Re: container-of Implementation

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Schrober <franzschrober@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I wondered why the container_of implementation is so complicated.
>
> #define container_of(ptr, type, member) ({                      \
>         const typeof( ((type *)0)->member ) *__mptr = (ptr);    \
>         (type *)( (char *)__mptr - offsetof(type,member) );})
>
> isn't the __mptr not unnecessary? Why not following version?
>
> #define container_of(ptr, type, member) \
>     ((type *)((char *)(ptr) - offsetof(type, member)))

The __mptr construct will cause a compiler warning if ptr is of the
wrong type.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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