4851642: Add fused multiply add to Java math library
authordarcy
Fri, 15 Apr 2016 10:14:57 -0700
changeset 37364 80be215c8c51
parent 37363 329dba26ffd2
child 37365 9cc4eb4d7491
4851642: Add fused multiply add to Java math library Reviewed-by: bpb, nadezhin
jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Math.java
jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/StrictMath.java
jdk/test/java/lang/Math/FusedMultiplyAddTests.java
jdk/test/java/lang/Math/Tests.java
--- a/jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Math.java	Fri Apr 15 16:19:15 2016 +0100
+++ b/jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/Math.java	Fri Apr 15 10:14:57 2016 -0700
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 package java.lang;
 
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.util.Random;
 import jdk.internal.math.FloatConsts;
 import jdk.internal.math.DoubleConsts;
@@ -1450,6 +1451,199 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Returns the fused multiply add of the three arguments; that is,
+     * returns the exact product of the first two arguments summed
+     * with the third argument and then rounded once to the nearest
+     * {@code double}.
+     *
+     * The rounding is done using the {@linkplain
+     * java.math.RoundingMode#HALF_EVEN round to nearest even
+     * rounding mode}.
+     *
+     * In contrast, if {@code a * b + c} is evaluated as a regular
+     * floating-point expression, two rounding errors are involved,
+     * the first for the multiply operation, the second for the
+     * addition operation.
+     *
+     * <p>Special cases:
+     * <ul>
+     * <li> If any argument is NaN, the result is NaN.
+     *
+     * <li> If one of the first two arguments is infinite and the
+     * other is zero, the result is NaN.
+     *
+     * <li> If the exact product of the first two arguments is infinite
+     * (in other words, at least one of the arguments is infinite and
+     * the other is neither zero nor NaN) and the third argument is an
+     * infinity of the opposite sign, the result is NaN.
+     *
+     * </ul>
+     *
+     * <p>Note that {@code fma(a, 1.0, c)} returns the same
+     * result as ({@code a + c}).  However,
+     * {@code fma(a, b, +0.0)} does <em>not</em> always return the
+     * same result as ({@code a * b}) since
+     * {@code fma(-0.0, +0.0, +0.0)} is {@code +0.0} while
+     * ({@code -0.0 * +0.0}) is {@code -0.0}; {@code fma(a, b, -0.0)} is
+     * equivalent to ({@code a * b}) however.
+     *
+     * @apiNote This method corresponds to the fusedMultiplyAdd
+     * operation defined in IEEE 754-2008.
+     *
+     * @param a a value
+     * @param b a value
+     * @param c a value
+     *
+     * @return (<i>a</i>&nbsp;&times;&nbsp;<i>b</i>&nbsp;+&nbsp;<i>c</i>)
+     * computed, as if with unlimited range and precision, and rounded
+     * once to the nearest {@code double} value
+     */
+    // @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    public static double fma(double a, double b, double c) {
+        /*
+         * Infinity and NaN arithmetic is not quite the same with two
+         * roundings as opposed to just one so the simple expression
+         * "a * b + c" cannot always be used to compute the correct
+         * result.  With two roundings, the product can overflow and
+         * if the addend is infinite, a spurious NaN can be produced
+         * if the infinity from the overflow and the infinite addend
+         * have opposite signs.
+         */
+
+        // First, screen for and handle non-finite input values whose
+        // arithmetic is not supported by BigDecimal.
+        if (Double.isNaN(a) || Double.isNaN(b) || Double.isNaN(c)) {
+            return Double.NaN;
+        } else { // All inputs non-NaN
+            boolean infiniteA = Double.isInfinite(a);
+            boolean infiniteB = Double.isInfinite(b);
+            boolean infiniteC = Double.isInfinite(c);
+            double result;
+
+            if (infiniteA || infiniteB || infiniteC) {
+                if (infiniteA && b == 0.0 ||
+                    infiniteB && a == 0.0 ) {
+                    return Double.NaN;
+                }
+                // Store product in a double field to cause an
+                // overflow even if non-strictfp evaluation is being
+                // used.
+                double product = a * b;
+                if (Double.isInfinite(product) && !infiniteA && !infiniteB) {
+                    // Intermediate overflow; might cause a
+                    // spurious NaN if added to infinite c.
