1 /* Floating point routines for GDB, the GNU debugger.
3 Copyright 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995,
4 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 Free Software Foundation,
7 This file is part of GDB.
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22 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
24 /* Support for converting target fp numbers into host DOUBLEST format. */
26 /* XXX - This code should really be in libiberty/floatformat.c,
27 however configuration issues with libiberty made this very
28 difficult to do in the available time. */
32 #include "floatformat.h"
33 #include "gdb_assert.h"
34 #include "gdb_string.h"
36 #include <math.h> /* ldexp */
38 /* The odds that CHAR_BIT will be anything but 8 are low enough that I'm not
39 going to bother with trying to muck around with whether it is defined in
40 a system header, what we do if not, etc. */
41 #define FLOATFORMAT_CHAR_BIT 8
43 static unsigned long get_field (unsigned char *,
44 enum floatformat_byteorders,
45 unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned int);
47 /* Extract a field which starts at START and is LEN bytes long. DATA and
48 TOTAL_LEN are the thing we are extracting it from, in byteorder ORDER. */
50 get_field (unsigned char *data, enum floatformat_byteorders order,
51 unsigned int total_len, unsigned int start, unsigned int len)
54 unsigned int cur_byte;
57 /* Start at the least significant part of the field. */
58 if (order == floatformat_little || order == floatformat_littlebyte_bigword)
60 /* We start counting from the other end (i.e, from the high bytes
61 rather than the low bytes). As such, we need to be concerned
62 with what happens if bit 0 doesn't start on a byte boundary.
63 I.e, we need to properly handle the case where total_len is
64 not evenly divisible by 8. So we compute ``excess'' which
65 represents the number of bits from the end of our starting
66 byte needed to get to bit 0. */
67 int excess = FLOATFORMAT_CHAR_BIT - (total_len % FLOATFORMAT_CHAR_BIT);
68 cur_byte = (total_len / FLOATFORMAT_CHAR_BIT)
69 - ((start + len + excess) / FLOATFORMAT_CHAR_BIT);
70 cur_bitshift = ((start + len + excess) % FLOATFORMAT_CHAR_BIT)
71 - FLOATFORMAT_CHAR_BIT;
75 cur_byte = (start + len) / FLOATFORMAT_CHAR_BIT;
77 ((start + len) % FLOATFORMAT_CHAR_BIT) - FLOATFORMAT_CHAR_BIT;
79 if (cur_bitshift > -FLOATFORMAT_CHAR_BIT)
80 result = *(data + cur_byte) >> (-cur_bitshift);
83 cur_bitshift += FLOATFORMAT_CHAR_BIT;
84 if (order == floatformat_little || order == floatformat_littlebyte_bigword)
89 /* Move towards the most significant part of the field. */
90 while (cur_bitshift < len)
92 result |= (unsigned long)*(data + cur_byte) << cur_bitshift;
93 cur_bitshift += FLOATFORMAT_CHAR_BIT;
94 if (order == floatformat_little || order == floatformat_littlebyte_bigword)
99 if (len < sizeof(result) * FLOATFORMAT_CHAR_BIT)
100 /* Mask out bits which are not part of the field */
101 result &= ((1UL << len) - 1);
105 /* Convert from FMT to a DOUBLEST.
106 FROM is the address of the extended float.
107 Store the DOUBLEST in *TO. */
110 convert_floatformat_to_doublest (const struct floatformat *fmt,
114 unsigned char *ufrom = (unsigned char *) from;
118 unsigned int mant_bits, mant_off;
120 int special_exponent; /* It's a NaN, denorm or zero */
122 /* If the mantissa bits are not contiguous from one end of the
123 mantissa to the other, we need to make a private copy of the
124 source bytes that is in the right order since the unpacking
125 algorithm assumes that the bits are contiguous.
