[2.26 COMMITTED] Let signbit use the builtin in C++ mode with gcc < 6.x (bug 22296)

Gabriel F. T. Gomes gabriel@inconstante.eti.br
Sun Jan 1 00:00:00 GMT 2017


From: Romain Naour <romain.naour@gmail.com>

When using gcc < 6.x, signbit does not use the type-generic
__builtin_signbit builtin, instead it uses __MATH_TG.
However, when library support for float128 is available, __MATH_TG uses
__builtin_types_compatible_p, which is not available in C++ mode.

On the other hand, libstdc++ undefines (in cmath) many macros from
math.h, including signbit, so that it can provide its own functions.
However, during its configure tests, libstdc++ just tests for the
availability of the macros (it does not undefine them, nor does it
provide its own functions).

Finally, libstdc++ configure tests include math.h and get the definition
of signbit that uses __MATH_TG (and __builtin_types_compatible_p).
Since libstdc++ does not undefine the macros during its configure
tests, they fail.

This patch lets signbit use the builtin in C++ mode when gcc < 6.x is
used. This allows the configure test in libstdc++ to work.

Tested for x86_64.

	[BZ #22296]
	* math/math.h: Let signbit use the builtin in C++ mode with gcc
	< 6.x

Cc: Gabriel F. T. Gomes <gftg@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>
(cherry picked from commit 386e1c26ac473d6863133ab9cbe3bbda16c15816)
---
 ChangeLog   | 6 ++++++
 NEWS        | 1 +
 math/math.h | 9 +++++++++
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index cd598788f1..6e53277670 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2017-10-17  Romain Naour  <romain.naour@gmail.com>  (tiny change)
+
+	[BZ #22296]
+	* math/math.h: Let signbit use the builtin in C++ mode with gcc
+	< 6.x
+
 2017-10-22  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	[BZ #21265]
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 87d48025e2..c92ec03617 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ The following bugs are resolved with this release:
   [22146] Let fpclassify use the builtin when optimizing for size in C++ mode
   [22225] math: nearbyint arithmetic moved before feholdexcept
   [22235] Add C++ versions of iscanonical for ldbl-96 and ldbl-128ibm
+  [22296] Let signbit use the builtin in C++ mode with gcc < 6.x
   [22321] sysconf: Fix missing definition of UIO_MAXIOV on Linux
   [22325] glibc: Memory leak in glob with GLOB_TILDE (CVE-2017-15671)
 
diff --git a/math/math.h b/math/math.h
index 2b216c6da1..ba26624835 100644
--- a/math/math.h
+++ b/math/math.h
@@ -418,6 +418,15 @@ enum
 /* Return nonzero value if sign of X is negative.  */
 # if __GNUC_PREREQ (6,0)
 #  define signbit(x) __builtin_signbit (x)
+# elif defined __cplusplus
+  /* In C++ mode, __MATH_TG cannot be used, because it relies on
+     __builtin_types_compatible_p, which is a C-only builtin.
+     The check for __cplusplus allows the use of the builtin instead of
+     __MATH_TG. This is provided for libstdc++, only to let its configure
+     test work. No further use of this definition of signbit is expected
+     in C++ mode, since libstdc++ provides its own version of signbit
+     in cmath (which undefines signbit). */
+#  define signbit(x) __builtin_signbitl (x)
 # elif __GNUC_PREREQ (4,0)
 #  define signbit(x) __MATH_TG ((x), __builtin_signbit, (x))
 # else
-- 
2.13.6



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