Bug 14866

Summary:	ARM fesetenv (FE_NOMASK_ENV) does not test for success
Product:	glibc	Reporter:	Joseph Myers <jsm28>
Component:	ports	Assignee:	Not yet assigned to anyone <unassigned>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	carlos, roland
Priority:	P2	Flags:	fweimer: security-
Version:	2.16
Target Milestone:	---
Host:		Target:
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Description Joseph Myers 2012-11-21 20:21:50 UTC

On ARM, fesetenv (FE_NOMASK_ENV) returns success if VFP is present, even if it's a VFP version not supporting trapping exceptions.  Testing a patch.

Comment 1 Joseph Myers 2012-11-21 20:29:03 UTC

Fixed for 2.17 by:

commit ad35f2dd750ed3e3f483409ef50b38ea19745002
Author: Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>
Date:   Wed Nov 21 20:26:56 2012 +0000

    Make ARM fesetenv (FE_NOMASK_ENV) detect failure (bug 14866).