-#define container_of_var(member_ptr, var, member) \
- container_of(member_ptr, typeof(*var), member)
+#define container_of_var(member_ptr, container_var, member) \
+ container_of(member_ptr, typeof(*container_var), member)
+#else
+#define container_of_var(member_ptr, container_var, member) \
+ ((void *)((char *)(member_ptr) - \
+ container_off_var(container_var, member)))
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * container_off_var - get offset of a field in enclosing structure
+ * @container_var: a pointer to a container structure
+ * @member: the name of a member within the structure.
+ *
+ * Given (any) pointer to a structure and a its member name, this
+ * macro does pointer subtraction to return offset of member in a
+ * structure memory layout.
+ *
+ */
+#if HAVE_TYPEOF
+#define container_off_var(var, member) \
+ container_off(typeof(*var), member)