c++: 'this' adjustment for devirtualized call
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21 ; See the GCC internals manual (options.texi) for a description of this file's format.
23 ; Please try to keep this file in ASCII collating order.
25 Variable
26 int target_flags
28 Variable
29 int optimize
31 Variable
32 int optimize_size
34 Variable
35 int optimize_debug
37 ; Not used directly to control optimizations, only to save -Ofast
38 ; setting for "optimize" attributes.
39 Variable
40 int optimize_fast
42 ; True if this is the lto front end.  This is used to disable gimple
43 ; generation and lowering passes that are normally run on the output
44 ; of a front end.  These passes must be bypassed for lto since they
45 ; have already been done before the gimple was written.
46 Variable
47 bool in_lto_p = false
49 ; This variable is set to non-0 only by LTO front-end.  1 indicates that
50 ; the output produced will be used for 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.
53 Variable
54 enum incremental_link flag_incremental_link = INCREMENTAL_LINK_NONE
56 ; 0 means straightforward implementation of complex divide acceptable.
57 ; 1 means wide ranges of inputs must work for complex divide.
58 ; 2 means C99-like requirements for complex multiply and divide.
59 Variable
60 int flag_complex_method = 1
62 ; Language specific warning pass for unused results.
63 Variable
64 bool flag_warn_unused_result = false
66 ; Nonzero if we should write GIMPLE bytecode for link-time optimization.
67 Variable
68 int flag_generate_lto
70 ; Nonzero if we should write GIMPLE bytecode for offload compilation.
71 Variable
72 int flag_generate_offload = 0
74 ; Nonzero means we should be saving declaration info into a .X file.
75 Variable
76 int flag_gen_aux_info = 0
78 ; Nonzero if we are compiling code for a shared library, zero for
79 ; executable.
80 Variable
81 int flag_shlib
83 ; These two are really VEC(char_p,heap) *.
85 Variable
86 void *flag_instrument_functions_exclude_functions
88 Variable
89 void *flag_instrument_functions_exclude_files
91 ; Generic structs (e.g. templates not explicitly specialized)
92 ; may not have a compilation unit associated with them, and so
93 ; may need to be treated differently from ordinary structs.
95 ; Structs only handled by reference (indirectly), will also usually
96 ; not need as much debugging information.
98 Variable
99 enum debug_struct_file debug_struct_ordinary[DINFO_USAGE_NUM_ENUMS] = { DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY }
101 Variable
102 enum debug_struct_file debug_struct_generic[DINFO_USAGE_NUM_ENUMS] = { DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY }
104 ; True if we should exit after parsing options.
105 Variable
106 bool exit_after_options
108 ; Type(s) of debugging information we are producing (if any).  See
109 ; flag-types.h for the definitions of the different possible types of
110 ; debugging information.
111 Variable
112 uint32_t write_symbols = NO_DEBUG
114 ; Level of debugging information we are producing.  See flag-types.h
115 ; for the definitions of the different possible levels.
116 Variable
117 enum debug_info_levels debug_info_level = DINFO_LEVEL_NONE
119 ; Nonzero means use GNU-only extensions in the generated symbolic
120 ; debugging information.  Currently, this only has an effect when
121 ; write_symbols is set to DBX_DEBUG or XCOFF_DEBUG.
122 Variable
123 bool use_gnu_debug_info_extensions
125 ; Original value of maximum field alignment in bytes, specified via
126 ; -fpack-struct=<value>.
127 Variable
128 unsigned int initial_max_fld_align = TARGET_DEFAULT_PACK_STRUCT
130 ; Type of stack check.
131 Variable
132 enum stack_check_type flag_stack_check = NO_STACK_CHECK
134 ; True if stack usage information needs to be computed.
135 Variable
136 bool flag_stack_usage_info = false
138 ; -dA causes debug commentary information to be produced in
139 ; the generated assembly code (to make it more readable).  This option
140 ; is generally only of use to those who actually need to read the
141 ; generated assembly code (perhaps while debugging the compiler itself).
142 ; Currently, this switch is only used by dwarf2out.c; however, it is intended
143 ; to be a catchall for printing debug information in the assembler file.
144 Variable
145 int flag_debug_asm
147 ; Balance between GNAT encodings and standard DWARF to emit.
148 Variable
149 enum dwarf_gnat_encodings gnat_encodings = DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_DEFAULT
151 ; -dP causes the rtl to be emitted as a comment in assembly.
152 Variable
153 int flag_dump_rtl_in_asm
155 ; Whether -da was passed (used only in handle_common_deferred_options).
156 Variable
157 bool flag_dump_all_passed
159 ; Other flags saying which kinds of debugging dump have been requested.
161 Variable
162 int rtl_dump_and_exit
164 Variable
165 int flag_print_asm_name
167 ; Name of top-level original source file (what was input to cpp).
168 ; This comes from the #-command at the beginning of the actual input.
169 ; If there isn't any there, then this is the cc1 input file name.
170 Variable
171 const char *main_input_filename
173 ; Pointer to base name in main_input_filename, with directories and a
174 ; single final extension removed, and the length of this base
175 ; name.
177 Variable
178 const char *main_input_basename
180 Variable
181 int main_input_baselength
183 ; The base name used for auxiliary output files.
184 ; dump_base_name minus dump_base_ext.
186 Variable
187 const char *aux_base_name
189 ; Which options have been printed by --help.
190 Variable
191 char *help_printed
193 ; Which enums have been printed by --help.  0 = not printed, no
194 ; relevant options seen, 1 = relevant option seen, not yet printed, 2
195 ; = printed.
196 Variable
197 char *help_enum_printed
199 ; The number of columns for --help output.
200 Variable
201 unsigned int help_columns
203 ; Whether this options structure has been through finish_options
204 Variable
205 bool flag_opts_finished
207 ; What the sanitizer should instrument
208 Variable
209 unsigned int flag_sanitize
211 ; What sanitizers should recover from errors
212 Variable
213 unsigned int flag_sanitize_recover = (SANITIZE_UNDEFINED | SANITIZE_UNDEFINED_NONDEFAULT | SANITIZE_KERNEL_ADDRESS | SANITIZE_KERNEL_HWADDRESS) & ~(SANITIZE_UNREACHABLE | SANITIZE_RETURN)
215 ; What the coverage sanitizers should instrument
216 Variable
217 unsigned int flag_sanitize_coverage
219 ; Flag whether a prefix has been added to dump_base_name
220 Variable
221 bool dump_base_name_prefixed = false
223 ; What subset of registers should be zeroed on function return
224 Variable
225 unsigned int flag_zero_call_used_regs
228 Driver
230 -assemble
231 Driver Alias(S)
233 -compile
234 Driver Alias(c)
236 -completion=
237 Common Driver Joined Undocumented
238 Provide bash completion for options starting with provided string.
240 -coverage
241 Driver Alias(coverage)
243 -debug
244 Common Alias(g)
246 -dump
247 Common Separate Alias(d)
249 -dump=
250 Common Joined Alias(d)
252 -dumpbase
253 Driver Common Separate Alias(dumpbase)
255 -dumpbase-ext
256 Driver Common Separate Alias(dumpbase-ext)
258 -dumpdir
259 Driver Common Separate Alias(dumpdir)
261 -entry
262 Driver Separate Alias(e)
264 -entry=
265 Driver Joined Alias(e)
267 -extra-warnings
268 Common Warning Alias(Wextra)
270 -for-assembler
271 Driver Separate Alias(Xassembler)
273 -for-assembler=
274 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(Xassembler)
276 -for-linker
277 Driver Separate Alias(Xlinker)
279 -for-linker=
280 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(Xlinker)
282 -force-link
283 Driver Separate Alias(u)
285 -force-link=
286 Driver Joined Alias(u)
288 -help
289 Common Driver Var(help_flag)
290 Display this information.
292 -help=
293 Common Driver Joined
294 --help=<class>  Display descriptions of a specific class of options.  <class> is one or more of optimizers, target, warnings, undocumented, params.
296 -language
297 Driver Separate Alias(x)
299 -language=
300 Driver Joined Alias(x)
302 -library-directory
303 Driver Separate Alias(L)
305 -library-directory=
306 Driver Joined Alias(L)
308 -no-canonical-prefixes
309 Driver Alias(no-canonical-prefixes)
311 -no-standard-libraries
312 Driver Alias(nostdlib)
314 -no-sysroot-suffix
315 Driver Var(no_sysroot_suffix)
317 -no-warnings
318 Common Alias(w)
320 -optimize
321 Common Alias(O)
323 -output
324 Common Driver Separate Alias(o) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
326 -output=
327 Common Driver Joined Alias(o) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
329 -pass-exit-codes
330 Driver Alias(pass-exit-codes)
332 -pedantic
333 Common Alias(Wpedantic)
335 -pedantic-errors
336 Common Alias(pedantic-errors)
338 -pie
339 Driver Alias(pie)
341 -static-pie
342 Driver Alias(static-pie)
344 -pipe
345 Driver Alias(pipe)
347 -prefix
348 Driver Separate Alias(B)
350 -prefix=
351 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(B)
353 -preprocess
354 Driver Alias(E)
356 -print-file-name
357 Driver Separate Alias(print-file-name=)
359 -print-file-name=
360 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(print-file-name=)
362 -print-libgcc-file-name
363 Driver Alias(print-libgcc-file-name)
365 -print-multi-directory
366 Driver Alias(print-multi-directory)
368 -print-multi-lib
369 Driver Alias(print-multi-lib)
371 -print-multi-os-directory
372 Driver Alias(print-multi-os-directory)
374 -print-multiarch
375 Driver Alias(print-multiarch)
377 -print-prog-name
378 Driver Separate Alias(print-prog-name=)
380 -print-prog-name=
381 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(print-prog-name=)
383 -print-search-dirs
384 Driver Alias(print-search-dirs)
386 -print-sysroot
387 Driver Alias(print-sysroot)
389 -print-sysroot-headers-suffix
390 Driver Alias(print-sysroot-headers-suffix)
392 -profile
393 Common Alias(p)
395 -save-temps
396 Driver Alias(save-temps)
398 -shared
399 Driver Alias(shared)
401 -specs
402 Driver Separate Alias(specs=)
404 -specs=
405 Driver Joined Alias(specs=)
407 -static
408 Driver Alias(static)
410 -symbolic
411 Driver Alias(symbolic)
413 -target-help
414 Common Driver
415 Alias for --help=target.
417 -time
418 Driver Alias(time)
420 -verbose
421 Driver Alias(v)
423 ;; The driver used to convert options such as --help into forms such
424 ;; as -fhelp; the following four entries are for compatibility with
425 ;; any direct uses of those (undocumented) -f forms
426 fhelp
427 Common Driver Alias(-help)
429 fhelp=
430 Common Driver Joined Alias(-help=)
432 ftarget-help
433 Common Driver Alias(-target-help)
435 fversion
436 Common Driver Alias(-version)
438 -sysroot
439 Driver Separate Alias(-sysroot=)
441 -sysroot=
442 Driver JoinedOrMissing
444 -version
445 Common Driver
448 Driver Joined Separate
451 Driver
454 Driver Joined Separate
457 Driver
460 Common JoinedOrMissing Optimization
461 -O<number>      Set optimization level to <number>.
464 Common Optimization
465 Optimize for space rather than speed.
467 Ofast
468 Common Optimization
469 Optimize for speed disregarding exact standards compliance.
472 Common Optimization
473 Optimize for debugging experience rather than speed or size.
476 Driver
479 Driver Negative(Qy)
482 Driver Negative(Qn)
485 Driver Joined Separate
488 Driver
491 Driver Joined Separate
493 Tbss
494 Driver Separate
496 Tbss=
497 Driver Joined
499 Tdata
500 Driver Separate
502 Tdata=
503 Driver Joined
505 Ttext
506 Driver Separate
508 Ttext=
509 Driver Joined
512 Common RejectNegative Warning Alias(Wextra)
513 This switch is deprecated; use -Wextra instead.
516 Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative
519 Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative
522 Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative
524 Waggregate-return
525 Common Var(warn_aggregate_return) Warning
526 Warn about returning structures, unions or arrays.
528 Waggressive-loop-optimizations
529 Common Var(warn_aggressive_loop_optimizations) Init(1) Warning
530 Warn if a loop with constant number of iterations triggers undefined behavior.
532 Warray-bounds
533 Common Var(warn_array_bounds) Warning
534 Warn if an array is accessed out of bounds.
536 Warray-bounds=
537 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_array_bounds) Warning IntegerRange(0, 2)
538 Warn if an array is accessed out of bounds.
540 Wattributes
541 Common Var(warn_attributes) Init(1) Warning
542 Warn about inappropriate attribute usage.
544 Wattribute-alias
545 Common Alias(Wattribute_alias=, 1, 0) Warning
546 Warn about type safety and similar errors and mismatches in declarations with alias attributes.
548 Wattribute-alias=
549 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_attribute_alias) Init(1) Warning IntegerRange(0, 2)
550 Warn about type safety and similar errors and mismatches in declarations with alias attributes.
552 Wcannot-profile
553 Common Var(warn_cannot_profile) Init(1) Warning
554 Warn when profiling instrumentation was requested, but could not be applied to
555 a certain function.
557 Wcast-align
558 Common Var(warn_cast_align) Warning
559 Warn about pointer casts which increase alignment.
561 Wcast-align=strict
562 Common Var(warn_cast_align,2) Warning
563 Warn about pointer casts which increase alignment.
565 Wcpp
566 Common Var(warn_cpp) Init(1) Warning
567 Warn when a #warning directive is encountered.
569 Wattribute-warning
570 Common Var(warn_attribute_warning) Init(1) Warning
571 Warn about uses of __attribute__((warning)) declarations.
573 Wdeprecated
574 Common Var(warn_deprecated) Init(1) Warning
575 Warn if a deprecated compiler feature, class, method, or field is used.
577 Wdeprecated-declarations
578 Common Var(warn_deprecated_decl) Init(1) Warning
579 Warn about uses of __attribute__((deprecated)) declarations.
581 Wdisabled-optimization
582 Common Var(warn_disabled_optimization) Warning
583 Warn when an optimization pass is disabled.
585 Werror
586 Common Var(warnings_are_errors)
587 Treat all warnings as errors.
589 Werror=
590 Common Joined
591 Treat specified warning as error.
593 Wextra
594 Common Var(extra_warnings) Warning
595 Print extra (possibly unwanted) warnings.
597 Wfatal-errors
598 Common Var(flag_fatal_errors)
599 Exit on the first error occurred.
601 Wframe-larger-than=
602 Common RejectNegative Joined Host_Wide_Int ByteSize Warning Var(warn_frame_larger_than_size) Init(HOST_WIDE_INT_MAX)
603 -Wframe-larger-than=<byte-size> Warn if a function's stack frame requires in excess of <byte-size>.
