http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2013-07/msg00001.html
This patch starts the process of supporting powerpc64 little-endian
long double in glibc. IBM long double is an array of two ieee
doubles, so making union ibm_extended_long_double reflect this fact is
the correct way to access fields of the doubles.
* sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128ibm/ieee754.h
(union ibm_extended_long_double): Define as an array of ieee754_double.
(IBM_EXTENDED_LONG_DOUBLE_BIAS): Delete.
* sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128ibm/printf_fphex.c: Update all references
to ibm_extended_long_double and IBM_EXTENDED_LONG_DOUBLE_BIAS.
* sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128ibm/e_exp10l.c: Likewise.
* sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128ibm/e_expl.c: Likewise.
* sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128ibm/ldbl2mpn.c: Likewise.
* sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128ibm/math_ldbl.h: Likewise.
* sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128ibm/mpn2ldbl.c: Likewise.
* sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128ibm/s_nearbyintl.c: Likewise.
* sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128ibm/strtold_l.c: Likewise.
* sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128ibm/x2y2m1l.c: Likewise.
The compiler is smart enough to convert those into double for powerpc,
but if we put them as doubles, it adds overhead by performing those
operations in floating point mode.
The mantissa of mp_no is intended to take only integral values. This
is a relatively good choice for powerpc due to its 4 fpus, but not for
other architectures, which suffer due to this choice. This change
makes the default mantissa a long integer and allows powerpc to
override it. Additionally, some operations have been optimized for
integer manipulation, resulting in a significant improvement in
performance.
The patch increase the high value to check if expl overflows. Current
high mark value is not really correct, the algorithm accepts high values.
It also adds a correct wrapper function to check for overflow and underflow.
