[libc-commits] [libc] [llvm] [libc][math] Add tgammabf16 math support for bfloat16. (PR #208689)

Vedant Neve via libc-commits libc-commits at lists.llvm.org
Sat Oct 17 12:53:51 PDT 2026


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+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+///
+/// \file
+/// Implementation of the bfloat16 tgamma function.
+///
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#ifndef LLVM_LIBC_SRC___SUPPORT_MATH_TGAMMABF16_H
+#define LLVM_LIBC_SRC___SUPPORT_MATH_TGAMMABF16_H
+
+#include "hdr/errno_macros.h"
+#include "hdr/fenv_macros.h"
+#include "src/__support/FPUtil/FEnvImpl.h"
+#include "src/__support/FPUtil/FPBits.h"
+#include "src/__support/FPUtil/bfloat16.h"
+#include "src/__support/FPUtil/cast.h"
+#include "src/__support/FPUtil/multiply_add.h"
+#include "src/__support/macros/config.h"
+#include "src/__support/macros/optimization.h"
+#include "src/__support/math/exp.h"
+#include "src/__support/math/log.h"
+#include "src/__support/math/sin.h"
+
+namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE_DECL {
+namespace math {
+
+LIBC_INLINE bfloat16 tgammabf16(bfloat16 x) {
+  using FPBits = fputil::FPBits<bfloat16>;
+  // The hexadecimal literals were generated with Sollya:
+  // > display = hexadecimal;
+  // > round(pi, D, RN);
+  // > round(log(sqrt(2 * pi)), D, RN);
+  constexpr double PI = 0x1.921fb54442d18p+1;
+  constexpr double LOG_SQRT_2_PI = 0x1.d67f1c864beb5p-1;
+  // Paul Godfrey's exact Lanczos approximation coefficients (g=7, n=9)
+  // Reference: "A note on the computation of the convergent Lanczos complex
+  // Gamma approximation" by Paul Godfrey (2001).
+  // Original:
+  // https://web.archive.org/web/20060915161115/http://my.fit.edu/~gabdo/gamma.txt
+  // Mirror: http://www.mrob.com/pub/ries/lanczos-gamma.html
+  constexpr double LANCZOS_COEFFS[9] = {
+      0x1.ffffffffff950p-1,  0x1.52429b6c30b05p+9,  -0x1.3ac8e8ed4171bp+10,
+      0x1.81a9661d3b4d8p+9,  -0x1.613ae51a32f5dp+7, 0x1.903c27f8b9c81p+3,
+      -0x1.1bcb2992b2855p-3, 0x1.4f0514e4e324fp-17, 0x1.435508f3faeefp-23};
+
+  FPBits xbits(x);
+  uint16_t x_abs = xbits.uintval() & 0x7fffU;
+
+  if (LIBC_UNLIKELY(x_abs >= FPBits::EXP_MASK)) {
+    if (xbits.is_nan()) {
+      if (xbits.is_signaling_nan()) {
+        fputil::raise_except_if_required(FE_INVALID);
+        return FPBits::quiet_nan().get_val();
+      }
+      return x;
+    }
+    if (xbits.is_pos())
+      return x;
+    fputil::set_errno_if_required(EDOM);
+    fputil::raise_except_if_required(FE_INVALID);
+    return FPBits::quiet_nan().get_val();
+  }
+
+  if (LIBC_UNLIKELY(xbits.is_zero())) {
+    fputil::set_errno_if_required(ERANGE);
+    fputil::raise_except_if_required(FE_DIVBYZERO);
+    return FPBits::inf(xbits.sign()).get_val();
+  }
+
+  if (LIBC_UNLIKELY(xbits.is_neg())) {
+    int biased_exp = x_abs >> FPBits::FRACTION_LEN;
+    if (biased_exp >= FPBits::EXP_BIAS) {
+      int e = biased_exp - FPBits::EXP_BIAS;
+      if (e >= FPBits::FRACTION_LEN ||
+          (xbits.get_mantissa() &
+           static_cast<uint16_t>((1U << (FPBits::FRACTION_LEN - e)) - 1U)) ==
+              0U) {
+        fputil::set_errno_if_required(EDOM);
+        fputil::raise_except_if_required(FE_INVALID);
+        return FPBits::quiet_nan().get_val();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  float xf = static_cast<float>(x);
+
+  // Fast path for exact positive integers
+  if (xf > 0.0f && xf <= 35.0f) {
+    int n = static_cast<int>(xf);
+    if (xf == static_cast<float>(n)) {
+      double res = 1.0;
+      for (int i = 1; i < n; ++i)
+        res *= i;
+      return fputil::cast<bfloat16>(res);
+    }
+  }
+
+  bool reflection = xbits.is_neg();
+  bool divide_by_x = false;
+
+  double xd = static_cast<double>(xf);
+  double x_eval = xd;
+  double res;
+
+  // Fast path for tiny positive inputs to prevent exact-boundary overshoots.
+  // EULER_GAMMA is the Euler-Mascheroni constant. Its correctly rounded
+  // binary64 value was generated with MPFR's mpfr_const_euler.
+  if (LIBC_UNLIKELY(xf > 0.0f && xf < 0x1.0p-8f)) {
+    constexpr double EULER_GAMMA = 0x1.2788cfc6fb619p-1;
+    res = (1.0 / xd) - EULER_GAMMA;
+  } else {
+    if (reflection) {
+      x_eval = 1.0 - xd;
+    } else if (xf < 1.0f) {
+      divide_by_x = true;
+      x_eval = xd + 1.0;
+    }
+
+    double z = x_eval - 1.0;
+    double a = LANCZOS_COEFFS[0];
+    for (int i = 1; i < 9; ++i) {
+      a += LANCZOS_COEFFS[i] / (z + static_cast<double>(i));
+    }
+
+    double t = z + 7.5;
+
+    // ILP Optimization: FMA for the exponent argument
+    double log_t = math::log(t);
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0bVdnt wrote:

Thanks @lntue! I have refactored the implementation to eliminate the heavy library calls. Let me know if everything looks good.

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/208689


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