127 Swap the bytes individually rather than accessing them through
128 "long *" since we have no guarantee that they start on a long
129 alignment, and also sizeof(long) for the host could be different
130 than sizeof(long) for the target. FIXME: Assumes sizeof(long)
131 for the target is 4. */
133 if (fmt->byteorder == floatformat_littlebyte_bigword)
135 static unsigned char *newfrom;
136 unsigned char *swapin, *swapout;
139 longswaps = fmt->totalsize / FLOATFORMAT_CHAR_BIT;
144 newfrom = (unsigned char *) xmalloc (fmt->totalsize);
149 while (longswaps-- > 0)
151 /* This is ugly, but efficient */
152 *swapout++ = swapin[4];
153 *swapout++ = swapin[5];
154 *swapout++ = swapin[6];
155 *swapout++ = swapin[7];
156 *swapout++ = swapin[0];
157 *swapout++ = swapin[1];
158 *swapout++ = swapin[2];
159 *swapout++ = swapin[3];
164 exponent = get_field (ufrom, fmt->byteorder, fmt->totalsize,
165 fmt->exp_start, fmt->exp_len);
166 /* Note that if exponent indicates a NaN, we can't really do anything useful
167 (not knowing if the host has NaN's, or how to build one). So it will
168 end up as an infinity or something close; that is OK. */
170 mant_bits_left = fmt->man_len;
171 mant_off = fmt->man_start;
174 special_exponent = exponent == 0 || exponent == fmt->exp_nan;
176 /* Don't bias NaNs. Use minimum exponent for denorms. For simplicity,
177 we don't check for zero as the exponent doesn't matter. Note the cast
178 to int; exp_bias is unsigned, so it's important to make sure the
179 operation is done in signed arithmetic. */
180 if (!special_exponent)
181 exponent -= fmt->exp_bias;
182 else if (exponent == 0)
183 exponent = 1 - fmt->exp_bias;
185 /* Build the result algebraically. Might go infinite, underflow, etc;
188 /* If this format uses a hidden bit, explicitly add it in now. Otherwise,
189 increment the exponent by one to account for the integer bit. */
191 if (!special_exponent)
193 if (fmt->intbit == floatformat_intbit_no)
194 dto = ldexp (1.0, exponent);
199 while (mant_bits_left > 0)
201 mant_bits = min (mant_bits_left, 32);
203 mant = get_field (ufrom, fmt->byteorder, fmt->totalsize,
204 mant_off, mant_bits);
206 dto += ldexp ((double) mant, exponent - mant_bits);
207 exponent -= mant_bits;
208 mant_off += mant_bits;
209 mant_bits_left -= mant_bits;
212 /* Negate it if negative. */
213 if (get_field (ufrom, fmt->byteorder, fmt->totalsize, fmt->sign_start, 1))
218 static void put_field (unsigned char *, enum floatformat_byteorders,
220 unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned long);
222 /* Set a field which starts at START and is LEN bytes long. DATA and
223 TOTAL_LEN are the thing we are extracting it from, in byteorder ORDER. */
225 put_field (unsigned char *data, enum floatformat_byteorders order,
226 unsigned int total_len, unsigned int start, unsigned int len,
227 unsigned long stuff_to_put)
229 unsigned int cur_byte;
232 /* Start at the least significant part of the field. */
233 if (order == floatformat_little || order == floatformat_littlebyte_bigword)
235 int excess = FLOATFORMAT_CHAR_BIT - (total_len % FLOATFORMAT_CHAR_BIT);
236 cur_byte = (total_len / FLOATFORMAT_CHAR_BIT)
237 - ((start + len + excess) / FLOATFORMAT_CHAR_BIT);
238 cur_bitshift = ((start + len + excess) % FLOATFORMAT_CHAR_BIT)
239 - FLOATFORMAT_CHAR_BIT;
243 cur_byte = (start + len) / FLOATFORMAT_CHAR_BIT;
245 ((start + len) % FLOATFORMAT_CHAR_BIT) - FLOATFORMAT_CHAR_BIT;
247 if (cur_bitshift > -FLOATFORMAT_CHAR_BIT)
249 *(data + cur_byte) &=
250 ~(((1 << ((start + len) % FLOATFORMAT_CHAR_BIT)) - 1)
252 *(data + cur_byte) |=
253 (stuff_to_put & ((1 << FLOATFORMAT_CHAR_BIT) - 1)) << (-cur_bitshift);
255 cur_bitshift += FLOATFORMAT_CHAR_BIT;
256 if (order == floatformat_little || order == floatformat_littlebyte_bigword)
261 /* Move towards the most significant part of the field. */
262 while (cur_bitshift < len)
264 if (len - cur_bitshift < FLOATFORMAT_CHAR_BIT)
266 /* This is the last byte. */
267 *(data + cur_byte) &=
268 ~((1 << (len - cur_bitshift)) - 1);
269 *(data + cur_byte) |= (stuff_to_put >> cur_bitshift);
272 *(data + cur_byte) = ((stuff_to_put >> cur_bitshift)
273 & ((1 << FLOATFORMAT_CHAR_BIT) - 1));
274 cur_bitshift += FLOATFORMAT_CHAR_BIT;
275 if (order == floatformat_little || order == floatformat_littlebyte_bigword)
282 #ifdef HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE
283 /* Return the fractional part of VALUE, and put the exponent of VALUE in *EPTR.
