list_entry

说明：以下所有代码基于linux-2.6.22.6内核；
 
1、<include/linux/list.h>

/**

 * list_entry - get the struct for this entry

 * @ptr: the &struct list_head pointer.

 * @type: the type of the struct this is embedded in.

 * @member: the name of the list_struct within the struct.

 */

#define list_entry(ptr, type, member) \

container_of(ptr, type, member)
1.1、list_entry的功能是获取链表结构中的节点地址；

2、<include/linux/kernel.h>

#define container_of(ptr, type, member) ({ \

const typeof( ((type *)0)->member ) *__mptr = (ptr); \

(type *)( (char *)__mptr - offsetof(type,member) );})  
2.1、typeof是C语言的关键字，返回表达式的类型；
2.2、" ( (char *)__mptr"中使用" (char *)" 强制转换的原因是：字符类型的指针加减操作步长是一个字节；
2.3、 " offsetof(type,member)"在arm体系结构中返回类型为无符号整型；

3、<include/linux/stddef.h>

#define offsetof(TYPE, MEMBER) ((size_t) &((TYPE *)0)->MEMBER)
4、<include/linux/types.h>
typedef __kernel_size_t size_t; 
5、<include/asm-arm/posix_types.h>
typedef unsigned int __kernel_size_t;