[PATCH] Add x86-64 and SSE math support to i386 bits/mathinline.h

H.J. Lu hjl.tools@gmail.com
Wed Jun 6 22:57:00 GMT 2012


On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 2:55 PM, Roland McGrath <roland@hack.frob.com> wrote:
>> @@ -120,26 +119,42 @@
>>
>>  /* The gcc, version 2.7 or below, has problems with all this inlining
>>     code.  So disable it for this version of the compiler.  */
>> -# if __GNUC_PREREQ (2, 8)
>> +# if __GNUC_PREREQ (2, 8) && defined __USE_ISOC99
>> +__BEGIN_NAMESPACE_C99
>
> This is inside:
>
>        #if defined __USE_ISOC99 && defined __GNUC__ && __GNUC__ >= 2
>
> so the change to the condition is not required.  If __BEGIN_NAMESPACE_C99
> is necessary that is not strictly part of the x86-{32,64} unification
> (though I realize it is a difference between the two existing files) and
> so should be in a separate change (and have a bug report).

I removed ___USE_ISOC99 and _BEGIN_NAMESPACE_C99.

>>  /* Test for negative number.  Used in the signbit() macro.  */
>>  __MATH_INLINE int
>>  __NTH (__signbitf (float __x))
>>  {
>> +#  ifndef __x86_64__
>>    __extension__ union { float __f; int __i; } __u = { __f: __x };
>>    return __u.__i < 0;
>> +#  else
>
> It seems more natural to order things as ifdef rather than ifndef, so put
> the x86_64 code first.  But shouldn't this just test __SSE2__ instead?

Changed.

>> +  int __m;
>> +  __asm ("pmovmskb %1, %0" : "=r" (__m) : "x" (__x));
>> +  return __m & 0x8;
>> +#  endif
>
> The existing i386 function always returns 1 or 0, while this returns 8 or 0.
> I realize the existing x86_64 code differs this way too, but that seems
> questionable.  So perhaps this should be "return (__m & 0x8) != 0;"?

Changed.

>>  __MATH_INLINE int
>>  __NTH (__signbit (double __x))
>>  {
>> +#  ifndef __x86_64__
>>    __extension__ union { double __d; int __i[2]; } __u = { __d: __x };
>>    return __u.__i[1] < 0;
>> +#  else
>> +  int __m;
>> +  __asm ("pmovmskb %1, %0" : "=r" (__m) : "x" (__x));
>> +  return __m & 0x80;
>> +#  endif
>
> The same two issues apply here.
>

Done.

>> +  /* Mark as volatile since the result is dependend on the state of
>> +     the SSE control register (the rounding mode). Otherwise GCC might
>> +     remove these assembler instructions since it does not know about
>> +     the rounding mode change and cannot currently be told.  */
>
> s/dependend/dependent/.  There should be two spaces between the sentences.
> I realize this is just code you copied from the existing x86_64 file, so
> these nits are not your fault per se, but we might as well fix them now.
> There are several more instances below which I won't bother to cite
> individually.

Done.

>> +#   ifdef __SSE2_MATH__
>> +__MATH_INLINE long int
>> +__NTH (lrint (double __x))
>> +{
>> +  long int __res;
>> +  /* Mark as volatile since the result is dependend on the state of
>> +     the SSE control register (the rounding mode). Otherwise GCC might
>> +     remove these assembler instructions since it does not know about
>> +     the rounding mode change and cannot currently be told.  */
>> +  __asm __volatile__ ("cvtsd2si %1, %0" : "=r" (__res) : "xm" (__x));
>> +  return __res;
>> +}
>> +#   endif
>> +#   ifdef __x86_64__
>> +__MATH_INLINE long long int
>> +__NTH (llrintf (float __x))
>> +{
>> +  long long int __res;
>> +  /* Mark as volatile since the result is dependend on the state of
>> +     the SSE control register (the rounding mode). Otherwise GCC might
>> +     remove these assembler instructions since it does not know about
>> +     the rounding mode change and cannot currently be told.  */
>> +  __asm __volatile__ ("cvtss2si %1, %0" : "=r" (__res) : "xm" (__x));
>> +  return __res;
>> +}
>> +__MATH_INLINE long long int
>> +__NTH (llrint (double __x))
>> +{
>> +  long long int __res;
>> +  /* Mark as volatile since the result is dependend on the state of
>> +     the SSE control register (the rounding mode). Otherwise GCC might
>> +     remove these assembler instructions since it does not know about
>> +     the rounding mode change and cannot currently be told.  */
>> +  __asm __volatile__ ("cvtsd2si %1, %0" : "=r" (__res) : "xm" (__x));
>> +  return __res;
>> +}
>> +#   endif
>
> All this duplication can be replaced with an __lrint_code macro like the
> existing i386 file uses.
>
> I don't understand why llrint* are defined this way only for x86_64.
> It seems appropriate for __SSE2_MATH__ on i386 as well.

64-bit cvtss2si is only available for x86-64.

Is this patch OK?


-- 
H.J.
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