1 ; Options for the language- and target-independent parts of the compiler.
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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 incrmeental linking (thus weak symbols
51 ; can still be bound).
53 int flag_incremental_link = 0
55 ; 0 means straightforward implementation of complex divide acceptable.
56 ; 1 means wide ranges of inputs must work for complex divide.
57 ; 2 means C99-like requirements for complex multiply and divide.
59 int flag_complex_method = 1
61 ; Nonzero if subexpressions must be evaluated from left-to-right.
63 int flag_evaluation_order = 0
65 ; Language specific warning pass for unused results.
67 bool flag_warn_unused_result = false
72 ; Nonzero if we should write GIMPLE bytecode for link-time optimization.
76 ; Nonzero if we should write GIMPLE bytecode for offload compilation.
78 int flag_generate_offload = 0
80 ; True to warn about any objects definitions whose size is larger
81 ; than N bytes. Also want about function definitions whose returned
82 ; values are larger than N bytes, where N is 'larger_than_size'.
87 HOST_WIDE_INT larger_than_size
89 ; True to warn about any function whose frame size is larger
92 bool warn_frame_larger_than
95 HOST_WIDE_INT frame_larger_than_size
97 ; Nonzero means we should be saving declaration info into a .X file.
99 int flag_gen_aux_info = 0
101 ; Nonzero if we are compiling code for a shared library, zero for
106 ; These two are really VEC(char_p,heap) *.
109 void *flag_instrument_functions_exclude_functions
112 void *flag_instrument_functions_exclude_files
114 ; Generic structs (e.g. templates not explicitly specialized)
115 ; may not have a compilation unit associated with them, and so
116 ; may need to be treated differently from ordinary structs.
118 ; Structs only handled by reference (indirectly), will also usually
119 ; not need as much debugging information.
122 enum debug_struct_file debug_struct_ordinary[DINFO_USAGE_NUM_ENUMS] = { DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY }
125 enum debug_struct_file debug_struct_generic[DINFO_USAGE_NUM_ENUMS] = { DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY }
127 ; True if we should exit after parsing options.
129 bool exit_after_options
131 ; Type(s) of debugging information we are producing (if any). See
132 ; flag-types.h for the definitions of the different possible types of
133 ; debugging information.
135 enum debug_info_type write_symbols = NO_DEBUG
137 ; Level of debugging information we are producing. See flag-types.h
138 ; for the definitions of the different possible levels.
140 enum debug_info_levels debug_info_level = DINFO_LEVEL_NONE
142 ; Nonzero means use GNU-only extensions in the generated symbolic
143 ; debugging information. Currently, this only has an effect when
144 ; write_symbols is set to DBX_DEBUG, XCOFF_DEBUG, or DWARF_DEBUG.
146 bool use_gnu_debug_info_extensions
148 ; Original value of maximum field alignment in bytes, specified via
149 ; -fpack-struct=<value>.
151 unsigned int initial_max_fld_align = TARGET_DEFAULT_PACK_STRUCT
153 ; Type of stack check.
155 enum stack_check_type flag_stack_check = NO_STACK_CHECK
157 ; True if stack usage information needs to be computed.
159 bool flag_stack_usage_info = false
161 ; -dA causes debug commentary information to be produced in
162 ; the generated assembly code (to make it more readable). This option
163 ; is generally only of use to those who actually need to read the
164 ; generated assembly code (perhaps while debugging the compiler itself).
165 ; Currently, this switch is only used by dwarf2out.c; however, it is intended
166 ; to be a catchall for printing debug information in the assembler file.
171 ; Balance between GNAT encodings and standard DWARF to emit.
173 enum dwarf_gnat_encodings gnat_encodings = DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_DEFAULT
175 ; -dP causes the rtl to be emitted as a comment in assembly.
177 int flag_dump_rtl_in_asm
179 ; Whether -da was passed (used only in handle_common_deferred_options).
181 bool flag_dump_all_passed
183 ; Other flags saying which kinds of debugging dump have been requested.
186 int rtl_dump_and_exit
189 int flag_print_asm_name
191 ; Name of top-level original source file (what was input to cpp).
192 ; This comes from the #-command at the beginning of the actual input.
193 ; If there isn't any there, then this is the cc1 input file name.
195 const char *main_input_filename
197 ; Pointer to base name in main_input_filename, with directories and a
198 ; single final extension removed, and the length of this base
202 const char *main_input_basename
205 int main_input_baselength
207 ; Which options have been printed by --help.
211 ; Which enums have been printed by --help. 0 = not printed, no
212 ; relevant options seen, 1 = relevant option seen, not yet printed, 2
215 char *help_enum_printed
217 ; The number of columns for --help output.
219 unsigned int help_columns
221 ; Whether this options structure has been through finish_options
223 bool flag_opts_finished
225 ; What the sanitizer should instrument
227 unsigned int flag_sanitize
229 ; What sanitizers should recover from errors
231 unsigned int flag_sanitize_recover = SANITIZE_UNDEFINED | SANITIZE_NONDEFAULT | SANITIZE_KERNEL_ADDRESS
233 fsanitize-coverage=trace-pc
234 Common Report Var(flag_sanitize_coverage)
235 Enable coverage-guided fuzzing code instrumentation.
236 Inserts call to __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc into every basic block.
238 ; Flag whether a prefix has been added to dump_base_name
240 bool dump_base_name_prefixed = false
242 ; Flag whether HSA generation has been explicitely disabled
244 bool flag_disable_hsa = false
256 Driver Alias(coverage)
262 Common Separate Alias(d)
265 Common Joined Alias(d)
268 Common Separate Alias(dumpbase)
271 Common Separate Alias(dumpdir)
274 Driver Separate Alias(e)
277 Driver Joined Alias(e)
280 Common Warning Alias(Wextra)
283 Driver Separate Alias(Xassembler)
286 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(Xassembler)
289 Driver Separate Alias(Xlinker)
292 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(Xlinker)
295 Driver Separate Alias(u)
298 Driver Joined Alias(u)
301 Common Driver Var(help_flag)
302 Display this information.
305 Common Driver Report Joined
306 --help=<class> Display descriptions of a specific class of options. <class> is one or more of optimizers, target, warnings, undocumented, params.
309 Driver Separate Alias(x)
312 Driver Joined Alias(x)
315 Driver Separate Alias(L)
318 Driver Joined Alias(L)
320 -no-canonical-prefixes
321 Driver Alias(no-canonical-prefixes)
323 -no-standard-libraries
324 Driver Alias(nostdlib)
327 Driver Var(no_sysroot_suffix)
336 Common Driver Separate Alias(o) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
339 Common Driver Joined Alias(o) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
342 Driver Alias(pass-exit-codes)
345 Common Alias(Wpedantic)
348 Common Alias(pedantic-errors)
357 Driver Separate Alias(B)
360 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(B)
366 Driver Separate Alias(print-file-name=)
369 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(print-file-name=)
371 -print-libgcc-file-name
372 Driver Alias(print-libgcc-file-name)
374 -print-multi-directory
375 Driver Alias(print-multi-directory)
378 Driver Alias(print-multi-lib)
380 -print-multi-os-directory
381 Driver Alias(print-multi-os-directory)
384 Driver Alias(print-multiarch)
387 Driver Separate Alias(print-prog-name=)
390 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(print-prog-name=)
393 Driver Alias(print-search-dirs)
396 Driver Alias(print-sysroot)
398 -print-sysroot-headers-suffix
399 Driver Alias(print-sysroot-headers-suffix)
405 Driver Alias(save-temps)
411 Driver Separate Alias(specs=)
414 Driver Joined Alias(specs=)
420 Driver Alias(symbolic)
424 Alias for --help=target.
432 ;; The driver used to convert options such as --help into forms such
433 ;; as -fhelp; the following four entries are for compatibility with
434 ;; any direct uses of those (undocumented) -f forms
436 Common Driver Alias(-help)
439 Common Driver Joined Alias(-help=)
442 Common Driver Alias(-target-help)
445 Common Driver Alias(-version)
449 --param <param>=<value> Set parameter <param> to value. See below for a complete list of parameters.
452 Common Joined Alias(-param)
455 Driver Separate Alias(-sysroot=)
458 Driver JoinedOrMissing
464 Driver Joined Separate
470 Driver Joined Separate
476 Common JoinedOrMissing Optimization
477 -O<number> Set optimization level to <number>.
481 Optimize for space rather than speed.
485 Optimize for speed disregarding exact standards compliance.
489 Optimize for debugging experience rather than speed or size.
501 Driver Joined Separate
507 Driver Joined Separate
528 Common RejectNegative Warning Alias(Wextra)
529 This switch is deprecated; use -Wextra instead.
532 Driver JoinedOrMissing
535 Driver JoinedOrMissing
538 Driver JoinedOrMissing
541 Common Var(warn_aggregate_return) Warning
542 Warn about returning structures, unions or arrays.
544 Waggressive-loop-optimizations
545 Common Var(warn_aggressive_loop_optimizations) Init(1) Warning
546 Warn if a loop with constant number of iterations triggers undefined behavior.
549 Common Var(warn_array_bounds) Warning
550 Warn if an array is accessed out of bounds.
553 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_array_bounds) Warning
554 Warn if an array is accessed out of bounds.
557 Common Var(warn_attributes) Init(1) Warning
558 Warn about inappropriate attribute usage.
561 Common Var(warn_cast_align) Warning
562 Warn about pointer casts which increase alignment.
565 Common Var(warn_cpp) Init(1) Warning
566 Warn when a #warning directive is encountered.
568 Wdeprecated-declarations
569 Common Var(warn_deprecated_decl) Init(1) Warning
570 Warn about uses of __attribute__((deprecated)) declarations.
572 Wdisabled-optimization
573 Common Var(warn_disabled_optimization) Warning
574 Warn when an optimization pass is disabled.
577 Common Var(warnings_are_errors)
578 Treat all warnings as errors.
582 Treat specified warning as error.
585 Common Var(extra_warnings) Warning
586 Print extra (possibly unwanted) warnings.
589 Common Var(flag_fatal_errors)
590 Exit on the first error occurred.
593 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Warning
594 -Wframe-larger-than=<number> Warn if a function's stack frame requires more than <number> bytes.
