tools/libpf: Add offsetof/container_of macro in bpf_helpers.h

These two helpers will be used later in bpf_iter bpf program bpf_iter_netlink.c. Put them in bpf_helpers.h since they could be useful in other cases. Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <[email protected]> Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <[email protected]> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/[email protected]
simonjhall · May 10, 2020 · 5fbc220 · 5fbc220
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diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_helpers.h b/tools/lib/bpf/bpf_helpers.h
@@ -36,6 +36,20 @@
 #define __weak __attribute__((weak))
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Helper macro to manipulate data structures
+ */
+#ifndef offsetof
+#define offsetof(TYPE, MEMBER)  ((size_t)&((TYPE *)0)->MEMBER)
+#endif
+#ifndef container_of
+#define container_of(ptr, type, member)				\
+	({							\
+		void *__mptr = (void *)(ptr);			\
+		((type *)(__mptr - offsetof(type, member)));	\
+	})
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Helper structure used by eBPF C program
  * to describe BPF map attributes to libbpf loader