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alex
d462513f84 shim: force and verify the x87 control word around the turn gate
New fpu_force module (4 register-transparent asm stubs, same pattern as the M0
Initialize hook, so the [unverified] prototypes of the turn-gate functions are
never relied on) plus two shim.cfg keys:

  fpu.force=<cw>|off      fldcw at StrategyClient::EndTurn and
                          StrategyServer::BeginProcessTurn, and nowhere else
  fpu.sample_ticks=on|off per-frame sampler, logs only when the word CHANGES

Forcing is deliberately one write per turn: re-forcing inside the pipeline would
guarantee the value is present without proving it ever held, which is the exact
false negative this experiment has to avoid. Verification is kept separate --
StrategyServer::ProcessTurn is hooked sample-only, and its reading plus the
existing per-hook fpu_cw fields (38 samples per turn across phases 4, 6 and 8)
are what establish that the setting lasted the whole turn.

Six shim.cfg variants, identical apart from the fpu.force line, and docs.

Used to settle STATE_CHECKSUM.md 3.5: 53-bit and 64-bit x87 produce byte-
identical turn results, so an x64/SSE port has no double-rounding budget to
preserve; 24-bit and round-up each move exactly one thing. Findings and evidence
live in the notes repo (findings/subsystems/fpu-precision-sensitivity.md).

clean_room_check.sh OK; host ctest 32/32.
2026-09-08 05:09:16 -04:00