1 ; Options for the language- and target-independent parts of the compiler.
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19 ; <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
21 ; See the GCC internals manual (options.texi) for a description of this file's format.
23 ; Please try to keep this file in ASCII collating order.
37 ; Not used directly to control optimizations, only to save -Ofast
38 ; setting for "optimize" attributes.
42 ; True if this is the lto front end. This is used to disable gimple
43 ; generation and lowering passes that are normally run on the output
44 ; of a front end. These passes must be bypassed for lto since they
45 ; have already been done before the gimple was written.
49 ; This variable is set to non-0 only by LTO front-end. 1 indicates that
50 ; the output produced will be used for incremental linking (thus weak symbols
51 ; can still be bound) and 2 indicates that the IL is going to be linked and
52 ; and output to LTO object file.
54 enum incremental_link flag_incremental_link = INCREMENTAL_LINK_NONE
56 ; 0 means straightforward implementation of complex divide acceptable.
57 ; 1 means wide ranges of inputs must work for complex divide.
58 ; 2 means C99-like requirements for complex multiply and divide.
60 int flag_complex_method = 1
63 int flag_default_complex_method = 1
65 ; Language specific warning pass for unused results.
67 bool flag_warn_unused_result = false
69 ; Nonzero if we should write GIMPLE bytecode for link-time optimization.
73 ; Nonzero if we should write GIMPLE bytecode for offload compilation.
75 int flag_generate_offload = 0
77 ; Nonzero means we should be saving declaration info into a .X file.
79 int flag_gen_aux_info = 0
81 ; Nonzero if we are compiling code for a shared library, zero for
86 ; These three are really VEC(char_p,heap) *.
89 void *flag_instrument_functions_exclude_functions
92 void *flag_instrument_functions_exclude_files
95 void *flag_ignored_attributes
97 ; Generic structs (e.g. templates not explicitly specialized)
98 ; may not have a compilation unit associated with them, and so
99 ; may need to be treated differently from ordinary structs.
101 ; Structs only handled by reference (indirectly), will also usually
102 ; not need as much debugging information.
105 enum debug_struct_file debug_struct_ordinary[DINFO_USAGE_NUM_ENUMS] = { DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY }
108 enum debug_struct_file debug_struct_generic[DINFO_USAGE_NUM_ENUMS] = { DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY }
110 ; True if we should exit after parsing options.
112 bool exit_after_options
114 ; Type(s) of debugging information we are producing (if any). See
115 ; flag-types.h for the definitions of the different possible types of
116 ; debugging information.
118 uint32_t write_symbols = NO_DEBUG
120 ; Level of debugging information we are producing. See flag-types.h
121 ; for the definitions of the different possible levels.
123 enum debug_info_levels debug_info_level = DINFO_LEVEL_NONE
125 ; Level of CTF debugging information we are producing. See flag-types.h
126 ; for the definitions of the different possible levels.
128 enum ctf_debug_info_levels ctf_debug_info_level = CTFINFO_LEVEL_NONE
130 ; Original value of maximum field alignment in bytes, specified via
131 ; -fpack-struct=<value>.
133 unsigned int initial_max_fld_align = TARGET_DEFAULT_PACK_STRUCT
135 ; Type of stack check.
137 enum stack_check_type flag_stack_check = NO_STACK_CHECK
139 ; True if stack usage information needs to be computed.
141 bool flag_stack_usage_info = false
143 ; -dA causes debug commentary information to be produced in
144 ; the generated assembly code (to make it more readable). This option
145 ; is generally only of use to those who actually need to read the
146 ; generated assembly code (perhaps while debugging the compiler itself).
147 ; Currently, this switch is only used by dwarf2out.cc; however, it is intended
148 ; to be a catchall for printing debug information in the assembler file.
152 ; Balance between GNAT encodings and standard DWARF to emit.
154 enum dwarf_gnat_encodings gnat_encodings = DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_DEFAULT
156 ; -dP causes the rtl to be emitted as a comment in assembly.
158 int flag_dump_rtl_in_asm
160 ; Whether -da was passed (used only in handle_common_deferred_options).
162 bool flag_dump_all_passed
164 ; Other flags saying which kinds of debugging dump have been requested.
167 int rtl_dump_and_exit
170 int flag_print_asm_name
172 ; Name of top-level original source file (what was input to cpp).
173 ; This comes from the #-command at the beginning of the actual input.
174 ; If there isn't any there, then this is the cc1 input file name.
176 const char *main_input_filename
178 ; Pointer to base name in main_input_filename, with directories and a
179 ; single final extension removed, and the length of this base
183 const char *main_input_basename
186 int main_input_baselength
188 ; The base name used for auxiliary output files.
189 ; dump_base_name minus dump_base_ext.
192 const char *aux_base_name
194 ; Which options have been printed by --help.
198 ; Which enums have been printed by --help. 0 = not printed, no
199 ; relevant options seen, 1 = relevant option seen, not yet printed, 2
202 char *help_enum_printed
204 ; The number of columns for --help output.
206 unsigned int help_columns
208 ; Whether this options structure has been through finish_options
210 bool flag_opts_finished
212 ; What the sanitizer should instrument
214 unsigned int flag_sanitize
216 ; What sanitizers should recover from errors
218 unsigned int flag_sanitize_recover = (SANITIZE_UNDEFINED | SANITIZE_UNDEFINED_NONDEFAULT | SANITIZE_KERNEL_ADDRESS | SANITIZE_KERNEL_HWADDRESS) & ~(SANITIZE_UNREACHABLE | SANITIZE_RETURN)
220 ; What sanitizers should use __builtin_trap () instead of runtime diagnostics
222 unsigned int flag_sanitize_trap
224 ; Flag whether a prefix has been added to dump_base_name
226 bool dump_base_name_prefixed = false
228 ; What subset of registers should be zeroed on function return
230 unsigned int flag_zero_call_used_regs
242 Common Driver Joined Undocumented
243 Provide bash completion for options starting with provided string.
246 Driver Alias(coverage)
252 Common Separate Alias(d)
255 Common Joined Alias(d)
258 Driver Common Separate Alias(dumpbase)
261 Driver Common Separate Alias(dumpbase-ext)
264 Driver Common Separate Alias(dumpdir)
267 Driver Separate Alias(e)
270 Driver Joined Alias(e)
273 Common Warning Alias(Wextra)
276 Driver Separate Alias(Xassembler)
279 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(Xassembler)
282 Driver Separate Alias(Xlinker)
285 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(Xlinker)
288 Driver Separate Alias(u)
291 Driver Joined Alias(u)
294 Common Driver Var(help_flag)
295 Display this information.
299 --help=<class> Display descriptions of a specific class of options. <class> is one or more of optimizers, target, warnings, undocumented, params.
302 Driver Separate Alias(x)
305 Driver Joined Alias(x)
308 Driver Separate Alias(L)
311 Driver Joined Alias(L)
313 -no-canonical-prefixes
314 Driver Alias(no-canonical-prefixes)
316 -no-standard-libraries
317 Driver Alias(nostdlib)
320 Driver Var(no_sysroot_suffix)
329 Common Driver Separate Alias(o) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
332 Common Driver Joined Alias(o) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
335 Driver Alias(pass-exit-codes)
338 Common Alias(Wpedantic)
341 Common Alias(pedantic-errors)
347 Driver Alias(static-pie)
353 Driver Separate Alias(B)
356 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(B)
362 Driver Separate Alias(print-file-name=)
365 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(print-file-name=)
367 -print-libgcc-file-name
368 Driver Alias(print-libgcc-file-name)
370 -print-multi-directory
371 Driver Alias(print-multi-directory)
374 Driver Alias(print-multi-lib)
376 -print-multi-os-directory
377 Driver Alias(print-multi-os-directory)
380 Driver Alias(print-multiarch)
383 Driver Separate Alias(print-prog-name=)
386 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(print-prog-name=)
389 Driver Alias(print-search-dirs)
392 Driver Alias(print-sysroot)
394 -print-sysroot-headers-suffix
395 Driver Alias(print-sysroot-headers-suffix)
401 Driver Alias(save-temps)
407 Driver Separate Alias(specs=)
410 Driver Joined Alias(specs=)
416 Driver Alias(symbolic)
420 Display target specific command line options (including assembler and linker options).
428 ;; The driver used to convert options such as --help into forms such
429 ;; as -fhelp; the following four entries are for compatibility with
430 ;; any direct uses of those (undocumented) -f forms
432 Common Driver Alias(-help)
435 Common Driver Joined Alias(-help=)
438 Common Driver Alias(-target-help)
441 Common Driver Alias(-version)
444 Driver Separate Alias(-sysroot=)
447 Driver JoinedOrMissing
453 Driver Joined Separate
459 Driver Joined Separate
465 Common JoinedOrMissing Optimization
466 -O<number> Set optimization level to <number>.
470 Optimize for space rather than speed.
474 Optimize for speed disregarding exact standards compliance.
478 Optimize for debugging experience rather than speed or size.
482 Optimize for space aggressively rather than speed.
494 Driver Joined Separate
500 Driver Joined Separate
521 Common RejectNegative Warning Alias(Wextra)
522 This switch is deprecated; use -Wextra instead.
525 Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative
528 Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative
531 Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative
534 Common Var(warn_aggregate_return) Warning
535 Warn about returning structures, unions or arrays.
537 Waggressive-loop-optimizations
538 Common Var(warn_aggressive_loop_optimizations) Init(1) Warning
539 Warn if a loop with constant number of iterations triggers undefined behavior.
542 Common Alias(Warray-bounds=, 1, 0) Warning
545 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_array_bounds) Warning IntegerRange(0, 2)
546 Warn if an array is accessed out of bounds.
549 Common Var(warn_use_after_free) Warning
550 Warn for uses of pointers to deallocated storage.
553 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_use_after_free) Warning IntegerRange(0, 3)
554 Warn for uses of pointers to deallocated storage.
557 Common Var(warn_attributes) Init(1) Warning
558 Warn about inappropriate attribute usage.
562 Do not warn about specified attributes.
565 Common Alias(Wattribute_alias=, 1, 0) Warning
566 Warn about type safety and similar errors and mismatches in declarations with alias attributes.
569 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_attribute_alias) Init(1) Warning IntegerRange(0, 2)
570 Warn about type safety and similar errors and mismatches in declarations with alias attributes.
573 Common Var(warn_cannot_profile) Init(1) Warning
574 Warn when profiling instrumentation was requested, but could not be applied to
578 Common Var(warn_cast_align) Warning
579 Warn about pointer casts which increase alignment.
582 Common Var(warn_cast_align,2) Warning
583 Warn about pointer casts which increase alignment.
586 Common Var(warn_complain_wrong_lang) Init(1) Warning
587 Complain when a command-line option is valid, but not applicable to the current front end.
590 Common Var(warn_cpp) Init(1) Warning
591 Warn when a #warning directive is encountered.
594 Common Var(warn_attribute_warning) Init(1) Warning
595 Warn about uses of __attribute__((warning)) declarations.
598 Common Var(warn_deprecated) Init(1) Warning
599 Warn if a deprecated compiler feature, class, method, or field is used.
601 Wdeprecated-declarations
602 Common Var(warn_deprecated_decl) Init(1) Warning
603 Warn about uses of __attribute__((deprecated)) declarations.
605 Wdisabled-optimization
606 Common Var(warn_disabled_optimization) Warning
607 Warn when an optimization pass is disabled.
610 Common Var(warnings_are_errors)
611 Treat all warnings as errors.
615 Treat specified warning as error.
618 Common Var(extra_warnings) Warning
619 Print extra (possibly unwanted) warnings.
622 Common Var(flag_fatal_errors)
623 Exit on the first error occurred.
626 Common RejectNegative Joined Host_Wide_Int ByteSize Warning Var(warn_frame_larger_than_size) Init(HOST_WIDE_INT_MAX)
627 -Wframe-larger-than=<byte-size> Warn if a function's stack frame requires in excess of <byte-size>.
629 Wno-frame-larger-than
630 Common Alias(Wframe-larger-than=,18446744073709551615EiB,none) Warning
631 Disable -Wframe-larger-than= warning. Equivalent to -Wframe-larger-than=<SIZE_MAX> or larger.
634 Common Var(warn_free_nonheap_object) Init(1) Warning
635 Warn when attempting to free a non-heap object.
638 Common Ignore Warning
639 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
641 Wimplicit-fallthrough
642 Common Alias(Wimplicit-fallthrough=,3,0) Warning
644 Wimplicit-fallthrough=
645 Common Var(warn_implicit_fallthrough) RejectNegative Joined UInteger Warning IntegerRange(0, 5)
646 Warn when a switch case falls through.
649 Var(warn_infinite_recursion) Warning
650 Warn for infinitely recursive calls.
653 Common Var(warn_inline) Warning Optimization
654 Warn when an inlined function cannot be inlined.
656 Winvalid-memory-model
657 Common Var(warn_invalid_memory_model) Init(1) Warning
658 Warn when an atomic memory model parameter is known to be outside the valid range.
661 Common RejectNegative Joined Warning Undocumented Alias(Wlarger-than=)
664 Common RejectNegative Joined Host_Wide_Int ByteSize Warning Var(warn_larger_than_size) Init(HOST_WIDE_INT_MAX)
665 -Wlarger-than=<byte-size> Warn if an object's size exceeds <byte-size>.