597 Common Var(warn_free_nonheap_object) Init(1) Warning
598 Warn when attempting to free a non-heap object.
601 Common Var(warn_hsa) Init(1) Warning
602 Warn when a function cannot be expanded to HSAIL.
605 Common Var(warn_inline) Warning
606 Warn when an inlined function cannot be inlined.
608 Winvalid-memory-model
609 Common Var(warn_invalid_memory_model) Init(1) Warning
610 Warn when an atomic memory model parameter is known to be outside the valid range.
613 Common RejectNegative Joined Warning Undocumented Alias(Wlarger-than=)
616 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Warning
617 -Wlarger-than=<number> Warn if an object is larger than <number> bytes.
620 Var(warn_nonnull_compare) Warning
621 Warn if comparing pointer parameter with nonnull attribute with NULL.
624 Common Var(warn_null_dereference) Warning
625 Warn if dereferencing a NULL pointer may lead to erroneous or undefined behavior.
627 Wunsafe-loop-optimizations
628 Common Var(warn_unsafe_loop_optimizations) Warning
629 Warn if the loop cannot be optimized due to nontrivial assumptions.
632 Common Warning Alias(Wsuggest-attribute=noreturn)
635 Common Var(warn_odr_violations) Init(1) Warning
636 Warn about some C++ One Definition Rule violations during link time optimization.
639 Common Var(warn_overflow) Init(1) Warning
640 Warn about overflow in arithmetic expressions.
643 Common Var(warn_lto_type_mismatch) Init(1) Warning
644 During link time optimization warn about mismatched types of global declarations.
647 Common Var(warn_packed) Warning
648 Warn when the packed attribute has no effect on struct layout.
651 Common Var(warn_padded) Warning
652 Warn when padding is required to align structure members.
655 Common Var(pedantic) Init(0) Warning
656 Issue warnings needed for strict compliance to the standard.
659 Common Var(warn_return_local_addr) Init(1) Warning
660 Warn about returning a pointer/reference to a local or temporary variable.
663 Common Var(warn_shadow) Warning
664 Warn when one local variable shadows another.
667 Common Var(warn_stack_protect) Warning
668 Warn when not issuing stack smashing protection for some reason.
671 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_stack_usage) Init(-1) Warning
672 Warn if stack usage might be larger than specified amount.
676 Warn about code which might break strict aliasing rules.
679 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_strict_aliasing) Warning
680 Warn about code which might break strict aliasing rules.
684 Warn about optimizations that assume that signed overflow is undefined.
687 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_strict_overflow) Warning
688 Warn about optimizations that assume that signed overflow is undefined.
690 Wsuggest-attribute=const
691 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_const) Warning
692 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((const)).
694 Wsuggest-attribute=pure
695 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_pure) Warning
696 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((pure)).
698 Wsuggest-attribute=noreturn
699 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_noreturn) Warning
700 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((noreturn)).
703 Common Var(warn_suggest_final_types) Warning
704 Warn about C++ polymorphic types where adding final keyword would improve code quality.
706 Wsuggest-final-methods
707 Common Var(warn_suggest_final_methods) Warning
708 Warn about C++ virtual methods where adding final keyword would improve code quality.
711 Common Var(warn_system_headers) Warning
712 Do not suppress warnings from system headers.
715 Common Var(warn_trampolines) Warning
716 Warn whenever a trampoline is generated.
719 Common Var(warn_type_limits) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
720 Warn if a comparison is always true or always false due to the limited range of the data type.
723 Common Var(warn_uninitialized) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
724 Warn about uninitialized automatic variables.
727 Common Var(warn_maybe_uninitialized) Warning EnabledBy(Wuninitialized)
728 Warn about maybe uninitialized automatic variables.
731 Common Ignore Warning
732 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
735 Common Var(warn_unused) Init(0) Warning
736 Enable all -Wunused- warnings.
738 Wunused-but-set-parameter
739 Common Var(warn_unused_but_set_parameter) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused && Wextra)
740 Warn when a function parameter is only set, otherwise unused.
742 Wunused-but-set-variable
743 Common Var(warn_unused_but_set_variable) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
744 Warn when a variable is only set, otherwise unused.
747 Common Var(warn_unused_function) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
748 Warn when a function is unused.
751 Common Var(warn_unused_label) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
752 Warn when a label is unused.
755 Common Var(warn_unused_parameter) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused && Wextra)
756 Warn when a function parameter is unused.
759 Common Var(warn_unused_value) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
760 Warn when an expression value is unused.
763 Common Var(warn_unused_variable) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
764 Warn when a variable is unused.
767 Common Var(warn_coverage_mismatch) Init(1) Warning
768 Warn in case profiles in -fprofile-use do not match.
770 Wvector-operation-performance
771 Common Var(warn_vector_operation_performance) Warning
772 Warn when a vector operation is compiled outside the SIMD.
787 Common Separate Var(aux_info_file_name)
788 -aux-info <file> Emit declaration information into <file>.
791 Common Joined Alias(aux-info)
794 Common Separate RejectDriver Var(aux_base_name)
797 Common Separate RejectDriver
807 -d<letters> Enable dumps from specific passes of the compiler.
810 Common Separate Var(dump_base_name)
811 -dumpbase <file> Set the file basename to be used for dumps.
814 Common Separate Var(dump_dir_name)
815 -dumpdir <dir> Set the directory name to be used for dumps.
827 Driver Joined Separate
829 ; This option has historically been passed down to the linker by an
830 ; accident of a %{e*} spec, so ensure it continues to be passed down
831 ; as a single option. The supported option for this purpose is
832 ; -rdynamic. See PR 47390.
836 ; The version of the C++ ABI in use. The following values are allowed:
838 ; 0: The version of the ABI believed most conformant with the C++ ABI
839 ; specification. This ABI may change as bugs are discovered and fixed.
840 ; Therefore, 0 will not necessarily indicate the same ABI in different
843 ; 1: The version of the ABI first used in G++ 3.2. No longer selectable.
845 ; 2: The version of the ABI first used in G++ 3.4, and the default
848 ; 3: The version of the ABI that fixes the missing underscore
849 ; in template non-type arguments of pointer type.
851 ; 4: The version of the ABI that introduces unambiguous mangling of
852 ; vector types. First selectable in G++ 4.5.
854 ; 5: The version of the ABI that ignores attribute const/noreturn
855 ; in function pointer mangling, and corrects mangling of decltype and
856 ; function parameters used in other parameters and the return type.
857 ; First selectable in G++ 4.6.
859 ; 6: The version of the ABI that doesn't promote scoped enums to int and
860 ; changes the mangling of template argument packs, const/static_cast,
861 ; prefix ++ and --, and a class scope function used as a template
863 ; First selectable in G++ 4.7.
865 ; 7: The version of the ABI that treats nullptr_t as a builtin type and
866 ; corrects the mangling of lambdas in default argument scope.
867 ; First selectable in G++ 4.8.
869 ; 8: The version of the ABI that corrects the substitution behavior of
870 ; function types with function-cv-qualifiers.
871 ; First selectable in G++ 4.9 and default in G++ 5.
873 ; 9: The version of the ABI that corrects the alignment of nullptr_t.
874 ; First selectable and default in G++ 5.2.
876 ; 10: The version of the ABI that mangles attributes that affect type
877 ; identity, such as ia32 calling convention attributes (stdcall, etc.)
878 ; Default in G++ 6 (set in c_common_post_options).
880 ; Additional positive integers will be assigned as new versions of
881 ; the ABI become the default version of the ABI.
883 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_abi_version) Init(0)
884 The version of the C++ ABI in use.
886 faggressive-loop-optimizations
887 Common Report Var(flag_aggressive_loop_optimizations) Optimization Init(1)
888 Aggressively optimize loops using language constraints.
891 Common Report Var(align_functions,0) Optimization UInteger
892 Align the start of functions.
895 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(align_functions)
898 Common Report Var(align_jumps,0) Optimization UInteger
899 Align labels which are only reached by jumping.
902 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(align_jumps)
905 Common Report Var(align_labels,0) Optimization UInteger
909 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(align_labels)
912 Common Report Var(align_loops,0) Optimization UInteger
913 Align the start of loops.
916 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(align_loops)
920 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
924 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
926 fargument-noalias-global
928 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
930 fargument-noalias-anything
932 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
935 Common Driver Report Joined
936 Select what to sanitize.
939 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
940 -fasan-shadow-offset=<number> Use custom shadow memory offset.
943 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
944 -fsanitize-sections=<sec1,sec2,...> Sanitize global variables
945 in user-defined sections.
949 After diagnosing undefined behavior attempt to continue execution.
953 This switch is deprecated; use -fsanitize-recover= instead.
955 fsanitize-undefined-trap-on-error
956 Common Driver Report Var(flag_sanitize_undefined_trap_on_error) Init(0)
957 Use trap instead of a library function for undefined behavior sanitization.
959 fasynchronous-unwind-tables
960 Common Report Var(flag_asynchronous_unwind_tables) Optimization
961 Generate unwind tables that are exact at each instruction boundary.
964 Common Report Var(flag_auto_inc_dec) Init(1) Optimization
965 Generate auto-inc/dec instructions.
968 Common Report Var(flag_auto_profile)
969 Use sample profile information for call graph node weights. The default
970 profile file is fbdata.afdo in 'pwd'.
