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1 /* params.def - Run-time parameters.
2 Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 Written by Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com>.
5 This file is part of GCC.
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24 /* This file contains definitions for language-independent
25 parameters. The DEFPARAM macro takes 4 arguments:
27 - The enumeral corresponding to this parameter.
29 - The name that can be used to set this parameter using the
30 command-line option `--param <name>=<value>'.
32 - A help string explaining how the parameter is used.
34 - A default value for the parameter.
36 Be sure to add an entry to invoke.texi summarizing the parameter. */
38 /* The maximum number of fields in a variable with only implicit uses
39 for which structure aliasing will consider trying to track each
40 field. The default is 5. */
41 DEFPARAM (PARAM_SALIAS_MAX_IMPLICIT_FIELDS,
42 "salias-max-implicit-fields",
43 "The maximum number of fields in a structure variable without direct structure accesses that GCC will attempt to track separately",
44 5, 0, 0)
46 /* The maximum structure size at which the scalar replacement of
47 aggregates (SRA) pass will perform block copies. The default
48 value, 0, implies that GCC will select the most appropriate size
49 itself. */
50 DEFPARAM (PARAM_SRA_MAX_STRUCTURE_SIZE,
51 "sra-max-structure-size",
52 "The maximum structure size (in bytes) at which GCC will do block copies",
53 0, 0, 0)
55 /* The ratio between instantiated fields and the complete structure
56 size. We say that if the ratio of the number of bytes in
57 instantiated fields to the number of bytes in the complete
58 structure exceeds this parameter, then block copies are not used.
59 The default is 75%. */
60 DEFPARAM (PARAM_SRA_FIELD_STRUCTURE_RATIO,
61 "sra-field-structure-ratio",
62 "The threshold ratio between instantiated fields and the total structure size",
63 75, 0, 100)
65 /* The single function inlining limit. This is the maximum size
66 of a function counted in internal gcc instructions (not in
67 real machine instructions) that is eligible for inlining
68 by the tree inliner.
69 The default value is 450.
70 Only functions marked inline (or methods defined in the class
71 definition for C++) are affected by this.
72 There are more restrictions to inlining: If inlined functions
73 call other functions, the already inlined instructions are
74 counted and once the recursive inline limit (see
75 "max-inline-insns" parameter) is exceeded, the acceptable size
76 gets decreased. */
77 DEFPARAM (PARAM_MAX_INLINE_INSNS_SINGLE,
78 "max-inline-insns-single",
79 "The maximum number of instructions in a single function eligible for inlining",
80 450, 0, 0)
82 /* The single function inlining limit for functions that are
83 inlined by virtue of -finline-functions (-O3).
84 This limit should be chosen to be below or equal to the limit
85 that is applied to functions marked inlined (or defined in the
86 class declaration in C++) given by the "max-inline-insns-single"
87 parameter.
88 The default value is 90. */
89 DEFPARAM (PARAM_MAX_INLINE_INSNS_AUTO,
90 "max-inline-insns-auto",
91 "The maximum number of instructions when automatically inlining",
92 90, 0, 0)
94 DEFPARAM (PARAM_MAX_INLINE_INSNS_RECURSIVE,
95 "max-inline-insns-recursive",
96 "The maximum number of instructions inline function can grow to via recursive inlining",
97 450, 0, 0)
99 DEFPARAM (PARAM_MAX_INLINE_INSNS_RECURSIVE_AUTO,
100 "max-inline-insns-recursive-auto",
101 "The maximum number of instructions non-inline function can grow to via recursive inlining",
102 450, 0, 0)
104 DEFPARAM (PARAM_MAX_INLINE_RECURSIVE_DEPTH,
105 "max-inline-recursive-depth",
106 "The maximum depth of recursive inlining for inline functions",
107 8, 0, 0)
109 DEFPARAM (PARAM_MAX_INLINE_RECURSIVE_DEPTH_AUTO,
110 "max-inline-recursive-depth-auto",
111 "The maximum depth of recursive inlining for non-inline functions",
112 8, 0, 0)
114 /* Limit the number of expansions created by the variable expansion
115 optimization to avoid register pressure. */
116 DEFPARAM (PARAM_MAX_VARIABLE_EXPANSIONS,
