Copy comment about inner loop from powerpc mpa.c to the default one

3 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/mpa.c b/sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/mpa.c
index 1f60fa5a6d..845a42c5ca 100644
--- a/sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/mpa.c
+++ b/sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/mpa.c
@@ -749,6 +749,15 @@ __sqr (const mp_no *x, mp_no *y, int p)
       if (k % 2 == 0)
 	yk += X[lim] * X[lim];
 
+      /* In __mul, this loop (and the one within the next while loop) run
+         between a range to calculate the mantissa as follows:
+
+         Z[k] = X[k] * Y[n] + X[k+1] * Y[n-1] ... + X[n-1] * Y[k+1]
+		+ X[n] * Y[k]
+
+         For X == Y, we can get away with summing halfway and doubling the
+	 result.  For cases where the range size is even, the mid-point needs
+	 to be added separately (above).  */
       for (i = k - p, j = p; i < j; i++, j--)
 	yk2 += X[i] * X[j];
 
@@ -769,6 +778,7 @@ __sqr (const mp_no *x, mp_no *y, int p)
       if (k % 2 == 0)
 	yk += X[lim] * X[lim];
 
+      /* Likewise for this loop.  */
       for (i = 1, j = k - 1; i < j; i++, j--)
 	yk2 += X[i] * X[j];
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/fpu/mpa.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/fpu/mpa.c
index c00342cb6c..be357a63af 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/fpu/mpa.c
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc32/power4/fpu/mpa.c
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ __mul (const mp_no *x, const mp_no *y, mp_no *z, int p)
   long p2 = p;
   double u, zk, zk2;
 
-  /* Is z=0? */
+  /* Is z=0?  */
   if (X[0] * Y[0] == ZERO)
     {
       Z[0] = ZERO;
diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power4/fpu/mpa.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power4/fpu/mpa.c
index c00342cb6c..be357a63af 100644
--- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power4/fpu/mpa.c
+++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/power4/fpu/mpa.c
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ __mul (const mp_no *x, const mp_no *y, mp_no *z, int p)
   long p2 = p;
   double u, zk, zk2;
 
-  /* Is z=0? */
+  /* Is z=0?  */
   if (X[0] * Y[0] == ZERO)
     {
       Z[0] = ZERO;