+                    assert Double.isInfinite(c);
+                    return c;
+                } else {
+                    result = product + c;
+                    assert !Double.isFinite(result);
+                    return result;
+                }
+            } else { // All inputs finite
+                BigDecimal product = (new BigDecimal(a)).multiply(new BigDecimal(b));
+                if (c == 0.0) { // Positive or negative zero
+                    // If the product is an exact zero, use a
+                    // floating-point expression to compute the sign
+                    // of the zero final result. The product is an
+                    // exact zero if and only if at least one of a and
+                    // b is zero.
+                    if (a == 0.0 || b == 0.0) {
+                        return a * b + c;
+                    } else {
+                        // The sign of a zero addend doesn't matter if
+                        // the product is nonzero. The sign of a zero
+                        // addend is not factored in the result if the
+                        // exact product is nonzero but underflows to
+                        // zero; see IEEE-754 2008 section 6.3 "The
+                        // sign bit".
+                        return product.doubleValue();
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    return product.add(new BigDecimal(c)).doubleValue();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the fused multiply add of the three arguments; that is,
+     * returns the exact product of the first two arguments summed
+     * with the third argument and then rounded once to the nearest
+     * {@code float}.
+     *
+     * The rounding is done using the {@linkplain
+     * java.math.RoundingMode#HALF_EVEN round to nearest even
+     * rounding mode}.
+     *
+     * In contrast, if {@code a * b + c} is evaluated as a regular
+     * floating-point expression, two rounding errors are involved,
+     * the first for the multiply operation, the second for the
+     * addition operation.
+     *
+     * <p>Special cases:
+     * <ul>
+     * <li> If any argument is NaN, the result is NaN.
+     *
+     * <li> If one of the first two arguments is infinite and the
+     * other is zero, the result is NaN.
+     *
+     * <li> If the exact product of the first two arguments is infinite
+     * (in other words, at least one of the arguments is infinite and
+     * the other is neither zero nor NaN) and the third argument is an
+     * infinity of the opposite sign, the result is NaN.
+     *
+     * </ul>
+     *
+     * <p>Note that {@code fma(a, 1.0f, c)} returns the same
+     * result as ({@code a + c}).  However,
+     * {@code fma(a, b, +0.0f)} does <em>not</em> always return the
+     * same result as ({@code a * b}) since
+     * {@code fma(-0.0f, +0.0f, +0.0f)} is {@code +0.0f} while
+     * ({@code -0.0f * +0.0f}) is {@code -0.0f}; {@code fma(a, b, -0.0f)} is
+     * equivalent to ({@code a * b}) however.
+     *
+     * @apiNote This method corresponds to the fusedMultiplyAdd
+     * operation defined in IEEE 754-2008.
+     *
+     * @param a a value
+     * @param b a value
+     * @param c a value
+     *
+     * @return (<i>a</i>&nbsp;&times;&nbsp;<i>b</i>&nbsp;+&nbsp;<i>c</i>)
+     * computed, as if with unlimited range and precision, and rounded
+     * once to the nearest {@code float} value
+     */
+    // @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate
+    public static float fma(float a, float b, float c) {
+        /*
+         *  Since the double format has more than twice the precision
+         *  of the float format, the multiply of a * b is exact in
+         *  double. The add of c to the product then incurs one
+         *  rounding error. Since the double format moreover has more
+         *  than (2p + 2) precision bits compared to the p bits of the
+         *  float format, the two roundings of (a * b + c), first to
+         *  the double format and then secondarily to the float format,
+         *  are equivalent to rounding the intermediate result directly
+         *  to the float format.
+         *
+         * In terms of strictfp vs default-fp concerns related to
+         * overflow and underflow, since
+         *
+         * (Float.MAX_VALUE * Float.MAX_VALUE) << Double.MAX_VALUE
+         * (Float.MIN_VALUE * Float.MIN_VALUE) >> Double.MIN_VALUE
+         *
+         * neither the multiply nor add will overflow or underflow in
+         * double. Therefore, it is not necessary for this method to
+         * be declared strictfp to have reproducible
+         * behavior. However, it is necessary to explicitly store down
+         * to a float variable to avoid returning a value in the float
+         * extended value set.
