How to do unsigned saturating addition in C?

Question

What is the best (cleanest, most efficient) way to write saturating addition in C?

The function or macro should add two unsigned inputs (need both 16- and 32-bit ver

Answer 1

//function-like macro to add signed vals, 
//then test for overlow and clamp to max if required
#define SATURATE_ADD(a,b,val)  ( {\
if( (a>=0) && (b>=0) )\
{\
    val = a + b;\
    if (val < 0) {val=0x7fffffff;}\
}\
else if( (a<=0) && (b<=0) )\
{\
    val = a + b;\
    if (val > 0) {val=-1*0x7fffffff;}\
}\
else\
{\
    val = a + b;\
}\
})

I did a quick test and seems to work, but not extensively bashed it yet! This works with SIGNED 32 bit. op : the editor used on the web page does not let me post a macro ie its not understanding non-indented syntax etc!