Re: Patch for PR target/20924

[Andreas Jaeger <aj at suse dot de>]

Steve Ellcey <sje@cup.hp.com> writes:

>> > OK for checkin on ToT?
>> 
>> This is needed for 4.0 as well!
>> 
>> Andreas
>
> I think it is too late to get this into 4.0.  I can copy it over to the
> 4.0 branch after 4.0 is out so it will go into 4.0.1 but I don't think

I'm fine with getting this into 4.0.1 - but it has to go in
eventually.

> this qualifies as a critical fix for 4.0.  It does look like a
> regression from 3.4.2 in that 3.4.2 doesn't inline division by default
> so 3.4.2 uses the routines which set the right exception flags.  But
> there is a workaround by using the -mno-inline-float-divide.  You can

But people need to know about it...

> ask Mark Mitchell if you want to push getting it into 4.0 since he
> controls what is and isn't going into 4.0.

Mark, your call ;-)

Andreas
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