From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>,
Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com>,
Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>,
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
"Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] container_of: add type safety
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2023 18:57:35 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZAjMj01l4A/eR0JX@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c3611f95862a7f30d67d1c3cc56aaf7bb93d3b59.1678296892.git.mst@redhat.com>
On Wed, Mar 08, 2023 at 12:35:03PM -0500, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> Using a wrong member in container_of will result in an error.
> No so for container_of_const - it is just a cast so will
> happily give you a wrong pointer.
>
> Use logic from container_of to add safety.
Also your subject line is wrong :(
prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-03-08 17:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-03-08 17:35 [PATCH] container_of: add type safety Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-03-08 17:57 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2023-03-08 20:58 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2023-03-08 17:57 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
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