[PATCH v2 09/28] math: Don't redirect inlined builtin math functions

Adhemerval Zanella Netto adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org
Tue Oct 28 20:00:06 GMT 2025



On 28/10/25 16:05, H.J. Lu wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 1:12 AM Adhemerval Zanella
> <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org> wrote:
>>
>> When we want to inline builtin math functions, like truncf, for
>>
>>   extern float truncf (float __x) __attribute__ ((__nothrow__ )) __attribute__ ((__const__));
>>   extern float __truncf (float __x) __attribute__ ((__nothrow__ )) __attribute__ ((__const__));
>>
>>   float (truncf) (float) asm ("__truncf");
>>
>> compiler may redirect truncf calls to __truncf, instead of inlining it
>> (for instance, clang).  The USE_TRUNCF_BUILTIN is 1 to indicate that
>> truncf should be inlined.  In this case, we don't want the truncf
>> redirection:
>>
>>   1. For each math function which may be inlined, we define
>>
>>   #if USE_TRUNCF_BUILTIN
>>    # define NO_truncf_BUILTIN inline_truncf
>>    #else
>>    # define NO_truncf_BUILTIN truncf
>>    #endif
>>
>> in <math-use-builtins.h>.
>>
>>   2. Include <math-use-builtins.h> in include/math.h.
>>
>>   3. Change MATH_REDIRECT to
>>
>>    #define MATH_REDIRECT(FUNC, PREFIX, ARGS)            \
>>     float (NO_ ## FUNC ## f ## _BUILTIN) (ARGS (float)) \
>>       asm (PREFIX #FUNC "f");
>>
>> With this change If USE_TRUNCF_BUILTIN is 0, we get
>>
>>   float (truncf) (float) asm ("__truncf");
>>   truncf will be redirected to __truncf.
>>
>> And for USE_TRUNCF_BUILTIN 1, we get:
>>
>>   float (inline_truncf) (float) asm ("__truncf");
>>
>> In both cases either truncf will be inlined or the internal alias
>> (__truncf) will be called.
>>
>> It is not required for all math-use-builtin symbol, only the one
>> defined in math.h.  It also allows to remove all the math-use-builtin
>> inclusion, since it is now implicitly included by math.h.
>>
>> For MIPS, some math-use-builtin headers include sysdep.h and this
>> in turn includes a lot of extra headers that do not allow ldbl-128
>> code to override alias definition (math.h will include
>> some stdlib.h definition).  The math-use-builtin only requires
>> the __mips_isa_rev, so move the defintion to sgidefs.h.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
>> Co-authored-by: Adhemerval Zanella  <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>
>> ---
>>  include/math.h                                |  19 +-
>>  math/s_fmax_template.c                        |   1 -
>>  math/s_fmin_template.c                        |   2 -
>>  sysdeps/generic/math-use-builtins-copysign.h  |   2 +
>>  sysdeps/generic/math-use-builtins.h           | 196 ++++++++++++++++++
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/e_hypot.c              |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/e_sqrt.c               |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/s_ceil.c               |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/s_floor.c              |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/s_fma.c                |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/s_fmaf.c               |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/s_llrint.c             |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/s_llround.c            |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/s_logb.c               |   2 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/s_lrint.c              |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/s_lround.c             |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/s_modf.c               |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/s_nearbyint.c          |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/s_rint.c               |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/s_round.c              |   2 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/s_roundeven.c          |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/s_trunc.c              |   2 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/float128/float128_private.h   |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32/e_sqrtf.c              |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32/s_ceilf.c              |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32/s_floorf.c             |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32/s_llrintf.c            |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32/s_llroundf.c           |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32/s_logbf.c              |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32/s_lrintf.c             |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32/s_lroundf.c            |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32/s_modff.c              |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32/s_nearbyintf.c         |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32/s_rintf.c              |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32/s_roundevenf.c         |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32/s_roundf.c             |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32/s_truncf.c             |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128/s_ceill.c            |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128/s_copysignl.c        |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128/s_floorl.c           |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128/s_fma.c              |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128/s_fmal.c             |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128/s_llrintl.c          |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128/s_logbl.c            |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128/s_lrintl.c           |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128/s_nearbyintl.c       |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128/s_rintl.c            |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128/s_roundevenl.c       |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128/s_roundl.c           |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128/s_truncl.c           |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128ibm/s_fabsl.c         |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-96/s_fabsl.c             |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/mips/fpu/math-use-builtins-fma.h      |   2 +-
>>  sysdeps/mips/math-use-builtins-ffs.h          |   2 +-
>>  sysdeps/mips/sgidefs.h                        |   3 +
>>  sysdeps/powerpc/fpu/e_sqrt.c                  |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/powerpc/fpu/e_sqrtf.c                 |   1 -
>>  sysdeps/unix/mips/sysdep.h                    |   3 -
>>  sysdeps/x86_64/fpu/multiarch/s_modf-avx.c     |   4 -
>>  sysdeps/x86_64/fpu/multiarch/s_modf-sse4_1.c  |   4 -
>>  sysdeps/x86_64/fpu/multiarch/s_modff-avx.c    |   4 -
>>  sysdeps/x86_64/fpu/multiarch/s_modff-sse4_1.c |   4 -
>>  62 files changed, 216 insertions(+), 82 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/math.h b/include/math.h
>> index 9ba4708801..0fac2fda84 100644
>> --- a/include/math.h
>> +++ b/include/math.h
>> @@ -139,25 +139,32 @@ fabsf128 (_Float128 x)
>>  /* NB: Internal tests don't have access to internal symbols.  */
>>  # if !IS_IN (testsuite_internal) \
>>       && !(defined __FINITE_MATH_ONLY__ && __FINITE_MATH_ONLY__ > 0)
>> +/* NB: Do not redirect math builtin functions when they are inlined.  */
>> +# include <math-use-builtins.h>
>>  #  ifndef NO_MATH_REDIRECT
> 
> Is it possible to remove NO_MATH_REDIRECT?

