[libc-commits] [libc] [libc][math] Integer-only, statically rounded implementation of exp (PR #225803)

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Author: Hoàng Minh Thiên (hmthien050209)

<details>
<summary>Changes</summary>

Integer-only, statically rounded implementation of `exp`, using `Frac64` for fast path and `Frac128` for accurate path.

# Accuracy

All smoke and unit tests are passing.

Not tested against CORE-MATH yet.

# Latency

[bench.zip](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/32700260/bench.zip), containing `bench.cc` with compilation instruction.

```sh
===================LIBC_MATH_FAST is OFF====================
==========================baseline==========================
overflow (>710)                6.36 ns/call  (157M ops/sec)
underflow to 0 (<-746)         5.79 ns/call  (173M ops/sec)
normal [-10,10]                3.33 ns/call  (300M ops/sec)
denormals [-740,-735]          4.92 ns/call  (203M ops/sec)
near-uflow [-700,-690]         3.32 ns/call  (301M ops/sec)
======================static_rounding=======================
overflow (>710)                1.59 ns/call  (629M ops/sec)
underflow to 0 (<-746)         1.33 ns/call  (754M ops/sec)
normal [-10,10]                25.52 ns/call  (39M ops/sec)
denormals [-740,-735]          25.48 ns/call  (39M ops/sec)
near-uflow [-700,-690]         25.48 ns/call  (39M ops/sec)
```

```sh
====================LIBC_MATH_FAST is ON====================
==========================baseline==========================
overflow (>710)                1.46 ns/call  (683M ops/sec)
underflow to 0 (<-746)         1.48 ns/call  (677M ops/sec)
normal [-10,10]                2.94 ns/call  (340M ops/sec)
denormals [-740,-735]          3.96 ns/call  (252M ops/sec)
near-uflow [-700,-690]         2.94 ns/call  (340M ops/sec)
======================static_rounding=======================
overflow (>710)                1.87 ns/call  (535M ops/sec)
underflow to 0 (<-746)         1.60 ns/call  (624M ops/sec)
normal [-10,10]                6.78 ns/call  (148M ops/sec)
denormals [-740,-735]          5.23 ns/call  (191M ops/sec)
near-uflow [-700,-690]         5.22 ns/call  (191M ops/sec)
```

Benchmarking system: MacBook Air M3, macOS 27.0.0

---

Patch is 34.08 KiB, truncated to 20.00 KiB below, full version: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/225803.diff


12 Files Affected:

- (added) libc/shared/math/static_rounding/exp.h (+28) 
- (modified) libc/shared/static_rounding_math.h (+1) 
- (modified) libc/src/__support/math/CMakeLists.txt (+22-1) 
- (added) libc/src/__support/math/exp_integer_constants.h (+128) 
- (added) libc/src/__support/math/exp_integer_eval.h (+387) 
- (modified) libc/src/__support/math/expf_integer_eval.h (+5-28) 
- (modified) libc/src/math/generic/exp.cpp (+6-1) 
- (modified) libc/test/UnitTest/FPMatcher.h (+10) 
- (modified) libc/test/src/math/CMakeLists.txt (+15) 
- (added) libc/test/src/math/exp_static_rounding_test.cpp (+138) 
- (modified) libc/test/src/math/smoke/CMakeLists.txt (+13) 
- (added) libc/test/src/math/smoke/exp_static_rounding_test.cpp (+45) 


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diff --git a/libc/shared/math/static_rounding/exp.h b/libc/shared/math/static_rounding/exp.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..1b9ecd94e9532a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libc/shared/math/static_rounding/exp.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// 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
+/// This file contains the shared statically-rounded exp(x) function
+///
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#ifndef LLVM_LIBC_SHARED_MATH_STATIC_ROUNDING_EXP_H
+#define LLVM_LIBC_SHARED_MATH_STATIC_ROUNDING_EXP_H
+
+#include "shared/libc_common.h"
+#include "src/__support/math/exp_integer_eval.h"
+
+namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE_DECL {
+namespace shared {
+
+using math::static_rounding::exp;
+
+} // namespace shared
+} // namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE_DECL
+
+#endif // LLVM_LIBC_SHARED_MATH_STATIC_ROUNDING_EXP_H
diff --git a/libc/shared/static_rounding_math.h b/libc/shared/static_rounding_math.h
index 5488354a9b552d..5f6bb411f7468e 100644
--- a/libc/shared/static_rounding_math.h
+++ b/libc/shared/static_rounding_math.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #define LLVM_LIBC_SHARED_STATIC_ROUNDING_MATH_H
 
