1 ; Options for the language- and target-independent parts of the compiler.
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19 ; <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
21 ; See the GCC internals manual (options.texi) for a description of this file's format.
23 ; Please try to keep this file in ASCII collating order.
37 ; Not used directly to control optimizations, only to save -Ofast
38 ; setting for "optimize" attributes.
42 ; True if this is the lto front end. This is used to disable gimple
43 ; generation and lowering passes that are normally run on the output
44 ; of a front end. These passes must be bypassed for lto since they
45 ; have already been done before the gimple was written.
49 ; This variable is set to non-0 only by LTO front-end. 1 indicates that
50 ; the output produced will be used for incremental linking (thus weak symbols
51 ; can still be bound) and 2 indicates that the IL is going to be linked and
52 ; and output to LTO object file.
54 enum incremental_link flag_incremental_link = INCREMENTAL_LINK_NONE
56 ; 0 means straightforward implementation of complex divide acceptable.
57 ; 1 means wide ranges of inputs must work for complex divide.
58 ; 2 means C99-like requirements for complex multiply and divide.
60 int flag_complex_method = 1
63 int flag_default_complex_method = 1
65 ; Language specific warning pass for unused results.
67 bool flag_warn_unused_result = false
69 ; Nonzero if we should write GIMPLE bytecode for link-time optimization.
73 ; Nonzero if we should write GIMPLE bytecode for offload compilation.
75 int flag_generate_offload = 0
77 ; Nonzero means we should be saving declaration info into a .X file.
79 int flag_gen_aux_info = 0
81 ; Nonzero if we are compiling code for a shared library, zero for
86 ; These three are really VEC(char_p,heap) *.
89 void *flag_instrument_functions_exclude_functions
92 void *flag_instrument_functions_exclude_files
95 void *flag_ignored_attributes
97 ; Generic structs (e.g. templates not explicitly specialized)
98 ; may not have a compilation unit associated with them, and so
99 ; may need to be treated differently from ordinary structs.
101 ; Structs only handled by reference (indirectly), will also usually
102 ; not need as much debugging information.
105 enum debug_struct_file debug_struct_ordinary[DINFO_USAGE_NUM_ENUMS] = { DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY }
108 enum debug_struct_file debug_struct_generic[DINFO_USAGE_NUM_ENUMS] = { DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY }
110 ; True if we should exit after parsing options.
112 bool exit_after_options
114 ; Type(s) of debugging information we are producing (if any). See
115 ; flag-types.h for the definitions of the different possible types of
116 ; debugging information.
118 uint32_t write_symbols = NO_DEBUG
120 ; Level of debugging information we are producing. See flag-types.h
121 ; for the definitions of the different possible levels.
123 enum debug_info_levels debug_info_level = DINFO_LEVEL_NONE
125 ; Level of CTF debugging information we are producing. See flag-types.h
126 ; for the definitions of the different possible levels.
128 enum ctf_debug_info_levels ctf_debug_info_level = CTFINFO_LEVEL_NONE
130 ; Original value of maximum field alignment in bytes, specified via
131 ; -fpack-struct=<value>.
133 unsigned int initial_max_fld_align = TARGET_DEFAULT_PACK_STRUCT
135 ; Type of stack check.
137 enum stack_check_type flag_stack_check = NO_STACK_CHECK
139 ; True if stack usage information needs to be computed.
141 bool flag_stack_usage_info = false
143 ; -dA causes debug commentary information to be produced in
144 ; the generated assembly code (to make it more readable). This option
145 ; is generally only of use to those who actually need to read the
146 ; generated assembly code (perhaps while debugging the compiler itself).
147 ; Currently, this switch is only used by dwarf2out.cc; however, it is intended
148 ; to be a catchall for printing debug information in the assembler file.
152 ; Balance between GNAT encodings and standard DWARF to emit.
154 enum dwarf_gnat_encodings gnat_encodings = DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_DEFAULT
156 ; -dP causes the rtl to be emitted as a comment in assembly.
158 int flag_dump_rtl_in_asm
160 ; Whether -da was passed (used only in handle_common_deferred_options).
162 bool flag_dump_all_passed
164 ; Other flags saying which kinds of debugging dump have been requested.
167 int rtl_dump_and_exit
170 int flag_print_asm_name
172 ; Name of top-level original source file (what was input to cpp).
173 ; This comes from the #-command at the beginning of the actual input.
174 ; If there isn't any there, then this is the cc1 input file name.
176 const char *main_input_filename
178 ; Pointer to base name in main_input_filename, with directories and a
179 ; single final extension removed, and the length of this base
183 const char *main_input_basename
186 int main_input_baselength
188 ; The base name used for auxiliary output files.
189 ; dump_base_name minus dump_base_ext.
192 const char *aux_base_name
194 ; Which options have been printed by --help.
198 ; Which enums have been printed by --help. 0 = not printed, no
199 ; relevant options seen, 1 = relevant option seen, not yet printed, 2
202 char *help_enum_printed
204 ; The number of columns for --help output.
206 unsigned int help_columns
208 ; Whether this options structure has been through finish_options
210 bool flag_opts_finished
212 ; What the sanitizer should instrument
214 unsigned int flag_sanitize
216 ; What sanitizers should recover from errors
218 unsigned int flag_sanitize_recover = (SANITIZE_UNDEFINED | SANITIZE_UNDEFINED_NONDEFAULT | SANITIZE_KERNEL_ADDRESS | SANITIZE_KERNEL_HWADDRESS) & ~(SANITIZE_UNREACHABLE | SANITIZE_RETURN)
220 ; What sanitizers should use __builtin_trap () instead of runtime diagnostics
222 unsigned int flag_sanitize_trap
224 ; Flag whether a prefix has been added to dump_base_name
226 bool dump_base_name_prefixed = false
228 ; What subset of registers should be zeroed on function return
230 unsigned int flag_zero_call_used_regs
242 Common Driver Joined Undocumented
243 Provide bash completion for options starting with provided string.
246 Driver Alias(coverage)
252 Common Separate Alias(d)
255 Common Joined Alias(d)
258 Driver Common Separate Alias(dumpbase)
261 Driver Common Separate Alias(dumpbase-ext)
264 Driver Common Separate Alias(dumpdir)
267 Driver Separate Alias(e)
270 Driver Joined Alias(e)
273 Common Warning Alias(Wextra)
276 Driver Separate Alias(Xassembler)
279 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(Xassembler)
282 Driver Separate Alias(Xlinker)
285 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(Xlinker)
288 Driver Separate Alias(u)
291 Driver Joined Alias(u)
294 Common Driver Var(help_flag)
295 Display this information.
299 --help=<class> Display descriptions of a specific class of options. <class> is one or more of optimizers, target, warnings, undocumented, params.
302 Driver Separate Alias(x)
305 Driver Joined Alias(x)
308 Driver Separate Alias(L)
311 Driver Joined Alias(L)
313 -no-canonical-prefixes
314 Driver Alias(no-canonical-prefixes)
316 -no-standard-libraries
317 Driver Alias(nostdlib)
320 Driver Var(no_sysroot_suffix)
329 Common Driver Separate Alias(o) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
332 Common Driver Joined Alias(o) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
335 Driver Alias(pass-exit-codes)
338 Common Alias(Wpedantic)
341 Common Alias(pedantic-errors)
347 Driver Alias(static-pie)
353 Driver Separate Alias(B)
356 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(B)
362 Driver Separate Alias(print-file-name=)
365 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(print-file-name=)
367 -print-libgcc-file-name
368 Driver Alias(print-libgcc-file-name)
370 -print-multi-directory
371 Driver Alias(print-multi-directory)
374 Driver Alias(print-multi-lib)
376 -print-multi-os-directory
377 Driver Alias(print-multi-os-directory)
380 Driver Alias(print-multiarch)
383 Driver Separate Alias(print-prog-name=)
386 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(print-prog-name=)
389 Driver Alias(print-search-dirs)
392 Driver Alias(print-sysroot)
394 -print-sysroot-headers-suffix
395 Driver Alias(print-sysroot-headers-suffix)
401 Driver Alias(save-temps)
407 Driver Separate Alias(specs=)
410 Driver Joined Alias(specs=)
416 Driver Alias(symbolic)
420 Display target specific command line options (including assembler and linker options).
428 ;; The driver used to convert options such as --help into forms such
429 ;; as -fhelp; the following four entries are for compatibility with
430 ;; any direct uses of those (undocumented) -f forms
432 Common Driver Alias(-help)
435 Common Driver Joined Alias(-help=)
438 Common Driver Alias(-target-help)
441 Common Driver Alias(-version)
444 Driver Separate Alias(-sysroot=)
447 Driver JoinedOrMissing
453 Driver Joined Separate
459 Driver Joined Separate
465 Common JoinedOrMissing Optimization
466 -O<number> Set optimization level to <number>.
470 Optimize for space rather than speed.
474 Optimize for speed disregarding exact standards compliance.
478 Optimize for debugging experience rather than speed or size.
482 Optimize for space aggressively rather than speed.
494 Driver Joined Separate
500 Driver Joined Separate
521 Common RejectNegative Warning Alias(Wextra)
522 This switch is deprecated; use -Wextra instead.
525 Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative
528 Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative
531 Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative
534 Common Var(warn_aggregate_return) Warning
535 Warn about returning structures, unions or arrays.
537 Waggressive-loop-optimizations
538 Common Var(warn_aggressive_loop_optimizations) Init(1) Warning
539 Warn if a loop with constant number of iterations triggers undefined behavior.
542 Common Alias(Warray-bounds=, 1, 0) Warning
545 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_array_bounds) Warning IntegerRange(0, 2)
546 Warn if an array is accessed out of bounds.
549 Common Var(warn_use_after_free) Warning
550 Warn for uses of pointers to deallocated storage.
553 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_use_after_free) Warning IntegerRange(0, 3)
554 Warn for uses of pointers to deallocated storage.
557 Common Var(warn_attributes) Init(1) Warning
558 Warn about inappropriate attribute usage.
562 Do not warn about specified attributes.
565 Common Alias(Wattribute_alias=, 1, 0) Warning
566 Warn about type safety and similar errors and mismatches in declarations with alias attributes.
569 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_attribute_alias) Init(1) Warning IntegerRange(0, 2)
570 Warn about type safety and similar errors and mismatches in declarations with alias attributes.
573 Common Var(warn_cannot_profile) Init(1) Warning
574 Warn when profiling instrumentation was requested, but could not be applied to
578 Common Var(warn_cast_align) Warning
579 Warn about pointer casts which increase alignment.
582 Common Var(warn_cast_align,2) Warning
583 Warn about pointer casts which increase alignment.
586 Common Var(warn_complain_wrong_lang) Init(1) Warning
587 Complain when a command-line option is valid, but not applicable to the current front end.
590 Common Var(warn_cpp) Init(1) Warning
591 Warn when a #warning directive is encountered.
594 Common Var(warn_attribute_warning) Init(1) Warning
595 Warn about uses of __attribute__((warning)) declarations.
598 Common Var(warn_deprecated) Init(1) Warning
599 Warn if a deprecated compiler feature, class, method, or field is used.
601 Wdeprecated-declarations
602 Common Var(warn_deprecated_decl) Init(1) Warning
603 Warn about uses of __attribute__((deprecated)) declarations.
605 Wdisabled-optimization
606 Common Var(warn_disabled_optimization) Warning
607 Warn when an optimization pass is disabled.
610 Common Var(warnings_are_errors)
611 Treat all warnings as errors.
615 Treat specified warning as error.
618 Common Var(extra_warnings) Warning
619 Print extra (possibly unwanted) warnings.
622 Common Var(flag_fatal_errors)
623 Exit on the first error occurred.
626 Common RejectNegative Joined Host_Wide_Int ByteSize Warning Var(warn_frame_larger_than_size) Init(HOST_WIDE_INT_MAX)
627 -Wframe-larger-than=<byte-size> Warn if a function's stack frame requires in excess of <byte-size>.
629 Wno-frame-larger-than
630 Common Alias(Wframe-larger-than=,18446744073709551615EiB,none) Warning
631 Disable -Wframe-larger-than= warning. Equivalent to -Wframe-larger-than=<SIZE_MAX> or larger.
634 Common Var(warn_free_nonheap_object) Init(1) Warning
635 Warn when attempting to free a non-heap object.
638 Common Var(warn_hardened) Init(1) Warning
639 Warn when -fhardened did not enable an option from its set.
642 Common Ignore Warning
643 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
645 Wimplicit-fallthrough
646 Common Alias(Wimplicit-fallthrough=,3,0) Warning
648 Wimplicit-fallthrough=
649 Common Var(warn_implicit_fallthrough) RejectNegative Joined UInteger Warning IntegerRange(0, 5)
650 Warn when a switch case falls through.
653 Var(warn_infinite_recursion) Warning
654 Warn for infinitely recursive calls.
657 Common Var(warn_inline) Warning Optimization
658 Warn when an inlined function cannot be inlined.
660 Winvalid-memory-model
661 Common Var(warn_invalid_memory_model) Init(1) Warning
662 Warn when an atomic memory model parameter is known to be outside the valid range.
665 Common RejectNegative Joined Warning Undocumented Alias(Wlarger-than=)
668 Common RejectNegative Joined Host_Wide_Int ByteSize Warning Var(warn_larger_than_size) Init(HOST_WIDE_INT_MAX)
669 -Wlarger-than=<byte-size> Warn if an object's size exceeds <byte-size>.
