hi, It seems gcc with optimization > -O2 will produce incorrect code for fp code: I find this example when tracking down the libm-test failures. ( expf(NaN) == NaN will report an extra "invalid operation" exception ) The faulting code snippet is: float __my_expf(float x) /* wrapper expf */ { float z; unsigned int hx; z = __ieee754_expf(x); if(_LIB_VERSION == _IEEE_) return z; if(__finitef(x)) { if(x>o_threshold) return 1.0; else if(x<u_threshold) return 2.0; printf("haha\n"); } return z; } with -O2(or higher),some statements inside "if (__finitef(x))" are put before testing the return value of __finitef(x),one of which is a c.lt.s that cause the extra "invalid operation" exception being raised. the obj codes is listed below: 1. without -O 0000000000401290 <__my_expf>: 401290: 3c1c0fc0 lui gp,0xfc0 401294: 279c6dd0 addiu gp,gp,28112 401298: 0399e021 addu gp,gp,t9 40129c: 27bdffd0 addiu sp,sp,-48 4012a0: afbc0010 sw gp,16(sp) 4012a4: afbf0028 sw ra,40(sp) 4012a8: afbe0024 sw s8,36(sp) 4012ac: afbc0020 sw gp,32(sp) 4012b0: 03a0f021 move s8,sp 4012b4: e7cc0030 swc1 $f12,48(s8) 4012b8: c7cc0030 lwc1 $f12,48(s8) 4012bc: 8f998088 lw t9,-32632(gp) 4012c0: 00000000 nop 4012c4: 0320f809 jalr t9 4012c8: 00000000 nop 4012cc: 8fdc0010 lw gp,16(s8) 4012d0: e7c00018 swc1 $f0,24(s8) 4012d4: 8f8380ac lw v1,-32596(gp) 4012d8: 00000000 nop 4012dc: 8c630000 lw v1,0(v1) 4012e0: 2402ffff li v0,-1 4012e4: 14620004 bne v1,v0,4012f8 <__my_expf+0x68> 4012e8: 00000000 nop 4012ec: c7c00018 lwc1 $f0,24(s8) 4012f0: 10000032 b 4013bc <__my_expf+0x12c> 4012f4: 00000000 nop 4012f8: c7cc0030 lwc1 $f12,48(s8) 4012fc: 8f998090 lw t9,-32624(gp) 401300: 00000000 nop 401304: 0320f809 jalr t9 401308: 00000000 nop 40130c: 8fdc0010 lw gp,16(s8) 401310: 10400029 beqz v0,4013b8 <__my_expf+0x128> 401314: 00000000 nop 401318: c7c20030 lwc1 $f2,48(s8) 40131c: 8f818018 lw at,-32744(gp) 401320: 00000000 nop 401324: 242142a0 addiu at,at,17056 401328: c4200000 lwc1 $f0,0(at) 40132c: 00000000 nop 401330: 4602003c c.lt.s $f0,$f2 401334: 00000000 nop 401338: 45010003 bc1t 401348 <__my_expf+0xb8> 40133c: 00000000 nop 401340: 10000005 b 401358 <__my_expf+0xc8> 401344: 00000000 nop 401348: 3c013f80 lui at,0x3f80 40134c: 44810000 mtc1 at,$f0 401350: 1000001a b 4013bc <__my_expf+0x12c> 401354: 00000000 nop 401358: c7c20030 lwc1 $f2,48(s8) 40135c: 8f818018 lw at,-32744(gp) 401360: 00000000 nop 401364: 242142a4 addiu at,at,17060 401368: c4200000 lwc1 $f0,0(at) 40136c: 00000000 nop 401370: 4600103c c.lt.s $f2,$f0 401374: 00000000 nop 401378: 45010003 bc1t 401388 <__my_expf+0xf8> 40137c: 00000000 nop 401380: 10000005 b 401398 <__my_expf+0x108> 401384: 00000000 nop 401388: 3c014000 lui at,0x4000 40138c: 44810000 mtc1 at,$f0 401390: 1000000a b 4013bc <__my_expf+0x12c> 401394: 00000000 nop 401398: 8f848018 lw a0,-32744(gp) 40139c: 00000000 nop 4013a0: 248442a8 addiu a0,a0,17064 4013a4: 8f998058 lw t9,-32680(gp) 4013a8: 00000000 nop 4013ac: 0320f809 jalr t9 4013b0: 00000000 nop 4013b4: 8fdc0010 lw gp,16(s8) 4013b8: c7c00018 lwc1 $f0,24(s8) 4013bc: 03c0e821 move sp,s8 4013c0: 8fbf0028 lw ra,40(sp) 4013c4: 8fbe0024 lw s8,36(sp) 4013c8: 03e00008 jr ra 4013cc: 27bd0030 addiu sp,sp,48 2. with -O 000000000400fc0 <__my_expf>: 400fc0: 3c1c0fc0 lui gp,0xfc0 400fc4: 279c70a0 