From f0ce88b3af9a6090ac986160950d66317de5087e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zachary T Welch Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:29:09 -0800 Subject: move container_of to types.h The container_of macro is useful as a general solution. It belongs in types.h, rather than target.h where it was introduced. Requires the offsetof macro, which comes from (moved as well). --- src/helper/types.h | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) (limited to 'src/helper/types.h') 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 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H #include #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 -- cgit v1.2.3