672 Common Alias(Wlarger-than=,18446744073709551615EiB,none) Warning
673 Disable -Wlarger-than= warning. Equivalent to -Wlarger-than=<SIZE_MAX> or larger.
676 Var(warn_nonnull_compare) Warning
677 Warn if comparing pointer parameter with nonnull attribute with NULL.
680 Common Var(warn_null_dereference) Warning
681 Warn if dereferencing a NULL pointer may lead to erroneous or undefined behavior.
683 Wunsafe-loop-optimizations
684 Common Ignore Warning
685 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
688 Common Warning Alias(Wsuggest-attribute=noreturn)
691 Common Var(warn_odr_violations) Init(1) Warning
692 Warn about some C++ One Definition Rule violations during link time optimization.
695 Common Var(warn_overflow) Init(1) Warning
696 Warn about overflow in arithmetic expressions.
699 Common Var(warn_lto_type_mismatch) Init(1) Warning
700 During link time optimization warn about mismatched types of global declarations.
703 Common Var(warn_packed) Warning
704 Warn when the packed attribute has no effect on struct layout.
707 Common Var(warn_padded) Warning
708 Warn when padding is required to align structure members.
711 Common Var(pedantic) Init(0) Warning
712 Issue warnings needed for strict compliance to the standard.
715 Common Var(warn_return_local_addr) Init(1) Warning
716 Warn about returning a pointer/reference to a local or temporary variable.
719 Common Var(warn_shadow) Warning
720 Warn when one variable shadows another. Same as -Wshadow=global.
723 Common Warning Alias(Wshadow)
724 Warn when one variable shadows another (globally).
727 Common Var(warn_shadow_local) Warning EnabledBy(Wshadow)
728 Warn when one local variable shadows another local variable or parameter.
731 Common Warning Undocumented Alias(Wshadow=local)
733 Wshadow=compatible-local
734 Common Var(warn_shadow_compatible_local) Warning EnabledBy(Wshadow=local)
735 Warn when one local variable shadows another local variable or parameter of compatible type.
737 Wshadow-compatible-local
738 Common Warning Undocumented Alias(Wshadow=compatible-local)
741 Common Var(warn_stack_protect) Warning
742 Warn when not issuing stack smashing protection for some reason.
745 Common Joined RejectNegative Host_Wide_Int ByteSize Var(warn_stack_usage) Warning Init(HOST_WIDE_INT_MAX)
746 -Wstack-usage=<byte-size> Warn if stack usage might exceed <byte-size>.
749 Common Alias(Wstack-usage=,18446744073709551615EiB,none) Warning
750 Disable Wstack-usage= warning. Equivalent to Wstack-usage=<SIZE_MAX> or larger.
754 Warn about code which might break strict aliasing rules.
757 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_strict_aliasing) Warning
758 Warn about code which might break strict aliasing rules.
762 Warn about optimizations that assume that signed overflow is undefined.
765 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_strict_overflow) Warning
766 Warn about optimizations that assume that signed overflow is undefined.
768 Wsuggest-attribute=cold
769 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_cold) Warning
770 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((cold)).
772 Wsuggest-attribute=const
773 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_const) Warning
774 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((const)).
776 Wsuggest-attribute=pure
777 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_pure) Warning
778 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((pure)).
780 Wsuggest-attribute=noreturn
781 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_noreturn) Warning
782 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((noreturn)).
784 Wsuggest-attribute=malloc
785 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_malloc) Warning
786 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((malloc)).
788 Wsuggest-attribute=returns_nonnull
789 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_returns_nonnull) Warning
790 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((returns_nonnull)).
793 Common Var(warn_suggest_final_types) Warning
794 Warn about C++ polymorphic types where adding final keyword would improve code quality.
796 Wsuggest-final-methods
797 Common Var(warn_suggest_final_methods) Warning
798 Warn about C++ virtual methods where adding final keyword would improve code quality.
801 Common Var(warn_switch_unreachable) Warning Init(1)
802 Warn about statements between switch's controlling expression and the first
806 Common Var(warn_system_headers) Warning
807 Do not suppress warnings from system headers.
810 Common Var(warn_trampolines) Warning
811 Warn whenever a trampoline is generated.
813 Wtrivial-auto-var-init
814 Common Var(warn_trivial_auto_var_init) Warning Init(0)
815 Warn about cases where -ftrivial-auto-var-init cannot initialize an auto variable.
818 Common Var(warn_type_limits) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
819 Warn if a comparison is always true or always false due to the limited range of the data type.
822 Common Var(warn_uninitialized) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
823 Warn about uninitialized automatic variables.
826 Common Var(warn_maybe_uninitialized) Warning EnabledBy(Wuninitialized)
827 Warn about maybe uninitialized automatic variables.
830 Common Ignore Warning
831 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
834 Common Var(warn_unused) Init(0) Warning
835 Enable all -Wunused- warnings.
837 Wunused-but-set-parameter
838 Common Var(warn_unused_but_set_parameter) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused && Wextra)
839 Warn when a function parameter is only set, otherwise unused.
841 Wunused-but-set-variable
842 Common Var(warn_unused_but_set_variable) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
843 Warn when a variable is only set, otherwise unused.
846 Common Var(warn_unused_function) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
847 Warn when a function is unused.
850 Common Var(warn_unused_label) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
851 Warn when a label is unused.
854 Common Var(warn_unused_parameter) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused && Wextra)
855 Warn when a function parameter is unused.
858 Common Var(warn_unused_value) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
859 Warn when an expression value is unused.
862 Common Var(warn_unused_variable) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
863 Warn when a variable is unused.
866 Common Var(warn_coverage_mismatch) Init(1) Warning
867 Warn in case profiles in -fprofile-use do not match.
869 Wcoverage-invalid-line-number
870 Common Var(warn_coverage_invalid_linenum) Init(1) Warning
871 Warn in case a function ends earlier than it begins due to an invalid linenum macros.
874 Common Var(warn_missing_profile) Init(1) Warning
875 Warn in case profiles in -fprofile-use do not exist.
877 Wvector-operation-performance
878 Common Var(warn_vector_operation_performance) Warning
879 Warn when a vector operation is compiled outside the SIMD.
882 Common Var(warn_tsan) Init(1) Warning
883 Warn about unsupported features in ThreadSanitizer.
898 Common Separate Var(aux_info_file_name)
899 -aux-info <file> Emit declaration information into <file>.
902 Common Joined Alias(aux-info)
912 -d<letters> Enable dumps from specific passes of the compiler.
915 Driver Common Separate Var(dump_base_name)
916 -dumpbase <file> Set the file basename to be used for dumps.
919 Driver Common Separate Var(dump_base_ext)
920 -dumpbase-ext .<ext> Drop a trailing .<ext> from the dump basename to name auxiliary output files.
923 Driver Common Separate Var(dump_dir_name)
924 -dumpdir <dir> Set the directory name to be used for dumps.
939 Driver Joined Separate
941 ; This option has historically been passed down to the linker by an
942 ; accident of a %{e*} spec, so ensure it continues to be passed down
943 ; as a single option. The supported option for this purpose is
944 ; -rdynamic. See PR 47390.
948 ; The version of the C++ ABI in use. The following values are allowed:
950 ; 0: The version of the ABI believed most conformant with the C++ ABI
951 ; specification. This ABI may change as bugs are discovered and fixed.
952 ; Therefore, 0 will not necessarily indicate the same ABI in different
955 ; 1: The version of the ABI first used in G++ 3.2. No longer selectable.
957 ; 2: The version of the ABI first used in G++ 3.4, and the default
960 ; 3: The version of the ABI that fixes the missing underscore
961 ; in template non-type arguments of pointer type.
963 ; 4: The version of the ABI that introduces unambiguous mangling of
964 ; vector types. First selectable in G++ 4.5.
966 ; 5: The version of the ABI that ignores attribute const/noreturn
967 ; in function pointer mangling, and corrects mangling of decltype and
968 ; function parameters used in other parameters and the return type.
969 ; First selectable in G++ 4.6.
971 ; 6: The version of the ABI that doesn't promote scoped enums to int and
972 ; changes the mangling of template argument packs, const/static_cast,
973 ; prefix ++ and --, and a class scope function used as a template
975 ; First selectable in G++ 4.7.
977 ; 7: The version of the ABI that treats nullptr_t as a builtin type and
978 ; corrects the mangling of lambdas in default argument scope.
979 ; First selectable in G++ 4.8.
981 ; 8: The version of the ABI that corrects the substitution behavior of
982 ; function types with function-cv-qualifiers.
983 ; First selectable in G++ 4.9 and default in G++ 5.
985 ; 9: The version of the ABI that corrects the alignment of nullptr_t.
986 ; First selectable and default in G++ 5.2.
988 ; 10: The version of the ABI that mangles attributes that affect type
989 ; identity, such as ia32 calling convention attributes (stdcall, etc.)
990 ; Default in G++ 6 (set in c_common_post_options).
992 ; 11: The version of the ABI that corrects mangling of sizeof... expressions
993 ; and introduces new inheriting constructor handling.
996 ; 12: Corrects the calling convention for classes with only deleted copy/move
997 ; constructors and changes passing/returning of empty records.
998 ; Default in G++ 8.1.
1000 ; 13: Fixes the accidental change in 12 to the calling convention for classes
1001 ; with deleted copy constructor and trivial move constructor.
1002 ; Default in G++ 8.2.
1004 ; 14: Corrects the mangling of nullptr expression.
1005 ; Default in G++ 10.
1007 ; 15: Corrects G++ 10 ABI tag regression [PR98481].
1008 ; Available, but not default, in G++ 10.3.
1010 ; 16: Changes the mangling of __alignof__ to be distinct from that of alignof.
1011 ; Adds missing 'on' in mangling of operator names in some cases.
1012 ; Default in G++ 11.
1014 ; 17: Fixes layout of classes that inherit from aggregate classes with default
1015 ; member initializers in C++14 and up.
1016 ; Default in G++ 12.
1018 ; 18: Corrects errors in mangling of lambdas with additional context.
1019 ; Default in G++ 13.
1021 ; 19: Emits ABI tags if needed in structured binding mangled names.
1022 ; Ignores cv-quals on [[no_unique_object]] members.
1023 ; Default in G++ 14.
1025 ; Additional positive integers will be assigned as new versions of
1026 ; the ABI become the default version of the ABI.
1028 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_abi_version) Init(0)
1029 The version of the C++ ABI in use.
1031 faggressive-loop-optimizations
1032 Common Var(flag_aggressive_loop_optimizations) Optimization Init(1)
1033 Aggressively optimize loops using language constraints.
1036 Common Var(flag_align_functions) Optimization
1037 Align the start of functions.
1040 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(str_align_functions) Optimization
1042 flimit-function-alignment
1043 Common Var(flag_limit_function_alignment) Optimization Init(0)
1046 Common Var(flag_align_jumps) Optimization
1047 Align labels which are only reached by jumping.
1050 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(str_align_jumps) Optimization
1053 Common Var(flag_align_labels) Optimization
1057 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(str_align_labels) Optimization
1060 Common Var(flag_align_loops) Optimization
1061 Align the start of loops.
1064 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(str_align_loops) Optimization
1066 fallow-store-data-races
1067 Common Var(flag_store_data_races) Optimization
1068 Allow the compiler to introduce new data races on stores.
1071 Common Var(flag_analyzer)
1072 Enable static analysis pass.
1076 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1080 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1082 fargument-noalias-global
1084 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1086 fargument-noalias-anything
1088 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1091 Common Driver Joined
1092 Select what to sanitize.
1095 Common Joined Enum(sanitize_coverage) Var(flag_sanitize_coverage) EnumBitSet
1096 Select type of coverage sanitization.
1099 Name(sanitize_coverage) Type(int)
1102 Enum(sanitize_coverage) String(trace-pc) Value(SANITIZE_COV_TRACE_PC)
1105 Enum(sanitize_coverage) String(trace-cmp) Value(SANITIZE_COV_TRACE_CMP)
1107 fasan-shadow-offset=
1108 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1109 -fasan-shadow-offset=<number> Use custom shadow memory offset.
1112 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1113 -fsanitize-sections=<sec1,sec2,...> Sanitize global variables
1114 in user-defined sections.
1118 After diagnosing undefined behavior attempt to continue execution.
1122 This switch is deprecated; use -fsanitize-recover= instead.
1125 Common Driver Joined
1126 Use traps instead of diagnostics of undefined behavior sanitizers.
1131 fsanitize-address-use-after-scope
1132 Common Driver Var(flag_sanitize_address_use_after_scope) Init(0)
1134 fsanitize-undefined-trap-on-error
1135 Common Driver Alias(fsanitize-trap)
1136 This switch is deprecated; use -fsanitize-trap= instead.
1138 fasynchronous-unwind-tables
1139 Common Var(flag_asynchronous_unwind_tables) Optimization
1140 Generate unwind tables that are exact at each instruction boundary.
1143 Common Var(flag_auto_inc_dec) Init(1) Optimization
1144 Generate auto-inc/dec instructions.
1147 Common Var(flag_auto_profile)
1148 Use sample profile information for call graph node weights. The default
1149 profile file is fbdata.afdo in 'pwd'.
