On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 08:56:23PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > Buggy division function in glibc 2.3.5.
> $ .libs/dive_ui
> mpz_divexact_ui wrong
> a=15555198415671637283
> d=15555198415671637283
> q=1
> got=0
> Aborted
> $ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=./libc6/lib/ ./libc6/lib/ld-linux.so.2 .libs/dive_ui &&
> echo success
> success
> $
> Simple test case:
> int main() {
>
> unsigned long a= 1UL << 63;
> unsigned long b= 1UL << 63;
>
> exit (a/b != 1);
> }
> Appears to be a bug in the implementation of __divqu. Upgrading to 2.3.5-4,
> to confirm whether the bug still exists.
Yep, bug still present in 2.3.5-4. Someone who speaks alpha assembly will
have to look at this, I think, to pinpoint the error.
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