As the structures returned from e.g. ioctl(fdev0,HDIO_GET_IDENTITY,&id)
change in length now and then, and the user include files are separate
from the kernel include files it seems that a length and possibly a
version number constant would be very smart 4th and 5th parameters.
They would prevent over-running the length of the supplied buffer and
trashing the stack or whatever. This might also avoid future exploits.
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