Gabe Black has uploaded this change for review. ( https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/14455

Change subject: base: Add some functions to convert floats to bits and vice versa.
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base: Add some functions to convert floats to bits and vice versa.

These make it easier to extract the binary representation of floats and
doubles, and given a binary representation convert it back again.

The versions with a size prefix are safer to use since they make it
clear what size inputs/outputs are expected. The versions without are
to make writing generic code easier in case the same code snippet,
templated function, etc., needs to be applied in both circumstances.

Change-Id: Ib1f35a7e88e00806a7c639c211c5699b4af5a472
---
M src/base/types.hh
1 file changed, 54 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)



diff --git a/src/base/types.hh b/src/base/types.hh
index a53f4db..c02a606 100644
--- a/src/base/types.hh
+++ b/src/base/types.hh
@@ -168,6 +168,60 @@
 typedef uint64_t RegVal;
 typedef double FloatRegVal;

+static inline uint32_t
+floatToBits32(float val)
+{
+    union
+    {
+        float f;
+        uint32_t i;
+    } u;
+    u.f = val;
+    return u.i;
+}
+
+static inline uint64_t
+floatToBits64(double val)
+{
+    union
+    {
+        double f;
+        uint64_t i;
+    } u;
+    u.f = val;
+    return u.i;
+}
+
+static inline uint64_t floatToBits(double val) { return floatToBits64(val); } +static inline uint32_t floatToBits(float val) { return floatToBits32(val); }
+
+static inline float
+bitsToFloat32(uint32_t val)
+{
+    union
+    {
+        float f;
+        uint32_t i;
+    } u;
+    u.i = val;
+    return u.f;
+}
+
+static inline double
+bitsToFloat64(uint64_t val)
+{
+    union
+    {
+        double f;
+        uint64_t i;
+    } u;
+    u.i = val;
+    return u.f;
+}
+
+static inline double bitsToFloat(uint64_t val) { return bitsToFloat64(val); } +static inline float bitsToFloat(uint32_t val) { return bitsToFloat32(val); }
+
 /**
  * Thread index/ID type
  */

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Gerrit-Project: public/gem5
Gerrit-Branch: master
Gerrit-Change-Id: Ib1f35a7e88e00806a7c639c211c5699b4af5a472
Gerrit-Change-Number: 14455
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