hi,
a quick example:
main()
{
float t,zero=0.0;
t = 0.0/0.0;
printf("t=%08lx\n",*(unsigned long*)&t); (0x7fc00000)
t = zero/zero;
printf("t=%08lx\n",*(unsigned long*)&t); (0x7fbfffff)
}
you should see different output,because the first one is optimized by gcc to
a QNaN,but it's signalling for MIPS.
ÔÚ 2002-02-19 16:37:00 you wrote£º
>Hello Zhang,
>
>I am going to test your reported bugs on the current SDE compiler.
>
>Do you have some test example for the first problem (Nan handling)?
>If you have found it in the sources, and that source is actually being
>used by the MIPS compiler generated, it must be possible to provide
>a small example showing wrong behaviour from the compiler?
>
>/Hartvig
>
>
>Zhang Fuxin writes:
>>
>> hi,
>> I find that you are asking only gcc related parts,that is related less,
>> here they are(from posts on linux-mips,i cc them to the list in case it is
>> useful,sorry if it brings you inconvenience):
>>
>> 1.about NaN handling
>> -----------------begin of the first problem--------------------------------
>> I am sorry but it seems i can't fix this without ugly changes.
>> since i am not familiar with gcc code, i decide to leave it to you,
>> but provide some information instead.
>>
>> In gcc there are 3 spaces where the NaN handling is assumed the
>> Intel way.
>>
>> 1. gcc/real.c (the most important one)
>> here the author seems to have known the NaN pattern problem,so
>> he leaves a interface macro for defining non intel NaN patterns:
>> (comment of function "make_nan()",at about line 6219)
>>
>> /* Output a binary NaN bit pattern in the target machine's format. */
>>
>> /* If special NaN bit patterns are required, define them in tm.h
>> as arrays of unsigned 16-bit shorts. Otherwise, use the default
>> patterns here. */
>>
>> I have read through this file and decided that the follow defined should
>> be enough for mips:
>>
>> /* NaN pattern,mips QNAN & SNAN is different from intel's
>> * DFMODE_NAN and SFMODE_NAN is used in real.c */
>> #define DFMODE_NAN \
>> unsigned short DFbignan[4] = {0x7ff7, 0xffff, 0xffff, 0xffff}; \
>> unsigned short DFlittlenan[4] = {0xffff, 0xffff, 0xffff, 0xfff7}
>> #define SFMODE_NAN \
>> unsigned short SFbignan[2] = {0x7fbf, 0xffff}; \
>> unsigned short SFlittlenan[2] = {0xffff, 0xffbf}
>>
>> But the problem is where to put them:(. Obviously it is target specified
>> definitions and should be in config/mips/. Documents say tm.h is a symbol
>> link and included in config.h,but it is no long true.If i add them to xm-mips.h
>> then for native compilation it is ok but it fails for cross-compile.
>>
>> 2.gcc/reg-stack.c (H.J. tell me it is not used on mips)
>> There is a hardcoded QNaN used around line 477:
>> nan = gen_lowpart (SFmode, GEN_INT (0x7fc00000));
>> I sugest defining a macro QNAN_HAS_1ST_FRACBIT_CLEARED for mips and change
>> it to,just don't know where to put it:
>> #ifndef QNAN_HAS_1ST_FRACBIT_CLEARED
>> nan = gen_lowpart (SFmode, GEN_INT (0x7fc00000));
>> #else
>> nan = gen_lowpart (SFmode, GEN_INT (0x7fbfffff));
>> #endif
>>
>> 3. config/fp-bit.c (H.J. said it is not mean to target specified)
>> this is for machine having no fpu hardware.
>> again i susgest define QNAN_HAS_1ST_FRACBIT_CLEARED and then apply this patch:
>>
>> 190d189
>> < #ifndef QNAN_HAS_1ST_FRACBIT_CLEARED
>> 192,195d190
>> < #else
>> < fraction &= ~QUIET_NAN;
>> < #endif
>> <
>> 379,380d373
>> <
>> < #ifndef QNAN_HAS_1ST_FRACBIT_CLEARED
>> 382,384d374
>> < #else
>> < if (!(fraction & QUIET_NAN))
>> < #endif
>>
>>
>> ÔÚ 2002-02-03 22:54:00 you wrote£º
>> >On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 02:22:48PM +0800, Zhang Fuxin wrote:
>> >> hi,
>> >>
>> >> Gcc (2.96 20000731,H.J.LU's rh port for mips) think 0x7fc00000 is QNaN and
>> >> optimize 0.0/0.0 as 0x7fc00000 for single precision ops,while for my cpu
>> >> (maybe most mips cpu) is a SNaN. R4k user's manual and "See Mips Run" both
>> >> say so.And experiments confirm this.
>> >>
>> >> Should we correct it?
>> >
>> >Yes. Do you have a patch?
>> >
>> >Thanks.
>> >
>> >
>> >H.J.
Regards
Zhang Fuxin
fxzhang@ict.ac.cn
