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1 ; Options for the language- and target-independent parts of the compiler.
3 ; Copyright (C) 2003-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 ; This file is part of GCC.
7 ; GCC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
8 ; the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
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10 ; version.
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15 ; for more details.
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18 ; along with GCC; see the file COPYING3.  If not see
19 ; <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
21 ; See the GCC internals manual (options.texi) for a description of this file's format.
23 ; Please try to keep this file in ASCII collating order.
25 Variable
26 int target_flags
28 Variable
29 int optimize
31 Variable
32 int optimize_size
34 Variable
35 int optimize_debug
37 ; Not used directly to control optimizations, only to save -Ofast
38 ; setting for "optimize" attributes.
39 Variable
40 int optimize_fast
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.
46 Variable
47 bool in_lto_p = false
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) and 2 indicates that the IL is going to be linked and
52 ; and output to LTO object file.
53 Variable
54 enum incremental_link flag_incremental_link = INCREMENTAL_LINK_NONE
56 ; 0 means straightforward implementation of complex divide acceptable.
57 ; 1 means wide ranges of inputs must work for complex divide.
58 ; 2 means C99-like requirements for complex multiply and divide.
59 Variable
60 int flag_complex_method = 1
62 ; Language specific warning pass for unused results.
63 Variable
64 bool flag_warn_unused_result = false
66 ; Nonzero if we should write GIMPLE bytecode for link-time optimization.
67 Variable
68 int flag_generate_lto
70 ; Nonzero if we should write GIMPLE bytecode for offload compilation.
71 Variable
72 int flag_generate_offload = 0
74 ; Nonzero means we should be saving declaration info into a .X file.
75 Variable
76 int flag_gen_aux_info = 0
78 ; Nonzero if we are compiling code for a shared library, zero for
79 ; executable.
80 Variable
81 int flag_shlib
83 ; These two are really VEC(char_p,heap) *.
85 Variable
86 void *flag_instrument_functions_exclude_functions
88 Variable
89 void *flag_instrument_functions_exclude_files
91 ; Generic structs (e.g. templates not explicitly specialized)
92 ; may not have a compilation unit associated with them, and so
93 ; may need to be treated differently from ordinary structs.
95 ; Structs only handled by reference (indirectly), will also usually
96 ; not need as much debugging information.
98 Variable
99 enum debug_struct_file debug_struct_ordinary[DINFO_USAGE_NUM_ENUMS] = { DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY }
101 Variable
102 enum debug_struct_file debug_struct_generic[DINFO_USAGE_NUM_ENUMS] = { DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY }
104 ; True if we should exit after parsing options.
105 Variable
106 bool exit_after_options
108 ; Type(s) of debugging information we are producing (if any).  See
109 ; flag-types.h for the definitions of the different possible types of
110 ; debugging information.
111 Variable
112 enum debug_info_type write_symbols = NO_DEBUG
114 ; Level of debugging information we are producing.  See flag-types.h
115 ; for the definitions of the different possible levels.
116 Variable
117 enum debug_info_levels debug_info_level = DINFO_LEVEL_NONE
119 ; Nonzero means use GNU-only extensions in the generated symbolic
120 ; debugging information.  Currently, this only has an effect when
121 ; write_symbols is set to DBX_DEBUG or XCOFF_DEBUG.
122 Variable
123 bool use_gnu_debug_info_extensions
125 ; Original value of maximum field alignment in bytes, specified via
126 ; -fpack-struct=<value>.
127 Variable
128 unsigned int initial_max_fld_align = TARGET_DEFAULT_PACK_STRUCT
130 ; Type of stack check.
131 Variable
132 enum stack_check_type flag_stack_check = NO_STACK_CHECK
134 ; True if stack usage information needs to be computed.
135 Variable
136 bool flag_stack_usage_info = false
138 ; -dA causes debug commentary information to be produced in
139 ; the generated assembly code (to make it more readable).  This option
140 ; is generally only of use to those who actually need to read the
141 ; generated assembly code (perhaps while debugging the compiler itself).
142 ; Currently, this switch is only used by dwarf2out.c; however, it is intended
143 ; to be a catchall for printing debug information in the assembler file.
144 Variable
145 int flag_debug_asm
147 ; How many NOP insns to place at each function entry by default
148 Variable
149 HOST_WIDE_INT function_entry_patch_area_size
151 ; And how far the real asm entry point is into this area
152 Variable
153 HOST_WIDE_INT function_entry_patch_area_start
155 ; Balance between GNAT encodings and standard DWARF to emit.
156 Variable
157 enum dwarf_gnat_encodings gnat_encodings = DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_DEFAULT
159 ; -dP causes the rtl to be emitted as a comment in assembly.
160 Variable
161 int flag_dump_rtl_in_asm
163 ; Whether -da was passed (used only in handle_common_deferred_options).
164 Variable
165 bool flag_dump_all_passed
167 ; Other flags saying which kinds of debugging dump have been requested.
169 Variable
170 int rtl_dump_and_exit
172 Variable
173 int flag_print_asm_name
175 ; Name of top-level original source file (what was input to cpp).
176 ; This comes from the #-command at the beginning of the actual input.
177 ; If there isn't any there, then this is the cc1 input file name.
178 Variable
179 const char *main_input_filename
181 ; Pointer to base name in main_input_filename, with directories and a
182 ; single final extension removed, and the length of this base
183 ; name.
185 Variable
186 const char *main_input_basename
188 Variable
189 int main_input_baselength
191 ; Which options have been printed by --help.
192 Variable
193 char *help_printed
195 ; Which enums have been printed by --help.  0 = not printed, no
196 ; relevant options seen, 1 = relevant option seen, not yet printed, 2
197 ; = printed.
198 Variable
199 char *help_enum_printed
201 ; The number of columns for --help output.
202 Variable
203 unsigned int help_columns
205 ; Whether this options structure has been through finish_options
206 Variable
207 bool flag_opts_finished
209 ; What the sanitizer should instrument
210 Variable
211 unsigned int flag_sanitize
213 ; What sanitizers should recover from errors
214 Variable
215 unsigned int flag_sanitize_recover = (SANITIZE_UNDEFINED | SANITIZE_UNDEFINED_NONDEFAULT | SANITIZE_KERNEL_ADDRESS) & ~(SANITIZE_UNREACHABLE | SANITIZE_RETURN)
217 ; What the coverage sanitizers should instrument
218 Variable
219 unsigned int flag_sanitize_coverage
221 ; Flag whether a prefix has been added to dump_base_name
222 Variable
223 bool dump_base_name_prefixed = false
225 ; Flag whether HSA generation has been explicitely disabled
226 Variable
227 bool flag_disable_hsa = false
230 Driver
232 -assemble
233 Driver Alias(S)
235 -compile
236 Driver Alias(c)
238 -completion=
239 Common Driver Joined Undocumented
240 Provide bash completion for options starting with provided string.
242 -coverage
243 Driver Alias(coverage)
245 -debug
246 Common Alias(g)
248 -dump
249 Common Separate Alias(d)
251 -dump=
252 Common Joined Alias(d)
254 -dumpbase
255 Common Separate Alias(dumpbase)
257 -dumpdir
258 Common Separate Alias(dumpdir)
260 -entry
261 Driver Separate Alias(e)
263 -entry=
264 Driver Joined Alias(e)
266 -extra-warnings
267 Common Warning Alias(Wextra)
269 -for-assembler
270 Driver Separate Alias(Xassembler)
272 -for-assembler=
273 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(Xassembler)
275 -for-linker
276 Driver Separate Alias(Xlinker)
278 -for-linker=
279 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(Xlinker)
281 -force-link
282 Driver Separate Alias(u)
284 -force-link=
285 Driver Joined Alias(u)
287 -help
288 Common Driver Var(help_flag)
289 Display this information.
291 -help=
292 Common Driver Report Joined
293 --help=<class>  Display descriptions of a specific class of options.  <class> is one or more of optimizers, target, warnings, undocumented, params.
295 -language
296 Driver Separate Alias(x)
298 -language=
299 Driver Joined Alias(x)
301 -library-directory
302 Driver Separate Alias(L)
304 -library-directory=
305 Driver Joined Alias(L)
307 -no-canonical-prefixes
308 Driver Alias(no-canonical-prefixes)
310 -no-standard-libraries
311 Driver Alias(nostdlib)
313 -no-sysroot-suffix
314 Driver Var(no_sysroot_suffix)
316 -no-warnings
317 Common Alias(w)
319 -optimize
320 Common Alias(O)
322 -output
323 Common Driver Separate Alias(o) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
325 -output=
326 Common Driver Joined Alias(o) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
328 -pass-exit-codes
329 Driver Alias(pass-exit-codes)
331 -pedantic
332 Common Alias(Wpedantic)
334 -pedantic-errors
335 Common Alias(pedantic-errors)
337 -pie
338 Driver Alias(pie)
340 -static-pie
341 Driver Alias(static-pie)
343 -pipe
344 Driver Alias(pipe)
346 -prefix
347 Driver Separate Alias(B)
349 -prefix=
350 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(B)
352 -preprocess
353 Driver Alias(E)
355 -print-file-name
356 Driver Separate Alias(print-file-name=)
358 -print-file-name=
359 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(print-file-name=)
361 -print-libgcc-file-name
362 Driver Alias(print-libgcc-file-name)
364 -print-multi-directory
365 Driver Alias(print-multi-directory)
367 -print-multi-lib
368 Driver Alias(print-multi-lib)
370 -print-multi-os-directory
371 Driver Alias(print-multi-os-directory)
373 -print-multiarch
374 Driver Alias(print-multiarch)
376 -print-prog-name
377 Driver Separate Alias(print-prog-name=)
379 -print-prog-name=
380 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(print-prog-name=)
382 -print-search-dirs
383 Driver Alias(print-search-dirs)
385 -print-sysroot
386 Driver Alias(print-sysroot)
388 -print-sysroot-headers-suffix
389 Driver Alias(print-sysroot-headers-suffix)
391 -profile
392 Common Alias(p)
394 -save-temps
395 Driver Alias(save-temps)
397 -shared
398 Driver Alias(shared)
400 -specs
401 Driver Separate Alias(specs=)
403 -specs=
404 Driver Joined Alias(specs=)
406 -static
407 Driver Alias(static)
409 -symbolic
410 Driver Alias(symbolic)
412 -target-help
413 Common Driver
414 Alias for --help=target.
416 -time
417 Driver Alias(time)
419 -verbose
420 Driver Alias(v)
422 ;; The driver used to convert options such as --help into forms such
423 ;; as -fhelp; the following four entries are for compatibility with
424 ;; any direct uses of those (undocumented) -f forms
425 fhelp
426 Common Driver Alias(-help)
428 fhelp=
429 Common Driver Joined Alias(-help=)
431 ftarget-help
432 Common Driver Alias(-target-help)
434 fversion
435 Common Driver Alias(-version)
437 -sysroot
438 Driver Separate Alias(-sysroot=)
440 -sysroot=
441 Driver JoinedOrMissing
443 -version
444 Common Driver
447 Driver Joined Separate
450 Driver
453 Driver Joined Separate
456 Driver
459 Common JoinedOrMissing Optimization
460 -O<number>      Set optimization level to <number>.
463 Common Optimization
464 Optimize for space rather than speed.
466 Ofast
467 Common Optimization
468 Optimize for speed disregarding exact standards compliance.
471 Common Optimization
472 Optimize for debugging experience rather than speed or size.
475 Driver
478 Driver Negative(Qy)
481 Driver Negative(Qn)
484 Driver Joined Separate
487 Driver
490 Driver Joined Separate
492 Tbss
493 Driver Separate
495 Tbss=
496 Driver Joined
498 Tdata
499 Driver Separate
501 Tdata=
502 Driver Joined
504 Ttext
505 Driver Separate
507 Ttext=
508 Driver Joined
511 Common RejectNegative Warning Alias(Wextra)
512 This switch is deprecated; use -Wextra instead.
515 Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative
518 Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative
521 Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative
523 Waggregate-return
524 Common Var(warn_aggregate_return) Warning
525 Warn about returning structures, unions or arrays.
527 Waggressive-loop-optimizations
528 Common Var(warn_aggressive_loop_optimizations) Init(1) Warning
529 Warn if a loop with constant number of iterations triggers undefined behavior.
531 Warray-bounds
532 Common Var(warn_array_bounds) Warning
533 Warn if an array is accessed out of bounds.
535 Warray-bounds=
536 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_array_bounds) Warning IntegerRange(0, 2)
537 Warn if an array is accessed out of bounds.
539 Wattributes
540 Common Var(warn_attributes) Init(1) Warning
541 Warn about inappropriate attribute usage.
543 Wattribute-alias
544 Common Alias(Wattribute_alias=, 1, 0) Warning
545 Warn about type safety and similar errors and mismatches in declarations with alias attributes.
547 Wattribute-alias=
548 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_attribute_alias) Init(1) Warning IntegerRange(0, 2)
549 Warn about type safety and similar errors and mismatches in declarations with alias attributes.
551 Wcannot-profile
552 Common Var(warn_cannot_profile) Init(1) Warning
553 Warn when profiling instrumentation was requested, but could not be applied to
554 a certain function.
