diff --git a/elf/dl-tunable-types.h b/elf/dl-tunable-types.h
index 3fcc0806f5..626ca334be 100644
--- a/elf/dl-tunable-types.h
+++ b/elf/dl-tunable-types.h
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ typedef enum
 typedef struct
 {
   tunable_type_code_t type_code;
-  int64_t min;
-  int64_t max;
+  tunable_num_t min;
+  tunable_num_t max;
 } tunable_type_t;
 
 /* Security level for tunables.  This decides what to do with individual
diff --git a/elf/dl-tunables.c b/elf/dl-tunables.c
index b1a50b8469..a2be9cde2f 100644
--- a/elf/dl-tunables.c
+++ b/elf/dl-tunables.c
@@ -93,87 +93,45 @@ get_next_env (char **envp, char **name, size_t *namelen, char **val,
   return NULL;
 }
 
-#define TUNABLE_SET_VAL_IF_VALID_RANGE(__cur, __val, __type)		      \
-({									      \
-  __type min = (__cur)->type.min;					      \
-  __type max = (__cur)->type.max;					      \
-									      \
-  if ((__type) (__val) >= min && (__type) (__val) <= max)		      \
-    {									      \
-      (__cur)->val.numval = (__val);					      \
-      (__cur)->initialized = true;					      \
-    }									      \
-})
-
-#define TUNABLE_SET_BOUNDS_IF_VALID(__cur, __minp, __maxp, __type)	      \
-({									      \
-  if (__minp != NULL)							      \
-    {									      \
-      /* MIN is specified.  */						      \
-      __type min = *((__type *) __minp);				      \
-      if (__maxp != NULL)						      \
-	{								      \
-	   /* Both MIN and MAX are specified.  */			      \
-	    __type max = *((__type *) __maxp);				      \
-	  if (max >= min						      \
-	      && max <= (__cur)->type.max				      \
-	      && min >= (__cur)->type.min)				      \
-	    {								      \
-	      (__cur)->type.min = min;					      \
-	      (__cur)->type.max = max;					      \
-	    }								      \
-	}								      \
-      else if (min > (__cur)->type.min && min <= (__cur)->type.max)	      \
-	{								      \
-	  /* Only MIN is specified.  */					      \
-	  (__cur)->type.min = min;					      \
-	}								      \
-    }									      \
-  else if (__maxp != NULL)						      \
-    {									      \
-      /* Only MAX is specified.  */					      \
-      __type max = *((__type *) __maxp);				      \
-      if (max < (__cur)->type.max && max >= (__cur)->type.min)		      \
-	(__cur)->type.max = max;					      \
-    }									      \
-})
-
 static void
-do_tunable_update_val (tunable_t *cur, const void *valp,
-		       const void *minp, const void *maxp)
+do_tunable_update_val (tunable_t *cur, const tunable_val_t *valp,
+		       const tunable_num_t *minp,
+		       const tunable_num_t *maxp)
 {
-  uint64_t val;
+  tunable_num_t val, min, max;
 
-  if (cur->type.type_code != TUNABLE_TYPE_STRING)
-    val = *((int64_t *) valp);
+  if (cur->type.type_code == TUNABLE_TYPE_STRING)
+    {
+      cur->val.strval = valp->strval;
+      cur->initialized = true;
+      return;
+    }
 