668 Common Alias(Wlarger-than=,18446744073709551615EiB,none) Warning
669 Disable -Wlarger-than= warning. Equivalent to -Wlarger-than=<SIZE_MAX> or larger.
672 Var(warn_nonnull_compare) Warning
673 Warn if comparing pointer parameter with nonnull attribute with NULL.
676 Common Var(warn_null_dereference) Warning
677 Warn if dereferencing a NULL pointer may lead to erroneous or undefined behavior.
679 Wunsafe-loop-optimizations
680 Common Ignore Warning
681 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
684 Common Warning Alias(Wsuggest-attribute=noreturn)
687 Common Var(warn_odr_violations) Init(1) Warning
688 Warn about some C++ One Definition Rule violations during link time optimization.
691 Common Var(warn_overflow) Init(1) Warning
692 Warn about overflow in arithmetic expressions.
695 Common Var(warn_lto_type_mismatch) Init(1) Warning
696 During link time optimization warn about mismatched types of global declarations.
699 Common Var(warn_packed) Warning
700 Warn when the packed attribute has no effect on struct layout.
703 Common Var(warn_padded) Warning
704 Warn when padding is required to align structure members.
707 Common Var(pedantic) Init(0) Warning
708 Issue warnings needed for strict compliance to the standard.
711 Common Var(warn_return_local_addr) Init(1) Warning
712 Warn about returning a pointer/reference to a local or temporary variable.
715 Common Var(warn_shadow) Warning
716 Warn when one variable shadows another. Same as -Wshadow=global.
719 Common Warning Alias(Wshadow)
720 Warn when one variable shadows another (globally).
723 Common Var(warn_shadow_local) Warning EnabledBy(Wshadow)
724 Warn when one local variable shadows another local variable or parameter.
727 Common Warning Undocumented Alias(Wshadow=local)
729 Wshadow=compatible-local
730 Common Var(warn_shadow_compatible_local) Warning EnabledBy(Wshadow=local)
731 Warn when one local variable shadows another local variable or parameter of compatible type.
733 Wshadow-compatible-local
734 Common Warning Undocumented Alias(Wshadow=compatible-local)
737 Common Var(warn_stack_protect) Warning
738 Warn when not issuing stack smashing protection for some reason.
741 Common Joined RejectNegative Host_Wide_Int ByteSize Var(warn_stack_usage) Warning Init(HOST_WIDE_INT_MAX)
742 -Wstack-usage=<byte-size> Warn if stack usage might exceed <byte-size>.
745 Common Alias(Wstack-usage=,18446744073709551615EiB,none) Warning
746 Disable Wstack-usage= warning. Equivalent to Wstack-usage=<SIZE_MAX> or larger.
750 Warn about code which might break strict aliasing rules.
753 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_strict_aliasing) Warning
754 Warn about code which might break strict aliasing rules.
758 Warn about optimizations that assume that signed overflow is undefined.
761 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_strict_overflow) Warning
762 Warn about optimizations that assume that signed overflow is undefined.
764 Wsuggest-attribute=cold
765 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_cold) Warning
766 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((cold)).
768 Wsuggest-attribute=const
769 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_const) Warning
770 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((const)).
772 Wsuggest-attribute=pure
773 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_pure) Warning
774 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((pure)).
776 Wsuggest-attribute=noreturn
777 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_noreturn) Warning
778 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((noreturn)).
780 Wsuggest-attribute=malloc
781 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_malloc) Warning
782 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((malloc)).
785 Common Var(warn_suggest_final_types) Warning
786 Warn about C++ polymorphic types where adding final keyword would improve code quality.
788 Wsuggest-final-methods
789 Common Var(warn_suggest_final_methods) Warning
790 Warn about C++ virtual methods where adding final keyword would improve code quality.
793 Common Var(warn_switch_unreachable) Warning Init(1)
794 Warn about statements between switch's controlling expression and the first
798 Common Var(warn_system_headers) Warning
799 Do not suppress warnings from system headers.
802 Common Var(warn_trampolines) Warning
803 Warn whenever a trampoline is generated.
805 Wtrivial-auto-var-init
806 Common Var(warn_trivial_auto_var_init) Warning Init(0)
807 Warn about cases where -ftrivial-auto-var-init cannot initialize an auto variable.
810 Common Var(warn_type_limits) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
811 Warn if a comparison is always true or always false due to the limited range of the data type.
814 Common Var(warn_uninitialized) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
815 Warn about uninitialized automatic variables.
818 Common Var(warn_maybe_uninitialized) Warning EnabledBy(Wuninitialized)
819 Warn about maybe uninitialized automatic variables.
822 Common Ignore Warning
823 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
826 Common Var(warn_unused) Init(0) Warning
827 Enable all -Wunused- warnings.
829 Wunused-but-set-parameter
830 Common Var(warn_unused_but_set_parameter) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused && Wextra)
831 Warn when a function parameter is only set, otherwise unused.
833 Wunused-but-set-variable
834 Common Var(warn_unused_but_set_variable) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
835 Warn when a variable is only set, otherwise unused.
838 Common Var(warn_unused_function) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
839 Warn when a function is unused.
842 Common Var(warn_unused_label) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
843 Warn when a label is unused.
846 Common Var(warn_unused_parameter) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused && Wextra)
847 Warn when a function parameter is unused.
850 Common Var(warn_unused_value) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
851 Warn when an expression value is unused.
854 Common Var(warn_unused_variable) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
855 Warn when a variable is unused.
858 Common Var(warn_coverage_mismatch) Init(1) Warning
859 Warn in case profiles in -fprofile-use do not match.
861 Wcoverage-invalid-line-number
862 Common Var(warn_coverage_invalid_linenum) Init(1) Warning
863 Warn in case a function ends earlier than it begins due to an invalid linenum macros.
866 Common Var(warn_missing_profile) Init(1) Warning
867 Warn in case profiles in -fprofile-use do not exist.
869 Wvector-operation-performance
870 Common Var(warn_vector_operation_performance) Warning
871 Warn when a vector operation is compiled outside the SIMD.
874 Common Var(warn_tsan) Init(1) Warning
875 Warn about unsupported features in ThreadSanitizer.
890 Common Separate Var(aux_info_file_name)
891 -aux-info <file> Emit declaration information into <file>.
894 Common Joined Alias(aux-info)
904 -d<letters> Enable dumps from specific passes of the compiler.
907 Driver Common Separate Var(dump_base_name)
908 -dumpbase <file> Set the file basename to be used for dumps.
911 Driver Common Separate Var(dump_base_ext)
912 -dumpbase-ext .<ext> Drop a trailing .<ext> from the dump basename to name auxiliary output files.
915 Driver Common Separate Var(dump_dir_name)
916 -dumpdir <dir> Set the directory name to be used for dumps.
931 Driver Joined Separate
933 ; This option has historically been passed down to the linker by an
934 ; accident of a %{e*} spec, so ensure it continues to be passed down
935 ; as a single option. The supported option for this purpose is
936 ; -rdynamic. See PR 47390.
940 ; The version of the C++ ABI in use. The following values are allowed:
942 ; 0: The version of the ABI believed most conformant with the C++ ABI
943 ; specification. This ABI may change as bugs are discovered and fixed.
944 ; Therefore, 0 will not necessarily indicate the same ABI in different
947 ; 1: The version of the ABI first used in G++ 3.2. No longer selectable.
949 ; 2: The version of the ABI first used in G++ 3.4, and the default
952 ; 3: The version of the ABI that fixes the missing underscore
953 ; in template non-type arguments of pointer type.
955 ; 4: The version of the ABI that introduces unambiguous mangling of
956 ; vector types. First selectable in G++ 4.5.
958 ; 5: The version of the ABI that ignores attribute const/noreturn
959 ; in function pointer mangling, and corrects mangling of decltype and
960 ; function parameters used in other parameters and the return type.
961 ; First selectable in G++ 4.6.
963 ; 6: The version of the ABI that doesn't promote scoped enums to int and
964 ; changes the mangling of template argument packs, const/static_cast,
965 ; prefix ++ and --, and a class scope function used as a template
967 ; First selectable in G++ 4.7.
969 ; 7: The version of the ABI that treats nullptr_t as a builtin type and
970 ; corrects the mangling of lambdas in default argument scope.
971 ; First selectable in G++ 4.8.
973 ; 8: The version of the ABI that corrects the substitution behavior of
974 ; function types with function-cv-qualifiers.
975 ; First selectable in G++ 4.9 and default in G++ 5.
977 ; 9: The version of the ABI that corrects the alignment of nullptr_t.
978 ; First selectable and default in G++ 5.2.
980 ; 10: The version of the ABI that mangles attributes that affect type
981 ; identity, such as ia32 calling convention attributes (stdcall, etc.)
982 ; Default in G++ 6 (set in c_common_post_options).
984 ; 11: The version of the ABI that corrects mangling of sizeof... expressions
985 ; and introduces new inheriting constructor handling.
988 ; 12: Corrects the calling convention for classes with only deleted copy/move
989 ; constructors and changes passing/returning of empty records.
990 ; Default in G++ 8.1.
992 ; 13: Fixes the accidental change in 12 to the calling convention for classes
993 ; with deleted copy constructor and trivial move constructor.
994 ; Default in G++ 8.2.
996 ; 14: Corrects the mangling of nullptr expression.
999 ; 15: Corrects G++ 10 ABI tag regression [PR98481].
1000 ; Available, but not default, in G++ 10.3.
1002 ; 16: Changes the mangling of __alignof__ to be distinct from that of alignof.
1003 ; Adds missing 'on' in mangling of operator names in some cases.
1004 ; Default in G++ 11.
1006 ; 17: Fixes layout of classes that inherit from aggregate classes with default
1007 ; member initializers in C++14 and up.
1008 ; Default in G++ 12.
1010 ; 18: Corrects errors in mangling of lambdas with additional context.
1011 ; Default in G++ 13.
1013 ; Additional positive integers will be assigned as new versions of
1014 ; the ABI become the default version of the ABI.
1016 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_abi_version) Init(0)
1017 The version of the C++ ABI in use.
1019 faggressive-loop-optimizations
1020 Common Var(flag_aggressive_loop_optimizations) Optimization Init(1)
1021 Aggressively optimize loops using language constraints.
1024 Common Var(flag_align_functions) Optimization
1025 Align the start of functions.
1028 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(str_align_functions) Optimization
1030 flimit-function-alignment
1031 Common Var(flag_limit_function_alignment) Optimization Init(0)
1034 Common Var(flag_align_jumps) Optimization
1035 Align labels which are only reached by jumping.
1038 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(str_align_jumps) Optimization
1041 Common Var(flag_align_labels) Optimization
1045 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(str_align_labels) Optimization
1048 Common Var(flag_align_loops) Optimization
1049 Align the start of loops.
1052 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(str_align_loops) Optimization
1054 fallow-store-data-races
1055 Common Var(flag_store_data_races) Optimization
1056 Allow the compiler to introduce new data races on stores.
1059 Common Var(flag_analyzer)
1060 Enable static analysis pass.
1064 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1068 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1070 fargument-noalias-global
1072 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1074 fargument-noalias-anything
1076 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1079 Common Driver Joined
1080 Select what to sanitize.
1083 Common Joined Enum(sanitize_coverage) Var(flag_sanitize_coverage) EnumBitSet
1084 Select type of coverage sanitization.
1087 Name(sanitize_coverage) Type(int)
1090 Enum(sanitize_coverage) String(trace-pc) Value(SANITIZE_COV_TRACE_PC)
1093 Enum(sanitize_coverage) String(trace-cmp) Value(SANITIZE_COV_TRACE_CMP)
1095 fasan-shadow-offset=
1096 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1097 -fasan-shadow-offset=<number> Use custom shadow memory offset.
1100 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1101 -fsanitize-sections=<sec1,sec2,...> Sanitize global variables
1102 in user-defined sections.
