Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 16:10:21 +0100 (BST) From: geoffb@demon.net To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: i386/4226: Floating point exception for double precision divion by zero Message-ID: <199708041510.QAA16659@geoffb.noc.demon.net> Resent-Message-ID: <199708041520.IAA05458@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 4226 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: Floating point exception for double precision divion by zero >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Aug 4 08:20:01 PDT 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Geoff Buckingham >Organization: Demon Internet >Release: FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE i386 >Environment: >Description: Double precision division by zero produces a floating point exception. (Yes I know things shouldn't do this, but some do as other OSs return Max Int if you do this.) I assume this occurs because division is done as a a floating point operation? >How-To-Repeat: See above. >Fix: Either check for zero values, or don't use FP >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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