284 The range of the returned value is >= 0.5 and < 1.0. This is equivalent to
285 frexp, but operates on the long double data type. */
287 static long double ldfrexp (long double value, int *eptr);
290 ldfrexp (long double value, int *eptr)
295 /* Unfortunately, there are no portable functions for extracting the exponent
296 of a long double, so we have to do it iteratively by multiplying or dividing
297 by two until the fraction is between 0.5 and 1.0. */
305 if (value >= tmp) /* Value >= 1.0 */
311 else if (value != 0.0l) /* Value < 1.0 and > 0.0 */
325 #endif /* HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE */
328 /* The converse: convert the DOUBLEST *FROM to an extended float
329 and store where TO points. Neither FROM nor TO have any alignment
333 convert_doublest_to_floatformat (CONST struct floatformat *fmt,
334 const DOUBLEST *from,
340 unsigned int mant_bits, mant_off;
342 unsigned char *uto = (unsigned char *) to;
344 memcpy (&dfrom, from, sizeof (dfrom));
345 memset (uto, 0, (fmt->totalsize + FLOATFORMAT_CHAR_BIT - 1)
346 / FLOATFORMAT_CHAR_BIT);
348 return; /* Result is zero */
349 if (dfrom != dfrom) /* Result is NaN */
352 put_field (uto, fmt->byteorder, fmt->totalsize, fmt->exp_start,
353 fmt->exp_len, fmt->exp_nan);
354 /* Be sure it's not infinity, but NaN value is irrel */
355 put_field (uto, fmt->byteorder, fmt->totalsize, fmt->man_start,
360 /* If negative, set the sign bit. */
363 put_field (uto, fmt->byteorder, fmt->totalsize, fmt->sign_start, 1, 1);
367 if (dfrom + dfrom == dfrom && dfrom != 0.0) /* Result is Infinity */
369 /* Infinity exponent is same as NaN's. */
370 put_field (uto, fmt->byteorder, fmt->totalsize, fmt->exp_start,
371 fmt->exp_len, fmt->exp_nan);
372 /* Infinity mantissa is all zeroes. */
373 put_field (uto, fmt->byteorder, fmt->totalsize, fmt->man_start,
378 #ifdef HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE
379 mant = ldfrexp (dfrom, &exponent);
381 mant = frexp (dfrom, &exponent);
384 put_field (uto, fmt->byteorder, fmt->totalsize, fmt->exp_start, fmt->exp_len,
385 exponent + fmt->exp_bias - 1);
387 mant_bits_left = fmt->man_len;
388 mant_off = fmt->man_start;
389 while (mant_bits_left > 0)
391 unsigned long mant_long;
392 mant_bits = mant_bits_left < 32 ? mant_bits_left : 32;
394 mant *= 4294967296.0;
395 mant_long = ((unsigned long) mant) & 0xffffffffL;
398 /* If the integer bit is implicit, then we need to discard it.
