1 ; Options for the language- and target-independent parts of the compiler.
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24 ; Please try to keep this file in ASCII collating order.
28 Display this information
32 --help=<class> Display descriptions of a specific class of options. <class> is one or more of optimizers, target, warnings, undocumented, params
36 Alias for --help=target
38 ;; The following three entries are to work around the gcc driver
39 ;; program's insatiable desire to turn options starting with a
40 ;; double dash (--) into options starting with a dash f (-f).
52 --param <param>=<value> Set parameter <param> to value. See below for a complete list of parameters
58 Common Joined Separate UInteger
59 -G<number> Put global and static data smaller than <number> bytes into a special section (on some targets)
62 Common JoinedOrMissing
63 -O<number> Set optimization level to <number>
67 Optimize for space rather than speed
71 This switch is deprecated; use -Wextra instead
74 Common Var(warn_aggregate_return) Warning
75 Warn about returning structures, unions or arrays
78 Common Var(warn_array_bounds) Warning
79 Warn if an array is accessed out of bounds
82 Common Var(warn_attributes) Init(1) Warning
83 Warn about inappropriate attribute usage
86 Common Var(warn_cast_align) Warning
87 Warn about pointer casts which increase alignment
89 Wdeprecated-declarations
90 Common Var(warn_deprecated_decl) Init(1) Warning
91 Warn about uses of __attribute__((deprecated)) declarations
93 Wdisabled-optimization
94 Common Var(warn_disabled_optimization) Warning
95 Warn when an optimization pass is disabled
98 Common Var(warnings_are_errors)
99 Treat all warnings as errors
103 Treat specified warning as error
107 Print extra (possibly unwanted) warnings
110 Common Var(flag_fatal_errors)
111 Exit on the first error occurred
114 Common Var(warn_inline) Warning
115 Warn when an inlined function cannot be inlined
118 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Warning
119 -Wlarger-than-<number> Warn if an object is larger than <number> bytes
122 Common Warning Var(warn_logical_op)
123 Warn when a logical operator is suspicously always evaluating to true or false
125 Wunsafe-loop-optimizations
126 Common Var(warn_unsafe_loop_optimizations) Warning
127 Warn if the loop cannot be optimized due to nontrivial assumptions.
130 Common Var(warn_missing_noreturn) Warning
131 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((noreturn))
134 Common Var(warn_overflow) Init(1) Warning
135 Warn about overflow in arithmetic expressions
138 Common Var(warn_packed) Warning
139 Warn when the packed attribute has no effect on struct layout
142 Common Var(warn_padded) Warning
143 Warn when padding is required to align structure members
146 Common Var(warn_shadow) Warning
147 Warn when one local variable shadows another
150 Common Var(warn_stack_protect) Warning
151 Warn when not issuing stack smashing protection for some reason
155 Warn about code which might break strict aliasing rules
158 Common Joined UInteger Var(warn_strict_aliasing) Init(-1) Warning
159 Warn about code which might break strict aliasing rules
163 Warn about optimizations that assume that signed overflow is undefined
166 Common Joined UInteger Var(warn_strict_overflow) Init(-1) Warning
167 Warn about optimizations that assume that signed overflow is undefined
170 Common Var(warn_switch) Warning
171 Warn about enumerated switches, with no default, missing a case
174 Common Var(warn_switch_default) Warning
175 Warn about enumerated switches missing a \"default:\" statement
178 Common Var(warn_switch_enum) Warning
179 Warn about all enumerated switches missing a specific case
182 Common Var(warn_system_headers) Warning
183 Do not suppress warnings from system headers
186 Common Var(warn_uninitialized) Warning
187 Warn about uninitialized automatic variables
190 Common Var(warn_notreached) Warning
191 Warn about code that will never be executed
195 Enable all -Wunused- warnings
198 Common Var(warn_unused_function) Warning
199 Warn when a function is unused
202 Common Var(warn_unused_label) Warning
203 Warn when a label is unused
206 Common Var(warn_unused_parameter) Warning
207 Warn when a function parameter is unused
210 Common Var(warn_unused_value) Warning
211 Warn when an expression value is unused
214 Common Var(warn_unused_variable) Warning
215 Warn when a variable is unused
217 Wvolatile-register-var
218 Common Var(warn_register_var) Warning
219 Warn when a register variable is declared volatile
222 Common RejectNegative Var(warn_coverage_mismatch) Warning
223 Warn instead of error in case profiles in -fprofile-use do not match
227 -aux-info <file> Emit declaration information into <file>
240 -d<letters> Enable dumps from specific passes of the compiler
244 -dumpbase <file> Set the file basename to be used for dumps
246 ; The version of the C++ ABI in use. The following values are allowed:
248 ; 0: The version of the ABI believed most conformant with the C++ ABI
249 ; specification. This ABI may change as bugs are discovered and fixed.