1152 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(auto_profile_file)
1153 Use sample profile information for call graph node weights. The profile
1154 file is specified in the argument.
1156 ; -fcheck-bounds causes gcc to generate array bounds checks.
1157 ; For C, C++ and ObjC: defaults off.
1158 ; For Java: defaults to on.
1159 ; For Fortran: defaults to off.
1161 Common Var(flag_bounds_check)
1162 Generate code to check bounds before indexing arrays.
1165 Common Var(flag_branch_on_count_reg) Optimization
1166 Replace add, compare, branch with branch on count register.
1168 fbranch-probabilities
1169 Common Var(flag_branch_probabilities) Optimization
1170 Use profiling information for branch probabilities.
1172 fbranch-target-load-optimize
1174 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1176 fbranch-target-load-optimize2
1178 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1182 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1185 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_callgraph_info) Init(NO_CALLGRAPH_INFO);
1186 Output callgraph information on a per-file basis.
1189 Common RejectNegative Joined
1190 Output callgraph information on a per-file basis with decorations.
1193 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1194 -fcall-saved-<register> Mark <register> as being preserved across functions.
1197 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1198 -fcall-used-<register> Mark <register> as being corrupted by function calls.
1200 ; Nonzero for -fcaller-saves: allocate values in regs that need to
1201 ; be saved across function calls, if that produces overall better code.
1202 ; Optional now, so people can test it.
1204 Common Var(flag_caller_saves) Optimization
1205 Save registers around function calls.
1209 This switch is deprecated; do not use.
1212 Common Var(flag_check_new)
1213 Check the return value of new in C++.
1216 Common Var(flag_checking) Init(CHECKING_P ? ENABLE_EXTRA_CHECKING ? 2 : 1 : 0)
1217 Perform internal consistency checkings.
1220 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_checking)
1221 Perform internal consistency checkings.
1224 Common Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1225 For -f*-prefix-map= options compare canonicalized pathnames rather than just strings.
1228 Common Var(flag_code_hoisting) Optimization
1229 Enable code hoisting.
1231 fcombine-stack-adjustments
1232 Common Var(flag_combine_stack_adjustments) Optimization
1233 Looks for opportunities to reduce stack adjustments and stack references.
1236 Common Var(flag_no_common,0) Init(1)
1237 Put uninitialized globals in the common section.
1241 ; Converted by the driver to -fcompare-debug= options.
1244 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative Var(flag_compare_debug_opt)
1245 -fcompare-debug[=<opts>] Compile with and without e.g. -gtoggle, and compare the final-insns dump.
1247 fcompare-debug-second
1248 Common Driver RejectNegative Var(flag_compare_debug)
1249 Run only the second compilation of -fcompare-debug.
1252 Common Var(flag_compare_elim_after_reload) Optimization
1253 Perform comparison elimination after register allocation has finished.
1256 Common Var(flag_conserve_stack) Optimization
1257 Do not perform optimizations increasing noticeably stack usage.
1260 Common Var(flag_cprop_registers) Optimization
1261 Perform a register copy-propagation optimization pass.
1264 Target Bool Var(flag_fold_mem_offsets) Init(1)
1265 Fold instructions calculating memory offsets to the memory access instruction if possible.
1268 Common Var(flag_crossjumping) Optimization
1269 Perform cross-jumping optimization.
1272 Common Var(flag_cse_follow_jumps) Optimization
1273 When running CSE, follow jumps to their targets.
1277 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1280 Common Var(flag_cx_limited_range) Optimization SetByCombined
1281 Omit range reduction step when performing complex division.
1284 Common Var(flag_cx_fortran_rules) Optimization
1285 Complex multiplication and division follow Fortran rules.
1288 Common Var(flag_data_sections)
1289 Place data items into their own section.
1292 Common Var(flag_dbg_cnt_list)
1293 List all available debugging counters with their limits and counts.
1296 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1297 -fdbg-cnt=<counter>[:<lower_limit1>-]<upper_limit1>[:<lower_limit2>-<upper_limit2>:...][,<counter>:...] Set the debug counter limit.
1300 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1301 -fdebug-prefix-map=<old>=<new> Map one directory name to another in debug information.
1304 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1305 -ffile-prefix-map=<old>=<new> Map one directory name to another in compilation result.
1307 fdebug-types-section
1308 Common Var(flag_debug_types_section) Init(0)
1309 Output .debug_types section when using DWARF v4 debuginfo.
1311 ; Nonzero for -fdefer-pop: don't pop args after each function call
1312 ; instead save them up to pop many calls' args with one insns.
1314 Common Var(flag_defer_pop) Optimization
1315 Defer popping functions args from stack until later.
1318 Common Var(flag_delayed_branch) Optimization
1319 Attempt to fill delay slots of branch instructions.
1321 fdelete-dead-exceptions
1322 Common Var(flag_delete_dead_exceptions) Init(0) Optimization
1323 Delete dead instructions that may throw exceptions.
1325 fdelete-null-pointer-checks
1326 Common Var(flag_delete_null_pointer_checks) Init(-1) Optimization
1327 Delete useless null pointer checks.
1329 fdevirtualize-at-ltrans
1330 Common Var(flag_ltrans_devirtualize)
1331 Stream extra data to support more aggressive devirtualization in LTO local transformation mode.
1333 fdevirtualize-speculatively
1334 Common Var(flag_devirtualize_speculatively) Optimization
1335 Perform speculative devirtualization.
1338 Common Var(flag_devirtualize) Optimization
1339 Try to convert virtual calls to direct ones.
1341 fdiagnostics-show-location=
1342 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule)
1343 -fdiagnostics-show-location=[once|every-line] How often to emit source location at the beginning of line-wrapped diagnostics.
1345 ; Required for these enum values.
1350 Name(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) Type(int)
1353 Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) String(once) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_SHOW_PREFIX_ONCE)
1356 Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) String(every-line) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_SHOW_PREFIX_EVERY_LINE)
1358 fdiagnostics-show-caret
1359 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_caret) Init(1)
1360 Show the source line with a caret indicating the column.
1362 fdiagnostics-show-labels
1363 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_labels) Init(1)
1364 Show labels annotating ranges of source code when showing source.
1366 fdiagnostics-show-line-numbers
1367 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_line_numbers) Init(1)
1368 Show line numbers in the left margin when showing source.
1371 Common Alias(fdiagnostics-color=,always,never)
1375 Driver Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_diagnostics_show_color) Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) Init(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_NO)
1376 -fdiagnostics-color=[never|always|auto] Colorize diagnostics.
1378 ; Required for these enum values.
1383 Name(diagnostic_color_rule) Type(int)
1386 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(never) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_NO)
1389 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(always) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_YES)
1392 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(auto) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_AUTO)
1395 Driver Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_diagnostics_show_urls) Enum(diagnostic_url_rule) Init(DIAGNOSTICS_URL_AUTO)
1396 -fdiagnostics-urls=[never|always|auto] Embed URLs in diagnostics.
1398 ; Required for these enum values.
1403 Name(diagnostic_url_rule) Type(int)
1406 Enum(diagnostic_url_rule) String(never) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_URL_NO)
1409 Enum(diagnostic_url_rule) String(always) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_URL_YES)
1412 Enum(diagnostic_url_rule) String(auto) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_URL_AUTO)
1414 fdiagnostics-column-unit=
1415 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(diagnostics_column_unit)
1416 -fdiagnostics-column-unit=[display|byte] Select whether column numbers are output as display columns (default) or raw bytes.
1418 fdiagnostics-column-origin=
1419 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger
1420 -fdiagnostics-column-origin=<number> Set the number of the first column. The default is 1-based as per GNU style, but some utilities may expect 0-based, for example.
1422 fdiagnostics-format=
1423 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(diagnostics_output_format)
1424 -fdiagnostics-format=[text|sarif-stderr|sarif-file|json|json-stderr|json-file] Select output format.
1426 fdiagnostics-escape-format=
1427 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(diagnostics_escape_format)
1428 -fdiagnostics-escape-format=[unicode|bytes] Select how to escape non-printable-ASCII bytes in the source for diagnostics that suggest it.
1430 ; Required for these enum values.
1435 Name(diagnostics_column_unit) Type(int)
1438 Enum(diagnostics_column_unit) String(display) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLUMN_UNIT_DISPLAY)
1441 Enum(diagnostics_column_unit) String(byte) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLUMN_UNIT_BYTE)
1444 Name(diagnostics_escape_format) Type(int)
1447 Enum(diagnostics_escape_format) String(unicode) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_ESCAPE_FORMAT_UNICODE)
1450 Enum(diagnostics_escape_format) String(bytes) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_ESCAPE_FORMAT_BYTES)
1453 Name(diagnostics_output_format) Type(int)
1456 Enum(diagnostics_output_format) String(text) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_OUTPUT_FORMAT_TEXT)
1459 Enum(diagnostics_output_format) String(json) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_OUTPUT_FORMAT_JSON_STDERR)
1462 Enum(diagnostics_output_format) String(json-stderr) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_OUTPUT_FORMAT_JSON_STDERR)
1465 Enum(diagnostics_output_format) String(json-file) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_OUTPUT_FORMAT_JSON_FILE)
1468 Enum(diagnostics_output_format) String(sarif-stderr) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_OUTPUT_FORMAT_SARIF_STDERR)
1471 Enum(diagnostics_output_format) String(sarif-file) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_OUTPUT_FORMAT_SARIF_FILE)
1473 fdiagnostics-parseable-fixits
1474 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_parseable_fixits)
1475 Print fix-it hints in machine-readable form.
1477 fdiagnostics-generate-patch
1478 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_generate_patch)
1479 Print fix-it hints to stderr in unified diff format.
1481 fdiagnostics-show-option
1482 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_option) Init(1)
1483 Amend appropriate diagnostic messages with the command line option that controls them.
1485 fdiagnostics-show-cwe
1486 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_cwe) Init(1)
1487 Print CWE identifiers for diagnostic messages, where available.
1489 fdiagnostics-show-rules
1490 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_rules) Init(1)
1491 Print any rules associated with diagnostic messages.
1493 fdiagnostics-path-format=
1494 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_diagnostics_path_format) Enum(diagnostic_path_format) Init(DPF_INLINE_EVENTS)
1495 Specify how to print any control-flow path associated with a diagnostic.
1497 fdiagnostics-plain-output
1498 Driver Common RejectNegative
1499 Turn off any diagnostics features that complicate the output, such as line numbers, color, and warning URLs.
1502 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger
1503 -ftabstop=<number> Distance between tab stops for column reporting.
1506 Name(diagnostic_path_format) Type(int)
1509 Enum(diagnostic_path_format) String(none) Value(DPF_NONE)
1512 Enum(diagnostic_path_format) String(separate-events) Value(DPF_SEPARATE_EVENTS)
1515 Enum(diagnostic_path_format) String(inline-events) Value(DPF_INLINE_EVENTS)
1517 fdiagnostics-show-path-depths
1518 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_path_depths) Init(0)
1519 Show stack depths of events in paths.
1521 fdiagnostics-text-art-charset=
1522 Driver Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_diagnostics_text_art_charset) Enum(diagnostic_text_art_charset) Init(DIAGNOSTICS_TEXT_ART_CHARSET_EMOJI)
1523 -fdiagnostics-text-art-charset=[none|ascii|unicode|emoji] Determine which characters to use in text arg diagrams.
1526 Name(diagnostic_text_art_charset) Type(int)
1529 Enum(diagnostic_text_art_charset) String(none) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_TEXT_ART_CHARSET_NONE)
1532 Enum(diagnostic_text_art_charset) String(ascii) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_TEXT_ART_CHARSET_ASCII)
1535 Enum(diagnostic_text_art_charset) String(unicode) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_TEXT_ART_CHARSET_UNICODE)
1538 Enum(diagnostic_text_art_charset) String(emoji) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_TEXT_ART_CHARSET_EMOJI)
1540 fdiagnostics-minimum-margin-width=
1541 Common Joined UInteger Var(diagnostics_minimum_margin_width) Init(6)
1542 Set minimum width of left margin of source code when showing source.
1545 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1546 -fdisable-[tree|rtl|ipa]-<pass>=range1+range2 Disable an optimization pass.
1549 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1550 -fenable-[tree|rtl|ipa]-<pass>=range1+range2 Enable an optimization pass.
1553 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1554 -fdump-<type> Dump various compiler internals to a file.
1557 Driver RejectNegative
1560 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_dump_final_insns)
1561 -fdump-final-insns=filename Dump to filename the insns at the end of translation.
1564 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_dump_go_spec)
1565 -fdump-go-spec=filename Write all declarations to file as Go code.
