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From: "bruno at clisp dot org" <sourceware-bugzilla@sourceware.org> To: glibc-bugs@sourceware.org Subject: [Bug libc/30990] New: fesetexceptflag raises floating-point exception traps on i386, x86_64 Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 17:37:46 +0000 [thread overview] Message-ID: <bug-30990-131@http.sourceware.org/bugzilla/> (raw) https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30990 Bug ID: 30990 Summary: fesetexceptflag raises floating-point exception traps on i386, x86_64 Product: glibc Version: 2.35 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: libc Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org Reporter: bruno at clisp dot org CC: drepper.fsp at gmail dot com Target Milestone: --- Created attachment 15189 --> https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=15189&action=edit test case foo.c According to ISO C 23 § 7.6.4.5, fesetexceptflag is supposed to set floating-point exception flags without raising a trap. "Like fesetexcept, this function does not raise floating-point exceptions, but only sets the state of the flags." That's not how glibc's implementation does it on 32-bit x86, 64-bit x86_64, and powerpc/powerpc64/powerpc64le. The powerpc/powerpc64/powerpc64le case is already being handled in https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30988 . Therefore here let me concentrate on x86 and x86_64. How to reproduce: 1. Compile the attached program foo.c. Compiling for 64-bit mode on x86_64 hosts, or for 32-bit mode on i386 hosts: $ gcc -Wall foo.c -lm Compiling for 32-bit mode on x86_64 hosts: $ i686-linux-gnu-gcc -Wall foo.c -lm or $ gcc -m32 -Wall foo.c -lm 2. Run it. $ ./a.out Floating point exception I think it is a hardware limitation that on i386 and x86_64 CPUs, setting a floating-point exception flag in the 387 unit triggers a trap, when traps are enabled for the particular exception. But setting a floating-point exception flag in the SSE unit does not have this problem, cf. glibc/sysdeps/x86_64/fpu/fesetexcept.c. Therefore I would expect the fesetexceptflag() function to operate correctly when the hardware has an SSE unit (determined e.g. like in sysdeps/i386/fpu/ftestexcept.c). And only in the case where the CPU has only the 387 unit, I would expect the fesetexceptflag() function to return a non-zero value (as error indicator) and not modify the 387 floating-point control register, when this is the only way to avoid a trap. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
next reply other threads:[~2023-10-23 17:37 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2023-10-23 17:37 bruno at clisp dot org [this message] 2023-10-23 18:48 ` [Bug libc/30990] " bruno at clisp dot org 2023-10-23 18:49 ` bruno at clisp dot org 2023-10-23 18:50 ` bruno at clisp dot org 2023-10-23 19:20 ` adhemerval.zanella at linaro dot org 2023-10-23 19:25 ` bruno at clisp dot org 2023-12-19 18:37 ` adhemerval.zanella at linaro dot org
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