1 README for libm-test math test suite
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4 The libm-test math test suite tests a number of function points of
5 math functions in the GNU C library. The following sections contain a
6 brief overview. Please note that the test drivers and the Perl script
7 "gen-libm-test.pl" have some options. A full list of options is
8 available with --help (for the test drivers) and -h for
14 The tests just evaluate the functions at specified points and compare
15 the results with precomputed values and the requirements of the ISO
18 Besides testing the special values mandated by IEEE 754 (infinities,
19 NaNs and minus zero), some more or less random values are tested.
21 Files that are part of libm-test
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24 The main file is "libm-test.inc". It is platform and floating point
25 format independent. The file must be preprocessed by the Perl script
26 "gen-libm-test.pl". The results are "libm-test.c" and a file
27 "libm-test-ulps.h" with platform specific deltas.
29 The test drivers test-double.c, test-float.c, test-ldouble.c test the
30 normal double, float and long double implementation of libm. The test
31 drivers with an i in it (test-idouble.c, test-ifloat.c,
32 test-ildoubl.c) test the corresponding inline functions (where
33 available - otherwise they also test the real functions in libm).
35 "gen-libm-test.pl" needs a platform specific files with ULPs (Units of
36 Last Precision). The file is called "libm-test-ulps" and lives in
37 platform specific sysdep directory.
39 How can I generate "libm-test-ulps"?
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42 The test drivers have an option "-u" to output an unsorted list of all
43 epsilons that the functions have. The output can be read in directly
44 but it's better to pretty print it first. "gen-libm-test.pl" has an option
45 to generate a pretty-printed and sorted new ULPs file from the output
48 To generate a new "libm-test-ulps" file, you can execute for example:
49 test-double -u --ignore-max-ulp=yes
50 This generates a file "ULPs" with all double ULPs in it, ignoring any
51 previous calculated ULPs.
52 Now move this away, e.g. "mv ULPs allULPs" and generate the ULPs
53 for all other formats and concat all ULP files together (e.g. "cat
54 ULPs >> allULPs"). As final step run "gen-libm-test.pl" with the file
55 as input and ask to generate a pretty printed output in the file "NewUlps":
56 gen-libm-test.pl -u allULPs -n
58 Now you can rename "NewUlps" to "libm-test-ulps" and move it into
61 Contents of libm-test-ulps
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63 Since libm-test-ulps can be generated automatically, just a few
64 notes. The file contains lines for single tests, like:
65 Test "cos (pi/2) == 0":
68 and lines for maximal errors of single functions, like:
72 The keywords are float, ifloat, double, idouble, ldouble and ildouble
73 (the prefix i stands for inline). You can also specify known
76 Test "cos (pi/2) == 0":
80 Adding tests to libm-test.inc
81 =============================
83 The tests are evaluated by a set of special test macros. The macros
84 start with "TEST_" followed by a specification the input values, an
85 underscore and a specification of the output values. As an example,
86 the test macro for a function with input of type FLOAT (FLOAT is
87 either float, double, long double) and output of type FLOAT is
88 "TEST_f_f". The macro's parameter are the name of the function, the
89 input parameter, output parameter and optionally one exception
92 The accepted parameter types are:
94 - "b" for boolean - just tests if the output parameter evaluates to 0
95 or 1 (only for output).
96 - "c" for complex. This parameter needs two values, first the real,
97 then the imaginary part.
100 - "L" for long long int.
101 - "F" for the address of a FLOAT (only as input parameter)
102 - "I" for the address of an int (only as input parameter)
104 Some functions need special handling. For example gamma sets the
105 global variable signgam and frexp takes an argument to &int. This
106 special treatment is coded in "gen-libm-test.pl" and used while
107 parsing "libm-test.inc".