[LLVMbugs] [Bug 7584] New: Bad code generated for Remainder operation

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Wed Jul 7 06:34:21 PDT 2010


http://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=7584

           Summary: Bad code generated for Remainder operation
           Product: clang
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P
         Component: -New Bugs
        AssignedTo: unassignedclangbugs at nondot.org
        ReportedBy: esteaqui at hotmail.com
                CC: llvmbugs at cs.uiuc.edu


When clang is fed an unsigned int as the divisor on the Remainder operand (%)
the generated code is faulty.

According to C99 specc, the sign of the remainder shall be the same as the sign
of the dividend.
Also, assuming n: dividend and d: divisor, "n / d x d - n == n % d"
(assuming a truncating division)

This bug is further explained by the attached source code.

As an example, following C99:
2 % 5 = 2
-2 % 5 = -2
But clang generates
2 % 5 = 2
-2 % 5 = 4

I got my C99 specification from 
http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/WG14/www/docs/n1256.pdf (relevant page is 82,
mark 6.5.5.6)
and also from 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modulo_operation ("Integer modulo operators in
various programming languages")

If my interpretation of the standard is wrong, please let me know and mark the
bug as invalid.

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