+         */
+        float result = (float)(((double) a * (double) b ) + (double) c);
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Returns the size of an ulp of the argument.  An ulp, unit in
      * the last place, of a {@code double} value is the positive
      * distance between this floating-point value and the {@code
--- a/jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/StrictMath.java	Fri Apr 15 16:19:15 2016 +0100
+++ b/jdk/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/StrictMath.java	Fri Apr 15 10:14:57 2016 -0700
@@ -1135,6 +1135,110 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Returns the fused multiply add of the three arguments; that is,
+     * returns the exact product of the first two arguments summed
+     * with the third argument and then rounded once to the nearest
+     * {@code double}.
+     *
+     * The rounding is done using the {@linkplain
+     * java.math.RoundingMode#HALF_EVEN round to nearest even
+     * rounding mode}.
+     *
+     * In contrast, if {@code a * b + c} is evaluated as a regular
+     * floating-point expression, two rounding errors are involved,
+     * the first for the multiply operation, the second for the
+     * addition operation.
+     *
+     * <p>Special cases:
+     * <ul>
+     * <li> If any argument is NaN, the result is NaN.
+     *
+     * <li> If one of the first two arguments is infinite and the
+     * other is zero, the result is NaN.
+     *
+     * <li> If the exact product of the first two arguments is infinite
+     * (in other words, at least one of the arguments is infinite and
+     * the other is neither zero nor NaN) and the third argument is an
+     * infinity of the opposite sign, the result is NaN.
+     *
+     * </ul>
+     *
+     * <p>Note that {@code fusedMac(a, 1.0, c)} returns the same
+     * result as ({@code a + c}).  However,
+     * {@code fusedMac(a, b, +0.0)} does <em>not</em> always return the
+     * same result as ({@code a * b}) since
+     * {@code fusedMac(-0.0, +0.0, +0.0)} is {@code +0.0} while
+     * ({@code -0.0 * +0.0}) is {@code -0.0}; {@code fusedMac(a, b, -0.0)} is
+     * equivalent to ({@code a * b}) however.
+     *
+     * @apiNote This method corresponds to the fusedMultiplyAdd
+     * operation defined in IEEE 754-2008.
+     *
+     * @param a a value
+     * @param b a value
+     * @param c a value
+     *
+     * @return (<i>a</i>&nbsp;&times;&nbsp;<i>b</i>&nbsp;+&nbsp;<i>c</i>)
+     * computed, as if with unlimited range and precision, and rounded
+     * once to the nearest {@code double} value
+     */
+    public static double fma(double a, double b, double c) {
+        return Math.fma(a, b, c);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the fused multiply add of the three arguments; that is,
+     * returns the exact product of the first two arguments summed
+     * with the third argument and then rounded once to the nearest
+     * {@code float}.
+     *
+     * The rounding is done using the {@linkplain
+     * java.math.RoundingMode#HALF_EVEN round to nearest even
+     * rounding mode}.
+     *
+     * In contrast, if {@code a * b + c} is evaluated as a regular
+     * floating-point expression, two rounding errors are involved,
+     * the first for the multiply operation, the second for the
+     * addition operation.
+     *
+     * <p>Special cases:
+     * <ul>
+     * <li> If any argument is NaN, the result is NaN.
+     *
+     * <li> If one of the first two arguments is infinite and the
+     * other is zero, the result is NaN.
+     *
+     * <li> If the exact product of the first two arguments is infinite
+     * (in other words, at least one of the arguments is infinite and
+     * the other is neither zero nor NaN) and the third argument is an
+     * infinity of the opposite sign, the result is NaN.
+     *
+     * </ul>
+     *
+     * <p>Note that {@code fma(a, 1.0f, c)} returns the same
+     * result as ({@code a + c}).  However,
+     * {@code fma(a, b, +0.0f)} does <em>not</em> always return the
+     * same result as ({@code a * b}) since
+     * {@code fma(-0.0f, +0.0f, +0.0f)} is {@code +0.0f} while
+     * ({@code -0.0f * +0.0f}) is {@code -0.0f}; {@code fma(a, b, -0.0f)} is
+     * equivalent to ({@code a * b}) however.
