Matthias Krüger 9eb87c39a0
Rollup merge of #113053 - RalfJung:x86_32-float, r=workingjubilee
add notes about non-compliant FP behavior on 32bit x86 targets

Based on ton of prior discussion (see all the issues linked from https://github.com/rust-lang/unsafe-code-guidelines/issues/237), the consensus seems to be that these targets are simply cursed and we cannot implement the desired semantics for them. I hope I properly understood what exactly the extent of the curse is here, let's make sure people with more in-depth FP knowledge take a close look!

In particular for the tier 3 targets I have no clue which target is affected by which particular variant of the x86_32 FP curse. I assumed that `i686` meant SSE is used so the "floating point return value" is the only problem, while everything lower (`i586`, `i386`) meant x87 is used.

I opened https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/114479 to concisely describe and track the issue.

Cc `@workingjubilee` `@thomcc` `@chorman0773`  `@rust-lang/opsem`
Fixes https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/73288
Fixes https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/72327
2023-10-03 08:58:47 +02:00
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