+/**
+ * clamp_t - return a value clamped to a given range using a given type
+ * @type: the type of variable to use
+ * @val: current value
+ * @min: minimum allowable value
+ * @max: maximum allowable value
+ *
+ * This macro does no typechecking and uses temporary variables of type
+ * 'type' to make all the comparisons.
+ */
+#define clamp_t(type, val, min, max) ({ \
+ type __val = (val); \
+ type __min = (min); \
+ type __max = (max); \
+ __val = __val < __min ? __min: __val; \
+ __val > __max ? __max: __val; })
+
+/**
+ * clamp_val - return a value clamped to a given range using val's type
+ * @val: current value
+ * @min: minimum allowable value
+ * @max: maximum allowable value
+ *
+ * This macro does no typechecking and uses temporary variables of whatever
+ * type the input argument 'val' is. This is useful when val is an unsigned
+ * type and min and max are literals that will otherwise be assigned a signed
+ * integer type.
+ */
+#define clamp_val(val, min, max) ({ \
+ typeof(val) __val = (val); \
+ typeof(val) __min = (min); \
+ typeof(val) __max = (max); \
+ __val = __val < __min ? __min: __val; \
+ __val > __max ? __max: __val; })