[llvm] specify NaN behavior more precisely (PR #66579)
Joshua Cranmer via llvm-commits
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Mon Sep 18 08:52:41 PDT 2023
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@@ -3394,17 +3394,41 @@ Floating-Point Environment
The default LLVM floating-point environment assumes that traps are disabled and
status flags are not observable. Therefore, floating-point math operations do
not have side effects and may be speculated freely. Results assume the
-round-to-nearest rounding mode.
+round-to-nearest rounding mode, and subnormals are assumed to be preserved.
+Running default LLVM code in an environment where these assumptions are not met
+can lead to undefined behavior.
+
+The representation bits of a floating-point value do not mutate arbitrarily; if
+there is no floating-point operation being performed, the NaN payload (if any)
+is preserved.
+
+When a floating-point math operation produces a NaN value, the result has a
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jcranmer-intel wrote:
I would prepend "Unless otherwise specified here", and add notes to `fneg`, `llvm.fabs`, and `llvm.copysign` that they are guaranteed to not affect the NaN payload or qNaN/sNaN status.
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/66579
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