addiu gp,gp,28832 400fc8: 0399e021 addu gp,gp,t9 400fcc: 27bdffd0 addiu sp,sp,-48 400fd0: afbc0010 sw gp,16(sp) 400fd4: e7b60028 swc1 $f22,40(sp) 400fd8: e7b7002c swc1 $f23,44(sp) 400fdc: e7b40020 swc1 $f20,32(sp) 400fe0: e7b50024 swc1 $f21,36(sp) 400fe4: afbf001c sw ra,28(sp) 400fe8: 46006506 mov.s $f20,$f12 400fec: afbc0018 sw gp,24(sp) 400ff0: 8f998088 lw t9,-32632(gp) 400ff4: 00000000 nop 400ff8: 0320f809 jalr t9 400ffc: 00000000 nop 401000: 8fbc0010 lw gp,16(sp) 401004: 00000000 nop 401008: 8f8380ac lw v1,-32596(gp) 40100c: 00000000 nop 401010: 8c630000 lw v1,0(v1) 401014: 2402ffff li v0,-1 401018: 46000586 mov.s $f22,$f0 40101c: 1062000a beq v1,v0,401048 <__my_expf+0x88> 401020: 4600a306 mov.s $f12,$f20 401024: 8f998090 lw t9,-32624(gp) 401028: 00000000 nop 40102c: 0320f809 jalr t9 401030: 00000000 nop 401034: 8fbc0010 lw gp,16(sp) 401038: 44800000 mtc1 zero,$f0 40103c: 14400002 bnez v0,401048 <__my_expf+0x88> 401040: 00000000 nop 401044: 4600b006 mov.s $f0,$f22 401048: 8fbf001c lw ra,28(sp) 40104c: c7b60028 lwc1 $f22,40(sp) 401050: c7b7002c lwc1 $f23,44(sp) 401054: c7b40020 lwc1 $f20,32(sp) 401058: c7b50024 lwc1 $f21,36(sp) 40105c: 03e00008 jr ra 401060: 27bd0030 addiu sp,sp,48 3. with -O2 0000000000400fc0 <__my_expf>: 400fc0: 3c1c0fc0 lui gp,0xfc0 400fc4: 279c70a0 addiu gp,gp,28832 400fc8: 0399e021 addu gp,gp,t9 400fcc: 27bdffd0 addiu sp,sp,-48 400fd0: afbc0010 sw gp,16(sp) 400fd4: e7b60028 swc1 $f22,40(sp) 400fd8: e7b7002c swc1 $f23,44(sp) 400fdc: e7b40020 swc1 $f20,32(sp) 400fe0: e7b50024 swc1 $f21,36(sp) 400fe4: afbf001c sw ra,28(sp) 400fe8: 46006506 mov.s $f20,$f12 400fec: afbc0018 sw gp,24(sp) 400ff0: 8f998088 lw t9,-32632(gp) 400ff4: 00000000 nop 400ff8: 0320f809 jalr t9 400ffc: 00000000 nop 401000: 8fbc0010 lw gp,16(sp) 401004: 00000000 nop 401008: 8f8380ac lw v1,-32596(gp) 40100c: 00000000 nop 401010: 8c630000 lw v1,0(v1) 401014: 2402ffff li v0,-1 401018: 46000586 mov.s $f22,$f0 40101c: 10620021 beq v1,v0,4010a4 <__my_expf+0xe4> 401020: 4600a306 mov.s $f12,$f20 401024: 8f998090 lw t9,-32624(gp) 401028: 00000000 nop 40102c: 0320f809 jalr t9 401030: 00000000 nop 401034: 8fbc0010 lw gp,16(sp) 401038: 3c0142b1 lui at,0x42b1 40103c: 34217180 ori at,at,0x7180 401040: 44811000 mtc1 at,$f2 401044: 3c013f80 lui at,0x3f80 401048: 44810000 mtc1 at,$f0 40104c: 4614103c c.lt.s $f2,$f20 // this is wrongly put ahead ? 401050: 10400013 beqz v0,4010a0 <__my_expf+0xe0> 401054: 00000000 nop 401058: 45010012 bc1t 4010a4 <__my_expf+0xe4> 40105c: 00000000 nop 401060: 3c01c2cf lui at,0xc2cf 401064: 3421f1b5 ori at,at,0xf1b5 401068: 44810000 mtc1 at,$f0 40106c: 8f848018 lw a0,-32744(gp) 401070: 00000000 nop 401074: 24843fa8 addiu a0,a0,16296 401078: 4600a03c c.lt.s $f20,$f0 40107c: 3c014000 lui at,0x4000 401080: 44810000 mtc1 at,$f0 401084: 45010007 bc1t 4010a4 <__my_expf+0xe4> 401088: 00000000 nop 40108c: 8f998058 lw t9,-32680(gp) 401090: 00000000 nop 401094: 0320f809 jalr t9 401098: 00000000 nop 40109c: 8fbc0010 lw gp,16(sp) 4010a0: 4600b006 mov.s $f0,$f22 4010a4: 8fbf001c lw ra,28(sp) 4010a8: c7b60028 lwc1 $f22,40(sp) 4010ac: c7b7002c lwc1 $f23,44(sp) 4010b0: c7b40020 lwc1 $f20,32(sp) 4010b4: c7b50024 lwc1 $f21,36(sp) 4010b8: 03e00008 jr ra 4010bc: 27bd0030 addiu sp,sp,48 Regards Zhang Fuxin fxzhang@ict.ac.cn