Original patch from: gentoo/src/patchsets/glibc/2.9/1073_all_glibc-ldbl-nexttowardf.patch

-= BEGIN original header =-
ripped from Debian

this change was made to generic __nexttowardf, but not the long double version

2008-05-05  Aurelien Jarno  <aurelien@aurel32.net>

	* sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128/s_nexttowardf.c: Include float.h.
	(__nexttowardf): Use math_opt_barrier and
	math_force_eval macros.  If FLT_EVAL_METHOD is not 0, force
	x to float using asm.

-= END original header =-

diff -durN glibc-2_9.orig/sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128/s_nexttowardf.c glibc-2_9/sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128/s_nexttowardf.c
--- glibc-2_9.orig/sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128/s_nexttowardf.c	1999-07-14 02:09:42.000000000 +0200
+++ glibc-2_9/sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128/s_nexttowardf.c	2009-02-02 22:00:59.000000000 +0100
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "math.h"
-#include "math_private.h"
+#include <math_private.h>
+#include <float.h>
 
 #ifdef __STDC__
 	float __nexttowardf(float x, long double y)
@@ -44,10 +45,12 @@
 	   return x+y;
 	if((long double) x==y) return y;	/* x=y, return y */
 	if(ix==0) {				/* x == 0 */
-	    float x2;
+	    float u;
 	    SET_FLOAT_WORD(x,(u_int32_t)((hy>>32)&0x80000000)|1);/* return +-minsub*/
-	    x2 = x*x;
-	    if(x2==x) return x2; else return x;	/* raise underflow flag */
+	    u = math_opt_barrier (x);
+	    u = u * u;
+	    math_force_eval (u);		/* raise underflow flag */
+	    return x;
 	}
 	if(hx>=0) {				/* x > 0 */
 	    if(hy<0||(ix>>23)>(iy>>48)-0x3f80
@@ -67,13 +70,16 @@
 	    }
 	}
 	hy = hx&0x7f800000;
-	if(hy>=0x7f800000) return x+x;	/* overflow  */
+	if(hy>=0x7f800000) {
+	  x = x+x;	/* overflow  */
+	  if (FLT_EVAL_METHOD != 0)
+	    /* Force conversion to float.  */
+	    asm ("" : "+m"(x));
+	  return x;
+	}
 	if(hy<0x00800000) {		/* underflow */
-	    float x2 = x*x;
-	    if(x2!=x) {		/* raise underflow flag */
-	        SET_FLOAT_WORD(x2,hx);
-		return x2;
-	    }
+	    float u = x*x;
+	    math_force_eval (u);	/* raise underflow flag */
 	}
 	SET_FLOAT_WORD(x,hx);
 	return x;