605 Wno-frame-larger-than
606 Common Alias(Wframe-larger-than=,18446744073709551615EiB,none) Warning
607 Disable -Wframe-larger-than= warning.  Equivalent to -Wframe-larger-than=<SIZE_MAX> or larger.
609 Wfree-nonheap-object
610 Common Var(warn_free_nonheap_object) Init(1) Warning
611 Warn when attempting to free a non-heap object.
613 Whsa
614 Common Ignore Warning
615 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
617 Wimplicit-fallthrough
618 Common Alias(Wimplicit-fallthrough=,3,0) Warning
620 Wimplicit-fallthrough=
621 Common Var(warn_implicit_fallthrough) RejectNegative Joined UInteger Warning IntegerRange(0, 5)
622 Warn when a switch case falls through.
624 Winline
625 Common Var(warn_inline) Warning Optimization
626 Warn when an inlined function cannot be inlined.
628 Winvalid-memory-model
629 Common Var(warn_invalid_memory_model) Init(1) Warning
630 Warn when an atomic memory model parameter is known to be outside the valid range.
632 Wlarger-than-
633 Common RejectNegative Joined Warning Undocumented Alias(Wlarger-than=)
635 Wlarger-than=
636 Common RejectNegative Joined Host_Wide_Int ByteSize Warning Var(warn_larger_than_size) Init(HOST_WIDE_INT_MAX)
637 -Wlarger-than=<byte-size>       Warn if an object's size exceeds <byte-size>.
639 Wno-larger-than
640 Common Alias(Wlarger-than=,18446744073709551615EiB,none) Warning
641 Disable -Wlarger-than= warning.  Equivalent to -Wlarger-than=<SIZE_MAX> or larger.
643 Wnonnull-compare
644 Var(warn_nonnull_compare) Warning
645 Warn if comparing pointer parameter with nonnull attribute with NULL.
647 Wnull-dereference
648 Common Var(warn_null_dereference) Warning
649 Warn if dereferencing a NULL pointer may lead to erroneous or undefined behavior.
651 Wunsafe-loop-optimizations
652 Common Ignore Warning
653 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
655 Wmissing-noreturn
656 Common Warning Alias(Wsuggest-attribute=noreturn)
658 Wodr
659 Common Var(warn_odr_violations) Init(1) Warning
660 Warn about some C++ One Definition Rule violations during link time optimization.
662 Woverflow
663 Common Var(warn_overflow) Init(1) Warning
664 Warn about overflow in arithmetic expressions.
666 Wlto-type-mismatch
667 Common Var(warn_lto_type_mismatch) Init(1) Warning
668 During link time optimization warn about mismatched types of global declarations.
670 Wpacked
671 Common Var(warn_packed) Warning
672 Warn when the packed attribute has no effect on struct layout.
674 Wpadded
675 Common Var(warn_padded) Warning
676 Warn when padding is required to align structure members.
678 Wpedantic
679 Common Var(pedantic) Init(0) Warning
680 Issue warnings needed for strict compliance to the standard.
682 Wreturn-local-addr
683 Common Var(warn_return_local_addr) Init(1) Warning
684 Warn about returning a pointer/reference to a local or temporary variable.
686 Wshadow
687 Common Var(warn_shadow) Warning
688 Warn when one variable shadows another.  Same as -Wshadow=global.
690 Wshadow=global
691 Common Warning Alias(Wshadow)
692 Warn when one variable shadows another (globally).
694 Wshadow=local
695 Common Var(warn_shadow_local) Warning EnabledBy(Wshadow)
696 Warn when one local variable shadows another local variable or parameter.
698 Wshadow-local
699 Common Warning Undocumented Alias(Wshadow=local)
701 Wshadow=compatible-local
702 Common Var(warn_shadow_compatible_local) Warning EnabledBy(Wshadow=local)
703 Warn when one local variable shadows another local variable or parameter of compatible type.
705 Wshadow-compatible-local
706 Common Warning Undocumented Alias(Wshadow=compatible-local)
708 Wstack-protector
709 Common Var(warn_stack_protect) Warning
710 Warn when not issuing stack smashing protection for some reason.
712 Wstack-usage=
713 Common Joined RejectNegative Host_Wide_Int ByteSize Var(warn_stack_usage) Warning Init(HOST_WIDE_INT_MAX)
714 -Wstack-usage=<byte-size>       Warn if stack usage might exceed <byte-size>.
716 Wno-stack-usage
717 Common Alias(Wstack-usage=,18446744073709551615EiB,none) Warning
718 Disable Wstack-usage= warning.  Equivalent to Wstack-usage=<SIZE_MAX> or larger.
720 Wstrict-aliasing
721 Common Warning
722 Warn about code which might break strict aliasing rules.
724 Wstrict-aliasing=
725 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_strict_aliasing) Warning
726 Warn about code which might break strict aliasing rules.
728 Wstrict-overflow
729 Common Warning
730 Warn about optimizations that assume that signed overflow is undefined.
732 Wstrict-overflow=
733 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_strict_overflow) Warning
734 Warn about optimizations that assume that signed overflow is undefined.
736 Wsuggest-attribute=cold
737 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_cold) Warning
738 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((cold)).
740 Wsuggest-attribute=const
741 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_const) Warning
742 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((const)).
744 Wsuggest-attribute=pure
745 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_pure) Warning
746 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((pure)).
748 Wsuggest-attribute=noreturn
749 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_noreturn) Warning
750 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((noreturn)).
752 Wsuggest-attribute=malloc
753 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_malloc) Warning
754 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((malloc)).
756 Wsuggest-final-types
757 Common Var(warn_suggest_final_types) Warning
758 Warn about C++ polymorphic types where adding final keyword would improve code quality.
760 Wsuggest-final-methods
761 Common Var(warn_suggest_final_methods) Warning
762 Warn about C++ virtual methods where adding final keyword would improve code quality.
764 Wswitch-unreachable
765 Common Var(warn_switch_unreachable) Warning Init(1)
766 Warn about statements between switch's controlling expression and the first
767 case.
769 Wsystem-headers
770 Common Var(warn_system_headers) Warning
771 Do not suppress warnings from system headers.
773 Wtrampolines
774 Common Var(warn_trampolines) Warning
775 Warn whenever a trampoline is generated.
777 Wtype-limits
778 Common Var(warn_type_limits) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
779 Warn if a comparison is always true or always false due to the limited range of the data type.
781 Wuninitialized
782 Common Var(warn_uninitialized) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
783 Warn about uninitialized automatic variables.
785 Wmaybe-uninitialized
786 Common Var(warn_maybe_uninitialized) Warning EnabledBy(Wuninitialized)
787 Warn about maybe uninitialized automatic variables.
789 Wunreachable-code
790 Common Ignore Warning
791 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
793 Wunused
794 Common Var(warn_unused) Init(0) Warning
795 Enable all -Wunused- warnings.
797 Wunused-but-set-parameter
798 Common Var(warn_unused_but_set_parameter) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused && Wextra)
799 Warn when a function parameter is only set, otherwise unused.
801 Wunused-but-set-variable
802 Common Var(warn_unused_but_set_variable) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
803 Warn when a variable is only set, otherwise unused.
805 Wunused-function
806 Common Var(warn_unused_function) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
807 Warn when a function is unused.
809 Wunused-label
810 Common Var(warn_unused_label) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
811 Warn when a label is unused.
813 Wunused-parameter
814 Common Var(warn_unused_parameter) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused && Wextra)
815 Warn when a function parameter is unused.
817 Wunused-value
818 Common Var(warn_unused_value) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
819 Warn when an expression value is unused.
821 Wunused-variable
822 Common Var(warn_unused_variable) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
823 Warn when a variable is unused.
825 Wcoverage-mismatch
826 Common Var(warn_coverage_mismatch) Init(1) Warning
827 Warn in case profiles in -fprofile-use do not match.
829 Wmissing-profile
830 Common Var(warn_missing_profile) Init(1) Warning
831 Warn in case profiles in -fprofile-use do not exist.
833 Wvector-operation-performance
834 Common Var(warn_vector_operation_performance) Warning
835 Warn when a vector operation is compiled outside the SIMD.
837 Wtsan
838 Common Var(warn_tsan) Init(1) Warning
839 Warn about unsupported features in ThreadSanitizer.
841 Xassembler
842 Driver Separate
844 Xlinker
845 Driver Separate
847 Xpreprocessor
848 Driver Separate
851 Driver
853 aux-info
854 Common Separate Var(aux_info_file_name)
855 -aux-info <file>        Emit declaration information into <file>.
857 aux-info=
858 Common Joined Alias(aux-info)
860 coverage
861 Driver
864 Driver
867 Common Joined
868 -d<letters>     Enable dumps from specific passes of the compiler.
870 dumpbase
871 Driver Common Separate Var(dump_base_name)
872 -dumpbase <file>        Set the file basename to be used for dumps.
874 dumpbase-ext
875 Driver Common Separate Var(dump_base_ext)
876 -dumpbase-ext .<ext>    Drop a trailing .<ext> from the dump basename to name auxiliary output files.
878 dumpdir
879 Driver Common Separate Var(dump_dir_name)
880 -dumpdir <dir>  Set the directory name to be used for dumps.
882 dumpmachine
883 Driver
885 dumpspecs
886 Driver
888 dumpversion
889 Driver
891 dumpfullversion
892 Driver
895 Driver Joined Separate
897 ; This option has historically been passed down to the linker by an
898 ; accident of a %{e*} spec, so ensure it continues to be passed down
899 ; as a single option.  The supported option for this purpose is
900 ; -rdynamic.  See PR 47390.
901 export-dynamic
902 Driver Undocumented
904 ; The version of the C++ ABI in use.  The following values are allowed:
906 ; 0: The version of the ABI believed most conformant with the C++ ABI
907 ;    specification.  This ABI may change as bugs are discovered and fixed.
908 ;    Therefore, 0 will not necessarily indicate the same ABI in different
909 ;    versions of G++.
911 ; 1: The version of the ABI first used in G++ 3.2.  No longer selectable.
913 ; 2: The version of the ABI first used in G++ 3.4, and the default
914 ;    until GCC 4.9.
916 ; 3: The version of the ABI that fixes the missing underscore
917 ;    in template non-type arguments of pointer type.
919 ; 4: The version of the ABI that introduces unambiguous mangling of
920 ;    vector types.  First selectable in G++ 4.5.
922 ; 5: The version of the ABI that ignores attribute const/noreturn
923 ;    in function pointer mangling, and corrects mangling of decltype and
924 ;    function parameters used in other parameters and the return type.
925 ;    First selectable in G++ 4.6.
927 ; 6: The version of the ABI that doesn't promote scoped enums to int and
928 ;    changes the mangling of template argument packs, const/static_cast,
929 ;    prefix ++ and --, and a class scope function used as a template
930 ;    argument.
931 ;    First selectable in G++ 4.7.
933 ; 7: The version of the ABI that treats nullptr_t as a builtin type and
934 ;    corrects the mangling of lambdas in default argument scope.
935 ;    First selectable in G++ 4.8.
937 ; 8: The version of the ABI that corrects the substitution behavior of
938 ;    function types with function-cv-qualifiers.
939 ;    First selectable in G++ 4.9 and default in G++ 5.
941 ; 9: The version of the ABI that corrects the alignment of nullptr_t.
942 ;    First selectable and default in G++ 5.2.
944 ; 10: The version of the ABI that mangles attributes that affect type
945 ;     identity, such as ia32 calling convention attributes (stdcall, etc.)
946 ;     Default in G++ 6 (set in c_common_post_options).
948 ; 11: The version of the ABI that corrects mangling of sizeof... expressions
949 ;     and introduces new inheriting constructor handling.
950 ;     Default in G++ 7.
952 ; 12: Corrects the calling convention for classes with only deleted copy/move
953 ;     constructors and changes passing/returning of empty records.
954 ;     Default in G++ 8.1.
956 ; 13: Fixes the accidental change in 12 to the calling convention for classes
957 ;     with deleted copy constructor and trivial move constructor.
958 ;     Default in G++ 8.2.
960 ; 14: Corrects the mangling of nullptr expression.
961 ;     Default in G++ 10.
963 ; 15: Corrects G++ 10 ABI tag regression [PR98481].
964 ;     Available, but not default, in G++ 10.3.
966 ; 16: Changes the mangling of __alignof__ to be distinct from that of alignof.
967 ;     Adds missing 'on' in mangling of operator names in some cases.
968 ;     Default in G++ 11.
970 ; Additional positive integers will be assigned as new versions of
971 ; the ABI become the default version of the ABI.
972 fabi-version=
973 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_abi_version) Init(0)
974 The version of the C++ ABI in use.
976 faggressive-loop-optimizations
977 Common Var(flag_aggressive_loop_optimizations) Optimization Init(1)
978 Aggressively optimize loops using language constraints.
980 falign-functions
981 Common Var(flag_align_functions) Optimization
982 Align the start of functions.
984 falign-functions=
985 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(str_align_functions) Optimization
987 flimit-function-alignment
988 Common Var(flag_limit_function_alignment) Optimization Init(0)
990 falign-jumps
991 Common Var(flag_align_jumps) Optimization
992 Align labels which are only reached by jumping.
994 falign-jumps=
995 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(str_align_jumps) Optimization
997 falign-labels
998 Common Var(flag_align_labels) Optimization
999 Align all labels.
1001 falign-labels=
1002 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(str_align_labels) Optimization
1004 falign-loops
1005 Common Var(flag_align_loops) Optimization
1006 Align the start of loops.
1008 falign-loops=
1009 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(str_align_loops) Optimization
1011 fallow-store-data-races
1012 Common Var(flag_store_data_races) Optimization
1013 Allow the compiler to introduce new data races on stores.
1015 fanalyzer
1016 Common Var(flag_analyzer)
1017 Enable static analysis pass.
1019 fargument-alias
1020 Common Ignore
1021 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1023 fargument-noalias
1024 Common Ignore
1025 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1027 fargument-noalias-global
1028 Common Ignore
1029 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1031 fargument-noalias-anything
1032 Common Ignore
1033 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1035 fsanitize=
1036 Common Driver Joined
1037 Select what to sanitize.
1039 fsanitize-coverage=
1040 Common Joined
1041 Select type of coverage sanitization.
1043 fasan-shadow-offset=
1044 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1045 -fasan-shadow-offset=<number>   Use custom shadow memory offset.
