target-mips: Implement correct NaN propagation rules

Implement the correct NaN propagation rules for MIPS targets by
providing an appropriate pickNaN function.

Signed-off-by: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>

1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fpu/softfloat-specialize.h b/fpu/softfloat-specialize.h
index 3ce5bb53b..acdd299f5 100644
--- a/fpu/softfloat-specialize.h
+++ b/fpu/softfloat-specialize.h
@@ -192,6 +192,33 @@ static int pickNaN(flag aIsQNaN, flag aIsSNaN, flag bIsQNaN, flag bIsSNaN,
         return 1;
     }
 }
+#elif defined(TARGET_MIPS)
+static int pickNaN(flag aIsQNaN, flag aIsSNaN, flag bIsQNaN, flag bIsSNaN,
+                    flag aIsLargerSignificand)
+{
+    /* According to MIPS specifications, if one of the two operands is
+     * a sNaN, a new qNaN has to be generated. This is done in
+     * floatXX_maybe_silence_nan(). For qNaN inputs the specifications
+     * says: "When possible, this QNaN result is one of the operand QNaN
+     * values." In practice it seems that most implementations choose
+     * the first operand if both operands are qNaN. In short this gives
+     * the following rules:
+     *  1. A if it is signaling
+     *  2. B if it is signaling
+     *  3. A (quiet)
+     *  4. B (quiet)
+     * A signaling NaN is always silenced before returning it.
+     */
+    if (aIsSNaN) {
+        return 0;
+    } else if (bIsSNaN) {
+        return 1;
+    } else if (aIsQNaN) {
+        return 0;
+    } else {
+        return 1;
+    }
+}
 #else
 static int pickNaN(flag aIsQNaN, flag aIsSNaN, flag bIsQNaN, flag bIsSNaN,
                     flag aIsLargerSignificand)