1568 Common Var(flag_dump_noaddr)
1569 Suppress output of addresses in debugging dumps.
1572 Common Driver Var(flag_report_bug)
1573 Collect and dump debug information into temporary file if ICE in C/C++
1576 fdump-internal-locations
1577 Common Var(flag_dump_locations) Init(0)
1578 Dump detailed information on GCC's internal representation of source code locations.
1581 Common Var(flag_dump_passes) Init(0)
1582 Dump optimization passes.
1585 Common Var(flag_dump_unnumbered)
1586 Suppress output of instruction numbers, line number notes and addresses in debugging dumps.
1588 fdump-unnumbered-links
1589 Common Var(flag_dump_unnumbered_links)
1590 Suppress output of previous and next insn numbers in debugging dumps.
1593 Common Var(flag_dwarf2_cfi_asm) Init(HAVE_GAS_CFI_DIRECTIVE)
1594 Enable CFI tables via GAS assembler directives.
1597 Common Var(flag_early_inlining) Init(1) Optimization
1598 Perform early inlining.
1600 feliminate-dwarf2-dups
1602 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1605 Common Var(flag_ipa_sra) Init(0) Optimization
1606 Perform interprocedural reduction of aggregates.
1608 feliminate-unused-debug-symbols
1609 Common Var(flag_debug_only_used_symbols) Init(1)
1610 Perform unused symbol elimination in debug info.
1612 feliminate-unused-debug-types
1613 Common Var(flag_eliminate_unused_debug_types) Init(1)
1614 Perform unused type elimination in debug info.
1616 femit-class-debug-always
1617 Common Var(flag_emit_class_debug_always) Init(0)
1618 Do not suppress C++ class debug information.
1621 Common Var(flag_exceptions) Optimization EnabledBy(fnon-call-exceptions)
1622 Enable exception handling.
1624 fexpensive-optimizations
1625 Common Var(flag_expensive_optimizations) Optimization
1626 Perform a number of minor, expensive optimizations.
1629 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(excess_precision) Var(flag_excess_precision) Init(EXCESS_PRECISION_DEFAULT) Optimization SetByCombined
1630 -fexcess-precision=[fast|standard|16] Specify handling of excess floating-point precision.
1633 Name(excess_precision) Type(enum excess_precision) UnknownError(unknown excess precision style %qs)
1636 Enum(excess_precision) String(fast) Value(EXCESS_PRECISION_FAST)
1639 Enum(excess_precision) String(standard) Value(EXCESS_PRECISION_STANDARD)
1642 Enum(excess_precision) String(16) Value(EXCESS_PRECISION_FLOAT16)
1644 ; Whether we permit the extended set of values for FLT_EVAL_METHOD
1645 ; introduced in ISO/IEC TS 18661-3, or limit ourselves to those in C99/C11.
1646 fpermitted-flt-eval-methods=
1647 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(permitted_flt_eval_methods) Var(flag_permitted_flt_eval_methods) Init(PERMITTED_FLT_EVAL_METHODS_DEFAULT)
1648 -fpermitted-flt-eval-methods=[c11|ts-18661] Specify which values of FLT_EVAL_METHOD are permitted.
1651 Name(permitted_flt_eval_methods) Type(enum permitted_flt_eval_methods) UnknownError(unknown specification for the set of FLT_EVAL_METHOD values to permit %qs)
1654 Enum(permitted_flt_eval_methods) String(c11) Value(PERMITTED_FLT_EVAL_METHODS_C11)
1657 Enum(permitted_flt_eval_methods) String(ts-18661-3) Value(PERMITTED_FLT_EVAL_METHODS_TS_18661)
1663 Common Var(flag_fat_lto_objects)
1664 Output lto objects containing both the intermediate language and binary output.
1667 Common Var(flag_finite_math_only) Optimization SetByCombined
1668 Assume no NaNs or infinities are generated.
1671 Common Var(flag_finite_loops) Optimization Init(0)
1672 Assume that loops with an exit will terminate and not loop indefinitely.
1675 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1676 -ffixed-<register> Mark <register> as being unavailable to the compiler.
1679 Common Var(flag_float_store) Optimization
1680 Don't allocate floats and doubles in extended-precision registers.
1684 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1687 Common Var(flag_forward_propagate) Optimization
1688 Perform a forward propagation pass on RTL.
1691 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(fp_contract_mode) Var(flag_fp_contract_mode) Init(FP_CONTRACT_FAST) Optimization
1692 -ffp-contract=[off|on|fast] Perform floating-point expression contraction.
1695 Name(fp_contract_mode) Type(enum fp_contract_mode) UnknownError(unknown floating point contraction style %qs)
1698 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(off) Value(FP_CONTRACT_OFF)
1701 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(on) Value(FP_CONTRACT_ON)
1704 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(fast) Value(FP_CONTRACT_FAST)
1706 ffp-int-builtin-inexact
1707 Common Var(flag_fp_int_builtin_inexact) Init(1) Optimization
1708 Allow built-in functions ceil, floor, round, trunc to raise \"inexact\" exceptions.
1710 ; Nonzero means don't put addresses of constant functions in registers.
1711 ; Used for compiling the Unix kernel, where strange substitutions are
1712 ; done on the assembly output.
1714 Common Var(flag_no_function_cse,0) Optimization
1715 Allow function addresses to be held in registers.
1718 Common Var(flag_function_sections)
1719 Place each function into its own section.
1722 Common Var(flag_gcse) Optimization
1723 Perform global common subexpression elimination.
1726 Common Var(flag_gcse_lm) Init(1) Optimization
1727 Perform enhanced load motion during global common subexpression elimination.
1730 Common Var(flag_gcse_sm) Init(0) Optimization
1731 Perform store motion after global common subexpression elimination.
1734 Common Var(flag_gcse_las) Init(0) Optimization
1735 Perform redundant load after store elimination in global common subexpression
1739 Common Var(flag_gcse_after_reload) Optimization
1740 Perform global common subexpression elimination after register allocation has
1744 Name(dwarf_gnat_encodings) Type(int)
1747 Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) String(all) Value(DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_ALL)
1750 Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) String(gdb) Value(DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_GDB)
1753 Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) String(minimal) Value(DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_MINIMAL)
1756 Common Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) Joined RejectNegative Undocumented Var(gnat_encodings)
1757 -fgnat-encodings=[all|gdb|minimal] Select the balance between GNAT encodings and standard DWARF emitted in the debug information.
1759 ; This option is not documented yet as its semantics will change.
1761 Common Var(flag_graphite) Optimization
1762 Enable in and out of Graphite representation.
1765 Common Var(flag_graphite_identity) Optimization
1766 Enable Graphite Identity transformation.
1768 fhoist-adjacent-loads
1769 Common Var(flag_hoist_adjacent_loads) Optimization
1770 Enable hoisting adjacent loads to encourage generating conditional move
1774 Common Undocumented Var(flag_keep_gc_roots_live) Optimization
1775 ; Always keep a pointer to a live memory block
1778 Common Var(flag_large_source_files) Init(0)
1779 Improve GCC's ability to track column numbers in large source files,
1780 at the expense of slower compilation.
1782 floop-parallelize-all
1783 Common Var(flag_loop_parallelize_all) Optimization
1784 Mark all loops as parallel.
1787 Common Alias(floop-nest-optimize)
1788 Enable loop nest transforms. Same as -floop-nest-optimize.
1791 Common Var(flag_loop_interchange) Optimization
1792 Enable loop interchange on trees.
1795 Common Alias(floop-nest-optimize)
1796 Enable loop nest transforms. Same as -floop-nest-optimize.
1798 floop-unroll-and-jam
1799 Common Var(flag_unroll_jam) Optimization
1800 Perform unroll-and-jam on loops.
1804 Enable support for GNU transactional memory.
1807 Common Var(flag_gnu_unique) Init(1)
1808 Use STB_GNU_UNIQUE if supported by the assembler.
1812 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1815 Common Var(flag_loop_nest_optimize) Optimization
1816 Enable the loop nest optimizer.
1818 fstrict-volatile-bitfields
1819 Common Var(flag_strict_volatile_bitfields) Init(-1) Optimization
1820 Force bitfield accesses to match their type width.
1823 Common Var(flag_store_merging) Optimization
1824 Merge adjacent stores.
1826 fguess-branch-probability
1827 Common Var(flag_guess_branch_prob) Optimization
1828 Enable guessing of branch probabilities.
1831 Common Driver Var(flag_hardened)
1832 Enable various security-relevant flags.
1835 Common Var(flag_harden_compares) Optimization
1836 Harden conditionals not used in branches, checking reversed conditions.
1838 fharden-conditional-branches
1839 Common Var(flag_harden_conditional_branches) Optimization
1840 Harden conditional branches by checking reversed conditions.
1842 fharden-control-flow-redundancy
1843 Common Var(flag_harden_control_flow_redundancy) Optimization
1844 Harden control flow by recording and checking execution paths.
1847 Common Var(flag_harden_control_flow_redundancy_skip_leaf) Optimization
1848 Disable CFR in leaf functions.
1850 fhardcfr-check-returning-calls
1851 Common Var(flag_harden_control_flow_redundancy_check_returning_calls) Init(-1) Optimization
1852 Check CFR execution paths also before calls followed by returns of their results.
1854 fhardcfr-check-exceptions
1855 Common Var(flag_harden_control_flow_redundancy_check_exceptions) Init(-1) Optimization
1856 Check CFR execution paths also when exiting a function through an exception.
1858 fhardcfr-check-noreturn-calls=
1859 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(hardcfr_check_noreturn_calls) Var(flag_harden_control_flow_redundancy_check_noreturn) Init(HCFRNR_UNSPECIFIED) Optimization
1860 -fhardcfr-check-noreturn-calls=[always|no-xthrow|nothrow|never] Check CFR execution paths also before calling noreturn functions.
1863 Name(hardcfr_check_noreturn_calls) Type(enum hardcfr_noret) UnknownError(unknown hardcfr noreturn checking level %qs)
1866 Enum(hardcfr_check_noreturn_calls) String(never) Value(HCFRNR_NEVER)
1869 Enum(hardcfr_check_noreturn_calls) String(nothrow) Value(HCFRNR_NOTHROW)
1872 Enum(hardcfr_check_noreturn_calls) String(no-xthrow) Value(HCFRNR_NO_XTHROW)
1875 Enum(hardcfr_check_noreturn_calls) String(always) Value(HCFRNR_ALWAYS)
1877 ; Nonzero means ignore `#ident' directives. 0 means handle them.
1878 ; Generate position-independent code for executables if possible
1879 ; On SVR4 targets, it also controls whether or not to emit a
1880 ; string identifying the compiler.
1882 Common Var(flag_no_ident,0)
1883 Process #ident directives.
1886 Common Var(flag_if_conversion) Optimization
1887 Perform conversion of conditional jumps to branchless equivalents.
1890 Common Var(flag_if_conversion2) Optimization
1891 Perform conversion of conditional jumps to conditional execution.
1894 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(stack_reuse_level) Var(flag_stack_reuse) Init(SR_ALL) Optimization
1895 -fstack-reuse=[all|named_vars|none] Set stack reuse level for local variables.
1898 Name(stack_reuse_level) Type(enum stack_reuse_level) UnknownError(unknown Stack Reuse Level %qs)
1901 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(all) Value(SR_ALL)
1904 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(named_vars) Value(SR_NAMED_VARS)
1907 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(none) Value(SR_NONE)
1909 ftree-loop-if-convert
1910 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_if_convert) Init(-1) Optimization
1911 Convert conditional jumps in innermost loops to branchless equivalents.
1913 ftree-loop-if-convert-stores
1915 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1917 ; -finhibit-size-directive inhibits output of .size for ELF.
1918 ; This is used only for compiling crtstuff.c,
1919 ; and it may be extended to other effects
1920 ; needed for crtstuff.c on other systems.
1921 finhibit-size-directive
1922 Common Var(flag_inhibit_size_directive)
1923 Do not generate .size directives.
1926 Common Var(flag_indirect_inlining) Optimization
1927 Perform indirect inlining.
1929 ; General flag to enable inlining. Specifying -fno-inline will disable
1930 ; all inlining apart from always-inline functions.
1932 Common Var(flag_no_inline,0) Init(0) Optimization
1933 Enable inlining of function declared \"inline\", disabling disables all inlining.
1935 finline-small-functions
1936 Common Var(flag_inline_small_functions) Optimization
1937 Integrate functions into their callers when code size is known not to grow.
1940 Common Var(flag_inline_functions) Optimization
1941 Integrate functions not declared \"inline\" into their callers when profitable.
1943 finline-functions-called-once
1944 Common Var(flag_inline_functions_called_once) Optimization
1945 Integrate functions only required by their single caller.
1948 Common RejectNegative Joined Alias(finline-limit=)
1951 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1952 -finline-limit=<number> Limit the size of inlined functions to <number>.
1955 Common Var(flag_inline_atomics) Init(1) Optimization
1956 Inline __atomic operations when a lock free instruction sequence is available.
1959 Common RejectNegative Alias(fcf-protection=,full)
1962 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(cf_protection_level) EnumSet Var(flag_cf_protection) Init(CF_NONE)
1963 -fcf-protection=[full|branch|return|none|check] Instrument functions with checks to verify jump/call/return control-flow transfer
1964 instructions have valid targets.