1106 After diagnosing undefined behavior attempt to continue execution.
1110 This switch is deprecated; use -fsanitize-recover= instead.
1113 Common Driver Joined
1114 Use traps instead of diagnostics of undefined behavior sanitizers.
1119 fsanitize-address-use-after-scope
1120 Common Driver Var(flag_sanitize_address_use_after_scope) Init(0)
1122 fsanitize-undefined-trap-on-error
1123 Common Driver Alias(fsanitize-trap)
1124 This switch is deprecated; use -fsanitize-trap= instead.
1126 fasynchronous-unwind-tables
1127 Common Var(flag_asynchronous_unwind_tables) Optimization
1128 Generate unwind tables that are exact at each instruction boundary.
1131 Common Var(flag_auto_inc_dec) Init(1) Optimization
1132 Generate auto-inc/dec instructions.
1135 Common Var(flag_auto_profile)
1136 Use sample profile information for call graph node weights. The default
1137 profile file is fbdata.afdo in 'pwd'.
1140 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(auto_profile_file)
1141 Use sample profile information for call graph node weights. The profile
1142 file is specified in the argument.
1144 ; -fcheck-bounds causes gcc to generate array bounds checks.
1145 ; For C, C++ and ObjC: defaults off.
1146 ; For Java: defaults to on.
1147 ; For Fortran: defaults to off.
1149 Common Var(flag_bounds_check)
1150 Generate code to check bounds before indexing arrays.
1153 Common Var(flag_branch_on_count_reg) Optimization
1154 Replace add, compare, branch with branch on count register.
1156 fbranch-probabilities
1157 Common Var(flag_branch_probabilities) Optimization
1158 Use profiling information for branch probabilities.
1160 fbranch-target-load-optimize
1162 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1164 fbranch-target-load-optimize2
1166 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1170 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1173 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_callgraph_info) Init(NO_CALLGRAPH_INFO);
1174 Output callgraph information on a per-file basis.
1177 Common RejectNegative Joined
1178 Output callgraph information on a per-file basis with decorations.
1181 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1182 -fcall-saved-<register> Mark <register> as being preserved across functions.
1185 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1186 -fcall-used-<register> Mark <register> as being corrupted by function calls.
1188 ; Nonzero for -fcaller-saves: allocate values in regs that need to
1189 ; be saved across function calls, if that produces overall better code.
1190 ; Optional now, so people can test it.
1192 Common Var(flag_caller_saves) Optimization
1193 Save registers around function calls.
1197 This switch is deprecated; do not use.
1200 Common Var(flag_check_new)
1201 Check the return value of new in C++.
1204 Common Var(flag_checking) Init(CHECKING_P ? ENABLE_EXTRA_CHECKING ? 2 : 1 : 0)
1205 Perform internal consistency checkings.
1208 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_checking)
1209 Perform internal consistency checkings.
1212 Common Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1213 For -f*-prefix-map= options compare canonicalized pathnames rather than just strings.
1216 Common Var(flag_code_hoisting) Optimization
1217 Enable code hoisting.
1219 fcombine-stack-adjustments
1220 Common Var(flag_combine_stack_adjustments) Optimization
1221 Looks for opportunities to reduce stack adjustments and stack references.
1224 Common Var(flag_no_common,0) Init(1)
1225 Put uninitialized globals in the common section.
1229 ; Converted by the driver to -fcompare-debug= options.
1232 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative Var(flag_compare_debug_opt)
1233 -fcompare-debug[=<opts>] Compile with and without e.g. -gtoggle, and compare the final-insns dump.
1235 fcompare-debug-second
1236 Common Driver RejectNegative Var(flag_compare_debug)
1237 Run only the second compilation of -fcompare-debug.
1240 Common Var(flag_compare_elim_after_reload) Optimization
1241 Perform comparison elimination after register allocation has finished.
1244 Common Var(flag_conserve_stack) Optimization
1245 Do not perform optimizations increasing noticeably stack usage.
1248 Common Var(flag_cprop_registers) Optimization
1249 Perform a register copy-propagation optimization pass.
1252 Common Var(flag_crossjumping) Optimization
1253 Perform cross-jumping optimization.
1256 Common Var(flag_cse_follow_jumps) Optimization
1257 When running CSE, follow jumps to their targets.
1261 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1264 Common Var(flag_cx_limited_range) Optimization SetByCombined
1265 Omit range reduction step when performing complex division.
1268 Common Var(flag_cx_fortran_rules) Optimization
1269 Complex multiplication and division follow Fortran rules.
1272 Common Var(flag_data_sections)
1273 Place data items into their own section.
1276 Common Var(flag_dbg_cnt_list)
1277 List all available debugging counters with their limits and counts.
1280 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1281 -fdbg-cnt=<counter>[:<lower_limit1>-]<upper_limit1>[:<lower_limit2>-<upper_limit2>:...][,<counter>:...] Set the debug counter limit.
1284 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1285 -fdebug-prefix-map=<old>=<new> Map one directory name to another in debug information.
1288 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1289 -ffile-prefix-map=<old>=<new> Map one directory name to another in compilation result.
1291 fdebug-types-section
1292 Common Var(flag_debug_types_section) Init(0)
1293 Output .debug_types section when using DWARF v4 debuginfo.
1295 ; Nonzero for -fdefer-pop: don't pop args after each function call
1296 ; instead save them up to pop many calls' args with one insns.
1298 Common Var(flag_defer_pop) Optimization
1299 Defer popping functions args from stack until later.
1302 Common Var(flag_delayed_branch) Optimization
1303 Attempt to fill delay slots of branch instructions.
1305 fdelete-dead-exceptions
1306 Common Var(flag_delete_dead_exceptions) Init(0) Optimization
1307 Delete dead instructions that may throw exceptions.
1309 fdelete-null-pointer-checks
1310 Common Var(flag_delete_null_pointer_checks) Init(-1) Optimization
1311 Delete useless null pointer checks.
1313 fdevirtualize-at-ltrans
1314 Common Var(flag_ltrans_devirtualize)
1315 Stream extra data to support more aggressive devirtualization in LTO local transformation mode.
1317 fdevirtualize-speculatively
1318 Common Var(flag_devirtualize_speculatively) Optimization
1319 Perform speculative devirtualization.
1322 Common Var(flag_devirtualize) Optimization
1323 Try to convert virtual calls to direct ones.
1325 fdiagnostics-show-location=
1326 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule)
1327 -fdiagnostics-show-location=[once|every-line] How often to emit source location at the beginning of line-wrapped diagnostics.
1329 ; Required for these enum values.
1334 Name(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) Type(int)
1337 Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) String(once) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_SHOW_PREFIX_ONCE)
1340 Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) String(every-line) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_SHOW_PREFIX_EVERY_LINE)
1342 fdiagnostics-show-caret
1343 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_caret) Init(1)
1344 Show the source line with a caret indicating the column.
1346 fdiagnostics-show-labels
1347 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_labels) Init(1)
1348 Show labels annotating ranges of source code when showing source.
1350 fdiagnostics-show-line-numbers
1351 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_line_numbers) Init(1)
1352 Show line numbers in the left margin when showing source.
1355 Common Alias(fdiagnostics-color=,always,never)
1359 Driver Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_diagnostics_show_color) Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) Init(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_NO)
1360 -fdiagnostics-color=[never|always|auto] Colorize diagnostics.
1362 ; Required for these enum values.
1367 Name(diagnostic_color_rule) Type(int)
1370 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(never) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_NO)
1373 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(always) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_YES)
1376 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(auto) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_AUTO)
1379 Driver Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_diagnostics_show_urls) Enum(diagnostic_url_rule) Init(DIAGNOSTICS_URL_AUTO)
1380 -fdiagnostics-urls=[never|always|auto] Embed URLs in diagnostics.
1382 ; Required for these enum values.
1387 Name(diagnostic_url_rule) Type(int)
1390 Enum(diagnostic_url_rule) String(never) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_URL_NO)
1393 Enum(diagnostic_url_rule) String(always) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_URL_YES)
1396 Enum(diagnostic_url_rule) String(auto) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_URL_AUTO)
1398 fdiagnostics-column-unit=
1399 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(diagnostics_column_unit)
1400 -fdiagnostics-column-unit=[display|byte] Select whether column numbers are output as display columns (default) or raw bytes.
1402 fdiagnostics-column-origin=
1403 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger
1404 -fdiagnostics-column-origin=<number> Set the number of the first column. The default is 1-based as per GNU style, but some utilities may expect 0-based, for example.
1406 fdiagnostics-format=
1407 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(diagnostics_output_format)
1408 -fdiagnostics-format=[text|sarif-stderr|sarif-file|json|json-stderr|json-file] Select output format.
1410 fdiagnostics-escape-format=
1411 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(diagnostics_escape_format)
1412 -fdiagnostics-escape-format=[unicode|bytes] Select how to escape non-printable-ASCII bytes in the source for diagnostics that suggest it.
1414 ; Required for these enum values.
1419 Name(diagnostics_column_unit) Type(int)
1422 Enum(diagnostics_column_unit) String(display) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLUMN_UNIT_DISPLAY)
1425 Enum(diagnostics_column_unit) String(byte) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLUMN_UNIT_BYTE)
1428 Name(diagnostics_escape_format) Type(int)
1431 Enum(diagnostics_escape_format) String(unicode) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_ESCAPE_FORMAT_UNICODE)
1434 Enum(diagnostics_escape_format) String(bytes) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_ESCAPE_FORMAT_BYTES)
1437 Name(diagnostics_output_format) Type(int)
1440 Enum(diagnostics_output_format) String(text) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_OUTPUT_FORMAT_TEXT)
1443 Enum(diagnostics_output_format) String(json) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_OUTPUT_FORMAT_JSON_STDERR)
1446 Enum(diagnostics_output_format) String(json-stderr) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_OUTPUT_FORMAT_JSON_STDERR)
1449 Enum(diagnostics_output_format) String(json-file) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_OUTPUT_FORMAT_JSON_FILE)
1452 Enum(diagnostics_output_format) String(sarif-stderr) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_OUTPUT_FORMAT_SARIF_STDERR)
1455 Enum(diagnostics_output_format) String(sarif-file) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_OUTPUT_FORMAT_SARIF_FILE)
1457 fdiagnostics-parseable-fixits
1458 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_parseable_fixits)
1459 Print fix-it hints in machine-readable form.
1461 fdiagnostics-generate-patch
1462 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_generate_patch)
1463 Print fix-it hints to stderr in unified diff format.
1465 fdiagnostics-show-option
1466 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_option) Init(1)
1467 Amend appropriate diagnostic messages with the command line option that controls them.
1469 fdiagnostics-show-cwe
1470 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_cwe) Init(1)
1471 Print CWE identifiers for diagnostic messages, where available.
1473 fdiagnostics-show-rules
1474 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_rules) Init(1)
1475 Print any rules associated with diagnostic messages.
1477 fdiagnostics-path-format=
1478 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_diagnostics_path_format) Enum(diagnostic_path_format) Init(DPF_INLINE_EVENTS)
1479 Specify how to print any control-flow path associated with a diagnostic.
1481 fdiagnostics-plain-output
1482 Driver Common RejectNegative
1483 Turn off any diagnostics features that complicate the output, such as line numbers, color, and warning URLs.
1486 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger
1487 -ftabstop=<number> Distance between tab stops for column reporting.
1490 Name(diagnostic_path_format) Type(int)
1493 Enum(diagnostic_path_format) String(none) Value(DPF_NONE)
1496 Enum(diagnostic_path_format) String(separate-events) Value(DPF_SEPARATE_EVENTS)
1499 Enum(diagnostic_path_format) String(inline-events) Value(DPF_INLINE_EVENTS)
1501 fdiagnostics-show-path-depths
1502 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_path_depths) Init(0)
1503 Show stack depths of events in paths.
1505 fdiagnostics-text-art-charset=
1506 Driver Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_diagnostics_text_art_charset) Enum(diagnostic_text_art_charset) Init(DIAGNOSTICS_TEXT_ART_CHARSET_EMOJI)
1507 -fdiagnostics-text-art-charset=[none|ascii|unicode|emoji] Determine which characters to use in text arg diagrams.
1509 ; Required for these enum values.
1511 diagnostic-text-art.h
1514 Name(diagnostic_text_art_charset) Type(int)
1517 Enum(diagnostic_text_art_charset) String(none) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_TEXT_ART_CHARSET_NONE)
1520 Enum(diagnostic_text_art_charset) String(ascii) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_TEXT_ART_CHARSET_ASCII)
1523 Enum(diagnostic_text_art_charset) String(unicode) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_TEXT_ART_CHARSET_UNICODE)
1526 Enum(diagnostic_text_art_charset) String(emoji) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_TEXT_ART_CHARSET_EMOJI)
1528 fdiagnostics-minimum-margin-width=
1529 Common Joined UInteger Var(diagnostics_minimum_margin_width) Init(6)
1530 Set minimum width of left margin of source code when showing source.
1533 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1534 -fdisable-[tree|rtl|ipa]-<pass>=range1+range2 Disable an optimization pass.