117 "max-variable-expansions-in-unroller",
118 "If -fvariable-expansion-in-unroller is used, the maximum number of \
119 times that an individual variable will be expanded \
120 during loop unrolling",
121 1, 0, 0)
123 /* The maximum number of instructions to consider when looking for an
124 instruction to fill a delay slot. If more than this arbitrary
125 number of instructions is searched, the time savings from filling
126 the delay slot will be minimal so stop searching. Increasing
127 values mean more aggressive optimization, making the compile time
128 increase with probably small improvement in executable run time. */
129 DEFPARAM (PARAM_MAX_DELAY_SLOT_INSN_SEARCH,
130 "max-delay-slot-insn-search",
131 "The maximum number of instructions to consider to fill a delay slot",
132 100, 0, 0)
134 /* When trying to fill delay slots, the maximum number of instructions
135 to consider when searching for a block with valid live register
136 information. Increasing this arbitrarily chosen value means more
137 aggressive optimization, increasing the compile time. This
138 parameter should be removed when the delay slot code is rewritten
139 to maintain the control-flow graph. */
140 DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_DELAY_SLOT_LIVE_SEARCH,
141 "max-delay-slot-live-search",
142 "The maximum number of instructions to consider to find accurate live register information",
143 333, 0, 0)
145 /* This parameter limits the number of branch elements that the
146 scheduler will track anti-dependencies through without resetting
147 the tracking mechanism. Large functions with few calls or barriers
148 can generate lists containing many 1000's of dependencies. Generally
149 the compiler either uses all available memory, or runs for far too long. */
150 DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_PENDING_LIST_LENGTH,
151 "max-pending-list-length",
152 "The maximum length of scheduling's pending operations list",
153 32, 0, 0)
155 DEFPARAM(PARAM_LARGE_FUNCTION_INSNS,
156 "large-function-insns",
157 "The size of function body to be considered large",
158 2700, 0, 0)
159 DEFPARAM(PARAM_LARGE_FUNCTION_GROWTH,
160 "large-function-growth",
161 "Maximal growth due to inlining of large function (in percent)",
162 100, 0, 0)
163 DEFPARAM(PARAM_INLINE_UNIT_GROWTH,
164 "inline-unit-growth",
165 "how much can given compilation unit grow because of the inlining (in percent)",
166 50, 0, 0)
167 DEFPARAM(PARAM_INLINE_CALL_COST,
168 "inline-call-cost",
169 "expense of call operation relative to ordinary arithmetic operations",
170 16, 0, 0)
172 /* The GCSE optimization will be disabled if it would require
173 significantly more memory than this value. */
174 DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_GCSE_MEMORY,
175 "max-gcse-memory",
176 "The maximum amount of memory to be allocated by GCSE",
177 50 * 1024 * 1024, 0, 0)
178 /* The number of repetitions of copy/const prop and PRE to run. */
179 DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_GCSE_PASSES,
180 "max-gcse-passes",
181 "The maximum number of passes to make when doing GCSE",
182 1, 1, 0)
183 /* This is the threshold ratio when to perform partial redundancy
184 elimination after reload. We perform partial redundancy elimination
185 when the following holds:
186 (Redundant load execution count)
187 ------------------------------- >= GCSE_AFTER_RELOAD_PARTIAL_FRACTION
188 (Added loads execution count) */
189 DEFPARAM(PARAM_GCSE_AFTER_RELOAD_PARTIAL_FRACTION,
190 "gcse-after-reload-partial-fraction",
191 "The threshold ratio for performing partial redundancy elimination after reload.",
192 3, 0, 0)
193 /* This is the threshold ratio of the critical edges execution count compared to
194 the redundant loads execution count that permits performing the load
195 redundancy elimination in gcse after reload. */
196 DEFPARAM(PARAM_GCSE_AFTER_RELOAD_CRITICAL_FRACTION,
197 "gcse-after-reload-critical-fraction",
198 "The threshold ratio of critical edges execution count that permit performing redundancy elimination after reload.",
199 10, 0, 0)
200 /* This parameter limits the number of insns in a loop that will be unrolled,
201 and by how much the loop is unrolled.
