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<H1>Berkeley TestFloat Release 3a: <CODE>testfloat_gen</CODE></H1>
<P>
John R. Hauser<BR>
2015 October 23<BR>
</P>
<H2>Overview</H2>
<P>
The <CODE>testfloat_gen</CODE> program generates test cases for testing that an
implementation of floating-point arithmetic conforms to the IEEE Standard for
Binary Floating-Point Arithmetic.
<CODE>testfloat_gen</CODE> is part of the Berkeley TestFloat package, a small
collection of programs for performing such tests.
For general information about TestFloat, see file
<A HREF="TestFloat-general.html"><NOBR><CODE>TestFloat-general.html</CODE></NOBR></A>.
</P>
<P>
A single execution of <CODE>testfloat_gen</CODE> generates test cases for only
a single floating-point operation and associated options.
The <CODE>testfloat_gen</CODE> program must be repeatedly executed to generate
test cases for each operation to be tested.
</P>
<P>
<CODE>testfloat_gen</CODE> writes the test cases it generates to standard
output.
This output can either be captured in a file through redirection, or be piped
to another program that exercises a floating-point operation using the test
cases as they are supplied.
Depending on use, the total output from <CODE>testfloat_gen</CODE> can be
large, so piping to another program may be the best choice to avoid consuming
inordinate file space.
The format of <CODE>testfloat_gen</CODE>’s output is raw hexadecimal
text, described in the section below titled <I>Output Format</I>.
</P>
<H2>Command Syntax</H2>
<P>
The <CODE>testfloat_gen</CODE> program is executed as a command in one of these
forms:
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<PRE>
testfloat_gen [<option>...] <type>
testfloat_gen [<option>...] <function>
</PRE>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
Square brackets (<CODE>[ ]</CODE>) denote optional arguments, and
<CODE><option></CODE> is a supported option, documented below.
A <CODE>testfloat_gen</CODE> command expects either a <CODE><type></CODE>
specifying the type and number of output or a <CODE><function></CODE>
naming a floating-point operation.
If <CODE>testfloat_gen</CODE> is executed without any arguments, a summary of
usage is written.
</P>
<P>
A <CODE><type></CODE> can be one of the following:
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0>
<TR>
<TD><CODE>ui32</CODE></TD>
<TD>unsigned <NOBR>32-bit</NOBR> integers</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD><CODE>ui64</CODE></TD>
<TD>unsigned <NOBR>64-bit</NOBR> integers</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD><CODE>i32</CODE></TD>
<TD>signed <NOBR>32-bit</NOBR> integers</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD><CODE>i64</CODE></TD>
<TD>signed <NOBR>64-bit</NOBR> integers</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD><CODE>f32 [<num>]</CODE></TD>
<TD>one or more <NOBR>32-bit</NOBR> single-precision floating-point values</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD><CODE>f64 [<num>]</CODE></TD>
<TD>one or more <NOBR>64-bit</NOBR> double-precision floating-point values</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD><CODE>extF80 [<num>] </CODE></TD>
<TD>one or more <NOBR>80-bit</NOBR> double-extended-precision floating-point
values</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD><CODE>f128 [<num>]</CODE></TD>
<TD>one or more <NOBR>128-bit</NOBR> quadruple-precision floating-point
values</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
Optional <CODE><num></CODE> is one of 1, 2, <NOBR>or 3</NOBR>.
If a <CODE><type></CODE> is given without <CODE><num></CODE> (such
as <CODE>ui32</CODE> or <CODE>f64</CODE>), <CODE>testfloat_gen</CODE> outputs a
list of values of the specified type, one value per line, appropriate for
testing a floating-point operation with exactly one operand of the given type.
If a floating-point type and number are given (such as
<NOBR><CODE>f32</CODE> <CODE>2</CODE></NOBR> or
<NOBR><CODE>extF80</CODE> <CODE>1</CODE></NOBR>), <CODE>testfloat_gen</CODE>
outputs the specified number of values per line, appropriate for testing a
floating-point operation with that number of operands.
Although the exact operation being tested is not specified, the test cases
output by <CODE>testfloat_gen</CODE> cover all standard floating-point
operations, to the degree explained in
<A HREF="TestFloat-general.html"><NOBR><CODE>TestFloat-general.html</CODE></NOBR></A>.