-  switch (cur->type.type_code)
+  val = valp->numval;
+  min = minp != NULL ? *minp : cur->type.min;
+  max = maxp != NULL ? *maxp : cur->type.max;
+
+  /* We allow only increasingly restrictive bounds.  */
+  if (min < cur->type.min)
+    min = cur->type.min;
+
+  if (max > cur->type.max)
+    max = cur->type.max;
+
+  /* Skip both bounds if they're inconsistent.  */
+  if (min > max)
     {
-    case TUNABLE_TYPE_INT_32:
-	{
-	  TUNABLE_SET_BOUNDS_IF_VALID (cur, minp, maxp, int64_t);
-	  TUNABLE_SET_VAL_IF_VALID_RANGE (cur, val, int64_t);
-	  break;
-	}
-    case TUNABLE_TYPE_UINT_64:
-	{
-	  TUNABLE_SET_BOUNDS_IF_VALID (cur, minp, maxp, uint64_t);
-	  TUNABLE_SET_VAL_IF_VALID_RANGE (cur, val, uint64_t);
-	  break;
-	}
-    case TUNABLE_TYPE_SIZE_T:
-	{
-	  TUNABLE_SET_BOUNDS_IF_VALID (cur, minp, maxp, uint64_t);
-	  TUNABLE_SET_VAL_IF_VALID_RANGE (cur, val, uint64_t);
-	  break;
-	}
-    case TUNABLE_TYPE_STRING:
-	{
-	  cur->val.strval = valp;
-	  break;
-	}
-    default:
-      __builtin_unreachable ();
+      min = cur->type.min;
+      max = cur->type.max;
+    }
+
+  /* Write everything out if the value and the bounds are valid.  */
+  if (min <= val && val <= max)
+    {
+      cur->val.numval = val;
+      cur->type.min = min;
+      cur->type.max = max;
+      cur->initialized = true;
     }
 }
 
@@ -182,24 +140,18 @@ do_tunable_update_val (tunable_t *cur, const void *valp,
 static void
 tunable_initialize (tunable_t *cur, const char *strval)
 {
-  uint64_t val;
-  const void *valp;
+  tunable_val_t val;
 
   if (cur->type.type_code != TUNABLE_TYPE_STRING)
-    {
-      val = _dl_strtoul (strval, NULL);
-      valp = &val;
-    }
+    val.numval = (tunable_num_t) _dl_strtoul (strval, NULL);
   else
-    {
-      cur->initialized = true;
-      valp = strval;
-    }
-  do_tunable_update_val (cur, valp, NULL, NULL);
+    val.strval = strval;
+  do_tunable_update_val (cur, &val, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
 void
-__tunable_set_val (tunable_id_t id, void *valp, void *minp, void *maxp)
+__tunable_set_val (tunable_id_t id, tunable_val_t *valp, tunable_num_t *minp,
+		   tunable_num_t *maxp)
 {
   tunable_t *cur = &tunable_list[id];
 
diff --git a/elf/dl-tunables.h b/elf/dl-tunables.h
index 971376ba8d..ba7ae6b52e 100644
--- a/elf/dl-tunables.h
+++ b/elf/dl-tunables.h
@@ -33,9 +33,11 @@ __tunables_init (char **unused __attribute__ ((unused)))
 # include <stddef.h>
 # include <stdint.h>
 
+typedef intmax_t tunable_num_t;
+
 typedef union
 {
-  int64_t numval;
+  tunable_num_t numval;
   const char *strval;
 } tunable_val_t;
 
