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-rw-r--r--src/H5Tconv.c16
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/H5Tconv.c b/src/H5Tconv.c
index 930b330..800a9ea 100644
--- a/src/H5Tconv.c
+++ b/src/H5Tconv.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
#include <H5Eprivate.h>
#include <H5MMprivate.h>
#include <H5Tpkg.h>
+#include <float.h> /*for FLT_MAX and FLT_MIN */
#include <math.h> /*for ceil() */
/* Conversion data for H5T_conv_struct() */
@@ -1349,8 +1350,19 @@ H5T_conv_double_float (hid_t __unused__ src_id, hid_t __unused__ dst_id,
s = (double*)buf;
d = (float*)buf;
- for (elmtno=0; elmtno<nelmts; elmtno++) {
- *d++ = *s++;
+ /*
+ * We have to watch out because some machines generate a SIGFPE if
+ * the source has a larger magnitude than can be represented in the
+ * destination.
+ */
+ for (elmtno=0; elmtno<nelmts; elmtno++, d++, s++) {
+ if (*s > FLT_MAX) {
+ *d = FLT_MAX;
+ } else if (*s < -FLT_MAX) {
+ *d = -FLT_MAX;
+ } else {
+ *d = *s;
+ }
}
break;