 #include "shared/libc_common.h"
+#include "shared/math/static_rounding/exp.h"
 #include "shared/math/static_rounding/expf.h"
 
 #endif // LLVM_LIBC_SHARED_STATIC_ROUNDING_MATH_H
diff --git a/libc/src/__support/math/CMakeLists.txt b/libc/src/__support/math/CMakeLists.txt
index 8d6a1495e1c110..5d3ada1e243b3f 100644
--- a/libc/src/__support/math/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libc/src/__support/math/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3071,6 +3071,14 @@ add_header_library(
     libc.src.__support.macros.config
 )
 
+add_header_library(
+  exp_integer_constants
+  HDRS
+    exp_integer_constants.h
+  DEPENDS
+    libc.src.__support.macros.config
+)
+
 add_header_library(
   exp2f_float_utils
   HDRS
@@ -3137,7 +3145,7 @@ add_header_library(
   HDRS
     expf_integer_eval.h
   DEPENDS
-    .exp_constants
+    .exp_integer_constants
     libc.src.__support.CPP.bit
     libc.src.__support.FPUtil.fp_bits
     libc.src.__support.macros.config
@@ -4199,6 +4207,19 @@ add_header_library(
     libc.src.__support.macros.optimization
 )
 
+add_header_library(
+  exp_integer_eval
+  HDRS
+    exp_integer_eval.h
+  DEPENDS
+    .exp_integer_constants
+    libc.src.__support.CPP.bit
+    libc.src.__support.FPUtil.fp_bits
+    libc.src.__support.macros.config
+    libc.src.__support.macros.optimization
+    libc.src.__support.frac128
+)
+
 add_header_library(
   exp2
   HDRS
diff --git a/libc/src/__support/math/exp_integer_constants.h b/libc/src/__support/math/exp_integer_constants.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..467595026fb4d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libc/src/__support/math/exp_integer_constants.h
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// 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
+/// This file contains the look-up tables for integer-only, statically rounded
+/// exp*(x) functions
+///
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#ifndef LLVM_LIBC_SRC___SUPPORT_MATH_EXP_INTEGER_CONSTANTS_H
+#define LLVM_LIBC_SRC___SUPPORT_MATH_EXP_INTEGER_CONSTANTS_H
+
+#include "src/__support/frac128.h"
+#include "src/__support/macros/attributes.h"
+#include "src/__support/macros/config.h"
+
+namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE_DECL {
+
+namespace shared {
+
+namespace math {
+
+namespace static_rounding {
+
+// print(2+round(1/log(2), 128, RN));
+// LSB(INV_LN2) = 2^-127
+LIBC_INLINE_VAR constexpr Frac128 INV_LN2_F128 =
+    Frac128({0xbe87'fed0'691d'3e89ULL, 0xb8aa'3b29'5c17'f0bbULL});
+
+// 2^x for x from 0 to (0b1111/2^4) = 15/16
+// > for i from 0 to 15 do {
+//   print(1+round(2^(i/16), 128, RN));
+// };
+// LSB(EXP_MID4[i]) = 2^-127
+LIBC_INLINE_VAR constexpr Frac128 EXP_MID[] = {
+    Frac128({0x0000'0000'0000'0000ULL, 0x8000'0000'0000'0000ULL}),
+    Frac128({0xc5c9'5b8c'2154'c1b2ULL, 0x85aa'c367'cc48'7b14ULL}),
+    Frac128({0xfbe4'6287'58a5'3c90ULL, 0x8b95'c1e3'ea8b'd6e6ULL}),
+    Frac128({0x0fd6'd8e0'ae5a'c9d8ULL, 0x91c3'd373'ab11'c336ULL}),
+    Frac128({0x46ad'2318'2e42'f6f6ULL, 0x9837'f051'8db8'a96fULL}),