556 Wcast-align
557 Common Var(warn_cast_align) Warning
558 Warn about pointer casts which increase alignment.
560 Wcast-align=strict
561 Common Var(warn_cast_align,2) Warning
562 Warn about pointer casts which increase alignment.
564 Wcpp
565 Common Var(warn_cpp) Init(1) Warning
566 Warn when a #warning directive is encountered.
568 Wattribute-warning
569 Common Var(warn_attribute_warning) Init(1) Warning
570 Warn about uses of __attribute__((warning)) declarations.
572 Wdeprecated
573 Common Var(warn_deprecated) Init(1) Warning
574 Warn if a deprecated compiler feature, class, method, or field is used.
576 Wdeprecated-declarations
577 Common Var(warn_deprecated_decl) Init(1) Warning
578 Warn about uses of __attribute__((deprecated)) declarations.
580 Wdisabled-optimization
581 Common Var(warn_disabled_optimization) Warning
582 Warn when an optimization pass is disabled.
584 Werror
585 Common Var(warnings_are_errors)
586 Treat all warnings as errors.
588 Werror=
589 Common Joined
590 Treat specified warning as error.
592 Wextra
593 Common Var(extra_warnings) Warning
594 Print extra (possibly unwanted) warnings.
596 Wfatal-errors
597 Common Var(flag_fatal_errors)
598 Exit on the first error occurred.
600 Wframe-larger-than=
601 Common RejectNegative Joined Host_Wide_Int ByteSize Warning Var(warn_frame_larger_than_size) Init(HOST_WIDE_INT_MAX)
602 -Wframe-larger-than=<byte-size> Warn if a function's stack frame requires in excess of <byte-size>.
604 Wfree-nonheap-object
605 Common Var(warn_free_nonheap_object) Init(1) Warning
606 Warn when attempting to free a non-heap object.
608 Whsa
609 Common Var(warn_hsa) Init(1) Warning
610 Warn when a function cannot be expanded to HSAIL.
612 Wimplicit-fallthrough
613 Common Alias(Wimplicit-fallthrough=,3,0) Warning
615 Wimplicit-fallthrough=
616 Common Var(warn_implicit_fallthrough) RejectNegative Joined UInteger Warning IntegerRange(0, 5)
617 Warn when a switch case falls through.
619 Winline
620 Common Var(warn_inline) Warning Optimization
621 Warn when an inlined function cannot be inlined.
623 Winvalid-memory-model
624 Common Var(warn_invalid_memory_model) Init(1) Warning
625 Warn when an atomic memory model parameter is known to be outside the valid range.
627 Wlarger-than-
628 Common RejectNegative Joined Warning Undocumented Alias(Wlarger-than=)
630 Wlarger-than=
631 Common RejectNegative Joined Host_Wide_Int ByteSize Warning Var(warn_larger_than_size) Init(HOST_WIDE_INT_MAX)
632 -Wlarger-than=<byte-size>       Warn if an object's size exceeds <byte-size>.
634 Wnonnull-compare
635 Var(warn_nonnull_compare) Warning
636 Warn if comparing pointer parameter with nonnull attribute with NULL.
638 Wnull-dereference
639 Common Var(warn_null_dereference) Warning
640 Warn if dereferencing a NULL pointer may lead to erroneous or undefined behavior.
642 Wunsafe-loop-optimizations
643 Common Ignore Warning
644 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
646 Wmissing-noreturn
647 Common Warning Alias(Wsuggest-attribute=noreturn)
649 Wodr
650 Common Var(warn_odr_violations) Init(1) Warning
651 Warn about some C++ One Definition Rule violations during link time optimization.
653 Woverflow
654 Common Var(warn_overflow) Init(1) Warning
655 Warn about overflow in arithmetic expressions.
657 Wlto-type-mismatch
658 Common Var(warn_lto_type_mismatch) Init(1) Warning
659 During link time optimization warn about mismatched types of global declarations.
661 Wpacked
662 Common Var(warn_packed) Warning
663 Warn when the packed attribute has no effect on struct layout.
665 Wpadded
666 Common Var(warn_padded) Warning
667 Warn when padding is required to align structure members.
669 Wpedantic
670 Common Var(pedantic) Init(0) Warning
671 Issue warnings needed for strict compliance to the standard.
673 Wreturn-local-addr
674 Common Var(warn_return_local_addr) Init(1) Warning
675 Warn about returning a pointer/reference to a local or temporary variable.
677 Wshadow
678 Common Var(warn_shadow) Warning
679 Warn when one variable shadows another.  Same as -Wshadow=global.
681 Wshadow=global
682 Common Warning Alias(Wshadow)
683 Warn when one variable shadows another (globally).
685 Wshadow=local
686 Common Var(warn_shadow_local) Warning EnabledBy(Wshadow)
687 Warn when one local variable shadows another local variable or parameter.
689 Wshadow-local
690 Common Warning Undocumented Alias(Wshadow=local)
692 Wshadow=compatible-local
693 Common Var(warn_shadow_compatible_local) Warning EnabledBy(Wshadow=local)
694 Warn when one local variable shadows another local variable or parameter of compatible type.
696 Wshadow-compatible-local
697 Common Warning Undocumented Alias(Wshadow=compatible-local)
699 Wstack-protector
700 Common Var(warn_stack_protect) Warning
701 Warn when not issuing stack smashing protection for some reason.
703 Wstack-usage=
704 Common Joined RejectNegative Host_Wide_Int ByteSize Var(warn_stack_usage) Warning Init(HOST_WIDE_INT_MAX)
705 -Wstack-usage=<byte-size>       Warn if stack usage might exceed <byte-size>.
707 Wstrict-aliasing
708 Common Warning
709 Warn about code which might break strict aliasing rules.
711 Wstrict-aliasing=
712 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_strict_aliasing) Warning
713 Warn about code which might break strict aliasing rules.
715 Wstrict-overflow
716 Common Warning
717 Warn about optimizations that assume that signed overflow is undefined.
719 Wstrict-overflow=
720 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_strict_overflow) Warning
721 Warn about optimizations that assume that signed overflow is undefined.
723 Wsuggest-attribute=cold
724 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_cold) Warning
725 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((cold)).
727 Wsuggest-attribute=const
728 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_const) Warning
729 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((const)).
731 Wsuggest-attribute=pure
732 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_pure) Warning
733 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((pure)).
735 Wsuggest-attribute=noreturn
736 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_noreturn) Warning
737 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((noreturn)).
739 Wsuggest-attribute=malloc
740 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_malloc) Warning
741 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((malloc)).
743 Wsuggest-final-types
744 Common Var(warn_suggest_final_types) Warning
745 Warn about C++ polymorphic types where adding final keyword would improve code quality.
747 Wsuggest-final-methods
748 Common Var(warn_suggest_final_methods) Warning
749 Warn about C++ virtual methods where adding final keyword would improve code quality.
751 Wswitch-unreachable
752 Common Var(warn_switch_unreachable) Warning Init(1)
753 Warn about statements between switch's controlling expression and the first
754 case.
756 Wsystem-headers
757 Common Var(warn_system_headers) Warning
758 Do not suppress warnings from system headers.
760 Wtrampolines
761 Common Var(warn_trampolines) Warning
762 Warn whenever a trampoline is generated.
764 Wtype-limits
765 Common Var(warn_type_limits) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
766 Warn if a comparison is always true or always false due to the limited range of the data type.
768 Wuninitialized
769 Common Var(warn_uninitialized) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
770 Warn about uninitialized automatic variables.
772 Wmaybe-uninitialized
773 Common Var(warn_maybe_uninitialized) Warning EnabledBy(Wuninitialized)
774 Warn about maybe uninitialized automatic variables.
776 Wunreachable-code
777 Common Ignore Warning
778 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
780 Wunused
781 Common Var(warn_unused) Init(0) Warning
782 Enable all -Wunused- warnings.
784 Wunused-but-set-parameter
785 Common Var(warn_unused_but_set_parameter) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused && Wextra)
786 Warn when a function parameter is only set, otherwise unused.
788 Wunused-but-set-variable
789 Common Var(warn_unused_but_set_variable) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
790 Warn when a variable is only set, otherwise unused.
792 Wunused-function
793 Common Var(warn_unused_function) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
794 Warn when a function is unused.
796 Wunused-label
797 Common Var(warn_unused_label) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
798 Warn when a label is unused.
800 Wunused-parameter
801 Common Var(warn_unused_parameter) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused && Wextra)
802 Warn when a function parameter is unused.
804 Wunused-value
805 Common Var(warn_unused_value) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
806 Warn when an expression value is unused.
808 Wunused-variable
809 Common Var(warn_unused_variable) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
810 Warn when a variable is unused.
812 Wcoverage-mismatch
813 Common Var(warn_coverage_mismatch) Init(1) Warning
814 Warn in case profiles in -fprofile-use do not match.
816 Wmissing-profile
817 Common Var(warn_missing_profile) Init(1) Warning
818 Warn in case profiles in -fprofile-use do not exist.
820 Wvector-operation-performance
821 Common Var(warn_vector_operation_performance) Warning
822 Warn when a vector operation is compiled outside the SIMD.
824 Xassembler
825 Driver Separate
827 Xlinker
828 Driver Separate
830 Xpreprocessor
831 Driver Separate
834 Driver
836 aux-info
837 Common Separate Var(aux_info_file_name)
838 -aux-info <file>        Emit declaration information into <file>.
840 aux-info=
841 Common Joined Alias(aux-info)
843 auxbase
844 Common Separate RejectDriver Var(aux_base_name)
846 auxbase-strip
847 Common Separate RejectDriver
849 coverage
850 Driver
853 Driver
856 Common Joined
857 -d<letters>     Enable dumps from specific passes of the compiler.
859 dumpbase
860 Common Separate Var(dump_base_name)
861 -dumpbase <file>        Set the file basename to be used for dumps.
863 dumpdir
864 Common Separate Var(dump_dir_name)
865 -dumpdir <dir>  Set the directory name to be used for dumps.
867 dumpmachine
868 Driver
870 dumpspecs
871 Driver
873 dumpversion
874 Driver
876 dumpfullversion
877 Driver
880 Driver Joined Separate
882 ; This option has historically been passed down to the linker by an
883 ; accident of a %{e*} spec, so ensure it continues to be passed down
884 ; as a single option.  The supported option for this purpose is
885 ; -rdynamic.  See PR 47390.
886 export-dynamic
887 Driver Undocumented
889 ; The version of the C++ ABI in use.  The following values are allowed:
891 ; 0: The version of the ABI believed most conformant with the C++ ABI
892 ;    specification.  This ABI may change as bugs are discovered and fixed.
893 ;    Therefore, 0 will not necessarily indicate the same ABI in different
894 ;    versions of G++.
896 ; 1: The version of the ABI first used in G++ 3.2.  No longer selectable.
898 ; 2: The version of the ABI first used in G++ 3.4, and the default
899 ;    until GCC 4.9.
901 ; 3: The version of the ABI that fixes the missing underscore
902 ;    in template non-type arguments of pointer type.
904 ; 4: The version of the ABI that introduces unambiguous mangling of
905 ;    vector types.  First selectable in G++ 4.5.
907 ; 5: The version of the ABI that ignores attribute const/noreturn
908 ;    in function pointer mangling, and corrects mangling of decltype and
909 ;    function parameters used in other parameters and the return type.
910 ;    First selectable in G++ 4.6.
912 ; 6: The version of the ABI that doesn't promote scoped enums to int and
913 ;    changes the mangling of template argument packs, const/static_cast,
914 ;    prefix ++ and --, and a class scope function used as a template
915 ;    argument.
916 ;    First selectable in G++ 4.7.
918 ; 7: The version of the ABI that treats nullptr_t as a builtin type and
919 ;    corrects the mangling of lambdas in default argument scope.
920 ;    First selectable in G++ 4.8.
922 ; 8: The version of the ABI that corrects the substitution behavior of
923 ;    function types with function-cv-qualifiers.
924 ;    First selectable in G++ 4.9 and default in G++ 5.
926 ; 9: The version of the ABI that corrects the alignment of nullptr_t.
927 ;    First selectable and default in G++ 5.2.
929 ; 10: The version of the ABI that mangles attributes that affect type
930 ;     identity, such as ia32 calling convention attributes (stdcall, etc.)
931 ;     Default in G++ 6 (set in c_common_post_options).
933 ; 11: The version of the ABI that corrects mangling of sizeof... expressions
934 ;     and introduces new inheriting constructor handling.
935 ;     Default in G++ 7.
937 ; 12: Corrects the calling convention for classes with only deleted copy/move
938 ;     constructors and changes passing/returning of empty records.
939 ;     Default in G++ 8.1.
941 ; 13: Fixes the accidental change in 12 to the calling convention for classes
942 ;     with deleted copy constructor and trivial move constructor.
943 ;     Default in G++ 8.2.
944 ; 14: Corrects the mangling of nullptr expression.
945 ;     Default in G++ 10.
947 ; Additional positive integers will be assigned as new versions of
948 ; the ABI become the default version of the ABI.
949 fabi-version=
950 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_abi_version) Init(0)
951 The version of the C++ ABI in use.
953 faggressive-loop-optimizations
954 Common Report Var(flag_aggressive_loop_optimizations) Optimization Init(1)
955 Aggressively optimize loops using language constraints.
957 falign-functions
958 Common Report Var(flag_align_functions) Optimization
959 Align the start of functions.
961 falign-functions=
962 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(str_align_functions) Optimization
964 flimit-function-alignment
965 Common Report Var(flag_limit_function_alignment) Optimization Init(0)
967 falign-jumps
968 Common Report Var(flag_align_jumps) Optimization
969 Align labels which are only reached by jumping.
971 falign-jumps=
972 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(str_align_jumps) Optimization
974 falign-labels
975 Common Report Var(flag_align_labels) Optimization
976 Align all labels.
978 falign-labels=
979 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(str_align_labels) Optimization
981 falign-loops
982 Common Report Var(flag_align_loops) Optimization
983 Align the start of loops.
985 falign-loops=
986 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(str_align_loops) Optimization
988 fallow-store-data-races
989 Common Report Var(flag_store_data_races) Optimization
990 Allow the compiler to introduce new data races on stores.
992 fanalyzer
993 Common Var(flag_analyzer)
994 Enable static analysis pass.
996 fargument-alias
997 Common Ignore
998 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1000 fargument-noalias
1001 Common Ignore
1002 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1004 fargument-noalias-global
1005 Common Ignore
1006 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1008 fargument-noalias-anything
1009 Common Ignore
1010 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1012 fsanitize=
1013 Common Driver Report Joined
1014 Select what to sanitize.
1016 fsanitize-coverage=
1017 Common Report Joined
1018 Select type of coverage sanitization.
1020 fasan-shadow-offset=
1021 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1022 -fasan-shadow-offset=<number>   Use custom shadow memory offset.
