root/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/math/fpu_denormal.c
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
/*
 * Copyright IBM Corp. 2020
 *
 * This test attempts to cause a FP denormal exception on POWER8 CPUs. Unfortunately
 * if the denormal handler is not configured or working properly, this can cause a bad
 * crash in kernel mode when the kernel tries to save FP registers when the process
 * exits.
 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

#include "utils.h"

static int test_denormal_fpu(void)
{
        unsigned int m32;
        unsigned long m64;
        volatile float f;
        volatile double d;

        /* try to induce lfs <denormal> ; stfd */

        m32 = 0x00715fcf; /* random denormal */
        memcpy((float *)&f, &m32, sizeof(f));
        d = f;
        memcpy(&m64, (double *)&d, sizeof(d));

        FAIL_IF((long)(m64 != 0x380c57f3c0000000)); /* renormalised value */

        return 0;
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
        return test_harness(test_denormal_fpu, "fpu_denormal");
}