,6 +59,20 @@ typedef bool _Bool;
#define stringify(s) __stringify(s)
#define __stringify(s) #s
+
+/**
+ * Cast a member of a structure out to the containing structure.
+ * @param ptr The pointer to the member.
+ * @param type The type of the container struct this is embedded in.
+ * @param member The name of the member within the struct.
+ *
+ * This is a mechanism which is used throughout the Linux kernel.
+ */
+#define container_of(ptr, type, member) ({ \
+ const typeof( ((type *)0)->member ) *__mptr = (ptr); \
+ (type *)( (char *)__mptr - offsetof(type,member) );})
+
+
/* DANGER!!!! here be dragons!
*
* Leave these fn's as byte accesses because it is safe