linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/9 linux-next] drivers/gpu/drm: use container

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Message-ID: <20140915001356.2e05d782@alan.etchedpixels.co.uk>
Date:	Mon, 15 Sep 2014 00:13:56 +0100
From:	One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, airlied@...ux.ie,
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9 linux-next] drivers/gpu/drm: use container_of where
 possible

On Sun, 14 Sep 2014 18:40:13 +0200
Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be> wrote:

> Small patchset using container_of instead of casting on first structure member address.

Why. Container_of is useful for random offsets but its just convoluting
and confusing code which is designed with the fields intentionally at the
start.

Alan
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