</P>
<P>
If a <CODE><function></CODE> operation name is given, then each line of
output from <CODE>testfloat_gen</CODE> contains not only the operands for that
operation (as would be generated by an appropriate <CODE><type></CODE>
argument) but also the expected results as determined by
<CODE>testfloat_gen</CODE>’s internal floating-point emulation
(SoftFloat).
The available operation names are listed in
<A HREF="TestFloat-general.html"><NOBR><CODE>TestFloat-general.html</CODE></NOBR></A>.
In all cases, floating-point operations have two results:
first, a value, which may be floating-point, integer, or Boolean, and, second,
the floating-point exception flags raised by the operation.
If the output from a tested floating-point operation does not match the
expected output specified by <CODE>testfloat_gen</CODE>, this may or may not
indicate an error in the floating-point operation.
For further explanation, see
<A HREF="TestFloat-general.html"><NOBR><CODE>TestFloat-general.html</CODE></NOBR></A>,
especially the section titled <I>Variations Allowed by the IEEE Floating-Point
Standard</I>.
</P>
<H2>Options</H2>
<P>
The <CODE>testfloat_gen</CODE> program accepts several command options.
If mutually contradictory options are given, the last one has priority.
</P>
<H3><CODE>-help</CODE></H3>
<P>
The <CODE>-help</CODE> option causes a summary of program usage to be written,
after which the program exits.
</P>
<H3><CODE>-prefix <text></CODE></H3>
<P>
The <CODE>-prefix</CODE> option causes <CODE>testfloat_gen</CODE> to write the
supplied text argument verbatim as the first line of output before any test
cases.
This can be used, for example, to indicate to a downstream program what kind of
test to perform for the test cases that follow.
</P>
<H3><CODE>-level <num></CODE></H3>
<P>
The <CODE>-level</CODE> option sets the level of testing.
The argument to <CODE>-level</CODE> can be either 1 <NOBR>or 2</NOBR>.
The default is <NOBR>level 1</NOBR>.
<NOBR>Level 2</NOBR> causes many more test cases to be generated, with better
coverage, than <NOBR>level 1</NOBR>.
</P>
<H3><CODE>-n <num></CODE></H3>
<P>
Option <CODE>-n</CODE> specifies the number of test cases to generate.
For each <CODE><type></CODE> or <CODE><function></CODE> and each
testing level (set by <CODE>-level</CODE>), there is a minimum value that
<CODE>testfloat_gen</CODE> will accept for <CODE><num></CODE>.
If no <CODE>-n</CODE> option is given, the number of test cases generated by
<CODE>testfloat_gen</CODE> equals the minimum value acceptable for the
<CODE>-n</CODE> argument.
Option <CODE>-n</CODE> cannot be used to reduce this number, but can increase
it, without changing the testing level.
</P>
<H3><CODE>-forever</CODE></H3>
<P>
The <CODE>-forever</CODE> option causes test cases to be generated
indefinitely, without limit (until the program is terminated by some external
cause).
The testing level is set to 2 by this option.
</P>
<H3><CODE>-precision32, -precision64, -precision80</CODE></H3>
<P>
When a <CODE><function></CODE> is specified that is an
<NOBR>80-bit</NOBR> double-extended-precision operation affected by rounding
precision control, the <CODE>-precision32</CODE> option sets the rounding
precision to <NOBR>32 bits</NOBR>, equivalent to <NOBR>32-bit</NOBR>
single-precision.
Likewise, <CODE>-precision64</CODE> sets the rounding precision to
<NOBR>64 bits</NOBR>, equivalent to <NOBR>64-bit</NOBR> double-precision, and
<CODE>-precision80</CODE> sets the rounding precision to the full
<NOBR>80 bits</NOBR> of the double-extended-precision format.
All these options are ignored for operations not affected by rounding precision
control.
When rounding precision is applicable but not specified, the default is the
full <NOBR>80 bits</NOBR>, same as <CODE>-precision80</CODE>.