1024 fsanitize-sections=
1025 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1026 -fsanitize-sections=<sec1,sec2,...>     Sanitize global variables
1027 in user-defined sections.
1029 fsanitize-recover=
1030 Common Report Joined
1031 After diagnosing undefined behavior attempt to continue execution.
1033 fsanitize-recover
1034 Common Report
1035 This switch is deprecated; use -fsanitize-recover= instead.
1037 fsanitize-address-use-after-scope
1038 Common Driver Report Var(flag_sanitize_address_use_after_scope) Init(0)
1040 fsanitize-undefined-trap-on-error
1041 Common Driver Report Var(flag_sanitize_undefined_trap_on_error) Init(0)
1042 Use trap instead of a library function for undefined behavior sanitization.
1044 fasynchronous-unwind-tables
1045 Common Report Var(flag_asynchronous_unwind_tables) Optimization
1046 Generate unwind tables that are exact at each instruction boundary.
1048 fauto-inc-dec
1049 Common Report Var(flag_auto_inc_dec) Init(1) Optimization
1050 Generate auto-inc/dec instructions.
1052 fauto-profile
1053 Common Report Var(flag_auto_profile)
1054 Use sample profile information for call graph node weights. The default
1055 profile file is fbdata.afdo in 'pwd'.
1057 fauto-profile=
1058 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(auto_profile_file)
1059 Use sample profile information for call graph node weights. The profile
1060 file is specified in the argument.
1062 ; -fcheck-bounds causes gcc to generate array bounds checks.
1063 ; For C, C++ and ObjC: defaults off.
1064 ; For Java: defaults to on.
1065 ; For Fortran: defaults to off.
1066 fbounds-check
1067 Common Report Var(flag_bounds_check)
1068 Generate code to check bounds before indexing arrays.
1070 fbranch-count-reg
1071 Common Report Var(flag_branch_on_count_reg) Optimization
1072 Replace add, compare, branch with branch on count register.
1074 fbranch-probabilities
1075 Common Report Var(flag_branch_probabilities) Optimization
1076 Use profiling information for branch probabilities.
1078 fbranch-target-load-optimize
1079 Common Ignore
1080 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
1082 fbranch-target-load-optimize2
1083 Common Ignore
1084 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
1086 fbtr-bb-exclusive
1087 Common Ignore
1088 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
1090 fcallgraph-info
1091 Common Report RejectNegative Var(flag_callgraph_info) Init(NO_CALLGRAPH_INFO);
1092 Output callgraph information on a per-file basis.
1094 fcallgraph-info=
1095 Common Report RejectNegative Joined
1096 Output callgraph information on a per-file basis with decorations.
1098 fcall-saved-
1099 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1100 -fcall-saved-<register> Mark <register> as being preserved across functions.
1102 fcall-used-
1103 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1104 -fcall-used-<register>  Mark <register> as being corrupted by function calls.
1106 ; Nonzero for -fcaller-saves: allocate values in regs that need to
1107 ; be saved across function calls, if that produces overall better code.
1108 ; Optional now, so people can test it.
1109 fcaller-saves
1110 Common Report Var(flag_caller_saves) Optimization
1111 Save registers around function calls.
1113 fcheck-data-deps
1114 Common Ignore
1115 This switch is deprecated; do not use.
1117 fcheck-new
1118 Common Var(flag_check_new)
1119 Check the return value of new in C++.
1121 fchecking
1122 Common Var(flag_checking) Init(CHECKING_P ? ENABLE_EXTRA_CHECKING ? 2 : 1 : 0)
1123 Perform internal consistency checkings.
1125 fchecking=
1126 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_checking)
1127 Perform internal consistency checkings.
1129 fcode-hoisting
1130 Common Report Var(flag_code_hoisting) Optimization
1131 Enable code hoisting.
1133 fcombine-stack-adjustments
1134 Common Report Var(flag_combine_stack_adjustments) Optimization
1135 Looks for opportunities to reduce stack adjustments and stack references.
1137 fcommon
1138 Common Report Var(flag_no_common,0) Init(1)
1139 Put uninitialized globals in the common section.
1141 fcompare-debug
1142 Driver
1143 ; Converted by the driver to -fcompare-debug= options.
1145 fcompare-debug=
1146 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative Var(flag_compare_debug_opt)
1147 -fcompare-debug[=<opts>]        Compile with and without e.g. -gtoggle, and compare the final-insns dump.
1149 fcompare-debug-second
1150 Common Driver RejectNegative Var(flag_compare_debug)
1151 Run only the second compilation of -fcompare-debug.
1153 fcompare-elim
1154 Common Report Var(flag_compare_elim_after_reload) Optimization
1155 Perform comparison elimination after register allocation has finished.
1157 fconserve-stack
1158 Common Var(flag_conserve_stack) Optimization
1159 Do not perform optimizations increasing noticeably stack usage.
1161 fcprop-registers
1162 Common Report Var(flag_cprop_registers) Optimization
1163 Perform a register copy-propagation optimization pass.
1165 fcrossjumping
1166 Common Report Var(flag_crossjumping) Optimization
1167 Perform cross-jumping optimization.
1169 fcse-follow-jumps
1170 Common Report Var(flag_cse_follow_jumps) Optimization
1171 When running CSE, follow jumps to their targets.
1173 fcse-skip-blocks
1174 Common Ignore
1175 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
1177 fcx-limited-range
1178 Common Report Var(flag_cx_limited_range) Optimization SetByCombined
1179 Omit range reduction step when performing complex division.
1181 fcx-fortran-rules
1182 Common Report Var(flag_cx_fortran_rules) Optimization
1183 Complex multiplication and division follow Fortran rules.
1185 fdata-sections
1186 Common Report Var(flag_data_sections)
1187 Place data items into their own section.
1189 fdbg-cnt-list
1190 Common Report Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1191 List all available debugging counters with their limits and counts.
1193 fdbg-cnt=
1194 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1195 -fdbg-cnt=<counter>[:<lower_limit1>-]<upper_limit1>[:<lower_limit2>-<upper_limit2>:...][,<counter>:...] Set the debug counter limit.
1197 fdebug-prefix-map=
1198 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1199 -fdebug-prefix-map=<old>=<new> Map one directory name to another in debug information.
1201 ffile-prefix-map=
1202 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1203 -ffile-prefix-map=<old>=<new> Map one directory name to another in compilation result.
1205 fdebug-types-section
1206 Common Report Var(flag_debug_types_section) Init(0)
1207 Output .debug_types section when using DWARF v4 debuginfo.
1209 ; Nonzero for -fdefer-pop: don't pop args after each function call
1210 ; instead save them up to pop many calls' args with one insns.
1211 fdefer-pop
1212 Common Report Var(flag_defer_pop) Optimization
1213 Defer popping functions args from stack until later.
1215 fdelayed-branch
1216 Common Report Var(flag_delayed_branch) Optimization
1217 Attempt to fill delay slots of branch instructions.
1219 fdelete-dead-exceptions
1220 Common Report Var(flag_delete_dead_exceptions) Init(0) Optimization
1221 Delete dead instructions that may throw exceptions.
1223 fdelete-null-pointer-checks
1224 Common Report Var(flag_delete_null_pointer_checks) Init(-1) Optimization
1225 Delete useless null pointer checks.
1227 fdevirtualize-at-ltrans
1228 Common Report Var(flag_ltrans_devirtualize)
1229 Stream extra data to support more aggressive devirtualization in LTO local transformation mode.
1231 fdevirtualize-speculatively
1232 Common Report Var(flag_devirtualize_speculatively) Optimization
1233 Perform speculative devirtualization.
1235 fdevirtualize
1236 Common Report Var(flag_devirtualize) Optimization
1237 Try to convert virtual calls to direct ones.
1239 fdiagnostics-show-location=
1240 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule)
1241 -fdiagnostics-show-location=[once|every-line]   How often to emit source location at the beginning of line-wrapped diagnostics.
1243 ; Required for these enum values.
1244 SourceInclude
1245 pretty-print.h
1247 Enum
1248 Name(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) Type(int)
1250 EnumValue
1251 Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) String(once) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_SHOW_PREFIX_ONCE)
1253 EnumValue
1254 Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) String(every-line) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_SHOW_PREFIX_EVERY_LINE)
1256 fdiagnostics-show-caret
1257 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_caret) Init(1)
1258 Show the source line with a caret indicating the column.
1260 fdiagnostics-show-labels
1261 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_labels) Init(1)
1262 Show labels annotating ranges of source code when showing source.
1264 fdiagnostics-show-line-numbers
1265 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_line_numbers) Init(1)
1266 Show line numbers in the left margin when showing source.
1268 fdiagnostics-color
1269 Common Alias(fdiagnostics-color=,always,never)
1272 fdiagnostics-color=
1273 Driver Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_diagnostics_show_color) Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) Init(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_NO)
1274 -fdiagnostics-color=[never|always|auto] Colorize diagnostics.
1276 ; Required for these enum values.
1277 SourceInclude
1278 diagnostic-color.h
1280 Enum
1281 Name(diagnostic_color_rule) Type(int)
1283 EnumValue
1284 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(never) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_NO)
1286 EnumValue
1287 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(always) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_YES)
1289 EnumValue
1290 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(auto) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_AUTO)
1292 fdiagnostics-urls=
1293 Driver Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_diagnostics_show_urls) Enum(diagnostic_url_rule) Init(DIAGNOSTICS_URL_AUTO)
1294 -fdiagnostics-urls=[never|always|auto]  Embed URLs in diagnostics.
1296 ; Required for these enum values.
1297 SourceInclude
1298 diagnostic-url.h
1300 Enum
1301 Name(diagnostic_url_rule) Type(int)
1303 EnumValue
1304 Enum(diagnostic_url_rule) String(never) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_URL_NO)
1306 EnumValue
1307 Enum(diagnostic_url_rule) String(always) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_URL_YES)
1309 EnumValue
1310 Enum(diagnostic_url_rule) String(auto) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_URL_AUTO)
1312 fdiagnostics-format=
1313 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(diagnostics_output_format)
1314 -fdiagnostics-format=[text|json] Select output format.
1316 ; Required for these enum values.
1317 SourceInclude
1318 diagnostic.h
1320 Enum
1321 Name(diagnostics_output_format) Type(int)
1323 EnumValue
1324 Enum(diagnostics_output_format) String(text) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_OUTPUT_FORMAT_TEXT)
1326 EnumValue
1327 Enum(diagnostics_output_format) String(json) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_OUTPUT_FORMAT_JSON)
1329 fdiagnostics-parseable-fixits
1330 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_parseable_fixits)
1331 Print fix-it hints in machine-readable form.
1333 fdiagnostics-generate-patch
1334 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_generate_patch)
1335 Print fix-it hints to stderr in unified diff format.
1337 fdiagnostics-show-option
1338 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_option) Init(1)
1339 Amend appropriate diagnostic messages with the command line option that controls them.
1341 fdiagnostics-show-cwe
1342 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_cwe) Init(1)
1343 Print CWE identifiers for diagnostic messages, where available.
1345 fdiagnostics-path-format=
1346 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_diagnostics_path_format) Enum(diagnostic_path_format) Init(DPF_INLINE_EVENTS)
1347 Specify how to print any control-flow path associated with a diagnostic.
1349 Enum
1350 Name(diagnostic_path_format) Type(int)
1352 EnumValue
1353 Enum(diagnostic_path_format) String(none) Value(DPF_NONE)
1355 EnumValue
1356 Enum(diagnostic_path_format) String(separate-events) Value(DPF_SEPARATE_EVENTS)
1358 EnumValue
1359 Enum(diagnostic_path_format) String(inline-events) Value(DPF_INLINE_EVENTS)
1361 fdiagnostics-show-path-depths
1362 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_path_depths) Init(0)
1363 Show stack depths of events in paths.
1365 fdiagnostics-minimum-margin-width=
1366 Common Joined UInteger Var(diagnostics_minimum_margin_width) Init(6)
1367 Set minimum width of left margin of source code when showing source.
1369 fdisable-
1370 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1371 -fdisable-[tree|rtl|ipa]-<pass>=range1+range2 disables an optimization pass.
1373 fenable-
1374 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1375 -fenable-[tree|rtl|ipa]-<pass>=range1+range2 enables an optimization pass.
1377 fdump-
1378 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1379 -fdump-<type>   Dump various compiler internals to a file.
1381 fdump-final-insns
1382 Driver RejectNegative
1384 fdump-final-insns=
1385 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_dump_final_insns)
1386 -fdump-final-insns=filename     Dump to filename the insns at the end of translation.
1388 fdump-go-spec=
1389 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_dump_go_spec)
1390 -fdump-go-spec=filename Write all declarations to file as Go code.
1392 fdump-noaddr
1393 Common Report Var(flag_dump_noaddr)
1394 Suppress output of addresses in debugging dumps.
1396 freport-bug
1397 Common Driver Var(flag_report_bug)
1398 Collect and dump debug information into temporary file if ICE in C/C++
1399 compiler occurred.
