diff --git a/libblkid/ioctl.c b/libblkid/ioctl.c
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+++ b/libblkid/ioctl.c
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+/*
+ * ioctl based topology -- gathers topology information
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This file may be redistributed under the terms of the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License.
+ *
+ */
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#include "topology.h"
+
+/*
+ * ioctl topology values
+ */
+static struct topology_val {
+
+	long  ioc;
+
+	/* functions to set probing result */
+	int (*set_ulong)(blkid_probe, unsigned long);
+	int (*set_int)(blkid_probe, int);
+
+} topology_vals[] = {
+	{ BLKALIGNOFF, NULL, blkid_topology_set_alignment_offset },
+	{ BLKIOMIN, blkid_topology_set_minimum_io_size },
+	{ BLKIOOPT, blkid_topology_set_optimal_io_size },
+	{ BLKPBSZGET, blkid_topology_set_physical_sector_size }
+	/* we read BLKSSZGET in topology.c */
+};
+
+static int probe_ioctl_tp(blkid_probe pr,
+		const struct blkid_idmag *mag __attribute__((__unused__)))
+{
+	size_t i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(topology_vals); i++) {
+		struct topology_val *val = &topology_vals[i];
+		int rc = 1;
+		unsigned int data;
+
+		if (ioctl(pr->fd, val->ioc, &data) == -1)
+			goto nothing;
+
+		if (val->set_int)
+			rc = val->set_int(pr, (int) data);
+		else
+			rc = val->set_ulong(pr, (unsigned long) data);
+		if (rc)
+			goto err;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+nothing:
+	return 1;
+err:
+	return -1;
+}
+
+const struct blkid_idinfo ioctl_tp_idinfo =
+{
+	.name		= "ioctl",
+	.probefunc	= probe_ioctl_tp,
+	.magics		= BLKID_NONE_MAGIC
+};
+