973 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(auto_profile_file)
974 Use sample profile information for call graph node weights. The profile
975 file is specified in the argument.
977 ; -fcheck-bounds causes gcc to generate array bounds checks.
978 ; For C, C++ and ObjC: defaults off.
979 ; For Java: defaults to on.
980 ; For Fortran: defaults to off.
982 Common Report Var(flag_bounds_check)
983 Generate code to check bounds before indexing arrays.
986 Common Report Var(flag_branch_on_count_reg) Optimization
987 Replace add, compare, branch with branch on count register.
989 fbranch-probabilities
990 Common Report Var(flag_branch_probabilities) Optimization
991 Use profiling information for branch probabilities.
993 fbranch-target-load-optimize
994 Common Report Var(flag_branch_target_load_optimize) Optimization
995 Perform branch target load optimization before prologue / epilogue threading.
997 fbranch-target-load-optimize2
998 Common Report Var(flag_branch_target_load_optimize2) Optimization
999 Perform branch target load optimization after prologue / epilogue threading.
1002 Common Report Var(flag_btr_bb_exclusive) Optimization
1003 Restrict target load migration not to re-use registers in any basic block.
1006 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1007 -fcall-saved-<register> Mark <register> as being preserved across functions.
1010 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1011 -fcall-used-<register> Mark <register> as being corrupted by function calls.
1013 ; Nonzero for -fcaller-saves: allocate values in regs that need to
1014 ; be saved across function calls, if that produces overall better code.
1015 ; Optional now, so people can test it.
1017 Common Report Var(flag_caller_saves) Optimization
1018 Save registers around function calls.
1021 Common Report Var(flag_check_data_deps)
1022 This switch is deprecated; do not use.
1025 Common Var(flag_check_new)
1026 Check the return value of new in C++.
1029 Common Var(flag_checking) Init(CHECKING_P)
1030 Perform internal consistency checkings.
1033 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_checking)
1034 Perform internal consistency checkings.
1036 fcombine-stack-adjustments
1037 Common Report Var(flag_combine_stack_adjustments) Optimization
1038 Looks for opportunities to reduce stack adjustments and stack references.
1041 Common Report Var(flag_no_common,0)
1042 Do not put uninitialized globals in the common section.
1046 ; Converted by the driver to -fcompare-debug= options.
1049 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative Var(flag_compare_debug_opt)
1050 -fcompare-debug[=<opts>] Compile with and without e.g. -gtoggle, and compare the final-insns dump.
1052 fcompare-debug-second
1053 Common Driver RejectNegative Var(flag_compare_debug)
1054 Run only the second compilation of -fcompare-debug.
1057 Common Report Var(flag_compare_elim_after_reload) Optimization
1058 Perform comparison elimination after register allocation has finished.
1061 Common Var(flag_conserve_stack) Optimization
1062 Do not perform optimizations increasing noticeably stack usage.
1065 Common Report Var(flag_cprop_registers) Optimization
1066 Perform a register copy-propagation optimization pass.
1069 Common Report Var(flag_crossjumping) Optimization
1070 Perform cross-jumping optimization.
1073 Common Report Var(flag_cse_follow_jumps) Optimization
1074 When running CSE, follow jumps to their targets.
1078 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1081 Common Report Var(flag_cx_limited_range) Optimization SetByCombined
1082 Omit range reduction step when performing complex division.
1085 Common Report Var(flag_cx_fortran_rules) Optimization
1086 Complex multiplication and division follow Fortran rules.
1089 Common Report Var(flag_data_sections)
1090 Place data items into their own section.
1093 Common Report Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1094 List all available debugging counters with their limits and counts.
1097 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1098 -fdbg-cnt=<counter>:<limit>[,<counter>:<limit>,...] Set the debug counter limit.
1101 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1102 Map one directory name to another in debug information.
1104 fdebug-types-section
1105 Common Report Var(flag_debug_types_section) Init(0)
1106 Output .debug_types section when using DWARF v4 debuginfo.
1108 ; Nonzero for -fdefer-pop: don't pop args after each function call
1109 ; instead save them up to pop many calls' args with one insns.
1111 Common Report Var(flag_defer_pop) Optimization
1112 Defer popping functions args from stack until later.
1115 Common Report Var(flag_delayed_branch) Optimization
1116 Attempt to fill delay slots of branch instructions.
1118 fdelete-dead-exceptions
1119 Common Report Var(flag_delete_dead_exceptions) Init(0) Optimization
1120 Delete dead instructions that may throw exceptions.
1122 fdelete-null-pointer-checks
1123 Common Report Var(flag_delete_null_pointer_checks) Init(-1) Optimization
1124 Delete useless null pointer checks.
1126 fdevirtualize-at-ltrans
1127 Common Report Var(flag_ltrans_devirtualize)
1128 Stream extra data to support more aggressive devirtualization in LTO local transformation mode.
1130 fdevirtualize-speculatively
1131 Common Report Var(flag_devirtualize_speculatively) Optimization
1132 Perform speculative devirtualization.
1135 Common Report Var(flag_devirtualize) Optimization
1136 Try to convert virtual calls to direct ones.
1138 fdiagnostics-show-location=
1139 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule)
1140 -fdiagnostics-show-location=[once|every-line] How often to emit source location at the beginning of line-wrapped diagnostics.
1142 ; Required for these enum values.
1147 Name(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) Type(int)
1150 Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) String(once) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_SHOW_PREFIX_ONCE)
1153 Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) String(every-line) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_SHOW_PREFIX_EVERY_LINE)
1155 fdiagnostics-show-caret
1156 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_caret) Init(1)
1157 Show the source line with a caret indicating the column.
1160 Common Alias(fdiagnostics-color=,always,never)
1164 Driver Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_diagnostics_show_color) Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) Init(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_NO)
1165 -fdiagnostics-color=[never|always|auto] Colorize diagnostics.
1167 ; Required for these enum values.
1172 Name(diagnostic_color_rule) Type(int)
1175 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(never) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_NO)
1178 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(always) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_YES)
1181 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(auto) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_AUTO)
1183 fdiagnostics-show-option
1184 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_option) Init(1)
1185 Amend appropriate diagnostic messages with the command line option that controls them.
1188 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1189 -fdisable-[tree|rtl|ipa]-<pass>=range1+range2 disables an optimization pass.
1192 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1193 -fenable-[tree|rtl|ipa]-<pass>=range1+range2 enables an optimization pass.
1196 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1197 -fdump-<type> Dump various compiler internals to a file.
1200 Driver RejectNegative
1203 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_dump_final_insns)
1204 -fdump-final-insns=filename Dump to filename the insns at the end of translation.
1207 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_dump_go_spec)
1208 -fdump-go-spec=filename Write all declarations to file as Go code.
1211 Common Report Var(flag_dump_noaddr)
1212 Suppress output of addresses in debugging dumps.
1215 Common Driver Var(flag_report_bug)
1216 Collect and dump debug information into temporary file if ICE in C/C++
1219 fdump-internal-locations
1220 Common Var(flag_dump_locations) Init(0)
1221 Dump detailed information on GCC's internal representation of source code locations.
1224 Common Var(flag_dump_passes) Init(0)
1225 Dump optimization passes.
1228 Common Report Var(flag_dump_unnumbered)
1229 Suppress output of instruction numbers, line number notes and addresses in debugging dumps.
1231 fdump-unnumbered-links
1232 Common Report Var(flag_dump_unnumbered_links)
1233 Suppress output of previous and next insn numbers in debugging dumps.
1236 Common Report Var(flag_dwarf2_cfi_asm) Init(HAVE_GAS_CFI_DIRECTIVE)
1237 Enable CFI tables via GAS assembler directives.
1240 Common Report Var(flag_early_inlining) Init(1) Optimization
1241 Perform early inlining.
1243 feliminate-dwarf2-dups
1244 Common Report Var(flag_eliminate_dwarf2_dups)
1245 Perform DWARF duplicate elimination.
1248 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_sra) Init(0) Optimization
1249 Perform interprocedural reduction of aggregates.
1251 feliminate-unused-debug-symbols
1252 Common Report Var(flag_debug_only_used_symbols)
1253 Perform unused symbol elimination in debug info.
1255 feliminate-unused-debug-types
1256 Common Report Var(flag_eliminate_unused_debug_types) Init(1)
1257 Perform unused type elimination in debug info.
1259 femit-class-debug-always
1260 Common Report Var(flag_emit_class_debug_always) Init(0)
1261 Do not suppress C++ class debug information.
1264 Common Report Var(flag_exceptions) Optimization
1265 Enable exception handling.
1267 fexpensive-optimizations
1268 Common Report Var(flag_expensive_optimizations) Optimization
1269 Perform a number of minor, expensive optimizations.
1272 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(excess_precision) Var(flag_excess_precision_cmdline) Init(EXCESS_PRECISION_DEFAULT)
1273 -fexcess-precision=[fast|standard] Specify handling of excess floating-point precision.
1276 Name(excess_precision) Type(enum excess_precision) UnknownError(unknown excess precision style %qs)
1279 Enum(excess_precision) String(fast) Value(EXCESS_PRECISION_FAST)
1282 Enum(excess_precision) String(standard) Value(EXCESS_PRECISION_STANDARD)
1288 Common Var(flag_fat_lto_objects)
1289 Output lto objects containing both the intermediate language and binary output.
1292 Common Report Var(flag_finite_math_only) Optimization SetByCombined
1293 Assume no NaNs or infinities are generated.
1296 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1297 -ffixed-<register> Mark <register> as being unavailable to the compiler.
