I have to go out this evening , but I'll start "try" tests for x86_64 on all 
the relevant machines.


On Saturday 30 May 2009 12:09:38 Jason Moxham wrote:
> On Saturday 30 May 2009 11:55:53 Bill Hart wrote:
> > What are the outstanding issues?
>
> two were just my crappy script :)
>
> fulvia , is probably same as above , I goner look at it now
>
> and the mark/sparc wierd issue that make check fails only sometimes.Its
> probably another path/script issue , as the sparcs pass the other 12 builds
> OK
>
> cuda1 is back up , I just cant log in
>
> Jason
>
> > 2009/5/30 Jason Moxham <[email protected]>:
> > > It would of been faster to write a new itanium asm version of MPN_ZERO
> > > :)
> > >
> > > I nearly finished testing on skynet
> > > eno,menas,mark,cicero,sage,varro,mark2,cleo,iras,cato,fulvia
> > > and
> > > box1,2,3,modular.jmu
> > > I can't login to cuda1 at the moment , is it back up yet?
> > >
> > > I've tested all the installed gcc's,cc's , with and without fat(where
> > > appropriate) for
> > > 1)no options
> > > 2)everything
> > > 3)everything+debug
> > > 4)max debug
> > >
> > > I've excluded known broken stuff
> > > itanium gcc-4.1.2  broken
> > > modular.jmu g++-3.4 broken
> > >
> > > Just four outstanding issues on mark,mark2,fulvia
> > >
> > > I used a script mpirtest in svn branches/test_stuff and the
> > > skynet_bash_profile to set paths
> > >
> > > Jason
> > >
> > > On Saturday 30 May 2009 11:15:11 Bill Hart wrote:
> > >> I spent hours looking for a macro for the new MPN_ZERO that gcc 4.1.2
> > >> would not miscompile on ia64 and I came to the conclusion one does not
> > >> exist. That compiler is very broken. I checked the output of the
> > >> preprocessor was correct, i.e. it wasn't misexpanding the macros. But
> > >> some kind of expression parser in that version of gcc is subsequently
> > >> screwing up offset addressing.
> > >>
> > >> To work around this issue, I have simply inserted code in the toom4
> > >> and toom4 squaring code which passes make check. Basically MPIR should
> > >> never be compiled on gcc 4.1.2 as one cannot make any guarantees of
> > >> correct results. This happens to be the default compiler on SkyNet,
> > >> but I think they probably use a later gcc whenever possible anyway.
> > >> Mariah always seems keen to update to the latest gcc.
> > >>
> > >> I'm not sure what compiler is used on Cato. Perhaps that is gcc 4.1.2.
> > >> Then again, maybe this issue is Itanium specific too.
> > >>
> > >> Bill.
> > >>
> > >> keywords : gcc 4.1.2 MPN_ZERO macro offset addressing t-div f-div make
> > >> check failure toom4 mpn_toom4_mul_n hack
> > >>
> > >> 2009/5/29 Bill Hart <[email protected]>:
> > >> > I think it is a miscompilation not just of the macro, but that
> > >> > particular instance of the macro.
> > >> >
> > >> > To be safe I think I am going to insert a nasty hack which will use
> > >> > a for loop instead of a while statement when either the machine is
> > >> > an ia64 OR the gcc is 4.1.2. I'm very convinced it is a
> > >> > miscompilation and not a coding bug/programmer's feature.
> > >> >
> > >> > Bill.
> > >> >
> > >> > 2009/5/29 Jason Moxham <[email protected]>:
> > >> >> On Friday 29 May 2009 07:30:14 Bill Hart wrote:
> > >> >>> Apparently that doesn't help.
> > >> >>>
> > >> >>> Has the function mpn_store changed for ia64? Could this somehow be
> > >> >>> what is miscompiled?