+     *
+     * @apiNote This method corresponds to the fusedMultiplyAdd
+     * operation defined in IEEE 754-2008.
+     *
+     * @param a a value
+     * @param b a value
+     * @param c a value
+     *
+     * @return (<i>a</i>&nbsp;&times;&nbsp;<i>b</i>&nbsp;+&nbsp;<i>c</i>)
+     * computed, as if with unlimited range and precision, and rounded
+     * once to the nearest {@code float} value
+     */
+    public static float fma(float a, float b, float c) {
+        return Math.fma(a, b, c);
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Returns the size of an ulp of the argument.  An ulp, unit in
      * the last place, of a {@code double} value is the positive
      * distance between this floating-point value and the {@code
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/jdk/test/java/lang/Math/FusedMultiplyAddTests.java	Fri Apr 15 10:14:57 2016 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,385 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 4851642
+ * @summary Tests for Math.fusedMac and StrictMath.fusedMac.
+ * @build Tests
+ * @build FusedMultiplyAddTests
+ * @run main FusedMultiplyAddTests
+ */
+
+/**
+ * The specifications for both Math.fusedMac and StrictMath.fusedMac
+ * are the same and both are exactly specified. Therefore, both
+ * methods are tested in this file.
+ */
+
+public class FusedMultiplyAddTests {
+    private FusedMultiplyAddTests(){}
+
+    private static final double Infinity =  Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
+    private static final float  InfinityF = Float.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
+    private static final double NaN  = Double.NaN;
+    private static final float  NaNf = Float.NaN;
+
+    public static void main(String... args) {
+        int failures = 0;
+
+        failures += testNonFiniteD();
+        failures += testZeroesD();
+        failures += testSimpleD();
+
+        failures += testNonFiniteF();
+        failures += testZeroesF();
+        failures += testSimpleF();
+
+        if (failures > 0) {
+            System.err.println("Testing fma incurred "
+                               + failures + " failures.");
+            throw new RuntimeException();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static int testNonFiniteD() {
+        int failures = 0;
+
+        double [][] testCases = {
+            {Infinity,       Infinity,  Infinity,
+            Infinity,
+            },
+
+            {-Infinity,       Infinity,  -Infinity,
+            -Infinity,
+            },
+
+            {-Infinity,       Infinity,  Infinity,
+            NaN,
+            },
+
+            {Infinity,       Infinity,  -Infinity,
+            NaN,
+            },
+
+            {1.0,       Infinity,  2.0,
+            Infinity,
+            },
+
+            {1.0,       2.0,       Infinity,
+             Infinity,
+            },
+
+            {Infinity,  1.0,       Infinity,
+             Infinity,
+            },
+
+            {Double.MAX_VALUE, 2.0, -Infinity,
+             -Infinity},
+
+            {Infinity,  1.0,       -Infinity,
+             NaN,
+            },
+
+            {-Infinity, 1.0,       Infinity,
+             NaN,
+            },
+
+            {1.0,       NaN,       2.0,
+             NaN,
+            },
+
+            {1.0,       2.0,       NaN,
+             NaN,
+            },
+
+            {Infinity,  2.0,       NaN,
+             NaN,
+            },
+
+            {NaN,       2.0,       Infinity,
+             NaN,
+            },
+        };
+
+        for (double[] testCase: testCases)
+            failures += testFusedMacCase(testCase[0], testCase[1], testCase[2], testCase[3]);
+
+        return failures;
+    }
+
+    private static int testZeroesD() {
+        int failures = 0;
+
+        double [][] testCases = {
+            {+0.0, +0.0, +0.0,
+             +0.0,
+            },
+
+            {-0.0, +0.0, +0.0,
+             +0.0,
+            },
+
+            {+0.0, +0.0, -0.0,
+             +0.0,
+            },
+
+            {+0.0, +0.0, -0.0,
+             +0.0,
+            },
+
+            {-0.0, +0.0, -0.0,
+             -0.0,
+            },
+
+            {-0.0, -0.0, -0.0,