203 This limit should be at most half of the peeling limits: loop unroller
204 decides to not unroll loops that iterate fewer than 2*number of allowed
205 unrollings and thus we would have loops that are neither peeled or unrolled
206 otherwise. */
207 DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_UNROLLED_INSNS,
208 "max-unrolled-insns",
209 "The maximum number of instructions to consider to unroll in a loop",
210 200, 0, 0)
211 /* This parameter limits how many times the loop is unrolled depending
212 on number of insns really executed in each iteration. */
213 DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_AVERAGE_UNROLLED_INSNS,
214 "max-average-unrolled-insns",
215 "The maximum number of instructions to consider to unroll in a loop on average",
216 80, 0, 0)
217 /* The maximum number of unrollings of a single loop. */
218 DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_UNROLL_TIMES,
219 "max-unroll-times",
220 "The maximum number of unrollings of a single loop",
221 8, 0, 0)
222 /* The maximum number of insns of a peeled loop. */
223 DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_PEELED_INSNS,
224 "max-peeled-insns",
225 "The maximum number of insns of a peeled loop",
226 400, 0, 0)
227 /* The maximum number of peelings of a single loop. */
228 DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_PEEL_TIMES,
229 "max-peel-times",
230 "The maximum number of peelings of a single loop",
231 16, 0, 0)
232 /* The maximum number of insns of a peeled loop. */
233 DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_COMPLETELY_PEELED_INSNS,
234 "max-completely-peeled-insns",
235 "The maximum number of insns of a completely peeled loop",
236 400, 0, 0)
237 /* The maximum number of peelings of a single loop that is peeled completely. */
238 DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_COMPLETELY_PEEL_TIMES,
239 "max-completely-peel-times",
240 "The maximum number of peelings of a single loop that is peeled completely",
241 16, 0, 0)
242 /* The maximum number of insns of a peeled loop that rolls only once. */
243 DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_ONCE_PEELED_INSNS,
244 "max-once-peeled-insns",
245 "The maximum number of insns of a peeled loop that rolls only once",
246 400, 0, 0)
248 /* The maximum number of insns of an unswitched loop. */
249 DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_UNSWITCH_INSNS,
250 "max-unswitch-insns",
251 "The maximum number of insns of an unswitched loop",
252 50, 0, 0)
253 /* The maximum level of recursion in unswitch_single_loop. */
254 DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_UNSWITCH_LEVEL,
255 "max-unswitch-level",
256 "The maximum number of unswitchings in a single loop",
257 3, 0, 0)
259 /* The maximum number of iterations of a loop the brute force algorithm
260 for analysis of # of iterations of the loop tries to evaluate. */
261 DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_ITERATIONS_TO_TRACK,
262 "max-iterations-to-track",
263 "Bound on the number of iterations the brute force # of iterations analysis algorithm evaluates",
264 1000, 0, 0)
266 DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_SMS_LOOP_NUMBER,
267 "max-sms-loop-number",
268 "Maximum number of loops to perform swing modulo scheduling on (mainly for debugging)",
269 -1, -1, -1)
271 /* This parameter is used to tune SMS MAX II calculations. */
272 DEFPARAM(PARAM_SMS_MAX_II_FACTOR,
273 "sms-max-ii-factor",
274 "A factor for tuning the upper bound that swing modulo scheduler uses for scheduling a loop",
275 100, 0, 0)
276 DEFPARAM(PARAM_SMS_DFA_HISTORY,
277 "sms-dfa-history",
278 "The number of cycles the swing modulo scheduler considers when \
279 checking conflicts using DFA",
280 0, 0, 0)
281 DEFPARAM(PARAM_SMS_LOOP_AVERAGE_COUNT_THRESHOLD,
282 "sms-loop-average-count-threshold",
283 "A threshold on the average loop count considered by the swing modulo scheduler",
284 0, 0, 0)
