[OE-core] [RFC YOCTO #5248] core-image-lsb: Why FPU doesn't work correctly on qemux86-64
Hongxu Jia
hongxu.jia at windriver.com
Mon Sep 23 08:55:06 UTC 2013
*Preparation
1, vim local.conf
...
DISTRO ?= "poky-lsb"
MACHINE ?= "qemux86-64"
...
*Problem
1, Build core-image-lsb
..
bitbake core-image-lsb
..
2, Start qemux86-64, there are 21 LSB tcl test failures on
qemux86-64, you could reproduce it by tcl interpreter:
1, On qemux86-64's terminal, start tcl interpreter
root at qemux86-64:~# $ tclsh
%
2, Run 'binary scan' to assign ieeeValues(-Subnormal)
% binary scan \x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x08\x80 d ieeeValues(-Subnormal)
1
3, Run 'puts' to output ieeeValues(-Subnormal), the result is '0.0'
% puts $ieeeValues(-Subnormal)
-0.0
Expected:
-1.1125369292536007e-308
*Analysis
1, On the previous environment, add IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " tcl" to
local.conf and build core-image-sato, the result is expected.
2, Trace tcl's source code, you could also reproduce the issue by
compiling and executing the following C codes on core-image-lsb-sdk.
1) Build core-image-lsb-sdk, and Run qemux86-64.
2) On target's terminal, create a C source file:
root at qemux86-64:~# cat >> test.c << EOF
#include <stdio.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
double dd = 0;
char *p = (char*)ⅆ
p[0] = 0x00;
p[1] = 0x00;
p[2] = 0x00;
p[3] = 0x00;
p[4] = 0x00;
p[5] = 0x00;
p[6] = 0x08;
p[7] = 0x00;
if (dd == 0.0)
printf("Incorrect equal 0.0\n");
else
printf("Expected not equal 0.0\n");
return 0;
}
EOF
2) Compile test.c
root at qemux86-64:~# gcc test.c -o test
3, Execute test
$ root at qemux86-64:~# ./test
Incorrect equal 0.0
Expected:
Expected not equal 0.0
3, It's about x86-64's FPU: the SSE MXCSR register.
If you invoke 'feenableexcept(FE_INEXACT);' or
'feclearexcept(FE_INEXACT);' in the above C test,
the issue will be fixed. In these two functions,
the SSE MXCSR register has been handled.
*Solution
Is it necessary to invoke 'feenableexcept(FE_INEXACT);' or
'feclearexcept(FE_INEXACT);' to handle SSE MXCSR register?
Or any good idea about this issue.
Thanks,
Hongxu
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