1047 fsanitize-sections=
1048 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1049 -fsanitize-sections=<sec1,sec2,...>     Sanitize global variables
1050 in user-defined sections.
1052 fsanitize-recover=
1053 Common Joined
1054 After diagnosing undefined behavior attempt to continue execution.
1056 fsanitize-recover
1057 Common
1058 This switch is deprecated; use -fsanitize-recover= instead.
1060 fsanitize-address-use-after-scope
1061 Common Driver Var(flag_sanitize_address_use_after_scope) Init(0)
1063 fsanitize-undefined-trap-on-error
1064 Common Driver Var(flag_sanitize_undefined_trap_on_error) Init(0)
1065 Use trap instead of a library function for undefined behavior sanitization.
1067 fasynchronous-unwind-tables
1068 Common Var(flag_asynchronous_unwind_tables) Optimization
1069 Generate unwind tables that are exact at each instruction boundary.
1071 fauto-inc-dec
1072 Common Var(flag_auto_inc_dec) Init(1) Optimization
1073 Generate auto-inc/dec instructions.
1075 fauto-profile
1076 Common Var(flag_auto_profile)
1077 Use sample profile information for call graph node weights. The default
1078 profile file is fbdata.afdo in 'pwd'.
1080 fauto-profile=
1081 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(auto_profile_file)
1082 Use sample profile information for call graph node weights. The profile
1083 file is specified in the argument.
1085 ; -fcheck-bounds causes gcc to generate array bounds checks.
1086 ; For C, C++ and ObjC: defaults off.
1087 ; For Java: defaults to on.
1088 ; For Fortran: defaults to off.
1089 fbounds-check
1090 Common Var(flag_bounds_check)
1091 Generate code to check bounds before indexing arrays.
1093 fbranch-count-reg
1094 Common Var(flag_branch_on_count_reg) Optimization
1095 Replace add, compare, branch with branch on count register.
1097 fbranch-probabilities
1098 Common Var(flag_branch_probabilities) Optimization
1099 Use profiling information for branch probabilities.
1101 fbranch-target-load-optimize
1102 Common Ignore
1103 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
1105 fbranch-target-load-optimize2
1106 Common Ignore
1107 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
1109 fbtr-bb-exclusive
1110 Common Ignore
1111 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
1113 fcallgraph-info
1114 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_callgraph_info) Init(NO_CALLGRAPH_INFO);
1115 Output callgraph information on a per-file basis.
1117 fcallgraph-info=
1118 Common RejectNegative Joined
1119 Output callgraph information on a per-file basis with decorations.
1121 fcall-saved-
1122 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1123 -fcall-saved-<register> Mark <register> as being preserved across functions.
1125 fcall-used-
1126 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1127 -fcall-used-<register>  Mark <register> as being corrupted by function calls.
1129 ; Nonzero for -fcaller-saves: allocate values in regs that need to
1130 ; be saved across function calls, if that produces overall better code.
1131 ; Optional now, so people can test it.
1132 fcaller-saves
1133 Common Var(flag_caller_saves) Optimization
1134 Save registers around function calls.
1136 fcheck-data-deps
1137 Common Ignore
1138 This switch is deprecated; do not use.
1140 fcheck-new
1141 Common Var(flag_check_new)
1142 Check the return value of new in C++.
1144 fchecking
1145 Common Var(flag_checking) Init(CHECKING_P ? ENABLE_EXTRA_CHECKING ? 2 : 1 : 0)
1146 Perform internal consistency checkings.
1148 fchecking=
1149 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_checking)
1150 Perform internal consistency checkings.
1152 fcode-hoisting
1153 Common Var(flag_code_hoisting) Optimization
1154 Enable code hoisting.
1156 fcombine-stack-adjustments
1157 Common Var(flag_combine_stack_adjustments) Optimization
1158 Looks for opportunities to reduce stack adjustments and stack references.
1160 fcommon
1161 Common Var(flag_no_common,0) Init(1)
1162 Put uninitialized globals in the common section.
1164 fcompare-debug
1165 Driver
1166 ; Converted by the driver to -fcompare-debug= options.
1168 fcompare-debug=
1169 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative Var(flag_compare_debug_opt)
1170 -fcompare-debug[=<opts>]        Compile with and without e.g. -gtoggle, and compare the final-insns dump.
1172 fcompare-debug-second
1173 Common Driver RejectNegative Var(flag_compare_debug)
1174 Run only the second compilation of -fcompare-debug.
1176 fcompare-elim
1177 Common Var(flag_compare_elim_after_reload) Optimization
1178 Perform comparison elimination after register allocation has finished.
1180 fconserve-stack
1181 Common Var(flag_conserve_stack) Optimization
1182 Do not perform optimizations increasing noticeably stack usage.
1184 fcprop-registers
1185 Common Var(flag_cprop_registers) Optimization
1186 Perform a register copy-propagation optimization pass.
1188 fcrossjumping
1189 Common Var(flag_crossjumping) Optimization
1190 Perform cross-jumping optimization.
1192 fcse-follow-jumps
1193 Common Var(flag_cse_follow_jumps) Optimization
1194 When running CSE, follow jumps to their targets.
1196 fcse-skip-blocks
1197 Common Ignore
1198 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
1200 fcx-limited-range
1201 Common Var(flag_cx_limited_range) Optimization SetByCombined
1202 Omit range reduction step when performing complex division.
1204 fcx-fortran-rules
1205 Common Var(flag_cx_fortran_rules) Optimization
1206 Complex multiplication and division follow Fortran rules.
1208 fdata-sections
1209 Common Var(flag_data_sections)
1210 Place data items into their own section.
1212 fdbg-cnt-list
1213 Common Var(flag_dbg_cnt_list)
1214 List all available debugging counters with their limits and counts.
1216 fdbg-cnt=
1217 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1218 -fdbg-cnt=<counter>[:<lower_limit1>-]<upper_limit1>[:<lower_limit2>-<upper_limit2>:...][,<counter>:...] Set the debug counter limit.
1220 fdebug-prefix-map=
1221 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1222 -fdebug-prefix-map=<old>=<new>  Map one directory name to another in debug information.
1224 ffile-prefix-map=
1225 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1226 -ffile-prefix-map=<old>=<new>   Map one directory name to another in compilation result.
1228 fdebug-types-section
1229 Common Var(flag_debug_types_section) Init(0)
1230 Output .debug_types section when using DWARF v4 debuginfo.
1232 ; Nonzero for -fdefer-pop: don't pop args after each function call
1233 ; instead save them up to pop many calls' args with one insns.
1234 fdefer-pop
1235 Common Var(flag_defer_pop) Optimization
1236 Defer popping functions args from stack until later.
1238 fdelayed-branch
1239 Common Var(flag_delayed_branch) Optimization
1240 Attempt to fill delay slots of branch instructions.
1242 fdelete-dead-exceptions
1243 Common Var(flag_delete_dead_exceptions) Init(0) Optimization
1244 Delete dead instructions that may throw exceptions.
1246 fdelete-null-pointer-checks
1247 Common Var(flag_delete_null_pointer_checks) Init(-1) Optimization
1248 Delete useless null pointer checks.
1250 fdevirtualize-at-ltrans
1251 Common Var(flag_ltrans_devirtualize)
1252 Stream extra data to support more aggressive devirtualization in LTO local transformation mode.
1254 fdevirtualize-speculatively
1255 Common Var(flag_devirtualize_speculatively) Optimization
1256 Perform speculative devirtualization.
1258 fdevirtualize
1259 Common Var(flag_devirtualize) Optimization
1260 Try to convert virtual calls to direct ones.
1262 fdiagnostics-show-location=
1263 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule)
1264 -fdiagnostics-show-location=[once|every-line]   How often to emit source location at the beginning of line-wrapped diagnostics.
1266 ; Required for these enum values.
1267 SourceInclude
1268 pretty-print.h
1270 Enum
1271 Name(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) Type(int)
1273 EnumValue
1274 Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) String(once) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_SHOW_PREFIX_ONCE)
1276 EnumValue
1277 Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) String(every-line) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_SHOW_PREFIX_EVERY_LINE)
1279 fdiagnostics-show-caret
1280 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_caret) Init(1)
1281 Show the source line with a caret indicating the column.
1283 fdiagnostics-show-labels
1284 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_labels) Init(1)
1285 Show labels annotating ranges of source code when showing source.
1287 fdiagnostics-show-line-numbers
1288 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_line_numbers) Init(1)
1289 Show line numbers in the left margin when showing source.
1291 fdiagnostics-color
1292 Common Alias(fdiagnostics-color=,always,never)
1295 fdiagnostics-color=
1296 Driver Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_diagnostics_show_color) Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) Init(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_NO)
1297 -fdiagnostics-color=[never|always|auto] Colorize diagnostics.
1299 ; Required for these enum values.
1300 SourceInclude
1301 diagnostic-color.h
1303 Enum
1304 Name(diagnostic_color_rule) Type(int)
1306 EnumValue
1307 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(never) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_NO)
1309 EnumValue
1310 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(always) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_YES)
1312 EnumValue
1313 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(auto) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_AUTO)
1315 fdiagnostics-urls=
1316 Driver Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_diagnostics_show_urls) Enum(diagnostic_url_rule) Init(DIAGNOSTICS_URL_AUTO)
1317 -fdiagnostics-urls=[never|always|auto]  Embed URLs in diagnostics.
1319 ; Required for these enum values.
1320 SourceInclude
1321 diagnostic-url.h
1323 Enum
1324 Name(diagnostic_url_rule) Type(int)
1326 EnumValue
1327 Enum(diagnostic_url_rule) String(never) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_URL_NO)
1329 EnumValue
1330 Enum(diagnostic_url_rule) String(always) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_URL_YES)
1332 EnumValue
1333 Enum(diagnostic_url_rule) String(auto) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_URL_AUTO)
1335 fdiagnostics-column-unit=
1336 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(diagnostics_column_unit)
1337 -fdiagnostics-column-unit=[display|byte]        Select whether column numbers are output as display columns (default) or raw bytes.
1339 fdiagnostics-column-origin=
1340 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger
1341 -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.
1343 fdiagnostics-format=
1344 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(diagnostics_output_format)
1345 -fdiagnostics-format=[text|json]        Select output format.
1347 ; Required for these enum values.
1348 SourceInclude
1349 diagnostic.h
1351 Enum
1352 Name(diagnostics_column_unit) Type(int)
1354 EnumValue
1355 Enum(diagnostics_column_unit) String(display) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLUMN_UNIT_DISPLAY)
1357 EnumValue
1358 Enum(diagnostics_column_unit) String(byte) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLUMN_UNIT_BYTE)
1360 Enum
1361 Name(diagnostics_output_format) Type(int)
1363 EnumValue
1364 Enum(diagnostics_output_format) String(text) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_OUTPUT_FORMAT_TEXT)
1366 EnumValue
1367 Enum(diagnostics_output_format) String(json) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_OUTPUT_FORMAT_JSON)
1369 fdiagnostics-parseable-fixits
1370 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_parseable_fixits)
1371 Print fix-it hints in machine-readable form.
1373 fdiagnostics-generate-patch
1374 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_generate_patch)
1375 Print fix-it hints to stderr in unified diff format.
1377 fdiagnostics-show-option
1378 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_option) Init(1)
1379 Amend appropriate diagnostic messages with the command line option that controls them.
1381 fdiagnostics-show-cwe
1382 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_cwe) Init(1)
1383 Print CWE identifiers for diagnostic messages, where available.
1385 fdiagnostics-path-format=
1386 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_diagnostics_path_format) Enum(diagnostic_path_format) Init(DPF_INLINE_EVENTS)
1387 Specify how to print any control-flow path associated with a diagnostic.
1389 fdiagnostics-plain-output
1390 Driver Common RejectNegative
1391 Turn off any diagnostics features that complicate the output, such as line numbers, color, and warning URLs.
1393 ftabstop=
1394 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger
1395 -ftabstop=<number>      Distance between tab stops for column reporting.
1397 Enum
1398 Name(diagnostic_path_format) Type(int)
1400 EnumValue
1401 Enum(diagnostic_path_format) String(none) Value(DPF_NONE)
1403 EnumValue
1404 Enum(diagnostic_path_format) String(separate-events) Value(DPF_SEPARATE_EVENTS)
1406 EnumValue
1407 Enum(diagnostic_path_format) String(inline-events) Value(DPF_INLINE_EVENTS)
1409 fdiagnostics-show-path-depths
1410 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_path_depths) Init(0)
1411 Show stack depths of events in paths.
1413 fdiagnostics-minimum-margin-width=
1414 Common Joined UInteger Var(diagnostics_minimum_margin_width) Init(6)
1415 Set minimum width of left margin of source code when showing source.
1417 fdisable-
1418 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1419 -fdisable-[tree|rtl|ipa]-<pass>=range1+range2   Disable an optimization pass.
1421 fenable-
1422 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1423 -fenable-[tree|rtl|ipa]-<pass>=range1+range2    Enable an optimization pass.
1425 fdump-
1426 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1427 -fdump-<type>   Dump various compiler internals to a file.
1429 fdump-final-insns
1430 Driver RejectNegative
1432 fdump-final-insns=
1433 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_dump_final_insns)
1434 -fdump-final-insns=filename     Dump to filename the insns at the end of translation.
1436 fdump-go-spec=
1437 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_dump_go_spec)
1438 -fdump-go-spec=filename Write all declarations to file as Go code.
