Linux中的list_entry和container_of

在linux内核中有这么一个宏定义，使用非常频繁。

/**
 * 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)

/**
 * 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) );})

下面给出一个例子的示意图，方便理解