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Date:      Fri, 11 Jan 2002 13:03:19 -0700
From:      Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>
To:        Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
Cc:        Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>, Daniel Eischen <eischen@pcnet1.pcnet.com>, Dan Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com>, Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>, Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org>, Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>, <arch@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Request for review: getcontext, setcontext, etc
Message-ID:  <15423.17671.257443.697384@caddis.yogotech.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020112054041.J3330-100000@gamplex.bde.org>
References:  <15423.10271.161919.615825@caddis.yogotech.com> <20020112054041.J3330-100000@gamplex.bde.org>

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> > > > > > Why is reporting a SIGFPE considered broken?  This is a valid exception,
> > > > > > and it should be reported.
> > > > >
> > > > > Because the SIGFPE is for the broken context-switching code and not for
> > > > > the program.
> > > >
> > > > Ok, let's try again.  How can I make sure that a SIGFPE that occur due
> > > > to a FPU operation is properly reported using fsave/frestor?
> > >
> > > The set of such proper reports is null, so it is easily generated by not
> > > using fsave (sic) or frstor.
> >
> > Huh?  Are you saying that there are *NO* floating-point exceptions that
> > should be reported to a process?  Doesn't posix require that exceptions
> > be thrown.
> 
> I'm not saying any more, since I have made negative progress attempting
> to explain this.

Unfortunately, that I will agree with.  I believe you are capable of
explaining, but it requires more details than you've been willing to
provide prior.



Nate

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