[PATCH v4 2/9] Refactor *cvt functions implementation (2/2)

Paul E Murphy murphyp@linux.ibm.com
Thu Dec 19 16:48:00 GMT 2019



On 12/13/19 4:24 PM, Gabriel F. T. Gomes wrote:
> From: "Gabriel F. T. Gomes" <gabrielftg@linux.ibm.com>
> 
> Changes since v3:
> 
>    - Converted into a standalone patch not to be squashed with the
>      preceding patch (1/2).
>    - Updated commit message.
>    - Tested that installed stripped binaries for powerpc64le and x86_64
>      remain identical before and after this patch.
> 
> Changes since v2:
> 
>    - Moved the removal of unused macros to a previous patch
> 
> Changes since v1:
> 
>    - Adapted after patch v1 19/31 (remove hidden_* uses) was dropped.
>    - Fixed unintended removal of cvt* symbols on alpha and s390x
>      (now tested with build-many-glibcs.py).
> 
> -- 8< --
> This patch refactors the *cvt functions implementation in a way that
> makes it easier to re-use them for implementing the IEEE long double on
> powerpc64le.  By removing the macros that generate the function names
> (APPEND combined with FUNC_PREFIX), the new code makes it easier to
> define new function names, such as __qecvtieee128.
> 
> Tested that installed stripped binaries for powerpc64le and x86_64
> remain identical before and after this patch.  Also tested for
> powerpc64le, x86_64, as well as with the following build-many-glibcs
> targets: alpha-linux-gnu, mips-linux-gnu, powerpc-linux-gnu-soft,
> s390x-linux-gnu, and sparc64-linux-gnu.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Paul E. Murphy <murphyp@linux.ibm.com>

This looks OK. Thanks!



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