reflect: when Converting between float32s, don't lose signal NaNs

When converting from float32->float64->float32, any signal NaNs
get converted to quiet NaNs. Avoid that so using reflect.Value.Convert
between two float32 types keeps the signal bit of NaNs.

Update #36400

Change-Id: Ic4dd04c4be7189d2171d12b7e4e8f7cf2fb22bb4
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/213497
Run-TryBot: Keith Randall <[email protected]>
TryBot-Result: Gobot Gobot <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <[email protected]>

Author: randall77

src/reflect/all_test.go

@@ -4163,6 +4163,17 @@ func TestConvert(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestConvertNaNs(t *testing.T) {
+	const snan uint32 = 0x7f800001
+	type myFloat32 float32
+	x := V(myFloat32(math.Float32frombits(snan)))
+	y := x.Convert(TypeOf(float32(0)))
+	z := y.Interface().(float32)
+	if got := math.Float32bits(z); got != snan {
+		t.Errorf("signaling nan conversion got %x, want %x", got, snan)
+	}
+}
+
 type ComparableStruct struct {
 	X int
 }

src/reflect/value.go

@@ -2541,6 +2541,14 @@ func makeFloat(f flag, v float64, t Type) Value {
 	return Value{typ, ptr, f | flagIndir | flag(typ.Kind())}
 }
 
+// makeFloat returns a Value of type t equal to v, where t is a float32 type.
+func makeFloat32(f flag, v float32, t Type) Value {
+	typ := t.common()
+	ptr := unsafe_New(typ)
+	*(*float32)(ptr) = v
+	return Value{typ, ptr, f | flagIndir | flag(typ.Kind())}
+}
+
 // makeComplex returns a Value of type t equal to v (possibly truncated to complex64),
 // where t is a complex64 or complex128 type.
 func makeComplex(f flag, v complex128, t Type) Value {
@@ -2613,6 +2621,12 @@ func cvtUintFloat(v Value, t Type) Value {
 
 // convertOp: floatXX -> floatXX
 func cvtFloat(v Value, t Type) Value {
+	if v.Type().Kind() == Float32 && t.Kind() == Float32 {
+		// Don't do any conversion if both types have underlying type float32.
+		// This avoids converting to float64 and back, which will
+		// convert a signaling NaN to a quiet NaN. See issue 36400.
+		return makeFloat32(v.flag.ro(), *(*float32)(v.ptr), t)
+	}
 	return makeFloat(v.flag.ro(), v.Float(), t)
 }