+    Frac128({0xa091'1f09'ebb9'fdd1ULL, 0x9ef5'3260'91a1'11adULL}),
+    Frac128({0x1cbd'7f62'1710'701bULL, 0xa5fe'd6a9'b151'38eaULL}),
+    Frac128({0x4980'a8c8'f59a'2ec4ULL, 0xad58'3eea'42a1'4ac6ULL}),
+    Frac128({0x597d'89b3'754a'be9fULL, 0xb504'f333'f9de'6484ULL}),
+    Frac128({0xa881'1fb6'6d0f'af7aULL, 0xbd08'a39f'580c'36beULL}),
+    Frac128({0x3e2a'd0c9'64dd'9f37ULL, 0xc567'2a11'5506'daddULL}),
+    Frac128({0xe235'838f'95f2'c6edULL, 0xce24'8c15'1f84'80e3ULL}),
+    Frac128({0x39a6'8bb9'902d'3fdeULL, 0xd744'fcca'd69d'6af4ULL}),
+    Frac128({0x0658'9504'8dd3'33caULL, 0xe0cc'deec'2a94'e111ULL}),
+    Frac128({0xd02d'75b3'706e'54fbULL, 0xeac0'c6e7'dd24'392eULL}),
+    Frac128({0x7b9d'0c7a'ed98'0fc3ULL, 0xf525'7d15'2486'cc2cULL}),
+};
+
+// 128-bit polynomial approximation of 2^x coefficients generated with Sollya:
+// > P = fpminimax(2^x, 12, [|1, 128...|], [0, 1/16], absolute, fixed);
+// Store the fractional part of the coefficients below
+// > dirtyinfnorm(2^x - P(x), [0, 1/16]);
+// 0x1.b328...p-117
+// LSB(EXPF_COEFFS[i]) = 2^-128
+LIBC_INLINE_VAR constexpr Frac128 EXP_COEFFS[] = {
+    // degree-0 = 1, add back afterwards to reduce calc ops
+    Frac128({0xc9e3'b398'033f'0902ULL, 0xb172'17f7'd1cf'79abULL}),
+    Frac128({0xde2d'60e0'866c'6365ULL, 0x3d7f'7bff'058b'1d50ULL}),
+    Frac128({0x99d3'ad04'd47d'0efeULL, 0x0e35'846b'8250'5fc5ULL}),
+    Frac128({0x399a'b423'1644'1b55ULL, 0x0276'556d'f749'cee5ULL}),
+    Frac128({0x405f'ebef'0f76'011aULL, 0x0057'61ff'9e29'9cc4ULL}),
+    Frac128({0x1ac4'9999'c0ef'b9abULL, 0x000a'1848'97c3'63c4ULL}),
+    Frac128({0xe6f8'52f9'914f'2d9aULL, 0x0000'ffe5'fe2c'4573ULL}),
+    Frac128({0x6056'28a6'5061'b43fULL, 0x0000'162c'0223'a816ULL}),
+    Frac128({0x6b99'3efe'2193'e54cULL, 0x0000'01b5'253d'0671ULL}),
+    Frac128({0x9c76'f49c'ed65'743aULL, 0x0000'001e'4cf8'0b70ULL}),
+    Frac128({0x1ac1'3330'6c4e'3d33ULL, 0x0000'0001'e8ae'6938ULL}),
+    Frac128({0x219f'9904'1f29'5f13ULL, 0x0000'0000'1cd9'af73ULL}),
+};
+
+// 64-bit polynomial approximation of 2^x coefficients generated with Sollya:
+// > P = fpminimax(2^x, 6, [|1, 64...|], [0, 1/16], absolute, fixed);
+// Store the fractional part of the coefficients below
+// > dirtyinfnorm(2^x - P(x), [0, 1/16]);
+// 0x1.2ac9...p-57
+// This is different from EXPF_COEFFS: EXPF_COEFFS is for approximating for x in
+// range of [0, 1]
+// LSB(EXP_COEFFS[i]) = 2^-64
+LIBC_INLINE_VAR constexpr Frac64 EXP_64_COEFFS[] = {
+    // degree-0 = 1, add back afterwards to reduce calc ops
+    Frac64(0xb172'17f7'd1cd'3e3cULL), Frac64(0x3d7f'7bff'0838'4d4aULL),
+    Frac64(0x0e35'846a'6f46'd462ULL), Frac64(0x0276'55a0'd536'1dd9ULL),
+    Frac64(0x0057'5d3d'4b45'0056ULL), Frac64(0x000a'504b'13fe'e008ULL),
+};
+
+// print(2+round(1/log(2), 64, RN));
+// LSB(INV_LN2) = 2^-63
+LIBC_INLINE_VAR constexpr Frac64 INV_LN2_F64 = Frac64(0xb8aa'3b29'5c17'f0bc);
+
+// 64-bit polynomial approximation of 2^x coefficients generated with Sollya:
+// > P = fpminimax(2^x, 11, [|1, 64...|], [0, 1], absolute, fixed);
+// Store the fractional part of the coefficients below
+// > dirtyinfnorm(2^x - P(x), [0, 1]);
+// 0x1.6238...p-58