1300 Common Report Var(flag_float_store) Optimization
1301 Don't allocate floats and doubles in extended-precision registers.
1305 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1308 Common Report Var(flag_forward_propagate) Optimization
1309 Perform a forward propagation pass on RTL.
1312 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(fp_contract_mode) Var(flag_fp_contract_mode) Init(FP_CONTRACT_FAST) Optimization
1313 -ffp-contract=[off|on|fast] Perform floating-point expression contraction.
1316 Name(fp_contract_mode) Type(enum fp_contract_mode) UnknownError(unknown floating point contraction style %qs)
1319 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(off) Value(FP_CONTRACT_OFF)
1321 ; Not implemented, fall back to conservative FP_CONTRACT_OFF.
1323 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(on) Value(FP_CONTRACT_OFF)
1326 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(fast) Value(FP_CONTRACT_FAST)
1328 ; Nonzero means don't put addresses of constant functions in registers.
1329 ; Used for compiling the Unix kernel, where strange substitutions are
1330 ; done on the assembly output.
1332 Common Report Var(flag_no_function_cse,0) Optimization
1333 Allow function addresses to be held in registers.
1336 Common Report Var(flag_function_sections)
1337 Place each function into its own section.
1340 Common Report Var(flag_gcse) Optimization
1341 Perform global common subexpression elimination.
1344 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_lm) Init(1) Optimization
1345 Perform enhanced load motion during global common subexpression elimination.
1348 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_sm) Init(0) Optimization
1349 Perform store motion after global common subexpression elimination.
1352 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_las) Init(0) Optimization
1353 Perform redundant load after store elimination in global common subexpression
1357 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_after_reload) Optimization
1358 Perform global common subexpression elimination after register allocation has
1362 Name(dwarf_gnat_encodings) Type(int)
1365 Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) String(all) Value(DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_ALL)
1368 Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) String(gdb) Value(DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_GDB)
1371 Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) String(minimal) Value(DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_MINIMAL)
1374 Common Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) Joined RejectNegative Report Undocumented Var(gnat_encodings)
1375 -fgnat-encodings=[all|gdb|minimal] Select the balance between GNAT encodings and standard DWARF emitted in the debug information
1377 ; This option is not documented yet as its semantics will change.
1379 Common Report Var(flag_graphite) Optimization
1380 Enable in and out of Graphite representation.
1383 Common Report Var(flag_graphite_identity) Optimization
1384 Enable Graphite Identity transformation.
1386 fhoist-adjacent-loads
1387 Common Report Var(flag_hoist_adjacent_loads) Optimization
1388 Enable hoisting adjacent loads to encourage generating conditional move
1392 Common Undocumented Report Var(flag_keep_gc_roots_live) Optimization
1393 ; Always keep a pointer to a live memory block
1395 floop-parallelize-all
1396 Common Report Var(flag_loop_parallelize_all) Optimization
1397 Mark all loops as parallel.
1400 Common Alias(floop-nest-optimize)
1401 Enable loop nest transforms. Same as -floop-nest-optimize.
1404 Common Alias(floop-nest-optimize)
1405 Enable loop nest transforms. Same as -floop-nest-optimize.
1408 Common Alias(floop-nest-optimize)
1409 Enable loop nest transforms. Same as -floop-nest-optimize.
1411 floop-unroll-and-jam
1412 Common Alias(floop-nest-optimize)
1413 Enable loop nest transforms. Same as -floop-nest-optimize.
1416 Common Report Var(flag_tm)
1417 Enable support for GNU transactional memory.
1420 Common Report Var(flag_gnu_unique) Init(1)
1421 Use STB_GNU_UNIQUE if supported by the assembler.
1425 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1428 Common Report Var(flag_loop_nest_optimize) Optimization
1429 Enable the loop nest optimizer.
1431 fstrict-volatile-bitfields
1432 Common Report Var(flag_strict_volatile_bitfields) Init(-1) Optimization
1433 Force bitfield accesses to match their type width.
1435 fguess-branch-probability
1436 Common Report Var(flag_guess_branch_prob) Optimization
1437 Enable guessing of branch probabilities.
1439 ; Nonzero means ignore `#ident' directives. 0 means handle them.
1440 ; Generate position-independent code for executables if possible
1441 ; On SVR4 targets, it also controls whether or not to emit a
1442 ; string identifying the compiler.
1444 Common Report Var(flag_no_ident,0)
1445 Process #ident directives.
1448 Common Report Var(flag_if_conversion) Optimization
1449 Perform conversion of conditional jumps to branchless equivalents.
1452 Common Report Var(flag_if_conversion2) Optimization
1453 Perform conversion of conditional jumps to conditional execution.
1456 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(stack_reuse_level) Var(flag_stack_reuse) Init(SR_ALL) Optimization
1457 -fstack-reuse=[all|named_vars|none] Set stack reuse level for local variables.
1460 Name(stack_reuse_level) Type(enum stack_reuse_level) UnknownError(unknown Stack Reuse Level %qs)
1463 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(all) Value(SR_ALL)
1466 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(named_vars) Value(SR_NAMED_VARS)
1469 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(none) Value(SR_NONE)
1471 ftree-loop-if-convert
1472 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_if_convert) Init(-1) Optimization
1473 Convert conditional jumps in innermost loops to branchless equivalents.
1475 ftree-loop-if-convert-stores
1476 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_if_convert_stores) Optimization
1477 Also if-convert conditional jumps containing memory writes.
1479 ; -finhibit-size-directive inhibits output of .size for ELF.
1480 ; This is used only for compiling crtstuff.c,
1481 ; and it may be extended to other effects
1482 ; needed for crtstuff.c on other systems.
1483 finhibit-size-directive
1484 Common Report Var(flag_inhibit_size_directive)
1485 Do not generate .size directives.
1488 Common Report Var(flag_indirect_inlining) Optimization
1489 Perform indirect inlining.
1491 ; General flag to enable inlining. Specifying -fno-inline will disable
1492 ; all inlining apart from always-inline functions.
1494 Common Report Var(flag_no_inline,0) Init(0) Optimization
1495 Enable inlining of function declared \"inline\", disabling disables all inlining.
1497 finline-small-functions
1498 Common Report Var(flag_inline_small_functions) Optimization
1499 Integrate functions into their callers when code size is known not to grow.
1502 Common Report Var(flag_inline_functions) Optimization
1503 Integrate functions not declared \"inline\" into their callers when profitable.
1505 finline-functions-called-once
1506 Common Report Var(flag_inline_functions_called_once) Optimization
1507 Integrate functions only required by their single caller.
1510 Common RejectNegative Joined Alias(finline-limit=)
1513 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1514 -finline-limit=<number> Limit the size of inlined functions to <number>.
1517 Common Report Var(flag_inline_atomics) Init(1) Optimization
1518 Inline __atomic operations when a lock free instruction sequence is available.
1520 finstrument-functions
1521 Common Report Var(flag_instrument_function_entry_exit)
1522 Instrument function entry and exit with profiling calls.
1524 finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list=
1525 Common RejectNegative Joined
1526 -finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list=name,... Do not instrument listed functions.
1528 finstrument-functions-exclude-file-list=
1529 Common RejectNegative Joined
1530 -finstrument-functions-exclude-file-list=filename,... Do not instrument functions listed in files.
1533 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_cp) Optimization
1534 Perform interprocedural constant propagation.
1537 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_cp_clone) Optimization
1538 Perform cloning to make Interprocedural constant propagation stronger.
1541 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_cp_alignment) Optimization
1542 Perform alignment discovery and propagation to make Interprocedural constant propagation stronger.
1545 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_profile) Init(0) Optimization
1546 Perform interprocedural profile propagation.
1549 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_pta) Init(0) Optimization
1550 Perform interprocedural points-to analysis.
1553 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_pure_const) Init(0) Optimization
1554 Discover pure and const functions.
1557 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_icf) Optimization
1558 Perform Identical Code Folding for functions and read-only variables.
1561 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_icf_functions) Optimization
1562 Perform Identical Code Folding for functions.
1565 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_icf_variables)
1566 Perform Identical Code Folding for variables.
1569 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_reference) Init(0) Optimization
1570 Discover readonly and non addressable static variables.
1574 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1578 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1581 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(ira_algorithm) Var(flag_ira_algorithm) Init(IRA_ALGORITHM_CB) Optimization
1582 -fira-algorithm=[CB|priority] Set the used IRA algorithm.
1585 Name(ira_algorithm) Type(enum ira_algorithm) UnknownError(unknown IRA algorithm %qs)
1588 Enum(ira_algorithm) String(CB) Value(IRA_ALGORITHM_CB)
1591 Enum(ira_algorithm) String(priority) Value(IRA_ALGORITHM_PRIORITY)
1594 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(ira_region) Var(flag_ira_region) Init(IRA_REGION_AUTODETECT) Optimization
1595 -fira-region=[one|all|mixed] Set regions for IRA.
1598 Name(ira_region) Type(enum ira_region) UnknownError(unknown IRA region %qs)
1601 Enum(ira_region) String(one) Value(IRA_REGION_ONE)
1604 Enum(ira_region) String(all) Value(IRA_REGION_ALL)
1607 Enum(ira_region) String(mixed) Value(IRA_REGION_MIXED)
1610 Common Report Var(flag_ira_hoist_pressure) Init(1) Optimization
1611 Use IRA based register pressure calculation
1612 in RTL hoist optimizations.
1615 Common Report Var(flag_ira_loop_pressure) Optimization
1616 Use IRA based register pressure calculation
1617 in RTL loop optimizations.
