+/**
+ * container_off - get offset to enclosing structure
+ * @containing_type: the type this member is within
+ * @member: the name of this member within the structure.
+ *
+ * Given a pointer to a member of a structure, this macro does
+ * typechecking and figures out the offset to the enclosing type.
+ *
+ * Example:
+ * struct foo {
+ * int fielda, fieldb;
+ * // ...
+ * };
+ * struct info {
+ * int some_other_field;
+ * struct foo my_foo;
+ * };
+ *
+ * static struct info *foo_to_info(struct foo *foo)
+ * {
+ * size_t off = container_off(struct info, my_foo);
+ * return (void *)((char *)foo - off);
+ * }
+ */
+#define container_off(containing_type, member) \
+ offsetof(containing_type, member)