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| -rw-r--r-- | rust/kernel/lib.rs | 32 |
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diff --git a/rust/kernel/lib.rs b/rust/kernel/lib.rs index 1e5f229b82638..be68d5e567b1a 100644 --- a/rust/kernel/lib.rs +++ b/rust/kernel/lib.rs @@ -101,3 +101,35 @@ fn panic(info: &core::panic::PanicInfo<'_>) -> ! { // SAFETY: FFI call. unsafe { bindings::BUG() }; } + +/// Produces a pointer to an object from a pointer to one of its fields. +/// +/// # Safety +/// +/// The pointer passed to this macro, and the pointer returned by this macro, must both be in +/// bounds of the same allocation. +/// +/// # Examples +/// +/// ``` +/// # use kernel::container_of; +/// struct Test { +/// a: u64, +/// b: u32, +/// } +/// +/// let test = Test { a: 10, b: 20 }; +/// let b_ptr = &test.b; +/// // SAFETY: The pointer points at the `b` field of a `Test`, so the resulting pointer will be +/// // in-bounds of the same allocation as `b_ptr`. +/// let test_alias = unsafe { container_of!(b_ptr, Test, b) }; +/// assert!(core::ptr::eq(&test, test_alias)); +/// ``` +#[macro_export] +macro_rules! container_of { + ($ptr:expr, $type:ty, $($f:tt)*) => {{ + let ptr = $ptr as *const _ as *const u8; + let offset: usize = ::core::mem::offset_of!($type, $($f)*); + ptr.sub(offset) as *const $type + }} +} |