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/**

* 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) ({                              \

void *__mptr = (void *)(ptr);                                   \

BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(!__same_type(*(ptr), ((type *)0)->member) &&   \

!__same_type(*(ptr), void),                    \

"pointer type mismatch in container_of()");    \

((type *)(__mptr - offsetof(type, member))); })