+             +0.0,
+            },
+
+            {-1.0, +0.0, -0.0,
+             -0.0,
+            },
+
+            {-1.0, +0.0, +0.0,
+             +0.0,
+            },
+
+            {-2.0, +0.0, -0.0,
+             -0.0,
+            },
+
+            {-2.0, +0.0, +0.0,
+             +0.0,
+            },
+        };
+
+        for (double[] testCase: testCases)
+            failures += testFusedMacCase(testCase[0], testCase[1], testCase[2], testCase[3]);
+
+        return failures;
+    }
+
+    private static int testSimpleD() {
+        int failures = 0;
+
+        double [][] testCases = {
+            {1.0, 2.0, 3.0,
+             5.0,},
+
+            {1.0, 2.0, -2.0,
+             0.0,},
+
+            {5.0, 5.0, -25.0,
+             0.0,},
+
+            {Double.MAX_VALUE, 2.0, -Double.MAX_VALUE,
+             Double.MAX_VALUE},
+
+            {Double.MAX_VALUE, 2.0, 1.0,
+             Infinity},
+
+            {Double.MIN_VALUE, -Double.MIN_VALUE, +0.0,
+             -0.0},
+
+            {Double.MIN_VALUE, -Double.MIN_VALUE, -0.0,
+             -0.0},
+
+            {Double.MIN_VALUE, Double.MIN_VALUE, +0.0,
+             +0.0},
+
+            {Double.MIN_VALUE, Double.MIN_VALUE, -0.0,
+             +0.0},
+
+            {Double.MIN_VALUE, +0.0, -0.0,
+             +0.0},
+
+            {Double.MIN_VALUE, -0.0, -0.0,
+             -0.0},
+
+            {Double.MIN_VALUE, +0.0, +0.0,
+             +0.0},
+
+            {Double.MIN_VALUE, -0.0, +0.0,
+             +0.0},
+        };
+
+        for (double[] testCase: testCases)
+            failures += testFusedMacCase(testCase[0], testCase[1], testCase[2], testCase[3]);
+
+        return failures;
+    }
+
+    private static int testNonFiniteF() {
+        int failures = 0;
+
+        float [][] testCases = {
+            {1.0f,       InfinityF,  2.0f,
+             InfinityF,
+            },
+
+            {1.0f,       2.0f,       InfinityF,
+             InfinityF,
+            },
+
+            {InfinityF,  1.0f,       InfinityF,
+             InfinityF,
+            },
+
+            {Float.MAX_VALUE, 2.0f, -InfinityF,
+             -InfinityF},
+
+            {InfinityF,  1.0f,      -InfinityF,
+             NaNf,
+            },
+
+            {-InfinityF, 1.0f,       InfinityF,
+             NaNf,
+            },
+
+            {1.0f,       NaNf,       2.0f,
+             NaNf,
+            },
+
+            {1.0f,       2.0f,       NaNf,
+             NaNf,
+            },
+
+            {InfinityF,  2.0f,       NaNf,
+             NaNf,
+            },
+
+            {NaNf,       2.0f,       InfinityF,
+             NaNf,
+            },
+        };
+
+        for (float[] testCase: testCases)
+            failures += testFusedMacCase(testCase[0], testCase[1], testCase[2], testCase[3]);
+
+        return failures;
+    }
+
+    private static int testZeroesF() {
+        int failures = 0;
+
+        float [][] testCases = {
+            {+0.0f, +0.0f, +0.0f,
+             +0.0f,
+            },
+
+            {-0.0f, +0.0f, +0.0f,
+             +0.0f,
+            },
+
+            {+0.0f, +0.0f, -0.0f,
+             +0.0f,
+            },
+
+            {+0.0f, +0.0f, -0.0f,
+             +0.0f,
+            },
+
+            {-0.0f, +0.0f, -0.0f,
+             -0.0f,
+            },
+
+            {-0.0f, -0.0f, -0.0f,
+             +0.0f,
+            },
+
+            {-1.0f, +0.0f, -0.0f,
+             -0.0f,
+            },
+
+            {-1.0f, +0.0f, +0.0f,
+             +0.0f,
+            },
+
+            {-2.0f, +0.0f, -0.0f,
+             -0.0f,
+            },
+        };
+
+        for (float[] testCase: testCases)
+            failures += testFusedMacCase(testCase[0], testCase[1], testCase[2], testCase[3]);
+
+        return failures;
+    }
+
+    private static int testSimpleF() {
+        int failures = 0;
+
+        float [][] testCases = {
+            {1.0f, 2.0f, 3.0f,
+             5.0f,},
+
+            {1.0f, 2.0f, -2.0f,
+             0.0f,},
+
+            {5.0f, 5.0f, -25.0f,
+             0.0f,},
+
+            {Float.MAX_VALUE, 2.0f, -Float.MAX_VALUE,
+             Float.MAX_VALUE},
+
+            {Float.MAX_VALUE, 2.0f, 1.0f,
