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author | das <das@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-03-16 19:04:28 +0000 |
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committer | das <das@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-03-16 19:04:28 +0000 |
commit | bfdcd78bfcac24b58c2abbc43d51e1af74226e7b (patch) | |
tree | c6af3ba245d8c65c22f781ca4fa2bfaf3b983f28 | |
parent | 6448887f3bd81c49f6bad7a48dc2c5b80eab84cb (diff) | |
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Document feenableexcept(), fedisableexcept(), and fegetexcept().
-rw-r--r-- | lib/msun/Makefile | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | lib/msun/man/feenableexcept.3 | 98 |
2 files changed, 101 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/msun/Makefile b/lib/msun/Makefile index c9fc901..7c0f56b 100644 --- a/lib/msun/Makefile +++ b/lib/msun/Makefile @@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ INCS= fenv.h math.h MAN= acos.3 acosh.3 asin.3 asinh.3 atan.3 atan2.3 atanh.3 ceil.3 \ cimag.3 copysign.3 cos.3 cosh.3 erf.3 exp.3 fabs.3 fdim.3 \ - feclearexcept.3 fegetenv.3 fegetround.3 fenv.3 floor.3 \ + feclearexcept.3 feenableexcept.3 fegetenv.3 \ + fegetround.3 fenv.3 floor.3 \ fma.3 fmax.3 fmod.3 hypot.3 ieee.3 ieee_test.3 ilogb.3 j0.3 \ lgamma.3 lrint.3 lround.3 math.3 nextafter.3 remainder.3 rint.3 \ round.3 scalbn.3 signbit.3 sin.3 sinh.3 sqrt.3 tan.3 tanh.3 trunc.3 @@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ MLINKS+=fabs.3 fabsf.3 fabs.3 fabsl.3 MLINKS+=fdim.3 fdimf.3 fdim.3 fdiml.3 MLINKS+=feclearexcept.3 fegetexceptflag.3 feclearexcept.3 feraiseexcept.3 \ feclearexcept.3 fesetexceptflag.3 feclearexcept.3 fetestexcept.3 +MLINKS+=feenableexcept.3 fedisableexcept.3 feenableexcept.3 fegetexcept.3 MLINKS+=fegetenv.3 feholdexcept.3 fegetenv.3 fesetenv.3 \ fegetenv.3 feupdateenv.3 MLINKS+=fegetround.3 fesetround.3 diff --git a/lib/msun/man/feenableexcept.3 b/lib/msun/man/feenableexcept.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..40bb892 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/msun/man/feenableexcept.3 @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2004 David Schultz <das@FreeBSD.org> +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd March 16, 2005 +.Dt FEENABLEEXCEPT 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm feenableexcept , +.Nm fedisableexcept , +.Nm fegetexcept +.Nd floating-point exception masking +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libm +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In fenv.h +.Fd "#pragma STDC FENV_ACCESS ON" +.Ft int +.Fn feenableexcept "int excepts" +.Ft int +.Fn fedisableexcept "int excepts" +.Ft int +.Fn fegetexcept "void" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn feenableexcept +and +.Fn fedisableexcept +functions +unmask and mask (respectively) exceptions specified in +.Fa excepts . +The +.Fn fegetexcept +function +returns the current exception mask. +All exceptions are masked by default. +.Pp +Floating-point operations that produce unmasked exceptions will trap, and a +.Dv SIGFPE +will be delivered to the process. +By installing a signal handler for +.Dv SIGFPE , +applications can take appropriate action immediately without +testing the exception flags after every operation. +Note that the trap may not be immediate, but it should occur +before the next floating-point instruction is executed. +.Pp +For all of these functions, the possible types of exceptions +include those described in +.Xr fenv 3 . +Some architectures may define other types of floating-point exceptions. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +The +.Fn feenableexcept , +.Fn fedisableexcept , +and +.Fn fegetexcept +functions return a bitmap of the exceptions that were unmasked +prior to the call. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr sigaction 2 , +.Xr feclearexcept 3 , +.Xr feholdexcept 3 , +.Xr fenv 3 , +.Xr feupdateenv 3 +.Sh BUGS +Functions in the standard library may trigger exceptions multiple +times as a result of intermediate computations; +however, they generally do not trigger spurious exceptions. +.Pp +No interface is provided to permit exceptions to be handled in +nontrivial ways. +There is no uniform way for an exception handler to access +information about the exception-causing instruction, or +to determine whether that instruction should be reexecuted +after returning from the handler. |