__GLIBC_FLT_EVAL_METHOD will effect the definition of float_t and
double_t, currently we'll set __GLIBC_FLT_EVAL_METHOD to 2 when
__FLT_EVAL_METHOD__ is -1, that means we'll define float_t and double_t
to long double.
However some target isn't natively (HW) support long double like AArch64 and
RISC-V, they defined long double as 128-bits IEEE 754 floating point type.
That means setting __GLIBC_FLT_EVAL_METHOD to 2 will cause very inefficient
code gen for those target who didn't provide native support for long
double, and that's violate the spirit float_t and double_t - most efficient
types at least as wide as float and double.
So this patch propose to remap __GLIBC_FLT_EVAL_METHOD to 0 rather than
2 when __FLT_EVAL_METHOD__ is -1, which means we'll use float/double
rather than long double for float_t and double_t.
Note: __FLT_EVAL_METHOD__ == -1 means the precision is indeterminable,
which means compiler might using indeterminable precision during
optimization/code gen, clang will set this value to -1 when fast
math is enabled.
Note: Default definition float_t and double_t in current glibc:
| __GLIBC_FLT_EVAL_METHOD | float_t | double_t
| 0 or 16 | float | double
| 1 | double | doulbe
| 2 | long double | long double
More complete list see math/math.h
Note: RISC-V has defined ISA extension to support 128-bits IEEE 754
floating point operations, but only rare RISC-V core will implement that.
Related link:
[1] LLVM issue (__FLT_EVAL_METHOD__ is set to -1 with Ofast. #60781):
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/60781
[2] Last version of this patch: https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-alpha/2023-February/145622.html
Acked-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com> # RISC-V
Reviewed-by: Wilco Dijkstra <Wilco.Dijkstra@arm.com>
Link: https://inbox.sourceware.org/libc-alpha/20230314151948.12892-1-kito.cheng@sifive.com
Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>
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