250 ; Therefore, 0 will not necessarily indicate the same ABI in different
253 ; 1: The version of the ABI first used in G++ 3.2.
255 ; 2: The version of the ABI first used in G++ 3.4.
257 ; Additional positive integers will be assigned as new versions of
258 ; the ABI become the default version of the ABI.
260 Common Joined UInteger Var(flag_abi_version) Init(2)
263 Common Report Var(align_functions,0)
264 Align the start of functions
267 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
270 Common Report Var(align_jumps,0) Optimization
271 Align labels which are only reached by jumping
274 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
277 Common Report Var(align_labels,0) Optimization
281 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
284 Common Report Var(align_loops) Optimization
285 Align the start of loops
288 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
290 ; This flag is only tested if alias checking is enabled.
291 ; 0 if pointer arguments may alias each other. True in C.
292 ; 1 if pointer arguments may not alias each other but may alias
294 ; 2 if pointer arguments may not alias each other and may not
295 ; alias global variables.
296 ; 3 if pointer arguments may not alias anything. True in Fortran.
297 ; Set by the front end.
299 Common Report Var(flag_argument_noalias,0) Optimization
300 Specify that arguments may alias each other and globals
303 Common Report Var(flag_argument_noalias,1) VarExists Optimization
304 Assume arguments may alias globals but not each other
306 fargument-noalias-global
307 Common Report Var(flag_argument_noalias,2) VarExists Optimization
308 Assume arguments alias neither each other nor globals
310 fargument-noalias-anything
311 Common Report Var(flag_argument_noalias,3) VarExists Optimization
312 Assume arguments alias no other storage
314 fasynchronous-unwind-tables
315 Common Report Var(flag_asynchronous_unwind_tables) Optimization
316 Generate unwind tables that are exact at each instruction boundary
319 Common Report Var(flag_auto_inc_dec) Init(1)
320 Generate auto-inc/dec instructions
322 ; -fcheck-bounds causes gcc to generate array bounds checks.
323 ; For C, C++ and ObjC: defaults off.
324 ; For Java: defaults to on.
325 ; For Fortran: defaults to off.
327 Common Report Var(flag_bounds_check)
328 Generate code to check bounds before indexing arrays
331 Common Report Var(flag_branch_on_count_reg) Init(1) Optimization
332 Replace add, compare, branch with branch on count register
334 fbranch-probabilities
335 Common Report Var(flag_branch_probabilities) Optimization
336 Use profiling information for branch probabilities
338 fbranch-target-load-optimize
339 Common Report Var(flag_branch_target_load_optimize) Optimization
340 Perform branch target load optimization before prologue / epilogue threading
342 fbranch-target-load-optimize2
343 Common Report Var(flag_branch_target_load_optimize2) Optimization
344 Perform branch target load optimization after prologue / epilogue threading
347 Common Report Var(flag_btr_bb_exclusive) Optimization
348 Restrict target load migration not to re-use registers in any basic block
351 Common Joined RejectNegative
352 -fcall-saved-<register> Mark <register> as being preserved across functions
355 Common Joined RejectNegative
356 -fcall-used-<register> Mark <register> as being corrupted by function calls
358 ; Nonzero for -fcaller-saves: allocate values in regs that need to
359 ; be saved across function calls, if that produces overall better code.
360 ; Optional now, so people can test it.
362 Common Report Var(flag_caller_saves) Optimization
363 Save registers around function calls
366 Common Report Var(flag_check_data_deps)
367 Compare the results of several data dependence analyzers.
370 Common Report Var(flag_no_common,0) Optimization
371 Do not put uninitialized globals in the common section
374 Common Report Var(flag_cprop_registers) Optimization
375 Perform a register copy-propagation optimization pass
378 Common Report Var(flag_crossjumping) Optimization
379 Perform cross-jumping optimization
382 Common Report Var(flag_cse_follow_jumps) Optimization
383 When running CSE, follow jumps to their targets
386 Common Report Var(flag_cse_skip_blocks) Optimization
387 When running CSE, follow conditional jumps
390 Common Report Var(flag_cx_limited_range) Optimization
391 Omit range reduction step when performing complex division
394 Common Report Var(flag_data_sections) Optimization
395 Place data items into their own section
399 List all available debugging counters with their limits and counts.
402 Common RejectNegative Joined
403 -fdbg-cnt=<counter>:<limit>[,<counter>:<limit>,...] Set the debug counter limit.
