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container_of does not preserve the const-ness of a pointer that is passed into it, which can cause C code that passes in a const pointer to get a pointer back that is not const and then scribble all over the data in it. To prevent this, container_of_const() will preserve the const status of the pointer passed into it using the newly available _Generic() method. Suggested-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca> Suggested-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com> Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> Reviewed-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com> Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221205121206.166576-1-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.