glibc/sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128
Joseph Myers 050f29c188 Fix lgamma (negative) inaccuracy (bug 2542, bug 2543, bug 2558).
The existing implementations of lgamma functions (except for the ia64
versions) use the reflection formula for negative arguments.  This
suffers large inaccuracy from cancellation near zeros of lgamma (near
where the gamma function is +/- 1).

This patch fixes this inaccuracy.  For arguments above -2, there are
no zeros and no large cancellation, while for sufficiently large
negative arguments the zeros are so close to integers that even for
integers +/- 1ulp the log(gamma(1-x)) term dominates and cancellation
is not significant.  Thus, it is only necessary to take special care
about cancellation for arguments around a limited number of zeros.

Accordingly, this patch uses precomputed tables of relevant zeros,
expressed as the sum of two floating-point values.  The log of the
ratio of two sines can be computed accurately using log1p in cases
where log would lose accuracy.  The log of the ratio of two gamma(1-x)
values can be computed using Stirling's approximation (the difference
between two values of that approximation to lgamma being computable
without computing the two values and then subtracting), with
appropriate adjustments (which don't reduce accuracy too much) in
cases where 1-x is too small to use Stirling's approximation directly.

In the interval from -3 to -2, using the ratios of sines and of
gamma(1-x) can still produce too much cancellation between those two
parts of the computation (and that interval is also the worst interval
for computing the ratio between gamma(1-x) values, which computation
becomes more accurate, while being less critical for the final result,
for larger 1-x).  Because this can result in errors slightly above
those accepted in glibc, this interval is instead dealt with by
polynomial approximations.  Separate polynomial approximations to
(|gamma(x)|-1)(x-n)/(x-x0) are used for each interval of length 1/8
from -3 to -2, where n (-3 or -2) is the nearest integer to the
1/8-interval and x0 is the zero of lgamma in the relevant half-integer
interval (-3 to -2.5 or -2.5 to -2).

Together, the two approaches are intended to give sufficient accuracy
for all negative arguments in the problem range.  Outside that range,
the previous implementation continues to be used.

Tested for x86_64, x86, mips64 and powerpc.  The mips64 and powerpc
testing shows up pre-existing problems for ldbl-128 and ldbl-128ibm
with large negative arguments giving spurious "invalid" exceptions
(exposed by newly added tests for cases this patch doesn't affect the
logic for); I'll address those problems separately.