@@ -52,7 +54,8 @@ typedef void (*tunable_callback_t) (tunable_val_t *);
 extern void __tunables_init (char **);
 extern void __tunables_print (void);
 extern void __tunable_get_val (tunable_id_t, void *, tunable_callback_t);
-extern void __tunable_set_val (tunable_id_t, void *, void *, void *);
+extern void __tunable_set_val (tunable_id_t, tunable_val_t *, tunable_num_t *,
+			       tunable_num_t *);
 rtld_hidden_proto (__tunables_init)
 rtld_hidden_proto (__tunables_print)
 rtld_hidden_proto (__tunable_get_val)
@@ -64,20 +67,18 @@ rtld_hidden_proto (__tunable_set_val)
 #if defined TOP_NAMESPACE && defined TUNABLE_NAMESPACE
 # define TUNABLE_GET(__id, __type, __cb) \
   TUNABLE_GET_FULL (TOP_NAMESPACE, TUNABLE_NAMESPACE, __id, __type, __cb)
-# define TUNABLE_SET(__id, __type, __val) \
-  TUNABLE_SET_FULL (TOP_NAMESPACE, TUNABLE_NAMESPACE, __id, __type, __val)
-# define TUNABLE_SET_WITH_BOUNDS(__id, __type, __val, __min, __max) \
+# define TUNABLE_SET(__id, __val) \
+  TUNABLE_SET_FULL (TOP_NAMESPACE, TUNABLE_NAMESPACE, __id, __val)
+# define TUNABLE_SET_WITH_BOUNDS(__id, __val, __min, __max) \
   TUNABLE_SET_WITH_BOUNDS_FULL (TOP_NAMESPACE, TUNABLE_NAMESPACE, __id, \
-				__type, __val, __min, __max)
+				__val, __min, __max)
 #else
 # define TUNABLE_GET(__top, __ns, __id, __type, __cb) \
   TUNABLE_GET_FULL (__top, __ns, __id, __type, __cb)
-# define TUNABLE_SET(__top, __ns, __id, __type, __val) \
-  TUNABLE_SET_FULL (__top, __ns, __id, __type, __val)
-# define TUNABLE_SET_WITH_BOUNDS(__top, __ns, __id, __type, __val, \
-				 __min, __max) \
-  TUNABLE_SET_WITH_BOUNDS_FULL (__top, __ns, __id, __type, __val, \
-				__min, __max)
+# define TUNABLE_SET(__top, __ns, __id, __val) \
+  TUNABLE_SET_FULL (__top, __ns, __id, __val)
+# define TUNABLE_SET_WITH_BOUNDS(__top, __ns, __id, __val, __min, __max) \
+  TUNABLE_SET_WITH_BOUNDS_FULL (__top, __ns, __id, __val, __min, __max)
 #endif
 
 /* Get and return a tunable value.  If the tunable was set externally and __CB
@@ -91,19 +92,19 @@ rtld_hidden_proto (__tunable_set_val)
 })
 
 /* Set a tunable value.  */
-# define TUNABLE_SET_FULL(__top, __ns, __id, __type, __val) \
+# define TUNABLE_SET_FULL(__top, __ns, __id, __val) \
 ({									      \
   __tunable_set_val (TUNABLE_ENUM_NAME (__top, __ns, __id),		      \
-		     & (__type) {__val}, NULL, NULL);			      \
+		     & (tunable_val_t) {.numval = __val}, NULL, NULL);	      \
 })
 
 /* Set a tunable value together with min/max values.  */
-# define TUNABLE_SET_WITH_BOUNDS_FULL(__top, __ns, __id, __type, __val,	      \
-				      __min, __max)			      \
+# define TUNABLE_SET_WITH_BOUNDS_FULL(__top, __ns, __id,__val, __min, __max)  \
 ({									      \
   __tunable_set_val (TUNABLE_ENUM_NAME (__top, __ns, __id),		      \
-		     & (__type) {__val},  & (__type) {__min},		      \
-		     & (__type) {__max});				      \
+		     & (tunable_val_t) {.numval = __val},		      \
+		     & (tunable_num_t) {__min},				      \
+		     & (tunable_num_t) {__max});			      \
 })
 
 /* Namespace sanity for callback functions.  Use this macro to keep the
diff --git a/manual/README.tunables b/manual/README.tunables
index d8c768abcc..605ddd78cd 100644
--- a/manual/README.tunables
+++ b/manual/README.tunables
@@ -98,17 +98,16 @@ where it can expect the tunable value to be passed in VALP.
 
 Tunables in the module can be updated using:
 
-  TUNABLE_SET (check, int32_t, val)
+  TUNABLE_SET (check, val)
 
-where 'check' is the tunable name, 'int32_t' is the C type of the tunable and
-'val' is a value of same type.
+where 'check' is the tunable name and 'val' is a value of same type.
 
