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Date:      Sat, 12 Jan 2002 05:44:46 +1100 (EST)
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>
Cc:        Daniel Eischen <eischen@pcnet1.pcnet.com>, Dan Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com>, Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>, Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org>, Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>, <arch@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Request for review: getcontext, setcontext, etc
Message-ID:  <20020112054041.J3330-100000@gamplex.bde.org>
In-Reply-To: <15423.10271.161919.615825@caddis.yogotech.com>

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On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Nate Williams wrote:

> > > > > Why is reporting a SIGFPE considered broken?  This is a valid exception,
> > > > > and it should be reported.
> > > >
> > > > Because the SIGFPE is for the broken context-switching code and not for
> > > > the program.
> > >
> > > Ok, let's try again.  How can I make sure that a SIGFPE that occur due
> > > to a FPU operation is properly reported using fsave/frestor?
> >
> > The set of such proper reports is null, so it is easily generated by not
> > using fsave (sic) or frstor.
>
> Huh?  Are you saying that there are *NO* floating-point exceptions that
> should be reported to a process?  Doesn't posix require that exceptions
> be thrown.

I'm not saying any more, since I have made negative progress attempting
to explain this.

Bruce


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