399 If we are discarding a zero, we should be (but are not) creating
400 a denormalized number which means adjusting the exponent
402 if (mant_bits_left == fmt->man_len
403 && fmt->intbit == floatformat_intbit_no)
406 mant_long &= 0xffffffffL;
407 /* If we are processing the top 32 mantissa bits of a doublest
408 so as to convert to a float value with implied integer bit,
409 we will only be putting 31 of those 32 bits into the
410 final value due to the discarding of the top bit. In the
411 case of a small float value where the number of mantissa
412 bits is less than 32, discarding the top bit does not alter
413 the number of bits we will be adding to the result. */
420 /* The bits we want are in the most significant MANT_BITS bits of
421 mant_long. Move them to the least significant. */
422 mant_long >>= 32 - mant_bits;
425 put_field (uto, fmt->byteorder, fmt->totalsize,
426 mant_off, mant_bits, mant_long);
427 mant_off += mant_bits;
428 mant_bits_left -= mant_bits;
430 if (fmt->byteorder == floatformat_littlebyte_bigword)
433 unsigned char *swaplow = uto;
434 unsigned char *swaphigh = uto + 4;
437 for (count = 0; count < 4; count++)
440 *swaplow++ = *swaphigh;
446 /* Check if VAL (which is assumed to be a floating point number whose
447 format is described by FMT) is negative. */
450 floatformat_is_negative (const struct floatformat *fmt, char *val)
452 unsigned char *uval = (unsigned char *) val;
453 gdb_assert (fmt != NULL);
454 return get_field (uval, fmt->byteorder, fmt->totalsize, fmt->sign_start, 1);
457 /* Check if VAL is "not a number" (NaN) for FMT. */
460 floatformat_is_nan (const struct floatformat *fmt, char *val)
462 unsigned char *uval = (unsigned char *) val;
465 unsigned int mant_bits, mant_off;
468 gdb_assert (fmt != NULL);
473 exponent = get_field (uval, fmt->byteorder, fmt->totalsize,
474 fmt->exp_start, fmt->exp_len);
476 if (exponent != fmt->exp_nan)
479 mant_bits_left = fmt->man_len;
480 mant_off = fmt->man_start;
482 while (mant_bits_left > 0)
484 mant_bits = min (mant_bits_left, 32);
486 mant = get_field (uval, fmt->byteorder, fmt->totalsize,
487 mant_off, mant_bits);
489 /* If there is an explicit integer bit, mask it off. */
490 if (mant_off == fmt->man_start
491 && fmt->intbit == floatformat_intbit_yes)
492 mant &= ~(1 << (mant_bits - 1));
497 mant_off += mant_bits;
498 mant_bits_left -= mant_bits;
504 /* Convert the mantissa of VAL (which is assumed to be a floating
505 point number whose format is described by FMT) into a hexadecimal
506 and store it in a static string. Return a pointer to that string. */
509 floatformat_mantissa (const struct floatformat *fmt, char *val)
511 unsigned char *uval = (unsigned char *) val;
513 unsigned int mant_bits, mant_off;
518 /* Make sure we have enough room to store the mantissa. */
519 gdb_assert (fmt != NULL);
520 gdb_assert (sizeof res > ((fmt->man_len + 7) / 8) * 2);
522 mant_off = fmt->man_start;
523 mant_bits_left = fmt->man_len;
524 mant_bits = (mant_bits_left % 32) > 0 ? mant_bits_left % 32 : 32;
526 mant = get_field (uval, fmt->byteorder, fmt->totalsize,
527 mant_off, mant_bits);
529 sprintf (res, "%lx", mant);
531 mant_off += mant_bits;
532 mant_bits_left -= mant_bits;
534 while (mant_bits_left > 0)
536 mant = get_field (uval, fmt->byteorder, fmt->totalsize,
539 sprintf (buf, "%08lx", mant);
543 mant_bits_left -= 32;
550 /* Convert TO/FROM target to the hosts DOUBLEST floating-point format.