406 Common Joined RejectNegative
407 Map one directory name to another in debug information
409 ; Nonzero for -fdefer-pop: don't pop args after each function call
410 ; instead save them up to pop many calls' args with one insns.
412 Common Report Var(flag_defer_pop) Optimization
413 Defer popping functions args from stack until later
416 Common Report Var(flag_delayed_branch) Optimization
417 Attempt to fill delay slots of branch instructions
419 fdelete-null-pointer-checks
420 Common Report Var(flag_delete_null_pointer_checks) Optimization
421 Delete useless null pointer checks
423 fdiagnostics-show-location=
424 Common Joined RejectNegative
425 -fdiagnostics-show-location=[once|every-line] How often to emit source location at the beginning of line-wrapped diagnostics
427 fdiagnostics-show-option
429 Amend appropriate diagnostic messages with the command line option that controls them
432 Common Joined RejectNegative
433 -fdump-<type> Dump various compiler internals to a file
436 Common Report Var(flag_dump_noaddr)
437 Suppress output of addresses in debugging dumps
440 Common Report Var(flag_dump_unnumbered) VarExists
441 Suppress output of instruction numbers, line number notes and addresses in debugging dumps
444 Common Report Var(flag_early_inlining) Init(1) Optimization
445 Perform early inlining
447 feliminate-dwarf2-dups
448 Common Report Var(flag_eliminate_dwarf2_dups)
449 Perform DWARF2 duplicate elimination
451 feliminate-unused-debug-symbols
452 Common Report Var(flag_debug_only_used_symbols)
453 Perform unused type elimination in debug info
455 feliminate-unused-debug-types
456 Common Report Var(flag_eliminate_unused_debug_types) Init(1)
457 Perform unused type elimination in debug info
459 femit-class-debug-always
460 Common Report Var(flag_emit_class_debug_always) Init(0)
461 Do not suppress C++ class debug information.
464 Common Report Var(flag_exceptions) Optimization
465 Enable exception handling
467 fexpensive-optimizations
468 Common Report Var(flag_expensive_optimizations) Optimization
469 Perform a number of minor, expensive optimizations
475 Common Report Var(flag_finite_math_only) Optimization
476 Assume no NaNs or infinities are generated
479 Common Joined RejectNegative
480 -ffixed-<register> Mark <register> as being unavailable to the compiler
483 Common Report Var(flag_float_store) Optimization
484 Don't allocate floats and doubles in extended-precision registers
488 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
491 Common Report Var(flag_forward_propagate) Optimization
492 Perform a forward propagation pass on RTL
494 ; Nonzero means don't put addresses of constant functions in registers.
495 ; Used for compiling the Unix kernel, where strange substitutions are
496 ; done on the assembly output.
498 Common Report Var(flag_no_function_cse,0)
499 Allow function addresses to be held in registers
502 Common Report Var(flag_function_sections)
503 Place each function into its own section
506 Common Report Var(flag_gcse) Optimization
507 Perform global common subexpression elimination
510 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_lm) Init(1) Optimization
511 Perform enhanced load motion during global common subexpression elimination
514 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_sm) Init(0) Optimization
515 Perform store motion after global common subexpression elimination
518 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_las) Init(0) Optimization
519 Perform redundant load after store elimination in global common subexpression
523 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_after_reload) Optimization
524 Perform global common subexpression elimination after register allocation
527 fguess-branch-probability
528 Common Report Var(flag_guess_branch_prob) Optimization
529 Enable guessing of branch probabilities
531 ; Nonzero means ignore `#ident' directives. 0 means handle them.
532 ; Generate position-independent code for executables if possible
533 ; On SVR4 targets, it also controls whether or not to emit a
534 ; string identifying the compiler.
