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Handling FP errors

Linux
Solaris 10
Mac OS X 10.5
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C99 FP functions - These functions are declared in fenv.h [[Open Group 04

AA. C References#Open Group 04]]
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Before fenv.h based functions were standardized; an alternative to using these C99/fenv() functions is using ieee_flags and ieee_handler

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Structured Exception Handling - user defined handler _fpieee_flt [[MSDN

AA. C References#MSDN]]
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Recommendation

Severity

Likelihood

Remediation Cost

Priority

Level

FLP03-A

1 ( low )

2 ( probable ) 2 (

medium )

P4

L3

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References

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\[[IEEE 754|AA. C References#IEEE 754 2006]\]
\[[Intel 01|AA. C References#Intel 01]\]
\[[Keil 08|AA. C References#Keil 08]\]
\[[MSDN|AA. C References#MSDN]\] "[fpieee_flt (CRT)|http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/te2k2f2t(VS.80).aspx]"
\[[Open Group 04|AA. C References#Open Group 04]\] "[fenv.h - Floating point environment|http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/fenv.h.html]"
\[[SecurityFocus 07|AA. C References#SecurityFocus 07]\]

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