CONTAINER_OF(9)                           Driver Basics                           CONTAINER_OF(9)



NAME
       container_of - cast a member of a structure out to the containing structure

SYNOPSIS
       container_of(ptr, type, member);

ARGUMENTS
       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.

COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.                 January 2017                           CONTAINER_OF(9)