matherr() must not fake an FP exception

When FP exceptions are used, matherr() forces a fake FP exception,
which is interpreted as an error by the checking code after a math
routine call.  This is wrong for several reasons:

- it's not necessary for error checking: when FP exceptions aren't
  used, matherr() is a stub and no information is derived from it
  being called

- it's not necessary for FPU maintenance: the FPU only needs to be
  reprogrammed after an actual FP exception

- it causes false negatives: matherr() may be called even though
  Erlang doesn't consider the case to be an error (exp() and pow()
  underflows on Solaris for instance); with FP exceptions enabled
  they are incorrectly considered errors

The fix is to remove all FP exception related code from matherr().

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/erts/emulator/sys/unix/sys_float.c b/erts/emulator/sys/unix/sys_float.c
index 60661d9016..9d2b25a787 100644
--- a/erts/emulator/sys/unix/sys_float.c
+++ b/erts/emulator/sys/unix/sys_float.c
@@ -818,11 +818,6 @@ sys_chars_to_double(char* buf, double* fp)
 int
 matherr(struct exception *exc)
 {
-#if !defined(NO_FPE_SIGNALS)
-    volatile unsigned long *fpexnp = erts_get_current_fp_exception();
-    if (fpexnp != NULL)
-	*fpexnp = (unsigned long)__builtin_return_address(0);
-#endif
     return 1;
 }