1440 fdump-noaddr
1441 Common Var(flag_dump_noaddr)
1442 Suppress output of addresses in debugging dumps.
1444 freport-bug
1445 Common Driver Var(flag_report_bug)
1446 Collect and dump debug information into temporary file if ICE in C/C++
1447 compiler occurred.
1449 fdump-internal-locations
1450 Common Var(flag_dump_locations) Init(0)
1451 Dump detailed information on GCC's internal representation of source code locations.
1453 fdump-passes
1454 Common Var(flag_dump_passes) Init(0)
1455 Dump optimization passes.
1457 fdump-unnumbered
1458 Common Var(flag_dump_unnumbered)
1459 Suppress output of instruction numbers, line number notes and addresses in debugging dumps.
1461 fdump-unnumbered-links
1462 Common Var(flag_dump_unnumbered_links)
1463 Suppress output of previous and next insn numbers in debugging dumps.
1465 fdwarf2-cfi-asm
1466 Common Var(flag_dwarf2_cfi_asm) Init(HAVE_GAS_CFI_DIRECTIVE)
1467 Enable CFI tables via GAS assembler directives.
1469 fearly-inlining
1470 Common Var(flag_early_inlining) Init(1) Optimization
1471 Perform early inlining.
1473 feliminate-dwarf2-dups
1474 Common Ignore
1475 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
1477 fipa-sra
1478 Common Var(flag_ipa_sra) Init(0) Optimization
1479 Perform interprocedural reduction of aggregates.
1481 feliminate-unused-debug-symbols
1482 Common Var(flag_debug_only_used_symbols) Init(1)
1483 Perform unused symbol elimination in debug info.
1485 feliminate-unused-debug-types
1486 Common Var(flag_eliminate_unused_debug_types) Init(1)
1487 Perform unused type elimination in debug info.
1489 femit-class-debug-always
1490 Common Var(flag_emit_class_debug_always) Init(0)
1491 Do not suppress C++ class debug information.
1493 fexceptions
1494 Common Var(flag_exceptions) Optimization
1495 Enable exception handling.
1497 fexpensive-optimizations
1498 Common Var(flag_expensive_optimizations) Optimization
1499 Perform a number of minor, expensive optimizations.
1501 fexcess-precision=
1502 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(excess_precision) Var(flag_excess_precision) Init(EXCESS_PRECISION_DEFAULT) Optimization SetByCombined
1503 -fexcess-precision=[fast|standard]      Specify handling of excess floating-point precision.
1505 Enum
1506 Name(excess_precision) Type(enum excess_precision) UnknownError(unknown excess precision style %qs)
1508 EnumValue
1509 Enum(excess_precision) String(fast) Value(EXCESS_PRECISION_FAST)
1511 EnumValue
1512 Enum(excess_precision) String(standard) Value(EXCESS_PRECISION_STANDARD)
1514 ; Whether we permit the extended set of values for FLT_EVAL_METHOD
1515 ; introduced in ISO/IEC TS 18661-3, or limit ourselves to those in C99/C11.
1516 fpermitted-flt-eval-methods=
1517 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(permitted_flt_eval_methods) Var(flag_permitted_flt_eval_methods) Init(PERMITTED_FLT_EVAL_METHODS_DEFAULT)
1518 -fpermitted-flt-eval-methods=[c11|ts-18661]     Specify which values of FLT_EVAL_METHOD are permitted.
1520 Enum
1521 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)
1523 EnumValue
1524 Enum(permitted_flt_eval_methods) String(c11) Value(PERMITTED_FLT_EVAL_METHODS_C11)
1526 EnumValue
1527 Enum(permitted_flt_eval_methods) String(ts-18661-3) Value(PERMITTED_FLT_EVAL_METHODS_TS_18661)
1529 ffast-math
1530 Common Optimization
1532 ffat-lto-objects
1533 Common Var(flag_fat_lto_objects)
1534 Output lto objects containing both the intermediate language and binary output.
1536 ffinite-math-only
1537 Common Var(flag_finite_math_only) Optimization SetByCombined
1538 Assume no NaNs or infinities are generated.
1540 ffinite-loops
1541 Common Var(flag_finite_loops) Optimization Init(0)
1542 Assume that loops with an exit will terminate and not loop indefinitely.
1544 ffixed-
1545 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1546 -ffixed-<register>      Mark <register> as being unavailable to the compiler.
1548 ffloat-store
1549 Common Var(flag_float_store) Optimization
1550 Don't allocate floats and doubles in extended-precision registers.
1552 fforce-addr
1553 Common Ignore
1554 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
1556 fforward-propagate
1557 Common Var(flag_forward_propagate) Optimization
1558 Perform a forward propagation pass on RTL.
1560 ffp-contract=
1561 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(fp_contract_mode) Var(flag_fp_contract_mode) Init(FP_CONTRACT_FAST) Optimization
1562 -ffp-contract=[off|on|fast]     Perform floating-point expression contraction.
1564 Enum
1565 Name(fp_contract_mode) Type(enum fp_contract_mode) UnknownError(unknown floating point contraction style %qs)
1567 EnumValue
1568 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(off) Value(FP_CONTRACT_OFF)
1570 ; Not implemented, fall back to conservative FP_CONTRACT_OFF.
1571 EnumValue
1572 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(on) Value(FP_CONTRACT_OFF)
1574 EnumValue
1575 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(fast) Value(FP_CONTRACT_FAST)
1577 ffp-int-builtin-inexact
1578 Common Var(flag_fp_int_builtin_inexact) Init(1) Optimization
1579 Allow built-in functions ceil, floor, round, trunc to raise \"inexact\" exceptions.
1581 ; Nonzero means don't put addresses of constant functions in registers.
1582 ; Used for compiling the Unix kernel, where strange substitutions are
1583 ; done on the assembly output.
1584 ffunction-cse
1585 Common Var(flag_no_function_cse,0) Optimization
1586 Allow function addresses to be held in registers.
1588 ffunction-sections
1589 Common Var(flag_function_sections)
1590 Place each function into its own section.
1592 fgcse
1593 Common Var(flag_gcse) Optimization
1594 Perform global common subexpression elimination.
1596 fgcse-lm
1597 Common Var(flag_gcse_lm) Init(1) Optimization
1598 Perform enhanced load motion during global common subexpression elimination.
1600 fgcse-sm
1601 Common Var(flag_gcse_sm) Init(0) Optimization
1602 Perform store motion after global common subexpression elimination.
1604 fgcse-las
1605 Common Var(flag_gcse_las) Init(0) Optimization
1606 Perform redundant load after store elimination in global common subexpression
1607 elimination.
1609 fgcse-after-reload
1610 Common Var(flag_gcse_after_reload) Optimization
1611 Perform global common subexpression elimination after register allocation has
1612 finished.
1614 Enum
1615 Name(dwarf_gnat_encodings) Type(int)
1617 EnumValue
1618 Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) String(all) Value(DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_ALL)
1620 EnumValue
1621 Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) String(gdb) Value(DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_GDB)
1623 EnumValue
1624 Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) String(minimal) Value(DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_MINIMAL)
1626 fgnat-encodings=
1627 Common Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) Joined RejectNegative Undocumented Var(gnat_encodings)
1628 -fgnat-encodings=[all|gdb|minimal]      Select the balance between GNAT encodings and standard DWARF emitted in the debug information.
1630 ; This option is not documented yet as its semantics will change.
1631 fgraphite
1632 Common Var(flag_graphite) Optimization
1633 Enable in and out of Graphite representation.
1635 fgraphite-identity
1636 Common Var(flag_graphite_identity) Optimization
1637 Enable Graphite Identity transformation.
1639 fhoist-adjacent-loads
1640 Common Var(flag_hoist_adjacent_loads) Optimization
1641 Enable hoisting adjacent loads to encourage generating conditional move
1642 instructions.
1644 fkeep-gc-roots-live
1645 Common Undocumented Var(flag_keep_gc_roots_live) Optimization
1646 ; Always keep a pointer to a live memory block
1648 flarge-source-files
1649 Common Var(flag_large_source_files) Init(0)
1650 Improve GCC's ability to track column numbers in large source files,
1651 at the expense of slower compilation.
1653 floop-parallelize-all
1654 Common Var(flag_loop_parallelize_all) Optimization
1655 Mark all loops as parallel.
1657 floop-strip-mine
1658 Common Alias(floop-nest-optimize)
1659 Enable loop nest transforms.  Same as -floop-nest-optimize.
1661 floop-interchange
1662 Common Var(flag_loop_interchange) Optimization
1663 Enable loop interchange on trees.
1665 floop-block
1666 Common Alias(floop-nest-optimize)
1667 Enable loop nest transforms.  Same as -floop-nest-optimize.
1669 floop-unroll-and-jam
1670 Common Var(flag_unroll_jam) Optimization
1671 Perform unroll-and-jam on loops.
1673 fgnu-tm
1674 Common Var(flag_tm)
1675 Enable support for GNU transactional memory.
1677 fgnu-unique
1678 Common Var(flag_gnu_unique) Init(1)
1679 Use STB_GNU_UNIQUE if supported by the assembler.
1681 floop-flatten
1682 Common Ignore
1683 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1685 floop-nest-optimize
1686 Common Var(flag_loop_nest_optimize) Optimization
1687 Enable the loop nest optimizer.
1689 fstrict-volatile-bitfields
1690 Common Var(flag_strict_volatile_bitfields) Init(-1) Optimization
1691 Force bitfield accesses to match their type width.
1693 fstore-merging
1694 Common Var(flag_store_merging) Optimization
1695 Merge adjacent stores.
1697 fguess-branch-probability
1698 Common Var(flag_guess_branch_prob) Optimization
1699 Enable guessing of branch probabilities.
1701 ; Nonzero means ignore `#ident' directives.  0 means handle them.
1702 ; Generate position-independent code for executables if possible
1703 ; On SVR4 targets, it also controls whether or not to emit a
1704 ; string identifying the compiler.
1705 fident
1706 Common Var(flag_no_ident,0)
1707 Process #ident directives.
1709 fif-conversion
1710 Common Var(flag_if_conversion) Optimization
1711 Perform conversion of conditional jumps to branchless equivalents.
1713 fif-conversion2
1714 Common Var(flag_if_conversion2) Optimization
1715 Perform conversion of conditional jumps to conditional execution.
1717 fstack-reuse=
1718 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(stack_reuse_level) Var(flag_stack_reuse) Init(SR_ALL) Optimization
1719 -fstack-reuse=[all|named_vars|none]     Set stack reuse level for local variables.
1721 Enum
1722 Name(stack_reuse_level) Type(enum stack_reuse_level) UnknownError(unknown Stack Reuse Level %qs)
1724 EnumValue
1725 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(all) Value(SR_ALL)
1727 EnumValue
1728 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(named_vars) Value(SR_NAMED_VARS)
1730 EnumValue
1731 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(none) Value(SR_NONE)
1733 ftree-loop-if-convert
1734 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_if_convert) Init(-1) Optimization
1735 Convert conditional jumps in innermost loops to branchless equivalents.
1737 ftree-loop-if-convert-stores
1738 Common Ignore
1739 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1741 ; -finhibit-size-directive inhibits output of .size for ELF.
1742 ; This is used only for compiling crtstuff.c,
1743 ; and it may be extended to other effects
1744 ; needed for crtstuff.c on other systems.
1745 finhibit-size-directive
1746 Common Var(flag_inhibit_size_directive)
1747 Do not generate .size directives.
1749 findirect-inlining
1750 Common Var(flag_indirect_inlining) Optimization
1751 Perform indirect inlining.
1753 ; General flag to enable inlining.  Specifying -fno-inline will disable
1754 ; all inlining apart from always-inline functions.
1755 finline
1756 Common Var(flag_no_inline,0) Init(0) Optimization
1757 Enable inlining of function declared \"inline\", disabling disables all inlining.
1759 finline-small-functions
1760 Common Var(flag_inline_small_functions) Optimization
1761 Integrate functions into their callers when code size is known not to grow.
1763 finline-functions
1764 Common Var(flag_inline_functions) Optimization
1765 Integrate functions not declared \"inline\" into their callers when profitable.
1767 finline-functions-called-once
1768 Common Var(flag_inline_functions_called_once) Optimization
1769 Integrate functions only required by their single caller.
1771 finline-limit-
1772 Common RejectNegative Joined Alias(finline-limit=)
1774 finline-limit=
1775 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1776 -finline-limit=<number> Limit the size of inlined functions to <number>.
1778 finline-atomics
1779 Common Var(flag_inline_atomics) Init(1) Optimization
1780 Inline __atomic operations when a lock free instruction sequence is available.
1782 fcf-protection
1783 Common RejectNegative Alias(fcf-protection=,full)
1785 fcf-protection=
1786 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(cf_protection_level) Var(flag_cf_protection) Init(CF_NONE)
1787 -fcf-protection=[full|branch|return|none|check] Instrument functions with checks to verify jump/call/return control-flow transfer
1788 instructions have valid targets.
1790 Enum
1791 Name(cf_protection_level) Type(enum cf_protection_level) UnknownError(unknown Control-Flow Protection Level %qs)
1793 EnumValue
1794 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(full) Value(CF_FULL)
1796 EnumValue
1797 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(branch) Value(CF_BRANCH)
1799 EnumValue
1800 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(return) Value(CF_RETURN)
1802 EnumValue
1803 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(check) Value(CF_CHECK)
1805 EnumValue
1806 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(none) Value(CF_NONE)
1808 finstrument-functions
1809 Common Var(flag_instrument_function_entry_exit)
1810 Instrument function entry and exit with profiling calls.
1812 finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list=
1813 Common RejectNegative Joined
1814 -finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list=name,...   Do not instrument listed functions.
1816 finstrument-functions-exclude-file-list=
1817 Common RejectNegative Joined
1818 -finstrument-functions-exclude-file-list=filename,...   Do not instrument functions listed in files.