1619 fira-share-save-slots
1620 Common Report Var(flag_ira_share_save_slots) Init(1) Optimization
1621 Share slots for saving different hard registers.
1623 fira-share-spill-slots
1624 Common Report Var(flag_ira_share_spill_slots) Init(1) Optimization
1625 Share stack slots for spilled pseudo-registers.
1628 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(flag_ira_verbose) Init(5)
1629 -fira-verbose=<number> Control IRA's level of diagnostic messages.
1632 Common Report Var(flag_ivopts) Init(1) Optimization
1633 Optimize induction variables on trees.
1636 Common Var(flag_jump_tables) Init(1) Optimization
1637 Use jump tables for sufficiently large switch statements.
1639 fkeep-inline-functions
1640 Common Report Var(flag_keep_inline_functions)
1641 Generate code for functions even if they are fully inlined.
1643 fkeep-static-functions
1644 Common Report Var(flag_keep_static_functions)
1645 Generate code for static functions even if they are never called.
1648 Common Report Var(flag_keep_static_consts) Init(1)
1649 Emit static const variables even if they are not used.
1652 Common Report Var(flag_leading_underscore) Init(-1)
1653 Give external symbols a leading underscore.
1657 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1660 Common Report Var(flag_lra_remat) Optimization
1661 Do CFG-sensitive rematerialization in LRA.
1665 Enable link-time optimization.
1668 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_lto)
1669 Link-time optimization with number of parallel jobs or jobserver.
1672 Name(lto_partition_model) Type(enum lto_partition_model) UnknownError(unknown LTO partitioning model %qs)
1675 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(none) Value(LTO_PARTITION_NONE)
1678 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(one) Value(LTO_PARTITION_ONE)
1681 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(balanced) Value(LTO_PARTITION_BALANCED)
1684 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(1to1) Value(LTO_PARTITION_1TO1)
1687 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(max) Value(LTO_PARTITION_MAX)
1690 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(lto_partition_model) Var(flag_lto_partition) Init(LTO_PARTITION_BALANCED)
1691 Specify the algorithm to partition symbols and vars at linktime.
1693 ; The initial value of -1 comes from Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION in zlib.h.
1694 flto-compression-level=
1695 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_lto_compression_level) Init(-1)
1696 -flto-compression-level=<number> Use zlib compression level <number> for IL.
1698 flto-odr-type-merging
1699 Common Report Var(flag_lto_odr_type_mering) Init(1)
1700 Merge C++ types using One Definition Rule.
1703 Common Report Var(flag_lto_report) Init(0)
1704 Report various link-time optimization statistics.
1707 Common Report Var(flag_lto_report_wpa) Init(0)
1708 Report various link-time optimization statistics for WPA only.
1711 Common Report Var(flag_errno_math) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
1712 Set errno after built-in math functions.
1715 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_max_errors)
1716 -fmax-errors=<number> Maximum number of errors to report.
1719 Common Report Var(mem_report)
1720 Report on permanent memory allocation.
1723 Common Report Var(mem_report_wpa)
1724 Report on permanent memory allocation in WPA only.
1726 ; This will attempt to merge constant section constants, if 1 only
1727 ; string constants and constants from constant pool, if 2 also constant
1729 fmerge-all-constants
1730 Common Report Var(flag_merge_constants,2) Init(1)
1731 Attempt to merge identical constants and constant variables.
1734 Common Report Var(flag_merge_constants,1)
1735 Attempt to merge identical constants across compilation units.
1737 fmerge-debug-strings
1738 Common Report Var(flag_merge_debug_strings) Init(1)
1739 Attempt to merge identical debug strings across compilation units.
1742 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1743 -fmessage-length=<number> Limit diagnostics to <number> characters per line. 0 suppresses line-wrapping.
1746 Common Report Var(flag_modulo_sched) Optimization
1747 Perform SMS based modulo scheduling before the first scheduling pass.
1749 fmodulo-sched-allow-regmoves
1750 Common Report Var(flag_modulo_sched_allow_regmoves) Optimization
1751 Perform SMS based modulo scheduling with register moves allowed.
1753 fmove-loop-invariants
1754 Common Report Var(flag_move_loop_invariants) Optimization
1755 Move loop invariant computations out of loops.
1758 Common Var(flag_dce) Init(1) Optimization
1759 Use the RTL dead code elimination pass.
1762 Common Var(flag_dse) Init(1) Optimization
1763 Use the RTL dead store elimination pass.
1765 freschedule-modulo-scheduled-loops
1766 Common Report Var(flag_resched_modulo_sched) Optimization
1767 Enable/Disable the traditional scheduling in loops that already passed modulo scheduling.
1769 fnon-call-exceptions
1770 Common Report Var(flag_non_call_exceptions) Optimization
1771 Support synchronous non-call exceptions.
1774 Common Driver Joined MissingArgError(options or targets missing after %qs)
1775 -foffload=<targets>=<options> Specify offloading targets and options for them.
1778 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(offload_abi) Var(flag_offload_abi) Init(OFFLOAD_ABI_UNSET)
1779 -foffload-abi=[lp64|ilp32] Set the ABI to use in an offload compiler.
1782 Name(offload_abi) Type(enum offload_abi) UnknownError(unknown offload ABI %qs)
1785 Enum(offload_abi) String(ilp32) Value(OFFLOAD_ABI_ILP32)
1788 Enum(offload_abi) String(lp64) Value(OFFLOAD_ABI_LP64)
1791 Common Report Var(flag_omit_frame_pointer) Optimization
1792 When possible do not generate stack frames.
1795 Common Report Var(flag_opt_info) Optimization
1796 Enable all optimization info dumps on stderr.
1799 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1800 -fopt-info[-<type>=filename] Dump compiler optimization details.
1802 foptimize-register-move
1804 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1806 foptimize-sibling-calls
1807 Common Report Var(flag_optimize_sibling_calls) Optimization
1808 Optimize sibling and tail recursive calls.
1811 Common Report Var(flag_partial_inlining) Optimization
1812 Perform partial inlining.
1815 Common Report Var(pre_ipa_mem_report)
1816 Report on memory allocation before interprocedural optimization.
1818 fpost-ipa-mem-report
1819 Common Report Var(post_ipa_mem_report)
1820 Report on memory allocation before interprocedural optimization.
1823 Common Report Var(flag_pack_struct) Optimization
1824 Pack structure members together without holes.
1827 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
1828 -fpack-struct=<number> Set initial maximum structure member alignment.
1831 Common Report Var(flag_pcc_struct_return,1) Init(DEFAULT_PCC_STRUCT_RETURN)
1832 Return small aggregates in memory, not registers.
1835 Common Report Var(flag_peel_loops) Optimization
1836 Perform loop peeling.
1839 Common Report Var(flag_no_peephole,0) Optimization
1840 Enable machine specific peephole optimizations.
1843 Common Report Var(flag_peephole2) Optimization
1844 Enable an RTL peephole pass before sched2.
1847 Common Report Var(flag_pic,2) Negative(fPIE) Init(-1)
1848 Generate position-independent code if possible (large mode).
1851 Common Report Var(flag_pie,2) Negative(fpic) Init(-1)
1852 Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (large mode).
1855 Common Report Var(flag_pic,1) Negative(fpie) Init(-1)
1856 Generate position-independent code if possible (small mode).
1859 Common Report Var(flag_pie,1) Negative(fPIC) Init(-1)
1860 Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (small mode).
1863 Common Report Var(flag_plt) Init(1) Optimization
1864 Use PLT for PIC calls (-fno-plt: load the address from GOT at call site).
1867 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1868 Specify a plugin to load.
1871 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1872 -fplugin-arg-<name>-<key>[=<value>] Specify argument <key>=<value> for plugin <name>.
1874 fpredictive-commoning
1875 Common Report Var(flag_predictive_commoning) Optimization
1876 Run predictive commoning optimization.
1878 fprefetch-loop-arrays
1879 Common Report Var(flag_prefetch_loop_arrays) Init(-1) Optimization
1880 Generate prefetch instructions, if available, for arrays in loops.
1883 Common Report Var(profile_flag)
1884 Enable basic program profiling code.
1887 Common Report Var(profile_arc_flag)
1888 Insert arc-based program profiling code.
1891 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_data_prefix)
1892 Set the top-level directory for storing the profile data.
1893 The default is 'pwd'.
1896 Common Report Var(flag_profile_correction)
1897 Enable correction of flow inconsistent profile data input.
1901 Enable common options for generating profile info for profile feedback directed optimizations.
1904 Common Joined RejectNegative
1905 Enable common options for generating profile info for profile feedback directed optimizations, and set -fprofile-dir=.
1908 Common Var(flag_profile_use)
1909 Enable common options for performing profile feedback directed optimizations.
1912 Common Joined RejectNegative
1913 Enable common options for performing profile feedback directed optimizations, and set -fprofile-dir=.
1916 Common Report Var(flag_profile_values)
1917 Insert code to profile values of expressions.
1920 Common Report Var(profile_report)
1921 Report on consistency of profile.
1923 fprofile-reorder-functions
1924 Common Report Var(flag_profile_reorder_functions)
1925 Enable function reordering that improves code placement.
1928 Common Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1931 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1932 -frandom-seed=<string> Make compile reproducible using <string>.
1934 ; This switch causes the command line that was used to create an
1935 ; object file to be recorded into the object file. The exact format
1936 ; of this recording is target and binary file format dependent.
1937 ; It is related to the -fverbose-asm switch, but that switch only
1938 ; records information in the assembler output file as comments, so
1939 ; they never reach the object file.