536 Common Report Var(flag_no_ident,0)
537 Process #ident directives
540 Common Report Var(flag_if_conversion) Optimization
541 Perform conversion of conditional jumps to branchless equivalents
544 Common Report Var(flag_if_conversion2) Optimization
545 Perform conversion of conditional jumps to conditional execution
547 ; -finhibit-size-directive inhibits output of .size for ELF.
548 ; This is used only for compiling crtstuff.c,
549 ; and it may be extended to other effects
550 ; needed for crtstuff.c on other systems.
551 finhibit-size-directive
552 Common Report Var(flag_inhibit_size_directive)
553 Do not generate .size directives
555 ; Nonzero means that functions declared `inline' will be treated
556 ; as `static'. Prevents generation of zillions of copies of unused
557 ; static inline functions; instead, `inlines' are written out
558 ; only when actually used. Used in conjunction with -g. Also
559 ; does the right thing with #pragma interface.
561 Common Report Var(flag_no_inline,0) Init(2)
562 Pay attention to the \"inline\" keyword
564 finline-small-functions
565 Common Report Var(flag_inline_small_functions) Optimization
566 Integrate simple functions into their callers when code size is known to not growth
569 Common Report Var(flag_inline_functions) Optimization
570 Integrate simple functions into their callers
572 finline-functions-called-once
573 Common Report Var(flag_inline_functions_called_once) Init(1) Optimization
574 Integrate functions called once into their callers
577 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
580 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
581 -finline-limit=<number> Limit the size of inlined functions to <number>
583 finstrument-functions
584 Common Report Var(flag_instrument_function_entry_exit)
585 Instrument function entry and exit with profiling calls
587 finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list=
588 Common RejectNegative Joined
589 -finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list=name,... Do not instrument listed functions
591 finstrument-functions-exclude-file-list=
592 Common RejectNegative Joined
593 -finstrument-functions-exclude-file-list=filename,... Do not instrument functions listed in files
596 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_cp) Optimization
597 Perform Interprocedural constant propagation
600 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_pure_const) Init(0) Optimization
601 Discover pure and const functions
604 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_pta) Init(0) Optimization
605 Perform interprocedural points-to analysis
608 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_reference) Init(0) Optimization
609 Discover readonly and non addressable static variables
612 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_type_escape) Init(0) Optimization
613 Type based escape and alias analysis
616 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_matrix_reorg) Optimization
617 Perform matrix layout flattening and transposing based
618 on profiling information.
621 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_struct_reorg)
622 Perform structure layout optimizations based
623 on profiling information.
626 Common Report Var(flag_ivopts) Init(1) Optimization
627 Optimize induction variables on trees
630 Common Var(flag_jump_tables) Init(1) Optimization
631 Use jump tables for sufficiently large switch statements
633 fkeep-inline-functions
634 Common Report Var(flag_keep_inline_functions)
635 Generate code for functions even if they are fully inlined
638 Common Report Var(flag_keep_static_consts) Init(1)
639 Emit static const variables even if they are not used
642 Common Report Var(flag_leading_underscore) Init(-1)
643 Give external symbols a leading underscore
647 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
650 Common Report Var(flag_errno_math) Init(1)
651 Set errno after built-in math functions
654 Common Report Var(mem_report)
655 Report on permanent memory allocation
657 ; This will attempt to merge constant section constants, if 1 only
658 ; string constants and constants from constant pool, if 2 also constant
661 Common Report Var(flag_merge_constants,2) Init(1) Optimization
662 Attempt to merge identical constants and constant variables
665 Common Report Var(flag_merge_constants,1) VarExists Optimization
666 Attempt to merge identical constants across compilation units
669 Common Report Var(flag_merge_debug_strings) Init(1)
