What is the interger arithmetic overflow behavior with CUDA PTX?
What happens when you add two b-bit integer values in CUDA, with the add
PTX instruction rather than add.cc
, add.c
or add.sat
, but their sum requires b+1 bits? I'm interested in both the signed and unsigned cases.
Similarly, what happens when you subtract two unsigned values with the latter lower than the former? Or subtract two negative b-bit signed integers, with the result requiring b+1 bits?
The PTX reference doesn't say. Is it like "undefined behavior" in C++, and we're not allowed to make any assumptions about it? Does it follow some per-uarch rule? Some global rule?
Notes:
- A related question: How do I check for overflow of integer arithmetic in CUDA?
cuda language-lawyer integer-overflow integer-arithmetic ptx
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What happens when you add two b-bit integer values in CUDA, with the add
PTX instruction rather than add.cc
, add.c
or add.sat
, but their sum requires b+1 bits? I'm interested in both the signed and unsigned cases.
Similarly, what happens when you subtract two unsigned values with the latter lower than the former? Or subtract two negative b-bit signed integers, with the result requiring b+1 bits?
The PTX reference doesn't say. Is it like "undefined behavior" in C++, and we're not allowed to make any assumptions about it? Does it follow some per-uarch rule? Some global rule?
Notes:
- A related question: How do I check for overflow of integer arithmetic in CUDA?
cuda language-lawyer integer-overflow integer-arithmetic ptx
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What happens when you add two b-bit integer values in CUDA, with the add
PTX instruction rather than add.cc
, add.c
or add.sat
, but their sum requires b+1 bits? I'm interested in both the signed and unsigned cases.
Similarly, what happens when you subtract two unsigned values with the latter lower than the former? Or subtract two negative b-bit signed integers, with the result requiring b+1 bits?
The PTX reference doesn't say. Is it like "undefined behavior" in C++, and we're not allowed to make any assumptions about it? Does it follow some per-uarch rule? Some global rule?
Notes:
- A related question: How do I check for overflow of integer arithmetic in CUDA?
cuda language-lawyer integer-overflow integer-arithmetic ptx
What happens when you add two b-bit integer values in CUDA, with the add
PTX instruction rather than add.cc
, add.c
or add.sat
, but their sum requires b+1 bits? I'm interested in both the signed and unsigned cases.
Similarly, what happens when you subtract two unsigned values with the latter lower than the former? Or subtract two negative b-bit signed integers, with the result requiring b+1 bits?
The PTX reference doesn't say. Is it like "undefined behavior" in C++, and we're not allowed to make any assumptions about it? Does it follow some per-uarch rule? Some global rule?
Notes:
- A related question: How do I check for overflow of integer arithmetic in CUDA?
cuda language-lawyer integer-overflow integer-arithmetic ptx
cuda language-lawyer integer-overflow integer-arithmetic ptx
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