1940 frecord-gcc-switches
1941 Common Report Var(flag_record_gcc_switches)
1942 Record gcc command line switches in the object file.
1945 Common Report Var(flag_pcc_struct_return,0) Optimization
1946 Return small aggregates in registers.
1950 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1953 Common Report Var(flag_lifetime_dse,2) Init(2) Optimization
1954 Tell DSE that the storage for a C++ object is dead when the constructor
1955 starts and when the destructor finishes.
1958 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_lifetime_dse) Optimization
1960 flive-range-shrinkage
1961 Common Report Var(flag_live_range_shrinkage) Init(0) Optimization
1962 Relief of register pressure through live range shrinkage.
1965 Common Report Var(flag_rename_registers) Init(2) Optimization
1966 Perform a register renaming optimization pass.
1969 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_fusion) Init(2) Optimization
1970 Perform a target dependent instruction fusion optimization pass.
1973 Common Report Var(flag_reorder_blocks) Optimization
1974 Reorder basic blocks to improve code placement.
1976 freorder-blocks-algorithm=
1977 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(reorder_blocks_algorithm) Var(flag_reorder_blocks_algorithm) Init(REORDER_BLOCKS_ALGORITHM_SIMPLE) Optimization
1978 -freorder-blocks-algorithm=[simple|stc] Set the used basic block reordering algorithm.
1981 Name(reorder_blocks_algorithm) Type(enum reorder_blocks_algorithm) UnknownError(unknown basic block reordering algorithm %qs)
1984 Enum(reorder_blocks_algorithm) String(simple) Value(REORDER_BLOCKS_ALGORITHM_SIMPLE)
1987 Enum(reorder_blocks_algorithm) String(stc) Value(REORDER_BLOCKS_ALGORITHM_STC)
1989 freorder-blocks-and-partition
1990 Common Report Var(flag_reorder_blocks_and_partition) Optimization
1991 Reorder basic blocks and partition into hot and cold sections.
1994 Common Report Var(flag_reorder_functions) Optimization
1995 Reorder functions to improve code placement.
1997 frerun-cse-after-loop
1998 Common Report Var(flag_rerun_cse_after_loop) Optimization
1999 Add a common subexpression elimination pass after loop optimizations.
2003 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2006 Common Report Var(flag_rounding_math) Optimization SetByCombined
2007 Disable optimizations that assume default FP rounding behavior.
2010 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_interblock) Init(1) Optimization
2011 Enable scheduling across basic blocks.
2014 Common Report Var(flag_sched_pressure) Init(0) Optimization
2015 Enable register pressure sensitive insn scheduling.
2018 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_speculative) Init(1) Optimization
2019 Allow speculative motion of non-loads.
2022 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_speculative_load) Optimization
2023 Allow speculative motion of some loads.
2025 fsched-spec-load-dangerous
2026 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_speculative_load_dangerous) Optimization
2027 Allow speculative motion of more loads.
2030 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(sched_verbose_param) Init(1)
2031 -fsched-verbose=<number> Set the verbosity level of the scheduler.
2033 fsched2-use-superblocks
2034 Common Report Var(flag_sched2_use_superblocks) Optimization
2035 If scheduling post reload, do superblock scheduling.
2039 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2042 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_insns) Optimization
2043 Reschedule instructions before register allocation.
2046 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_insns_after_reload) Optimization
2047 Reschedule instructions after register allocation.
2049 ; This flag should be on when a target implements non-trivial
2050 ; scheduling hooks, maybe saving some information for its own sake.
2051 ; On IA64, for example, this is used for correct bundling.
2052 fselective-scheduling
2053 Common Report Var(flag_selective_scheduling) Optimization
2054 Schedule instructions using selective scheduling algorithm.
2056 fselective-scheduling2
2057 Common Report Var(flag_selective_scheduling2) Optimization
2058 Run selective scheduling after reload.
2060 fsel-sched-pipelining
2061 Common Report Var(flag_sel_sched_pipelining) Init(0) Optimization
2062 Perform software pipelining of inner loops during selective scheduling.
2064 fsel-sched-pipelining-outer-loops
2065 Common Report Var(flag_sel_sched_pipelining_outer_loops) Init(0) Optimization
2066 Perform software pipelining of outer loops during selective scheduling.
2068 fsel-sched-reschedule-pipelined
2069 Common Report Var(flag_sel_sched_reschedule_pipelined) Init(0) Optimization
2070 Reschedule pipelined regions without pipelining.
2072 fsemantic-interposition
2073 Common Report Var(flag_semantic_interposition) Init(1)
2074 Allow interposing function (or variables) by ones with different semantics (or initializer) respectively by dynamic linker.
2076 ; sched_stalled_insns means that insns can be moved prematurely from the queue
2077 ; of stalled insns into the ready list.
2078 fsched-stalled-insns
2079 Common Report Var(flag_sched_stalled_insns) Optimization UInteger
2080 Allow premature scheduling of queued insns.
2082 fsched-stalled-insns=
2083 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
2084 -fsched-stalled-insns=<number> Set number of queued insns that can be prematurely scheduled.
2086 ; sched_stalled_insns_dep controls how many recently scheduled cycles will
2087 ; be examined for a dependency on a stalled insn that is candidate for
2088 ; premature removal from the queue of stalled insns into the ready list (has
2089 ; an effect only if the flag 'sched_stalled_insns' is set).
2090 fsched-stalled-insns-dep
2091 Common Report Var(flag_sched_stalled_insns_dep,1) Init(1) Optimization UInteger
2092 Set dependence distance checking in premature scheduling of queued insns.
2094 fsched-stalled-insns-dep=
2095 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
2096 -fsched-stalled-insns-dep=<number> Set dependence distance checking in premature scheduling of queued insns.
2098 fsched-group-heuristic
2099 Common Report Var(flag_sched_group_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2100 Enable the group heuristic in the scheduler.
2102 fsched-critical-path-heuristic
2103 Common Report Var(flag_sched_critical_path_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2104 Enable the critical path heuristic in the scheduler.
2106 fsched-spec-insn-heuristic
2107 Common Report Var(flag_sched_spec_insn_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2108 Enable the speculative instruction heuristic in the scheduler.
2110 fsched-rank-heuristic
2111 Common Report Var(flag_sched_rank_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2112 Enable the rank heuristic in the scheduler.
2114 fsched-last-insn-heuristic
2115 Common Report Var(flag_sched_last_insn_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2116 Enable the last instruction heuristic in the scheduler.
2118 fsched-dep-count-heuristic
2119 Common Report Var(flag_sched_dep_count_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2120 Enable the dependent count heuristic in the scheduler.
2123 Common Report Var(flag_section_anchors) Optimization
2124 Access data in the same section from shared anchor points.
2128 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2132 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2135 Common Report Var(flag_ree) Init(0)
2136 Turn on Redundant Extensions Elimination pass.
2139 Common Report Var(flag_show_column) Init(1)
2140 Show column numbers in diagnostics, when available. Default on.
2143 Common Report Var(flag_shrink_wrap) Optimization
2144 Emit function prologues only before parts of the function that need it,
2145 rather than at the top of the function.
2148 Common Report Var(flag_signaling_nans) Optimization SetByCombined
2149 Disable optimizations observable by IEEE signaling NaNs.
2152 Common Report Var(flag_signed_zeros) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
2153 Disable floating point optimizations that ignore the IEEE signedness of zero.
2155 fsingle-precision-constant
2156 Common Report Var(flag_single_precision_constant) Optimization
2157 Convert floating point constants to single precision constants.
2159 fsplit-ivs-in-unroller
2160 Common Report Var(flag_split_ivs_in_unroller) Init(1) Optimization
2161 Split lifetimes of induction variables when loops are unrolled.
2164 Common Report Var(flag_split_stack) Init(-1)
2165 Generate discontiguous stack frames.
2168 Common Report Var(flag_split_wide_types) Optimization
2169 Split wide types into independent registers.
2172 Common Report Var(flag_ssa_backprop) Init(1) Optimization
2173 Enable backward propagation of use properties at the SSA level.
2176 Common Report Var(flag_ssa_phiopt) Optimization
2177 Optimize conditional patterns using SSA PHI nodes.
2180 Common Report Var(flag_stdarg_opt) Init(1) Optimization
2181 Optimize amount of stdarg registers saved to stack at start of function.
2183 fvariable-expansion-in-unroller
2184 Common Report Var(flag_variable_expansion_in_unroller) Optimization
2185 Apply variable expansion when loops are unrolled.
2188 Common Report RejectNegative Joined
2189 -fstack-check=[no|generic|specific] Insert stack checking code into the program.
2192 Common Alias(fstack-check=, specific, no)
2193 Insert stack checking code into the program. Same as -fstack-check=specific.
2196 Common Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2198 fstack-limit-register=
2199 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2200 -fstack-limit-register=<register> Trap if the stack goes past <register>.
2202 fstack-limit-symbol=
2203 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2204 -fstack-limit-symbol=<name> Trap if the stack goes past symbol <name>.
2207 Common Report Var(flag_stack_protect, 1) Init(-1)
2208 Use propolice as a stack protection method.
2210 fstack-protector-all
2211 Common Report RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 2) Init(-1)
2212 Use a stack protection method for every function.
2214 fstack-protector-strong
2215 Common Report RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 3) Init(-1)
2216 Use a smart stack protection method for certain functions.
2218 fstack-protector-explicit
2219 Common Report RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 4)
2220 Use stack protection method only for functions with the stack_protect attribute.
2223 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_usage)
2224 Output stack usage information on a per-function basis.
2228 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2230 ; Nonzero if we should do (language-dependent) alias analysis.
2231 ; Typically, this analysis will assume that expressions of certain
2232 ; types do not alias expressions of certain other types. Only used
2233 ; if alias analysis (in general) is enabled.