+// LSB(EXPF_COEFFS[i]) = 2^-64
+LIBC_INLINE_VAR constexpr Frac64 EXPF_COEFFS[] = {
+    Frac64(0xb172'17f7'd1cf'b7cf), // x
+    Frac64(0x3d7f'7bff'057d'4a5e), // x^2
+    Frac64(0x0e35'846b'8363'9484), // x^3
+    Frac64(0x0276'556d'ec97'dcd4), // x^4
+    Frac64(0x0057'61ff'dc04'c7ff), // x^5
+    Frac64(0x000a'1847'b6e7'92ec), // x^6
+    Frac64(0x0000'ffe8'14e5'7033), // x^7
+    Frac64(0x0000'1628'b6e9'70c8), // x^8
+    Frac64(0x0000'01b8'8ce7'4088), // x^9
+    Frac64(0x0000'001c'18d5'cb29), // x^10
+    Frac64(0x0000'0002'b43f'4490), // x^11
+};
+
+} // namespace static_rounding
+
+} // namespace math
+
+} // namespace shared
+
+} // namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE_DECL
+
+#endif // LLVM_LIBC_SRC___SUPPORT_MATH_EXP_INTEGER_CONSTANTS_H
diff --git a/libc/src/__support/math/exp_integer_eval.h b/libc/src/__support/math/exp_integer_eval.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..002e4886cd18f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libc/src/__support/math/exp_integer_eval.h
@@ -0,0 +1,387 @@
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// 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
+/// This file contains the statically rounded, integer-only implementation of
+/// exp(x)
+///
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#ifndef LLVM_LIBC_SRC___SUPPORT_MATH_EXP_INTEGER_EVAL_H
+#define LLVM_LIBC_SRC___SUPPORT_MATH_EXP_INTEGER_EVAL_H
+
+#include "exp_integer_constants.h" // LUTs
+#include "hdr/fenv_macros.h"
+#include "src/__support/CPP/bit.h"
+#include "src/__support/CPP/type_traits/enable_if.h"
+#include "src/__support/CPP/type_traits/is_same.h"
+#include "src/__support/FPUtil/FPBits.h"
+#include "src/__support/FPUtil/PolyEval.h"
+#include "src/__support/FPUtil/multiply_add.h"
+#include "src/__support/frac128.h"
+#include "src/__support/macros/attributes.h"
+#include "src/__support/macros/config.h"
+#include "src/__support/macros/optimization.h"
+
+namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE_DECL {
+
+namespace shared {
+
+namespace math {
+
+namespace static_rounding {
+
+// Round the fractional result and combine it with its exponent.
+template <typename TFrac, typename TUInt,
+          cpp::enable_if_t<cpp::is_same<TFrac, Frac64>::value ||
+                               cpp::is_same<TFrac, Frac128>::value,
+                           int> = 0>
+LIBC_INLINE double exp_handle_rounding(TFrac result_frac, bool is_neg, int d,
+                                       TUInt e_y,
+                                       [[maybe_unused]] int rounding) {
+  constexpr bool IS_FAST_PATH = cpp::is_same<TFrac, Frac64>::value;
+
+  uint32_t shift_length = 11;
+  uint64_t leading_one = 0;
+
+  // subnormal
+  if (LIBC_UNLIKELY(is_neg && d >= 0)) {
+    e_y = 0;
+    leading_one = uint64_t(1) << (52 - d);
+
+    // Truncate the last 2 bits to avoid undefined behavior when shifting by 64
+    // bits
+    if (d >= 51) {
+      d -= 2;
+      if constexpr (IS_FAST_PATH)
+        result_frac.val[0] >>= 2;
+      else
+        result_frac.val[1] >>= 2;
+    }
+
+    shift_length += d + 1;
