Integrated: 8266028: C2 computes -0.0 for Math.pow(-0.0, 0.5)

Jie Fu jiefu at openjdk.java.net
Wed Apr 28 06:19:57 UTC 2021


On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 08:29:04 GMT, Jie Fu <jiefu at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> C2 computes -0.0 for Math.pow(-0.0, 0.5) which should be 0.0 according to the API specs.
> This bug was found while I was implementing the same optimization for x86_32 (JDK-8265940).
> 
> The reason is that CmpDNode [1] doesn't distinguish -0.0 from 0.0.
> Math.pow(-0.0, 0.5) was replaced with Math.sqrt(-0.0) incorrectly since CmpDNode says -0.0 < 0.0 if false.
> 
> The fix excludes C2's optimization for x=0.0/-0.0. 
> And the jtreg test has been improved to make sure the corner cases are covered by the compilers.
> 
> Thanks.
> Best regards,
> Jie
> 
> [1] https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/master/src/hotspot/share/opto/library_call.cpp#L1656

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 75a2354d
Author:    Jie Fu <jiefu at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/commit/75a2354dc276e107d64516d20fc72bc7ef3d5f86
Stats:     21 lines in 2 files changed: 9 ins; 11 del; 1 mod

8266028: C2 computes -0.0 for Math.pow(-0.0, 0.5)

Reviewed-by: aph, neliasso, kvn

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/3712


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