1820 fipa-cp
1821 Common Var(flag_ipa_cp) Optimization
1822 Perform interprocedural constant propagation.
1824 fipa-cp-clone
1825 Common Var(flag_ipa_cp_clone) Optimization
1826 Perform cloning to make Interprocedural constant propagation stronger.
1828 fipa-cp-alignment
1829 Common Ignore
1830 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
1832 fipa-bit-cp
1833 Common Var(flag_ipa_bit_cp) Optimization
1834 Perform interprocedural bitwise constant propagation.
1836 fipa-modref
1837 Common Var(flag_ipa_modref) Optimization
1838 Perform interprocedural modref analysis.
1840 fipa-profile
1841 Common Var(flag_ipa_profile) Init(0) Optimization
1842 Perform interprocedural profile propagation.
1844 fipa-pta
1845 Common Var(flag_ipa_pta) Init(0) Optimization
1846 Perform interprocedural points-to analysis.
1848 fipa-pure-const
1849 Common Var(flag_ipa_pure_const) Init(0) Optimization
1850 Discover pure and const functions.
1852 fipa-icf
1853 Common Var(flag_ipa_icf) Optimization
1854 Perform Identical Code Folding for functions and read-only variables.
1856 fipa-icf-functions
1857 Common Var(flag_ipa_icf_functions) Optimization
1858 Perform Identical Code Folding for functions.
1860 fipa-icf-variables
1861 Common Var(flag_ipa_icf_variables) Optimization
1862 Perform Identical Code Folding for variables.
1864 fipa-reference
1865 Common Var(flag_ipa_reference) Init(0) Optimization
1866 Discover read-only and non addressable static variables.
1868 fipa-reference-addressable
1869 Common Var(flag_ipa_reference_addressable) Init(0) Optimization
1870 Discover read-only, write-only and non-addressable static variables.
1872 fipa-stack-alignment
1873 Common Var(flag_ipa_stack_alignment) Init(1) Optimization
1874 Reduce stack alignment on call sites if possible.
1876 fipa-matrix-reorg
1877 Common Ignore
1878 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1880 fipa-struct-reorg
1881 Common Ignore
1882 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1884 fipa-vrp
1885 Common Var(flag_ipa_vrp) Optimization
1886 Perform IPA Value Range Propagation.
1888 fira-algorithm=
1889 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(ira_algorithm) Var(flag_ira_algorithm) Init(IRA_ALGORITHM_CB) Optimization
1890 -fira-algorithm=[CB|priority]   Set the used IRA algorithm.
1892 Enum
1893 Name(ira_algorithm) Type(enum ira_algorithm) UnknownError(unknown IRA algorithm %qs)
1895 EnumValue
1896 Enum(ira_algorithm) String(CB) Value(IRA_ALGORITHM_CB)
1898 EnumValue
1899 Enum(ira_algorithm) String(priority) Value(IRA_ALGORITHM_PRIORITY)
1901 fira-region=
1902 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(ira_region) Var(flag_ira_region) Init(IRA_REGION_AUTODETECT) Optimization
1903 -fira-region=[one|all|mixed]    Set regions for IRA.
1905 Enum
1906 Name(ira_region) Type(enum ira_region) UnknownError(unknown IRA region %qs)
1908 EnumValue
1909 Enum(ira_region) String(one) Value(IRA_REGION_ONE)
1911 EnumValue
1912 Enum(ira_region) String(all) Value(IRA_REGION_ALL)
1914 EnumValue
1915 Enum(ira_region) String(mixed) Value(IRA_REGION_MIXED)
1917 fira-hoist-pressure
1918 Common Var(flag_ira_hoist_pressure) Init(1) Optimization
1919 Use IRA based register pressure calculation
1920 in RTL hoist optimizations.
1922 fira-loop-pressure
1923 Common Var(flag_ira_loop_pressure) Optimization
1924 Use IRA based register pressure calculation
1925 in RTL loop optimizations.
1927 fira-share-save-slots
1928 Common Var(flag_ira_share_save_slots) Init(1) Optimization
1929 Share slots for saving different hard registers.
1931 fira-share-spill-slots
1932 Common Var(flag_ira_share_spill_slots) Init(1) Optimization
1933 Share stack slots for spilled pseudo-registers.
1935 fira-verbose=
1936 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(flag_ira_verbose) Init(5)
1937 -fira-verbose=<number>  Control IRA's level of diagnostic messages.
1939 fivopts
1940 Common Var(flag_ivopts) Init(1) Optimization
1941 Optimize induction variables on trees.
1943 fjump-tables
1944 Common Var(flag_jump_tables) Init(1) Optimization
1945 Use jump tables for sufficiently large switch statements.
1947 fbit-tests
1948 Common Var(flag_bit_tests) Init(1) Optimization
1949 Use bit tests for sufficiently large switch statements.
1951 fkeep-inline-functions
1952 Common Var(flag_keep_inline_functions)
1953 Generate code for functions even if they are fully inlined.
1955 fkeep-static-functions
1956 Common Var(flag_keep_static_functions)
1957 Generate code for static functions even if they are never called.
1959 fkeep-static-consts
1960 Common Var(flag_keep_static_consts) Init(1)
1961 Emit static const variables even if they are not used.
1963 fleading-underscore
1964 Common Var(flag_leading_underscore) Init(-1)
1965 Give external symbols a leading underscore.
1967 floop-optimize
1968 Common Ignore
1969 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
1971 flra-remat
1972 Common Var(flag_lra_remat) Optimization
1973 Do CFG-sensitive rematerialization in LRA.
1975 flto
1976 Common
1977 Enable link-time optimization.
1979 flto=
1980 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_lto)
1981 Link-time optimization with number of parallel jobs or jobserver.
1983 Enum
1984 Name(lto_partition_model) Type(enum lto_partition_model) UnknownError(unknown LTO partitioning model %qs)
1986 EnumValue
1987 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(none) Value(LTO_PARTITION_NONE)
1989 EnumValue
1990 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(one) Value(LTO_PARTITION_ONE)
1992 EnumValue
1993 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(balanced) Value(LTO_PARTITION_BALANCED)
1995 EnumValue
1996 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(1to1) Value(LTO_PARTITION_1TO1)
1998 EnumValue
1999 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(max) Value(LTO_PARTITION_MAX)
2001 flto-partition=
2002 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(lto_partition_model) Var(flag_lto_partition) Init(LTO_PARTITION_BALANCED)
2003 Specify the algorithm to partition symbols and vars at linktime.
2005 ; The initial value of -1 comes from Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION in zlib.h.
2006 flto-compression-level=
2007 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_lto_compression_level) Init(-1) IntegerRange(0, 19)
2008 -flto-compression-level=<number>        Use zlib/zstd compression level <number> for IL.
2010 flto-odr-type-merging
2011 Common Ignore
2012 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2014 flto-report
2015 Common Var(flag_lto_report) Init(0)
2016 Report various link-time optimization statistics.
2018 flto-report-wpa
2019 Common Var(flag_lto_report_wpa) Init(0)
2020 Report various link-time optimization statistics for WPA only.
2022 fmath-errno
2023 Common Var(flag_errno_math) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
2024 Set errno after built-in math functions.
2026 fmax-errors=
2027 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_max_errors)
2028 -fmax-errors=<number>   Maximum number of errors to report.
2030 fmem-report
2031 Common Var(mem_report)
2032 Report on permanent memory allocation.
2034 fmem-report-wpa
2035 Common Var(mem_report_wpa)
2036 Report on permanent memory allocation in WPA only.
2038 ; This will attempt to merge constant section constants, if 1 only
2039 ; string constants and constants from constant pool, if 2 also constant
2040 ; variables.
2041 fmerge-all-constants
2042 Common Var(flag_merge_constants,2) Init(1)
2043 Attempt to merge identical constants and constant variables.
2045 fmerge-constants
2046 Common Var(flag_merge_constants,1)
2047 Attempt to merge identical constants across compilation units.
2049 fmerge-debug-strings
2050 Common Var(flag_merge_debug_strings) Init(1)
2051 Attempt to merge identical debug strings across compilation units.
2053 fmessage-length=
2054 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
2055 -fmessage-length=<number>       Limit diagnostics to <number> characters per line.  0 suppresses line-wrapping.
2057 fmodulo-sched
2058 Common Var(flag_modulo_sched) Optimization
2059 Perform SMS based modulo scheduling before the first scheduling pass.
2061 fmodulo-sched-allow-regmoves
2062 Common Var(flag_modulo_sched_allow_regmoves) Optimization
2063 Perform SMS based modulo scheduling with register moves allowed.
2065 fmove-loop-invariants
2066 Common Var(flag_move_loop_invariants) Optimization
2067 Move loop invariant computations out of loops.
2069 fdce
2070 Common Var(flag_dce) Init(1) Optimization
2071 Use the RTL dead code elimination pass.
2073 fdse
2074 Common Var(flag_dse) Init(0) Optimization
2075 Use the RTL dead store elimination pass.
2077 freschedule-modulo-scheduled-loops
2078 Common Var(flag_resched_modulo_sched) Optimization
2079 Enable/Disable the traditional scheduling in loops that already passed modulo scheduling.
2081 fnon-call-exceptions
2082 Common Var(flag_non_call_exceptions) Optimization
2083 Support synchronous non-call exceptions.
2085 foffload=
2086 Common Driver Joined MissingArgError(options or targets missing after %qs)
2087 -foffload=<targets>=<options>   Specify offloading targets and options for them.
2089 foffload-abi=
2090 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(offload_abi) Var(flag_offload_abi) Init(OFFLOAD_ABI_UNSET)
2091 -foffload-abi=[lp64|ilp32]      Set the ABI to use in an offload compiler.
2093 Enum
2094 Name(offload_abi) Type(enum offload_abi) UnknownError(unknown offload ABI %qs)
2096 EnumValue
2097 Enum(offload_abi) String(ilp32) Value(OFFLOAD_ABI_ILP32)
2099 EnumValue
2100 Enum(offload_abi) String(lp64) Value(OFFLOAD_ABI_LP64)
2102 fomit-frame-pointer
2103 Common Var(flag_omit_frame_pointer) Optimization
2104 When possible do not generate stack frames.
2106 fopt-info
2107 Common Var(flag_opt_info) Optimization
2108 Enable all optimization info dumps on stderr.
2110 fopt-info-
2111 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2112 -fopt-info[-<type>=filename]    Dump compiler optimization details.
2114 fsave-optimization-record
2115 Common Var(flag_save_optimization_record) Optimization
2116 Write a SRCFILE.opt-record.json file detailing what optimizations were performed.
2118 foptimize-register-move
2119 Common Ignore
2120 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2122 foptimize-sibling-calls
2123 Common Var(flag_optimize_sibling_calls) Optimization
2124 Optimize sibling and tail recursive calls.
2126 fpartial-inlining
2127 Common Var(flag_partial_inlining) Optimization
2128 Perform partial inlining.
2130 fpre-ipa-mem-report
2131 Common Var(pre_ipa_mem_report)
2132 Report on memory allocation before interprocedural optimization.
2134 fpost-ipa-mem-report
2135 Common Var(post_ipa_mem_report)
2136 Report on memory allocation before interprocedural optimization.
2138 fpack-struct
2139 Common Var(flag_pack_struct) Optimization
2140 Pack structure members together without holes.
2142 fpack-struct=
2143 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
2144 -fpack-struct=<number>  Set initial maximum structure member alignment.
2146 fpcc-struct-return
2147 Common Var(flag_pcc_struct_return,1) Init(DEFAULT_PCC_STRUCT_RETURN)
2148 Return small aggregates in memory, not registers.
2150 fpeel-loops
2151 Common Var(flag_peel_loops) Optimization
2152 Perform loop peeling.
2154 fpeephole
2155 Common Var(flag_no_peephole,0) Optimization
2156 Enable machine specific peephole optimizations.
2158 fpeephole2
2159 Common Var(flag_peephole2) Optimization
2160 Enable an RTL peephole pass before sched2.
2162 fPIC
2163 Common Var(flag_pic,2) Negative(fPIE) Init(-1)
2164 Generate position-independent code if possible (large mode).
2166 fPIE
2167 Common Var(flag_pie,2) Negative(fpic) Init(-1)
2168 Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (large mode).
2170 fpic
2171 Common Var(flag_pic,1) Negative(fpie) Init(-1)
2172 Generate position-independent code if possible (small mode).
2174 fpie
2175 Common Var(flag_pie,1) Negative(fPIC) Init(-1)
2176 Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (small mode).
2178 fplt
2179 Common Var(flag_plt) Init(1) Optimization
2180 Use PLT for PIC calls (-fno-plt: load the address from GOT at call site).
2182 fplugin=
2183 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2184 Specify a plugin to load.
2186 fplugin-arg-
2187 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2188 -fplugin-arg-<name>-<key>[=<value>]     Specify argument <key>=<value> for plugin <name>.
2190 fpredictive-commoning
2191 Common Var(flag_predictive_commoning) Optimization
2192 Run predictive commoning optimization.
2194 fprefetch-loop-arrays
2195 Common Var(flag_prefetch_loop_arrays) Init(-1) Optimization
2196 Generate prefetch instructions, if available, for arrays in loops.
2198 fprofile
2199 Common Var(profile_flag)
2200 Enable basic program profiling code.
2202 fprofile-abs-path
2203 Common Var(profile_abs_path_flag)
2204 Generate absolute source path names for gcov.
2206 fprofile-arcs
2207 Common Var(profile_arc_flag)
2208 Insert arc-based program profiling code.
2210 fprofile-dir=
2211 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_data_prefix)
2212 Set the top-level directory for storing the profile data.
2213 The default is 'pwd'.
2215 fprofile-note=
2216 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_note_location)
2217 Select the name for storing the profile note file.
2219 fprofile-correction
2220 Common Var(flag_profile_correction)
2221 Enable correction of flow inconsistent profile data input.
2223 fprofile-update=
2224 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(profile_update) Var(flag_profile_update) Init(PROFILE_UPDATE_SINGLE)
2225 -fprofile-update=[single|atomic|prefer-atomic]  Set the profile update method.
2227 fprofile-filter-files=
2228 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_profile_filter_files)
2229 Instrument only functions from files whose name matches any of the regular expressions (separated by semi-colons).
2231 fprofile-exclude-files=
2232 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_profile_exclude_files)
2233 Instrument only functions from files whose name does not match any of the regular expressions (separated by semi-colons).