+  }
+
+  // Get the bits, discarding the leading bit
+  auto frac_bits = [&]() -> uint64_t {
+    if constexpr (IS_FAST_PATH)
+      return result_frac.val[0] << 1;
+    else
+      return (result_frac.val[1] << 1) | (result_frac.val[0] >> 63);
+  };
+
+#ifdef LIBC_MATH_HAS_ASSUME_ROUND_NEAREST_ONLY
+  TUInt result =
+      (static_cast<TUInt>(frac_bits() >> shift_length) + (leading_one + 1));
+  result >>= 1;
+  result += static_cast<TUInt>(e_y) << 32;
+
+  return cpp::bit_cast<double>(result);
+#else  // !LIBC_MATH_HAS_ASSUME_ROUND_NEAREST_ONLY
+  if (rounding == FE_TONEAREST) {
+    TUInt result =
+        (static_cast<TUInt>(frac_bits() >> shift_length) + (leading_one + 1));
+    result >>= 1;
+    result += static_cast<TUInt>(e_y) << 32;
+
+    return cpp::bit_cast<double>(result);
+  }
+
+  TUInt should_round_up = 0;
+
+  if (LIBC_UNLIKELY(rounding == FE_UPWARD)) {
+    uint64_t round_up_mask = (uint64_t(1) << (shift_length + 1)) - 1;
+    bool has_remainder = (frac_bits() & round_up_mask) != 0;
+    if constexpr (!IS_FAST_PATH) {
+      has_remainder = has_remainder || (result_frac.val[0] != 0);
+    }
+    should_round_up = static_cast<TUInt>(has_remainder);
+  }
+
+  TUInt result = (static_cast<TUInt>(frac_bits() >> (shift_length + 1)) +
+                  should_round_up + (leading_one >> 1));
+  result += static_cast<TUInt>(e_y) << 32;
+
+  return cpp::bit_cast<double>(result);
+#endif // LIBC_MATH_HAS_ASSUME_ROUND_NEAREST_ONLY
+}
+
+LIBC_INLINE double exp_accurate_path(uint64_t x_s_shifted, int x_e_unbiased,
+                                     bool is_neg, int rounding) {
+  using FPBits = typename fputil::FPBits<double>;
+
+  // Recalculate everything in 128-bit precision, with the same idea as the
+  // 64-bit path.
+
+  Frac128 x_s_frac({0, x_s_shifted});
+  Frac128 x_ln2 = x_s_frac * INV_LN2_F128;
+
+  uint64_t k = 0;
+  Frac128 l2y_r;
+  if (x_e_unbiased >= -1) {
+    int shift = 62 - x_e_unbiased;
+    k = (x_ln2 >> (64 + shift)).val[0];
+    l2y_r = x_ln2 << (64 - shift);
+  } else {
+    int shift = -x_e_unbiased - 2;
+    l2y_r = (shift < 128) ? (x_ln2 >> shift) : Frac128{};
+  }
+
+  if (LIBC_UNLIKELY(is_neg)) {
+    if (l2y_r.val[0] != 0 || l2y_r.val[1] != 0) {
+      ++k;
+      l2y_r = ~l2y_r + Frac128(1);
+    }
+  }
+
+  uint64_t e_y;
+  if (is_neg)
+    e_y = (FPBits::EXP_BIAS << 20) - static_cast<uint32_t>(k << 20);
+  else
+    e_y = (FPBits::EXP_BIAS << 20) + static_cast<uint32_t>(k << 20);
+
+  int d = static_cast<int>(k) - FPBits::EXP_BIAS;
+
+  if (LIBC_UNLIKELY(is_neg && d >= 53))
+    return 0.0;
+
+  uint16_t x_mid = static_cast<uint16_t>((l2y_r.val[1] >> 60) & 0xf);
+
+  Frac128 x_lo_frac = l2y_r;
+  x_lo_frac.val[1] &= 0x0fff'ffff'ffff'ffffULL;
+
+  Frac128 p =
+      x_lo_frac * fputil::polyeval(x_lo_frac, EXP_COEFFS[0], EXP_COEFFS[1],
+                                   EXP_COEFFS[2], EXP_COEFFS[3], EXP_COEFFS[4],
+                                   EXP_COEFFS[5], EXP_COEFFS[6], EXP_COEFFS[7],
+                                   EXP_COEFFS[8], EXP_COEFFS[9], EXP_COEFFS[10],
+                                   EXP_COEFFS[11]);
