Re: [PATCH] linux/kernel.h: add container_from()

[Kees Cook]

On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 07:06:36AM +0530, Allen Pais wrote:
> Introduce container_from() as a generic helper instead of
> sub-systems defining a private from_* API
> (Eg: from_tasklets recently introduced in
> 12cc923f1ccc: Tasklet: Introduce new initialization API)
> 
> The helper is similar to container_of() in argument order
> with the difference of naming the containing structure instead
> of having to specify its type.
> 
> Suggested-by: James E.J. Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Allen Pais <allen.lkml@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Who can carry this so it can get used by multiple trees? Should I keep a
git branch folks should merge when taking Allen's conversion patches?

(In the future we can do a treewide replacement of the
subsystem-specific from*() macros into container_from())

Thanks!

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Kees Cook