	[BZ #2542]
	[BZ #2543]
	[BZ #2558]
	* sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/e_lgamma_r.c (__ieee754_lgamma_r): Call
	__lgamma_neg for arguments from -28.0 to -2.0.
	* sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32/e_lgammaf_r.c (__ieee754_lgammaf_r): Call
	__lgamma_negf for arguments from -15.0 to -2.0.
	* sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128/e_lgammal_r.c (__ieee754_lgammal_r):
	Call __lgamma_negl for arguments from -48.0 or -50.0 to -2.0.
	* sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-96/e_lgammal_r.c (__ieee754_lgammal_r):
	Call __lgamma_negl for arguments from -33.0 to -2.0.
	* sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/lgamma_neg.c: New file.
	* sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/lgamma_product.c: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32/lgamma_negf.c: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32/lgamma_productf.c: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128/lgamma_negl.c: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128/lgamma_productl.c: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128ibm/lgamma_negl.c: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128ibm/lgamma_productl.c: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-96/lgamma_negl.c: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-96/lgamma_product.c: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-96/lgamma_productl.c: Likewise.
	* sysdeps/generic/math_private.h (__lgamma_negf): New prototype.
	(__lgamma_neg): Likewise.
	(__lgamma_negl): Likewise.
	(__lgamma_product): Likewise.
	(__lgamma_productl): Likewise.
	* math/Makefile (libm-calls): Add lgamma_neg and lgamma_product.
	* math/auto-libm-test-in: Add more tests of lgamma.
	* math/auto-libm-test-out: Regenerated.
	* sysdeps/i386/fpu/libm-test-ulps: Update.
	* sysdeps/x86_64/fpu/libm-test-ulps: Likewise.
2015-09-10 22:27:58 +00:00
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e_acoshl.c Use <> for math.h and math_private.h everywhere. 2012-03-09 16:09:10 -08:00
e_acosl.c Fix ldbl-128/ldbl-128ibm acosl inaccuracy (bug 18038, bug 18039). 2015-02-26 21:06:34 +00:00
e_asinl.c Fix ldbl-128 / ldbl-128ibm asinl for -Wuninitialized. 2015-05-22 17:36:52 +00:00
e_atan2l.c Use <> for math.h and math_private.h everywhere. 2012-03-09 16:09:10 -08:00
e_atanhl.c Fix atanhl missing underflows (bug 16352). 2015-05-15 22:07:57 +00:00
e_coshl.c Fix cosh spurious underflows from expm1 (bug 16354), inaccurate results near 0 (bug 17061). 2014-06-23 20:20:10 +00:00
e_exp10l.c This patch renames all uses of __isinf*, __isnan*, __finite* and __signbit* to use standard C99 macros. This has no effect on generated code. 2015-06-03 15:41:36 +01:00
e_expl.c Fix ldbl-128 expl missing underflows (bug 18586). 2015-06-24 15:12:03 +00:00
e_fmodl.c Use <> for math.h and math_private.h everywhere. 2012-03-09 16:09:10 -08:00
e_gammal_r.c Improve tgamma accuracy (bug 18613). 2015-06-29 23:29:35 +00:00
e_hypotl.c Fix hypot handling of subnormals (bug 16316, bug 16330). 2013-12-17 13:42:13 +00:00
e_ilogbl.c Finish ilogb changes 2012-04-18 14:31:43 +02:00
e_j0l.c This patch renames all uses of __isinf*, __isnan*, __finite* and __signbit* to use standard C99 macros. This has no effect on generated code. 2015-06-03 15:41:36 +01:00
e_j1l.c Fix ldbl-128 j1l spurious underflows (bug 18612). 2015-06-29 17:51:32 +00:00
e_jnl.c Fix j1, jn missing underflows (bug 16559). 2015-06-29 16:52:16 +00:00
e_lgammal_r.c Fix lgamma (negative) inaccuracy (bug 2542, bug 2543, bug 2558). 2015-09-10 22:27:58 +00:00
e_log2l.c Fix log2 (1) in round-downward mode (bug 17042). 2014-06-10 12:07:15 +00:00
e_log10l.c Fix log10 (1) in round-downward mode (bug 16977). 2014-05-23 12:07:50 +00:00
e_logl.c Fix log (1) in round-downward mode (bug 16731). 2014-03-21 18:13:58 +00:00
e_powl.c Fix ldbl-128 powl sign of result in overflow / underflow cases (bug 17097). 2014-06-29 11:49:08 +00:00
e_rem_pio2l.c Update copyright dates with scripts/update-copyrights. 2015-01-02 16:29:47 +00:00
e_remainderl.c Use <> for math.h and math_private.h everywhere. 2012-03-09 16:09:10 -08:00
e_sinhl.c Fix sinh missing underflows (bug 16519). 2015-08-06 23:01:09 +00:00
gamma_productl.c Update copyright dates with scripts/update-copyrights. 2015-01-02 16:29:47 +00:00
ieee754.h Update copyright dates with scripts/update-copyrights. 2015-01-02 16:29:47 +00:00
k_cosl.c Update copyright dates with scripts/update-copyrights. 2015-01-02 16:29:47 +00:00
k_sincosl.c Fix sin, sincos missing underflows (bug 16526, bug 16538). 2015-06-23 22:24:20 +00:00
k_sinl.c Fix sin, sincos missing underflows (bug 16526, bug 16538). 2015-06-23 22:24:20 +00:00
k_tanl.c Fix tan missing underflows (bug 16517). 2015-08-07 23:10:35 +00:00
ldbl2mpn.c Update copyright dates with scripts/update-copyrights. 2015-01-02 16:29:47 +00:00