1401 fdump-internal-locations
1402 Common Var(flag_dump_locations) Init(0)
1403 Dump detailed information on GCC's internal representation of source code locations.
1405 fdump-passes
1406 Common Var(flag_dump_passes) Init(0)
1407 Dump optimization passes.
1409 fdump-unnumbered
1410 Common Report Var(flag_dump_unnumbered)
1411 Suppress output of instruction numbers, line number notes and addresses in debugging dumps.
1413 fdump-unnumbered-links
1414 Common Report Var(flag_dump_unnumbered_links)
1415 Suppress output of previous and next insn numbers in debugging dumps.
1417 fdwarf2-cfi-asm
1418 Common Report Var(flag_dwarf2_cfi_asm) Init(HAVE_GAS_CFI_DIRECTIVE)
1419 Enable CFI tables via GAS assembler directives.
1421 fearly-inlining
1422 Common Report Var(flag_early_inlining) Init(1) Optimization
1423 Perform early inlining.
1425 feliminate-dwarf2-dups
1426 Common Ignore
1427 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
1429 fipa-sra
1430 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_sra) Init(0) Optimization
1431 Perform interprocedural reduction of aggregates.
1433 feliminate-unused-debug-symbols
1434 Common Report Var(flag_debug_only_used_symbols) Init(1)
1435 Perform unused symbol elimination in debug info.
1437 feliminate-unused-debug-types
1438 Common Report Var(flag_eliminate_unused_debug_types) Init(1)
1439 Perform unused type elimination in debug info.
1441 femit-class-debug-always
1442 Common Report Var(flag_emit_class_debug_always) Init(0)
1443 Do not suppress C++ class debug information.
1445 fexceptions
1446 Common Report Var(flag_exceptions) Optimization
1447 Enable exception handling.
1449 fexpensive-optimizations
1450 Common Report Var(flag_expensive_optimizations) Optimization
1451 Perform a number of minor, expensive optimizations.
1453 fexcess-precision=
1454 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(excess_precision) Var(flag_excess_precision) Init(EXCESS_PRECISION_DEFAULT) Optimization SetByCombined
1455 -fexcess-precision=[fast|standard]      Specify handling of excess floating-point precision.
1457 Enum
1458 Name(excess_precision) Type(enum excess_precision) UnknownError(unknown excess precision style %qs)
1460 EnumValue
1461 Enum(excess_precision) String(fast) Value(EXCESS_PRECISION_FAST)
1463 EnumValue
1464 Enum(excess_precision) String(standard) Value(EXCESS_PRECISION_STANDARD)
1466 ; Whether we permit the extended set of values for FLT_EVAL_METHOD
1467 ; introduced in ISO/IEC TS 18661-3, or limit ourselves to those in C99/C11.
1468 fpermitted-flt-eval-methods=
1469 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(permitted_flt_eval_methods) Var(flag_permitted_flt_eval_methods) Init(PERMITTED_FLT_EVAL_METHODS_DEFAULT)
1470 -fpermitted-flt-eval-methods=[c11|ts-18661]     Specify which values of FLT_EVAL_METHOD are permitted.
1472 Enum
1473 Name(permitted_flt_eval_methods) Type(enum permitted_flt_eval_methods) UnknownError(unknown specification for the set of FLT_EVAL_METHOD values to permit %qs)
1475 EnumValue
1476 Enum(permitted_flt_eval_methods) String(c11) Value(PERMITTED_FLT_EVAL_METHODS_C11)
1478 EnumValue
1479 Enum(permitted_flt_eval_methods) String(ts-18661-3) Value(PERMITTED_FLT_EVAL_METHODS_TS_18661)
1481 ffast-math
1482 Common Optimization
1484 ffat-lto-objects
1485 Common Var(flag_fat_lto_objects)
1486 Output lto objects containing both the intermediate language and binary output.
1488 ffinite-math-only
1489 Common Report Var(flag_finite_math_only) Optimization SetByCombined
1490 Assume no NaNs or infinities are generated.
1492 ffinite-loops
1493 Common Report Var(flag_finite_loops) Optimization
1494 Assume that loops with an exit will terminate and not loop indefinitely.
1496 ffixed-
1497 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1498 -ffixed-<register>      Mark <register> as being unavailable to the compiler.
1500 ffloat-store
1501 Common Report Var(flag_float_store) Optimization
1502 Don't allocate floats and doubles in extended-precision registers.
1504 fforce-addr
1505 Common Ignore
1506 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
1508 fforward-propagate
1509 Common Report Var(flag_forward_propagate) Optimization
1510 Perform a forward propagation pass on RTL.
1512 ffp-contract=
1513 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(fp_contract_mode) Var(flag_fp_contract_mode) Init(FP_CONTRACT_FAST) Optimization
1514 -ffp-contract=[off|on|fast]     Perform floating-point expression contraction.
1516 Enum
1517 Name(fp_contract_mode) Type(enum fp_contract_mode) UnknownError(unknown floating point contraction style %qs)
1519 EnumValue
1520 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(off) Value(FP_CONTRACT_OFF)
1522 ; Not implemented, fall back to conservative FP_CONTRACT_OFF.
1523 EnumValue
1524 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(on) Value(FP_CONTRACT_OFF)
1526 EnumValue
1527 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(fast) Value(FP_CONTRACT_FAST)
1529 ffp-int-builtin-inexact
1530 Common Report Var(flag_fp_int_builtin_inexact) Init(1) Optimization
1531 Allow built-in functions ceil, floor, round, trunc to raise \"inexact\" exceptions.
1533 ; Nonzero means don't put addresses of constant functions in registers.
1534 ; Used for compiling the Unix kernel, where strange substitutions are
1535 ; done on the assembly output.
1536 ffunction-cse
1537 Common Report Var(flag_no_function_cse,0) Optimization
1538 Allow function addresses to be held in registers.
1540 ffunction-sections
1541 Common Report Var(flag_function_sections)
1542 Place each function into its own section.
1544 fgcse
1545 Common Report Var(flag_gcse) Optimization
1546 Perform global common subexpression elimination.
1548 fgcse-lm
1549 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_lm) Init(1) Optimization
1550 Perform enhanced load motion during global common subexpression elimination.
1552 fgcse-sm
1553 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_sm) Init(0) Optimization
1554 Perform store motion after global common subexpression elimination.
1556 fgcse-las
1557 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_las) Init(0) Optimization
1558 Perform redundant load after store elimination in global common subexpression
1559 elimination.
1561 fgcse-after-reload
1562 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_after_reload) Optimization
1563 Perform global common subexpression elimination after register allocation has
1564 finished.
1566 Enum
1567 Name(dwarf_gnat_encodings) Type(int)
1569 EnumValue
1570 Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) String(all) Value(DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_ALL)
1572 EnumValue
1573 Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) String(gdb) Value(DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_GDB)
1575 EnumValue
1576 Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) String(minimal) Value(DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_MINIMAL)
1578 fgnat-encodings=
1579 Common Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) Joined RejectNegative Report Undocumented Var(gnat_encodings)
1580 -fgnat-encodings=[all|gdb|minimal]      Select the balance between GNAT encodings and standard DWARF emitted in the debug information.
1582 ; This option is not documented yet as its semantics will change.
1583 fgraphite
1584 Common Report Var(flag_graphite) Optimization
1585 Enable in and out of Graphite representation.
1587 fgraphite-identity
1588 Common Report Var(flag_graphite_identity) Optimization
1589 Enable Graphite Identity transformation.
1591 fhoist-adjacent-loads
1592 Common Report Var(flag_hoist_adjacent_loads) Optimization
1593 Enable hoisting adjacent loads to encourage generating conditional move
1594 instructions.
1596 fkeep-gc-roots-live
1597 Common Undocumented Report Var(flag_keep_gc_roots_live) Optimization
1598 ; Always keep a pointer to a live memory block
1600 floop-parallelize-all
1601 Common Report Var(flag_loop_parallelize_all) Optimization
1602 Mark all loops as parallel.
1604 floop-strip-mine
1605 Common Alias(floop-nest-optimize)
1606 Enable loop nest transforms.  Same as -floop-nest-optimize.
1608 floop-interchange
1609 Common Report Var(flag_loop_interchange) Optimization
1610 Enable loop interchange on trees.
1612 floop-block
1613 Common Alias(floop-nest-optimize)
1614 Enable loop nest transforms.  Same as -floop-nest-optimize.
1616 floop-unroll-and-jam
1617 Common Report Var(flag_unroll_jam) Optimization
1618 Perform unroll-and-jam on loops.
1620 fgnu-tm
1621 Common Report Var(flag_tm)
1622 Enable support for GNU transactional memory.
1624 fgnu-unique
1625 Common Report Var(flag_gnu_unique) Init(1)
1626 Use STB_GNU_UNIQUE if supported by the assembler.
1628 floop-flatten
1629 Common Ignore
1630 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1632 floop-nest-optimize
1633 Common Report Var(flag_loop_nest_optimize) Optimization
1634 Enable the loop nest optimizer.
1636 fstrict-volatile-bitfields
1637 Common Report Var(flag_strict_volatile_bitfields) Init(-1) Optimization
1638 Force bitfield accesses to match their type width.
1640 fstore-merging
1641 Common Report Var(flag_store_merging) Optimization
1642 Merge adjacent stores.
1644 fguess-branch-probability
1645 Common Report Var(flag_guess_branch_prob) Optimization
1646 Enable guessing of branch probabilities.
1648 ; Nonzero means ignore `#ident' directives.  0 means handle them.
1649 ; Generate position-independent code for executables if possible
1650 ; On SVR4 targets, it also controls whether or not to emit a
1651 ; string identifying the compiler.
1652 fident
1653 Common Report Var(flag_no_ident,0)
1654 Process #ident directives.
1656 fif-conversion
1657 Common Report Var(flag_if_conversion) Optimization
1658 Perform conversion of conditional jumps to branchless equivalents.
1660 fif-conversion2
1661 Common Report Var(flag_if_conversion2) Optimization
1662 Perform conversion of conditional jumps to conditional execution.
1664 fstack-reuse=
1665 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(stack_reuse_level) Var(flag_stack_reuse) Init(SR_ALL) Optimization
1666 -fstack-reuse=[all|named_vars|none]     Set stack reuse level for local variables.
1668 Enum
1669 Name(stack_reuse_level) Type(enum stack_reuse_level) UnknownError(unknown Stack Reuse Level %qs)
1671 EnumValue
1672 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(all) Value(SR_ALL)
1674 EnumValue
1675 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(named_vars) Value(SR_NAMED_VARS)
1677 EnumValue
1678 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(none) Value(SR_NONE)
1680 ftree-loop-if-convert
1681 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_if_convert) Init(-1) Optimization
1682 Convert conditional jumps in innermost loops to branchless equivalents.
1684 ftree-loop-if-convert-stores
1685 Common Ignore
1686 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1688 ; -finhibit-size-directive inhibits output of .size for ELF.
1689 ; This is used only for compiling crtstuff.c,
1690 ; and it may be extended to other effects
1691 ; needed for crtstuff.c on other systems.
1692 finhibit-size-directive
1693 Common Report Var(flag_inhibit_size_directive)
1694 Do not generate .size directives.
1696 findirect-inlining
1697 Common Report Var(flag_indirect_inlining) Optimization
1698 Perform indirect inlining.
1700 ; General flag to enable inlining.  Specifying -fno-inline will disable
1701 ; all inlining apart from always-inline functions.
1702 finline
1703 Common Report Var(flag_no_inline,0) Init(0) Optimization
1704 Enable inlining of function declared \"inline\", disabling disables all inlining.
1706 finline-small-functions
1707 Common Report Var(flag_inline_small_functions) Optimization
1708 Integrate functions into their callers when code size is known not to grow.
1710 finline-functions
1711 Common Report Var(flag_inline_functions) Optimization
1712 Integrate functions not declared \"inline\" into their callers when profitable.
1714 finline-functions-called-once
1715 Common Report Var(flag_inline_functions_called_once) Optimization
1716 Integrate functions only required by their single caller.
1718 finline-limit-
1719 Common RejectNegative Joined Alias(finline-limit=)
1721 finline-limit=
1722 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1723 -finline-limit=<number> Limit the size of inlined functions to <number>.
1725 finline-atomics
1726 Common Report Var(flag_inline_atomics) Init(1) Optimization
1727 Inline __atomic operations when a lock free instruction sequence is available.
1729 fcf-protection
1730 Common RejectNegative Alias(fcf-protection=,full)
1732 fcf-protection=
1733 Common Report Joined RejectNegative Enum(cf_protection_level) Var(flag_cf_protection) Init(CF_NONE)
1734 -fcf-protection=[full|branch|return|none]       Instrument functions with checks to verify jump/call/return control-flow transfer
1735 instructions have valid targets.
1737 Enum
1738 Name(cf_protection_level) Type(enum cf_protection_level) UnknownError(unknown Control-Flow Protection Level %qs)
1740 EnumValue
1741 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(full) Value(CF_FULL)
1743 EnumValue
1744 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(branch) Value(CF_BRANCH)
1746 EnumValue
1747 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(return) Value(CF_RETURN)
1749 EnumValue
1750 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(none) Value(CF_NONE)
1752 finstrument-functions
1753 Common Report Var(flag_instrument_function_entry_exit)
1754 Instrument function entry and exit with profiling calls.
1756 finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list=
1757 Common RejectNegative Joined
1758 -finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list=name,...  Do not instrument listed functions.
1760 finstrument-functions-exclude-file-list=
1761 Common RejectNegative Joined
1762 -finstrument-functions-exclude-file-list=filename,...  Do not instrument functions listed in files.
