linux-kernel - [PATCH] video: add a clamp() macro to kernel.h and replace two existing defs

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Date:	Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:43:23 -0800
From:	Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] video: add a clamp() macro to kernel.h and replace two
	existing defs

Clamps a value to be within a given range with strict typechecking.

Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>
---
akpm: I've submitted a clamp_t version previously for use in libata.
You may want to just roll this into that one so clamp/clamp_t go in
together.

 drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttvp.h    |    2 --
 drivers/media/video/usbvideo/vicam.c |    6 ------
 include/linux/kernel.h               |   13 +++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttvp.h b/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttvp.h
index 1305d31..b38e3a0 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttvp.h
+++ b/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttvp.h
@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@
 /* Limits scaled width, which must be a multiple of 4. */
 #define MAX_HACTIVE (0x3FF & -4)
 
-#define clamp(x, low, high) min (max (low, x), high)
-
 #define BTTV_NORMS    (\
 		V4L2_STD_PAL    | V4L2_STD_PAL_N | \
 		V4L2_STD_PAL_Nc | V4L2_STD_SECAM | \
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/usbvideo/vicam.c b/drivers/media/video/usbvideo/vicam.c
index da1ba02..938a60d 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/usbvideo/vicam.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/usbvideo/vicam.c
@@ -70,12 +70,6 @@
 
 #define VICAM_HEADER_SIZE       64
 
-#define clamp( x, l, h )        max_t( __typeof__( x ),         \
-				       ( l ),                   \
-				       min_t( __typeof__( x ),  \
-					      ( h ),            \
-					      ( x ) ) )
-
 /* Not sure what all the bytes in these char
  * arrays do, but they're necessary to make
  * the camera work.
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 47924ce..09ee1e0 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -352,6 +352,19 @@ static inline int __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2))) pr_debug(const char *
 	_x > _y ? _x : _y; })
 
 /*
+ * Clamp a value to within a given range with strict type checking
+ */
+#define clamp(val,min,max) ({ \
+	typeof(val) __val = (val); \
+	typeof(min) __min = (min); \
+	typeof(max) __max = (max); \
+	(void) (&__val == &__min); \
+	(void) (&__val == &__max); \
+	__val = __val < __min ? __min: __val; \
+	__val > __max ? __max: __val; })
+
+
+/*
  * ..and if you can't take the strict
  * types, you can specify one yourself.
  *
-- 
1.5.4.2.200.g99e75



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