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-rw-r--r--lib/msun/src/k_tanf.c28
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/lib/msun/src/k_tanf.c b/lib/msun/src/k_tanf.c
index 8d08474..bdda30a 100644
--- a/lib/msun/src/k_tanf.c
+++ b/lib/msun/src/k_tanf.c
@@ -39,17 +39,29 @@ extern inline
float
__kernel_tandf(double x, int iy)
{
- double z,r,w,s;
+ double z,r,w,s,t,u;
z = x*x;
- w = z*z;
- /* Break x^5*(T[1]+x^2*T[2]+...) into
- * x^5*(T[1]+x^4*T[3]+x^8*T[5]) +
- * x^5*(x^2*(T[2]+x^4*T[4]))
- */
- r = (T[1]+w*(T[3]+w*T[5])) + z*(T[2]+w*T[4]);
+ /*
+ * Split up the polynomial into small independent terms to give
+ * opportunities for parallel evaluation. The chosen splitting is
+ * micro-optimized for Athlons (XP, X64). It costs 2 multiplications
+ * relative to Horner's method on sequential machines.
+ *
+ * We add the small terms from lowest degree up for efficiency on
+ * non-sequential machines (the lowest degree terms tend to be ready
+ * earlier). Apart from this, we don't care about order of
+ * operations, and don't need to to care since we have precision to
+ * spare. However, the chosen splitting is good for accuracy too,
+ * and would give results as accurate as Horner's method if the
+ * small terms were added from highest degree down.
+ */
+ r = T[4]+z*T[5];
+ t = T[2]+z*T[3];
+ w = z*z;
s = z*x;
- r = (x+s*T[0])+(s*z)*r;
+ u = T[0]+z*T[1];
+ r = (x+s*u)+(s*w)*(t+w*r);
if(iy==1) return r;
else return -1.0/r;
}
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