1764 fipa-cp
1765 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_cp) Optimization
1766 Perform interprocedural constant propagation.
1768 fipa-cp-clone
1769 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_cp_clone) Optimization
1770 Perform cloning to make Interprocedural constant propagation stronger.
1772 fipa-cp-alignment
1773 Common Ignore
1774 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
1776 fipa-bit-cp
1777 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_bit_cp) Optimization
1778 Perform interprocedural bitwise constant propagation.
1780 fipa-profile
1781 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_profile) Init(0) Optimization
1782 Perform interprocedural profile propagation.
1784 fipa-pta
1785 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_pta) Init(0) Optimization
1786 Perform interprocedural points-to analysis.
1788 fipa-pure-const
1789 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_pure_const) Init(0) Optimization
1790 Discover pure and const functions.
1792 fipa-icf
1793 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_icf) Optimization
1794 Perform Identical Code Folding for functions and read-only variables.
1796 fipa-icf-functions
1797 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_icf_functions) Optimization
1798 Perform Identical Code Folding for functions.
1800 fipa-icf-variables
1801 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_icf_variables) Optimization
1802 Perform Identical Code Folding for variables.
1804 fipa-reference
1805 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_reference) Init(0) Optimization
1806 Discover read-only and non addressable static variables.
1808 fipa-reference-addressable
1809 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_reference_addressable) Init(0) Optimization
1810 Discover read-only, write-only and non-addressable static variables.
1812 fipa-stack-alignment
1813 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_stack_alignment) Init(1) Optimization
1814 Reduce stack alignment on call sites if possible.
1816 fipa-matrix-reorg
1817 Common Ignore
1818 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1820 fipa-struct-reorg
1821 Common Ignore
1822 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1824 fipa-vrp
1825 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_vrp) Optimization
1826 Perform IPA Value Range Propagation.
1828 fira-algorithm=
1829 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(ira_algorithm) Var(flag_ira_algorithm) Init(IRA_ALGORITHM_CB) Optimization
1830 -fira-algorithm=[CB|priority]   Set the used IRA algorithm.
1832 Enum
1833 Name(ira_algorithm) Type(enum ira_algorithm) UnknownError(unknown IRA algorithm %qs)
1835 EnumValue
1836 Enum(ira_algorithm) String(CB) Value(IRA_ALGORITHM_CB)
1838 EnumValue
1839 Enum(ira_algorithm) String(priority) Value(IRA_ALGORITHM_PRIORITY)
1841 fira-region=
1842 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(ira_region) Var(flag_ira_region) Init(IRA_REGION_AUTODETECT) Optimization
1843 -fira-region=[one|all|mixed]    Set regions for IRA.
1845 Enum
1846 Name(ira_region) Type(enum ira_region) UnknownError(unknown IRA region %qs)
1848 EnumValue
1849 Enum(ira_region) String(one) Value(IRA_REGION_ONE)
1851 EnumValue
1852 Enum(ira_region) String(all) Value(IRA_REGION_ALL)
1854 EnumValue
1855 Enum(ira_region) String(mixed) Value(IRA_REGION_MIXED)
1857 fira-hoist-pressure
1858 Common Report Var(flag_ira_hoist_pressure) Init(1) Optimization
1859 Use IRA based register pressure calculation
1860 in RTL hoist optimizations.
1862 fira-loop-pressure
1863 Common Report Var(flag_ira_loop_pressure) Optimization
1864 Use IRA based register pressure calculation
1865 in RTL loop optimizations.
1867 fira-share-save-slots
1868 Common Report Var(flag_ira_share_save_slots) Init(1) Optimization
1869 Share slots for saving different hard registers.
1871 fira-share-spill-slots
1872 Common Report Var(flag_ira_share_spill_slots) Init(1) Optimization
1873 Share stack slots for spilled pseudo-registers.
1875 fira-verbose=
1876 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(flag_ira_verbose) Init(5)
1877 -fira-verbose=<number>  Control IRA's level of diagnostic messages.
1879 fivopts
1880 Common Report Var(flag_ivopts) Init(1) Optimization
1881 Optimize induction variables on trees.
1883 fjump-tables
1884 Common Var(flag_jump_tables) Init(1) Optimization
1885 Use jump tables for sufficiently large switch statements.
1887 fkeep-inline-functions
1888 Common Report Var(flag_keep_inline_functions)
1889 Generate code for functions even if they are fully inlined.
1891 fkeep-static-functions
1892 Common Report Var(flag_keep_static_functions)
1893 Generate code for static functions even if they are never called.
1895 fkeep-static-consts
1896 Common Report Var(flag_keep_static_consts) Init(1)
1897 Emit static const variables even if they are not used.
1899 fleading-underscore
1900 Common Report Var(flag_leading_underscore) Init(-1)
1901 Give external symbols a leading underscore.
1903 floop-optimize
1904 Common Ignore
1905 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
1907 flra-remat
1908 Common Report Var(flag_lra_remat) Optimization
1909 Do CFG-sensitive rematerialization in LRA.
1911 flto
1912 Common
1913 Enable link-time optimization.
1915 flto=
1916 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_lto)
1917 Link-time optimization with number of parallel jobs or jobserver.
1919 Enum
1920 Name(lto_partition_model) Type(enum lto_partition_model) UnknownError(unknown LTO partitioning model %qs)
1922 EnumValue
1923 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(none) Value(LTO_PARTITION_NONE)
1925 EnumValue
1926 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(one) Value(LTO_PARTITION_ONE)
1928 EnumValue
1929 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(balanced) Value(LTO_PARTITION_BALANCED)
1931 EnumValue
1932 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(1to1) Value(LTO_PARTITION_1TO1)
1934 EnumValue
1935 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(max) Value(LTO_PARTITION_MAX)
1937 flto-partition=
1938 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(lto_partition_model) Var(flag_lto_partition) Init(LTO_PARTITION_BALANCED)
1939 Specify the algorithm to partition symbols and vars at linktime.
1941 ; The initial value of -1 comes from Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION in zlib.h.
1942 flto-compression-level=
1943 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_lto_compression_level) Init(-1) IntegerRange(0, 19)
1944 -flto-compression-level=<number>        Use zlib/zstd compression level <number> for IL.
1946 flto-odr-type-merging
1947 Common Ignore
1948 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
1950 flto-report
1951 Common Report Var(flag_lto_report) Init(0)
1952 Report various link-time optimization statistics.
1954 flto-report-wpa
1955 Common Report Var(flag_lto_report_wpa) Init(0)
1956 Report various link-time optimization statistics for WPA only.
1958 fmath-errno
1959 Common Report Var(flag_errno_math) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
1960 Set errno after built-in math functions.
1962 fmax-errors=
1963 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_max_errors)
1964 -fmax-errors=<number>   Maximum number of errors to report.
1966 fmem-report
1967 Common Report Var(mem_report)
1968 Report on permanent memory allocation.
1970 fmem-report-wpa
1971 Common Report Var(mem_report_wpa)
1972 Report on permanent memory allocation in WPA only.
1974 ; This will attempt to merge constant section constants, if 1 only
1975 ; string constants and constants from constant pool, if 2 also constant
1976 ; variables.
1977 fmerge-all-constants
1978 Common Report Var(flag_merge_constants,2) Init(1)
1979 Attempt to merge identical constants and constant variables.
1981 fmerge-constants
1982 Common Report Var(flag_merge_constants,1)
1983 Attempt to merge identical constants across compilation units.
1985 fmerge-debug-strings
1986 Common Report Var(flag_merge_debug_strings) Init(1)
1987 Attempt to merge identical debug strings across compilation units.
1989 fmessage-length=
1990 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1991 -fmessage-length=<number>       Limit diagnostics to <number> characters per line.  0 suppresses line-wrapping.
1993 fmodulo-sched
1994 Common Report Var(flag_modulo_sched) Optimization
1995 Perform SMS based modulo scheduling before the first scheduling pass.
1997 fmodulo-sched-allow-regmoves
1998 Common Report Var(flag_modulo_sched_allow_regmoves) Optimization
1999 Perform SMS based modulo scheduling with register moves allowed.
2001 fmove-loop-invariants
2002 Common Report Var(flag_move_loop_invariants) Optimization
2003 Move loop invariant computations out of loops.
2005 fdce
2006 Common Var(flag_dce) Init(1) Optimization
2007 Use the RTL dead code elimination pass.
2009 fdse
2010 Common Var(flag_dse) Init(0) Optimization
2011 Use the RTL dead store elimination pass.
2013 freschedule-modulo-scheduled-loops
2014 Common Report Var(flag_resched_modulo_sched) Optimization
2015 Enable/Disable the traditional scheduling in loops that already passed modulo scheduling.
2017 fnon-call-exceptions
2018 Common Report Var(flag_non_call_exceptions) Optimization
2019 Support synchronous non-call exceptions.
2021 foffload=
2022 Common Driver Joined MissingArgError(options or targets missing after %qs)
2023 -foffload=<targets>=<options>  Specify offloading targets and options for them.
2025 foffload-abi=
2026 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(offload_abi) Var(flag_offload_abi) Init(OFFLOAD_ABI_UNSET)
2027 -foffload-abi=[lp64|ilp32]     Set the ABI to use in an offload compiler.
2029 Enum
2030 Name(offload_abi) Type(enum offload_abi) UnknownError(unknown offload ABI %qs)
2032 EnumValue
2033 Enum(offload_abi) String(ilp32) Value(OFFLOAD_ABI_ILP32)
2035 EnumValue
2036 Enum(offload_abi) String(lp64) Value(OFFLOAD_ABI_LP64)
2038 fomit-frame-pointer
2039 Common Report Var(flag_omit_frame_pointer) Optimization
2040 When possible do not generate stack frames.
2042 fopt-info
2043 Common Report Var(flag_opt_info) Optimization
2044 Enable all optimization info dumps on stderr.
2046 fopt-info-
2047 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2048 -fopt-info[-<type>=filename]    Dump compiler optimization details.
2050 fsave-optimization-record
2051 Common Report Var(flag_save_optimization_record) Optimization
2052 Write a SRCFILE.opt-record.json file detailing what optimizations were performed.
2054 foptimize-register-move
2055 Common Ignore
2056 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2058 foptimize-sibling-calls
2059 Common Report Var(flag_optimize_sibling_calls) Optimization
2060 Optimize sibling and tail recursive calls.
2062 fpartial-inlining
2063 Common Report Var(flag_partial_inlining) Optimization
2064 Perform partial inlining.
2066 fpre-ipa-mem-report
2067 Common Report Var(pre_ipa_mem_report)
2068 Report on memory allocation before interprocedural optimization.
2070 fpost-ipa-mem-report
2071 Common Report Var(post_ipa_mem_report)
2072 Report on memory allocation before interprocedural optimization.
2074 fpack-struct
2075 Common Report Var(flag_pack_struct) Optimization
2076 Pack structure members together without holes.
2078 fpack-struct=
2079 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
2080 -fpack-struct=<number>  Set initial maximum structure member alignment.
2082 fpcc-struct-return
2083 Common Report Var(flag_pcc_struct_return,1) Init(DEFAULT_PCC_STRUCT_RETURN)
2084 Return small aggregates in memory, not registers.
2086 fpeel-loops
2087 Common Report Var(flag_peel_loops) Optimization
2088 Perform loop peeling.
2090 fpeephole
2091 Common Report Var(flag_no_peephole,0) Optimization
2092 Enable machine specific peephole optimizations.
2094 fpeephole2
2095 Common Report Var(flag_peephole2) Optimization
2096 Enable an RTL peephole pass before sched2.
2098 fPIC
2099 Common Report Var(flag_pic,2) Negative(fPIE) Init(-1)
2100 Generate position-independent code if possible (large mode).
2102 fPIE
2103 Common Report Var(flag_pie,2) Negative(fpic) Init(-1)
2104 Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (large mode).
2106 fpic
2107 Common Report Var(flag_pic,1) Negative(fpie) Init(-1)
2108 Generate position-independent code if possible (small mode).
2110 fpie
2111 Common Report Var(flag_pie,1) Negative(fPIC) Init(-1)
2112 Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (small mode).
2114 fplt
2115 Common Report Var(flag_plt) Init(1) Optimization
2116 Use PLT for PIC calls (-fno-plt: load the address from GOT at call site).
2118 fplugin=
2119 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2120 Specify a plugin to load.
2122 fplugin-arg-
2123 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2124 -fplugin-arg-<name>-<key>[=<value>]     Specify argument <key>=<value> for plugin <name>.
2126 fpredictive-commoning
2127 Common Report Var(flag_predictive_commoning) Optimization
2128 Run predictive commoning optimization.
2130 fprefetch-loop-arrays
2131 Common Report Var(flag_prefetch_loop_arrays) Init(-1) Optimization
2132 Generate prefetch instructions, if available, for arrays in loops.
2134 fprofile
2135 Common Report Var(profile_flag)
2136 Enable basic program profiling code.
2138 fprofile-abs-path
2139 Common Report Var(profile_abs_path_flag)
2140 Generate absolute source path names for gcov.
2142 fprofile-arcs
2143 Common Report Var(profile_arc_flag)
2144 Insert arc-based program profiling code.
2146 fprofile-dir=
2147 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_data_prefix)
2148 Set the top-level directory for storing the profile data.
2149 The default is 'pwd'.
2151 fprofile-note=
2152 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_note_location)
2153 Select the name for storing the profile note file.
2155 fprofile-correction
2156 Common Report Var(flag_profile_correction)
2157 Enable correction of flow inconsistent profile data input.
2159 fprofile-update=
2160 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(profile_update) Var(flag_profile_update) Init(PROFILE_UPDATE_SINGLE)
2161 -fprofile-update=[single|atomic|prefer-atomic]  Set the profile update method.