1967 Name(cf_protection_level) Type(enum cf_protection_level) UnknownError(unknown Control-Flow Protection Level %qs)
1970 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(full) Value(CF_FULL) Set(1)
1973 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(branch) Value(CF_BRANCH) Set(2)
1976 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(return) Value(CF_RETURN) Set(3)
1979 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(check) Value(CF_CHECK) Set(4)
1982 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(none) Value(CF_NONE) Set(1)
1984 finstrument-functions
1985 Common Var(flag_instrument_function_entry_exit,1)
1986 Instrument function entry and exit with profiling calls.
1988 finstrument-functions-once
1989 Common Var(flag_instrument_function_entry_exit,2)
1990 Instrument function entry and exit with profiling calls invoked once.
1992 finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list=
1993 Common RejectNegative Joined
1994 -finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list=name,... Do not instrument listed functions.
1996 finstrument-functions-exclude-file-list=
1997 Common RejectNegative Joined
1998 -finstrument-functions-exclude-file-list=filename,... Do not instrument functions listed in files.
2001 Common Var(flag_ipa_cp) Optimization
2002 Perform interprocedural constant propagation.
2005 Common Var(flag_ipa_cp_clone) Optimization
2006 Perform cloning to make Interprocedural constant propagation stronger.
2010 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2013 Common Var(flag_ipa_bit_cp) Optimization
2014 Perform interprocedural bitwise constant propagation.
2017 Common Var(flag_ipa_modref) Optimization
2018 Perform interprocedural modref analysis.
2021 Common Var(flag_ipa_profile) Init(0) Optimization
2022 Perform interprocedural profile propagation.
2025 Common Var(flag_ipa_pta) Init(0) Optimization
2026 Perform interprocedural points-to analysis.
2029 Common Var(flag_ipa_pure_const) Init(0) Optimization
2030 Discover pure and const functions.
2033 Common Var(flag_ipa_icf) Optimization
2034 Perform Identical Code Folding for functions and read-only variables.
2037 Common Var(flag_ipa_icf_functions) Optimization
2038 Perform Identical Code Folding for functions.
2041 Common Var(flag_ipa_icf_variables) Optimization
2042 Perform Identical Code Folding for variables.
2045 Common Var(flag_ipa_reference) Init(0) Optimization
2046 Discover read-only and non addressable static variables.
2048 fipa-reference-addressable
2049 Common Var(flag_ipa_reference_addressable) Init(0) Optimization
2050 Discover read-only, write-only and non-addressable static variables.
2052 fipa-stack-alignment
2053 Common Var(flag_ipa_stack_alignment) Init(1) Optimization
2054 Reduce stack alignment on call sites if possible.
2058 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2062 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2065 Common Var(flag_ipa_vrp) Optimization
2066 Perform IPA Value Range Propagation.
2069 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(ira_algorithm) Var(flag_ira_algorithm) Init(IRA_ALGORITHM_CB) Optimization
2070 -fira-algorithm=[CB|priority] Set the used IRA algorithm.
2072 fipa-strict-aliasing
2073 Common Var(flag_ipa_strict_aliasing) Init(1) Optimization
2074 Assume strict aliasing rules apply across (uninlined) function boundaries.
2077 Name(ira_algorithm) Type(enum ira_algorithm) UnknownError(unknown IRA algorithm %qs)
2080 Enum(ira_algorithm) String(CB) Value(IRA_ALGORITHM_CB)
2083 Enum(ira_algorithm) String(priority) Value(IRA_ALGORITHM_PRIORITY)
2086 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(ira_region) Var(flag_ira_region) Init(IRA_REGION_ONE) Optimization
2087 -fira-region=[one|all|mixed] Set regions for IRA.
2090 Name(ira_region) Type(enum ira_region) UnknownError(unknown IRA region %qs)
2093 Enum(ira_region) String(one) Value(IRA_REGION_ONE)
2096 Enum(ira_region) String(all) Value(IRA_REGION_ALL)
2099 Enum(ira_region) String(mixed) Value(IRA_REGION_MIXED)
2102 Common Var(flag_ira_hoist_pressure) Init(1) Optimization
2103 Use IRA based register pressure calculation
2104 in RTL hoist optimizations.
2107 Common Var(flag_ira_loop_pressure) Optimization
2108 Use IRA based register pressure calculation
2109 in RTL loop optimizations.
2111 fira-share-save-slots
2112 Common Var(flag_ira_share_save_slots) Init(1) Optimization
2113 Share slots for saving different hard registers.
2115 fira-share-spill-slots
2116 Common Var(flag_ira_share_spill_slots) Init(1) Optimization
2117 Share stack slots for spilled pseudo-registers.
2120 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(flag_ira_verbose) Init(5)
2121 -fira-verbose=<number> Control IRA's level of diagnostic messages.
2124 Common Var(flag_ivopts) Init(1) Optimization
2125 Optimize induction variables on trees.
2128 Common Var(flag_jump_tables) Init(1) Optimization
2129 Use jump tables for sufficiently large switch statements.
2132 Common Var(flag_bit_tests) Init(1) Optimization
2133 Use bit tests for sufficiently large switch statements.
2135 fkeep-inline-functions
2136 Common Var(flag_keep_inline_functions)
2137 Generate code for functions even if they are fully inlined.
2139 fkeep-static-functions
2140 Common Var(flag_keep_static_functions)
2141 Generate code for static functions even if they are never called.
2144 Common Var(flag_keep_static_consts) Init(1)
2145 Emit static const variables even if they are not used.
2148 Common Var(flag_leading_underscore) Init(-1)
2149 Give external symbols a leading underscore.
2153 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2156 Common Var(flag_lra_remat) Optimization
2157 Do CFG-sensitive rematerialization in LRA.
2161 Enable link-time optimization.
2164 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_lto)
2165 Link-time optimization with number of parallel jobs or jobserver.
2168 Name(lto_partition_model) Type(enum lto_partition_model) UnknownError(unknown LTO partitioning model %qs)
2171 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(none) Value(LTO_PARTITION_NONE)
2174 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(one) Value(LTO_PARTITION_ONE)
2177 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(balanced) Value(LTO_PARTITION_BALANCED)
2180 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(1to1) Value(LTO_PARTITION_1TO1)
2183 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(max) Value(LTO_PARTITION_MAX)
2186 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(lto_partition_model) Var(flag_lto_partition) Init(LTO_PARTITION_BALANCED)
2187 Specify the algorithm to partition symbols and vars at linktime.
2189 ; The initial value of -1 comes from Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION in zlib.h.
2190 flto-compression-level=
2191 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_lto_compression_level) Init(-1) IntegerRange(0, 19)
2192 Use zlib/zstd compression level <number> for IL.
2194 flto-odr-type-merging
2196 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2199 Common Var(flag_lto_report) Init(0)
2200 Report various link-time optimization statistics.
2203 Common Var(flag_lto_report_wpa) Init(0)
2204 Report various link-time optimization statistics for WPA only.
2207 Common Var(flag_errno_math) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
2208 Set errno after built-in math functions.
2211 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_max_errors)
2212 -fmax-errors=<number> Maximum number of errors to report.
2215 Common Var(mem_report)
2216 Report on permanent memory allocation.
2219 Common Var(mem_report_wpa)
2220 Report on permanent memory allocation in WPA only.
2222 ; This will attempt to merge constant section constants, if 1 only
2223 ; string constants and constants from constant pool, if 2 also constant
2225 fmerge-all-constants
2226 Common Var(flag_merge_constants,2) Init(1)
2227 Attempt to merge identical constants and constant variables.
2230 Common Var(flag_merge_constants,1)
2231 Attempt to merge identical constants across compilation units.
2233 fmerge-debug-strings
2234 Common Var(flag_merge_debug_strings) Init(1)
2235 Attempt to merge identical debug strings across compilation units.
2238 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
2239 -fmessage-length=<number> Limit diagnostics to <number> characters per line. 0 suppresses line-wrapping.
2242 Common Var(flag_modulo_sched) Optimization
2243 Perform SMS based modulo scheduling before the first scheduling pass.
2245 fmodulo-sched-allow-regmoves
2246 Common Var(flag_modulo_sched_allow_regmoves) Optimization
2247 Perform SMS based modulo scheduling with register moves allowed.
2249 fmove-loop-invariants
2250 Common Var(flag_move_loop_invariants) Optimization
2251 Move loop invariant computations out of loops.
2254 Common Var(flag_move_loop_stores) Optimization
2255 Move stores out of loops.
2259 Building block for specs-based multilib-aware TFLAGS.
2262 Common Var(flag_dce) Init(1) Optimization
2263 Use the RTL dead code elimination pass.
2266 Common Var(flag_dse) Init(0) Optimization
2267 Use the RTL dead store elimination pass.
2269 freschedule-modulo-scheduled-loops
2270 Common Var(flag_resched_modulo_sched) Optimization
2271 Enable/Disable the traditional scheduling in loops that already passed modulo scheduling.
2273 fnon-call-exceptions
2274 Common Var(flag_non_call_exceptions) Optimization
2275 Support synchronous non-call exceptions.
2278 Driver Joined MissingArgError(targets missing after %qs)
2281 Common Driver Joined MissingArgError(options or targets=options missing after %qs)
2282 -foffload-options=<targets>=<options> Specify options for the offloading targets.
2285 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(offload_abi)
2286 -foffload-abi=[lp64|ilp32] Set the ABI to use in an offload compiler.
2289 Name(offload_abi) Type(enum offload_abi) UnknownError(unknown offload ABI %qs)
2292 Enum(offload_abi) String(ilp32) Value(OFFLOAD_ABI_ILP32)
2295 Enum(offload_abi) String(lp64) Value(OFFLOAD_ABI_LP64)
2298 Common Var(flag_omit_frame_pointer) Optimization
2299 When possible do not generate stack frames.
2301 fopenmp-target-simd-clone
2302 Common Alias(fopenmp-target-simd-clone=,any,none)
2304 fopenmp-target-simd-clone=
2305 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(target_simd_clone_device) Var(flag_openmp_target_simd_clone) Init(OMP_TARGET_SIMD_CLONE_NONE) Optimization
2306 Generate SIMD clones for functions with the OpenMP declare target directive.
2309 Name(target_simd_clone_device) Type(int)
2312 Enum(target_simd_clone_device) String(none) Value(OMP_TARGET_SIMD_CLONE_NONE)
2315 Enum(target_simd_clone_device) String(host) Value(OMP_TARGET_SIMD_CLONE_HOST)
2318 Enum(target_simd_clone_device) String(nohost) Value(OMP_TARGET_SIMD_CLONE_NOHOST)
2321 Enum(target_simd_clone_device) String(any) Value(OMP_TARGET_SIMD_CLONE_ANY)
2324 Common Var(flag_opt_info) Optimization
2325 Enable all optimization info dumps on stderr.
2328 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2329 -fopt-info[-<type>=filename] Dump compiler optimization details.
2331 fsave-optimization-record
2332 Common Var(flag_save_optimization_record) Optimization
2333 Write a SRCFILE.opt-record.json file detailing what optimizations were performed.
2335 foptimize-register-move
2337 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2339 foptimize-sibling-calls
2340 Common Var(flag_optimize_sibling_calls) Optimization
2341 Optimize sibling and tail recursive calls.
2344 Common Var(flag_partial_inlining) Optimization
2345 Perform partial inlining.
2348 Common Var(pre_ipa_mem_report)
2349 Report on memory allocation before interprocedural optimization.
2351 fpost-ipa-mem-report
2352 Common Var(post_ipa_mem_report)
2353 Report on memory allocation before interprocedural optimization.
2356 Common Var(flag_pack_struct) Optimization
2357 Pack structure members together without holes.
2360 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
2361 -fpack-struct=<number> Set initial maximum structure member alignment.
2364 Common Var(flag_pcc_struct_return,1) Init(DEFAULT_PCC_STRUCT_RETURN)
2365 Return small aggregates in memory, not registers.
2368 Common Var(flag_peel_loops) Optimization
2369 Perform loop peeling.
2372 Common Var(flag_no_peephole,0) Optimization
2373 Enable machine specific peephole optimizations.
2376 Common Var(flag_peephole2) Optimization
2377 Enable an RTL peephole pass before sched2.
2380 Common Var(flag_pic,2) Negative(fPIE) Init(-1)
2381 Generate position-independent code if possible (large mode).
2384 Common Var(flag_pie,2) Negative(fpic) Init(-1)
2385 Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (large mode).
2388 Common Var(flag_pic,1) Negative(fpie) Init(-1)
2389 Generate position-independent code if possible (small mode).
2392 Common Var(flag_pie,1) Negative(fPIC) Init(-1)
2393 Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (small mode).
2396 Common Var(flag_plt) Init(1) Optimization
2397 Use PLT for PIC calls (-fno-plt: load the address from GOT at call site).
2400 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2401 Specify a plugin to load.
