container_of宏说明

#include <linux/kernel.h>

 

/**
* container_of - cast a member of a structure out to the containing structure
* @ptr: the pointer to the member.
* @type: the type of the container struct this is embedded in.
* @member: the name of the member within the struct.
*
*/
#define container_of(ptr, type, member) ({ /
const typeof( ((type *)0)->member ) *__mptr = (ptr); /
(type *)( (char *)__mptr - offsetof(type,member) );})

 

#undef offsetof
#ifdef __compiler_offsetof
#define offsetof(TYPE,MEMBER) __compiler_offsetof(TYPE,MEMBER)
#else
#define offsetof(TYPE, MEMBER) ((size_t) &((TYPE *)0)->MEMBER)
#endif
#endif /* __KERNEL__ */ 

 

 

const {member类型} * __mptr = ptr;    // __mpt是指向member的指针

{type类型 *}  (char *)__mptr - {member指针相对type指针的偏移量}

 

因此container_of(ptr,type,member)实现通过type中的member指针得到type指针的用处