2163 fprofile-filter-files=
2164 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_profile_filter_files)
2165 Instrument only functions from files where names match any regular expression (separated by a semi-colon).
2167 fprofile-exclude-files=
2168 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_profile_exclude_files)
2169 Instrument only functions from files where names do not match all the regular expressions (separated by a semi-colon).
2171 Enum
2172 Name(profile_update) Type(enum profile_update) UnknownError(unknown profile update method %qs)
2174 EnumValue
2175 Enum(profile_update) String(single) Value(PROFILE_UPDATE_SINGLE)
2177 EnumValue
2178 Enum(profile_update) String(atomic) Value(PROFILE_UPDATE_ATOMIC)
2180 EnumValue
2181 Enum(profile_update) String(prefer-atomic) Value(PROFILE_UPDATE_PREFER_ATOMIC)
2183 fprofile-generate
2184 Common
2185 Enable common options for generating profile info for profile feedback directed optimizations.
2187 fprofile-generate=
2188 Common Joined RejectNegative
2189 Enable common options for generating profile info for profile feedback directed optimizations, and set -fprofile-dir=.
2191 fprofile-partial-training
2192 Common Report Var(flag_profile_partial_training) Optimization
2193 Do not assume that functions never executed during the train run are cold.
2195 fprofile-use
2196 Common Var(flag_profile_use)
2197 Enable common options for performing profile feedback directed optimizations.
2199 fprofile-use=
2200 Common Joined RejectNegative
2201 Enable common options for performing profile feedback directed optimizations, and set -fprofile-dir=.
2203 fprofile-values
2204 Common Report Var(flag_profile_values)
2205 Insert code to profile values of expressions.
2207 fprofile-report
2208 Common Report Var(profile_report)
2209 Report on consistency of profile.
2211 fprofile-reorder-functions
2212 Common Report Var(flag_profile_reorder_functions) Optimization
2213 Enable function reordering that improves code placement.
2215 fpatchable-function-entry=
2216 Common Joined Optimization
2217 Insert NOP instructions at each function entry.
2219 frandom-seed
2220 Common Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2222 frandom-seed=
2223 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2224 -frandom-seed=<string>  Make compile reproducible using <string>.
2226 ; This switch causes the command line that was used to create an
2227 ; object file to be recorded into the object file.  The exact format
2228 ; of this recording is target and binary file format dependent.
2229 ; It is related to the -fverbose-asm switch, but that switch only
2230 ; records information in the assembler output file as comments, so
2231 ; they never reach the object file.
2232 frecord-gcc-switches
2233 Common Report Var(flag_record_gcc_switches)
2234 Record gcc command line switches in the object file.
2236 freg-struct-return
2237 Common Report Var(flag_pcc_struct_return,0) Optimization
2238 Return small aggregates in registers.
2240 fregmove
2241 Common Ignore
2242 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2244 flifetime-dse
2245 Common Report Var(flag_lifetime_dse,2) Init(2) Optimization
2246 Tell DSE that the storage for a C++ object is dead when the constructor
2247 starts and when the destructor finishes.
2249 flifetime-dse=
2250 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_lifetime_dse) Optimization IntegerRange(0, 2)
2252 flive-patching
2253 Common RejectNegative Alias(flive-patching=,inline-clone) Optimization
2255 flive-patching=
2256 Common Report Joined RejectNegative Enum(live_patching_level) Var(flag_live_patching) Init(LIVE_PATCHING_NONE) Optimization
2257 -flive-patching=[inline-only-static|inline-clone]       Control IPA
2258 optimizations to provide a safe compilation for live-patching.  At the same
2259 time, provides multiple-level control on the enabled IPA optimizations.
2261 Enum
2262 Name(live_patching_level) Type(enum live_patching_level) UnknownError(unknown Live-Patching Level %qs)
2264 EnumValue
2265 Enum(live_patching_level) String(inline-only-static) Value(LIVE_PATCHING_INLINE_ONLY_STATIC)
2267 EnumValue
2268 Enum(live_patching_level) String(inline-clone) Value(LIVE_PATCHING_INLINE_CLONE)
2270 fallocation-dce
2271 Common Report Var(flag_allocation_dce) Init(1) Optimization
2272 Tell DCE to remove unused C++ allocations.
2274 flive-range-shrinkage
2275 Common Report Var(flag_live_range_shrinkage) Init(0) Optimization
2276 Relief of register pressure through live range shrinkage.
2278 frename-registers
2279 Common Report Var(flag_rename_registers) Init(2) Optimization
2280 Perform a register renaming optimization pass.
2282 fschedule-fusion
2283 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_fusion) Init(2) Optimization
2284 Perform a target dependent instruction fusion optimization pass.
2286 freorder-blocks
2287 Common Report Var(flag_reorder_blocks) Optimization
2288 Reorder basic blocks to improve code placement.
2290 freorder-blocks-algorithm=
2291 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(reorder_blocks_algorithm) Var(flag_reorder_blocks_algorithm) Init(REORDER_BLOCKS_ALGORITHM_SIMPLE) Optimization
2292 -freorder-blocks-algorithm=[simple|stc] Set the used basic block reordering algorithm.
2294 Enum
2295 Name(reorder_blocks_algorithm) Type(enum reorder_blocks_algorithm) UnknownError(unknown basic block reordering algorithm %qs)
2297 EnumValue
2298 Enum(reorder_blocks_algorithm) String(simple) Value(REORDER_BLOCKS_ALGORITHM_SIMPLE)
2300 EnumValue
2301 Enum(reorder_blocks_algorithm) String(stc) Value(REORDER_BLOCKS_ALGORITHM_STC)
2303 freorder-blocks-and-partition
2304 Common Report Var(flag_reorder_blocks_and_partition) Optimization
2305 Reorder basic blocks and partition into hot and cold sections.
2307 freorder-functions
2308 Common Report Var(flag_reorder_functions) Optimization
2309 Reorder functions to improve code placement.
2311 frerun-cse-after-loop
2312 Common Report Var(flag_rerun_cse_after_loop) Optimization
2313 Add a common subexpression elimination pass after loop optimizations.
2315 frerun-loop-opt
2316 Common Ignore
2317 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2319 frounding-math
2320 Common Report Var(flag_rounding_math) Optimization SetByCombined
2321 Disable optimizations that assume default FP rounding behavior.
2323 fsched-interblock
2324 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_interblock) Init(1) Optimization
2325 Enable scheduling across basic blocks.
2327 fsched-pressure
2328 Common Report Var(flag_sched_pressure) Init(0) Optimization
2329 Enable register pressure sensitive insn scheduling.
2331 fsched-spec
2332 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_speculative) Init(1) Optimization
2333 Allow speculative motion of non-loads.
2335 fsched-spec-load
2336 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_speculative_load) Optimization
2337 Allow speculative motion of some loads.
2339 fsched-spec-load-dangerous
2340 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_speculative_load_dangerous) Optimization
2341 Allow speculative motion of more loads.
2343 fsched-verbose=
2344 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(sched_verbose_param) Init(1)
2345 -fsched-verbose=<number>        Set the verbosity level of the scheduler.
2347 fsched2-use-superblocks
2348 Common Report Var(flag_sched2_use_superblocks) Optimization
2349 If scheduling post reload, do superblock scheduling.
2351 fsched2-use-traces
2352 Common Ignore
2353 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2355 fschedule-insns
2356 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_insns) Optimization
2357 Reschedule instructions before register allocation.
2359 fschedule-insns2
2360 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_insns_after_reload) Optimization
2361 Reschedule instructions after register allocation.
2363 ; This flag should be on when a target implements non-trivial
2364 ; scheduling hooks, maybe saving some information for its own sake.
2365 ; On IA64, for example, this is used for correct bundling.
2366 fselective-scheduling
2367 Common Report Var(flag_selective_scheduling) Optimization
2368 Schedule instructions using selective scheduling algorithm.
2370 fselective-scheduling2
2371 Common Report Var(flag_selective_scheduling2) Optimization
2372 Run selective scheduling after reload.
2374 fself-test=
2375 Common Undocumented Joined Var(flag_self_test)
2376 Run self-tests, using the given path to locate test files.
2378 fsel-sched-pipelining
2379 Common Report Var(flag_sel_sched_pipelining) Init(0) Optimization
2380 Perform software pipelining of inner loops during selective scheduling.
2382 fsel-sched-pipelining-outer-loops
2383 Common Report Var(flag_sel_sched_pipelining_outer_loops) Init(0) Optimization
2384 Perform software pipelining of outer loops during selective scheduling.
2386 fsel-sched-reschedule-pipelined
2387 Common Report Var(flag_sel_sched_reschedule_pipelined) Init(0) Optimization
2388 Reschedule pipelined regions without pipelining.
2390 fsemantic-interposition
2391 Common Report Var(flag_semantic_interposition) Init(1)
2392 Allow interposing function (or variables) by ones with different semantics (or initializer) respectively by dynamic linker.
2394 ; sched_stalled_insns means that insns can be moved prematurely from the queue
2395 ; of stalled insns into the ready list.
2396 fsched-stalled-insns
2397 Common Report Var(flag_sched_stalled_insns) Optimization UInteger
2398 Allow premature scheduling of queued insns.
2400 fsched-stalled-insns=
2401 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
2402 -fsched-stalled-insns=<number>  Set number of queued insns that can be prematurely scheduled.
2404 ; sched_stalled_insns_dep controls how many recently scheduled cycles will
2405 ; be examined for a dependency on a stalled insn that is candidate for
2406 ; premature removal from the queue of stalled insns into the ready list (has
2407 ; an effect only if the flag 'sched_stalled_insns' is set).
2408 fsched-stalled-insns-dep
2409 Common Report Var(flag_sched_stalled_insns_dep,1) Init(1) Optimization UInteger
2410 Set dependence distance checking in premature scheduling of queued insns.
2412 fsched-stalled-insns-dep=
2413 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
2414 -fsched-stalled-insns-dep=<number>      Set dependence distance checking in premature scheduling of queued insns.
2416 fsched-group-heuristic
2417 Common Report Var(flag_sched_group_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2418 Enable the group heuristic in the scheduler.
2420 fsched-critical-path-heuristic
2421 Common Report Var(flag_sched_critical_path_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2422 Enable the critical path heuristic in the scheduler.
2424 fsched-spec-insn-heuristic
2425 Common Report Var(flag_sched_spec_insn_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2426 Enable the speculative instruction heuristic in the scheduler.
2428 fsched-rank-heuristic
2429 Common Report Var(flag_sched_rank_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2430 Enable the rank heuristic in the scheduler.
2432 fsched-last-insn-heuristic
2433 Common Report Var(flag_sched_last_insn_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2434 Enable the last instruction heuristic in the scheduler.
2436 fsched-dep-count-heuristic
2437 Common Report Var(flag_sched_dep_count_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2438 Enable the dependent count heuristic in the scheduler.
2440 fsection-anchors
2441 Common Report Var(flag_section_anchors) Optimization
2442 Access data in the same section from shared anchor points.
2444 fsee
2445 Common Ignore
2446 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2448 fzee
2449 Common Ignore
2450 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2452 free
2453 Common Report Var(flag_ree) Init(0) Optimization
2454 Turn on Redundant Extensions Elimination pass.
2456 fshow-column
2457 Common Report Var(flag_show_column) Init(1)
2458 Show column numbers in diagnostics, when available.  Default on.
2460 fshrink-wrap
2461 Common Report Var(flag_shrink_wrap) Optimization
2462 Emit function prologues only before parts of the function that need it,
2463 rather than at the top of the function.
2465 fshrink-wrap-separate
2466 Common Report Var(flag_shrink_wrap_separate) Init(1) Optimization
2467 Shrink-wrap parts of the prologue and epilogue separately.
2469 fsignaling-nans
2470 Common Report Var(flag_signaling_nans) Optimization SetByCombined
2471 Disable optimizations observable by IEEE signaling NaNs.
2473 fsigned-zeros
2474 Common Report Var(flag_signed_zeros) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
2475 Disable floating point optimizations that ignore the IEEE signedness of zero.
2477 fsingle-precision-constant
2478 Common Report Var(flag_single_precision_constant) Optimization
2479 Convert floating point constants to single precision constants.
2481 fsplit-ivs-in-unroller
2482 Common Report Var(flag_split_ivs_in_unroller) Init(1) Optimization
2483 Split lifetimes of induction variables when loops are unrolled.
2485 fsplit-stack
2486 Common Report Var(flag_split_stack) Init(-1)
2487 Generate discontiguous stack frames.
2489 fsplit-wide-types
2490 Common Report Var(flag_split_wide_types) Optimization
2491 Split wide types into independent registers.
2493 fsplit-wide-types-early
2494 Common Report Var(flag_split_wide_types_early) Optimization
2495 Split wide types into independent registers earlier.
2497 fssa-backprop
2498 Common Report Var(flag_ssa_backprop) Init(1) Optimization
2499 Enable backward propagation of use properties at the SSA level.
2501 fssa-phiopt
2502 Common Report Var(flag_ssa_phiopt) Optimization
2503 Optimize conditional patterns using SSA PHI nodes.
2505 fstdarg-opt
2506 Common Report Var(flag_stdarg_opt) Init(1) Optimization
2507 Optimize amount of stdarg registers saved to stack at start of function.
2509 fvariable-expansion-in-unroller
2510 Common Report Var(flag_variable_expansion_in_unroller) Optimization
2511 Apply variable expansion when loops are unrolled.
2513 fstack-check=
2514 Common Report RejectNegative Joined Optimization
2515 -fstack-check=[no|generic|specific]     Insert stack checking code into the program.
2517 fstack-check
2518 Common Alias(fstack-check=, specific, no)
2519 Insert stack checking code into the program.  Same as -fstack-check=specific.
2521 fstack-clash-protection
2522 Common Report Var(flag_stack_clash_protection) Optimization
2523 Insert code to probe each page of stack space as it is allocated to protect
2524 from stack-clash style attacks.
