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Interpreter and compiled code process signaling NaN values inconsistently in 32-bit x86 VM

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        The test (attached) for 8026049 changes exposed existing problem of how NaN values processed in 32-bit VM.

        On 3/31/15 7:33 AM, Andrew Haley wrote:
        " It's not what I expected, and maybe not what you expected either. My
        test case fails on 32-bit x86 before any of my patches have been
        applied.

        It turns out that the problem is due to the handling of floating-point
        NaNs on legacy 32-bit x86 systems. The template interpreter uses
        80x87 floating point but the compilers use XMM registers. XMM is
        transparent to all floating-point data: you can load and store any bit
        pattern and it is not altered. The same is not true of 80x87: if the
        operand of an operation is a signaling NaN, the default action is to
        silently convert it to a quiet NaN.

        This means that interpreted and compiled code will do different things
        with signaling NaNs. While I'm not sure if this is a specification
        violation, it certainly is a breach of the Write Once, Run Anywhere
        principle, albeit a very unimportant one."

        Both Server (C2) and Client (C1) VMs are affected.

        32-bit Client VM (C1):

        $ bin/java -client HeapByteBufferTest
        Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException
            at MyByteBuffer.ck(HeapByteBufferTest.java:201)
            at MyByteBuffer.getLong(HeapByteBufferTest.java:211)
            at HeapByteBufferTest.step(HeapByteBufferTest.java:311)
            at HeapByteBufferTest.run(HeapByteBufferTest.java:347)
            at HeapByteBufferTest.main(HeapByteBufferTest.java:362)

        32-bit Server VM without tiered (-TieredCompilation):

        $ bin/java -server -XX:-TieredCompilation HeapByteBufferTest
        Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException
            at MyByteBuffer.ck(HeapByteBufferTest.java:207)
            at MyByteBuffer.getDouble(HeapByteBufferTest.java:215)
            at HeapByteBufferTest.step(HeapByteBufferTest.java:329)
            at HeapByteBufferTest.run(HeapByteBufferTest.java:347)
            at HeapByteBufferTest.main(HeapByteBufferTest.java:362)

        For some reasons Server VM only pass when TieredCompilation is enabled.

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