286 DEFPARAM(HOT_BB_COUNT_FRACTION,
287 "hot-bb-count-fraction",
288 "Select fraction of the maximal count of repetitions of basic block in program given basic block needs to have to be considered hot",
289 10000, 0, 0)
290 DEFPARAM(HOT_BB_FREQUENCY_FRACTION,
291 "hot-bb-frequency-fraction",
292 "Select fraction of the maximal frequency of executions of basic block in function given basic block needs to have to be considered hot",
293 1000, 0, 0)
294 DEFPARAM(TRACER_DYNAMIC_COVERAGE_FEEDBACK,
295 "tracer-dynamic-coverage-feedback",
296 "The percentage of function, weighted by execution frequency, that must be covered by trace formation. Used when profile feedback is available",
297 95, 0, 100)
298 DEFPARAM(TRACER_DYNAMIC_COVERAGE,
299 "tracer-dynamic-coverage",
300 "The percentage of function, weighted by execution frequency, that must be covered by trace formation. Used when profile feedback is not available",
301 75, 0, 100)
302 DEFPARAM(TRACER_MAX_CODE_GROWTH,
303 "tracer-max-code-growth",
304 "Maximal code growth caused by tail duplication (in percent)",
305 100, 0, 0)
306 DEFPARAM(TRACER_MIN_BRANCH_RATIO,
307 "tracer-min-branch-ratio",
308 "Stop reverse growth if the reverse probability of best edge is less than this threshold (in percent)",
309 10, 0, 100)
310 DEFPARAM(TRACER_MIN_BRANCH_PROBABILITY_FEEDBACK,
311 "tracer-min-branch-probability-feedback",
312 "Stop forward growth if the probability of best edge is less than this threshold (in percent). Used when profile feedback is available",
313 80, 0, 100)
314 DEFPARAM(TRACER_MIN_BRANCH_PROBABILITY,
315 "tracer-min-branch-probability",
316 "Stop forward growth if the probability of best edge is less than this threshold (in percent). Used when profile feedback is not available",
317 50, 0, 100)
319 /* The maximum number of incoming edges to consider for crossjumping. */
320 DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_CROSSJUMP_EDGES,
321 "max-crossjump-edges",
322 "The maximum number of incoming edges to consider for crossjumping",
323 100, 0, 0)
325 /* The minimum number of matching instructions to consider for crossjumping. */
326 DEFPARAM(PARAM_MIN_CROSSJUMP_INSNS,
327 "min-crossjump-insns",
328 "The minimum number of matching instructions to consider for crossjumping",
329 5, 0, 0)
331 /* The maximum number of insns to duplicate when unfactoring computed gotos. */
332 DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_GOTO_DUPLICATION_INSNS,
333 "max-goto-duplication-insns",
334 "The maximum number of insns to duplicate when unfactoring computed gotos",
335 8, 0, 0)
337 /* The maximum length of path considered in cse. */
338 DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_CSE_PATH_LENGTH,
339 "max-cse-path-length",
340 "The maximum length of path considered in cse",
341 10, 0, 0)
343 /* The cost of expression in loop invariant motion that is considered
344 expensive. */
345 DEFPARAM(PARAM_LIM_EXPENSIVE,
346 "lim-expensive",
347 "The minimum cost of an expensive expression in the loop invariant motion",
348 20, 0, 0)
350 /* Bound on number of candidates for induction variables below that
351 all candidates are considered for each use in induction variable
352 optimizations. */
354 DEFPARAM(PARAM_IV_CONSIDER_ALL_CANDIDATES_BOUND,
355 "iv-consider-all-candidates-bound",
356 "Bound on number of candidates below that all candidates are considered in iv optimizations",
357 30, 0, 0)
359 /* The induction variable optimizations give up on loops that contain more
360 induction variable uses. */
362 DEFPARAM(PARAM_IV_MAX_CONSIDERED_USES,
363 "iv-max-considered-uses",
364 "Bound on number of iv uses in loop optimized in iv optimizations",
365 250, 0, 0)
367 /* If there are at most this number of ivs in the set, try removing unnecessary
368 ivs from the set always. */
370 DEFPARAM(PARAM_IV_ALWAYS_PRUNE_CAND_SET_BOUND,
371 "iv-always-prune-cand-set-bound",
