On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 8:37 PM, Robert P. J. Day <rpj...@crashcourse.ca>wrote:
> > you're making this too difficult -- all container_of() does is, > given: > > * a structure definition, > * the name of a member field within that structure, and > * the address of that internal member field in an instance > > what you get back is the address of the enclosing structure. > > this allows you to work with member fields of a structure but, when > you need to, "back up" to the structure they're contained in. kernel > linked lists are built on this idea. > > > http://crashcourse.ca/introduction-linux-kernel-programming/intermission-lets-talk-about-linked-lists-and-containerof-free > > > rday > > Yeah thanks Robert you saved my day.
