From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754004AbdEINkD (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 May 2017 09:40:03 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([184.105.139.130]:50738 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753555AbdEINkC (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 May 2017 09:40:02 -0400 Date: Tue, 09 May 2017 09:40:00 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20170509.094000.1855173097217010339.davem@davemloft.net> To: keescook@chromium.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-decnet-user@lists.sourceforge.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] DECnet: Use container_of() for embedded struct From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20170508223144.GA53216@beast> References: <20170508223144.GA53216@beast> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.7 on Emacs 25.1 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Tue, 09 May 2017 05:58:33 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Kees Cook Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 15:31:44 -0700 > Instead of a direct cross-type cast, use conatiner_of() to locate > the embedded structure, even in the face of future struct layout > randomization. > > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Applied.