Re: feraiseexcept does not raise traps in newlib on x86/_64 [was Cygwin]

[Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@Shaw.ca>]

On 2023-10-25 03:21, Bruno Haible via Cygwin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Seen on
>    - Cygwin 3.4.6 or 2.9.0 on x86_64.
>    - Cygwin 2.9.0 on i386.
> 
> According to ISO C 23 § 7.6.4.3
>    "The feraiseexcept function attempts to raise the supported floating-point
>     exceptions represented by its argument. 266)
>     Footnote 266) The effect is intended to be similar to that of floating-point
>     exceptions raised by arithmetic operations. Hence, implementation extensions
>     associated with raising a floating-point exception (for example, enabled
>     traps or IEC 60559 alternate exception handling) should be honored."
> 
> This does not work. How to reproduce:
> =================================== foo.c ===================================
> #define _GNU_SOURCE 1
> #include <fenv.h>
> #include <assert.h>
> 
> int
> main ()
> {
>    /* Clear FE_INVALID exceptions from past operations.  */
>    if (feclearexcept (FE_INVALID))
>      return 1;
> 
>    /* An FE_INVALID exception shall trigger a SIGFPE signal, which by default
>       terminates the program.  */
>    if (feenableexcept (FE_INVALID) == -1)
>      return 2;
> 
>    if (feraiseexcept (FE_INVALID))
>      return 3;
> 
>    return 0;
> }
> =============================================================================
> 
> For x86_64:
> 
> $ x86_64-pc-cygwin-gcc -Wall foo.c
> $ ./a.exe; echo $?
> 
> For i386:
> 
> $ i686-pc-cygwin-gcc -Wall foo.c
> $ ./a.exe; echo $?
> 
> Expected result (like seen e.g. on Linux/glibc):
> Floating-point exception (core dumped)
> 136
> 
> Actual result:
> 0
> 
> The workaround for x86_64 is to redefine feeraiseexcept in the same way
> as glibc does. This modified test program includes the workaround:
> 
> =================================== foo.c ===================================
> #define _GNU_SOURCE 1
> #include <fenv.h>
> #include <assert.h>

   #ifdef REDEFFE

> /* The floating-point environment of the 387 unit.  */
> typedef struct
>    {
>      /* 7 32-bit words:  */
>      unsigned short __control_word;      /* fctrl register */
>      unsigned short __reserved1;
>      unsigned short __status_word;       /* fstat register */
>      unsigned short __reserved2;
>      unsigned int more[5];
>    }
> x86_387_fenv_t;
> 
> int
> feraiseexcept (int exceptions)
> {
>    exceptions &= FE_ALL_EXCEPT;
>    if ((exceptions & ~(FE_INVALID | FE_DIVBYZERO)) == 0 && 0)
>      {
>        /* First: invalid exception.  */
>        if (exceptions & FE_INVALID)
>          {
>            double volatile a;
>            double volatile b;
>            a = 0; b = a / a;
>            (void) b;
>          }
>        /* Next: division by zero.  */
>        if (exceptions & FE_DIVBYZERO)
>          {
>            double volatile a, b;
>            double volatile c;
>            a = 1; b = 0; c = a / b;
>            (void) c;
>          }
>      }
>    else
>      {
>        /* The general case.  */
> 
>        /* Set the bits in the 387 unit.  */
>        x86_387_fenv_t env;
>        unsigned short orig_status_word;
>        __asm__ __volatile__ ("fnstenv %0" : "=m" (*&env));
>        orig_status_word = env.__status_word;
>        env.__status_word |= exceptions;
>        if (env.__status_word != orig_status_word)
>          {
>            __asm__ __volatile__ ("fldenv %0" : : "m" (*&env));
>            /* A trap (if enabled) is triggered only at the next floating-point
>               instruction.  Force it to occur here.  */
>            __asm__ __volatile__ ("fwait");
>          }
>      }
>    return 0;
> }

   #endif /* REDEFFE */

> int
> main ()
> {
>    /* Clear FE_INVALID exceptions from past operations.  */
>    if (feclearexcept (FE_INVALID))
>      return 1;
> 
>    /* An FE_INVALID exception shall trigger a SIGFPE signal, which by default
>       terminates the program.  */
>    if (feenableexcept (FE_INVALID) == -1)
>      return 2;
> 
>    if (feraiseexcept (FE_INVALID))
>      return 3;
> 
>    return 0;
> }
> =============================================================================
> 
> (This workaround *should* also work on i386, but it doesn't. I don't know
> why.)

Thanks for the report Bruno,

Confirmed on Cygwin current stable with #ifdef added for ease of rebuild:

$ uname -srvmo
CYGWIN_NT-10.0-19045 3.4.9-1.x86_64 2023-09-06 11:19 UTC x86_64 Cygwin
$ gcc -UREDEFFE -o feraiseexcept{,.c} && ./feraiseexcept; echo $?
0
$ gcc -DREDEFFE -o feraiseexcept{,.c} && ./feraiseexcept; echo $?
Floating point exception (core dumped)
136

Cygwin no longer supports x86/i686 32 bit.

Anyone have a Cygwin 3.5.0 test release environment available, just in case it 
might be different in some way, and could confirm?

The code is in newlib, so redirecting there:

https://sourceware.org/cgit/newlib-cygwin/tree/newlib/libm/machine/shared_x86/fenv.c#n253

That only has similar common code as in glibc, not the specific exceptions.

Please, could anyone test on a non-Cygwin newlib x86/_64 build?

The BSDs store, add exceptions, then load first the X87 then SSE MXCSR environments:

https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/tree/lib/msun/amd64/fenv.c#n32

https://github.com/NetBSD/src/blob/trunk/lib/libm/arch/x86_64/fenv.c#L195

https://github.com/openbsd/src/blob/master/lib/libm/arch/amd64/fenv.c#L116

which is handled in newlib fenv.c functions by fgetenv/fsetenv *except* in 
feraiseexcept!

-- 
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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