670 Attempt to merge identical debug strings across compilation units
673 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
674 -fmessage-length=<number> Limit diagnostics to <number> characters per line. 0 suppresses line-wrapping
677 Common Report Var(flag_modulo_sched) Optimization
678 Perform SMS based modulo scheduling before the first scheduling pass
680 fmodulo-sched-allow-regmoves
681 Common Report Var(flag_modulo_sched_allow_regmoves)
682 Perform SMS based modulo scheduling with register moves allowed
684 fmove-loop-invariants
685 Common Report Var(flag_move_loop_invariants) Init(1) Optimization
686 Move loop invariant computations out of loops
689 Common RejectNegative Report Var(flag_mudflap)
690 Add mudflap bounds-checking instrumentation for single-threaded program
693 Common RejectNegative Report VarExists Var(flag_mudflap,2)
694 Add mudflap bounds-checking instrumentation for multi-threaded program
697 Common RejectNegative Report Var(flag_mudflap_ignore_reads)
698 Ignore read operations when inserting mudflap instrumentation
701 Common Var(flag_dce) Init(1) Optimization
702 Use the RTL dead code elimination pass
705 Common Var(flag_dse) Init(1) Optimization
706 Use the RTL dead store elimination pass
708 freschedule-modulo-scheduled-loops
709 Common Report Var(flag_resched_modulo_sched) Optimization
710 Enable/Disable the traditional scheduling in loops that already passed modulo scheduling
713 Common Report Var(flag_non_call_exceptions) Optimization
714 Support synchronous non-call exceptions
717 Common Report Var(flag_omit_frame_pointer) Optimization
718 When possible do not generate stack frames
721 Common Report Var(flag_openmp_ssa)
722 Expand OpenMP operations on SSA form
724 foptimize-register-move
725 Common Report Var(flag_regmove) Optimization
726 Do the full register move optimization pass
728 foptimize-sibling-calls
729 Common Report Var(flag_optimize_sibling_calls) Optimization
730 Optimize sibling and tail recursive calls
733 Common Report Var(pre_ipa_mem_report)
734 Report on memory allocation before interprocedural optimization
737 Common Report Var(post_ipa_mem_report)
738 Report on memory allocation before interprocedural optimization
741 Common Report Var(flag_pack_struct) Optimization
742 Pack structure members together without holes
745 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
746 -fpack-struct=<number> Set initial maximum structure member alignment
749 Common Report Var(flag_pcc_struct_return,1) VarExists
750 Return small aggregates in memory, not registers
753 Common Report Var(flag_peel_loops) Optimization
757 Common Report Var(flag_no_peephole,0) Optimization
758 Enable machine specific peephole optimizations
761 Common Report Var(flag_peephole2) Optimization
762 Enable an RTL peephole pass before sched2
765 Common Report Var(flag_pic,2)
766 Generate position-independent code if possible (large mode)
769 Common Report Var(flag_pie,2)
770 Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (large mode)
773 Common Report Var(flag_pic,1) VarExists
774 Generate position-independent code if possible (small mode)
777 Common Report Var(flag_pie,1) VarExists
778 Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (small mode)
780 fpredictive-commoning
781 Common Report Var(flag_predictive_commoning) Optimization
782 Run predictive commoning optimization.
784 fprefetch-loop-arrays
785 Common Report Var(flag_prefetch_loop_arrays) Optimization
786 Generate prefetch instructions, if available, for arrays in loops
789 Common Report Var(profile_flag)
790 Enable basic program profiling code
793 Common Report Var(profile_arc_flag)
794 Insert arc-based program profiling code
798 Enable common options for generating profile info for profile feedback directed optimizations
802 Enable common options for performing profile feedback directed optimizations
805 Common Report Var(flag_profile_values)
806 Insert code to profile values of expressions
812 Common Joined RejectNegative
813 -frandom-seed=<string> Make compile reproducible using <string>
815 ; This switch causes the command line that was used to create an
816 ; object file to be recorded into the object file. The exact format
817 ; of this recording is target and binary file format dependent.
818 ; It is related to the -fverbose-asm switch, but that switch only
819 ; records information in the assembler output file as comments, so
820 ; they never reach the object file.
