math: excess precision fix modf, modff, scalbn, scalbnf

old code was correct only if the result was stored (without the
excess precision) or musl was compiled with -ffloat-store.
now we use STRICT_ASSIGN to work around the issue.
(see note 160 in c11 section 6.8.6.4)

4 files changed, 18 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/src/math/modf.c b/src/math/modf.c
index de45069f..8f337ef0 100644
--- a/src/math/modf.c
+++ b/src/math/modf.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-#include <math.h>
-#include <stdint.h>
+#include "libm.h"
 
 double modf(double x, double *iptr)
 {
@@ -33,5 +32,6 @@ double modf(double x, double *iptr)
 	}
 	u.n &= ~mask;
 	*iptr = u.x;
-	return x - *iptr;
+	STRICT_ASSIGN(double, x, x - *iptr);
+	return x;
 }
diff --git a/src/math/modff.c b/src/math/modff.c
index 84d0b82a..90caf316 100644
--- a/src/math/modff.c
+++ b/src/math/modff.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-#include <math.h>
-#include <stdint.h>
+#include "libm.h"
 
 float modff(float x, float *iptr)
 {
@@ -33,5 +32,6 @@ float modff(float x, float *iptr)
 	}
 	u.n &= ~mask;
 	*iptr = u.x;
-	return x - *iptr;
+	STRICT_ASSIGN(float, x, x - *iptr);
+	return x;
 }
diff --git a/src/math/scalbn.c b/src/math/scalbn.c
index 42a2b294..003141e3 100644
--- a/src/math/scalbn.c
+++ b/src/math/scalbn.c
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 double scalbn(double x, int n)
 {
-	/* make sure result is stored as double on overflow or underflow */
-	volatile double z;
 	double scale;
 
 	if (n > 1023) {
@@ -13,8 +11,8 @@ double scalbn(double x, int n)
 			x *= 0x1p1023;
 			n -= 1023;
 			if (n > 1023) {
-				z = x * 0x1p1023;
-				return z;
+				STRICT_ASSIGN(double, x, x * 0x1p1023);
+				return x;
 			}
 		}
 	} else if (n < -1022) {
@@ -24,12 +22,12 @@ double scalbn(double x, int n)
 			x *= 0x1p-1022;
 			n += 1022;
 			if (n < -1022) {
-				z = x * 0x1p-1022;
-				return z;
+				STRICT_ASSIGN(double, x, x * 0x1p-1022);
+				return x;
 			}
 		}
 	}
 	INSERT_WORDS(scale, (uint32_t)(0x3ff+n)<<20, 0);
-	z = x * scale;
-	return z;
+	STRICT_ASSIGN(double, x, x * scale);
+	return x;
 }
diff --git a/src/math/scalbnf.c b/src/math/scalbnf.c
index e5c76db3..f94b5d59 100644
--- a/src/math/scalbnf.c
+++ b/src/math/scalbnf.c
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 float scalbnf(float x, int n)
 {
-	/* make sure result is stored as double on overflow or underflow */
-	volatile float z;
 	float scale;
 
 	if (n > 127) {
@@ -13,8 +11,8 @@ float scalbnf(float x, int n)
 			x *= 0x1p127f;
 			n -= 127;
 			if (n > 127) {
-				z = x * 0x1p127f;
-				return z;
+				STRICT_ASSIGN(float, x, x * 0x1p127f);
+				return x;
 			}
 		}
 	} else if (n < -126) {
@@ -24,12 +22,12 @@ float scalbnf(float x, int n)
 			x *= 0x1p-126f;
 			n += 126;
 			if (n < -126) {
-				z = x * 0x1p-126f;
-				return z;
+				STRICT_ASSIGN(float, x, x * 0x1p-126f);
+				return x;
 			}
 		}
 	}
 	SET_FLOAT_WORD(scale, (uint32_t)(0x7f+n)<<23);
-	z = x * scale;
-	return z;
+	STRICT_ASSIGN(float, x, x * scale);
+	return x;
 }