它的作用显而易见，那就是根据一个结构体变量中的一个域成员变量的指针来获取指向整个结构体变量的指针。

typedef unsigned int__kernel_size_t;
typedef __kernel_size_t        size_t;#define offsetof(TYPE, MEMBER) ((size_t) &((TYPE *)0)->MEMBER)/*** container_of - cast a member of a structure out to the containing structure* @ptr:        the pointer to the member.* @type:       the type of the container struct this is embedded in.* @member:     the name of the member within the struct.**/
#define container_of(ptr, type, member) ({                      \const typeof( ((type *)0)->member ) *__mptr =(ptr);    \(type*)( (char *)__mptr -offsetof(type,member) );})structperson
{char name[10];intage;intnum;
} ocjPerson;int main(void)
{struct person* p =  container_of(&ocjPerson.age, structperson, age);printf("the value of p = %x\n", p);printf("the value of &ocjPerson = %x\n", &ocjPerson);return 0;
}/*打印结果：　　the value of p == the value of &ocjPerson

分析：container_of(&ocjPerson.age, struct person, age);
({                      \const typeof( ((struct person *)0)->age ) *__mptr = (&ocjPerson.age);    \(struct person *)( (char *)__mptr - ((size_t) &((struct person *)0)->age) );})A. typeof是GNU C对标准C的扩展，它的作用是根据变量获取变量的类型B.#define offsetof(TYPE, MEMBER) ((size_t) &((TYPE *)0)->MEMBER)
分析一下这个offsetof宏的运行机理：
一共4步
1. ( (TYPE *)0 ) 将零转型为TYPE类型指针;
2. ((TYPE *)0)->MEMBER 访问结构中的数据成员;
3. &( ( (TYPE *)0 )->MEMBER )取出数据成员的地址;
4.(size_t)(&(((TYPE*)0)->MEMBER))结果转换类型。巧妙之处在于将0转换成(TYPE*)，结构以内存空间首地址0作为起始地址，则成员地址自然为偏移地址；*/