+
+  Frac128 mid_val = EXP_MID[x_mid];
+  Frac128 result = fputil::multiply_add(mid_val, p, mid_val);
+
+  return exp_handle_rounding(result, is_neg, d, e_y, rounding);
+}
+
+LIBC_INLINE double exp(double x, [[maybe_unused]] int rounding) {
+  using FPBits = typename fputil::FPBits<double>;
+  FPBits xbits(x);
+
+  bool is_neg = xbits.is_neg();
+  uint64_t x_val = xbits.uintval();
+  uint64_t x_val_abs = xbits.abs().uintval();
+
+  // x < log(2^-1075) or x >= 0x1.6232bdd7abcd3p+9 or |x| < 2^-53.
+  if (LIBC_UNLIKELY(x_val >= 0xc087'4910'd52d'3052ULL ||
+                    (x_val < 0xbca0'0000'0000'0000ULL &&
+                     x_val >= 0x4086'2e42'fefa'39f0ULL) ||
+                    x_val < 0x3ca0'0000'0000'0000ULL)) {
+    // |x| <= 2^-53
+    if (x_val_abs <= 0x3ca0'0000'0000'0000ULL) {
+      // exp(x) ~ 1 + x
+      return 1 + x;
+    }
+
+    // x <= log(2^-1075) || x >= 0x1.6232bdd7abcd3p+9 or inf/nan.
+
+    // x <= log(2^-1075) or -inf/nan
+    if (x_val >= 0xc087'4910'd52d'3052ULL) {
+      // exp(-Inf) = 0
+      if (xbits.is_inf())
+        return 0.0;
+
+      // exp(nan) = nan
+      if (xbits.is_nan())
+        return x;
+
+#ifndef LIBC_MATH_HAS_ASSUME_ROUND_NEAREST_ONLY
+      if (rounding == FE_UPWARD)
+        return FPBits::min_subnormal().get_val();
+#endif
+      return 0.0;
+    }
+
+    // x >= round(log(MAX_NORMAL), D, RU) = 0x1.62e42fefa39fp+9 or +inf/nan
+    // x is finite
+    if (x_val < 0x7ff0'0000'0000'0000ULL) {
+#ifndef LIBC_MATH_HAS_ASSUME_ROUND_NEAREST_ONLY
+      if (rounding == FE_DOWNWARD || rounding == FE_TOWARDZERO)
+        return FPBits::max_normal().get_val();
+#endif
+    }
+    // x is +inf or nan
+    return x + FPBits::inf().get_val();
+  }
+
+  // Main calculations
+
+  uint16_t x_e = xbits.get_biased_exponent();
+  uint64_t x_s = xbits.get_mantissa();
+
+  // The idea of the algorithm below is that:
+  // For x = 2^(hi + mid + low), with:
+  //  - hi is an integer
+  //  - mid * 2^4 is an integer
+  //  - lo is the remainder bits
+  // Then:
+  //  exp(x) = 2^hi * 2^mid * 2^lo
+  // With this formula:
+  //  - Multiplying by 2^hi is exact and cheap, via adding into the exponent
+  //  field
+  //  - 2^mid can be calculated via the LUT declared above
+  //  - 2^lo ~ 1 + lo + a0 * lo^2 + ...
+  // Then we can construct exp(x) pretty easily, as hi, mid, lo bits can be
+  // separate and be used independently, then we only need to reconstruct in the
+  // final steps, which makes our life easier.
+
+  // Range reduction
+
+  // binary64 recall:
+  // 1 sign bit
+  // 11 exp bits
+  // 52 sig bits
+
+  uint64_t x_s_shifted = (x_s << 11) | (uint64_t(1) << 63);
+  // LSB(x_s_frac) = 2^-52
+  Frac64 x_s_frac(x_s_shifted);
+
+  Frac64 x_ln2 = x_s_frac * INV_LN2_F64;
+  uint64_t x_ln2_bits = x_ln2.val[0];
+
+  uint64_t k = 0;
+  uint64_t frac_bits = 0;
+  int shift = 0;
+
+  int x_e_unbiased = static_cast<int>(x_e) - FPBits::EXP_BIAS;
+  if (x_e_unbiased >= -1) {
+    shift = 62 - x_e_unbiased;
+    k = x_ln2_bits >> shift;
+    frac_bits = x_ln2_bits << (64 - shift);
+  } else {
+    k = 0;