1537 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1538 -fenable-[tree|rtl|ipa]-<pass>=range1+range2 Enable an optimization pass.
1541 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1542 -fdump-<type> Dump various compiler internals to a file.
1545 Driver RejectNegative
1548 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_dump_final_insns)
1549 -fdump-final-insns=filename Dump to filename the insns at the end of translation.
1552 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_dump_go_spec)
1553 -fdump-go-spec=filename Write all declarations to file as Go code.
1556 Common Var(flag_dump_noaddr)
1557 Suppress output of addresses in debugging dumps.
1560 Common Driver Var(flag_report_bug)
1561 Collect and dump debug information into temporary file if ICE in C/C++
1564 fdump-internal-locations
1565 Common Var(flag_dump_locations) Init(0)
1566 Dump detailed information on GCC's internal representation of source code locations.
1569 Common Var(flag_dump_passes) Init(0)
1570 Dump optimization passes.
1573 Common Var(flag_dump_unnumbered)
1574 Suppress output of instruction numbers, line number notes and addresses in debugging dumps.
1576 fdump-unnumbered-links
1577 Common Var(flag_dump_unnumbered_links)
1578 Suppress output of previous and next insn numbers in debugging dumps.
1581 Common Var(flag_dwarf2_cfi_asm) Init(HAVE_GAS_CFI_DIRECTIVE)
1582 Enable CFI tables via GAS assembler directives.
1585 Common Var(flag_early_inlining) Init(1) Optimization
1586 Perform early inlining.
1588 feliminate-dwarf2-dups
1590 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1593 Common Var(flag_ipa_sra) Init(0) Optimization
1594 Perform interprocedural reduction of aggregates.
1596 feliminate-unused-debug-symbols
1597 Common Var(flag_debug_only_used_symbols) Init(1)
1598 Perform unused symbol elimination in debug info.
1600 feliminate-unused-debug-types
1601 Common Var(flag_eliminate_unused_debug_types) Init(1)
1602 Perform unused type elimination in debug info.
1604 femit-class-debug-always
1605 Common Var(flag_emit_class_debug_always) Init(0)
1606 Do not suppress C++ class debug information.
1609 Common Var(flag_exceptions) Optimization EnabledBy(fnon-call-exceptions)
1610 Enable exception handling.
1612 fexpensive-optimizations
1613 Common Var(flag_expensive_optimizations) Optimization
1614 Perform a number of minor, expensive optimizations.
1617 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(excess_precision) Var(flag_excess_precision) Init(EXCESS_PRECISION_DEFAULT) Optimization SetByCombined
1618 -fexcess-precision=[fast|standard|16] Specify handling of excess floating-point precision.
1621 Name(excess_precision) Type(enum excess_precision) UnknownError(unknown excess precision style %qs)
1624 Enum(excess_precision) String(fast) Value(EXCESS_PRECISION_FAST)
1627 Enum(excess_precision) String(standard) Value(EXCESS_PRECISION_STANDARD)
1630 Enum(excess_precision) String(16) Value(EXCESS_PRECISION_FLOAT16)
1632 ; Whether we permit the extended set of values for FLT_EVAL_METHOD
1633 ; introduced in ISO/IEC TS 18661-3, or limit ourselves to those in C99/C11.
1634 fpermitted-flt-eval-methods=
1635 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(permitted_flt_eval_methods) Var(flag_permitted_flt_eval_methods) Init(PERMITTED_FLT_EVAL_METHODS_DEFAULT)
1636 -fpermitted-flt-eval-methods=[c11|ts-18661] Specify which values of FLT_EVAL_METHOD are permitted.
1639 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)
1642 Enum(permitted_flt_eval_methods) String(c11) Value(PERMITTED_FLT_EVAL_METHODS_C11)
1645 Enum(permitted_flt_eval_methods) String(ts-18661-3) Value(PERMITTED_FLT_EVAL_METHODS_TS_18661)
1651 Common Var(flag_fat_lto_objects)
1652 Output lto objects containing both the intermediate language and binary output.
1655 Common Var(flag_finite_math_only) Optimization SetByCombined
1656 Assume no NaNs or infinities are generated.
1659 Common Var(flag_finite_loops) Optimization Init(0)
1660 Assume that loops with an exit will terminate and not loop indefinitely.
1663 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1664 -ffixed-<register> Mark <register> as being unavailable to the compiler.
1667 Common Var(flag_float_store) Optimization
1668 Don't allocate floats and doubles in extended-precision registers.
1672 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1675 Common Var(flag_forward_propagate) Optimization
1676 Perform a forward propagation pass on RTL.
1679 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(fp_contract_mode) Var(flag_fp_contract_mode) Init(FP_CONTRACT_FAST) Optimization
1680 -ffp-contract=[off|on|fast] Perform floating-point expression contraction.
1683 Name(fp_contract_mode) Type(enum fp_contract_mode) UnknownError(unknown floating point contraction style %qs)
1686 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(off) Value(FP_CONTRACT_OFF)
1689 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(on) Value(FP_CONTRACT_ON)
1692 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(fast) Value(FP_CONTRACT_FAST)
1694 ffp-int-builtin-inexact
1695 Common Var(flag_fp_int_builtin_inexact) Init(1) Optimization
1696 Allow built-in functions ceil, floor, round, trunc to raise \"inexact\" exceptions.
1698 ; Nonzero means don't put addresses of constant functions in registers.
1699 ; Used for compiling the Unix kernel, where strange substitutions are
1700 ; done on the assembly output.
1702 Common Var(flag_no_function_cse,0) Optimization
1703 Allow function addresses to be held in registers.
1706 Common Var(flag_function_sections)
1707 Place each function into its own section.
1710 Common Var(flag_gcse) Optimization
1711 Perform global common subexpression elimination.
1714 Common Var(flag_gcse_lm) Init(1) Optimization
1715 Perform enhanced load motion during global common subexpression elimination.
1718 Common Var(flag_gcse_sm) Init(0) Optimization
1719 Perform store motion after global common subexpression elimination.
1722 Common Var(flag_gcse_las) Init(0) Optimization
1723 Perform redundant load after store elimination in global common subexpression
1727 Common Var(flag_gcse_after_reload) Optimization
1728 Perform global common subexpression elimination after register allocation has
1732 Name(dwarf_gnat_encodings) Type(int)
1735 Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) String(all) Value(DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_ALL)
1738 Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) String(gdb) Value(DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_GDB)
1741 Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) String(minimal) Value(DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_MINIMAL)
1744 Common Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) Joined RejectNegative Undocumented Var(gnat_encodings)
1745 -fgnat-encodings=[all|gdb|minimal] Select the balance between GNAT encodings and standard DWARF emitted in the debug information.
1747 ; This option is not documented yet as its semantics will change.
1749 Common Var(flag_graphite) Optimization
1750 Enable in and out of Graphite representation.
1753 Common Var(flag_graphite_identity) Optimization
1754 Enable Graphite Identity transformation.
1756 fhoist-adjacent-loads
1757 Common Var(flag_hoist_adjacent_loads) Optimization
1758 Enable hoisting adjacent loads to encourage generating conditional move
1762 Common Undocumented Var(flag_keep_gc_roots_live) Optimization
1763 ; Always keep a pointer to a live memory block
1766 Common Var(flag_large_source_files) Init(0)
1767 Improve GCC's ability to track column numbers in large source files,
1768 at the expense of slower compilation.
1770 floop-parallelize-all
1771 Common Var(flag_loop_parallelize_all) Optimization
1772 Mark all loops as parallel.
1775 Common Alias(floop-nest-optimize)
1776 Enable loop nest transforms. Same as -floop-nest-optimize.
1779 Common Var(flag_loop_interchange) Optimization
1780 Enable loop interchange on trees.
1783 Common Alias(floop-nest-optimize)
1784 Enable loop nest transforms. Same as -floop-nest-optimize.
1786 floop-unroll-and-jam
1787 Common Var(flag_unroll_jam) Optimization
1788 Perform unroll-and-jam on loops.
1792 Enable support for GNU transactional memory.
1795 Common Var(flag_gnu_unique) Init(1)
1796 Use STB_GNU_UNIQUE if supported by the assembler.
1800 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1803 Common Var(flag_loop_nest_optimize) Optimization
1804 Enable the loop nest optimizer.
1806 fstrict-volatile-bitfields
1807 Common Var(flag_strict_volatile_bitfields) Init(-1) Optimization
1808 Force bitfield accesses to match their type width.
1811 Common Var(flag_store_merging) Optimization
1812 Merge adjacent stores.
1814 fguess-branch-probability
1815 Common Var(flag_guess_branch_prob) Optimization
1816 Enable guessing of branch probabilities.
1819 Common Var(flag_harden_compares) Optimization
1820 Harden conditionals not used in branches, checking reversed conditions.
1822 fharden-conditional-branches
1823 Common Var(flag_harden_conditional_branches) Optimization
1824 Harden conditional branches by checking reversed conditions.
1826 ; Nonzero means ignore `#ident' directives. 0 means handle them.
1827 ; Generate position-independent code for executables if possible
1828 ; On SVR4 targets, it also controls whether or not to emit a
1829 ; string identifying the compiler.
1831 Common Var(flag_no_ident,0)
1832 Process #ident directives.
1835 Common Var(flag_if_conversion) Optimization
1836 Perform conversion of conditional jumps to branchless equivalents.
1839 Common Var(flag_if_conversion2) Optimization
1840 Perform conversion of conditional jumps to conditional execution.
1843 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(stack_reuse_level) Var(flag_stack_reuse) Init(SR_ALL) Optimization
1844 -fstack-reuse=[all|named_vars|none] Set stack reuse level for local variables.
1847 Name(stack_reuse_level) Type(enum stack_reuse_level) UnknownError(unknown Stack Reuse Level %qs)
1850 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(all) Value(SR_ALL)
1853 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(named_vars) Value(SR_NAMED_VARS)
1856 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(none) Value(SR_NONE)
1858 ftree-loop-if-convert
1859 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_if_convert) Init(-1) Optimization
1860 Convert conditional jumps in innermost loops to branchless equivalents.
1862 ftree-loop-if-convert-stores
1864 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1866 ; -finhibit-size-directive inhibits output of .size for ELF.
1867 ; This is used only for compiling crtstuff.c,
1868 ; and it may be extended to other effects
1869 ; needed for crtstuff.c on other systems.
1870 finhibit-size-directive
1871 Common Var(flag_inhibit_size_directive)
1872 Do not generate .size directives.
1875 Common Var(flag_indirect_inlining) Optimization
1876 Perform indirect inlining.
1878 ; General flag to enable inlining. Specifying -fno-inline will disable
1879 ; all inlining apart from always-inline functions.
1881 Common Var(flag_no_inline,0) Init(0) Optimization
1882 Enable inlining of function declared \"inline\", disabling disables all inlining.
1884 finline-small-functions
1885 Common Var(flag_inline_small_functions) Optimization
1886 Integrate functions into their callers when code size is known not to grow.
1889 Common Var(flag_inline_functions) Optimization
1890 Integrate functions not declared \"inline\" into their callers when profitable.
1892 finline-functions-called-once
1893 Common Var(flag_inline_functions_called_once) Optimization
1894 Integrate functions only required by their single caller.
1897 Common RejectNegative Joined Alias(finline-limit=)
1900 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1901 -finline-limit=<number> Limit the size of inlined functions to <number>.
1904 Common Var(flag_inline_atomics) Init(1) Optimization
1905 Inline __atomic operations when a lock free instruction sequence is available.
1908 Common RejectNegative Alias(fcf-protection=,full)
1911 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(cf_protection_level) Var(flag_cf_protection) Init(CF_NONE)
1912 -fcf-protection=[full|branch|return|none|check] Instrument functions with checks to verify jump/call/return control-flow transfer
1913 instructions have valid targets.
1916 Name(cf_protection_level) Type(enum cf_protection_level) UnknownError(unknown Control-Flow Protection Level %qs)
1919 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(full) Value(CF_FULL)
1922 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(branch) Value(CF_BRANCH)
1925 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(return) Value(CF_RETURN)
1928 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(check) Value(CF_CHECK)
1931 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(none) Value(CF_NONE)
1933 finstrument-functions
1934 Common Var(flag_instrument_function_entry_exit,1)
1935 Instrument function entry and exit with profiling calls.
1937 finstrument-functions-once
1938 Common Var(flag_instrument_function_entry_exit,2)
1939 Instrument function entry and exit with profiling calls invoked once.
1941 finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list=
1942 Common RejectNegative Joined
1943 -finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list=name,... Do not instrument listed functions.
