#include #include struct foo { int a; char b; }; int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { struct foo foo = { .a = 1, .b = 2 }; int *intp = &foo.a; char *p; #ifdef FAIL /* p is a char *, but this gives a struct foo * */ p = container_of(intp, struct foo, a); #else p = (char *)intp; #endif return p == NULL; }