2404 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2405 -fplugin-arg-<name>-<key>[=<value>] Specify argument <key>=<value> for plugin <name>.
2407 fpredictive-commoning
2408 Common Var(flag_predictive_commoning) Optimization
2409 Run predictive commoning optimization.
2411 fprefetch-loop-arrays
2412 Common Var(flag_prefetch_loop_arrays) Init(-1) Optimization
2413 Generate prefetch instructions, if available, for arrays in loops.
2416 Common Var(profile_flag)
2417 Enable basic program profiling code.
2420 Common Var(profile_abs_path_flag)
2421 Generate absolute source path names for gcov.
2424 Common Var(profile_arc_flag)
2425 Insert arc-based program profiling code.
2428 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_data_prefix)
2429 Set the top-level directory for storing the profile data.
2430 The default is 'pwd'.
2433 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_note_location)
2434 Select the name for storing the profile note file.
2437 Common Var(flag_profile_correction)
2438 Enable correction of flow inconsistent profile data input.
2441 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(profile_update) Var(flag_profile_update) Init(PROFILE_UPDATE_SINGLE)
2442 -fprofile-update=[single|atomic|prefer-atomic] Set the profile update method.
2444 fprofile-filter-files=
2445 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_profile_filter_files)
2446 Instrument only functions from files whose name matches any of the regular expressions (separated by semi-colons).
2448 fprofile-exclude-files=
2449 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_profile_exclude_files)
2450 Instrument only functions from files whose name does not match any of the regular expressions (separated by semi-colons).
2453 Name(profile_reproducibility) Type(enum profile_reproducibility) UnknownError(unknown profile reproducibility method %qs)
2456 Enum(profile_reproducibility) String(serial) Value(PROFILE_REPRODUCIBILITY_SERIAL)
2459 Enum(profile_reproducibility) String(parallel-runs) Value(PROFILE_REPRODUCIBILITY_PARALLEL_RUNS)
2462 Enum(profile_reproducibility) String(multithreaded) Value(PROFILE_REPRODUCIBILITY_MULTITHREADED)
2464 fprofile-reproducible=
2465 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_profile_reproducible) Enum(profile_reproducibility) Init(PROFILE_REPRODUCIBILITY_SERIAL)
2466 -fprofile-reproducible=[serial|parallel-runs|multithreaded] Control level of reproducibility of profile gathered by -fprofile-generate.
2469 Name(profile_update) Type(enum profile_update) UnknownError(unknown profile update method %qs)
2472 Enum(profile_update) String(single) Value(PROFILE_UPDATE_SINGLE)
2475 Enum(profile_update) String(atomic) Value(PROFILE_UPDATE_ATOMIC)
2478 Enum(profile_update) String(prefer-atomic) Value(PROFILE_UPDATE_PREFER_ATOMIC)
2480 fprofile-prefix-path=
2481 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_prefix_path)
2482 Remove prefix from absolute path before mangling name for -fprofile-generate= and -fprofile-use=.
2484 fprofile-prefix-map=
2485 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2486 -fprofile-prefix-map=<old>=<new> Map one directory name to another in GCOV coverage result.
2490 Enable common options for generating profile info for profile feedback directed optimizations.
2493 Common Joined RejectNegative
2494 Enable common options for generating profile info for profile feedback directed optimizations, and set -fprofile-dir=.
2496 fprofile-info-section
2497 Common RejectNegative
2498 Register the profile information in the .gcov_info section instead of using a constructor/destructor.
2500 fprofile-info-section=
2501 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_info_section)
2502 Register the profile information in the specified section instead of using a constructor/destructor.
2504 fprofile-partial-training
2505 Common Var(flag_profile_partial_training) Optimization
2506 Do not assume that functions never executed during the train run are cold.
2509 Common Var(flag_profile_use)
2510 Enable common options for performing profile feedback directed optimizations.
2513 Common Joined RejectNegative
2514 Enable common options for performing profile feedback directed optimizations, and set -fprofile-dir=.
2517 Common Var(flag_profile_values)
2518 Insert code to profile values of expressions.
2521 Common Var(profile_report)
2522 Report on consistency of profile.
2524 fprofile-reorder-functions
2525 Common Var(flag_profile_reorder_functions) Optimization
2526 Enable function reordering that improves code placement.
2528 fpatchable-function-entry=
2529 Common Var(flag_patchable_function_entry) Joined Optimization
2530 Insert NOP instructions at each function entry.
2533 Common Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2536 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2537 -frandom-seed=<string> Make compile reproducible using <string>.
2539 ; This switch causes the command line that was used to create an
2540 ; object file to be recorded into the object file. The exact format
2541 ; of this recording is target and binary file format dependent.
2542 ; It is related to the -fverbose-asm switch, but that switch only
2543 ; records information in the assembler output file as comments, so
2544 ; they never reach the object file.
2545 frecord-gcc-switches
2546 Common Var(flag_record_gcc_switches)
2547 Record gcc command line switches in the object file.
2550 Common Var(flag_pcc_struct_return,0) Optimization
2551 Return small aggregates in registers.
2555 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2558 Common Var(flag_lifetime_dse,2) Init(2) Optimization
2559 Tell DSE that the storage for a C++ object is dead when the constructor
2560 starts and when the destructor finishes.
2563 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_lifetime_dse) Optimization IntegerRange(0, 2)
2566 Common RejectNegative Alias(flive-patching=,inline-clone) Optimization
2569 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(live_patching_level) Var(flag_live_patching) Init(LIVE_PATCHING_NONE) Optimization
2570 -flive-patching=[inline-only-static|inline-clone] Control IPA
2571 optimizations to provide a safe compilation for live-patching. At the same
2572 time, provides multiple-level control on the enabled IPA optimizations.
2575 Name(live_patching_level) Type(enum live_patching_level) UnknownError(unknown Live-Patching Level %qs)
2578 Enum(live_patching_level) String(inline-only-static) Value(LIVE_PATCHING_INLINE_ONLY_STATIC)
2581 Enum(live_patching_level) String(inline-clone) Value(LIVE_PATCHING_INLINE_CLONE)
2584 Common Var(flag_allocation_dce) Init(1) Optimization
2585 Tell DCE to remove unused C++ allocations.
2587 flive-range-shrinkage
2588 Common Var(flag_live_range_shrinkage) Init(0) Optimization
2589 Relief of register pressure through live range shrinkage.
2592 Common Var(flag_rename_registers) Optimization EnabledBy(funroll-loops)
2593 Perform a register renaming optimization pass.
2596 Common Var(flag_schedule_fusion) Init(2) Optimization
2597 Perform a target dependent instruction fusion optimization pass.
2600 Common Var(flag_reorder_blocks) Optimization
2601 Reorder basic blocks to improve code placement.
2603 freorder-blocks-algorithm=
2604 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(reorder_blocks_algorithm) Var(flag_reorder_blocks_algorithm) Init(REORDER_BLOCKS_ALGORITHM_SIMPLE) Optimization
2605 -freorder-blocks-algorithm=[simple|stc] Set the used basic block reordering algorithm.
2608 Name(reorder_blocks_algorithm) Type(enum reorder_blocks_algorithm) UnknownError(unknown basic block reordering algorithm %qs)
2611 Enum(reorder_blocks_algorithm) String(simple) Value(REORDER_BLOCKS_ALGORITHM_SIMPLE)
2614 Enum(reorder_blocks_algorithm) String(stc) Value(REORDER_BLOCKS_ALGORITHM_STC)
2616 freorder-blocks-and-partition
2617 Common Var(flag_reorder_blocks_and_partition) Optimization
2618 Reorder basic blocks and partition into hot and cold sections.
2621 Common Var(flag_reorder_functions) Optimization
2622 Reorder functions to improve code placement.
2624 frerun-cse-after-loop
2625 Common Var(flag_rerun_cse_after_loop) Optimization
2626 Add a common subexpression elimination pass after loop optimizations.
2630 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2633 Common Var(flag_rounding_math) Optimization SetByCombined
2634 Disable optimizations that assume default FP rounding behavior.
2637 Common Var(flag_schedule_interblock) Init(1) Optimization
2638 Enable scheduling across basic blocks.
2641 Common Var(flag_sched_pressure) Init(0) Optimization
2642 Enable register pressure sensitive insn scheduling.
2645 Common Var(flag_schedule_speculative) Init(1) Optimization
2646 Allow speculative motion of non-loads.
2649 Common Var(flag_schedule_speculative_load) Optimization
2650 Allow speculative motion of some loads.
2652 fsched-spec-load-dangerous
2653 Common Var(flag_schedule_speculative_load_dangerous) Optimization
2654 Allow speculative motion of more loads.
2657 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(sched_verbose_param) Init(1)
2658 -fsched-verbose=<number> Set the verbosity level of the scheduler.
2660 fsched2-use-superblocks
2661 Common Var(flag_sched2_use_superblocks) Optimization
2662 If scheduling post reload, do superblock scheduling.
2666 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2669 Common Var(flag_schedule_insns) Optimization
2670 Reschedule instructions before register allocation.
2673 Common Var(flag_schedule_insns_after_reload) Optimization
2674 Reschedule instructions after register allocation.
2676 ; This flag should be on when a target implements non-trivial
2677 ; scheduling hooks, maybe saving some information for its own sake.
2678 ; On IA64, for example, this is used for correct bundling.
2679 fselective-scheduling
2680 Common Var(flag_selective_scheduling) Optimization
2681 Schedule instructions using selective scheduling algorithm.
2683 fselective-scheduling2
2684 Common Var(flag_selective_scheduling2) Optimization
2685 Run selective scheduling after reload.
2688 Common Undocumented Joined Var(flag_self_test)
2689 Run self-tests, using the given path to locate test files.
2691 fsel-sched-pipelining
2692 Common Var(flag_sel_sched_pipelining) Init(0) Optimization
2693 Perform software pipelining of inner loops during selective scheduling.
2695 fsel-sched-pipelining-outer-loops
2696 Common Var(flag_sel_sched_pipelining_outer_loops) Init(0) Optimization
2697 Perform software pipelining of outer loops during selective scheduling.
2699 fsel-sched-reschedule-pipelined
2700 Common Var(flag_sel_sched_reschedule_pipelined) Init(0) Optimization
2701 Reschedule pipelined regions without pipelining.
2703 fsemantic-interposition
2704 Common Var(flag_semantic_interposition) Init(1) Optimization
2705 Allow interposing function (or variables) by ones with different semantics (or initializer) respectively by dynamic linker.
2707 ; sched_stalled_insns means that insns can be moved prematurely from the queue
2708 ; of stalled insns into the ready list.
2709 fsched-stalled-insns
2710 Common Var(flag_sched_stalled_insns) Optimization UInteger
2711 Allow premature scheduling of queued insns.
2713 fsched-stalled-insns=
2714 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
2715 -fsched-stalled-insns=<number> Set number of queued insns that can be prematurely scheduled.
2717 ; sched_stalled_insns_dep controls how many recently scheduled cycles will
2718 ; be examined for a dependency on a stalled insn that is candidate for
2719 ; premature removal from the queue of stalled insns into the ready list (has
2720 ; an effect only if the flag 'sched_stalled_insns' is set).
2721 fsched-stalled-insns-dep
2722 Common Var(flag_sched_stalled_insns_dep,1) Init(1) Optimization UInteger
2723 Set dependence distance checking in premature scheduling of queued insns.
2725 fsched-stalled-insns-dep=
2726 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
2727 -fsched-stalled-insns-dep=<number> Set dependence distance checking in premature scheduling of queued insns.
2729 fsched-group-heuristic
2730 Common Var(flag_sched_group_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2731 Enable the group heuristic in the scheduler.
2733 fsched-critical-path-heuristic
2734 Common Var(flag_sched_critical_path_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2735 Enable the critical path heuristic in the scheduler.
2737 fsched-spec-insn-heuristic
2738 Common Var(flag_sched_spec_insn_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2739 Enable the speculative instruction heuristic in the scheduler.
2741 fsched-rank-heuristic
2742 Common Var(flag_sched_rank_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2743 Enable the rank heuristic in the scheduler.
2745 fsched-last-insn-heuristic
2746 Common Var(flag_sched_last_insn_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2747 Enable the last instruction heuristic in the scheduler.
2749 fsched-dep-count-heuristic
2750 Common Var(flag_sched_dep_count_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2751 Enable the dependent count heuristic in the scheduler.
2754 Common Var(flag_section_anchors) Optimization
2755 Access data in the same section from shared anchor points.
2759 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2763 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2766 Common Var(flag_ree) Init(0) Optimization
2767 Turn on Redundant Extensions Elimination pass.
2770 Common Var(flag_show_column) Init(1)
2771 Show column numbers in diagnostics, when available. Default on.
2774 Common Var(flag_shrink_wrap) Optimization
2775 Emit function prologues only before parts of the function that need it,
2776 rather than at the top of the function.