822 Common Report Var(flag_record_gcc_switches)
823 Record gcc command line switches in the object file.
826 Common Report Var(flag_pcc_struct_return,0) VarExists Optimization
827 Return small aggregates in registers
830 Common Report Var(flag_regmove) Optimization
831 Enables a register move optimization
834 Common Report Var(flag_rename_registers) Init(2) Optimization
835 Perform a register renaming optimization pass
838 Common Report Var(flag_reorder_blocks) Optimization
839 Reorder basic blocks to improve code placement
841 freorder-blocks-and-partition
842 Common Report Var(flag_reorder_blocks_and_partition) Optimization
843 Reorder basic blocks and partition into hot and cold sections
846 Common Report Var(flag_reorder_functions) Optimization
847 Reorder functions to improve code placement
849 frerun-cse-after-loop
850 Common Report Var(flag_rerun_cse_after_loop) Init(2) Optimization
851 Add a common subexpression elimination pass after loop optimizations
855 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
858 Common Report Var(flag_rounding_math) Optimization
859 Disable optimizations that assume default FP rounding behavior
862 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_interblock) Init(1) Optimization
863 Enable scheduling across basic blocks
866 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_speculative) Init(1) Optimization
867 Allow speculative motion of non-loads
870 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_speculative_load) Optimization
871 Allow speculative motion of some loads
873 fsched-spec-load-dangerous
874 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_speculative_load_dangerous) Optimization
875 Allow speculative motion of more loads
878 Common RejectNegative Joined
879 -fsched-verbose=<number> Set the verbosity level of the scheduler
881 fsched2-use-superblocks
882 Common Report Var(flag_sched2_use_superblocks) Optimization
883 If scheduling post reload, do superblock scheduling
886 Common Report Var(flag_sched2_use_traces) Optimization
887 If scheduling post reload, do trace scheduling
890 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_insns) Optimization
891 Reschedule instructions before register allocation
894 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_insns_after_reload) Optimization
895 Reschedule instructions after register allocation
897 ; sched_stalled_insns means that insns can be moved prematurely from the queue
898 ; of stalled insns into the ready list.
900 Common Report Var(flag_sched_stalled_insns) Optimization
901 Allow premature scheduling of queued insns
903 fsched-stalled-insns=
904 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
905 -fsched-stalled-insns=<number> Set number of queued insns that can be prematurely scheduled
907 ; sched_stalled_insns_dep controls how many recently scheduled cycles will
908 ; be examined for a dependency on a stalled insn that is candidate for
909 ; premature removal from the queue of stalled insns into the ready list (has
910 ; an effect only if the flag 'sched_stalled_insns' is set).
911 fsched-stalled-insns-dep
912 Common Report Var(flag_sched_stalled_insns_dep,1) Init(1) Optimization
913 Set dependence distance checking in premature scheduling of queued insns
915 fsched-stalled-insns-dep=
916 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
917 -fsched-stalled-insns-dep=<number> Set dependence distance checking in premature scheduling of queued insns
920 Common Report Var(flag_section_anchors) Optimization
921 Access data in the same section from shared anchor points
923 frtl-abstract-sequences
924 Common Report Var(flag_rtl_seqabstr) Optimization
925 Perform sequence abstraction optimization on RTL
928 Common Report Var(flag_see) Init(0)
929 Eliminate redundant sign extensions using LCM.
932 Common C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Report Var(flag_show_column) Init(0)
933 Show column numbers in diagnostics, when available. Default off
936 Common Report Var(flag_signaling_nans) Optimization
937 Disable optimizations observable by IEEE signaling NaNs
940 Common Report Var(flag_signed_zeros) Init(1) Optimization
941 Disable floating point optimizations that ignore the IEEE signedness of zero
943 fsingle-precision-constant
944 Common Report Var(flag_single_precision_constant) Optimization
945 Convert floating point constants to single precision constants
947 fsplit-ivs-in-unroller
948 Common Report Var(flag_split_ivs_in_unroller) Init(1) Optimization
949 Split lifetimes of induction variables when loops are unrolled
952 Common Report Var(flag_split_wide_types) Optimization
953 Split wide types into independent registers
955 fvariable-expansion-in-unroller
956 Common Report Var(flag_variable_expansion_in_unroller) Optimization
957 Apply variable expansion when loops are unrolled
959 ; Emit code to probe the stack, to help detect stack overflow; also
960 ; may cause large objects to be allocated dynamically.
962 Common Report Var(flag_stack_check)
963 Insert stack checking code into the program
968 fstack-limit-register=
969 Common RejectNegative Joined
970 -fstack-limit-register=<register> Trap if the stack goes past <register>
973 Common RejectNegative Joined
974 -fstack-limit-symbol=<name> Trap if the stack goes past symbol <name>
977 Common Report Var(flag_stack_protect, 1)
978 Use propolice as a stack protection method
981 Common Report RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 2) VarExists
982 Use a stack protection method for every function
986 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
988 ; Nonzero if we should do (language-dependent) alias analysis.
989 ; Typically, this analysis will assume that expressions of certain
990 ; types do not alias expressions of certain other types. Only used
991 ; if alias analysis (in general) is enabled.
