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Re: Math errors


On 03/01/2020 02:18, Alistair Francis wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 2:29 PM Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 30 Dec 2019, Joseph Myers wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 30 Dec 2019, Alistair Francis wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey,
>>>>
>>>> I'm running the `make check` tests on RV32 inside QEMU and about 800
>>>> math tests are failing with errors along these lines:
>>>
>>> You need to generate libm-test-ulps for RV32 ("make regen-ulps") (also
>>> remember to create a corresponding libm-test-ulps-name file for use in
>>> generating the table in the manual).
>>
>> I should add: first try renaming the RV64 libm-test-ulps to make it
>> generic for both RV32 and RV64.  You should only need a separate file for
>> RV32 if there is a clear reason for different results between the two.
> 
> Thanks Joseph,
> 
> I moved the RV64 one to be generic and that seems to fix most of the
> math tests. I tried `make regen-ulps` after that, just to be sure, and
> it didn't generate a diff.

regen-ulps should create a math/NewUlps file.
(details are in math/README.libm-test)

> 
> There are a handful of math tests that seem to fail, but if I manually
> run the test a few times I will eventually get a pass. Any hints on
> what to do there?

flaky math test is not normal, you need to investigate.

> 
> Alistair
> 
>>
>> --
>> Joseph S. Myers
>> joseph@codesourcery.com


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