FIX: Adding build-patch to disable Scalar FMA on SLEEF

.github/workflows/test_old_cpu.yml

@@ -51,7 +51,13 @@ jobs:
         env:
           LDFLAGS: "-fopenmp"
         run: |
-          pip install . --no-build-isolation -v
+          # For Sandy Bridge (x86-64-v2), we need to disable FMA code paths
+          # since FMA instructions are not available on that microarchitecture
+          if [ "${{ matrix.cpu[0] }}" = "snb" ]; then
+            pip install . --no-build-isolation -v -Csetup-args=-Ddisable_fma=true
+          else
+            pip install . --no-build-isolation -v
+          fi
 
       - name: Test import on ${{ matrix.cpu[1] }}
         run: |
@@ -69,4 +75,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run tests on ${{ matrix.cpu[1] }}
         run: |
           pip install pytest mpmath
-          sde -${{ matrix.cpu[0] }} -- python -m pytest tests/ -v --tb=short
+          sde -${{ matrix.cpu[0] }} -- python -m pytest tests/ -v --tb=short -v -s

meson.build

@@ -18,12 +18,13 @@ qblas_dep = dependency('qblas', fallback: ['qblas', 'qblas_dep'])
 # Try to find SLEEF system-wide first, fall back to subproject if not found
 # Required SLEEF version (must match sleef.wrap revision)
 required_sleef_version = '3.9.0'
-sleef_dep = dependency('sleef', version: '>=' + required_sleef_version, fallback: ['sleef', 'sleef_dep'], required: false)
+# Don't use fallback here - we need to call subproject() explicitly later with disable_fma option
+sleef_dep = dependency('sleef', version: '>=' + required_sleef_version, required: false)
 
 use_system_sleef = false
 fallback_reason = ''
 
-if sleef_dep.found() and sleef_dep.type_name() != 'internal' and sleef_dep.version().startswith(required_sleef_version)
+if sleef_dep.found() and sleef_dep.version().startswith(required_sleef_version)
   # SLEEF found system-wide - verify quad-precision support
   cpp = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
   sleefquad_lib = cpp.find_library('sleefquad', required: false)
@@ -68,7 +69,9 @@ endif
 if use_system_sleef
   message('Using system-wide SLEEF installation with quad-precision support')
 else
-  sleef_subproj = subproject('sleef')
+  # Pass disable_fma option to sleef subproject for x86-64-v2 compatibility
+  message('SLEEF FMA disable option: ' + get_option('disable_fma').to_string())
+  sleef_subproj = subproject('sleef', default_options: ['disable_fma=' + get_option('disable_fma').to_string()])
   sleef_dep = sleef_subproj.get_variable('sleef_dep')
   sleefquad_dep = sleef_subproj.get_variable('sleefquad_dep')
   warning(fallback_reason)
@@ -197,4 +200,4 @@ py.extension_module('_quaddtype_main',
   install: true,
   subdir: 'numpy_quaddtype',
   include_directories: [includes, build_includes, pythoncapi_includes],
-)
+)

meson.options

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+option('disable_fma', type: 'boolean', value: false,
+       description: 'Disable FMA (Fused Multiply-Add) code paths' +
+                    'Set to true when building for older CPUs like Sandy Bridge that lack FMA support.')

reinstall.sh

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ rm -rf .mesonpy-*
 
 python -m pip uninstall -y numpy_quaddtype
 python -m pip install . -vv 2>&1 | tee build_log.txt
+# pip install . --no-build-isolation -v -Csetup-args=-Ddisable_fma=true 2>&1 | tee build_log.txt
 
 # for debugging and TSAN builds, comment the above line and uncomment all below:
 # export CFLAGS="-fsanitize=thread -g -O0" 