372 "If number of candidates in the set is smaller, we always try to remove unused ivs during its optimization",
373 10, 0, 0)
375 DEFPARAM(PARAM_SCEV_MAX_EXPR_SIZE,
376 "scev-max-expr-size",
377 "Bound on size of expressions used in the scalar evolutions analyzer",
378 20, 0, 0)
380 /* The product of the next two is used to decide whether or not to
381 use .GLOBAL_VAR. See tree-dfa.c. */
382 DEFPARAM(PARAM_GLOBAL_VAR_THRESHOLD,
383 "global-var-threshold",
384 "Given N calls and V call-clobbered vars in a function. Use .GLOBAL_VAR if NxV is larger than this limit",
385 500000, 0, 0)
387 DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_CSELIB_MEMORY_LOCATIONS,
388 "max-cselib-memory-locations",
389 "The maximum memory locations recorded by cselib",
390 500, 0, 0)
392 #ifdef ENABLE_GC_ALWAYS_COLLECT
393 # define GGC_MIN_EXPAND_DEFAULT 0
394 # define GGC_MIN_HEAPSIZE_DEFAULT 0
395 #else
396 # define GGC_MIN_EXPAND_DEFAULT 30
397 # define GGC_MIN_HEAPSIZE_DEFAULT 4096
398 #endif
400 DEFPARAM(GGC_MIN_EXPAND,
401 "ggc-min-expand",
402 "Minimum heap expansion to trigger garbage collection, as a percentage of the total size of the heap",
403 GGC_MIN_EXPAND_DEFAULT, 0, 0)
405 DEFPARAM(GGC_MIN_HEAPSIZE,
406 "ggc-min-heapsize",
407 "Minimum heap size before we start collecting garbage, in kilobytes",
408 GGC_MIN_HEAPSIZE_DEFAULT, 0, 0)
410 #undef GGC_MIN_EXPAND_DEFAULT
411 #undef GGC_MIN_HEAPSIZE_DEFAULT
413 DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_RELOAD_SEARCH_INSNS,
414 "max-reload-search-insns",
415 "The maximum number of instructions to search backward when looking for equivalent reload",
416 100, 0, 0)
418 DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_ALIASED_VOPS,
419 "max-aliased-vops",
420 "The maximum number of virtual operands allowed to represent aliases before triggering alias grouping.",
421 500, 0, 0)
423 DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_SCHED_REGION_BLOCKS,
424 "max-sched-region-blocks",
425 "The maximum number of blocks in a region to be considered for interblock scheduling",
426 10, 0, 0)
428 DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_SCHED_REGION_INSNS,
429 "max-sched-region-insns",
430 "The maximum number of insns in a region to be considered for interblock scheduling",
431 100, 0, 0)
433 DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_LAST_VALUE_RTL,
434 "max-last-value-rtl",
435 "The maximum number of RTL nodes that can be recorded as combiner's last value",
436 10000, 0, 0)
438 /* INTEGER_CST nodes are shared for values [{-1,0} .. N) for
439 {signed,unsigned} integral types. This determines N.
440 Experimentation shows 256 to be a good value. */
441 DEFPARAM (PARAM_INTEGER_SHARE_LIMIT,
442 "integer-share-limit",
443 "The upper bound for sharing integer constants",
444 256, 2, 2)
446 /* Incremental SSA updates for virtual operands may be very slow if
447 there is a large number of mappings to process. In those cases, it
448 is faster to rewrite the virtual symbols from scratch as if they
449 had been recently introduced. This heuristic cannot be applied to
450 SSA mappings for real SSA names, only symbols kept in FUD chains.
452 PARAM_MIN_VIRTUAL_MAPPINGS specifies the minimum number of virtual
453 mappings that should be registered to trigger the heuristic.
455 PARAM_VIRTUAL_MAPPINGS_TO_SYMS_RATIO specifies the ratio between
456 mappings and symbols. If the number of virtual mappings is
457 PARAM_VIRTUAL_MAPPINGS_TO_SYMS_RATIO bigger than the number of
458 virtual symbols to be updated, then the updater switches to a full
459 update for those symbols. */
460 DEFPARAM (PARAM_MIN_VIRTUAL_MAPPINGS,
461 "min-virtual-mappings",
462 "Minimum number of virtual mappings to consider switching to full virtual renames",
463 100, 0, 0)
465 DEFPARAM (PARAM_VIRTUAL_MAPPINGS_TO_SYMS_RATIO,
466 "virtual-mappings-ratio",
467 "Ratio between virtual mappings and virtual symbols to do full virtual renames",
468 3, 0, 0)
471 Local variables:
472 mode:c
473 End: */