</P>
<H3><CODE>-rnear_even, -rnear_maxMag, -rminMag, -rmin, -rmax</CODE></H3>
<P>
When a <CODE><function></CODE> is specified that requires rounding, the
<CODE>-rnear_even</CODE> option sets the rounding mode to nearest/even;
<CODE>-rnear_maxMag</CODE> sets rounding to nearest/maximum magnitude
(nearest-away);
<CODE>-rminMag</CODE> sets rounding to minimum magnitude (toward zero);
<CODE>-rmin</CODE> sets rounding to minimum (down, toward negative infinity);
and <CODE>-rmax</CODE> sets rounding to maximum (up, toward positive infinity).
These options are ignored for operations that are exact and thus do not round.
When rounding mode is relevant but not specified, the default is to round to
nearest/even, same as <CODE>-rnear_even</CODE>.
</P>
<H3><CODE>-tininessbefore, -tininessafter</CODE></H3>
<P>
When a <CODE><function></CODE> is specified that requires rounding, the
<CODE>-tininessbefore</CODE> option indicates that tininess on underflow will
be detected before rounding, while <CODE>-tininessafter</CODE> indicates that
tininess on underflow will be detected after rounding.
These options are ignored for operations that are exact and thus do not round.
When the method of tininess detection matters but is not specified, the default
is to detect tininess on underflow before rounding, same as
<CODE>-tininessbefore</CODE>.
</P>
<H3><CODE>-notexact, -exact</CODE></H3>
<P>
When a <CODE><function></CODE> is specified that rounds to an integer
(either conversion to an integer type or a <CODE>roundToInt</CODE> operation),
the <CODE>-notexact</CODE> option indicates that the <I>inexact</I> exception
flag is never raised, while <CODE>-exact</CODE> indicates that the
<I>inexact</I> exception flag is to be raised if the result is inexact.
For other operations, these options are ignored.
If neither option is specified, the default is not to raise the <I>inexact</I>
exception flag when rounding to an integer, same as <CODE>-notexact</CODE>.
</P>
<H2>Output Format</H2>
<P>
For each test case generated, <CODE>testfloat_gen</CODE> writes a single line
of text to standard output.
When the <CODE>testfloat_gen</CODE> command is given a
<CODE><type></CODE> argument, each test case consists of either one
integer value or one, two, or three floating-point values.
Each value is written to output as a raw hexadecimal number.
When there is more than one value per line, they are separated by spaces.
For example, output from executing
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<PRE>
testfloat_gen f64 2
</PRE>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
might look like this:
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<PRE>
3F90EB5825D6851E C3E0080080000000
41E3C00000000000 C182024F8AE474A8
7FD80FFFFFFFFFFF 7FEFFFFFFFFFFF80
3FFFED6A25C534BE 3CA1000000020000
...
</PRE>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
with each hexadecimal number being one <NOBR>64-bit</NOBR> floating-point
value.
Note that, for floating-point values, the sign and exponent are at the
most-significant end of the number.
Thus, for the first number on the first line above, the leading hexadecimal
digits <CODE>3F9</CODE> are the sign and encoded exponent of the
<NOBR>64-bit</NOBR> floating-point value, and the remaining digits are the
encoded significand.
</P>
<P>
When <CODE>testfloat_gen</CODE> is given a <CODE><function></CODE>
operation name, each line of output has not only the operands for the operation
but also the expected output, consisting of a result value and the exception
flags that are raised.
For example, the output from
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<PRE>
testfloat_gen f64_add
</PRE>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
could include these lines:
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<PRE>
3F90EB5825D6851E C3E0080080000000 C3E0080080000000 01
41E3C00000000000 C182024F8AE474A8 41E377F6C1D46E2D 01
7FD80FFFFFFFFFFF 7FEFFFFFFFFFFF80 7FF0000000000000 05
3FFFED6A25C534BE 3CA1000000020000 3FFFED6A25C534BF 01
...
</PRE>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
On each line, the first two numbers are the operands for the floating-point
addition, and the third and fourth numbers are the expected floating-point
result (the sum) and the exception flags raised.
Exception flags are encoded with one bit per flag as follows:
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0>
<TR>
<TD>bit 0<CODE> </CODE></TD>
<TD><I>inexact</I> exception</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>bit 1</TD><TD><I>underflow</I> exception</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>bit 2</TD><TD><I>overflow</I> exception</TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD>bit 3</TD>
<TD><I>infinite</I> exception (“divide by zero”)</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>bit 4</TD><TD><I>invalid</I> exception</TD></TR>
</TABLE>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
</P>
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