552 If the host and target formats agree, we just copy the raw data
553 into the appropriate type of variable and return, letting the host
554 increase precision as necessary. Otherwise, we call the conversion
555 routine and let it do the dirty work. */
557 #ifndef HOST_FLOAT_FORMAT
558 #define HOST_FLOAT_FORMAT 0
560 #ifndef HOST_DOUBLE_FORMAT
561 #define HOST_DOUBLE_FORMAT 0
563 #ifndef HOST_LONG_DOUBLE_FORMAT
564 #define HOST_LONG_DOUBLE_FORMAT 0
567 static const struct floatformat *host_float_format = HOST_FLOAT_FORMAT;
568 static const struct floatformat *host_double_format = HOST_DOUBLE_FORMAT;
569 static const struct floatformat *host_long_double_format = HOST_LONG_DOUBLE_FORMAT;
572 floatformat_to_doublest (const struct floatformat *fmt,
573 const void *in, DOUBLEST *out)
575 gdb_assert (fmt != NULL);
576 if (fmt == host_float_format)
579 memcpy (&val, in, sizeof (val));
582 else if (fmt == host_double_format)
585 memcpy (&val, in, sizeof (val));
588 else if (fmt == host_long_double_format)
591 memcpy (&val, in, sizeof (val));
595 convert_floatformat_to_doublest (fmt, in, out);
599 floatformat_from_doublest (const struct floatformat *fmt,
600 const DOUBLEST *in, void *out)
602 gdb_assert (fmt != NULL);
603 if (fmt == host_float_format)
606 memcpy (out, &val, sizeof (val));
608 else if (fmt == host_double_format)
611 memcpy (out, &val, sizeof (val));
613 else if (fmt == host_long_double_format)
615 long double val = *in;
616 memcpy (out, &val, sizeof (val));
619 convert_doublest_to_floatformat (fmt, in, out);
623 /* Return a floating-point format for a floating-point variable of
624 length LEN. Return NULL, if no suitable floating-point format
627 We need this functionality since information about the
628 floating-point format of a type is not always available to GDB; the
629 debug information typically only tells us the size of a
632 FIXME: kettenis/2001-10-28: In many places, particularly in
633 target-dependent code, the format of floating-point types is known,
634 but not passed on by GDB. This should be fixed. */
636 static const struct floatformat *
637 floatformat_from_length (int len)
639 if (len * TARGET_CHAR_BIT == TARGET_FLOAT_BIT)
640 return TARGET_FLOAT_FORMAT;
641 else if (len * TARGET_CHAR_BIT == TARGET_DOUBLE_BIT)
642 return TARGET_DOUBLE_FORMAT;
643 else if (len * TARGET_CHAR_BIT == TARGET_LONG_DOUBLE_BIT)
644 return TARGET_LONG_DOUBLE_FORMAT;
645 /* On i386 the 'long double' type takes 96 bits,
646 while the real number of used bits is only 80,
647 both in processor and in memory.
648 The code below accepts the real bit size. */
649 else if ((TARGET_LONG_DOUBLE_FORMAT != NULL)
650 && (len * TARGET_CHAR_BIT ==
651 TARGET_LONG_DOUBLE_FORMAT->totalsize))
652 return TARGET_LONG_DOUBLE_FORMAT;
657 const struct floatformat *
658 floatformat_from_type (const struct type *type)
660 gdb_assert (TYPE_CODE (type) == TYPE_CODE_FLT);
661 if (TYPE_FLOATFORMAT (type) != NULL)
662 return TYPE_FLOATFORMAT (type);
664 return floatformat_from_length (TYPE_LENGTH (type));
667 /* If the host doesn't define NAN, use zero instead. */
672 /* Extract a floating-point number of length LEN from a target-order
673 byte-stream at ADDR. Returns the value as type DOUBLEST. */
676 extract_floating_by_length (const void *addr, int len)
678 const struct floatformat *fmt = floatformat_from_length (len);
683 warning ("Can't extract a floating-point number of %d bytes.", len);
687 floatformat_to_doublest (fmt, addr, &val);
692 deprecated_extract_floating (const void *addr, int len)
694 return extract_floating_by_length (addr, len);
697 /* Store VAL as a floating-point number of length LEN to a
698 target-order byte-stream at ADDR. */
701 store_floating_by_length (void *addr, int len, DOUBLEST val)
703 const struct floatformat *fmt = floatformat_from_length (len);
707 warning ("Can't store a floating-point number of %d bytes.", len);
708 memset (addr, 0, len);
712 floatformat_from_doublest (fmt, &val, addr);
716 deprecated_store_floating (void *addr, int len, DOUBLEST val)
718 store_floating_by_length (addr, len, val);