 To get and set tunables in a different namespace from that module, use the full
 form of the macros as follows:
 
   val = TUNABLE_GET_FULL (glibc, cpu, hwcap_mask, uint64_t, NULL)
 
-  TUNABLE_SET_FULL (glibc, cpu, hwcap_mask, uint64_t, val)
+  TUNABLE_SET_FULL (glibc, cpu, hwcap_mask, val)
 
 where 'glibc' is the top namespace, 'cpu' is the tunable namespace and the
 remaining arguments are the same as the short form macros.
@@ -116,18 +115,17 @@ remaining arguments are the same as the short form macros.
 The minimum and maximum values can updated together with the tunable value
 using:
 
-  TUNABLE_SET_WITH_BOUNDS (check, int32_t, val, min, max)
+  TUNABLE_SET_WITH_BOUNDS (check, val, min, max)
 
-where 'check' is the tunable name, 'int32_t' is the C type of the tunable,
-'val' is a value of same type, 'min' and 'max' are the minimum and maximum
-values of the tunable.
+where 'check' is the tunable name, 'val' is a value of same type, 'min' and
+'max' are the minimum and maximum values of the tunable.
 
 To set the minimum and maximum values of tunables in a different namespace
 from that module, use the full form of the macros as follows:
 
   val = TUNABLE_GET_FULL (glibc, cpu, hwcap_mask, uint64_t, NULL)
 
-  TUNABLE_SET_WITH_BOUNDS_FULL (glibc, cpu, hwcap_mask, uint64_t, val, min, max)
+  TUNABLE_SET_WITH_BOUNDS_FULL (glibc, cpu, hwcap_mask, val, min, max)
 
 where 'glibc' is the top namespace, 'cpu' is the tunable namespace and the
 remaining arguments are the same as the short form macros.
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/cpu-features.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/cpu-features.c
index fe52b6308e..db6aa3516c 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/cpu-features.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/cpu-features.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ init_cpu_features (struct cpu_features *cpu_features)
   cpu_features->mte_state = (GLRO (dl_hwcap2) & HWCAP2_MTE) ? mte_state : 0;
   /* If we lack the MTE feature, disable the tunable, since it will
      otherwise cause instructions that won't run on this CPU to be used.  */
-  TUNABLE_SET (glibc, mem, tagging, unsigned, cpu_features->mte_state);
+  TUNABLE_SET (glibc, mem, tagging, cpu_features->mte_state);
 # endif
 
   if (cpu_features->mte_state & 2)
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86/dl-cacheinfo.h b/sysdeps/x86/dl-cacheinfo.h
index 374ba82467..e5d23e676e 100644
--- a/sysdeps/x86/dl-cacheinfo.h
+++ b/sysdeps/x86/dl-cacheinfo.h
@@ -929,17 +929,14 @@ dl_init_cacheinfo (struct cpu_features *cpu_features)
   rep_stosb_threshold = TUNABLE_GET (x86_rep_stosb_threshold,
 				     long int, NULL);
 
-  TUNABLE_SET_WITH_BOUNDS (x86_data_cache_size, long int, data,
+  TUNABLE_SET_WITH_BOUNDS (x86_data_cache_size, data, 0, (long int) -1);
+  TUNABLE_SET_WITH_BOUNDS (x86_shared_cache_size, shared, 0, (long int) -1);
+  TUNABLE_SET_WITH_BOUNDS (x86_non_temporal_threshold, non_temporal_threshold,
 			   0, (long int) -1);
-  TUNABLE_SET_WITH_BOUNDS (x86_shared_cache_size, long int, shared,
-			   0, (long int) -1);
-  TUNABLE_SET_WITH_BOUNDS (x86_non_temporal_threshold, long int,
-			   non_temporal_threshold, 0, (long int) -1);
-  TUNABLE_SET_WITH_BOUNDS (x86_rep_movsb_threshold, long int,
-			   rep_movsb_threshold,
+  TUNABLE_SET_WITH_BOUNDS (x86_rep_movsb_threshold, rep_movsb_threshold,
 			   minimum_rep_movsb_threshold, (long int) -1);
-  TUNABLE_SET_WITH_BOUNDS (x86_rep_stosb_threshold, long int,
-			   rep_stosb_threshold, 1, (long int) -1);
+  TUNABLE_SET_WITH_BOUNDS (x86_rep_stosb_threshold, rep_stosb_threshold, 1,
+			   (long int) -1);
 #endif
 
   cpu_features->data_cache_size = data;