2778 fshrink-wrap-separate
2779 Common Var(flag_shrink_wrap_separate) Init(1) Optimization
2780 Shrink-wrap parts of the prologue and epilogue separately.
2783 Common Var(flag_signaling_nans) Optimization SetByCombined
2784 Disable optimizations observable by IEEE signaling NaNs.
2787 Common Var(flag_signed_zeros) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
2788 Disable floating point optimizations that ignore the IEEE signedness of zero.
2790 fsingle-precision-constant
2791 Common Var(flag_single_precision_constant) Optimization
2792 Convert floating point constants to single precision constants.
2794 fsplit-ivs-in-unroller
2795 Common Var(flag_split_ivs_in_unroller) Init(1) Optimization
2796 Split lifetimes of induction variables when loops are unrolled.
2799 Common Var(flag_split_stack) Init(-1)
2800 Generate discontiguous stack frames.
2803 Common Var(flag_split_wide_types) Optimization
2804 Split wide types into independent registers.
2806 fsplit-wide-types-early
2807 Common Var(flag_split_wide_types_early) Optimization
2808 Split wide types into independent registers earlier.
2811 Common Var(flag_ssa_backprop) Init(1) Optimization
2812 Enable backward propagation of use properties at the SSA level.
2815 Common Var(flag_ssa_phiopt) Optimization
2816 Optimize conditional patterns using SSA PHI nodes.
2819 Common Var(flag_stdarg_opt) Init(1) Optimization
2820 Optimize amount of stdarg registers saved to stack at start of function.
2822 fvariable-expansion-in-unroller
2823 Common Var(flag_variable_expansion_in_unroller) Optimization
2824 Apply variable expansion when loops are unrolled.
2827 Common RejectNegative Joined Optimization
2828 -fstack-check=[no|generic|specific] Insert stack checking code into the program.
2831 Common Alias(fstack-check=, specific, no)
2832 Insert stack checking code into the program. Same as -fstack-check=specific.
2834 fstack-clash-protection
2835 Common Var(flag_stack_clash_protection) Optimization
2836 Insert code to probe each page of stack space as it is allocated to protect
2837 from stack-clash style attacks.
2840 Common Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2842 fstack-limit-register=
2843 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2844 -fstack-limit-register=<register> Trap if the stack goes past <register>.
2846 fstack-limit-symbol=
2847 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2848 -fstack-limit-symbol=<name> Trap if the stack goes past symbol <name>.
2851 Common Var(flag_stack_protect, 1) Init(-1) Optimization
2852 Use propolice as a stack protection method.
2854 fstack-protector-all
2855 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 2) Init(-1) Optimization
2856 Use a stack protection method for every function.
2858 fstack-protector-strong
2859 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 3) Init(-1) Optimization
2860 Use a smart stack protection method for certain functions.
2862 fstack-protector-explicit
2863 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 4) Optimization
2864 Use stack protection method only for functions with the stack_protect attribute.
2867 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_usage)
2868 Output stack usage information on a per-function basis.
2872 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2874 ; Nonzero if we should do (language-dependent) alias analysis.
2875 ; Typically, this analysis will assume that expressions of certain
2876 ; types do not alias expressions of certain other types. Only used
2877 ; if alias analysis (in general) is enabled.
2879 Common Var(flag_strict_aliasing) Optimization
2880 Assume strict aliasing rules apply.
2884 Treat signed overflow as undefined. Negated as -fwrapv -fwrapv-pointer.
2887 Common Var(flag_sync_libcalls) Init(1)
2888 Implement __atomic operations via libcalls to legacy __sync functions.
2891 Common Var(flag_syntax_only)
2892 Check for syntax errors, then stop.
2895 Common Var(flag_test_coverage)
2896 Create data files needed by \"gcov\".
2899 Common Var(flag_thread_jumps) Optimization
2900 Perform jump threading optimizations.
2903 Common Var(time_report)
2904 Report the time taken by each compiler pass.
2906 ftime-report-details
2907 Common Var(time_report_details)
2908 Record times taken by sub-phases separately.
2911 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(tls_model) Var(flag_tls_default) Init(TLS_MODEL_GLOBAL_DYNAMIC)
2912 -ftls-model=[global-dynamic|local-dynamic|initial-exec|local-exec] Set the default thread-local storage code generation model.
2915 Name(tls_model) Type(enum tls_model) UnknownError(unknown TLS model %qs)
2918 Enum(tls_model) String(global-dynamic) Value(TLS_MODEL_GLOBAL_DYNAMIC)
2921 Enum(tls_model) String(local-dynamic) Value(TLS_MODEL_LOCAL_DYNAMIC)
2924 Enum(tls_model) String(initial-exec) Value(TLS_MODEL_INITIAL_EXEC)
2927 Enum(tls_model) String(local-exec) Value(TLS_MODEL_LOCAL_EXEC)
2930 Common Var(flag_toplevel_reorder) Init(2) Optimization
2931 Reorder top level functions, variables, and asms.
2934 Common Var(flag_tracer) Optimization
2935 Perform superblock formation via tail duplication.
2938 Common Var(flag_trampolines) Init(HEAP_TRAMPOLINES_INIT)
2939 For targets that normally need trampolines for nested functions, always
2940 generate them instead of using descriptors.
2943 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(trampoline_impl) Var(flag_trampoline_impl) Init(HEAP_TRAMPOLINES_INIT ? TRAMPOLINE_IMPL_HEAP : TRAMPOLINE_IMPL_STACK)
2944 Whether trampolines are generated in executable memory rather than
2948 Name(trampoline_impl) Type(enum trampoline_impl) UnknownError(unknown trampoline implementation %qs)
2951 Enum(trampoline_impl) String(stack) Value(TRAMPOLINE_IMPL_STACK)
2954 Enum(trampoline_impl) String(heap) Value(TRAMPOLINE_IMPL_HEAP)
2957 ; Zero means that floating-point math operations cannot generate a
2958 ; (user-visible) trap. This is the case, for example, in nonstop
2959 ; IEEE 754 arithmetic.
2961 Common Var(flag_trapping_math) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
2962 Assume floating-point operations can trap.
2965 Common Var(flag_trapv) Optimization
2966 Trap for signed overflow in addition, subtraction and multiplication.
2969 Common Var(flag_tree_ccp) Optimization
2970 Enable SSA-CCP optimization on trees.
2973 Common Var(flag_tree_bit_ccp) Optimization
2974 Enable SSA-BIT-CCP optimization on trees.
2978 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2981 Common Var(flag_tree_ch) Optimization
2982 Enable loop header copying on trees.
2984 ftree-coalesce-inlined-vars
2985 Common Ignore RejectNegative
2986 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2989 Common Var(flag_tree_coalesce_vars) Optimization
2990 Enable SSA coalescing of user variables.
2994 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2997 Common Var(flag_tree_copy_prop) Optimization
2998 Enable copy propagation on trees.
3000 ftree-store-copy-prop
3002 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3005 Common Var(flag_tree_cselim) Optimization
3006 Transform condition stores into unconditional ones.
3008 ftree-switch-conversion
3009 Common Var(flag_tree_switch_conversion) Optimization
3010 Perform conversions of switch initializations.
3013 Common Var(flag_tree_dce) Optimization
3014 Enable SSA dead code elimination optimization on trees.
3016 ftree-dominator-opts
3017 Common Var(flag_tree_dom) Optimization
3018 Enable dominator optimizations.
3021 Common Var(flag_tree_tail_merge) Optimization
3022 Enable tail merging on trees.
3025 Common Var(flag_tree_dse) Optimization
3026 Enable dead store elimination.
3029 Common Var(flag_tree_forwprop) Init(1) Optimization
3030 Enable forward propagation on trees.
3033 Common Var(flag_tree_fre) Optimization
3034 Enable Full Redundancy Elimination (FRE) on trees.
3037 Common Var(flag_optimize_strlen) Optimization
3038 Enable string length optimizations on trees.
3040 fisolate-erroneous-paths-dereference
3041 Common Var(flag_isolate_erroneous_paths_dereference) Optimization
3042 Detect paths that trigger erroneous or undefined behavior due to
3043 dereferencing a null pointer. Isolate those paths from the main control
3044 flow and turn the statement with erroneous or undefined behavior into a trap.
3046 fisolate-erroneous-paths-attribute
3047 Common Var(flag_isolate_erroneous_paths_attribute) Optimization
3048 Detect paths that trigger erroneous or undefined behavior due to a null value
3049 being used in a way forbidden by a returns_nonnull or nonnull
3050 attribute. Isolate those paths from the main control flow and turn the
3051 statement with erroneous or undefined behavior into a trap.
3053 ftree-loop-distribution
3054 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_distribution) Optimization
3055 Enable loop distribution on trees.
3057 ftree-loop-distribute-patterns
3058 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_distribute_patterns) Optimization
3059 Enable loop distribution for patterns transformed into a library call.
3062 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_im) Init(1) Optimization
3063 Enable loop invariant motion on trees.
3066 Common Alias(floop-nest-optimize)
3067 Enable loop nest transforms. Same as -floop-nest-optimize.
3070 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_ivcanon) Init(1) Optimization
3071 Create canonical induction variables in loops.
3074 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_optimize) Init(1) Optimization
3075 Enable loop optimizations on tree level.
3077 ftree-parallelize-loops=
3078 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_tree_parallelize_loops) Init(1) Optimization
3079 -ftree-parallelize-loops=<number> Enable automatic parallelization of loops.
3082 Common Var(flag_tree_phiprop) Init(1) Optimization
3083 Enable hoisting loads from conditional pointers.
3086 Common Var(flag_tree_pre) Optimization
3087 Enable SSA-PRE optimization on trees.
3090 Common Var(flag_tree_partial_pre) Optimization
3091 In SSA-PRE optimization on trees, enable partial-partial redundancy elimination.
3094 Common Var(flag_tree_pta) Optimization
3095 Perform function-local points-to analysis on trees.
3098 Common Var(flag_tree_reassoc) Init(1) Optimization
3099 Enable reassociation on tree level.
3103 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3106 Common Var(flag_tree_sink) Optimization
3107 Enable SSA code sinking on trees.
3110 Common Var(flag_tree_slsr) Optimization
3111 Perform straight-line strength reduction.
3114 Common Var(flag_tree_sra) Optimization
3115 Perform scalar replacement of aggregates.
3118 Common Var(flag_tree_ter) Optimization
3119 Replace temporary expressions in the SSA->normal pass.
3122 Common Var(flag_tree_live_range_split) Optimization
3123 Perform live range splitting during the SSA->normal pass.
3126 Common Var(flag_tree_vrp) Init(0) Optimization
3127 Perform Value Range Propagation on trees.
3130 Common Var(flag_split_paths) Init(0) Optimization
3131 Split paths leading to loop backedges.
3133 funconstrained-commons
3134 Common Var(flag_unconstrained_commons) Optimization
3135 Assume common declarations may be overridden with ones with a larger
3139 Common Var(flag_unit_at_a_time) Init(1)
3140 Compile whole compilation unit at a time.
3143 Common Var(flag_unreachable_traps) Optimization
3144 Trap on __builtin_unreachable instead of using it for optimization.
3147 Common Var(flag_unroll_loops) Optimization EnabledBy(funroll-all-loops)
3148 Perform loop unrolling when iteration count is known.
3151 Common Var(flag_unroll_all_loops) Optimization
3152 Perform loop unrolling for all loops.
3154 funroll-completely-grow-size
3155 Undocumented Var(flag_cunroll_grow_size) Optimization
3156 ; Internal undocumented flag, allow size growth during complete unrolling
3158 ; Nonzero means that loop optimizer may assume that the induction variables
3159 ; that control loops do not overflow and that the loops with nontrivial
3160 ; exit condition are not infinite
3161 funsafe-loop-optimizations
3163 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3166 Common Var(flag_associative_math) SetByCombined Optimization
3167 Allow optimization for floating-point arithmetic which may change the
3168 result of the operation due to rounding.
3171 Common Var(flag_reciprocal_math) SetByCombined Optimization
3172 Same as -fassociative-math for expressions which include division.
3174 ; Nonzero means that unsafe floating-point math optimizations are allowed
3175 ; for the sake of speed. IEEE compliance is not guaranteed, and operations
3176 ; are allowed to assume that their arguments and results are "normal"
3177 ; (e.g., nonnegative for SQRT).
3178 funsafe-math-optimizations
3179 Common Var(flag_unsafe_math_optimizations) Optimization SetByCombined
3180 Allow math optimizations that may violate IEEE or ISO standards.
3183 Common Var(flag_unswitch_loops) Optimization
3184 Perform loop unswitching.
3187 Common Var(flag_split_loops) Optimization
3188 Perform loop splitting.
3190 fversion-loops-for-strides
3191 Common Var(flag_version_loops_for_strides) Optimization
3192 Version loops based on whether indices have a stride of one.
3195 Common Var(flag_unwind_tables) Optimization
3196 Just generate unwind tables for exception handling.
3199 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=gold)
3200 Use the bfd linker instead of the default linker.
3203 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=bfd)
3204 Use the gold linker instead of the default linker.
3207 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=lld)
3208 Use the lld LLVM linker instead of the default linker.
3211 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=mold)
3212 Use the Modern linker (MOLD) linker instead of the default linker.
3215 Common Undocumented Var(flag_use_linker_plugin)
3217 ; Positive if we should track variables, negative if we should run
3218 ; the var-tracking pass only to discard debug annotations, zero if
3219 ; we're not to run it.
