[PATCH v2] New expf, exp2f, logf, log2f and powf implementations

Corinna Vinschen vinschen@redhat.com
Wed Oct 11 12:58:00 GMT 2017


On Sep 29 11:41, Szabolcs Nagy wrote:
> On 05/09/17 09:38, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > Ok, I retract my reservations against OBSOLETE_MATH as such.  However,
> > there are a few problems with the current patch:
> > 
> > - Rename to __OBSOLETE_MATH (two underscores) so as not to spoil the
> >   namespace.
> > 
> > - The current implementation disallows a developer to override the
> >   setting from, e. g., sys/config.h or the command line.  As a minimum,
> >   __OBSOLETE_MATH should only be set if it isn't already set, and the
> >   checks for __OBSOLETE_MATH should check for being != 0:
> > 
> >   - #define __TGT_OBSOLETE_MATH 1 in arm and aarch cases
> > 
> >   - At the end of the file
> > 
> >     #ifndef __OBSOLETE_MATH
> >     #define __OBSOLETE_MATH __TGT_OBSOLETE_MATH
> >     #endif
> >   
> >   - Further checks in the code:
> > 
> >     #if __OBSOLETE_MATH
> > 
> >     rather than
> > 
> >     #ifdef __OBSOLETE_MATH
> > 
> > - The header of ieeefp.h explains the options.  Add __TGT_OBSOLETE_MATH /
> >   __OBSOLETE_MATH and add an informative comment along the lines of the
> >   above text, so developers have enough info to decide if they want to
> >   enable this for their target.
> > 
> > Not sure if __TGT_OBSOLETE_MATH is a good name, though.  I'm open for
> > better suggestions.
> > 
> 
> i used __OBSOLETE_MATH_DEFAULT.
> 
> v2:
> - Use __OBSOLETE_MATH and __OBSOLETE_MATH_DEFAULT.
> - Upstream change: whitespace code style fixes.
> - Upstream change: HIDDEN attribute for data symbols.
> - Upstream change: __logf_data.poly array size is reduced.
> - Upstream change: issignalingf_inline now has code for non-standard SNaN.

The above points have been fixed, so I'm ok with the change if
it makes sense from an FP point of view.  Jeff?


Thanks,
Corinna

-- 
Corinna Vinschen
Cygwin Maintainer
Red Hat
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