1945 finstrument-functions-exclude-file-list=
1946 Common RejectNegative Joined
1947 -finstrument-functions-exclude-file-list=filename,... Do not instrument functions listed in files.
1950 Common Var(flag_ipa_cp) Optimization
1951 Perform interprocedural constant propagation.
1954 Common Var(flag_ipa_cp_clone) Optimization
1955 Perform cloning to make Interprocedural constant propagation stronger.
1959 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1962 Common Var(flag_ipa_bit_cp) Optimization
1963 Perform interprocedural bitwise constant propagation.
1966 Common Var(flag_ipa_modref) Optimization
1967 Perform interprocedural modref analysis.
1970 Common Var(flag_ipa_profile) Init(0) Optimization
1971 Perform interprocedural profile propagation.
1974 Common Var(flag_ipa_pta) Init(0) Optimization
1975 Perform interprocedural points-to analysis.
1978 Common Var(flag_ipa_pure_const) Init(0) Optimization
1979 Discover pure and const functions.
1982 Common Var(flag_ipa_icf) Optimization
1983 Perform Identical Code Folding for functions and read-only variables.
1986 Common Var(flag_ipa_icf_functions) Optimization
1987 Perform Identical Code Folding for functions.
1990 Common Var(flag_ipa_icf_variables) Optimization
1991 Perform Identical Code Folding for variables.
1994 Common Var(flag_ipa_reference) Init(0) Optimization
1995 Discover read-only and non addressable static variables.
1997 fipa-reference-addressable
1998 Common Var(flag_ipa_reference_addressable) Init(0) Optimization
1999 Discover read-only, write-only and non-addressable static variables.
2001 fipa-stack-alignment
2002 Common Var(flag_ipa_stack_alignment) Init(1) Optimization
2003 Reduce stack alignment on call sites if possible.
2007 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2011 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2014 Common Var(flag_ipa_vrp) Optimization
2015 Perform IPA Value Range Propagation.
2018 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(ira_algorithm) Var(flag_ira_algorithm) Init(IRA_ALGORITHM_CB) Optimization
2019 -fira-algorithm=[CB|priority] Set the used IRA algorithm.
2021 fipa-strict-aliasing
2022 Common Var(flag_ipa_strict_aliasing) Init(1) Optimization
2023 Assume strict aliasing rules apply across (uninlined) function boundaries.
2026 Name(ira_algorithm) Type(enum ira_algorithm) UnknownError(unknown IRA algorithm %qs)
2029 Enum(ira_algorithm) String(CB) Value(IRA_ALGORITHM_CB)
2032 Enum(ira_algorithm) String(priority) Value(IRA_ALGORITHM_PRIORITY)
2035 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(ira_region) Var(flag_ira_region) Init(IRA_REGION_ONE) Optimization
2036 -fira-region=[one|all|mixed] Set regions for IRA.
2039 Name(ira_region) Type(enum ira_region) UnknownError(unknown IRA region %qs)
2042 Enum(ira_region) String(one) Value(IRA_REGION_ONE)
2045 Enum(ira_region) String(all) Value(IRA_REGION_ALL)
2048 Enum(ira_region) String(mixed) Value(IRA_REGION_MIXED)
2051 Common Var(flag_ira_hoist_pressure) Init(1) Optimization
2052 Use IRA based register pressure calculation
2053 in RTL hoist optimizations.
2056 Common Var(flag_ira_loop_pressure) Optimization
2057 Use IRA based register pressure calculation
2058 in RTL loop optimizations.
2060 fira-share-save-slots
2061 Common Var(flag_ira_share_save_slots) Init(1) Optimization
2062 Share slots for saving different hard registers.
2064 fira-share-spill-slots
2065 Common Var(flag_ira_share_spill_slots) Init(1) Optimization
2066 Share stack slots for spilled pseudo-registers.
2069 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(flag_ira_verbose) Init(5)
2070 -fira-verbose=<number> Control IRA's level of diagnostic messages.
2073 Common Var(flag_ivopts) Init(1) Optimization
2074 Optimize induction variables on trees.
2077 Common Var(flag_jump_tables) Init(1) Optimization
2078 Use jump tables for sufficiently large switch statements.
2081 Common Var(flag_bit_tests) Init(1) Optimization
2082 Use bit tests for sufficiently large switch statements.
2084 fkeep-inline-functions
2085 Common Var(flag_keep_inline_functions)
2086 Generate code for functions even if they are fully inlined.
2088 fkeep-static-functions
2089 Common Var(flag_keep_static_functions)
2090 Generate code for static functions even if they are never called.
2093 Common Var(flag_keep_static_consts) Init(1)
2094 Emit static const variables even if they are not used.
2097 Common Var(flag_leading_underscore) Init(-1)
2098 Give external symbols a leading underscore.
2102 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2105 Common Var(flag_lra_remat) Optimization
2106 Do CFG-sensitive rematerialization in LRA.
2110 Enable link-time optimization.
2113 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_lto)
2114 Link-time optimization with number of parallel jobs or jobserver.
2117 Name(lto_partition_model) Type(enum lto_partition_model) UnknownError(unknown LTO partitioning model %qs)
2120 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(none) Value(LTO_PARTITION_NONE)
2123 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(one) Value(LTO_PARTITION_ONE)
2126 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(balanced) Value(LTO_PARTITION_BALANCED)
2129 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(1to1) Value(LTO_PARTITION_1TO1)
2132 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(max) Value(LTO_PARTITION_MAX)
2135 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(lto_partition_model) Var(flag_lto_partition) Init(LTO_PARTITION_BALANCED)
2136 Specify the algorithm to partition symbols and vars at linktime.
2138 ; The initial value of -1 comes from Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION in zlib.h.
2139 flto-compression-level=
2140 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_lto_compression_level) Init(-1) IntegerRange(0, 19)
2141 Use zlib/zstd compression level <number> for IL.
2143 flto-odr-type-merging
2145 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2148 Common Var(flag_lto_report) Init(0)
2149 Report various link-time optimization statistics.
2152 Common Var(flag_lto_report_wpa) Init(0)
2153 Report various link-time optimization statistics for WPA only.
2156 Common Var(flag_errno_math) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
2157 Set errno after built-in math functions.
2160 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_max_errors)
2161 -fmax-errors=<number> Maximum number of errors to report.
2164 Common Var(mem_report)
2165 Report on permanent memory allocation.
2168 Common Var(mem_report_wpa)
2169 Report on permanent memory allocation in WPA only.
2171 ; This will attempt to merge constant section constants, if 1 only
2172 ; string constants and constants from constant pool, if 2 also constant
2174 fmerge-all-constants
2175 Common Var(flag_merge_constants,2) Init(1)
2176 Attempt to merge identical constants and constant variables.
2179 Common Var(flag_merge_constants,1)
2180 Attempt to merge identical constants across compilation units.
2182 fmerge-debug-strings
2183 Common Var(flag_merge_debug_strings) Init(1)
2184 Attempt to merge identical debug strings across compilation units.
2187 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
2188 -fmessage-length=<number> Limit diagnostics to <number> characters per line. 0 suppresses line-wrapping.
2191 Common Var(flag_modulo_sched) Optimization
2192 Perform SMS based modulo scheduling before the first scheduling pass.
2194 fmodulo-sched-allow-regmoves
2195 Common Var(flag_modulo_sched_allow_regmoves) Optimization
2196 Perform SMS based modulo scheduling with register moves allowed.
2198 fmove-loop-invariants
2199 Common Var(flag_move_loop_invariants) Optimization
2200 Move loop invariant computations out of loops.
2203 Common Var(flag_move_loop_stores) Optimization
2204 Move stores out of loops.
2208 Building block for specs-based multilib-aware TFLAGS.
2211 Common Var(flag_dce) Init(1) Optimization
2212 Use the RTL dead code elimination pass.
2215 Common Var(flag_dse) Init(0) Optimization
2216 Use the RTL dead store elimination pass.
2218 freschedule-modulo-scheduled-loops
2219 Common Var(flag_resched_modulo_sched) Optimization
2220 Enable/Disable the traditional scheduling in loops that already passed modulo scheduling.
2222 fnon-call-exceptions
2223 Common Var(flag_non_call_exceptions) Optimization
2224 Support synchronous non-call exceptions.
2227 Driver Joined MissingArgError(targets missing after %qs)
2230 Common Driver Joined MissingArgError(options or targets=options missing after %qs)
2231 -foffload-options=<targets>=<options> Specify options for the offloading targets.
2234 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(offload_abi)
2235 -foffload-abi=[lp64|ilp32] Set the ABI to use in an offload compiler.
2238 Name(offload_abi) Type(enum offload_abi) UnknownError(unknown offload ABI %qs)
2241 Enum(offload_abi) String(ilp32) Value(OFFLOAD_ABI_ILP32)
2244 Enum(offload_abi) String(lp64) Value(OFFLOAD_ABI_LP64)
2247 Common Var(flag_omit_frame_pointer) Optimization
2248 When possible do not generate stack frames.
2250 fopenmp-target-simd-clone
2251 Common Alias(fopenmp-target-simd-clone=,any,none)
2253 fopenmp-target-simd-clone=
2254 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(target_simd_clone_device) Var(flag_openmp_target_simd_clone) Init(OMP_TARGET_SIMD_CLONE_NONE) Optimization
2255 Generate SIMD clones for functions with the OpenMP declare target directive.
2258 Name(target_simd_clone_device) Type(int)
2261 Enum(target_simd_clone_device) String(none) Value(OMP_TARGET_SIMD_CLONE_NONE)
2264 Enum(target_simd_clone_device) String(host) Value(OMP_TARGET_SIMD_CLONE_HOST)
2267 Enum(target_simd_clone_device) String(nohost) Value(OMP_TARGET_SIMD_CLONE_NOHOST)
2270 Enum(target_simd_clone_device) String(any) Value(OMP_TARGET_SIMD_CLONE_ANY)
2273 Common Var(flag_opt_info) Optimization
2274 Enable all optimization info dumps on stderr.
2277 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2278 -fopt-info[-<type>=filename] Dump compiler optimization details.
2280 fsave-optimization-record
2281 Common Var(flag_save_optimization_record) Optimization
2282 Write a SRCFILE.opt-record.json file detailing what optimizations were performed.
2284 foptimize-register-move
2286 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2288 foptimize-sibling-calls
2289 Common Var(flag_optimize_sibling_calls) Optimization
2290 Optimize sibling and tail recursive calls.
2293 Common Var(flag_partial_inlining) Optimization
2294 Perform partial inlining.
2297 Common Var(pre_ipa_mem_report)
2298 Report on memory allocation before interprocedural optimization.
2300 fpost-ipa-mem-report
2301 Common Var(post_ipa_mem_report)
2302 Report on memory allocation before interprocedural optimization.
2305 Common Var(flag_pack_struct) Optimization
2306 Pack structure members together without holes.
2309 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
2310 -fpack-struct=<number> Set initial maximum structure member alignment.
2313 Common Var(flag_pcc_struct_return,1) Init(DEFAULT_PCC_STRUCT_RETURN)
2314 Return small aggregates in memory, not registers.
2317 Common Var(flag_peel_loops) Optimization
2318 Perform loop peeling.
2321 Common Var(flag_no_peephole,0) Optimization
2322 Enable machine specific peephole optimizations.
2325 Common Var(flag_peephole2) Optimization
2326 Enable an RTL peephole pass before sched2.
2329 Common Var(flag_pic,2) Negative(fPIE) Init(-1)
2330 Generate position-independent code if possible (large mode).
2333 Common Var(flag_pie,2) Negative(fpic) Init(-1)
2334 Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (large mode).
2337 Common Var(flag_pic,1) Negative(fpie) Init(-1)
2338 Generate position-independent code if possible (small mode).
2341 Common Var(flag_pie,1) Negative(fPIC) Init(-1)
2342 Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (small mode).
2345 Common Var(flag_plt) Init(1) Optimization
2346 Use PLT for PIC calls (-fno-plt: load the address from GOT at call site).
2349 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2350 Specify a plugin to load.
2353 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2354 -fplugin-arg-<name>-<key>[=<value>] Specify argument <key>=<value> for plugin <name>.
