Re: [PATCH 0/9 linux-next] drivers/gpu/drm: use container_of where possible

[One Thousand Gnomes]

On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 18:40:13 +0200
Fabian Frederick <fabf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Small patchset using container_of instead of casting on first structure member address.

Why. Container_of is useful for random offsets but its just convoluting
and confusing code which is designed with the fields intentionally at the
start.

Alan
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