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.TH "CONTAINER_OF" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "Driver Basics"
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.SH "NAME"
container_of \- cast a member of a structure out to the containing structure
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'container_of('u
.BI "container_of(" "ptr" ", " "type" ", " "member" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIptr\fR
.RS 4
the pointer to the member\&.
.RE
.PP
\fItype\fR
.RS 4
the type of the container struct this is embedded in\&.
.RE
.PP
\fImember\fR
.RS 4
the name of the member within the struct\&.
.RE
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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