2356 fpredictive-commoning
2357 Common Var(flag_predictive_commoning) Optimization
2358 Run predictive commoning optimization.
2360 fprefetch-loop-arrays
2361 Common Var(flag_prefetch_loop_arrays) Init(-1) Optimization
2362 Generate prefetch instructions, if available, for arrays in loops.
2365 Common Var(profile_flag)
2366 Enable basic program profiling code.
2369 Common Var(profile_abs_path_flag)
2370 Generate absolute source path names for gcov.
2373 Common Var(profile_arc_flag)
2374 Insert arc-based program profiling code.
2377 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_data_prefix)
2378 Set the top-level directory for storing the profile data.
2379 The default is 'pwd'.
2382 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_note_location)
2383 Select the name for storing the profile note file.
2386 Common Var(flag_profile_correction)
2387 Enable correction of flow inconsistent profile data input.
2390 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(profile_update) Var(flag_profile_update) Init(PROFILE_UPDATE_SINGLE)
2391 -fprofile-update=[single|atomic|prefer-atomic] Set the profile update method.
2393 fprofile-filter-files=
2394 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_profile_filter_files)
2395 Instrument only functions from files whose name matches any of the regular expressions (separated by semi-colons).
2397 fprofile-exclude-files=
2398 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_profile_exclude_files)
2399 Instrument only functions from files whose name does not match any of the regular expressions (separated by semi-colons).
2402 Name(profile_reproducibility) Type(enum profile_reproducibility) UnknownError(unknown profile reproducibility method %qs)
2405 Enum(profile_reproducibility) String(serial) Value(PROFILE_REPRODUCIBILITY_SERIAL)
2408 Enum(profile_reproducibility) String(parallel-runs) Value(PROFILE_REPRODUCIBILITY_PARALLEL_RUNS)
2411 Enum(profile_reproducibility) String(multithreaded) Value(PROFILE_REPRODUCIBILITY_MULTITHREADED)
2413 fprofile-reproducible=
2414 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_profile_reproducible) Enum(profile_reproducibility) Init(PROFILE_REPRODUCIBILITY_SERIAL)
2415 -fprofile-reproducible=[serial|parallel-runs|multithreaded] Control level of reproducibility of profile gathered by -fprofile-generate.
2418 Name(profile_update) Type(enum profile_update) UnknownError(unknown profile update method %qs)
2421 Enum(profile_update) String(single) Value(PROFILE_UPDATE_SINGLE)
2424 Enum(profile_update) String(atomic) Value(PROFILE_UPDATE_ATOMIC)
2427 Enum(profile_update) String(prefer-atomic) Value(PROFILE_UPDATE_PREFER_ATOMIC)
2429 fprofile-prefix-path=
2430 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_prefix_path)
2431 Remove prefix from absolute path before mangling name for -fprofile-generate= and -fprofile-use=.
2433 fprofile-prefix-map=
2434 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2435 -fprofile-prefix-map=<old>=<new> Map one directory name to another in GCOV coverage result.
2439 Enable common options for generating profile info for profile feedback directed optimizations.
2442 Common Joined RejectNegative
2443 Enable common options for generating profile info for profile feedback directed optimizations, and set -fprofile-dir=.
2445 fprofile-info-section
2446 Common RejectNegative
2447 Register the profile information in the .gcov_info section instead of using a constructor/destructor.
2449 fprofile-info-section=
2450 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_info_section)
2451 Register the profile information in the specified section instead of using a constructor/destructor.
2453 fprofile-partial-training
2454 Common Var(flag_profile_partial_training) Optimization
2455 Do not assume that functions never executed during the train run are cold.
2458 Common Var(flag_profile_use)
2459 Enable common options for performing profile feedback directed optimizations.
2462 Common Joined RejectNegative
2463 Enable common options for performing profile feedback directed optimizations, and set -fprofile-dir=.
2466 Common Var(flag_profile_values)
2467 Insert code to profile values of expressions.
2470 Common Var(profile_report)
2471 Report on consistency of profile.
2473 fprofile-reorder-functions
2474 Common Var(flag_profile_reorder_functions) Optimization
2475 Enable function reordering that improves code placement.
2477 fpatchable-function-entry=
2478 Common Var(flag_patchable_function_entry) Joined Optimization
2479 Insert NOP instructions at each function entry.
2482 Common Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2485 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2486 -frandom-seed=<string> Make compile reproducible using <string>.
2488 ; This switch causes the command line that was used to create an
2489 ; object file to be recorded into the object file. The exact format
2490 ; of this recording is target and binary file format dependent.
2491 ; It is related to the -fverbose-asm switch, but that switch only
2492 ; records information in the assembler output file as comments, so
2493 ; they never reach the object file.
2494 frecord-gcc-switches
2495 Common Var(flag_record_gcc_switches)
2496 Record gcc command line switches in the object file.
2499 Common Var(flag_pcc_struct_return,0) Optimization
2500 Return small aggregates in registers.
2504 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2507 Common Var(flag_lifetime_dse,2) Init(2) Optimization
2508 Tell DSE that the storage for a C++ object is dead when the constructor
2509 starts and when the destructor finishes.
2512 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_lifetime_dse) Optimization IntegerRange(0, 2)
2515 Common RejectNegative Alias(flive-patching=,inline-clone) Optimization
2518 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(live_patching_level) Var(flag_live_patching) Init(LIVE_PATCHING_NONE) Optimization
2519 -flive-patching=[inline-only-static|inline-clone] Control IPA
2520 optimizations to provide a safe compilation for live-patching. At the same
2521 time, provides multiple-level control on the enabled IPA optimizations.
2524 Name(live_patching_level) Type(enum live_patching_level) UnknownError(unknown Live-Patching Level %qs)
2527 Enum(live_patching_level) String(inline-only-static) Value(LIVE_PATCHING_INLINE_ONLY_STATIC)
2530 Enum(live_patching_level) String(inline-clone) Value(LIVE_PATCHING_INLINE_CLONE)
2533 Common Var(flag_allocation_dce) Init(1) Optimization
2534 Tell DCE to remove unused C++ allocations.
2536 flive-range-shrinkage
2537 Common Var(flag_live_range_shrinkage) Init(0) Optimization
2538 Relief of register pressure through live range shrinkage.
2541 Common Var(flag_rename_registers) Optimization EnabledBy(funroll-loops)
2542 Perform a register renaming optimization pass.
2545 Common Var(flag_schedule_fusion) Init(2) Optimization
2546 Perform a target dependent instruction fusion optimization pass.
2549 Common Var(flag_reorder_blocks) Optimization
2550 Reorder basic blocks to improve code placement.
2552 freorder-blocks-algorithm=
2553 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(reorder_blocks_algorithm) Var(flag_reorder_blocks_algorithm) Init(REORDER_BLOCKS_ALGORITHM_SIMPLE) Optimization
2554 -freorder-blocks-algorithm=[simple|stc] Set the used basic block reordering algorithm.
2557 Name(reorder_blocks_algorithm) Type(enum reorder_blocks_algorithm) UnknownError(unknown basic block reordering algorithm %qs)
2560 Enum(reorder_blocks_algorithm) String(simple) Value(REORDER_BLOCKS_ALGORITHM_SIMPLE)
2563 Enum(reorder_blocks_algorithm) String(stc) Value(REORDER_BLOCKS_ALGORITHM_STC)
2565 freorder-blocks-and-partition
2566 Common Var(flag_reorder_blocks_and_partition) Optimization
2567 Reorder basic blocks and partition into hot and cold sections.
2570 Common Var(flag_reorder_functions) Optimization
2571 Reorder functions to improve code placement.
2573 frerun-cse-after-loop
2574 Common Var(flag_rerun_cse_after_loop) Optimization
2575 Add a common subexpression elimination pass after loop optimizations.
2579 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2582 Common Var(flag_rounding_math) Optimization SetByCombined
2583 Disable optimizations that assume default FP rounding behavior.
2586 Common Var(flag_schedule_interblock) Init(1) Optimization
2587 Enable scheduling across basic blocks.
2590 Common Var(flag_sched_pressure) Init(0) Optimization
2591 Enable register pressure sensitive insn scheduling.
2594 Common Var(flag_schedule_speculative) Init(1) Optimization
2595 Allow speculative motion of non-loads.
2598 Common Var(flag_schedule_speculative_load) Optimization
2599 Allow speculative motion of some loads.
2601 fsched-spec-load-dangerous
2602 Common Var(flag_schedule_speculative_load_dangerous) Optimization
2603 Allow speculative motion of more loads.
2606 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(sched_verbose_param) Init(1)
2607 -fsched-verbose=<number> Set the verbosity level of the scheduler.
2609 fsched2-use-superblocks
2610 Common Var(flag_sched2_use_superblocks) Optimization
2611 If scheduling post reload, do superblock scheduling.
2615 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2618 Common Var(flag_schedule_insns) Optimization
2619 Reschedule instructions before register allocation.
2622 Common Var(flag_schedule_insns_after_reload) Optimization
2623 Reschedule instructions after register allocation.
2625 ; This flag should be on when a target implements non-trivial
2626 ; scheduling hooks, maybe saving some information for its own sake.
2627 ; On IA64, for example, this is used for correct bundling.
2628 fselective-scheduling
2629 Common Var(flag_selective_scheduling) Optimization
2630 Schedule instructions using selective scheduling algorithm.
2632 fselective-scheduling2
2633 Common Var(flag_selective_scheduling2) Optimization
2634 Run selective scheduling after reload.
2637 Common Undocumented Joined Var(flag_self_test)
2638 Run self-tests, using the given path to locate test files.
2640 fsel-sched-pipelining
2641 Common Var(flag_sel_sched_pipelining) Init(0) Optimization
2642 Perform software pipelining of inner loops during selective scheduling.
2644 fsel-sched-pipelining-outer-loops
2645 Common Var(flag_sel_sched_pipelining_outer_loops) Init(0) Optimization
2646 Perform software pipelining of outer loops during selective scheduling.
2648 fsel-sched-reschedule-pipelined
2649 Common Var(flag_sel_sched_reschedule_pipelined) Init(0) Optimization
2650 Reschedule pipelined regions without pipelining.
2652 fsemantic-interposition
2653 Common Var(flag_semantic_interposition) Init(1) Optimization
2654 Allow interposing function (or variables) by ones with different semantics (or initializer) respectively by dynamic linker.
2656 ; sched_stalled_insns means that insns can be moved prematurely from the queue
2657 ; of stalled insns into the ready list.
2658 fsched-stalled-insns
2659 Common Var(flag_sched_stalled_insns) Optimization UInteger
2660 Allow premature scheduling of queued insns.
2662 fsched-stalled-insns=
2663 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
2664 -fsched-stalled-insns=<number> Set number of queued insns that can be prematurely scheduled.
2666 ; sched_stalled_insns_dep controls how many recently scheduled cycles will
2667 ; be examined for a dependency on a stalled insn that is candidate for
2668 ; premature removal from the queue of stalled insns into the ready list (has
2669 ; an effect only if the flag 'sched_stalled_insns' is set).
2670 fsched-stalled-insns-dep
2671 Common Var(flag_sched_stalled_insns_dep,1) Init(1) Optimization UInteger
2672 Set dependence distance checking in premature scheduling of queued insns.
2674 fsched-stalled-insns-dep=
2675 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
2676 -fsched-stalled-insns-dep=<number> Set dependence distance checking in premature scheduling of queued insns.
2678 fsched-group-heuristic
2679 Common Var(flag_sched_group_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2680 Enable the group heuristic in the scheduler.
2682 fsched-critical-path-heuristic
2683 Common Var(flag_sched_critical_path_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2684 Enable the critical path heuristic in the scheduler.
2686 fsched-spec-insn-heuristic
2687 Common Var(flag_sched_spec_insn_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2688 Enable the speculative instruction heuristic in the scheduler.
2690 fsched-rank-heuristic
2691 Common Var(flag_sched_rank_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2692 Enable the rank heuristic in the scheduler.
2694 fsched-last-insn-heuristic
2695 Common Var(flag_sched_last_insn_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2696 Enable the last instruction heuristic in the scheduler.
2698 fsched-dep-count-heuristic
2699 Common Var(flag_sched_dep_count_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2700 Enable the dependent count heuristic in the scheduler.
2703 Common Var(flag_section_anchors) Optimization
2704 Access data in the same section from shared anchor points.
2708 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2712 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2715 Common Var(flag_ree) Init(0) Optimization
2716 Turn on Redundant Extensions Elimination pass.
2719 Common Var(flag_show_column) Init(1)
2720 Show column numbers in diagnostics, when available. Default on.
2723 Common Var(flag_shrink_wrap) Optimization
2724 Emit function prologues only before parts of the function that need it,
2725 rather than at the top of the function.
