in includelinuxkernel.h
container_of(ptr, type, member)
/**
* 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) );})
in includelinuxstddef.h
offsetof(TYPE, MEMBER)
#ifdef __compiler_offsetof
#define offsetof(TYPE,MEMBER) __compiler_offsetof(TYPE,MEMBER)
#else
#define offsetof(TYPE, MEMBER) ((size_t) &((TYPE *)0)->MEMBER)
#endif