subprojects/packagefiles/sleef/fix-purecfma-scalar-x86.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 1234567..abcdefg 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ option(SLEEF_ENFORCE_CUDA "Build fails if CUDA is not supported" OFF)
+ option(SLEEF_DISABLE_OPENMP "Disable OPENMP" OFF)
+ option(SLEEF_ENFORCE_OPENMP "Build fails if OPENMP is not supported by the compiler" OFF)
+
++# Option to disable PURECFMA scalar code path on x86 for x86-64-v2 compatibility
++# When ON, PURECFMA scalar dispatch is disabled (useful for Sandy Bridge support)
++# This can be set dynamically by the build system based on target CPU detection
++option(SLEEF_DISABLE_PURECFMA_SCALAR "Disable PURECFMA scalar code path (for x86-64-v2 compatibility)" OFF)
+ #
+
+ if ((NOT "${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}") OR
+diff --git a/Configure.cmake b/Configure.cmake
+index e23f577..f1a2b3c 100644
+--- a/Configure.cmake
++++ b/Configure.cmake
+@@ -193,7 +193,12 @@ endif()
+ if(SLEEF_TARGET_PROCESSOR MATCHES "(x86|AMD64|amd64|^i.86$)")
+   set(SLEEF_ARCH_X86 ON CACHE INTERNAL "True for x86 architecture.")
+
+-  set(CLANG_FLAGS_ENABLE_PURECFMA_SCALAR "-mavx2;-mfma")
++  # Only set PURECFMA_SCALAR flags if not explicitly disabled
++  if(NOT SLEEF_DISABLE_PURECFMA_SCALAR)
++    set(CLANG_FLAGS_ENABLE_PURECFMA_SCALAR "-mavx2;-mfma")
++  else()
++    message(STATUS "PURECFMA_SCALAR disabled for x86-64-v2 compatibility")
++  endif()
+ elseif(SLEEF_TARGET_PROCESSOR MATCHES "aarch64|arm64")
+   set(SLEEF_ARCH_AARCH64 ON CACHE INTERNAL "True for Aarch64 architecture.")
+   # Aarch64 requires support for advsimdfma4
+@@ -220,7 +225,12 @@ elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "riscv64")
+ endif()
+
+ set(COMPILER_SUPPORTS_PUREC_SCALAR 1)
+-set(COMPILER_SUPPORTS_PURECFMA_SCALAR 1)
++# Conditionally enable PURECFMA_SCALAR based on option
++if(SLEEF_DISABLE_PURECFMA_SCALAR)
++  set(COMPILER_SUPPORTS_PURECFMA_SCALAR 0)
++else()
++  set(COMPILER_SUPPORTS_PURECFMA_SCALAR 1)
++endif()
+
+ # Compiler feature detection
+
+diff --git a/src/quad/CMakeLists.txt b/src/quad/CMakeLists.txt
+index 8e4e261..cc55002 100644
+--- a/src/quad/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/src/quad/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -397,9 +397,17 @@ set_target_properties(qmkdisp PROPERTIES ${COMMON_TARGET_PROPERTIES})
+
+ # Target qdispscalar.c
+
++# Set scalar dispatch backends based on PURECFMA support
++# When SLEEF_DISABLE_PURECFMA_SCALAR is ON, use purec for both slots
++if(COMPILER_SUPPORTS_PURECFMA_SCALAR)
++  set(SCALAR_DISPATCH_BACKENDS "purec" "purecfma")
++else()
++  set(SCALAR_DISPATCH_BACKENDS "purec" "purec")
++endif()
++
+ add_custom_command(
+   OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/qdispscalar.c.body
+-  COMMAND $<TARGET_FILE:qmkdisp> 1 Sleef_quad double int32_t int64_t uint64_t purec purecfma > ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/qdispscalar.c.body
++  COMMAND $<TARGET_FILE:qmkdisp> 1 Sleef_quad double int32_t int64_t uint64_t ${SCALAR_DISPATCH_BACKENDS} > ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/qdispscalar.c.body
+   DEPENDS qmkdisp
+   )
+ sleef_concat_files(
+@@ -420,6 +428,11 @@ target_compile_definitions(qdispscalar_obj PRIVATE ${COMMON_TARGET_DEFINITIONS})
+ target_include_directories(qdispscalar_obj PRIVATE ${sleef_BINARY_DIR}/include)
+ add_dependencies(qdispscalar_obj qdispscalar.c_generated qrenamedspscalar.h_generated
+    sleefquad_headers ${TARGET_LIBSLEEF} ${TARGET_HEADERS})
++# Define ENABLE_PURECFMA when PURECFMA is supported, so qdispscalar.c.org
++# can conditionally include the tryFMA() function and SUBST_IF_EXT1 macro
++if(COMPILER_SUPPORTS_PURECFMA_SCALAR)
++  target_compile_definitions(qdispscalar_obj PRIVATE ENABLE_PURECFMA=1)
++endif()
+ target_sources(sleefquad PRIVATE $<TARGET_OBJECTS:qdispscalar_obj>)
+
+ # Target qdispsse2_obj
+diff --git a/src/quad/qdispscalar.c.org b/src/quad/qdispscalar.c.org
+index c4c1292..48f309c 100644
+--- a/src/quad/qdispscalar.c.org
++++ b/src/quad/qdispscalar.c.org
+@@ -15,10 +15,14 @@
+
+ #include "qdispatcher.h"
+
++#ifdef ENABLE_PURECFMA
+ NOEXPORT Sleef_quad sleef_cpuid_QUADFMA_0;
+ static void tryFMA() { sleef_cpuid_QUADFMA_0 = Sleef_sinq1_u10purecfma(sleef_cpuid_QUADFMA_0); }
+
+ #define SUBST_IF_EXT1(funcExt1) if (cpuSupportsExt(tryFMA)) p = funcExt1;
++#else
++#define SUBST_IF_EXT1(funcExt1)
++#endif
+
+ //

subprojects/packagefiles/sleef/meson.build

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ project('sleef')
 
 cmake = find_program('cmake')
 ninja = find_program('ninja', 'make', required: false)
+cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
 
