RFR: 8326227: Rounding error that may distort computeNextGaussian results [v3]

Thu Feb 29 01:57:52 UTC 2024

On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 02:18:08 GMT, Chris Hennick <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This provides a slightly more accurate bounding limit for `computeNextExponentialSoftCapped` when the computed bound is greater than `(1.0p53 - 1.0) * DoubleZigguratTables.exponentialX0`. This could cause the `while (computeNextExponentialSoftCapped(rng, limit) < limit)` check in `computeNextGaussian` on line 1402 to always be true, making the `nextGaussian` runtime unbounded in the worst case.
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>> This change is being tested prior to submission to OpenJDK by https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/17703/commits/b8be051cbf40a6a05fafc6a2c76942e9e0b11fdf.
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> Chris Hennick has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>   Bug fix: add-exports was for wrong package

@turbanoff @rgiulietti This is a follow-up to my previously merged #8131.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17703#issuecomment-1970255590