/* Zero or Denormalized operand. */
ret = (uint64_t)extract32(arg, 31, 1) << 63;
if (unlikely(abs_arg != 0)) {
- /* Denormalized operand. */
- int shift = clz32(abs_arg) - 9;
- int exp = -126 - shift + 1023;
+ /*
+ * Denormalized operand.
+ * Shift fraction so that the msb is in the implicit bit position.
+ * Thus, shift is in the range [1:23].
+ */
+ int shift = clz32(abs_arg) - 8;
+ /*
+ * The first 3 terms compute the float64 exponent. We then bias
+ * this result by -1 so that we can swallow the implicit bit below.
+ */
+ int exp = -126 - shift + 1023 - 1;
+
ret |= (uint64_t)exp << 52;
- ret |= abs_arg << (shift + 29);
+ ret += (uint64_t)abs_arg << (52 - 23 + shift);
}
}
return ret;