2526 fstack-limit
2527 Common Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2529 fstack-limit-register=
2530 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2531 -fstack-limit-register=<register>       Trap if the stack goes past <register>.
2533 fstack-limit-symbol=
2534 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2535 -fstack-limit-symbol=<name>     Trap if the stack goes past symbol <name>.
2537 fstack-protector
2538 Common Report Var(flag_stack_protect, 1) Init(-1) Optimization
2539 Use propolice as a stack protection method.
2541 fstack-protector-all
2542 Common Report RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 2) Init(-1) Optimization
2543 Use a stack protection method for every function.
2545 fstack-protector-strong
2546 Common Report RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 3) Init(-1) Optimization
2547 Use a smart stack protection method for certain functions.
2549 fstack-protector-explicit
2550 Common Report RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 4) Optimization
2551 Use stack protection method only for functions with the stack_protect attribute.
2553 fstack-usage
2554 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_usage)
2555 Output stack usage information on a per-function basis.
2557 fstrength-reduce
2558 Common Ignore
2559 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2561 ; Nonzero if we should do (language-dependent) alias analysis.
2562 ; Typically, this analysis will assume that expressions of certain
2563 ; types do not alias expressions of certain other types.  Only used
2564 ; if alias analysis (in general) is enabled.
2565 fstrict-aliasing
2566 Common Report Var(flag_strict_aliasing) Optimization
2567 Assume strict aliasing rules apply.
2569 fstrict-overflow
2570 Common Report
2571 Treat signed overflow as undefined.  Negated as -fwrapv -fwrapv-pointer.
2573 fsync-libcalls
2574 Common Report Var(flag_sync_libcalls) Init(1)
2575 Implement __atomic operations via libcalls to legacy __sync functions.
2577 fsyntax-only
2578 Common Report Var(flag_syntax_only)
2579 Check for syntax errors, then stop.
2581 ftest-coverage
2582 Common Report Var(flag_test_coverage)
2583 Create data files needed by \"gcov\".
2585 fthread-jumps
2586 Common Report Var(flag_thread_jumps) Optimization
2587 Perform jump threading optimizations.
2589 ftime-report
2590 Common Report Var(time_report)
2591 Report the time taken by each compiler pass.
2593 ftime-report-details
2594 Common Report Var(time_report_details)
2595 Record times taken by sub-phases separately.
2597 ftls-model=
2598 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(tls_model) Var(flag_tls_default) Init(TLS_MODEL_GLOBAL_DYNAMIC)
2599 -ftls-model=[global-dynamic|local-dynamic|initial-exec|local-exec]      Set the default thread-local storage code generation model.
2601 Enum
2602 Name(tls_model) Type(enum tls_model) UnknownError(unknown TLS model %qs)
2604 EnumValue
2605 Enum(tls_model) String(global-dynamic) Value(TLS_MODEL_GLOBAL_DYNAMIC)
2607 EnumValue
2608 Enum(tls_model) String(local-dynamic) Value(TLS_MODEL_LOCAL_DYNAMIC)
2610 EnumValue
2611 Enum(tls_model) String(initial-exec) Value(TLS_MODEL_INITIAL_EXEC)
2613 EnumValue
2614 Enum(tls_model) String(local-exec) Value(TLS_MODEL_LOCAL_EXEC)
2616 ftoplevel-reorder
2617 Common Report Var(flag_toplevel_reorder) Init(2) Optimization
2618 Reorder top level functions, variables, and asms.
2620 ftracer
2621 Common Report Var(flag_tracer) Optimization
2622 Perform superblock formation via tail duplication.
2624 ftrampolines
2625 Common Report Var(flag_trampolines) Init(0)
2626 For targets that normally need trampolines for nested functions, always
2627 generate them instead of using descriptors.
2629 ; Zero means that floating-point math operations cannot generate a
2630 ; (user-visible) trap.  This is the case, for example, in nonstop
2631 ; IEEE 754 arithmetic.
2632 ftrapping-math
2633 Common Report Var(flag_trapping_math) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
2634 Assume floating-point operations can trap.
2636 ftrapv
2637 Common Report Var(flag_trapv) Optimization
2638 Trap for signed overflow in addition, subtraction and multiplication.
2640 ftree-ccp
2641 Common Report Var(flag_tree_ccp) Optimization
2642 Enable SSA-CCP optimization on trees.
2644 ftree-bit-ccp
2645 Common Report Var(flag_tree_bit_ccp) Optimization
2646 Enable SSA-BIT-CCP optimization on trees.
2648 ftree-store-ccp
2649 Common Ignore
2650 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2652 ftree-ch
2653 Common Report Var(flag_tree_ch) Optimization
2654 Enable loop header copying on trees.
2656 ftree-coalesce-inlined-vars
2657 Common Ignore RejectNegative
2658 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2660 ftree-coalesce-vars
2661 Common Report Var(flag_tree_coalesce_vars) Optimization
2662 Enable SSA coalescing of user variables.
2664 ftree-copyrename
2665 Common Ignore
2666 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2668 ftree-copy-prop
2669 Common Report Var(flag_tree_copy_prop) Optimization
2670 Enable copy propagation on trees.
2672 ftree-store-copy-prop
2673 Common Ignore
2674 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2676 ftree-cselim
2677 Common Report Var(flag_tree_cselim) Init(2) Optimization
2678 Transform condition stores into unconditional ones.
2680 ftree-switch-conversion
2681 Common Report Var(flag_tree_switch_conversion) Optimization
2682 Perform conversions of switch initializations.
2684 ftree-dce
2685 Common Report Var(flag_tree_dce) Optimization
2686 Enable SSA dead code elimination optimization on trees.
2688 ftree-dominator-opts
2689 Common Report Var(flag_tree_dom) Optimization
2690 Enable dominator optimizations.
2692 ftree-tail-merge
2693 Common Report Var(flag_tree_tail_merge) Optimization
2694 Enable tail merging on trees.
2696 ftree-dse
2697 Common Report Var(flag_tree_dse) Optimization
2698 Enable dead store elimination.
2700 ftree-forwprop
2701 Common Report Var(flag_tree_forwprop) Init(1) Optimization
2702 Enable forward propagation on trees.
2704 ftree-fre
2705 Common Report Var(flag_tree_fre) Optimization
2706 Enable Full Redundancy Elimination (FRE) on trees.
2708 foptimize-strlen
2709 Common Report Var(flag_optimize_strlen) Optimization
2710 Enable string length optimizations on trees.
2712 fisolate-erroneous-paths-dereference
2713 Common Report Var(flag_isolate_erroneous_paths_dereference) Optimization
2714 Detect paths that trigger erroneous or undefined behavior due to
2715 dereferencing a null pointer.  Isolate those paths from the main control
2716 flow and turn the statement with erroneous or undefined behavior into a trap.
2718 fisolate-erroneous-paths-attribute
2719 Common Report Var(flag_isolate_erroneous_paths_attribute) Optimization
2720 Detect paths that trigger erroneous or undefined behavior due to a null value
2721 being used in a way forbidden by a returns_nonnull or nonnull
2722 attribute.  Isolate those paths from the main control flow and turn the
2723 statement with erroneous or undefined behavior into a trap.
2725 ftree-loop-distribution
2726 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_distribution) Optimization
2727 Enable loop distribution on trees.
2729 ftree-loop-distribute-patterns
2730 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_distribute_patterns) Optimization
2731 Enable loop distribution for patterns transformed into a library call.
2733 ftree-loop-im
2734 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_im) Init(1) Optimization
2735 Enable loop invariant motion on trees.
2737 ftree-loop-linear
2738 Common Alias(floop-nest-optimize)
2739 Enable loop nest transforms.  Same as -floop-nest-optimize.
2741 ftree-loop-ivcanon
2742 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_ivcanon) Init(1) Optimization
2743 Create canonical induction variables in loops.
2745 ftree-loop-optimize
2746 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_optimize) Init(1) Optimization
2747 Enable loop optimizations on tree level.
2749 ftree-parallelize-loops=
2750 Common Report Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_tree_parallelize_loops) Init(1) Optimization
2751 -ftree-parallelize-loops=<number>       Enable automatic parallelization of loops.
2753 ftree-phiprop
2754 Common Report Var(flag_tree_phiprop) Init(1) Optimization
2755 Enable hoisting loads from conditional pointers.
2757 ftree-pre
2758 Common Report Var(flag_tree_pre) Optimization
2759 Enable SSA-PRE optimization on trees.
2761 ftree-partial-pre
2762 Common Report Var(flag_tree_partial_pre) Optimization
2763 In SSA-PRE optimization on trees, enable partial-partial redundancy elimination.
2765 ftree-pta
2766 Common Report Var(flag_tree_pta) Optimization
2767 Perform function-local points-to analysis on trees.
2769 ftree-reassoc
2770 Common Report Var(flag_tree_reassoc) Init(1) Optimization
2771 Enable reassociation on tree level.
2773 ftree-salias
2774 Common Ignore
2775 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2777 ftree-sink
2778 Common Report Var(flag_tree_sink) Optimization
2779 Enable SSA code sinking on trees.
2781 ftree-slsr
2782 Common Report Var(flag_tree_slsr) Optimization
2783 Perform straight-line strength reduction.
2785 ftree-sra
2786 Common Report Var(flag_tree_sra) Optimization
2787 Perform scalar replacement of aggregates.
2789 ftree-ter
2790 Common Report Var(flag_tree_ter) Optimization
2791 Replace temporary expressions in the SSA->normal pass.
2793 ftree-lrs
2794 Common Report Var(flag_tree_live_range_split) Optimization
2795 Perform live range splitting during the SSA->normal pass.
2797 ftree-vrp
2798 Common Report Var(flag_tree_vrp) Init(0) Optimization
2799 Perform Value Range Propagation on trees.
2801 fsplit-paths
2802 Common Report Var(flag_split_paths) Init(0) Optimization
2803 Split paths leading to loop backedges.
2805 funconstrained-commons
2806 Common Var(flag_unconstrained_commons) Optimization
2807 Assume common declarations may be overridden with ones with a larger
2808 trailing array.
2810 funit-at-a-time
2811 Common Report Var(flag_unit_at_a_time) Init(1)
2812 Compile whole compilation unit at a time.
2814 funroll-loops
2815 Common Report Var(flag_unroll_loops) Optimization
2816 Perform loop unrolling when iteration count is known.
2818 funroll-all-loops
2819 Common Report Var(flag_unroll_all_loops) Optimization
2820 Perform loop unrolling for all loops.
2822 ; Nonzero means that loop optimizer may assume that the induction variables
2823 ; that control loops do not overflow and that the loops with nontrivial
2824 ; exit condition are not infinite
2825 funsafe-loop-optimizations
2826 Common Ignore
2827 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2829 fassociative-math
2830 Common Report Var(flag_associative_math) SetByCombined Optimization
2831 Allow optimization for floating-point arithmetic which may change the
2832 result of the operation due to rounding.
2834 freciprocal-math
2835 Common Report Var(flag_reciprocal_math) SetByCombined Optimization
2836 Same as -fassociative-math for expressions which include division.
2838 ; Nonzero means that unsafe floating-point math optimizations are allowed
2839 ; for the sake of speed.  IEEE compliance is not guaranteed, and operations
2840 ; are allowed to assume that their arguments and results are "normal"
2841 ; (e.g., nonnegative for SQRT).
2842 funsafe-math-optimizations
2843 Common Report Var(flag_unsafe_math_optimizations) Optimization SetByCombined
2844 Allow math optimizations that may violate IEEE or ISO standards.
2846 funswitch-loops
2847 Common Report Var(flag_unswitch_loops) Optimization
2848 Perform loop unswitching.
2850 fsplit-loops
2851 Common Report Var(flag_split_loops) Optimization
2852 Perform loop splitting.
2854 fversion-loops-for-strides
2855 Common Report Var(flag_version_loops_for_strides) Optimization
2856 Version loops based on whether indices have a stride of one.
2858 funwind-tables
2859 Common Report Var(flag_unwind_tables) Optimization
2860 Just generate unwind tables for exception handling.
2862 fuse-ld=bfd
2863 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=gold)
2864 Use the bfd linker instead of the default linker.
2866 fuse-ld=gold
2867 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=bfd)
2868 Use the gold linker instead of the default linker.
2870 fuse-ld=lld
2871 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=lld)
2872 Use the lld LLVM linker instead of the default linker.
2874 fuse-linker-plugin
2875 Common Undocumented Var(flag_use_linker_plugin)
2877 ; Positive if we should track variables, negative if we should run
2878 ; the var-tracking pass only to discard debug annotations, zero if
2879 ; we're not to run it.  When flag_var_tracking == 2 (AUTODETECT_VALUE) it
2880 ; will be set according to optimize, debug_info_level and debug_hooks
2881 ; in process_options ().
2882 fvar-tracking
2883 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking) Init(2) PerFunction
2884 Perform variable tracking.
2886 ; Positive if we should track variables at assignments, negative if
2887 ; we should run the var-tracking pass only to discard debug
2888 ; annotations.  When flag_var_tracking_assignments ==
2889 ; AUTODETECT_VALUE it will be set according to flag_var_tracking.
2890 fvar-tracking-assignments
2891 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking_assignments) Init(2) PerFunction
2892 Perform variable tracking by annotating assignments.
2894 ; Nonzero if we should toggle flag_var_tracking_assignments after
2895 ; processing options and computing its default.  */
2896 fvar-tracking-assignments-toggle
2897 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking_assignments_toggle) PerFunction
2898 Toggle -fvar-tracking-assignments.
2900 ; Positive if we should track uninitialized variables, negative if
2901 ; we should run the var-tracking pass only to discard debug
2902 ; annotations.  When flag_var_tracking_uninit == AUTODETECT_VALUE it
2903 ; will be set according to flag_var_tracking.