3221 Common Var(flag_var_tracking) PerFunction EnabledBy(fvar-tracking-uninit)
3222 Perform variable tracking.
3224 ; Positive if we should track variables at assignments, negative if
3225 ; we should run the var-tracking pass only to discard debug
3227 fvar-tracking-assignments
3228 Common Var(flag_var_tracking_assignments) PerFunction
3229 Perform variable tracking by annotating assignments.
3231 ; Nonzero if we should toggle flag_var_tracking_assignments after
3232 ; processing options and computing its default. */
3233 fvar-tracking-assignments-toggle
3234 Common Var(flag_var_tracking_assignments_toggle) PerFunction
3235 Toggle -fvar-tracking-assignments.
3237 ; Positive if we should track uninitialized variables, negative if
3238 ; we should run the var-tracking pass only to discard debug
3240 fvar-tracking-uninit
3241 Common Var(flag_var_tracking_uninit) PerFunction
3242 Perform variable tracking and also tag variables that are uninitialized.
3244 ; Alias to enable both -ftree-loop-vectorize and -ftree-slp-vectorize.
3246 Common Var(flag_tree_vectorize) Optimization
3247 Enable vectorization on trees.
3249 ftree-vectorizer-verbose=
3250 Common Joined RejectNegative Ignore
3251 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3253 ftree-loop-vectorize
3254 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_vectorize) Optimization EnabledBy(ftree-vectorize)
3255 Enable loop vectorization on trees.
3258 Common Var(flag_tree_slp_vectorize) Optimization EnabledBy(ftree-vectorize)
3259 Enable basic block vectorization (SLP) on trees.
3262 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vect_cost_model) Var(flag_vect_cost_model) Init(VECT_COST_MODEL_DEFAULT) Optimization
3263 -fvect-cost-model=[unlimited|dynamic|cheap|very-cheap] Specifies the cost model for vectorization.
3266 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vect_cost_model) Var(flag_simd_cost_model) Init(VECT_COST_MODEL_UNLIMITED) Optimization
3267 -fsimd-cost-model=[unlimited|dynamic|cheap|very-cheap] Specifies the vectorization cost model for code marked with a simd directive.
3270 Name(vect_cost_model) Type(enum vect_cost_model) UnknownError(unknown vectorizer cost model %qs)
3273 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(unlimited) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_UNLIMITED)
3276 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(dynamic) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_DYNAMIC)
3279 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(cheap) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_CHEAP)
3282 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(very-cheap) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_VERY_CHEAP)
3285 Common Alias(fvect-cost-model=,dynamic,unlimited)
3286 Enables the dynamic vectorizer cost model. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3288 ftree-vect-loop-version
3290 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3293 Common Var(flag_tree_scev_cprop) Init(1) Optimization
3294 Enable copy propagation of scalar-evolution information.
3296 ftrivial-auto-var-init=
3297 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(auto_init_type) Var(flag_auto_var_init) Init(AUTO_INIT_UNINITIALIZED) Optimization
3298 -ftrivial-auto-var-init=[uninitialized|pattern|zero] Add initializations to automatic variables.
3301 Name(auto_init_type) Type(enum auto_init_type) UnknownError(unrecognized automatic variable initialization type %qs)
3304 Enum(auto_init_type) String(uninitialized) Value(AUTO_INIT_UNINITIALIZED)
3307 Enum(auto_init_type) String(pattern) Value(AUTO_INIT_PATTERN)
3310 Enum(auto_init_type) String(zero) Value(AUTO_INIT_ZERO)
3312 ; -fverbose-asm causes extra commentary information to be produced in
3313 ; the generated assembly code (to make it more readable). This option
3314 ; is generally only of use to those who actually need to read the
3315 ; generated assembly code (perhaps while debugging the compiler itself).
3316 ; -fno-verbose-asm, the default, causes the extra information
3317 ; to not be added and is useful when comparing two assembler files.
3319 Common Var(flag_verbose_asm)
3320 Add extra commentary to assembler output.
3323 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(symbol_visibility) Var(default_visibility) Init(VISIBILITY_DEFAULT)
3324 -fvisibility=[default|internal|hidden|protected] Set the default symbol visibility.
3327 Name(symbol_visibility) Type(enum symbol_visibility) UnknownError(unrecognized visibility value %qs)
3330 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(default) Value(VISIBILITY_DEFAULT)
3333 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(internal) Value(VISIBILITY_INTERNAL)
3336 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(hidden) Value(VISIBILITY_HIDDEN)
3339 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(protected) Value(VISIBILITY_PROTECTED)
3342 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vtv_priority) Var(flag_vtable_verify) Init(VTV_NO_PRIORITY)
3343 Validate vtable pointers before using them.
3346 Name(vtv_priority) Type(enum vtv_priority) UnknownError(unknown vtable verify initialization priority %qs)
3349 Enum(vtv_priority) String(none) Value(VTV_NO_PRIORITY)
3352 Enum(vtv_priority) String(std) Value(VTV_STANDARD_PRIORITY)
3355 Enum(vtv_priority) String(preinit) Value(VTV_PREINIT_PRIORITY)
3358 Common Var(flag_vtv_counts)
3359 Output vtable verification counters.
3362 Common Var(flag_vtv_debug)
3363 Output vtable verification pointer sets information.
3366 Common Var(flag_value_profile_transformations) Optimization
3367 Use expression value profiles in optimizations.
3370 Common Var(flag_web) Optimization EnabledBy(funroll-loops)
3371 Construct webs and split unrelated uses of single variable.
3373 ftree-builtin-call-dce
3374 Common Var(flag_tree_builtin_call_dce) Init(0) Optimization
3375 Enable conditional dead code elimination for builtin calls.
3378 Common Var(flag_whole_program) Init(0)
3379 Perform whole program optimizations.
3382 Common Var(flag_wrapv_pointer) Optimization
3383 Assume pointer overflow wraps around.
3386 Common Var(flag_wrapv) Optimization
3387 Assume signed arithmetic overflow wraps around.
3389 fzero-initialized-in-bss
3390 Common Var(flag_zero_initialized_in_bss) Init(1)
3391 Put zero initialized data in the bss section.
3393 fzero-call-used-regs=
3394 Common RejectNegative Joined
3395 Clear call-used registers upon function return.
3398 Common Driver RejectNegative JoinedOrMissing
3399 Generate debug information in default format.
3402 Common Driver Var(dwarf2out_as_loc_support)
3403 Assume assembler support for (DWARF2+) .loc directives.
3406 Common Driver Var(dwarf2out_as_locview_support)
3407 Assume assembler support for view in (DWARF2+) .loc directives.
3410 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing
3411 Generate debug information in CodeView format.
3414 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3415 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3418 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3419 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3422 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3423 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3426 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3427 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3430 Common Driver Var(debug_column_info,1) Init(1)
3431 Record DW_AT_decl_column and DW_AT_call_column in DWARF.
3433 ; The CTF generation process feeds off DWARF dies. This option implicitly
3434 ; updates the debug_info_level to DINFO_LEVEL_NORMAL.
3436 Common Driver RejectNegative JoinedOrMissing
3437 Generate CTF debug information at default level.
3440 Common Driver RejectNegative JoinedOrMissing
3441 Generate BTF debug information at default level.
3444 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative
3445 Generate debug information in default version of DWARF format.
3448 Common Driver Joined UInteger Var(dwarf_version) Init(DWARF_VERSION_DEFAULT) RejectNegative
3449 Generate debug information in DWARF v2 (or later) format.
3452 Common Driver Var(dwarf_offset_size,4) Init(4) RejectNegative
3453 Use 32-bit DWARF format when emitting DWARF debug information.
3456 Common Driver Var(dwarf_offset_size,8) RejectNegative
3457 Use 64-bit DWARF format when emitting DWARF debug information.
3460 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative
3461 Generate debug information in default extended format.
3464 Common Driver Var(debug_inline_points)
3465 Generate extended entry point information for inlined functions.
3467 ginternal-reset-location-views
3468 Common Driver Var(debug_internal_reset_location_views) Init(2)
3469 Compute locview reset points based on insn length estimates.
3472 RejectNegative Joined Undocumented
3473 ; Catch the gno- prefix, so it doesn't backtrack to g<level>.
3476 Common Driver Negative(gpubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 0) Init(-1)
3477 Don't generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections.
3480 Common Driver Negative(ggnu-pubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 1)
3481 Generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections.
3484 Common Driver Negative(gno-pubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 2)
3485 Generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections with GNU extensions.
3487 grecord-gcc-switches
3488 Common Driver Var(dwarf_record_gcc_switches) Init(1)
3489 Record gcc command line switches in DWARF DW_AT_producer.
3492 Common Driver Var(dwarf_split_debug_info) Init(0)
3493 Generate debug information in separate .dwo files.
3496 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3497 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3500 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3501 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3503 gstatement-frontiers
3504 Common Driver Var(debug_nonbind_markers_p) PerFunction
3505 Emit progressive recommended breakpoint locations.
3508 Common Driver Var(dwarf_strict) Init(0)
3509 Don't emit DWARF additions beyond selected version.
3512 Common Driver Var(flag_describe_dies) Init(0)
3513 Add description attributes to some DWARF DIEs that have no name attribute.
3516 Common Driver Var(flag_gtoggle)
3517 Toggle debug information generation.
3519 gvariable-location-views
3520 Common Driver Var(debug_variable_location_views, 1)
3521 Augment variable location lists with progressive views.
3523 gvariable-location-views=incompat5
3524 Common Driver RejectNegative Var(debug_variable_location_views, -1) Init(2)
3527 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative
3528 Generate debug information in VMS format.
3531 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3532 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3535 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing WarnRemoved
3536 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3539 Name(compressed_debug_sections) Type(int)
3541 ; Since -gz= is completely handled in specs, the values aren't used and we
3542 ; assign arbitrary constants.
3544 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(none) Value(0)
3547 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(zlib) Value(1)
3550 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(zstd) Value(2)
3553 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(zlib-gnu) Value(3)
3557 Generate compressed debug sections.
3560 Common Driver RejectNegative Joined Enum(compressed_debug_sections)
3561 -gz=<format> Generate compressed debug sections in format <format>.
3564 Driver Joined Separate
3567 Common Joined Var(plugindir_string) Init(0)
3568 -iplugindir=<dir> Set <dir> to be the default plugin directory.
3571 Common Joined Separate RejectDriver Var(imultiarch) Init(0)
3572 -imultiarch <dir> Set <dir> to be the multiarch include subdirectory.
3575 Driver Joined Separate
3580 no-canonical-prefixes
3599 Common Driver Joined Separate Var(asm_file_name) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
3600 -o <file> Place output into <file>.
3603 Common Var(profile_flag)
3604 Enable function profiling.
3607 Driver Var(pass_exit_codes)
3610 Common Alias(Wpedantic)
3613 Common Var(flag_pedantic_errors)
3614 Like -pedantic but issue them as errors.
3620 Driver Var(use_pipes)
3623 Driver JoinedOrMissing Var(print_file_name)
3625 print-libgcc-file-name
3628 print-multi-directory
3629 Driver Var(print_multi_directory)
3632 Driver Var(print_multi_lib)
3634 print-multi-os-directory
3635 Driver Var(print_multi_os_directory)
3638 Driver Var(print_multiarch)
3641 Driver JoinedOrMissing Var(print_prog_name)
3644 Driver Var(print_search_dirs)
3647 Driver Var(print_sysroot)
3649 print-sysroot-headers-suffix
3650 Driver Var(print_sysroot_headers_suffix)
3653 Common Var(quiet_flag) RejectDriver
3654 Do not display functions compiled or elapsed time.
3672 Driver Var(report_times)
3675 Driver JoinedOrMissing
3678 Driver Joined Separate
3682 ; C option, but driver must not handle as "-u ndef".
3685 Common Driver Var(verbose_flag)
3686 Enable verbose output.
3689 Common Var(version_flag) RejectDriver
3690 Display the compiler's version.
3693 Common Var(inhibit_warnings)
3697 Driver Separate Var(wrapper_string)
3700 Driver Joined Separate
3703 Driver RejectNegative Negative(static-pie)
3704 Create a shared library.
3710 Driver Separate Alias(specs=)
3723 ; Documented for Fortran, but always accepted by driver.
3727 ; Documented for Modula-2, but always accepted by driver.
3731 ; Documented for D, but always accepted by driver.
3735 ; Documented for Fortran, but always accepted by driver.
3742 ; Documented for Go, but always accepted by driver.
3763 Driver RejectNegative Negative(shared)
3764 Don't create a dynamically linked position independent executable.
3767 Driver RejectNegative Negative(no-pie)
3768 Create a dynamically linked position independent executable.
3771 Driver RejectNegative Negative(pie)
3772 Create a static position independent executable.
3775 Driver Joined Separate
3778 Common Var(flag_ipa_ra) Optimization
3779 Use caller save register across calls if possible.
3781 ; This comment is to ensure we retain the blank line above.