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30.Dd March 26, 2011
31.Dt FPGETMASK 3
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm fpgetmask ,
35.Nm fpgetprec ,
36.Nm fpgetround ,
37.Nm fpgetsticky ,
38.Nm fpsetmask ,
39.Nm fpsetprec ,
40.Nm fpsetround ,
41.Nm fpsetsticky
42.Nd IEEE FP mode control
43.Sh LIBRARY
44.Lb libc
45.Sh SYNOPSIS
46.In ieeefp.h
47.Ft fp_except_t
48.Fn fpgetmask void
49.Ft fp_prec_t
50.Fn fpgetprec void
51.Ft fp_rnd_t
52.Fn fpgetround void
53.Ft fp_except_t
54.Fn fpgetsticky void
55.Ft fp_except_t
56.Fn fpsetmask "fp_except_t mask"
57.Ft fp_prec_t
58.Fn fpsetprec "fp_prec_t prec"
59.Ft fp_rnd_t
60.Fn fpsetround "fp_rnd_t rnd_dir"
61.Ft fp_except_t
62.Fn fpsetsticky "fp_except_t sticky"
63.Sh DESCRIPTION
64A rounding mode
65.Ft fp_rnd_t
66is one of:
67.Bl -column -offset indent FP_RZ
68.It Dv FP_RZ Ta rounding towards Em zero
69.It Dv FP_RM Ta rounding down to Pq Em Minus infinity
70.It Dv FP_RN Ta rounding to Em nearest
71.It Dv FP_RP Ta rounding down to Pq Em Plus infinity
72.El
73The default mode is
74.Dv FP_RN .
75.Pp
76An
77.Ft fp_except_t
78value is a bitmask specifying an exception type and containing any of
79the values listed below.
80.Bl -column -offset indent FP_X_UFLxx
81.It Dv FP_X_INV Ta Invalid\ Operation
82.It Dv FP_X_DZ Ta Division\ by\ zero
83.It Dv FP_X_OFL Ta Overflow
84.It Dv FP_X_UFL Ta Underflow
85.It Dv FP_X_IMP Ta Imprecision (inexact)
86.It Dv FP_X_IOV Ta Integer\ Overflow
87.El
88.Pp
89An
90.Ft fp_prec_t
91specifies the precision of the floating point operations listed below.
92.Bl -column -offset indent FP_RPS
93.It Dv FP_PS Ta Dv 24 bit (single-precision)
94.It Dv FP_PRS Ta reserved
95.It Dv FP_PD Ta Dv 53 bit (double-precision)
96.It Dv FP_PE Ta Dv 64 bit (extended-precision)
97.El
98.Pp
99The
100.Fn fpsetmask
101function will set the current exception mask, i.e., it will cause
102future operations with the specified result status to raise the
103.Dv SIGFPE
104exception.
105The
106.Fn fpgetmask
107function will return the current exception mask.
108.Pp
109The
110.Fn fpgetprec
111function will return the current floating point precision.
112The
113.Fn fpsetprec
114function will set the floating point precision and will return
115the previous precision.
116.Pp
117The
118.Fn fpsetround
119function will cause future operations to use the specified dynamic
120rounding mode.
121The
122.Fn fpgetround
123function will return the current rounding mode.
124.Bl -tag -width Note:x
125.It Em Note :
126On some architectures, instructions can optionally specify static
127rounding modes and exception enables that will supersede the specified
128dynamic mode.
129On other architectures, these features may not be fully supported.
130.El
131.Pp
132A
133.Dq sticky
134status word may be maintained in which a bit is set every time an
135exceptional floating point condition is encountered, whether or not a
136.Dv SIGFPE
137is generated.
138The
139.Fn fpsetsticky
140function will set or clear the specified exception history bits.
141The
142.Fn fpgetsticky
143function will return the exception history bits.
144.Sh RETURN VALUES
145The
146.Fn fpgetround
147and
148.Fn fpsetround
149functions return the
150.Pq previous
151rounding mode.
152The
153.Fn fpgetmask ,
154.Fn fpsetmask ,
155.Fn fpgetsticky ,
156and
157.Fn fpsetsticky
158functions return the
159.Pq previous
160exception mask and exception history bits.
161.Sh SEE ALSO
162.Xr sigaction 2 ,
163.Xr fenv 3
164.Sh BUGS
165There is no way to return an unsupported value.
166Not all processors support all the modes.
167These interfaces are deprecated and the ones
168in
169.Xr fenv 3
170should be used, although the interfaces in
171.Xr fenv 3
172don't support getting or setting the precision.
173