2904 fvar-tracking-uninit
2905 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking_uninit) PerFunction
2906 Perform variable tracking and also tag variables that are uninitialized.
2908 ; Alias to enable both -ftree-loop-vectorize and -ftree-slp-vectorize.
2909 ftree-vectorize
2910 Common Report Optimization
2911 Enable vectorization on trees.
2913 ftree-vectorizer-verbose=
2914 Common Joined RejectNegative Ignore
2915 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2917 ftree-loop-vectorize
2918 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_vectorize) Optimization EnabledBy(ftree-vectorize)
2919 Enable loop vectorization on trees.
2921 ftree-slp-vectorize
2922 Common Report Var(flag_tree_slp_vectorize) Optimization EnabledBy(ftree-vectorize)
2923 Enable basic block vectorization (SLP) on trees.
2925 fvect-cost-model=
2926 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vect_cost_model) Var(flag_vect_cost_model) Init(VECT_COST_MODEL_DEFAULT) Optimization
2927 -fvect-cost-model=[unlimited|dynamic|cheap]     Specifies the cost model for vectorization.
2929 fsimd-cost-model=
2930 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vect_cost_model) Var(flag_simd_cost_model) Init(VECT_COST_MODEL_UNLIMITED) Optimization
2931 -fsimd-cost-model=[unlimited|dynamic|cheap]     Specifies the vectorization cost model for code marked with a simd directive.
2933 Enum
2934 Name(vect_cost_model) Type(enum vect_cost_model) UnknownError(unknown vectorizer cost model %qs)
2936 EnumValue
2937 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(unlimited) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_UNLIMITED)
2939 EnumValue
2940 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(dynamic) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_DYNAMIC)
2942 EnumValue
2943 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(cheap) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_CHEAP)
2945 fvect-cost-model
2946 Common Alias(fvect-cost-model=,dynamic,unlimited)
2947 Enables the dynamic vectorizer cost model.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2949 ftree-vect-loop-version
2950 Common Ignore
2951 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2953 ftree-scev-cprop
2954 Common Report Var(flag_tree_scev_cprop) Init(1) Optimization
2955 Enable copy propagation of scalar-evolution information.
2957 ; -fverbose-asm causes extra commentary information to be produced in
2958 ; the generated assembly code (to make it more readable).  This option
2959 ; is generally only of use to those who actually need to read the
2960 ; generated assembly code (perhaps while debugging the compiler itself).
2961 ; -fno-verbose-asm, the default, causes the extra information
2962 ; to not be added and is useful when comparing two assembler files.
2963 fverbose-asm
2964 Common Report Var(flag_verbose_asm)
2965 Add extra commentary to assembler output.
2967 fvisibility=
2968 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(symbol_visibility) Var(default_visibility) Init(VISIBILITY_DEFAULT)
2969 -fvisibility=[default|internal|hidden|protected]        Set the default symbol visibility.
2971 Enum
2972 Name(symbol_visibility) Type(enum symbol_visibility) UnknownError(unrecognized visibility value %qs)
2974 EnumValue
2975 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(default) Value(VISIBILITY_DEFAULT)
2977 EnumValue
2978 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(internal) Value(VISIBILITY_INTERNAL)
2980 EnumValue
2981 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(hidden) Value(VISIBILITY_HIDDEN)
2983 EnumValue
2984 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(protected) Value(VISIBILITY_PROTECTED)
2986 fvtable-verify=
2987 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vtv_priority) Var(flag_vtable_verify) Init(VTV_NO_PRIORITY)
2988 Validate vtable pointers before using them.
2990 Enum
2991 Name(vtv_priority) Type(enum vtv_priority) UnknownError(unknown vtable verify initialization priority %qs)
2993 EnumValue
2994 Enum(vtv_priority) String(none) Value(VTV_NO_PRIORITY)
2996 EnumValue
2997 Enum(vtv_priority) String(std) Value(VTV_STANDARD_PRIORITY)
2999 EnumValue
3000 Enum(vtv_priority) String(preinit) Value(VTV_PREINIT_PRIORITY)
3002 fvtv-counts
3003 Common Var(flag_vtv_counts)
3004 Output vtable verification counters.
3006 fvtv-debug
3007 Common Var(flag_vtv_debug)
3008 Output vtable verification pointer sets information.
3010 fvpt
3011 Common Report Var(flag_value_profile_transformations) Optimization
3012 Use expression value profiles in optimizations.
3014 fweb
3015 Common Report Var(flag_web) Init(2) Optimization
3016 Construct webs and split unrelated uses of single variable.
3018 ftree-builtin-call-dce
3019 Common Report Var(flag_tree_builtin_call_dce) Init(0) Optimization
3020 Enable conditional dead code elimination for builtin calls.
3022 fwhole-program
3023 Common Report Var(flag_whole_program) Init(0)
3024 Perform whole program optimizations.
3026 fwrapv-pointer
3027 Common Report Var(flag_wrapv_pointer) Optimization
3028 Assume pointer overflow wraps around.
3030 fwrapv
3031 Common Report Var(flag_wrapv) Optimization
3032 Assume signed arithmetic overflow wraps around.
3034 fzero-initialized-in-bss
3035 Common Report Var(flag_zero_initialized_in_bss) Init(1)
3036 Put zero initialized data in the bss section.
3039 Common Driver RejectNegative JoinedOrMissing
3040 Generate debug information in default format.
3042 gas-loc-support
3043 Common Driver Var(dwarf2out_as_loc_support) Init(2)
3044 Assume assembler support for (DWARF2+) .loc directives.
3046 gas-locview-support
3047 Common Driver Var(dwarf2out_as_locview_support) Init(2)
3048 Assume assembler support for view in (DWARF2+) .loc directives.
3050 gcoff
3051 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3052 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
3054 gcoff1
3055 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3056 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
3058 gcoff2
3059 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3060 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
3062 gcoff3
3063 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3064 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
3066 gcolumn-info
3067 Common Driver Var(debug_column_info,1) Init(1)
3068 Record DW_AT_decl_column and DW_AT_call_column in DWARF.
3070 gdwarf
3071 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing Negative(gdwarf-)
3072 Generate debug information in default version of DWARF format.
3074 gdwarf-
3075 Common Driver Joined UInteger Var(dwarf_version) Init(4) Negative(gstabs)
3076 Generate debug information in DWARF v2 (or later) format.
3078 ggdb
3079 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing
3080 Generate debug information in default extended format.
3082 ginline-points
3083 Common Driver Var(debug_inline_points) Init(2)
3084 Generate extended entry point information for inlined functions.
3086 ginternal-reset-location-views
3087 Common Driver Var(debug_internal_reset_location_views) Init(2)
3088 Compute locview reset points based on insn length estimates.
3090 gno-
3091 RejectNegative Joined Undocumented
3092 ; Catch the gno- prefix, so it doesn't backtrack to g<level>.
3094 gno-pubnames
3095 Common Driver Negative(gpubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 0) Init(-1)
3096 Don't generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections.
3098 gpubnames
3099 Common Driver Negative(ggnu-pubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 1)
3100 Generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections.
3102 ggnu-pubnames
3103 Common Driver Negative(gno-pubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 2)
3104 Generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections with GNU extensions.
3106 grecord-gcc-switches
3107 Common Driver Var(dwarf_record_gcc_switches) Init(1)
3108 Record gcc command line switches in DWARF DW_AT_producer.
3110 gsplit-dwarf
3111 Common Driver Var(dwarf_split_debug_info) Init(0)
3112 Generate debug information in separate .dwo files.
3114 gstabs
3115 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing Negative(gstabs+)
3116 Generate debug information in STABS format.
3118 gstabs+
3119 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing Negative(gvms)
3120 Generate debug information in extended STABS format.
3122 gstatement-frontiers
3123 Common Driver Var(debug_nonbind_markers_p) Init(2)
3124 Emit progressive recommended breakpoint locations.
3126 gstrict-dwarf
3127 Common Driver Report Var(dwarf_strict) Init(0)
3128 Don't emit DWARF additions beyond selected version.
3130 gdescribe-dies
3131 Common Driver Report Var(flag_describe_dies) Init(0)
3132 Add description attributes to some DWARF DIEs that have no name attribute.
3134 gtoggle
3135 Common Driver Report Var(flag_gtoggle)
3136 Toggle debug information generation.
3138 gvariable-location-views
3139 Common Driver Var(debug_variable_location_views, 1) Init(2)
3140 Augment variable location lists with progressive views.
3142 gvariable-location-views=incompat5
3143 Common Driver RejectNegative Var(debug_variable_location_views, -1) Init(2)
3145 gvms
3146 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing Negative(gxcoff)
3147 Generate debug information in VMS format.
3149 gxcoff
3150 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing Negative(gxcoff+)
3151 Generate debug information in XCOFF format.
3153 gxcoff+
3154 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing Negative(gdwarf)
3155 Generate debug information in extended XCOFF format.
3157 Enum
3158 Name(compressed_debug_sections) Type(int)
3160 ; Since -gz= is completely handled in specs, the values aren't used and we
3161 ; assign arbitrary constants.
3162 EnumValue
3163 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(none) Value(0)
3165 EnumValue
3166 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(zlib) Value(1)
3168 EnumValue
3169 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(zlib-gnu) Value(2)
3172 Common Driver
3173 Generate compressed debug sections.
3176 Common Driver RejectNegative Joined Enum(compressed_debug_sections)
3177 -gz=<format>    Generate compressed debug sections in format <format>.
3180 Driver Joined Separate
3182 iplugindir=
3183 Common Joined Var(plugindir_string) Init(0)
3184 -iplugindir=<dir>       Set <dir> to be the default plugin directory.
3186 imultiarch
3187 Common Joined Separate RejectDriver Var(imultiarch) Init(0)
3188 -imultiarch <dir>       Set <dir> to be the multiarch include subdirectory.
3191 Driver Joined Separate
3194 Driver
3196 no-canonical-prefixes
3197 Driver
3199 nodefaultlibs
3200 Driver
3202 nostartfiles
3203 Driver
3205 nolibc
3206 Driver
3208 nostdlib
3209 Driver
3212 Common Driver Joined Separate Var(asm_file_name) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
3213 -o <file>       Place output into <file>.
3216 Common Var(profile_flag)
3217 Enable function profiling.
3219 pass-exit-codes
3220 Driver Var(pass_exit_codes)
3222 pedantic
3223 Common Alias(Wpedantic)
3225 pedantic-errors
3226 Common Var(flag_pedantic_errors)
3227 Like -pedantic but issue them as errors.
3230 Driver
3232 pipe
3233 Driver Var(use_pipes)
3235 print-file-name=
3236 Driver JoinedOrMissing Var(print_file_name)
3238 print-libgcc-file-name
3239 Driver
3241 print-multi-directory
3242 Driver Var(print_multi_directory)
3244 print-multi-lib
3245 Driver Var(print_multi_lib)
3247 print-multi-os-directory
3248 Driver Var(print_multi_os_directory)
3250 print-multiarch
3251 Driver Var(print_multiarch)
3253 print-prog-name=
3254 Driver JoinedOrMissing Var(print_prog_name)
3256 print-search-dirs
3257 Driver Var(print_search_dirs)
3259 print-sysroot
3260 Driver Var(print_sysroot)
3262 print-sysroot-headers-suffix
3263 Driver Var(print_sysroot_headers_suffix)
3265 quiet
3266 Common Var(quiet_flag) RejectDriver
3267 Do not display functions compiled or elapsed time.
3270 Driver
3273 Driver
3275 save-temps
3276 Driver
3278 save-temps=
3279 Driver Joined
3282 Driver
3284 time
3285 Driver Var(report_times)
3287 time=
3288 Driver JoinedOrMissing
3291 Driver Joined Separate
3293 undef
3294 Driver
3295 ; C option, but driver must not handle as "-u ndef".
3298 Common Driver Var(verbose_flag)
3299 Enable verbose output.
3301 version
3302 Common Var(version_flag) RejectDriver
3303 Display the compiler's version.
3306 Common Var(inhibit_warnings)
3307 Suppress warnings.
3309 wrapper
3310 Driver Separate Var(wrapper_string)
3313 Driver Joined Separate
3315 shared
3316 Driver RejectNegative Negative(static-pie)
3317 Create a shared library.
3319 shared-libgcc
3320 Driver
3322 specs
3323 Driver Separate Alias(specs=)
3325 specs=
3326 Driver Joined
3328 static
3329 Driver
3331 static-libgcc
3332 Driver
3334 static-libgfortran
3335 Driver
3336 ; Documented for Fortran, but always accepted by driver.
3338 static-libstdc++
3339 Driver
3341 static-libgo
3342 Driver
3343 ; Documented for Go, but always accepted by driver.
3345 static-libasan
3346 Driver
3348 static-libtsan
3349 Driver
3351 static-liblsan
3352 Driver
3354 static-libubsan
3355 Driver
3357 symbolic
3358 Driver
3360 no-pie
3361 Driver RejectNegative Negative(shared)
3362 Don't create a dynamically linked position independent executable.
3365 Driver RejectNegative Negative(no-pie)
3366 Create a dynamically linked position independent executable.
3368 static-pie
3369 Driver RejectNegative Negative(pie)
3370 Create a static position independent executable.
3373 Driver Joined Separate
3375 fipa-ra
3376 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_ra) Optimization
3377 Use caller save register across calls if possible.
3379 ; This comment is to ensure we retain the blank line above.