2235 Common Report Var(flag_strict_aliasing) Optimization
2236 Assume strict aliasing rules apply.
2239 Common Report Var(flag_strict_overflow) Optimization
2240 Treat signed overflow as undefined.
2243 Common Report Var(flag_sync_libcalls) Init(1)
2244 Implement __atomic operations via libcalls to legacy __sync functions.
2247 Common Report Var(flag_syntax_only)
2248 Check for syntax errors, then stop.
2251 Common Report Var(flag_test_coverage)
2252 Create data files needed by \"gcov\".
2255 Common Report Var(flag_thread_jumps) Optimization
2256 Perform jump threading optimizations.
2259 Common Report Var(time_report)
2260 Report the time taken by each compiler pass.
2263 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(tls_model) Var(flag_tls_default) Init(TLS_MODEL_GLOBAL_DYNAMIC)
2264 -ftls-model=[global-dynamic|local-dynamic|initial-exec|local-exec] Set the default thread-local storage code generation model.
2267 Name(tls_model) Type(enum tls_model) UnknownError(unknown TLS model %qs)
2270 Enum(tls_model) String(global-dynamic) Value(TLS_MODEL_GLOBAL_DYNAMIC)
2273 Enum(tls_model) String(local-dynamic) Value(TLS_MODEL_LOCAL_DYNAMIC)
2276 Enum(tls_model) String(initial-exec) Value(TLS_MODEL_INITIAL_EXEC)
2279 Enum(tls_model) String(local-exec) Value(TLS_MODEL_LOCAL_EXEC)
2282 Common Report Var(flag_toplevel_reorder) Init(2)
2283 Reorder top level functions, variables, and asms.
2286 Common Report Var(flag_tracer) Optimization
2287 Perform superblock formation via tail duplication.
2289 ; Zero means that floating-point math operations cannot generate a
2290 ; (user-visible) trap. This is the case, for example, in nonstop
2291 ; IEEE 754 arithmetic.
2293 Common Report Var(flag_trapping_math) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
2294 Assume floating-point operations can trap.
2297 Common Report Var(flag_trapv) Optimization
2298 Trap for signed overflow in addition, subtraction and multiplication.
2301 Common Report Var(flag_tree_ccp) Optimization
2302 Enable SSA-CCP optimization on trees.
2305 Common Report Var(flag_tree_bit_ccp) Optimization
2306 Enable SSA-BIT-CCP optimization on trees.
2310 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2313 Common Report Var(flag_tree_ch) Optimization
2314 Enable loop header copying on trees.
2316 ftree-coalesce-inlined-vars
2317 Common Ignore RejectNegative
2318 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2321 Common Report Var(flag_tree_coalesce_vars) Optimization
2322 Enable SSA coalescing of user variables.
2326 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2329 Common Report Var(flag_tree_copy_prop) Optimization
2330 Enable copy propagation on trees.
2332 ftree-store-copy-prop
2334 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2337 Common Report Var(flag_tree_cselim) Init(2) Optimization
2338 Transform condition stores into unconditional ones.
2340 ftree-switch-conversion
2341 Common Report Var(flag_tree_switch_conversion) Optimization
2342 Perform conversions of switch initializations.
2345 Common Report Var(flag_tree_dce) Optimization
2346 Enable SSA dead code elimination optimization on trees.
2348 ftree-dominator-opts
2349 Common Report Var(flag_tree_dom) Optimization
2350 Enable dominator optimizations.
2353 Common Report Var(flag_tree_tail_merge) Optimization
2354 Enable tail merging on trees.
2357 Common Report Var(flag_tree_dse) Optimization
2358 Enable dead store elimination.
2361 Common Report Var(flag_tree_forwprop) Init(1) Optimization
2362 Enable forward propagation on trees.
2365 Common Report Var(flag_tree_fre) Optimization
2366 Enable Full Redundancy Elimination (FRE) on trees.
2369 Common Report Var(flag_optimize_strlen) Optimization
2370 Enable string length optimizations on trees.
2372 fisolate-erroneous-paths-dereference
2373 Common Report Var(flag_isolate_erroneous_paths_dereference) Optimization
2374 Detect paths that trigger erroneous or undefined behavior due to
2375 dereferencing a null pointer. Isolate those paths from the main control
2376 flow and turn the statement with erroneous or undefined behavior into a trap.
2378 fisolate-erroneous-paths-attribute
2379 Common Report Var(flag_isolate_erroneous_paths_attribute) Optimization
2380 Detect paths that trigger erroneous or undefined behavior due a null value
2381 being used in a way forbidden by a returns_nonnull or nonnull
2382 attribute. Isolate those paths from the main control flow and turn the
2383 statement with erroneous or undefined behavior into a trap.
2385 ftree-loop-distribution
2386 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_distribution) Optimization
2387 Enable loop distribution on trees.
2389 ftree-loop-distribute-patterns
2390 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_distribute_patterns) Optimization
2391 Enable loop distribution for patterns transformed into a library call.
2394 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_im) Init(1) Optimization
2395 Enable loop invariant motion on trees.
2398 Common Alias(floop-nest-optimize)
2399 Enable loop nest transforms. Same as -floop-nest-optimize.
2402 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_ivcanon) Init(1) Optimization
2403 Create canonical induction variables in loops.
2406 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_optimize) Init(1) Optimization
2407 Enable loop optimizations on tree level.
2409 ftree-parallelize-loops=
2410 Common Report Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_tree_parallelize_loops) Init(1) Optimization
2411 Enable automatic parallelization of loops.
2414 Common Report Var(flag_tree_phiprop) Init(1) Optimization
2415 Enable hoisting loads from conditional pointers.
2418 Common Report Var(flag_tree_pre) Optimization
2419 Enable SSA-PRE optimization on trees.
2422 Common Report Var(flag_tree_partial_pre) Optimization
2423 In SSA-PRE optimization on trees, enable partial-partial redundancy elimination.
2426 Common Report Var(flag_tree_pta) Optimization
2427 Perform function-local points-to analysis on trees.
2430 Common Report Var(flag_tree_reassoc) Init(1) Optimization
2431 Enable reassociation on tree level.
2435 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2438 Common Report Var(flag_tree_sink) Optimization
2439 Enable SSA code sinking on trees.
2442 Common Report Var(flag_tree_slsr) Optimization
2443 Perform straight-line strength reduction.
2446 Common Report Var(flag_tree_sra) Optimization
2447 Perform scalar replacement of aggregates.
2450 Common Report Var(flag_tree_ter) Optimization
2451 Replace temporary expressions in the SSA->normal pass.
2454 Common Report Var(flag_tree_live_range_split) Optimization
2455 Perform live range splitting during the SSA->normal pass.
2458 Common Report Var(flag_tree_vrp) Init(0) Optimization
2459 Perform Value Range Propagation on trees.
2462 Common Report Var(flag_split_paths) Init(0) Optimization
2463 Split paths leading to loop backedges.
2465 funconstrained-commons
2466 Common Var(flag_unconstrained_commons) Optimization
2467 Assume common declarations may be overridden with ones with a larger
2471 Common Report Var(flag_unit_at_a_time) Init(1)
2472 Compile whole compilation unit at a time.
2475 Common Report Var(flag_unroll_loops) Optimization
2476 Perform loop unrolling when iteration count is known.
2479 Common Report Var(flag_unroll_all_loops) Optimization
2480 Perform loop unrolling for all loops.
2482 ; Nonzero means that loop optimizer may assume that the induction variables
2483 ; that control loops do not overflow and that the loops with nontrivial
2484 ; exit condition are not infinite
2485 funsafe-loop-optimizations
2486 Common Report Var(flag_unsafe_loop_optimizations) Optimization
2487 Allow loop optimizations to assume that the loops behave in normal way.
2490 Common Report Var(flag_associative_math) SetByCombined Optimization
2491 Allow optimization for floating-point arithmetic which may change the
2492 result of the operation due to rounding.
2495 Common Report Var(flag_reciprocal_math) SetByCombined Optimization
2496 Same as -fassociative-math for expressions which include division.
2498 ; Nonzero means that unsafe floating-point math optimizations are allowed
2499 ; for the sake of speed. IEEE compliance is not guaranteed, and operations
2500 ; are allowed to assume that their arguments and results are "normal"
2501 ; (e.g., nonnegative for SQRT).
2502 funsafe-math-optimizations
2503 Common Report Var(flag_unsafe_math_optimizations) Optimization SetByCombined
2504 Allow math optimizations that may violate IEEE or ISO standards.
2507 Common Report Var(flag_unswitch_loops) Optimization
2508 Perform loop unswitching.
2511 Common Report Var(flag_unwind_tables) Optimization
2512 Just generate unwind tables for exception handling.
2515 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=gold)
2516 Use the bfd linker instead of the default linker.
2519 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=bfd)
2520 Use the gold linker instead of the default linker.
2523 Common Undocumented Var(flag_use_linker_plugin)
2525 ; Positive if we should track variables, negative if we should run
2526 ; the var-tracking pass only to discard debug annotations, zero if
2527 ; we're not to run it. When flag_var_tracking == 2 (AUTODETECT_VALUE) it
2528 ; will be set according to optimize, debug_info_level and debug_hooks
2529 ; in process_options ().
2531 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking) Init(2) Optimization
2532 Perform variable tracking.
2534 ; Positive if we should track variables at assignments, negative if
2535 ; we should run the var-tracking pass only to discard debug
2536 ; annotations. When flag_var_tracking_assignments ==
2537 ; AUTODETECT_VALUE it will be set according to flag_var_tracking.