721 /* Extract a floating-point number of type TYPE from a target-order
722 byte-stream at ADDR. Returns the value as type DOUBLEST. */
725 extract_typed_floating (const void *addr, const struct type *type)
729 gdb_assert (TYPE_CODE (type) == TYPE_CODE_FLT);
731 if (TYPE_FLOATFORMAT (type) == NULL)
732 /* Not all code remembers to set the FLOATFORMAT (language
733 specific code? stabs?) so handle that here as a special case. */
734 return extract_floating_by_length (addr, TYPE_LENGTH (type));
736 floatformat_to_doublest (TYPE_FLOATFORMAT (type), addr, &retval);
740 /* Store VAL as a floating-point number of type TYPE to a target-order
741 byte-stream at ADDR. */
744 store_typed_floating (void *addr, const struct type *type, DOUBLEST val)
746 gdb_assert (TYPE_CODE (type) == TYPE_CODE_FLT);
748 /* FIXME: kettenis/2001-10-28: It is debatable whether we should
749 zero out any remaining bytes in the target buffer when TYPE is
750 longer than the actual underlying floating-point format. Perhaps
751 we should store a fixed bitpattern in those remaining bytes,
752 instead of zero, or perhaps we shouldn't touch those remaining
755 NOTE: cagney/2001-10-28: With the way things currently work, it
756 isn't a good idea to leave the end bits undefined. This is
757 because GDB writes out the entire sizeof(<floating>) bits of the
758 floating-point type even though the value might only be stored
759 in, and the target processor may only refer to, the first N <
760 TYPE_LENGTH (type) bits. If the end of the buffer wasn't
761 initialized, GDB would write undefined data to the target. An
762 errant program, refering to that undefined data, would then
763 become non-deterministic.
765 See also the function convert_typed_floating below. */
766 memset (addr, 0, TYPE_LENGTH (type));
768 if (TYPE_FLOATFORMAT (type) == NULL)
769 /* Not all code remembers to set the FLOATFORMAT (language
770 specific code? stabs?) so handle that here as a special case. */
771 store_floating_by_length (addr, TYPE_LENGTH (type), val);
773 floatformat_from_doublest (TYPE_FLOATFORMAT (type), &val, addr);
776 /* Convert a floating-point number of type FROM_TYPE from a
777 target-order byte-stream at FROM to a floating-point number of type
778 TO_TYPE, and store it to a target-order byte-stream at TO. */
781 convert_typed_floating (const void *from, const struct type *from_type,
782 void *to, const struct type *to_type)
784 const struct floatformat *from_fmt = floatformat_from_type (from_type);
785 const struct floatformat *to_fmt = floatformat_from_type (to_type);
787 gdb_assert (TYPE_CODE (from_type) == TYPE_CODE_FLT);
788 gdb_assert (TYPE_CODE (to_type) == TYPE_CODE_FLT);
790 if (from_fmt == NULL || to_fmt == NULL)
792 /* If we don't know the floating-point format of FROM_TYPE or
793 TO_TYPE, there's not much we can do. We might make the
794 assumption that if the length of FROM_TYPE and TO_TYPE match,
795 their floating-point format would match too, but that
796 assumption might be wrong on targets that support
797 floating-point types that only differ in endianness for
798 example. So we warn instead, and zero out the target buffer. */
799 warning ("Can't convert floating-point number to desired type.");
800 memset (to, 0, TYPE_LENGTH (to_type));
802 else if (from_fmt == to_fmt)
804 /* We're in business. The floating-point format of FROM_TYPE
805 and TO_TYPE match. However, even though the floating-point
806 format matches, the length of the type might still be
807 different. Make sure we don't overrun any buffers. See
808 comment in store_typed_floating for a discussion about
809 zeroing out remaining bytes in the target buffer. */
810 memset (to, 0, TYPE_LENGTH (to_type));
811 memcpy (to, from, min (TYPE_LENGTH (from_type), TYPE_LENGTH (to_type)));
815 /* The floating-point types don't match. The best we can do
816 (aport from simulating the target FPU) is converting to the
817 widest floating-point type supported by the host, and then
818 again to the desired type. */
821 floatformat_to_doublest (from_fmt, from, &d);
822 floatformat_from_doublest (to_fmt, &d, to);