 sleef_build_dir = 'sleef_build'
 sleef_install_dir = 'sleef_install'
@@ -19,8 +20,39 @@ endif
 # For building sleef with TSan, delete the sleef subproject and follow the README instructions to build sleef externally.
 # Enable SIMD extensions that are OFF by default but required by qblas (will change in future)
 sleef_simd_flags = []
+sleef_purecfma_flag = []
+
+# Check for force-disable FMA option (for cross-compilation or emulation scenarios)
+force_disable_fma = get_option('disable_fma')
+
 if host_machine.cpu_family() == 'x86_64' or host_machine.cpu_family() == 'x86'
   sleef_simd_flags = ['-DSLEEF_ENABLE_SSE2=ON']
+
+  if force_disable_fma
+    # User explicitly requested no FMA
+    message('FMA explicitly disabled via option - disabling PURECFMA scalar for x86-64-v2 compatibility')
+    sleef_purecfma_flag = ['-DSLEEF_DISABLE_PURECFMA_SCALAR=ON']
+  else
+    # Auto-detect FMA support at configure time
+    has_fma = cc.compiles('''
+      #include <immintrin.h>
+      int main(void) {
+        __m128 a = _mm_set1_ps(1.0f);
+        __m128 b = _mm_set1_ps(2.0f);
+        __m128 c = _mm_set1_ps(3.0f);
+        __m128 r = _mm_fmadd_ps(a, b, c);
+        (void)r;
+        return 0;
+      }
+    ''', args: ['-mfma'], name: 'FMA instruction support')
+
+    if not has_fma
+      message('FMA not supported - disabling PURECFMA scalar code path')
+      sleef_purecfma_flag = ['-DSLEEF_DISABLE_PURECFMA_SCALAR=ON']
+    else
+      message('FMA supported - enabling PURECFMA scalar code path')
+    endif
+  endif
 endif
 
 sleef_configure = run_command([
@@ -35,7 +67,7 @@ sleef_configure = run_command([
     '-DSLEEF_ENABLE_TLFLOAT=OFF', # this is only used for testing in SLEEF, not runtime
     '-DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON',
     '-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=' + meson.current_build_dir() / sleef_install_dir
-] + sleef_simd_flags, check: false, capture: true)
+] + sleef_simd_flags + sleef_purecfma_flag, check: false, capture: true)
 
 if sleef_configure.returncode() != 0
     error('SLEEF CMake configuration failed: ' + sleef_configure.stderr())

subprojects/packagefiles/sleef/meson.options

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+option('disable_fma', type: 'boolean', value: false,
+       description: 'Force disable FMA (Fused Multiply-Add) code paths. ' +
+                    'Use this when targeting x86_64-v2 CPUs (like Sandy Bridge) that lack FMA support.')

subprojects/sleef.wrap

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ directory=sleef
 url=https://github.com/shibatch/sleef.git
 revision=3.9.0
 patch_directory=sleef
+diff_files=sleef/fix-purecfma-scalar-x86.patch
 
 [provide]
 sleef = sleef_dep

tests/test_quaddtype.py

@@ -5877,4 +5877,56 @@ def test_logical_reduce_on_non_quad_arrays():
     with standard NumPy operations like np.logical_or.reduce(np.arange(10.)).
     """
     result = np.logical_or.reduce(np.arange(10.))
-    assert result == True
+    assert result == True
+
+
+def test_sleef_purecfma_symbols():
+    """Test that SLEEF PURECFMA symbols are present in the compiled module.
+
+    PURECFMA provides optimized scalar code paths using FMA instructions.
+    This test verifies the module was built with FMA support enabled.
+    On systems without FMA (e.g., x86-64-v2/Sandy Bridge), the build should
+    automatically disable PURECFMA, and this test should be skipped.
+    """
+    import subprocess
+    import shutil
+    import pathlib
+
+    # Skip if nm is not available
+    nm_path = shutil.which('nm')
+    if nm_path is None:
+        pytest.skip("nm command not available")
+
+    # Get the path to the compiled shared library (.so file)
+    module_dir = pathlib.Path(numpy_quaddtype.__file__).parent
+    so_files = list(module_dir.glob('_quaddtype_main*.so'))
+
+    if not so_files:
+        pytest.skip("Could not find _quaddtype_main shared library")
+
+    module_path = str(so_files[0])
+
+    try:
+        result = subprocess.run(
+            ['nm', module_path],
+            capture_output=True,
+            text=True,
+            timeout=30
+        )
+    except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
+        pytest.skip("nm command timed out")
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        pytest.skip("nm command not found")
+
+    purecfma_symbols = [
+        line for line in result.stdout.lower().splitlines()
+        if 'purecfma' in line
+    ]
+
+    if purecfma_symbols:
+        print(f"\n✓ Found {len(purecfma_symbols)} PURECFMA symbols (FMA optimizations enabled)")
+        print("  Sample symbols:")
+        for sym in purecfma_symbols[:5]:
+            print(f"    {sym}")
+        if len(purecfma_symbols) > 5:
+            print(f"    ... and {len(purecfma_symbols) - 5} more")