lgamma_negl.c Fix lgamma (negative) inaccuracy (bug 2542, bug 2543, bug 2558). 2015-09-10 22:27:58 +00:00
lgamma_productl.c Fix lgamma (negative) inaccuracy (bug 2542, bug 2543, bug 2558). 2015-09-10 22:27:58 +00:00
Makefile * sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128/Makefile: New file. 2007-03-14 17:36:18 +00:00
math_ldbl.h Update. 1999-07-15 18:26:25 +00:00
mpn2ldbl.c Update copyright dates with scripts/update-copyrights. 2015-01-02 16:29:47 +00:00
printf_fphex.c Update copyright dates with scripts/update-copyrights. 2015-01-02 16:29:47 +00:00
s_asinhl.c Fix asinh missing underflows (bug 16350). 2015-06-18 23:27:41 +00:00
s_atanl.c Fix atan / atan2 missing underflows (bug 15319). 2015-02-18 21:10:49 +00:00
s_cbrtl.c This patch renames all uses of __isinf*, __isnan*, __finite* and __signbit* to use standard C99 macros. This has no effect on generated code. 2015-06-03 15:41:36 +01:00
s_ceill.c Use <> for math.h and math_private.h everywhere. 2012-03-09 16:09:10 -08:00
s_copysignl.c Use <> for math.h and math_private.h everywhere. 2012-03-09 16:09:10 -08:00
s_cosl.c Use <> for math.h and math_private.h everywhere. 2012-03-09 16:09:10 -08:00
s_erfl.c Fix ldbl-128 / ldbl-128ibm erfcl for -Wuninitialized 2015-05-22 17:48:45 +00:00
s_expm1l.c Fix ldbl-128 expm1l (-min_subnorm) result sign (bug 18619). 2015-07-01 22:27:49 +00:00
s_fabsl.c Use <> for math.h and math_private.h everywhere. 2012-03-09 16:09:10 -08:00
s_finitel.c Use <> for math.h and math_private.h everywhere. 2012-03-09 16:09:10 -08:00
s_floorl.c Use <> for math.h and math_private.h everywhere. 2012-03-09 16:09:10 -08:00
s_fma.c Update copyright dates with scripts/update-copyrights. 2015-01-02 16:29:47 +00:00
s_fmal.c Fix fma spurious underflows (bug 18824). 2015-08-14 17:15:06 +00:00
s_fpclassifyl.c Update copyright dates with scripts/update-copyrights. 2015-01-02 16:29:47 +00:00
s_frexpl.c Use <> for math.h and math_private.h everywhere. 2012-03-09 16:09:10 -08:00
s_isinf_nsl.c Use <> for math.h and math_private.h everywhere. 2012-03-09 16:09:10 -08:00
s_isinfl.c Use <> for math.h and math_private.h everywhere. 2012-03-09 16:09:10 -08:00
s_isnanl.c Use <> for math.h and math_private.h everywhere. 2012-03-09 16:09:10 -08:00
s_issignalingl.c Update copyright dates with scripts/update-copyrights. 2015-01-02 16:29:47 +00:00
s_llrintl.c Update copyright dates with scripts/update-copyrights. 2015-01-02 16:29:47 +00:00
s_llroundl.c Update copyright dates with scripts/update-copyrights. 2015-01-02 16:29:47 +00:00
s_log1pl.c Fix log1p missing underflows (bug 16339). 2015-05-14 23:38:07 +00:00
s_logbl.c Optimize handling of denormals in logb/logbf/logbl 2012-05-26 13:53:22 +02:00
s_lrintl.c Update copyright dates with scripts/update-copyrights. 2015-01-02 16:29:47 +00:00
s_lroundl.c Update copyright dates with scripts/update-copyrights. 2015-01-02 16:29:47 +00:00
s_modfl.c Use <> for math.h and math_private.h everywhere. 2012-03-09 16:09:10 -08:00
s_nearbyintl.c Fix nearbyint scheduling of arithmetic past fesetenv (bug 15490). 2013-05-19 18:40:25 +00:00
s_nextafterl.c Fix nextafter overflow in non-default rounding modes (bug 16677). 2014-03-11 22:24:00 +00:00
s_nexttoward.c Fix leading whitespaces. 2013-06-06 20:36:07 +02:00
s_nexttowardf.c Remove trailing whitespace. 2013-06-05 20:44:03 +00:00
s_remquol.c Fix sign of remquo zero remainder in round-downward mode (bug 17987). 2015-02-17 00:41:50 +00:00
s_rintl.c Fix set-but-not-used warnings in ldbl-128 nearbyintl, rintl. 2012-11-20 14:26:07 +00:00
s_roundl.c Fix ldbl-128 roundl for exponents in [31, 47] (bug 18346). 2015-04-28 17:27:02 +00:00
s_scalblnl.c [BZ #6803] Set errno for scalbln, scalbn 2014-06-20 07:48:20 +05:30
s_scalbnl.c Remove trailing whitespace. 2013-06-05 20:44:03 +00:00
s_signbitl.c Update copyright dates with scripts/update-copyrights. 2015-01-02 16:29:47 +00:00
s_sincosl.c Fix sincos errno setting (bug 15467). 2015-02-11 23:17:25 +00:00
s_sinl.c Use <> for math.h and math_private.h everywhere. 2012-03-09 16:09:10 -08:00
s_tanhl.c Fix tanh missing underflows (bug 16520). 2015-08-13 16:40:39 +00:00
s_tanl.c Remove trailing whitespace. 2013-06-05 20:44:03 +00:00
s_truncl.c Update copyright dates with scripts/update-copyrights. 2015-01-02 16:29:47 +00:00
strtold_l.c Update copyright dates with scripts/update-copyrights. 2015-01-02 16:29:47 +00:00
t_expl.h Update copyright dates with scripts/update-copyrights. 2015-01-02 16:29:47 +00:00
t_sincosl.c Update copyright dates with scripts/update-copyrights. 2015-01-02 16:29:47 +00:00
w_expl.c This patch renames all uses of __isinf*, __isnan*, __finite* and __signbit* to use standard C99 macros. This has no effect on generated code. 2015-06-03 15:41:36 +01:00
x2y2m1l.c Update copyright dates with scripts/update-copyrights. 2015-01-02 16:29:47 +00:00