> > >> >>
> > >> >> The mpn_store macro is just the same as the old MPN_ZERO macro but
> > >> >> with a value for zero , so MPN_ZERO in mpir-1.1 should also fail
> > >> >> somehow.
> > >> >>
> > >> >>> It is remarkable that no permutation of things around that line
> > >> >>> (except compiling without optimisation) seems to cause it to work.
> > >> >>>
> > >> >>> Bill.
> > >> >>>
> > >> >>> 2009/5/29 Jason Moxham <[email protected]>:
> > >> >>> > try it as
> > >> >>> > mpn_store(r3+1,t4-2,0)
> > >> >>> >
> > >> >>> > as the new MPN_ZERO is a macro to mpn store
> > >> >>> > it may help!!!
> > >> >>> >
> > >> >>> > On Friday 29 May 2009 00:41:27 Bill Hart wrote:
> > >> >>> >> I've tracked the bug down to a single line of code:
> > >> >>> >>
> > >> >>> >>    if (n3 == 0) MPN_ZERO(r3 + 1, t4 - 2); /* Line of broken
> > >> >>> >> code*/ else TC4_DENORM(r3, n3,  t4 - 1);
> > >> >>> >> if (ic == 18)
> > >> >>> >> {
> > >> >>> >>    printf("r3[t4 - 2] = %ld\n", r3[t4 - 2]);
> > >> >>> >>    printf("n3 = %ld, t4 = %ld\n", n3, t4);
> > >> >>> >> }
> > >> >>> >>
> > >> >>> >> prints:
> > >> >>> >>
> > >> >>> >> r3[t4 - 2] = -6148914691236517206
> > >> >>> >> n3 = 0, t4 = 158
> > >> >>> >>
> > >> >>> >> I've tried all the usual sensible things like adding extra
> > >> >>> >> parentheses and braces. Compiles just fine with -O0 compilation
> > >> >>> >> optimization.
> > >> >>> >>
> > >> >>> >> Just for kicks, here is the definition of TC4_DENORM:
> > >> >>> >>
> > >> >>> >> /* Zero out limbs to end of integer */
> > >> >>> >> #define TC4_DENORM(rxx, nxx, sxx) \
> > >> >>> >>         do { \
> > >> >>> >>         MPN_ZERO(rxx + ABS(nxx), sxx - ABS(nxx)); \
> > >> >>> >>         } while (0)
> > >> >>> >>
> > >> >>> >> As you see, it cannot touch nxx.
> > >> >>> >>
> > >> >>> >> This is surely quite a broken compiler!
> > >> >>> >>
> > >> >>> >> Bill.
> > >> >>> >>
> > >> >>> >> 2009/5/28 Bill Hart <[email protected]>:
> > >> >>> >> > Even if I switch on all the compiler optimisations that the
> > >> >>> >> > man pages say are switched on by -O1 it still passes make
> > >> >>> >> > check. The diff of the assembly output between the two (-O1
> > >> >>> >> > versus all the optimisations it says it uses) for
> > >> >>> >> > toom4_mul_n.c is about 90,000 lines!! This is just stupid.
> > >> >>> >> > How is one supposed to fix bugs like this!?
> > >> >>> >> >
> > >> >>> >> > Bill.
> > >> >>> >> >
> > >> >>> >> > 2009/5/28 Bill Hart <[email protected]>:
> > >> >>> >> >> No problems with gcc 4.4.0. Only a problem with gcc 4.1.2.
> > >> >>> >> >>
> > >> >>> >> >> Bill.
> > >> >>> >> >>
> > >> >>> >> >> 2009/5/28 Bill Hart <[email protected]>:
> > >> >>> >> >>> It fails in iras as well, which is also ia64.
> > >> >>> >> >>>
> > >> >>> >> >>> I tried the optimisations one by one and none of them
> > >> >>> >> >>> triggered it on their own. This is *nuts*.
> > >> >>> >> >>>
> > >> >>> >> >>> Bill.
>
> 


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