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[Bug math/16427] ldbl-128 exp overflows to inf


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16427

--- Comment #7 from joseph at codesourcery dot com <joseph at codesourcery dot com> ---
On Mon, 13 Jan 2014, krebbel1 at de dot ibm.com wrote:

> To me it looks like that the sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128/w_expl.c file also needs
> the changes Joseph did for sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-96/w_expl.c with:
> 
> https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2012-05/msg00185.html

Right - calling __kernel_standard* won't produce appropriate results in 
directed rounding modes, so checking thresholds and calling it based on 
that, rather than checking the result of the underlying function, is 
suspect.

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