((nr) << _IOC_NRSHIFT) | \
((size) << _IOC_SIZESHIFT))
+/* provoke compile error for invalid uses of size argument */
+extern int __invalid_size_argument_for_IOC;
+#define _IOC_TYPECHECK(t) \
+ ((sizeof(t) == sizeof(t[1]) && \
+ sizeof(t) < (1 << _IOC_SIZEBITS)) ? \
+ sizeof(t) : __invalid_size_argument_for_IOC)
+
/* used to create numbers */
#define _IO(type,nr) _IOC(_IOC_NONE,(type),(nr),0)
-#define _IOR(type,nr,size) _IOC(_IOC_READ,(type),(nr),sizeof(size))
-#define _IOW(type,nr,size) _IOC(_IOC_WRITE,(type),(nr),sizeof(size))
-#define _IOWR(type,nr,size) _IOC(_IOC_READ|_IOC_WRITE,(type),(nr),sizeof(size))
+#define _IOR(type,nr,size) _IOC(_IOC_READ,(type),(nr),(_IOC_TYPECHECK(size)))
+#define _IOW(type,nr,size) _IOC(_IOC_WRITE,(type),(nr),(_IOC_TYPECHECK(size)))
+#define _IOWR(type,nr,size) _IOC(_IOC_READ|_IOC_WRITE,(type),(nr),(_IOC_TYPECHECK(size)))
/* used to decode ioctl numbers.. */
#define _IOC_DIR(nr) (((nr) >> _IOC_DIRSHIFT) & _IOC_DIRMASK)