2235 Enum
2236 Name(profile_reproducibility) Type(enum profile_reproducibility) UnknownError(unknown profile reproducibility method %qs)
2238 EnumValue
2239 Enum(profile_reproducibility) String(serial) Value(PROFILE_REPRODUCIBILITY_SERIAL)
2241 EnumValue
2242 Enum(profile_reproducibility) String(parallel-runs) Value(PROFILE_REPRODUCIBILITY_PARALLEL_RUNS)
2244 EnumValue
2245 Enum(profile_reproducibility) String(multithreaded) Value(PROFILE_REPRODUCIBILITY_MULTITHREADED)
2247 fprofile-reproducible=
2248 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_profile_reproducible) Enum(profile_reproducibility) Init(PROFILE_REPRODUCIBILITY_SERIAL)
2249 -fprofile-reproducible=[serial|parallel-runs|multithreaded]     Control level of reproducibility of profile gathered by -fprofile-generate.
2251 Enum
2252 Name(profile_update) Type(enum profile_update) UnknownError(unknown profile update method %qs)
2254 EnumValue
2255 Enum(profile_update) String(single) Value(PROFILE_UPDATE_SINGLE)
2257 EnumValue
2258 Enum(profile_update) String(atomic) Value(PROFILE_UPDATE_ATOMIC)
2260 EnumValue
2261 Enum(profile_update) String(prefer-atomic) Value(PROFILE_UPDATE_PREFER_ATOMIC)
2263 fprofile-prefix-path=
2264 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_prefix_path)
2265 Remove prefix from absolute path before mangling name for -fprofile-generate= and -fprofile-use=.
2267 fprofile-generate
2268 Common
2269 Enable common options for generating profile info for profile feedback directed optimizations.
2271 fprofile-generate=
2272 Common Joined RejectNegative
2273 Enable common options for generating profile info for profile feedback directed optimizations, and set -fprofile-dir=.
2275 fprofile-info-section
2276 Common RejectNegative
2277 Register the profile information in the .gcov_info section instead of using a constructor/destructor.
2279 fprofile-info-section=
2280 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_info_section)
2281 Register the profile information in the specified section instead of using a constructor/destructor.
2283 fprofile-partial-training
2284 Common Var(flag_profile_partial_training) Optimization
2285 Do not assume that functions never executed during the train run are cold.
2287 fprofile-use
2288 Common Var(flag_profile_use)
2289 Enable common options for performing profile feedback directed optimizations.
2291 fprofile-use=
2292 Common Joined RejectNegative
2293 Enable common options for performing profile feedback directed optimizations, and set -fprofile-dir=.
2295 fprofile-values
2296 Common Var(flag_profile_values)
2297 Insert code to profile values of expressions.
2299 fprofile-report
2300 Common Var(profile_report)
2301 Report on consistency of profile.
2303 fprofile-reorder-functions
2304 Common Var(flag_profile_reorder_functions) Optimization
2305 Enable function reordering that improves code placement.
2307 fpatchable-function-entry=
2308 Common Var(flag_patchable_function_entry) Joined Optimization
2309 Insert NOP instructions at each function entry.
2311 frandom-seed
2312 Common Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2314 frandom-seed=
2315 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2316 -frandom-seed=<string>  Make compile reproducible using <string>.
2318 ; This switch causes the command line that was used to create an
2319 ; object file to be recorded into the object file.  The exact format
2320 ; of this recording is target and binary file format dependent.
2321 ; It is related to the -fverbose-asm switch, but that switch only
2322 ; records information in the assembler output file as comments, so
2323 ; they never reach the object file.
2324 frecord-gcc-switches
2325 Common Var(flag_record_gcc_switches)
2326 Record gcc command line switches in the object file.
2328 freg-struct-return
2329 Common Var(flag_pcc_struct_return,0) Optimization
2330 Return small aggregates in registers.
2332 fregmove
2333 Common Ignore
2334 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2336 flifetime-dse
2337 Common Var(flag_lifetime_dse,2) Init(2) Optimization
2338 Tell DSE that the storage for a C++ object is dead when the constructor
2339 starts and when the destructor finishes.
2341 flifetime-dse=
2342 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_lifetime_dse) Optimization IntegerRange(0, 2)
2344 flive-patching
2345 Common RejectNegative Alias(flive-patching=,inline-clone) Optimization
2347 flive-patching=
2348 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(live_patching_level) Var(flag_live_patching) Init(LIVE_PATCHING_NONE) Optimization
2349 -flive-patching=[inline-only-static|inline-clone]       Control IPA
2350 optimizations to provide a safe compilation for live-patching.  At the same
2351 time, provides multiple-level control on the enabled IPA optimizations.
2353 Enum
2354 Name(live_patching_level) Type(enum live_patching_level) UnknownError(unknown Live-Patching Level %qs)
2356 EnumValue
2357 Enum(live_patching_level) String(inline-only-static) Value(LIVE_PATCHING_INLINE_ONLY_STATIC)
2359 EnumValue
2360 Enum(live_patching_level) String(inline-clone) Value(LIVE_PATCHING_INLINE_CLONE)
2362 fallocation-dce
2363 Common Var(flag_allocation_dce) Init(1) Optimization
2364 Tell DCE to remove unused C++ allocations.
2366 flive-range-shrinkage
2367 Common Var(flag_live_range_shrinkage) Init(0) Optimization
2368 Relief of register pressure through live range shrinkage.
2370 frename-registers
2371 Common Var(flag_rename_registers) Init(2) Optimization
2372 Perform a register renaming optimization pass.
2374 fschedule-fusion
2375 Common Var(flag_schedule_fusion) Init(2) Optimization
2376 Perform a target dependent instruction fusion optimization pass.
2378 freorder-blocks
2379 Common Var(flag_reorder_blocks) Optimization
2380 Reorder basic blocks to improve code placement.
2382 freorder-blocks-algorithm=
2383 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(reorder_blocks_algorithm) Var(flag_reorder_blocks_algorithm) Init(REORDER_BLOCKS_ALGORITHM_SIMPLE) Optimization
2384 -freorder-blocks-algorithm=[simple|stc] Set the used basic block reordering algorithm.
2386 Enum
2387 Name(reorder_blocks_algorithm) Type(enum reorder_blocks_algorithm) UnknownError(unknown basic block reordering algorithm %qs)
2389 EnumValue
2390 Enum(reorder_blocks_algorithm) String(simple) Value(REORDER_BLOCKS_ALGORITHM_SIMPLE)
2392 EnumValue
2393 Enum(reorder_blocks_algorithm) String(stc) Value(REORDER_BLOCKS_ALGORITHM_STC)
2395 freorder-blocks-and-partition
2396 Common Var(flag_reorder_blocks_and_partition) Optimization
2397 Reorder basic blocks and partition into hot and cold sections.
2399 freorder-functions
2400 Common Var(flag_reorder_functions) Optimization
2401 Reorder functions to improve code placement.
2403 frerun-cse-after-loop
2404 Common Var(flag_rerun_cse_after_loop) Optimization
2405 Add a common subexpression elimination pass after loop optimizations.
2407 frerun-loop-opt
2408 Common Ignore
2409 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2411 frounding-math
2412 Common Var(flag_rounding_math) Optimization SetByCombined
2413 Disable optimizations that assume default FP rounding behavior.
2415 fsched-interblock
2416 Common Var(flag_schedule_interblock) Init(1) Optimization
2417 Enable scheduling across basic blocks.
2419 fsched-pressure
2420 Common Var(flag_sched_pressure) Init(0) Optimization
2421 Enable register pressure sensitive insn scheduling.
2423 fsched-spec
2424 Common Var(flag_schedule_speculative) Init(1) Optimization
2425 Allow speculative motion of non-loads.
2427 fsched-spec-load
2428 Common Var(flag_schedule_speculative_load) Optimization
2429 Allow speculative motion of some loads.
2431 fsched-spec-load-dangerous
2432 Common Var(flag_schedule_speculative_load_dangerous) Optimization
2433 Allow speculative motion of more loads.
2435 fsched-verbose=
2436 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(sched_verbose_param) Init(1)
2437 -fsched-verbose=<number>        Set the verbosity level of the scheduler.
2439 fsched2-use-superblocks
2440 Common Var(flag_sched2_use_superblocks) Optimization
2441 If scheduling post reload, do superblock scheduling.
2443 fsched2-use-traces
2444 Common Ignore
2445 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2447 fschedule-insns
2448 Common Var(flag_schedule_insns) Optimization
2449 Reschedule instructions before register allocation.
2451 fschedule-insns2
2452 Common Var(flag_schedule_insns_after_reload) Optimization
2453 Reschedule instructions after register allocation.
2455 ; This flag should be on when a target implements non-trivial
2456 ; scheduling hooks, maybe saving some information for its own sake.
2457 ; On IA64, for example, this is used for correct bundling.
2458 fselective-scheduling
2459 Common Var(flag_selective_scheduling) Optimization
2460 Schedule instructions using selective scheduling algorithm.
2462 fselective-scheduling2
2463 Common Var(flag_selective_scheduling2) Optimization
2464 Run selective scheduling after reload.
2466 fself-test=
2467 Common Undocumented Joined Var(flag_self_test)
2468 Run self-tests, using the given path to locate test files.
2470 fsel-sched-pipelining
2471 Common Var(flag_sel_sched_pipelining) Init(0) Optimization
2472 Perform software pipelining of inner loops during selective scheduling.
2474 fsel-sched-pipelining-outer-loops
2475 Common Var(flag_sel_sched_pipelining_outer_loops) Init(0) Optimization
2476 Perform software pipelining of outer loops during selective scheduling.
2478 fsel-sched-reschedule-pipelined
2479 Common Var(flag_sel_sched_reschedule_pipelined) Init(0) Optimization
2480 Reschedule pipelined regions without pipelining.
2482 fsemantic-interposition
2483 Common Var(flag_semantic_interposition) Init(1)
2484 Allow interposing function (or variables) by ones with different semantics (or initializer) respectively by dynamic linker.
2486 ; sched_stalled_insns means that insns can be moved prematurely from the queue
2487 ; of stalled insns into the ready list.
2488 fsched-stalled-insns
2489 Common Var(flag_sched_stalled_insns) Optimization UInteger
2490 Allow premature scheduling of queued insns.
2492 fsched-stalled-insns=
2493 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
2494 -fsched-stalled-insns=<number>  Set number of queued insns that can be prematurely scheduled.
2496 ; sched_stalled_insns_dep controls how many recently scheduled cycles will
2497 ; be examined for a dependency on a stalled insn that is candidate for
2498 ; premature removal from the queue of stalled insns into the ready list (has
2499 ; an effect only if the flag 'sched_stalled_insns' is set).
2500 fsched-stalled-insns-dep
2501 Common Var(flag_sched_stalled_insns_dep,1) Init(1) Optimization UInteger
2502 Set dependence distance checking in premature scheduling of queued insns.
2504 fsched-stalled-insns-dep=
2505 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
2506 -fsched-stalled-insns-dep=<number>      Set dependence distance checking in premature scheduling of queued insns.
2508 fsched-group-heuristic
2509 Common Var(flag_sched_group_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2510 Enable the group heuristic in the scheduler.
2512 fsched-critical-path-heuristic
2513 Common Var(flag_sched_critical_path_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2514 Enable the critical path heuristic in the scheduler.
2516 fsched-spec-insn-heuristic
2517 Common Var(flag_sched_spec_insn_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2518 Enable the speculative instruction heuristic in the scheduler.
2520 fsched-rank-heuristic
2521 Common Var(flag_sched_rank_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2522 Enable the rank heuristic in the scheduler.
2524 fsched-last-insn-heuristic
2525 Common Var(flag_sched_last_insn_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2526 Enable the last instruction heuristic in the scheduler.
2528 fsched-dep-count-heuristic
2529 Common Var(flag_sched_dep_count_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2530 Enable the dependent count heuristic in the scheduler.
2532 fsection-anchors
2533 Common Var(flag_section_anchors) Optimization
2534 Access data in the same section from shared anchor points.
2536 fsee
2537 Common Ignore
2538 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2540 fzee
2541 Common Ignore
2542 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2544 free
2545 Common Var(flag_ree) Init(0) Optimization
2546 Turn on Redundant Extensions Elimination pass.
2548 fshow-column
2549 Common Var(flag_show_column) Init(1)
2550 Show column numbers in diagnostics, when available.  Default on.
2552 fshrink-wrap
2553 Common Var(flag_shrink_wrap) Optimization
2554 Emit function prologues only before parts of the function that need it,
2555 rather than at the top of the function.
2557 fshrink-wrap-separate
2558 Common Var(flag_shrink_wrap_separate) Init(1) Optimization
2559 Shrink-wrap parts of the prologue and epilogue separately.
2561 fsignaling-nans
2562 Common Var(flag_signaling_nans) Optimization SetByCombined
2563 Disable optimizations observable by IEEE signaling NaNs.
2565 fsigned-zeros
2566 Common Var(flag_signed_zeros) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
2567 Disable floating point optimizations that ignore the IEEE signedness of zero.
2569 fsingle-precision-constant
2570 Common Var(flag_single_precision_constant) Optimization
2571 Convert floating point constants to single precision constants.
2573 fsplit-ivs-in-unroller
2574 Common Var(flag_split_ivs_in_unroller) Init(1) Optimization
2575 Split lifetimes of induction variables when loops are unrolled.
2577 fsplit-stack
2578 Common Var(flag_split_stack) Init(-1)
2579 Generate discontiguous stack frames.
2581 fsplit-wide-types
2582 Common Var(flag_split_wide_types) Optimization
2583 Split wide types into independent registers.
2585 fsplit-wide-types-early
2586 Common Var(flag_split_wide_types_early) Optimization
2587 Split wide types into independent registers earlier.
2589 fssa-backprop
2590 Common Var(flag_ssa_backprop) Init(1) Optimization
2591 Enable backward propagation of use properties at the SSA level.
2593 fssa-phiopt
2594 Common Var(flag_ssa_phiopt) Optimization
2595 Optimize conditional patterns using SSA PHI nodes.
2597 fstdarg-opt
2598 Common Var(flag_stdarg_opt) Init(1) Optimization
2599 Optimize amount of stdarg registers saved to stack at start of function.
2601 fvariable-expansion-in-unroller
2602 Common Var(flag_variable_expansion_in_unroller) Optimization
2603 Apply variable expansion when loops are unrolled.
2605 fstack-check=
2606 Common RejectNegative Joined Optimization
2607 -fstack-check=[no|generic|specific]     Insert stack checking code into the program.