I am not sure, the NO_MATH_REDIRECT is used on some implementations for
symbol themselves to avoid a circular code generation.  We will need
to find a way to advertise that we are building the symbol itself that
might contain the very alias it adds.

But I think this would be a different patch.

> 
>>  /* Declare some functions for use within GLIBC.  Compilers typically
>>     inline those functions as a single instruction.  Use an asm to
>>     avoid use of PLTs if it doesn't.  */
>>  #   define MATH_REDIRECT(FUNC, PREFIX, ARGS)                   \
>> -  float (FUNC ## f) (ARGS (float)) asm (PREFIX #FUNC "f");     \
>> -  double (FUNC) (ARGS (double)) asm (PREFIX #FUNC );           \
>> +  float (NO_ ## FUNC ## f ## _BUILTIN) (ARGS (float))          \
>> +    asm (PREFIX #FUNC "f");                                    \
>> +  double (NO_ ## FUNC ## _BUILTIN) (ARGS (double))             \
>> +    asm (PREFIX #FUNC );                                       \
>>    MATH_REDIRECT_LDBL (FUNC, PREFIX, ARGS)                      \
>>    MATH_REDIRECT_F128 (FUNC, PREFIX, ARGS)
>> +
>>  #   if defined __NO_LONG_DOUBLE_MATH                           \
>>         || __LDOUBLE_REDIRECTS_TO_FLOAT128_ABI == 1
>>  #    define MATH_REDIRECT_LDBL(FUNC, PREFIX, ARGS)
>>  #   else
>> -#    define MATH_REDIRECT_LDBL(FUNC, PREFIX, ARGS)                     \
>> -  long double (FUNC ## l) (ARGS (long double)) asm (PREFIX #FUNC "l");
>> +#    define MATH_REDIRECT_LDBL(FUNC, PREFIX, ARGS)               \
>> +  long double (NO_ ## FUNC ## l ## _BUILTIN) (ARGS (long double)) \
>> +    asm (PREFIX #FUNC "l");
>>  #   endif
>>  #   if __HAVE_DISTINCT_FLOAT128
>> -#    define MATH_REDIRECT_F128(FUNC, PREFIX, ARGS)                     \
>> -  _Float128 (FUNC ## f128) (ARGS (_Float128)) asm (PREFIX #FUNC "f128");
>> +#    define MATH_REDIRECT_F128(FUNC, PREFIX, ARGS)              \
>> +  _Float128 (NO_ ## FUNC ## f128 ## _BUILTIN) (ARGS (_Float128)) \
>> +    asm (PREFIX #FUNC "f128");
>>  #   else
>>  #    define MATH_REDIRECT_F128(FUNC, PREFIX, ARGS)
>>  #   endif
> 



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