993 Common Report Var(flag_strict_aliasing) Optimization
994 Assume strict aliasing rules apply
997 Common Report Var(flag_strict_overflow)
998 Treat signed overflow as undefined
1001 Common Report Var(flag_syntax_only)
1002 Check for syntax errors, then stop
1005 Common Report Var(flag_test_coverage)
1006 Create data files needed by \"gcov\"
1009 Common Report Var(flag_thread_jumps) Optimization
1010 Perform jump threading optimizations
1013 Common Report Var(time_report)
1014 Report the time taken by each compiler pass
1017 Common Joined RejectNegative
1018 -ftls-model=[global-dynamic|local-dynamic|initial-exec|local-exec] Set the default thread-local storage code generation model
1021 Common Report Var(flag_toplevel_reorder) Init(1) Optimization
1022 Reorder top level functions, variables, and asms
1025 Common Report Var(flag_tracer)
1026 Perform superblock formation via tail duplication
1028 ; Zero means that floating-point math operations cannot generate a
1029 ; (user-visible) trap. This is the case, for example, in nonstop
1030 ; IEEE 754 arithmetic.
1032 Common Report Var(flag_trapping_math) Init(1) Optimization
1033 Assume floating-point operations can trap
1036 Common Report Var(flag_trapv) Optimization
1037 Trap for signed overflow in addition, subtraction and multiplication
1040 Common Report Var(flag_tree_ccp) Optimization
1041 Enable SSA-CCP optimization on trees
1044 Common Report Var(flag_tree_store_ccp) Optimization
1045 Enable SSA-CCP optimization for stores and loads
1048 Common Report Var(flag_tree_ch) Optimization
1049 Enable loop header copying on trees
1052 Common Report Var(flag_tree_copyrename) Optimization
1053 Replace SSA temporaries with better names in copies
1056 Common Report Var(flag_tree_copy_prop) Optimization
1057 Enable copy propagation on trees
1059 ftree-store-copy-prop
1061 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1064 Common Report Var(flag_tree_cselim) Init(2) Optimization
1065 Transform condition stores into unconditional ones
1068 Common Report Var(flag_tree_dce) Optimization
1069 Enable SSA dead code elimination optimization on trees
1071 ftree-dominator-opts
1072 Common Report Var(flag_tree_dom) Optimization
1073 Enable dominator optimizations
1076 Common Report Var(flag_tree_dse) Optimization
1077 Enable dead store elimination
1080 Common Report Var(flag_tree_fre) Optimization
1081 Enable Full Redundancy Elimination (FRE) on trees
1084 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_im) Init(1) Optimization
1085 Enable loop invariant motion on trees
1088 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_linear) Optimization
1089 Enable linear loop transforms on trees
1092 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_ivcanon) Init(1) Optimization
1093 Create canonical induction variables in loops
1096 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_optimize) Init(1) Optimization
1097 Enable loop optimizations on tree level
1099 ftree-parallelize-loops=
1100 Common Report Joined UInteger Var(flag_tree_parallelize_loops) Init(1)
1101 Enable automatic parallelization of loops
1104 Common Report Var(flag_tree_pre) Optimization
1105 Enable SSA-PRE optimization on trees
1108 Common Report Var(flag_tree_reassoc) Init(1) Optimization
1109 Enable reassociation on tree level
1112 Common Report Var(flag_tree_salias) Optimization
1113 Perform structural alias analysis
1116 Common Report Var(flag_tree_sink) Optimization
1117 Enable SSA code sinking on trees
1120 Common Report Var(flag_tree_sra) Optimization
1121 Perform scalar replacement of aggregates
1124 Common Report Var(flag_tree_ter) Optimization
1125 Replace temporary expressions in the SSA->normal pass
1128 Common Report Var(flag_tree_live_range_split) Optimization
1129 Perform live range splitting during the SSA->normal pass
1132 Common Report Var(flag_tree_vrp) Init(0) Optimization
1133 Perform Value Range Propagation on trees
1136 Common Report Var(flag_unit_at_a_time) Optimization
1137 Compile whole compilation unit at a time
1140 Common Report Var(flag_unroll_loops) Optimization
1141 Perform loop unrolling when iteration count is known
1144 Common Report Var(flag_unroll_all_loops) Optimization
1145 Perform loop unrolling for all loops
1147 ; Nonzero means that loop optimizer may assume that the induction variables
1148 ; that control loops do not overflow and that the loops with nontrivial
1149 ; exit condition are not infinite
1150 funsafe-loop-optimizations
1151 Common Report Var(flag_unsafe_loop_optimizations) Optimization
1152 Allow loop optimizations to assume that the loops behave in normal way
1155 Common Report Var(flag_associative_math)
1156 Allow optimization for floating-point arithmetic which may change the
1157 result of the operation due to rounding.