2609 fstack-check
2610 Common Alias(fstack-check=, specific, no)
2611 Insert stack checking code into the program.  Same as -fstack-check=specific.
2613 fstack-clash-protection
2614 Common Var(flag_stack_clash_protection) Optimization
2615 Insert code to probe each page of stack space as it is allocated to protect
2616 from stack-clash style attacks.
2618 fstack-limit
2619 Common Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2621 fstack-limit-register=
2622 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2623 -fstack-limit-register=<register>       Trap if the stack goes past <register>.
2625 fstack-limit-symbol=
2626 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2627 -fstack-limit-symbol=<name>     Trap if the stack goes past symbol <name>.
2629 fstack-protector
2630 Common Var(flag_stack_protect, 1) Init(-1) Optimization
2631 Use propolice as a stack protection method.
2633 fstack-protector-all
2634 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 2) Init(-1) Optimization
2635 Use a stack protection method for every function.
2637 fstack-protector-strong
2638 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 3) Init(-1) Optimization
2639 Use a smart stack protection method for certain functions.
2641 fstack-protector-explicit
2642 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 4) Optimization
2643 Use stack protection method only for functions with the stack_protect attribute.
2645 fstack-usage
2646 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_usage)
2647 Output stack usage information on a per-function basis.
2649 fstrength-reduce
2650 Common Ignore
2651 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2653 ; Nonzero if we should do (language-dependent) alias analysis.
2654 ; Typically, this analysis will assume that expressions of certain
2655 ; types do not alias expressions of certain other types.  Only used
2656 ; if alias analysis (in general) is enabled.
2657 fstrict-aliasing
2658 Common Var(flag_strict_aliasing) Optimization
2659 Assume strict aliasing rules apply.
2661 fstrict-overflow
2662 Common
2663 Treat signed overflow as undefined.  Negated as -fwrapv -fwrapv-pointer.
2665 fsync-libcalls
2666 Common Var(flag_sync_libcalls) Init(1)
2667 Implement __atomic operations via libcalls to legacy __sync functions.
2669 fsyntax-only
2670 Common Var(flag_syntax_only)
2671 Check for syntax errors, then stop.
2673 ftest-coverage
2674 Common Var(flag_test_coverage)
2675 Create data files needed by \"gcov\".
2677 fthread-jumps
2678 Common Var(flag_thread_jumps) Optimization
2679 Perform jump threading optimizations.
2681 ftime-report
2682 Common Var(time_report)
2683 Report the time taken by each compiler pass.
2685 ftime-report-details
2686 Common Var(time_report_details)
2687 Record times taken by sub-phases separately.
2689 ftls-model=
2690 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(tls_model) Var(flag_tls_default) Init(TLS_MODEL_GLOBAL_DYNAMIC)
2691 -ftls-model=[global-dynamic|local-dynamic|initial-exec|local-exec]      Set the default thread-local storage code generation model.
2693 Enum
2694 Name(tls_model) Type(enum tls_model) UnknownError(unknown TLS model %qs)
2696 EnumValue
2697 Enum(tls_model) String(global-dynamic) Value(TLS_MODEL_GLOBAL_DYNAMIC)
2699 EnumValue
2700 Enum(tls_model) String(local-dynamic) Value(TLS_MODEL_LOCAL_DYNAMIC)
2702 EnumValue
2703 Enum(tls_model) String(initial-exec) Value(TLS_MODEL_INITIAL_EXEC)
2705 EnumValue
2706 Enum(tls_model) String(local-exec) Value(TLS_MODEL_LOCAL_EXEC)
2708 ftoplevel-reorder
2709 Common Var(flag_toplevel_reorder) Init(2) Optimization
2710 Reorder top level functions, variables, and asms.
2712 ftracer
2713 Common Var(flag_tracer) Optimization
2714 Perform superblock formation via tail duplication.
2716 ftrampolines
2717 Common Var(flag_trampolines) Init(0)
2718 For targets that normally need trampolines for nested functions, always
2719 generate them instead of using descriptors.
2721 ; Zero means that floating-point math operations cannot generate a
2722 ; (user-visible) trap.  This is the case, for example, in nonstop
2723 ; IEEE 754 arithmetic.
2724 ftrapping-math
2725 Common Var(flag_trapping_math) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
2726 Assume floating-point operations can trap.
2728 ftrapv
2729 Common Var(flag_trapv) Optimization
2730 Trap for signed overflow in addition, subtraction and multiplication.
2732 ftree-ccp
2733 Common Var(flag_tree_ccp) Optimization
2734 Enable SSA-CCP optimization on trees.
2736 ftree-bit-ccp
2737 Common Var(flag_tree_bit_ccp) Optimization
2738 Enable SSA-BIT-CCP optimization on trees.
2740 ftree-store-ccp
2741 Common Ignore
2742 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2744 ftree-ch
2745 Common Var(flag_tree_ch) Optimization
2746 Enable loop header copying on trees.
2748 ftree-coalesce-inlined-vars
2749 Common Ignore RejectNegative
2750 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2752 ftree-coalesce-vars
2753 Common Var(flag_tree_coalesce_vars) Optimization
2754 Enable SSA coalescing of user variables.
2756 ftree-copyrename
2757 Common Ignore
2758 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2760 ftree-copy-prop
2761 Common Var(flag_tree_copy_prop) Optimization
2762 Enable copy propagation on trees.
2764 ftree-store-copy-prop
2765 Common Ignore
2766 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2768 ftree-cselim
2769 Common Var(flag_tree_cselim) Init(2) Optimization
2770 Transform condition stores into unconditional ones.
2772 ftree-switch-conversion
2773 Common Var(flag_tree_switch_conversion) Optimization
2774 Perform conversions of switch initializations.
2776 ftree-dce
2777 Common Var(flag_tree_dce) Optimization
2778 Enable SSA dead code elimination optimization on trees.
2780 ftree-dominator-opts
2781 Common Var(flag_tree_dom) Optimization
2782 Enable dominator optimizations.
2784 ftree-tail-merge
2785 Common Var(flag_tree_tail_merge) Optimization
2786 Enable tail merging on trees.
2788 ftree-dse
2789 Common Var(flag_tree_dse) Optimization
2790 Enable dead store elimination.
2792 ftree-forwprop
2793 Common Var(flag_tree_forwprop) Init(1) Optimization
2794 Enable forward propagation on trees.
2796 ftree-fre
2797 Common Var(flag_tree_fre) Optimization
2798 Enable Full Redundancy Elimination (FRE) on trees.
2800 foptimize-strlen
2801 Common Var(flag_optimize_strlen) Optimization
2802 Enable string length optimizations on trees.
2804 fisolate-erroneous-paths-dereference
2805 Common Var(flag_isolate_erroneous_paths_dereference) Optimization
2806 Detect paths that trigger erroneous or undefined behavior due to
2807 dereferencing a null pointer.  Isolate those paths from the main control
2808 flow and turn the statement with erroneous or undefined behavior into a trap.
2810 fisolate-erroneous-paths-attribute
2811 Common Var(flag_isolate_erroneous_paths_attribute) Optimization
2812 Detect paths that trigger erroneous or undefined behavior due to a null value
2813 being used in a way forbidden by a returns_nonnull or nonnull
2814 attribute.  Isolate those paths from the main control flow and turn the
2815 statement with erroneous or undefined behavior into a trap.
2817 ftree-loop-distribution
2818 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_distribution) Optimization
2819 Enable loop distribution on trees.
2821 ftree-loop-distribute-patterns
2822 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_distribute_patterns) Optimization
2823 Enable loop distribution for patterns transformed into a library call.
2825 ftree-loop-im
2826 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_im) Init(1) Optimization
2827 Enable loop invariant motion on trees.
2829 ftree-loop-linear
2830 Common Alias(floop-nest-optimize)
2831 Enable loop nest transforms.  Same as -floop-nest-optimize.
2833 ftree-loop-ivcanon
2834 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_ivcanon) Init(1) Optimization
2835 Create canonical induction variables in loops.
2837 ftree-loop-optimize
2838 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_optimize) Init(1) Optimization
2839 Enable loop optimizations on tree level.
2841 ftree-parallelize-loops=
2842 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_tree_parallelize_loops) Init(1) Optimization
2843 -ftree-parallelize-loops=<number>       Enable automatic parallelization of loops.
2845 ftree-phiprop
2846 Common Var(flag_tree_phiprop) Init(1) Optimization
2847 Enable hoisting loads from conditional pointers.
2849 ftree-pre
2850 Common Var(flag_tree_pre) Optimization
2851 Enable SSA-PRE optimization on trees.
2853 ftree-partial-pre
2854 Common Var(flag_tree_partial_pre) Optimization
2855 In SSA-PRE optimization on trees, enable partial-partial redundancy elimination.
2857 ftree-pta
2858 Common Var(flag_tree_pta) Optimization
2859 Perform function-local points-to analysis on trees.
2861 ftree-reassoc
2862 Common Var(flag_tree_reassoc) Init(1) Optimization
2863 Enable reassociation on tree level.
2865 ftree-salias
2866 Common Ignore
2867 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2869 ftree-sink
2870 Common Var(flag_tree_sink) Optimization
2871 Enable SSA code sinking on trees.
2873 ftree-slsr
2874 Common Var(flag_tree_slsr) Optimization
2875 Perform straight-line strength reduction.
2877 ftree-sra
2878 Common Var(flag_tree_sra) Optimization
2879 Perform scalar replacement of aggregates.
2881 ftree-ter
2882 Common Var(flag_tree_ter) Optimization
2883 Replace temporary expressions in the SSA->normal pass.
2885 ftree-lrs
2886 Common Var(flag_tree_live_range_split) Optimization
2887 Perform live range splitting during the SSA->normal pass.
2889 ftree-vrp
2890 Common Var(flag_tree_vrp) Init(0) Optimization
2891 Perform Value Range Propagation on trees.
2893 fsplit-paths
2894 Common Var(flag_split_paths) Init(0) Optimization
2895 Split paths leading to loop backedges.
2897 funconstrained-commons
2898 Common Var(flag_unconstrained_commons) Optimization
2899 Assume common declarations may be overridden with ones with a larger
2900 trailing array.
2902 funit-at-a-time
2903 Common Var(flag_unit_at_a_time) Init(1)
2904 Compile whole compilation unit at a time.
2906 funroll-loops
2907 Common Var(flag_unroll_loops) Optimization
2908 Perform loop unrolling when iteration count is known.
2910 funroll-all-loops
2911 Common Var(flag_unroll_all_loops) Optimization
2912 Perform loop unrolling for all loops.
2914 funroll-completely-grow-size
2915 Undocumented Var(flag_cunroll_grow_size) Optimization
2916 ; Internal undocumented flag, allow size growth during complete unrolling
2918 ; Nonzero means that loop optimizer may assume that the induction variables
2919 ; that control loops do not overflow and that the loops with nontrivial
2920 ; exit condition are not infinite
2921 funsafe-loop-optimizations
2922 Common Ignore
2923 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2925 fassociative-math
2926 Common Var(flag_associative_math) SetByCombined Optimization
2927 Allow optimization for floating-point arithmetic which may change the
2928 result of the operation due to rounding.
2930 freciprocal-math
2931 Common Var(flag_reciprocal_math) SetByCombined Optimization
2932 Same as -fassociative-math for expressions which include division.
2934 ; Nonzero means that unsafe floating-point math optimizations are allowed
2935 ; for the sake of speed.  IEEE compliance is not guaranteed, and operations
2936 ; are allowed to assume that their arguments and results are "normal"
2937 ; (e.g., nonnegative for SQRT).
2938 funsafe-math-optimizations
2939 Common Var(flag_unsafe_math_optimizations) Optimization SetByCombined
2940 Allow math optimizations that may violate IEEE or ISO standards.
2942 funswitch-loops
2943 Common Var(flag_unswitch_loops) Optimization
2944 Perform loop unswitching.
2946 fsplit-loops
2947 Common Var(flag_split_loops) Optimization
2948 Perform loop splitting.
2950 fversion-loops-for-strides
2951 Common Var(flag_version_loops_for_strides) Optimization
2952 Version loops based on whether indices have a stride of one.
2954 funwind-tables
2955 Common Var(flag_unwind_tables) Optimization
2956 Just generate unwind tables for exception handling.
2958 fuse-ld=bfd
2959 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=gold)
2960 Use the bfd linker instead of the default linker.
2962 fuse-ld=gold
2963 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=bfd)
2964 Use the gold linker instead of the default linker.
2966 fuse-ld=lld
2967 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=lld)
2968 Use the lld LLVM linker instead of the default linker.
2970 fuse-linker-plugin
2971 Common Undocumented Var(flag_use_linker_plugin)
2973 ; Positive if we should track variables, negative if we should run
2974 ; the var-tracking pass only to discard debug annotations, zero if
2975 ; we're not to run it.  When flag_var_tracking == 2 (AUTODETECT_VALUE) it
2976 ; will be set according to optimize, debug_info_level and debug_hooks
2977 ; in process_options ().
2978 fvar-tracking
2979 Common Var(flag_var_tracking) Init(2) PerFunction
2980 Perform variable tracking.
2982 ; Positive if we should track variables at assignments, negative if
2983 ; we should run the var-tracking pass only to discard debug
2984 ; annotations.  When flag_var_tracking_assignments ==
2985 ; AUTODETECT_VALUE it will be set according to flag_var_tracking.
2986 fvar-tracking-assignments
2987 Common Var(flag_var_tracking_assignments) Init(2) PerFunction
2988 Perform variable tracking by annotating assignments.
2990 ; Nonzero if we should toggle flag_var_tracking_assignments after
2991 ; processing options and computing its default.  */
2992 fvar-tracking-assignments-toggle
2993 Common Var(flag_var_tracking_assignments_toggle) PerFunction
2994 Toggle -fvar-tracking-assignments.
2996 ; Positive if we should track uninitialized variables, negative if
2997 ; we should run the var-tracking pass only to discard debug
2998 ; annotations.  When flag_var_tracking_uninit == AUTODETECT_VALUE it
2999 ; will be set according to flag_var_tracking.
