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37.Dd April 4, 2004
38.Dt FPGETMASK 3
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm fpgetmask ,
42.Nm fpgetround ,
43.Nm fpgetsticky ,
44.Nm fpsetmask ,
45.Nm fpsetround ,
46.Nm fpsetsticky
47.Nd IEEE FP mode control
48.Sh LIBRARY
49.Lb libc
50.Sh SYNOPSIS
51.In ieeefp.h
52.Ft fp_except
53.Fn fpgetmask void
54.Ft fp_rnd
55.Fn fpgetround void
56.Ft fp_except
57.Fn fpgetsticky void
58.Ft fp_except
59.Fn fpsetmask fp_except\ mask
60.Ft fp_rnd
61.Fn fpsetround fp_rnd\ rnd_dir
62.Ft fp_except
63.Fn fpsetsticky fp_except\ sticky
64.Sh DESCRIPTION
65A rounding mode is one of
66.Dv FP_RZ , FP_RM , FP_RN ,
67or
68.Dv FP_RP ,
69for rounding towards zero, rounding
70.Pq Em Minus infinity
71down, rounding to
72.Em nearest ,
73and rounding
74.Pq Em Plus infinity
75up.
76The default mode is
77.Dv FP_RN .
78.Pp
79An
80.Ft fp_except
81value is a bitmask specifying an exception type and containing any of
82the values listed below.
83.Bl -column -offset indent FP_X_UFLxx
84.It Dv FP_X_INV Ta Invalid\ Operation
85.It Dv FP_X_DZ Ta Division\ by\ zero
86.It Dv FP_X_OFL Ta Overflow
87.It Dv FP_X_UFL Ta Underflow
88.It Dv FP_X_IMP Ta Imprecision (inexact)
89.It Dv FP_X_IOV Ta Integer\ Overflow
90.El
91.Pp
92The
93.Fn fpsetmask
94function will set the current exception mask, i.e., it will cause
95future operations with the specified result status to raise the
96.Dv SIGFPE
97exception.
98The
99.Fn fpgetmask
100function will return the current exception mask.
101.Pp
102The
103.Fn fpsetround
104function will cause future operations to use the specified dynamic
105rounding mode.
106The
107.Fn fpgetround
108function will return the current rounding mode.
109.Bl -tag -width Note:x
110.It Em Note :
111On some architectures, instructions can optionally specify static
112rounding modes and exception enables that will supersede the specified
113dynamic mode.
114On other architectures, these features may not be fully supported.
115.El
116.Pp
117A
118.Dq sticky
119status word may be maintained in which a bit is set every time an
120exceptional floating point condition is encountered, whether or not a
121.Dv SIGFPE
122is generated.
123The
124.Fn fpsetsticky
125function will set or clear the specified exception history bits.
126The
127.Fn fpgetsticky
128function will return the exception history bits.
129.Sh RETURN VALUES
130The
131.Fn fpgetround
132and
133.Fn fpsetround
134functions return the
135.Pq previous
136rounding mode.
137The
138.Fn fpgetmask ,
139.Fn fpsetmask ,
140.Fn fpgetsticky ,
141and
142.Fn fpsetsticky
143functions return the
144.Pq previous
145exception mask and exception history bits.
146.Sh SEE ALSO
147.Xr sigaction 2
148