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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-96/e_jnl.c b/sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-96/e_jnl.c
index 3d715d36aa..bedff7d566 100644
--- a/sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-96/e_jnl.c
+++ b/sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-96/e_jnl.c
@@ -281,7 +281,16 @@ __ieee754_jnl (n, x)
}
}
}
- b = (t * __ieee754_j0l (x) / b);
+ /* j0() and j1() suffer enormous loss of precision at and
+ * near zero; however, we know that their zero points never
+ * coincide, so just choose the one further away from zero.
+ */
+ z = __ieee754_j0l (x);
+ w = __ieee754_j1l (x);
+ if (fabsl (z) >= fabsl (w))
+ b = (t * z / b);
+ else
+ b = (t * w / a);
}
}
if (sgn == 1)