diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 368c3d5c..6455cdfe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -157,7 +157,12 @@ Check the details via [Test Suite for SSE2NEON](tests/README.md).
 
 ### Optimization
 
-Misbehavior may exist when turning on optimization options. Developers should be aware of possible errors.
+The SSE2NEON project is designed with performance-sensitive scenarios in mind, and as such, optimization options (e.g. `O1`, `O2`) can lead to misbehavior under specific circumstances. For example, frequent changes to the rounding mode or repeated calls to `_MM_SET_DENORMALS_ZERO_MODE()` may introduce unintended behavior.
+
+Enforcing no optimizations for specific intrinsics could solve these boundary cases but may negatively impact general performance. Therefore, we have decided to prioritize performance and shift the responsibility for handling such edge cases to developers.
+
+It is important to be aware of these potential pitfalls when enabling optimizations and ensure that your code accounts for these scenarios if necessary.
+
 
 ## Adoptions
 Here is a partial list of open source projects that have adopted `sse2neon` for Arm/Aarch64 support.
diff --git a/sse2neon.h b/sse2neon.h
index c2228667..cb438f9f 100644
--- a/sse2neon.h
+++ b/sse2neon.h
@@ -110,11 +110,10 @@
 #warning "GCC versions earlier than 10 are not supported."
 #endif
 
-#ifdef __OPTIMIZE__
-#warning "Optimization may cause potential errors in sse2neon. see #648"
+#warning \
+    "Optimization may cause potential errors in sse2neon. See `Optimization` section in root README."
 #endif
 
-
 /* C language does not allow initializing a variable with a function call. */
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 #define _sse2neon_const static const
@@ -122,6 +121,7 @@
 #define _sse2neon_const const
 #endif
 
+#include <fenv.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -1840,25 +1840,20 @@ FORCE_INLINE unsigned int _sse2neon_mm_get_flush_zero_mode(void)
 // https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/docs/intrinsics-guide/index.html#text=_MM_GET_ROUNDING_MODE
 FORCE_INLINE unsigned int _MM_GET_ROUNDING_MODE(void)
 {
-    union {
-        fpcr_bitfield field;
-#if defined(__aarch64__) || defined(_M_ARM64)
-        uint64_t value;
-#else
-        uint32_t value;
-#endif
-    } r;
-
-#if defined(__aarch64__) || defined(_M_ARM64)
-    r.value = _sse2neon_get_fpcr();
-#else
-    __asm__ __volatile__("vmrs %0, FPSCR" : "=r"(r.value)); /* read */
-#endif
-
-    if (r.field.bit22) {
-        return r.field.bit23 ? _MM_ROUND_TOWARD_ZERO : _MM_ROUND_UP;
-    } else {
-        return r.field.bit23 ? _MM_ROUND_DOWN : _MM_ROUND_NEAREST;
+    switch (fegetround()) {
+    case FE_TONEAREST:
+        return _MM_ROUND_NEAREST;
+    case FE_DOWNWARD:
+        return _MM_ROUND_DOWN;
+    case FE_UPWARD:
+        return _MM_ROUND_UP;
+    case FE_TOWARDZERO:
+        return _MM_ROUND_TOWARD_ZERO;
+    default:
+        // fegetround() must return _MM_ROUND_NEAREST, _MM_ROUND_DOWN,
+        // _MM_ROUND_UP, _MM_ROUND_TOWARD_ZERO on success. all the other error
+        // cases we treat them as FE_TOWARDZERO (truncate).
+        return _MM_ROUND_TOWARD_ZERO;
     }
 }
 
@@ -2454,44 +2449,26 @@ FORCE_INLINE __m128 _mm_set_ps1(float _w)
 // https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/docs/intrinsics-guide/index.html#text=_MM_SET_ROUNDING_MODE
 FORCE_INLINE void _MM_SET_ROUNDING_MODE(int rounding)
 {
-    union {
-        fpcr_bitfield field;
-#if defined(__aarch64__) || defined(_M_ARM64)
-        uint64_t value;
-#else
-        uint32_t value;
-#endif
-    } r;
-
-#if defined(__aarch64__) || defined(_M_ARM64)
-    r.value = _sse2neon_get_fpcr();
-#else
-    __asm__ __volatile__("vmrs %0, FPSCR" : "=r"(r.value)); /* read */
-#endif
-
     switch (rounding) {
-    case _MM_ROUND_TOWARD_ZERO:
-        r.field.bit22 = 1;
-        r.field.bit23 = 1;
+    case _MM_ROUND_NEAREST:
+        rounding = FE_TONEAREST;
         break;
     case _MM_ROUND_DOWN:
-        r.field.bit22 = 0;
-        r.field.bit23 = 1;
+        rounding = FE_DOWNWARD;
         break;
     case _MM_ROUND_UP:
-        r.field.bit22 = 1;
-        r.field.bit23 = 0;
+        rounding = FE_UPWARD;
+        break;
+    case _MM_ROUND_TOWARD_ZERO:
+        rounding = FE_TOWARDZERO;
         break;
-    default:  //_MM_ROUND_NEAREST
-        r.field.bit22 = 0;
-        r.field.bit23 = 0;
+    default:
+        // rounding must be _MM_ROUND_NEAREST, _MM_ROUND_DOWN, _MM_ROUND_UP,
+        // _MM_ROUND_TOWARD_ZERO. all the other invalid values we treat them as
+        // FE_TOWARDZERO (truncate).
+        rounding = FE_TOWARDZERO;
     }
-
-#if defined(__aarch64__) || defined(_M_ARM64)
-    _sse2neon_set_fpcr(r.value);
-#else
-    __asm__ __volatile__("vmsr FPSCR, %0" ::"r"(r));        /* write */
-#endif
+    fesetround(rounding);
 }
 
 // Copy single-precision (32-bit) floating-point element a to the lower element
@@ -9340,8 +9317,7 @@ FORCE_INLINE int64_t _mm_popcnt_u64(uint64_t a)
 #endif
 }
 
-FORCE_INLINE void _sse2neon_mm_set_denormals_zero_mode(
-    unsigned int flag)
+FORCE_INLINE void _sse2neon_mm_set_denormals_zero_mode(unsigned int flag)
 {
     // AArch32 Advanced SIMD arithmetic always uses the Flush-to-zero setting,
     // regardless of the value of the FZ bit.
diff --git a/tests/impl.cpp b/tests/impl.cpp
index f29a4ae0..a3887606 100644
--- a/tests/impl.cpp
+++ b/tests/impl.cpp
@@ -4793,7 +4793,8 @@ result_t test_mm_cvttpd_epi32(const SSE2NEONTestImpl &impl, uint32_t iter)
     return validateInt32(ret, d0, d1, 0, 0);
 }
 
-OPTNONE result_t test_mm_cvttpd_pi32(const SSE2NEONTestImpl &impl, uint32_t iter)
+OPTNONE result_t test_mm_cvttpd_pi32(const SSE2NEONTestImpl &impl,
+                                     uint32_t iter)
 {
     const double *_a = (const double *) impl.mTestFloatPointer1;