Re: [Valgrind-users] run_innerloop error

[Julian S. <js...@ac...>]

> > Are you doing something strange with floating point rounding, or
> > other IEEE control word stuff (precision, exception handling) ?
>
> We've been seeing it on amd64 machines - see my postings on the
> developer list a few months ago for details.
>
> What I see is the FPU control word changing precision from 64 bit
> to 80 bit if I recall correctly. I'm pretty sure it's a kernel
> bug though

Ah, well remembered.  Now you point it out that does sound vaguely
familiar.

Catherine, what kernel version are you using?  It would be interesting
to know if it's in the same ballpark as the ones Tom saw this
problem on.

J