2538 fvar-tracking-assignments
2539 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking_assignments) Init(2) Optimization
2540 Perform variable tracking by annotating assignments.
2542 ; Nonzero if we should toggle flag_var_tracking_assignments after
2543 ; processing options and computing its default. */
2544 fvar-tracking-assignments-toggle
2545 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking_assignments_toggle) Optimization
2546 Toggle -fvar-tracking-assignments.
2548 ; Positive if we should track uninitialized variables, negative if
2549 ; we should run the var-tracking pass only to discard debug
2550 ; annotations. When flag_var_tracking_uninit == AUTODETECT_VALUE it
2551 ; will be set according to flag_var_tracking.
2552 fvar-tracking-uninit
2553 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking_uninit) Optimization
2554 Perform variable tracking and also tag variables that are uninitialized.
2557 Common Report Var(flag_tree_vectorize) Optimization
2558 Enable vectorization on trees.
2560 ftree-vectorizer-verbose=
2561 Common Joined RejectNegative Ignore
2562 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2564 ftree-loop-vectorize
2565 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_vectorize) Optimization
2566 Enable loop vectorization on trees.
2569 Common Report Var(flag_tree_slp_vectorize) Optimization
2570 Enable basic block vectorization (SLP) on trees.
2573 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vect_cost_model) Var(flag_vect_cost_model) Init(VECT_COST_MODEL_DEFAULT) Optimization
2574 Specifies the cost model for vectorization.
2577 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vect_cost_model) Var(flag_simd_cost_model) Init(VECT_COST_MODEL_UNLIMITED) Optimization
2578 Specifies the vectorization cost model for code marked with a simd directive.
2581 Name(vect_cost_model) Type(enum vect_cost_model) UnknownError(unknown vectorizer cost model %qs)
2584 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(unlimited) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_UNLIMITED)
2587 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(dynamic) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_DYNAMIC)
2590 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(cheap) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_CHEAP)
2593 Common RejectNegative Alias(fvect-cost-model=,dynamic)
2594 Enables the dynamic vectorizer cost model. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2597 Common RejectNegative Alias(fvect-cost-model=,unlimited)
2598 Enables the unlimited vectorizer cost model. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2600 ftree-vect-loop-version
2602 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2605 Common Report Var(flag_tree_scev_cprop) Init(1) Optimization
2606 Enable copy propagation of scalar-evolution information.
2608 ; -fverbose-asm causes extra commentary information to be produced in
2609 ; the generated assembly code (to make it more readable). This option
2610 ; is generally only of use to those who actually need to read the
2611 ; generated assembly code (perhaps while debugging the compiler itself).
2612 ; -fno-verbose-asm, the default, causes the extra information
2613 ; to not be added and is useful when comparing two assembler files.
2615 Common Report Var(flag_verbose_asm)
2616 Add extra commentary to assembler output.
2619 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(symbol_visibility) Var(default_visibility) Init(VISIBILITY_DEFAULT)
2620 -fvisibility=[default|internal|hidden|protected] Set the default symbol visibility.
2623 Name(symbol_visibility) Type(enum symbol_visibility) UnknownError(unrecognized visibility value %qs)
2626 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(default) Value(VISIBILITY_DEFAULT)
2629 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(internal) Value(VISIBILITY_INTERNAL)
2632 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(hidden) Value(VISIBILITY_HIDDEN)
2635 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(protected) Value(VISIBILITY_PROTECTED)
2638 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vtv_priority) Var(flag_vtable_verify) Init(VTV_NO_PRIORITY)
2639 Validate vtable pointers before using them.
2642 Name(vtv_priority) Type(enum vtv_priority) UnknownError(unknown vtable verify initialization priority %qs)
2645 Enum(vtv_priority) String(none) Value(VTV_NO_PRIORITY)
2648 Enum(vtv_priority) String(std) Value(VTV_STANDARD_PRIORITY)
2651 Enum(vtv_priority) String(preinit) Value(VTV_PREINIT_PRIORITY)
2654 Common Var(flag_vtv_counts)
2655 Output vtable verification counters.
2658 Common Var(flag_vtv_debug)
2659 Output vtable verification pointer sets information.
2662 Common Report Var(flag_value_profile_transformations) Optimization
2663 Use expression value profiles in optimizations.
2666 Common Report Var(flag_web) Init(2) Optimization
2667 Construct webs and split unrelated uses of single variable.
2669 ftree-builtin-call-dce
2670 Common Report Var(flag_tree_builtin_call_dce) Init(0) Optimization
2671 Enable conditional dead code elimination for builtin calls.
2674 Common Report Var(flag_whole_program) Init(0)
2675 Perform whole program optimizations.
2678 Common Report Var(flag_wrapv) Optimization
2679 Assume signed arithmetic overflow wraps around.
2681 fzero-initialized-in-bss
2682 Common Report Var(flag_zero_initialized_in_bss) Init(1)
2683 Put zero initialized data in the bss section.
2686 Common JoinedOrMissing
2687 Generate debug information in default format.
2690 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gdwarf)
2691 Generate debug information in COFF format.
2694 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gdwarf-)
2695 Generate debug information in default version of DWARF format.
2698 Common Joined UInteger Var(dwarf_version) Init(4) Negative(gstabs)
2699 Generate debug information in DWARF v2 (or later) format.
2702 Common JoinedOrMissing
2703 Generate debug information in default extended format.
2706 Common Negative(gpubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 0) Init(-1)
2707 Don't generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections.
2710 Common Negative(ggnu-pubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 1)
2711 Generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections.
2714 Common Negative(gno-pubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 2)
2715 Generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections with GNU extensions.
2717 gno-record-gcc-switches
2718 Common RejectNegative Var(dwarf_record_gcc_switches,0) Init(1)
2719 Don't record gcc command line switches in DWARF DW_AT_producer.
2721 grecord-gcc-switches
2722 Common RejectNegative Var(dwarf_record_gcc_switches,1)
2723 Record gcc command line switches in DWARF DW_AT_producer.
2726 Common Driver RejectNegative Var(dwarf_split_debug_info,0) Init(0)
2727 Don't generate debug information in separate .dwo files.
2730 Common Driver RejectNegative Var(dwarf_split_debug_info,1)
2731 Generate debug information in separate .dwo files.
2734 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gstabs+)
2735 Generate debug information in STABS format.
2738 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gvms)
2739 Generate debug information in extended STABS format.
2742 Common RejectNegative Var(dwarf_strict,0) Init(0)
2743 Emit DWARF additions beyond selected version.
2746 Common Report RejectNegative Var(dwarf_strict,1)
2747 Don't emit DWARF additions beyond selected version.
2750 Common Report Var(flag_gtoggle)
2751 Toggle debug information generation.
2754 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gxcoff)
2755 Generate debug information in VMS format.
2758 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gxcoff+)
2759 Generate debug information in XCOFF format.
2762 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gcoff)
2763 Generate debug information in extended XCOFF format.
2766 Name(compressed_debug_sections) Type(int)
2768 ; Since -gz= is completely handled in specs, the values aren't used and we
2769 ; assign arbitrary constants.
2771 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(none) Value(0)
2774 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(zlib) Value(1)
2777 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(zlib-gnu) Value(2)
2781 Generate compressed debug sections.
2784 Common Driver Joined Enum(compressed_debug_sections)
2785 -gz=<format> Generate compressed debug sections in format <format>.
2788 Driver Joined Separate
2791 Common Joined Var(plugindir_string) Init(0)
2792 -iplugindir=<dir> Set <dir> to be the default plugin directory.
2795 Common Joined Separate RejectDriver Var(imultiarch) Init(0)
2796 -imultiarch <dir> Set <dir> to be the multiarch include subdirectory.
2799 Driver Joined Separate
2804 no-canonical-prefixes
2817 Common Driver Joined Separate Var(asm_file_name) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
2818 -o <file> Place output into <file>.
2821 Common Var(profile_flag)
2822 Enable function profiling.
2825 Driver Var(pass_exit_codes)
2828 Common Alias(Wpedantic)
2831 Common Var(flag_pedantic_errors)
2832 Like -pedantic but issue them as errors.
2838 Driver Var(use_pipes)
2841 Driver JoinedOrMissing Var(print_file_name)
2843 print-libgcc-file-name
2846 print-multi-directory
2847 Driver Var(print_multi_directory)
2850 Driver Var(print_multi_lib)
2852 print-multi-os-directory
2853 Driver Var(print_multi_os_directory)
2856 Driver Var(print_multiarch)
2859 Driver JoinedOrMissing Var(print_prog_name)
2862 Driver Var(print_search_dirs)
2865 Driver Var(print_sysroot)
2867 print-sysroot-headers-suffix
2868 Driver Var(print_sysroot_headers_suffix)
2871 Common Var(quiet_flag) RejectDriver
2872 Do not display functions compiled or elapsed time.
2890 Driver Var(report_times)
2893 Driver JoinedOrMissing
2896 Driver Joined Separate
2900 ; C option, but driver must not handle as "-u ndef".
2903 Common Driver Var(verbose_flag)
2904 Enable verbose output.
2907 Common Var(version_flag) RejectDriver
2908 Display the compiler's version.
2911 Common Var(inhibit_warnings)
2915 Driver Separate Var(wrapper_string)
2918 Driver Joined Separate
2921 Driver RejectNegative Negative(pie)
2922 Create a shared library.
2928 Driver Separate Alias(specs=)
2941 ; Documented for Fortran, but always accepted by driver.
2948 ; Documented for Go, but always accepted by driver.
2966 Driver RejectNegative Negative(shared)
2967 Don't create a position independent executable.
2970 Driver RejectNegative Negative(no-pie)
2971 Create a position independent executable.
2974 Driver Joined Separate
2977 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_ra) Optimization
2978 Use caller save register across calls if possible.
2980 ; This comment is to ensure we retain the blank line above.