+             InfinityF},
+        };
+
+        for (float[] testCase: testCases)
+            failures += testFusedMacCase(testCase[0], testCase[1], testCase[2], testCase[3]);
+
+        return failures;
+    }
+
+
+    private static int testFusedMacCase(double input1, double input2, double input3, double expected) {
+        int failures = 0;
+        failures += Tests.test("Math.fma(double)", input1, input2, input3,
+                               Math.fma(input1, input2, input3), expected);
+        failures += Tests.test("StrictMath.fma(double)", input1, input2, input3,
+                               StrictMath.fma(input1, input2, input3), expected);
+
+        // Permute first two inputs
+        failures += Tests.test("Math.fma(double)", input2, input1, input3,
+                               Math.fma(input2, input1, input3), expected);
+        failures += Tests.test("StrictMath.fma(double)", input2, input1, input3,
+                               StrictMath.fma(input2, input1, input3), expected);
+        return failures;
+    }
+
+    private static int testFusedMacCase(float input1, float input2, float input3, float expected) {
+        int failures = 0;
+        failures += Tests.test("Math.fma(float)", input1, input2, input3,
+                               Math.fma(input1, input2, input3), expected);
+        failures += Tests.test("StrictMath.fma(float)", input1, input2, input3,
+                               StrictMath.fma(input1, input2, input3), expected);
+
+        // Permute first two inputs
+        failures += Tests.test("Math.fma(float)", input2, input1, input3,
+                               Math.fma(input2, input1, input3), expected);
+        failures += Tests.test("StrictMath.fma(float)", input2, input1, input3,
+                               StrictMath.fma(input2, input1, input3), expected);
+        return failures;
+    }
+}
--- a/jdk/test/java/lang/Math/Tests.java	Fri Apr 15 16:19:15 2016 +0100
+++ b/jdk/test/java/lang/Math/Tests.java	Fri Apr 15 10:14:57 2016 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2003, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2003, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -391,6 +391,38 @@
             return 0;
     }
 
+    public static int test(String testName,
+                           float input1, float input2, float input3,
+                           float result, float expected) {
+        if (Float.compare(expected, result ) != 0) {
+            System.err.println("Failure for "  + testName + ":\n" +
+                               "\tFor inputs " + input1   + "\t(" + toHexString(input1) + ") and "
+                                               + input2   + "\t(" + toHexString(input2) + ") and"
+                                               + input3   + "\t(" + toHexString(input3) + ")\n"  +
+                               "\texpected  "  + expected + "\t(" + toHexString(expected) + ")\n" +
+                               "\tgot       "  + result   + "\t(" + toHexString(result) + ").");
+            return 1;
+        }
+        else
+            return 0;
+    }
+
+    public static int test(String testName,
+                           double input1, double input2, double input3,
+                           double result, double expected) {
+        if (Double.compare(expected, result ) != 0) {
+            System.err.println("Failure for "  + testName + ":\n" +
+                               "\tFor inputs " + input1   + "\t(" + toHexString(input1) + ") and "
+                                               + input2   + "\t(" + toHexString(input2) + ") and"
+                                               + input3   + "\t(" + toHexString(input3) + ")\n"  +
+                               "\texpected  "  + expected + "\t(" + toHexString(expected) + ")\n" +
+                               "\tgot       "  + result   + "\t(" + toHexString(result) + ").");
+            return 1;
+        }
+        else
+            return 0;
+    }
+
     static int testUlpCore(double result, double expected, double ulps) {
         // We assume we won't be unlucky and have an inexact expected
         // be nextDown(2^i) when 2^i would be the correctly rounded