3000 fvar-tracking-uninit
3001 Common Var(flag_var_tracking_uninit) PerFunction
3002 Perform variable tracking and also tag variables that are uninitialized.
3004 ; Alias to enable both -ftree-loop-vectorize and -ftree-slp-vectorize.
3005 ftree-vectorize
3006 Common Optimization
3007 Enable vectorization on trees.
3009 ftree-vectorizer-verbose=
3010 Common Joined RejectNegative Ignore
3011 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
3013 ftree-loop-vectorize
3014 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_vectorize) Optimization EnabledBy(ftree-vectorize)
3015 Enable loop vectorization on trees.
3017 ftree-slp-vectorize
3018 Common Var(flag_tree_slp_vectorize) Optimization EnabledBy(ftree-vectorize)
3019 Enable basic block vectorization (SLP) on trees.
3021 fvect-cost-model=
3022 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vect_cost_model) Var(flag_vect_cost_model) Init(VECT_COST_MODEL_DEFAULT) Optimization
3023 -fvect-cost-model=[unlimited|dynamic|cheap|very-cheap]  Specifies the cost model for vectorization.
3025 fsimd-cost-model=
3026 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vect_cost_model) Var(flag_simd_cost_model) Init(VECT_COST_MODEL_UNLIMITED) Optimization
3027 -fsimd-cost-model=[unlimited|dynamic|cheap|very-cheap]  Specifies the vectorization cost model for code marked with a simd directive.
3029 Enum
3030 Name(vect_cost_model) Type(enum vect_cost_model) UnknownError(unknown vectorizer cost model %qs)
3032 EnumValue
3033 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(unlimited) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_UNLIMITED)
3035 EnumValue
3036 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(dynamic) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_DYNAMIC)
3038 EnumValue
3039 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(cheap) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_CHEAP)
3041 EnumValue
3042 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(very-cheap) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_VERY_CHEAP)
3044 fvect-cost-model
3045 Common Alias(fvect-cost-model=,dynamic,unlimited)
3046 Enables the dynamic vectorizer cost model.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
3048 ftree-vect-loop-version
3049 Common Ignore
3050 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3052 ftree-scev-cprop
3053 Common Var(flag_tree_scev_cprop) Init(1) Optimization
3054 Enable copy propagation of scalar-evolution information.
3056 ; -fverbose-asm causes extra commentary information to be produced in
3057 ; the generated assembly code (to make it more readable).  This option
3058 ; is generally only of use to those who actually need to read the
3059 ; generated assembly code (perhaps while debugging the compiler itself).
3060 ; -fno-verbose-asm, the default, causes the extra information
3061 ; to not be added and is useful when comparing two assembler files.
3062 fverbose-asm
3063 Common Var(flag_verbose_asm)
3064 Add extra commentary to assembler output.
3066 fvisibility=
3067 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(symbol_visibility) Var(default_visibility) Init(VISIBILITY_DEFAULT)
3068 -fvisibility=[default|internal|hidden|protected]        Set the default symbol visibility.
3070 Enum
3071 Name(symbol_visibility) Type(enum symbol_visibility) UnknownError(unrecognized visibility value %qs)
3073 EnumValue
3074 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(default) Value(VISIBILITY_DEFAULT)
3076 EnumValue
3077 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(internal) Value(VISIBILITY_INTERNAL)
3079 EnumValue
3080 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(hidden) Value(VISIBILITY_HIDDEN)
3082 EnumValue
3083 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(protected) Value(VISIBILITY_PROTECTED)
3085 fvtable-verify=
3086 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vtv_priority) Var(flag_vtable_verify) Init(VTV_NO_PRIORITY)
3087 Validate vtable pointers before using them.
3089 Enum
3090 Name(vtv_priority) Type(enum vtv_priority) UnknownError(unknown vtable verify initialization priority %qs)
3092 EnumValue
3093 Enum(vtv_priority) String(none) Value(VTV_NO_PRIORITY)
3095 EnumValue
3096 Enum(vtv_priority) String(std) Value(VTV_STANDARD_PRIORITY)
3098 EnumValue
3099 Enum(vtv_priority) String(preinit) Value(VTV_PREINIT_PRIORITY)
3101 fvtv-counts
3102 Common Var(flag_vtv_counts)
3103 Output vtable verification counters.
3105 fvtv-debug
3106 Common Var(flag_vtv_debug)
3107 Output vtable verification pointer sets information.
3109 fvpt
3110 Common Var(flag_value_profile_transformations) Optimization
3111 Use expression value profiles in optimizations.
3113 fweb
3114 Common Var(flag_web) Init(2) Optimization
3115 Construct webs and split unrelated uses of single variable.
3117 ftree-builtin-call-dce
3118 Common Var(flag_tree_builtin_call_dce) Init(0) Optimization
3119 Enable conditional dead code elimination for builtin calls.
3121 fwhole-program
3122 Common Var(flag_whole_program) Init(0)
3123 Perform whole program optimizations.
3125 fwrapv-pointer
3126 Common Var(flag_wrapv_pointer) Optimization
3127 Assume pointer overflow wraps around.
3129 fwrapv
3130 Common Var(flag_wrapv) Optimization
3131 Assume signed arithmetic overflow wraps around.
3133 fzero-initialized-in-bss
3134 Common Var(flag_zero_initialized_in_bss) Init(1)
3135 Put zero initialized data in the bss section.
3137 fzero-call-used-regs=
3138 Common RejectNegative Joined
3139 Clear call-used registers upon function return.
3142 Common Driver RejectNegative JoinedOrMissing
3143 Generate debug information in default format.
3145 gas-loc-support
3146 Common Driver Var(dwarf2out_as_loc_support) Init(2)
3147 Assume assembler support for (DWARF2+) .loc directives.
3149 gas-locview-support
3150 Common Driver Var(dwarf2out_as_locview_support) Init(2)
3151 Assume assembler support for view in (DWARF2+) .loc directives.
3153 gcoff
3154 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3155 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
3157 gcoff1
3158 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3159 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
3161 gcoff2
3162 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3163 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
3165 gcoff3
3166 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3167 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
3169 gcolumn-info
3170 Common Driver Var(debug_column_info,1) Init(1)
3171 Record DW_AT_decl_column and DW_AT_call_column in DWARF.
3173 gdwarf
3174 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing Negative(gdwarf-)
3175 Generate debug information in default version of DWARF format.
3177 gdwarf-
3178 Common Driver Joined UInteger Var(dwarf_version) Init(5) Negative(gstabs)
3179 Generate debug information in DWARF v2 (or later) format.
3181 gdwarf32
3182 Common Driver Var(dwarf_offset_size,4) Init(4) RejectNegative
3183 Use 32-bit DWARF format when emitting DWARF debug information.
3185 gdwarf64
3186 Common Driver Var(dwarf_offset_size,8) RejectNegative
3187 Use 64-bit DWARF format when emitting DWARF debug information.
3189 ggdb
3190 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing
3191 Generate debug information in default extended format.
3193 ginline-points
3194 Common Driver Var(debug_inline_points) Init(2)
3195 Generate extended entry point information for inlined functions.
3197 ginternal-reset-location-views
3198 Common Driver Var(debug_internal_reset_location_views) Init(2)
3199 Compute locview reset points based on insn length estimates.
3201 gno-
3202 RejectNegative Joined Undocumented
3203 ; Catch the gno- prefix, so it doesn't backtrack to g<level>.
3205 gno-pubnames
3206 Common Driver Negative(gpubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 0) Init(-1)
3207 Don't generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections.
3209 gpubnames
3210 Common Driver Negative(ggnu-pubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 1)
3211 Generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections.
3213 ggnu-pubnames
3214 Common Driver Negative(gno-pubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 2)
3215 Generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections with GNU extensions.
3217 grecord-gcc-switches
3218 Common Driver Var(dwarf_record_gcc_switches) Init(1)
3219 Record gcc command line switches in DWARF DW_AT_producer.
3221 gsplit-dwarf
3222 Common Driver Var(dwarf_split_debug_info) Init(0)
3223 Generate debug information in separate .dwo files.
3225 gstabs
3226 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing Negative(gstabs+)
3227 Generate debug information in STABS format.
3229 gstabs+
3230 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing Negative(gvms)
3231 Generate debug information in extended STABS format.
3233 gstatement-frontiers
3234 Common Driver Var(debug_nonbind_markers_p) Init(2)
3235 Emit progressive recommended breakpoint locations.
3237 gstrict-dwarf
3238 Common Driver Var(dwarf_strict) Init(0)
3239 Don't emit DWARF additions beyond selected version.
3241 gdescribe-dies
3242 Common Driver Var(flag_describe_dies) Init(0)
3243 Add description attributes to some DWARF DIEs that have no name attribute.
3245 gtoggle
3246 Common Driver Var(flag_gtoggle)
3247 Toggle debug information generation.
3249 gvariable-location-views
3250 Common Driver Var(debug_variable_location_views, 1) Init(2)
3251 Augment variable location lists with progressive views.
3253 gvariable-location-views=incompat5
3254 Common Driver RejectNegative Var(debug_variable_location_views, -1) Init(2)
3256 gvms
3257 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing Negative(gxcoff)
3258 Generate debug information in VMS format.
3260 gxcoff
3261 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing Negative(gxcoff+)
3262 Generate debug information in XCOFF format.
3264 gxcoff+
3265 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing Negative(gdwarf)
3266 Generate debug information in extended XCOFF format.
3268 Enum
3269 Name(compressed_debug_sections) Type(int)
3271 ; Since -gz= is completely handled in specs, the values aren't used and we
3272 ; assign arbitrary constants.
3273 EnumValue
3274 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(none) Value(0)
3276 EnumValue
3277 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(zlib) Value(1)
3279 EnumValue
3280 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(zlib-gnu) Value(2)
3283 Common Driver
3284 Generate compressed debug sections.
3287 Common Driver RejectNegative Joined Enum(compressed_debug_sections)
3288 -gz=<format>    Generate compressed debug sections in format <format>.
3291 Driver Joined Separate
3293 iplugindir=
3294 Common Joined Var(plugindir_string) Init(0)
3295 -iplugindir=<dir>       Set <dir> to be the default plugin directory.
3297 imultiarch
3298 Common Joined Separate RejectDriver Var(imultiarch) Init(0)
3299 -imultiarch <dir>       Set <dir> to be the multiarch include subdirectory.
3302 Driver Joined Separate
3305 Driver
3307 no-canonical-prefixes
3308 Driver
3310 nodefaultlibs
3311 Driver
3313 nostartfiles
3314 Driver
3316 nolibc
3317 Driver
3319 nostdlib
3320 Driver
3323 Common Driver Joined Separate Var(asm_file_name) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
3324 -o <file>       Place output into <file>.
3327 Common Var(profile_flag)
3328 Enable function profiling.
3330 pass-exit-codes
3331 Driver Var(pass_exit_codes)
3333 pedantic
3334 Common Alias(Wpedantic)
3336 pedantic-errors
3337 Common Var(flag_pedantic_errors)
3338 Like -pedantic but issue them as errors.
3341 Driver
3343 pipe
3344 Driver Var(use_pipes)
3346 print-file-name=
3347 Driver JoinedOrMissing Var(print_file_name)
3349 print-libgcc-file-name
3350 Driver
3352 print-multi-directory
3353 Driver Var(print_multi_directory)
3355 print-multi-lib
3356 Driver Var(print_multi_lib)
3358 print-multi-os-directory
3359 Driver Var(print_multi_os_directory)
3361 print-multiarch
3362 Driver Var(print_multiarch)
3364 print-prog-name=
3365 Driver JoinedOrMissing Var(print_prog_name)
3367 print-search-dirs
3368 Driver Var(print_search_dirs)
3370 print-sysroot
3371 Driver Var(print_sysroot)
3373 print-sysroot-headers-suffix
3374 Driver Var(print_sysroot_headers_suffix)
3376 quiet
3377 Common Var(quiet_flag) RejectDriver
3378 Do not display functions compiled or elapsed time.
3381 Driver
3384 Driver
3386 save-temps
3387 Driver
3389 save-temps=
3390 Driver Joined
3393 Driver
3395 time
3396 Driver Var(report_times)
3398 time=
3399 Driver JoinedOrMissing
3402 Driver Joined Separate
3404 undef
3405 Driver
3406 ; C option, but driver must not handle as "-u ndef".
3409 Common Driver Var(verbose_flag)
3410 Enable verbose output.
3412 version
3413 Common Var(version_flag) RejectDriver
3414 Display the compiler's version.
3417 Common Var(inhibit_warnings)
3418 Suppress warnings.
3420 wrapper
3421 Driver Separate Var(wrapper_string)
3424 Driver Joined Separate
3426 shared
3427 Driver RejectNegative Negative(static-pie)
3428 Create a shared library.
3430 shared-libgcc
3431 Driver
3433 specs
3434 Driver Separate Alias(specs=)
3436 specs=
3437 Driver Joined
3439 static
3440 Driver
3442 static-libgcc
3443 Driver
3445 static-libgfortran
3446 Driver
3447 ; Documented for Fortran, but always accepted by driver.
3449 static-libstdc++
3450 Driver
3452 static-libgo
3453 Driver
3454 ; Documented for Go, but always accepted by driver.
3456 static-libasan
3457 Driver
3459 static-libhwasan
3460 Driver
3462 static-libtsan
3463 Driver
3465 static-liblsan
3466 Driver
3468 static-libubsan
3469 Driver
3471 symbolic
3472 Driver
3474 no-pie
3475 Driver RejectNegative Negative(shared)
3476 Don't create a dynamically linked position independent executable.
3479 Driver RejectNegative Negative(no-pie)
3480 Create a dynamically linked position independent executable.
3482 static-pie
3483 Driver RejectNegative Negative(pie)
3484 Create a static position independent executable.
3487 Driver Joined Separate
3489 fipa-ra
3490 Common Var(flag_ipa_ra) Optimization
3491 Use caller save register across calls if possible.
3493 ; This comment is to ensure we retain the blank line above.