Macro Functions to Read and Write the Control Registers

The following macro functions enable you to read and write bits to and from the control register. For details, see Set Operations. For ItaniumŪ-based systems, these macros do not allow you to access all of the bits of the FPSR. See the descriptions for the getfpsr() and setfpsr() intrinsics in the Native Intrinsics for Itanium Instructions topic.

Exception State Macros Macro Arguments
_MM_SET_EXCEPTION_STATE(x) _MM_EXCEPT_INVALID
_MM_GET_EXCEPTION_STATE() _MM_EXCEPT_DIV_ZERO
  _MM_EXCEPT_DENORM
Macro Definitions
Write to and read from the sixth-least significant control register bit, respectively.
_MM_EXCEPT_OVERFLOW
  _MM_EXCEPT_UNDERFLOW
  _MM_EXCEPT_INEXACT

The following example tests for a divide-by-zero exception.

Exception State Macros with _MM_EXCEPT_DIV_ZERO

Exception Mask Macros Macro Arguments
_MM_SET_EXCEPTION_MASK(x) _MM_MASK_INVALID
_MM_GET_EXCEPTION_MASK () _MM_MASK_DIV_ZERO
  _MM_MASK_DENORM
Macro Definitions
Write to and read from the seventh through twelfth
control register bits, respectively.
Note
: All six exception mask bits are always affected.
Bits not set explicitly are cleared.
_MM_MASK_OVERFLOW
  _MM_MASK_UNDERFLOW
  _MM_MASK_INEXACT

The following example masks the overflow and underflow exceptions and unmasks all other exceptions.

Exception Mask with _MM_MASK_OVERFLOW and _MM_MASK_UNDERFLOW
_MM_SET_EXCEPTION_MASK(MM_MASK_OVERFLOW | _MM_MASK_UNDERFLOW)

 

Rounding Mode Macro Arguments
_MM_SET_ROUNDING_MODE(x) _MM_ROUND_NEAREST
_MM_GET_ROUNDING_MODE() _MM_ROUND_DOWN
Macro Definition
Write to and read from bits thirteen and fourteen of the control register.
_MM_ROUND_UP
  _MM_ROUND_TOWARD_ZERO

The following example tests the rounding mode for round toward zero.

Rounding Mode with _MM_ROUND_TOWARD_ZERO
if (_MM_GET_ROUNDING_MODE() == _MM_ROUND_TOWARD_ZERO) {
/* Rounding mode is round toward zero */

}

 

Flush-to-Zero Mode Macro Arguments
_MM_SET_FLUSH_ZERO_MODE(x) _MM_FLUSH_ZERO_ON
_MM_GET_FLUSH_ZERO_MODE() _MM_FLUSH_ZERO_OFF
Macro Definition
Write to and read from bit fifteen of the control register.
 

The following example disables flush-to-zero mode.

Flush-to-Zero Mode with _MM_FLUSH_ZERO_OFF
_MM_SET_FLUSH_ZERO_MODE(_MM_FLUSH_ZERO_OFF)