1160 Common Report Var(flag_reciprocal_math)
1161 Same as -fassociative-math for expressions which include division.
1163 ; Nonzero means that unsafe floating-point math optimizations are allowed
1164 ; for the sake of speed. IEEE compliance is not guaranteed, and operations
1165 ; are allowed to assume that their arguments and results are "normal"
1166 ; (e.g., nonnegative for SQRT).
1167 funsafe-math-optimizations
1168 Common Report Var(flag_unsafe_math_optimizations) Optimization
1169 Allow math optimizations that may violate IEEE or ISO standards
1172 Common Report Var(flag_unswitch_loops) Optimization
1173 Perform loop unswitching
1176 Common Report Var(flag_unwind_tables) Optimization
1177 Just generate unwind tables for exception handling
1180 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking) VarExists Optimization
1181 Perform variable tracking
1183 fvar-tracking-uninit
1184 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking_uninit) Optimization
1185 Perform variable tracking and also tag variables that are uninitialized
1188 Common Report Var(flag_tree_vectorize) Optimization
1189 Enable loop vectorization on trees
1192 Common Report Var(flag_vect_cost_model) Optimization
1193 Enable use of cost model in vectorization
1195 ftree-vect-loop-version
1196 Common Report Var(flag_tree_vect_loop_version) Init(1) Optimization
1197 Enable loop versioning when doing loop vectorization on trees
1199 ftree-vectorizer-verbose=
1200 Common RejectNegative Joined
1201 -ftree-vectorizer-verbose=<number> Set the verbosity level of the vectorizer
1204 Common Report Var(flag_tree_scev_cprop) Init(1) Optimization
1205 Enable copy propagation of scalar-evolution information.
1207 ; -fverbose-asm causes extra commentary information to be produced in
1208 ; the generated assembly code (to make it more readable). This option
1209 ; is generally only of use to those who actually need to read the
1210 ; generated assembly code (perhaps while debugging the compiler itself).
1211 ; -fno-verbose-asm, the default, causes the extra information
1212 ; to not be added and is useful when comparing two assembler files.
1214 Common Report Var(flag_verbose_asm)
1215 Add extra commentary to assembler output
1218 Common Joined RejectNegative
1219 -fvisibility=[default|internal|hidden|protected] Set the default symbol visibility
1223 Common Report Var(flag_value_profile_transformations) Optimization
1224 Use expression value profiles in optimizations
1227 Common Report Var(flag_web) Init(2) Optimization
1228 Construct webs and split unrelated uses of single variable
1231 Common Report Var(flag_whole_program) Init(0) Optimization
1232 Perform whole program optimizations
1235 Common Report Var(flag_wrapv) Optimization
1236 Assume signed arithmetic overflow wraps around
1238 fzero-initialized-in-bss
1239 Common Report Var(flag_zero_initialized_in_bss) Init(1)
1240 Put zero initialized data in the bss section
1243 Common JoinedOrMissing
1244 Generate debug information in default format
1247 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gdwarf-2)
1248 Generate debug information in COFF format
1251 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gstabs)
1252 Generate debug information in DWARF v2 format
1255 Common JoinedOrMissing
1256 Generate debug information in default extended format
1259 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gstabs+)
1260 Generate debug information in STABS format
1263 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gvms)
1264 Generate debug information in extended STABS format
1267 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gxcoff)
1268 Generate debug information in VMS format
1271 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gxcoff+)
1272 Generate debug information in XCOFF format
1275 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gcoff)
1276 Generate debug information in extended XCOFF format
1279 Common Joined Separate
1280 -o <file> Place output into <file>
1283 Common Var(profile_flag)
1284 Enable function profiling
1287 Common Var(pedantic)
1288 Issue warnings needed for strict compliance to the standard
1292 Like -pedantic but issue them as errors
1295 Common Var(quiet_flag)
1296 Do not display functions compiled or elapsed time
1299 Common Var(version_flag)
1300 Display the compiler's version
1303 Common Var(inhibit_warnings)
1307 Common RejectNegative Negative(pie)
1308 Create a shared library
1311 Common RejectNegative Negative(shared)
1312 Create a position independent executable
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