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Date:      Sat, 26 May 2007 15:40:40 -0700
From:      Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
To:        Ed Schouten <ed@fxq.nl>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: HEADS-UP: gcc-4.2 import appears to miscompile libm.
Message-ID:  <20070526224040.GA55701@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20070526214835.GS23313@hoeg.nl>
References:  <20070526193128.GB54875@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20070526214835.GS23313@hoeg.nl>

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On Sat, May 26, 2007 at 11:48:35PM +0200, Ed Schouten wrote:
> Hello Steve,
> 
> * Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote:
> > mobile:kargl[234] cat a.c
> > #include <stdio.h>
> > #include <math.h>
> > 
> > int main (void) {
> >    int n;
> >    float a;
> >    a = 1.f;
> >    printf("%f\n", frexpf(a,&n));
> >    return 0;
> > }
> > mobile:kargl[235] cc -o z a.c -lm
> > mobile:kargl[236] ./z
> > 1.000000
> > mobile:kargl[237] cc --version
> > cc (GCC) 4.2.0 20070514 [FreeBSD]
> > Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> > This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
> > warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
> > 
> > frexpf() should return a value in [1/2,1).
> 
> In a different thread (about snd_emu10k1) a user noticed that -ftree-vrp
> (part of -O2) may cause miscompilations. Could you try installing a libm
> (src/lib/msun) that is compiled with -O1?
> 

(cc'd -current list)

Using -O instead of -O2 indeed appears to fix the problem.

-- 
Steve



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