+    shift = -x_e_unbiased - 2;
+    frac_bits = (shift < 64) ? (x_ln2_bits >> shift) : 0;
+  }
+
+  // As Frac64/Frac128 can't store the sign, we need to handle the sign
+  // separately:
+  // - Both branches are computing floor(x * log2(e)).
+  // - For negative x, we round up to the next multiple of 2^52, then clear
+  // the last 52 bits.
+  // - For positive x, we round down (just clear) the last 52 bits.
+  //
+  // Then, l2y_r_hi is the remainder of x * log2(e) after removing the
+  // integer part, which is used to look up EXP_MID and compute 2^lo.
+  //
+  // e_y is the biased exponent field, positioned for the final bit assembly.
+  uint64_t l2y_r_hi;
+  uint64_t e_y;
+
+  if (LIBC_UNLIKELY(is_neg)) {
+    if (frac_bits != 0) {
+      k = k + 1;
+      l2y_r_hi = ~frac_bits + 1; // 1 - r
+    } else {
+      l2y_r_hi = 0;
+    }
+    e_y = (FPBits::EXP_BIAS << 20) - static_cast<uint32_t>(k << 20);
+  } else {
+    l2y_r_hi = frac_bits;
+    e_y = (FPBits::EXP_BIAS << 20) + static_cast<uint32_t>(k << 20);
+  }
+
+  int d = static_cast<int>(k) - FPBits::EXP_BIAS;
+
+  // d >= 53 --> k >= 1076
+  // --> guaranteed to be below 2^-1074
+  //
+  // underflow
+  if (LIBC_UNLIKELY(is_neg && d >= 53)) {
+    return 0.0;
+  }
+
+  // Extract the top 4 fractional bits for the LUT index.
+  uint16_t x_mid = static_cast<uint16_t>((l2y_r_hi >> 60) & 0xf);
+
+  // The remaining 60 bits are the polynomial input.
+  uint64_t x_lo = l2y_r_hi & ((uint64_t(1) << 60) - 1);
+
+  // Fast path: 64-bit calculations first
+
+  // Don't << 4, as the polynomial approximation is correct in range [0, 1/16],
+  // and x_lo is already in that range.
+  // LSB(x_lo_frac) = 2^-64
+  Frac64 x_lo_frac(x_lo);
+
+  Frac64 p = x_lo_frac * fputil::polyeval(x_lo_frac, EXP_64_COEFFS[0],
+                                          EXP_64_COEFFS[1], EXP_64_COEFFS[2],
+                                          EXP_64_COEFFS[3], EXP_64_COEFFS[4],
+                                          EXP_64_COEFFS[5]);
+
+  // With:
+  //  - p = 2^lo - 1 --> 2^lo = p + 1
+  //  - mid_val = 2^mid = EXP_MID[x_mid]
+  // We have:
+  //  2^mid * 2^lo = mid_val * (p + 1)
+  // The same applies for both of the 64-bit and 128-bit paths
+  // (Workaround because we're dealing with fractional representation of things)
+  Frac64 mid_val = EXP_MID[x_mid].to_frac64();
+  Frac64 result = fputil::multiply_add(mid_val, p, mid_val);
+
+  uint64_t result_bits = result.val[0] << 1;
+
+#ifdef LIBC_MATH_HAS_SKIP_ACCURATE_PASS
+  return exp_handle_rounding(result, is_neg, d, e_y, rounding);
+#endif // LIBC_MATH_HAS_SKIP_ACCURATE_PASS
+
+  // Rounding test
+  constexpr uint32_t LAST_BITS = 12;
+  constexpr uint32_t ROUNDING_ERROR = 0x800;
+  uint32_t result_last_bits =
+      static_cast<uint32_t>(result_bits & ((1u << LAST_BITS) - 1));
+  bool is_hard;
+  if (rounding == FE_TONEAREST) {
+    uint32_t rounded_lo =
+        (result_last_bits + (1u << (LAST_BITS - 1)) - ROUNDING_ERROR) >>
+        LAST_BITS;
+    uint32_t rounded_hi =
+        (result_last_bits + (1u <<...
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