2727 fshrink-wrap-separate
2728 Common Var(flag_shrink_wrap_separate) Init(1) Optimization
2729 Shrink-wrap parts of the prologue and epilogue separately.
2732 Common Var(flag_signaling_nans) Optimization SetByCombined
2733 Disable optimizations observable by IEEE signaling NaNs.
2736 Common Var(flag_signed_zeros) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
2737 Disable floating point optimizations that ignore the IEEE signedness of zero.
2739 fsingle-precision-constant
2740 Common Var(flag_single_precision_constant) Optimization
2741 Convert floating point constants to single precision constants.
2743 fsplit-ivs-in-unroller
2744 Common Var(flag_split_ivs_in_unroller) Init(1) Optimization
2745 Split lifetimes of induction variables when loops are unrolled.
2748 Common Var(flag_split_stack) Init(-1)
2749 Generate discontiguous stack frames.
2752 Common Var(flag_split_wide_types) Optimization
2753 Split wide types into independent registers.
2755 fsplit-wide-types-early
2756 Common Var(flag_split_wide_types_early) Optimization
2757 Split wide types into independent registers earlier.
2760 Common Var(flag_ssa_backprop) Init(1) Optimization
2761 Enable backward propagation of use properties at the SSA level.
2764 Common Var(flag_ssa_phiopt) Optimization
2765 Optimize conditional patterns using SSA PHI nodes.
2768 Common Var(flag_stdarg_opt) Init(1) Optimization
2769 Optimize amount of stdarg registers saved to stack at start of function.
2771 fvariable-expansion-in-unroller
2772 Common Var(flag_variable_expansion_in_unroller) Optimization
2773 Apply variable expansion when loops are unrolled.
2776 Common RejectNegative Joined Optimization
2777 -fstack-check=[no|generic|specific] Insert stack checking code into the program.
2780 Common Alias(fstack-check=, specific, no)
2781 Insert stack checking code into the program. Same as -fstack-check=specific.
2783 fstack-clash-protection
2784 Common Var(flag_stack_clash_protection) Optimization
2785 Insert code to probe each page of stack space as it is allocated to protect
2786 from stack-clash style attacks.
2789 Common Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2791 fstack-limit-register=
2792 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2793 -fstack-limit-register=<register> Trap if the stack goes past <register>.
2795 fstack-limit-symbol=
2796 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2797 -fstack-limit-symbol=<name> Trap if the stack goes past symbol <name>.
2800 Common Var(flag_stack_protect, 1) Init(-1) Optimization
2801 Use propolice as a stack protection method.
2803 fstack-protector-all
2804 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 2) Init(-1) Optimization
2805 Use a stack protection method for every function.
2807 fstack-protector-strong
2808 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 3) Init(-1) Optimization
2809 Use a smart stack protection method for certain functions.
2811 fstack-protector-explicit
2812 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 4) Optimization
2813 Use stack protection method only for functions with the stack_protect attribute.
2816 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_usage)
2817 Output stack usage information on a per-function basis.
2821 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2823 ; Nonzero if we should do (language-dependent) alias analysis.
2824 ; Typically, this analysis will assume that expressions of certain
2825 ; types do not alias expressions of certain other types. Only used
2826 ; if alias analysis (in general) is enabled.
2828 Common Var(flag_strict_aliasing) Optimization
2829 Assume strict aliasing rules apply.
2833 Treat signed overflow as undefined. Negated as -fwrapv -fwrapv-pointer.
2836 Common Var(flag_sync_libcalls) Init(1)
2837 Implement __atomic operations via libcalls to legacy __sync functions.
2840 Common Var(flag_syntax_only)
2841 Check for syntax errors, then stop.
2844 Common Var(flag_test_coverage)
2845 Create data files needed by \"gcov\".
2848 Common Var(flag_thread_jumps) Optimization
2849 Perform jump threading optimizations.
2852 Common Var(time_report)
2853 Report the time taken by each compiler pass.
2855 ftime-report-details
2856 Common Var(time_report_details)
2857 Record times taken by sub-phases separately.
2860 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(tls_model) Var(flag_tls_default) Init(TLS_MODEL_GLOBAL_DYNAMIC)
2861 -ftls-model=[global-dynamic|local-dynamic|initial-exec|local-exec] Set the default thread-local storage code generation model.
2864 Name(tls_model) Type(enum tls_model) UnknownError(unknown TLS model %qs)
2867 Enum(tls_model) String(global-dynamic) Value(TLS_MODEL_GLOBAL_DYNAMIC)
2870 Enum(tls_model) String(local-dynamic) Value(TLS_MODEL_LOCAL_DYNAMIC)
2873 Enum(tls_model) String(initial-exec) Value(TLS_MODEL_INITIAL_EXEC)
2876 Enum(tls_model) String(local-exec) Value(TLS_MODEL_LOCAL_EXEC)
2879 Common Var(flag_toplevel_reorder) Init(2) Optimization
2880 Reorder top level functions, variables, and asms.
2883 Common Var(flag_tracer) Optimization
2884 Perform superblock formation via tail duplication.
2887 Common Var(flag_trampolines) Init(0)
2888 For targets that normally need trampolines for nested functions, always
2889 generate them instead of using descriptors.
2891 ; Zero means that floating-point math operations cannot generate a
2892 ; (user-visible) trap. This is the case, for example, in nonstop
2893 ; IEEE 754 arithmetic.
2895 Common Var(flag_trapping_math) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
2896 Assume floating-point operations can trap.
2899 Common Var(flag_trapv) Optimization
2900 Trap for signed overflow in addition, subtraction and multiplication.
2903 Common Var(flag_tree_ccp) Optimization
2904 Enable SSA-CCP optimization on trees.
2907 Common Var(flag_tree_bit_ccp) Optimization
2908 Enable SSA-BIT-CCP optimization on trees.
2912 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2915 Common Var(flag_tree_ch) Optimization
2916 Enable loop header copying on trees.
2918 ftree-coalesce-inlined-vars
2919 Common Ignore RejectNegative
2920 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2923 Common Var(flag_tree_coalesce_vars) Optimization
2924 Enable SSA coalescing of user variables.
2928 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2931 Common Var(flag_tree_copy_prop) Optimization
2932 Enable copy propagation on trees.
2934 ftree-store-copy-prop
2936 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2939 Common Var(flag_tree_cselim) Optimization
2940 Transform condition stores into unconditional ones.
2942 ftree-switch-conversion
2943 Common Var(flag_tree_switch_conversion) Optimization
2944 Perform conversions of switch initializations.
2947 Common Var(flag_tree_dce) Optimization
2948 Enable SSA dead code elimination optimization on trees.
2950 ftree-dominator-opts
2951 Common Var(flag_tree_dom) Optimization
2952 Enable dominator optimizations.
2955 Common Var(flag_tree_tail_merge) Optimization
2956 Enable tail merging on trees.
2959 Common Var(flag_tree_dse) Optimization
2960 Enable dead store elimination.
2963 Common Var(flag_tree_forwprop) Init(1) Optimization
2964 Enable forward propagation on trees.
2967 Common Var(flag_tree_fre) Optimization
2968 Enable Full Redundancy Elimination (FRE) on trees.
2971 Common Var(flag_optimize_strlen) Optimization
2972 Enable string length optimizations on trees.
2974 fisolate-erroneous-paths-dereference
2975 Common Var(flag_isolate_erroneous_paths_dereference) Optimization
2976 Detect paths that trigger erroneous or undefined behavior due to
2977 dereferencing a null pointer. Isolate those paths from the main control
2978 flow and turn the statement with erroneous or undefined behavior into a trap.
2980 fisolate-erroneous-paths-attribute
2981 Common Var(flag_isolate_erroneous_paths_attribute) Optimization
2982 Detect paths that trigger erroneous or undefined behavior due to a null value
2983 being used in a way forbidden by a returns_nonnull or nonnull
2984 attribute. Isolate those paths from the main control flow and turn the
2985 statement with erroneous or undefined behavior into a trap.
2987 ftree-loop-distribution
2988 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_distribution) Optimization
2989 Enable loop distribution on trees.
2991 ftree-loop-distribute-patterns
2992 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_distribute_patterns) Optimization
2993 Enable loop distribution for patterns transformed into a library call.
2996 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_im) Init(1) Optimization
2997 Enable loop invariant motion on trees.
3000 Common Alias(floop-nest-optimize)
3001 Enable loop nest transforms. Same as -floop-nest-optimize.
3004 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_ivcanon) Init(1) Optimization
3005 Create canonical induction variables in loops.
3008 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_optimize) Init(1) Optimization
3009 Enable loop optimizations on tree level.
3011 ftree-parallelize-loops=
3012 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_tree_parallelize_loops) Init(1) Optimization
3013 -ftree-parallelize-loops=<number> Enable automatic parallelization of loops.
3016 Common Var(flag_tree_phiprop) Init(1) Optimization
3017 Enable hoisting loads from conditional pointers.
3020 Common Var(flag_tree_pre) Optimization
3021 Enable SSA-PRE optimization on trees.
3024 Common Var(flag_tree_partial_pre) Optimization
3025 In SSA-PRE optimization on trees, enable partial-partial redundancy elimination.
3028 Common Var(flag_tree_pta) Optimization
3029 Perform function-local points-to analysis on trees.
3032 Common Var(flag_tree_reassoc) Init(1) Optimization
3033 Enable reassociation on tree level.
3037 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3040 Common Var(flag_tree_sink) Optimization
3041 Enable SSA code sinking on trees.
3044 Common Var(flag_tree_slsr) Optimization
3045 Perform straight-line strength reduction.
3048 Common Var(flag_tree_sra) Optimization
3049 Perform scalar replacement of aggregates.
3052 Common Var(flag_tree_ter) Optimization
3053 Replace temporary expressions in the SSA->normal pass.
3056 Common Var(flag_tree_live_range_split) Optimization
3057 Perform live range splitting during the SSA->normal pass.
3060 Common Var(flag_tree_vrp) Init(0) Optimization
3061 Perform Value Range Propagation on trees.
3064 Common Var(flag_split_paths) Init(0) Optimization
3065 Split paths leading to loop backedges.
3067 funconstrained-commons
3068 Common Var(flag_unconstrained_commons) Optimization
3069 Assume common declarations may be overridden with ones with a larger
3073 Common Var(flag_unit_at_a_time) Init(1)
3074 Compile whole compilation unit at a time.
3077 Common Var(flag_unreachable_traps) Optimization
3078 Trap on __builtin_unreachable instead of using it for optimization.
3081 Common Var(flag_unroll_loops) Optimization EnabledBy(funroll-all-loops)
3082 Perform loop unrolling when iteration count is known.
3085 Common Var(flag_unroll_all_loops) Optimization
3086 Perform loop unrolling for all loops.
3088 funroll-completely-grow-size
3089 Undocumented Var(flag_cunroll_grow_size) Optimization
3090 ; Internal undocumented flag, allow size growth during complete unrolling
3092 ; Nonzero means that loop optimizer may assume that the induction variables
3093 ; that control loops do not overflow and that the loops with nontrivial
3094 ; exit condition are not infinite
3095 funsafe-loop-optimizations
3097 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3100 Common Var(flag_associative_math) SetByCombined Optimization
3101 Allow optimization for floating-point arithmetic which may change the
3102 result of the operation due to rounding.
3105 Common Var(flag_reciprocal_math) SetByCombined Optimization
3106 Same as -fassociative-math for expressions which include division.
3108 ; Nonzero means that unsafe floating-point math optimizations are allowed
3109 ; for the sake of speed. IEEE compliance is not guaranteed, and operations
3110 ; are allowed to assume that their arguments and results are "normal"
3111 ; (e.g., nonnegative for SQRT).
3112 funsafe-math-optimizations
3113 Common Var(flag_unsafe_math_optimizations) Optimization SetByCombined
3114 Allow math optimizations that may violate IEEE or ISO standards.
3117 Common Var(flag_unswitch_loops) Optimization
3118 Perform loop unswitching.
3121 Common Var(flag_split_loops) Optimization
3122 Perform loop splitting.
3124 fversion-loops-for-strides
3125 Common Var(flag_version_loops_for_strides) Optimization
3126 Version loops based on whether indices have a stride of one.
3129 Common Var(flag_unwind_tables) Optimization
3130 Just generate unwind tables for exception handling.
3133 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=gold)
3134 Use the bfd linker instead of the default linker.
3137 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=bfd)
3138 Use the gold linker instead of the default linker.
3141 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=lld)
3142 Use the lld LLVM linker instead of the default linker.
3145 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=mold)
3146 Use the Modern linker (MOLD) linker instead of the default linker.
3149 Common Undocumented Var(flag_use_linker_plugin)
3151 ; Positive if we should track variables, negative if we should run
3152 ; the var-tracking pass only to discard debug annotations, zero if
3153 ; we're not to run it.
