patches/glibc/2.5/160-use_short_for_fnstsw.patch
author Yann Diorcet <diorcet.yann@gmail.com>
Thu Nov 22 23:56:58 2012 +0100 (2012-11-22)
changeset 3131 bd172b161ff8
parent 607 aaf7ae5cb11a
permissions -rw-r--r--
cc: add a flag for skipping core passes

It is used for skipping unnecessary compilation steps when the libc
doesn't need to be compiled (eg. when we do not use a C library).

Signed-off-by: Yann Diorcet <diorcet.yann@gmail.com>
Message-Id: <150eadb0117e697d79aa.1353625025@blackmint>
Patchwork-Id: 201222
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Original patch from H.J. Lu, as reported there:
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http://www.nabble.com/PATCH:-Use-short-for-fnstsw-td14775171.html
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fnstsw stores 16bit into %ax. The upper 16bit of %eax is unchanged.
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The new assembler (binutils-2.18.50.0.4 and up) will disallow "fnstsw %eax".
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diff -dur glibc-2.6.1.orig/sysdeps/i386/fpu/ftestexcept.c glibc-2.6.1/sysdeps/i386/fpu/ftestexcept.c
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--- glibc-2.6.1.orig/sysdeps/i386/fpu/ftestexcept.c	2004-03-05 11:14:48.000000000 +0100
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+++ glibc-2.6.1/sysdeps/i386/fpu/ftestexcept.c	2008-06-24 10:56:14.000000000 +0200
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@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
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 int
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 fetestexcept (int excepts)
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 {
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-  int temp;
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+  short temp;
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   int xtemp = 0;
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   /* Get current exceptions.  */