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Date:      Mon, 10 Apr 2000 20:48:48 -0400 (EDT)
From:      aa8vb@ipass.net
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Cc:        aa8vb@ipass.net
Subject:   i386/17914: float-to-double core dump on 3.4R
Message-ID:  <200004110048.UAA13808@rr.com>

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>Number:         17914
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       float-to-double core dump on 3.4R
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Apr 10 17:50:00 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Randall Hopper
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.4-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
self
>Environment:

	Stock 3.4-RELEASE (gcc 2.7.2.3 as shipped)

>Description:

	     #include <float.h>
	
	     main()
	     {
	        float  f = FLT_MAX;
	        double d;
	        f = f * 2;
	        d = f;
	     }
	
	Delete the "d=f" line and it doesn't core.  Put it in and it does
	(floating-point exception).
	
	From this it appears there may be a bug in the float-to-double
	promotion when f is Inf (or, at least I'd expect that f is Inf).

	Note that the core dump does not occur when the Inf is generated,
        but only when it is promoted to a double.

        I first noticed this by trying to printf the value of f after f=f*2
	and got the same core-dump behavior (due to float-to-double arg
	promotion).
	
>How-To-Repeat:

	Paste the above snippet into a .c file, compile with cc -o tst
	tst.c, and execute.

>Fix:
	
	Unknown.


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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