3155 Common Var(flag_var_tracking) PerFunction EnabledBy(fvar-tracking-uninit)
3156 Perform variable tracking.
3158 ; Positive if we should track variables at assignments, negative if
3159 ; we should run the var-tracking pass only to discard debug
3161 fvar-tracking-assignments
3162 Common Var(flag_var_tracking_assignments) PerFunction
3163 Perform variable tracking by annotating assignments.
3165 ; Nonzero if we should toggle flag_var_tracking_assignments after
3166 ; processing options and computing its default. */
3167 fvar-tracking-assignments-toggle
3168 Common Var(flag_var_tracking_assignments_toggle) PerFunction
3169 Toggle -fvar-tracking-assignments.
3171 ; Positive if we should track uninitialized variables, negative if
3172 ; we should run the var-tracking pass only to discard debug
3174 fvar-tracking-uninit
3175 Common Var(flag_var_tracking_uninit) PerFunction
3176 Perform variable tracking and also tag variables that are uninitialized.
3178 ; Alias to enable both -ftree-loop-vectorize and -ftree-slp-vectorize.
3180 Common Var(flag_tree_vectorize) Optimization
3181 Enable vectorization on trees.
3183 ftree-vectorizer-verbose=
3184 Common Joined RejectNegative Ignore
3185 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3187 ftree-loop-vectorize
3188 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_vectorize) Optimization EnabledBy(ftree-vectorize)
3189 Enable loop vectorization on trees.
3192 Common Var(flag_tree_slp_vectorize) Optimization EnabledBy(ftree-vectorize)
3193 Enable basic block vectorization (SLP) on trees.
3196 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vect_cost_model) Var(flag_vect_cost_model) Init(VECT_COST_MODEL_DEFAULT) Optimization
3197 -fvect-cost-model=[unlimited|dynamic|cheap|very-cheap] Specifies the cost model for vectorization.
3200 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vect_cost_model) Var(flag_simd_cost_model) Init(VECT_COST_MODEL_UNLIMITED) Optimization
3201 -fsimd-cost-model=[unlimited|dynamic|cheap|very-cheap] Specifies the vectorization cost model for code marked with a simd directive.
3204 Name(vect_cost_model) Type(enum vect_cost_model) UnknownError(unknown vectorizer cost model %qs)
3207 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(unlimited) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_UNLIMITED)
3210 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(dynamic) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_DYNAMIC)
3213 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(cheap) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_CHEAP)
3216 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(very-cheap) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_VERY_CHEAP)
3219 Common Alias(fvect-cost-model=,dynamic,unlimited)
3220 Enables the dynamic vectorizer cost model. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3222 ftree-vect-loop-version
3224 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3227 Common Var(flag_tree_scev_cprop) Init(1) Optimization
3228 Enable copy propagation of scalar-evolution information.
3230 ftrivial-auto-var-init=
3231 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(auto_init_type) Var(flag_auto_var_init) Init(AUTO_INIT_UNINITIALIZED) Optimization
3232 -ftrivial-auto-var-init=[uninitialized|pattern|zero] Add initializations to automatic variables.
3235 Name(auto_init_type) Type(enum auto_init_type) UnknownError(unrecognized automatic variable initialization type %qs)
3238 Enum(auto_init_type) String(uninitialized) Value(AUTO_INIT_UNINITIALIZED)
3241 Enum(auto_init_type) String(pattern) Value(AUTO_INIT_PATTERN)
3244 Enum(auto_init_type) String(zero) Value(AUTO_INIT_ZERO)
3246 ; -fverbose-asm causes extra commentary information to be produced in
3247 ; the generated assembly code (to make it more readable). This option
3248 ; is generally only of use to those who actually need to read the
3249 ; generated assembly code (perhaps while debugging the compiler itself).
3250 ; -fno-verbose-asm, the default, causes the extra information
3251 ; to not be added and is useful when comparing two assembler files.
3253 Common Var(flag_verbose_asm)
3254 Add extra commentary to assembler output.
3257 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(symbol_visibility) Var(default_visibility) Init(VISIBILITY_DEFAULT)
3258 -fvisibility=[default|internal|hidden|protected] Set the default symbol visibility.
3261 Name(symbol_visibility) Type(enum symbol_visibility) UnknownError(unrecognized visibility value %qs)
3264 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(default) Value(VISIBILITY_DEFAULT)
3267 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(internal) Value(VISIBILITY_INTERNAL)
3270 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(hidden) Value(VISIBILITY_HIDDEN)
3273 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(protected) Value(VISIBILITY_PROTECTED)
3276 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vtv_priority) Var(flag_vtable_verify) Init(VTV_NO_PRIORITY)
3277 Validate vtable pointers before using them.
3280 Name(vtv_priority) Type(enum vtv_priority) UnknownError(unknown vtable verify initialization priority %qs)
3283 Enum(vtv_priority) String(none) Value(VTV_NO_PRIORITY)
3286 Enum(vtv_priority) String(std) Value(VTV_STANDARD_PRIORITY)
3289 Enum(vtv_priority) String(preinit) Value(VTV_PREINIT_PRIORITY)
3292 Common Var(flag_vtv_counts)
3293 Output vtable verification counters.
3296 Common Var(flag_vtv_debug)
3297 Output vtable verification pointer sets information.
3300 Common Var(flag_value_profile_transformations) Optimization
3301 Use expression value profiles in optimizations.
3304 Common Var(flag_web) Optimization EnabledBy(funroll-loops)
3305 Construct webs and split unrelated uses of single variable.
3307 ftree-builtin-call-dce
3308 Common Var(flag_tree_builtin_call_dce) Init(0) Optimization
3309 Enable conditional dead code elimination for builtin calls.
3312 Common Var(flag_whole_program) Init(0)
3313 Perform whole program optimizations.
3316 Common Var(flag_wrapv_pointer) Optimization
3317 Assume pointer overflow wraps around.
3320 Common Var(flag_wrapv) Optimization
3321 Assume signed arithmetic overflow wraps around.
3323 fzero-initialized-in-bss
3324 Common Var(flag_zero_initialized_in_bss) Init(1)
3325 Put zero initialized data in the bss section.
3327 fzero-call-used-regs=
3328 Common RejectNegative Joined
3329 Clear call-used registers upon function return.
3332 Common Driver RejectNegative JoinedOrMissing
3333 Generate debug information in default format.
3336 Common Driver Var(dwarf2out_as_loc_support)
3337 Assume assembler support for (DWARF2+) .loc directives.
3340 Common Driver Var(dwarf2out_as_locview_support)
3341 Assume assembler support for view in (DWARF2+) .loc directives.
3344 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing
3345 Generate debug information in CodeView format.
3348 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3349 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3352 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3353 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3356 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3357 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3360 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3361 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3364 Common Driver Var(debug_column_info,1) Init(1)
3365 Record DW_AT_decl_column and DW_AT_call_column in DWARF.
3367 ; The CTF generation process feeds off DWARF dies. This option implicitly
3368 ; updates the debug_info_level to DINFO_LEVEL_NORMAL.
3370 Common Driver RejectNegative JoinedOrMissing
3371 Generate CTF debug information at default level.
3374 Common Driver RejectNegative JoinedOrMissing
3375 Generate BTF debug information at default level.
3378 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative
3379 Generate debug information in default version of DWARF format.
3382 Common Driver Joined UInteger Var(dwarf_version) Init(DWARF_VERSION_DEFAULT) RejectNegative
3383 Generate debug information in DWARF v2 (or later) format.
3386 Common Driver Var(dwarf_offset_size,4) Init(4) RejectNegative
3387 Use 32-bit DWARF format when emitting DWARF debug information.
3390 Common Driver Var(dwarf_offset_size,8) RejectNegative
3391 Use 64-bit DWARF format when emitting DWARF debug information.
3394 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative
3395 Generate debug information in default extended format.
3398 Common Driver Var(debug_inline_points)
3399 Generate extended entry point information for inlined functions.
3401 ginternal-reset-location-views
3402 Common Driver Var(debug_internal_reset_location_views) Init(2)
3403 Compute locview reset points based on insn length estimates.
3406 RejectNegative Joined Undocumented
3407 ; Catch the gno- prefix, so it doesn't backtrack to g<level>.
3410 Common Driver Negative(gpubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 0) Init(-1)
3411 Don't generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections.
3414 Common Driver Negative(ggnu-pubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 1)
3415 Generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections.
3418 Common Driver Negative(gno-pubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 2)
3419 Generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections with GNU extensions.
3421 grecord-gcc-switches
3422 Common Driver Var(dwarf_record_gcc_switches) Init(1)
3423 Record gcc command line switches in DWARF DW_AT_producer.
3426 Common Driver Var(dwarf_split_debug_info) Init(0)
3427 Generate debug information in separate .dwo files.
3430 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3431 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3434 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3435 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3437 gstatement-frontiers
3438 Common Driver Var(debug_nonbind_markers_p) PerFunction
3439 Emit progressive recommended breakpoint locations.
3442 Common Driver Var(dwarf_strict) Init(0)
3443 Don't emit DWARF additions beyond selected version.
3446 Common Driver Var(flag_describe_dies) Init(0)
3447 Add description attributes to some DWARF DIEs that have no name attribute.
3450 Common Driver Var(flag_gtoggle)
3451 Toggle debug information generation.
3453 gvariable-location-views
3454 Common Driver Var(debug_variable_location_views, 1)
3455 Augment variable location lists with progressive views.
3457 gvariable-location-views=incompat5
3458 Common Driver RejectNegative Var(debug_variable_location_views, -1) Init(2)
3461 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative
3462 Generate debug information in VMS format.
3465 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3466 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3469 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing WarnRemoved
3470 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3473 Name(compressed_debug_sections) Type(int)
3475 ; Since -gz= is completely handled in specs, the values aren't used and we
3476 ; assign arbitrary constants.
3478 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(none) Value(0)
3481 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(zlib) Value(1)
3484 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(zstd) Value(2)
3487 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(zlib-gnu) Value(3)
3491 Generate compressed debug sections.
3494 Common Driver RejectNegative Joined Enum(compressed_debug_sections)
3495 -gz=<format> Generate compressed debug sections in format <format>.
3498 Driver Joined Separate
3501 Common Joined Var(plugindir_string) Init(0)
3502 -iplugindir=<dir> Set <dir> to be the default plugin directory.
3505 Common Joined Separate RejectDriver Var(imultiarch) Init(0)
3506 -imultiarch <dir> Set <dir> to be the multiarch include subdirectory.
3509 Driver Joined Separate
3514 no-canonical-prefixes
3533 Common Driver Joined Separate Var(asm_file_name) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
3534 -o <file> Place output into <file>.
3537 Common Var(profile_flag)
3538 Enable function profiling.
3541 Driver Var(pass_exit_codes)
3544 Common Alias(Wpedantic)
3547 Common Var(flag_pedantic_errors)
3548 Like -pedantic but issue them as errors.
3554 Driver Var(use_pipes)
3557 Driver JoinedOrMissing Var(print_file_name)
3559 print-libgcc-file-name
3562 print-multi-directory
3563 Driver Var(print_multi_directory)
3566 Driver Var(print_multi_lib)
3568 print-multi-os-directory
3569 Driver Var(print_multi_os_directory)
3572 Driver Var(print_multiarch)
3575 Driver JoinedOrMissing Var(print_prog_name)
3578 Driver Var(print_search_dirs)
3581 Driver Var(print_sysroot)
3583 print-sysroot-headers-suffix
3584 Driver Var(print_sysroot_headers_suffix)
3587 Common Var(quiet_flag) RejectDriver
3588 Do not display functions compiled or elapsed time.
3606 Driver Var(report_times)
3609 Driver JoinedOrMissing
3612 Driver Joined Separate
3616 ; C option, but driver must not handle as "-u ndef".
3619 Common Driver Var(verbose_flag)
3620 Enable verbose output.
3623 Common Var(version_flag) RejectDriver
3624 Display the compiler's version.
3627 Common Var(inhibit_warnings)
3631 Driver Separate Var(wrapper_string)
3634 Driver Joined Separate
3637 Driver RejectNegative Negative(static-pie)
3638 Create a shared library.
3644 Driver Separate Alias(specs=)
3657 ; Documented for Fortran, but always accepted by driver.
3661 ; Documented for Modula-2, but always accepted by driver.
3665 ; Documented for D, but always accepted by driver.
3669 ; Documented for Fortran, but always accepted by driver.
3676 ; Documented for Go, but always accepted by driver.
3697 Driver RejectNegative Negative(shared)
3698 Don't create a dynamically linked position independent executable.
3701 Driver RejectNegative Negative(no-pie)
3702 Create a dynamically linked position independent executable.
3705 Driver RejectNegative Negative(pie)
3706 Create a static position independent executable.
3709 Driver Joined Separate
3712 Common Var(flag_ipa_ra) Optimization
3713 Use caller save register across calls if possible.
3715 ; This comment is to ensure we retain the blank line above.