1 ; Options for the language- and target-independent parts of the compiler.
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27 Display this information
31 --help=<class> Display descriptions of a specific class of options. <class> is one or more of optimizers, target, warnings, undocumented, params
35 Alias for --help=target
37 ;; The following three entries are to work around the gcc driver
38 ;; program's insatiable desire to turn options starting with a
39 ;; double dash (--) into options starting with a dash f (-f).
51 --param <param>=<value> Set parameter <param> to value. See below for a complete list of parameters
57 Common Joined Separate UInteger
58 -G<number> Put global and static data smaller than <number> bytes into a special section (on some targets)
61 Common JoinedOrMissing
62 -O<number> Set optimization level to <number>
66 Optimize for space rather than speed
70 This switch is deprecated; use -Wextra instead
73 Common Var(warn_aggregate_return) Warning
74 Warn about returning structures, unions or arrays
77 Common Var(warn_array_bounds) Warning
78 Warn if an array is accessed out of bounds
81 Common Var(warn_attributes) Init(1) Warning
82 Warn about inappropriate attribute usage
85 Common Var(warn_cast_align) Warning
86 Warn about pointer casts which increase alignment
88 Wdeprecated-declarations
89 Common Var(warn_deprecated_decl) Init(1) Warning
90 Warn about uses of __attribute__((deprecated)) declarations
92 Wdisabled-optimization
93 Common Var(warn_disabled_optimization) Warning
94 Warn when an optimization pass is disabled
97 Common Var(warnings_are_errors)
98 Treat all warnings as errors
102 Treat specified warning as error
106 Print extra (possibly unwanted) warnings
109 Common Var(flag_fatal_errors)
110 Exit on the first error occurred
113 Common Var(warn_inline) Warning
114 Warn when an inlined function cannot be inlined
117 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Warning
118 -Wlarger-than-<number> Warn if an object is larger than <number> bytes
121 Common Warning Var(warn_logical_op)
122 Warn when a logical operator is suspicously always evaluating to true or false
124 Wunsafe-loop-optimizations
125 Common Var(warn_unsafe_loop_optimizations) Warning
126 Warn if the loop cannot be optimized due to nontrivial assumptions.
129 Common Var(warn_missing_noreturn) Warning
130 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((noreturn))
133 Common Var(warn_overflow) Init(1) Warning
134 Warn about overflow in arithmetic expressions
137 Common Var(warn_packed) Warning
138 Warn when the packed attribute has no effect on struct layout
141 Common Var(warn_padded) Warning
142 Warn when padding is required to align structure members
145 Common Var(warn_shadow) Warning
146 Warn when one local variable shadows another
149 Common Var(warn_stack_protect) Warning
150 Warn when not issuing stack smashing protection for some reason
154 Warn about code which might break strict aliasing rules
157 Common Joined UInteger Warning
158 Warn about code which might break strict aliasing rules
162 Warn about optimizations that assume that signed overflow is undefined
165 Common Joined UInteger Warning
166 Warn about optimizations that assume that signed overflow is undefined
169 Common Var(warn_switch) Warning
170 Warn about enumerated switches, with no default, missing a case
173 Common Var(warn_switch_default) Warning
174 Warn about enumerated switches missing a \"default:\" statement
177 Common Var(warn_switch_enum) Warning
178 Warn about all enumerated switches missing a specific case
181 Common Var(warn_system_headers) Warning
182 Do not suppress warnings from system headers
185 Common Var(warn_uninitialized) Warning
186 Warn about uninitialized automatic variables
189 Common Var(warn_notreached) Warning
190 Warn about code that will never be executed
194 Enable all -Wunused- warnings
197 Common Var(warn_unused_function) Warning
198 Warn when a function is unused
201 Common Var(warn_unused_label) Warning
202 Warn when a label is unused
205 Common Var(warn_unused_parameter) Warning
206 Warn when a function parameter is unused
209 Common Var(warn_unused_value) Warning
210 Warn when an expression value is unused
213 Common Var(warn_unused_variable) Warning
214 Warn when a variable is unused
216 Wvolatile-register-var
217 Common Var(warn_register_var) Warning
218 Warn when a register variable is declared volatile
221 Common RejectNegative Var(warn_coverage_mismatch) Warning
222 Warn instead of error in case profiles in -fprofile-use do not match
226 -aux-info <file> Emit declaration information into <file>
239 -d<letters> Enable dumps from specific passes of the compiler
243 -dumpbase <file> Set the file basename to be used for dumps
245 ; The version of the C++ ABI in use. The following values are allowed:
247 ; 0: The version of the ABI believed most conformant with the C++ ABI
248 ; specification. This ABI may change as bugs are discovered and fixed.
249 ; Therefore, 0 will not necessarily indicate the same ABI in different
252 ; 1: The version of the ABI first used in G++ 3.2.
254 ; Additional positive integers will be assigned as new versions of
255 ; the ABI become the default version of the ABI.
257 Common Joined UInteger Var(flag_abi_version) Init(2)
260 Common Report Var(align_functions,0)
261 Align the start of functions
264 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
267 Common Report Var(align_jumps,0) Optimization
268 Align labels which are only reached by jumping
271 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
274 Common Report Var(align_labels,0) Optimization
278 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
281 Common Report Var(align_loops) Optimization
282 Align the start of loops
285 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
287 ; This flag is only tested if alias checking is enabled.
288 ; 0 if pointer arguments may alias each other. True in C.
289 ; 1 if pointer arguments may not alias each other but may alias
291 ; 2 if pointer arguments may not alias each other and may not
292 ; alias global variables.
293 ; 3 if pointer arguments may not alias anything. True in Fortran.
294 ; Set by the front end.
296 Common Report Var(flag_argument_noalias,0) Optimization
297 Specify that arguments may alias each other and globals
300 Common Report Var(flag_argument_noalias,1) VarExists Optimization
301 Assume arguments may alias globals but not each other
303 fargument-noalias-global
304 Common Report Var(flag_argument_noalias,2) VarExists Optimization
305 Assume arguments alias neither each other nor globals
307 fargument-noalias-anything
308 Common Report Var(flag_argument_noalias,3) VarExists Optimization
309 Assume arguments alias no other storage
311 fasynchronous-unwind-tables
312 Common Report Var(flag_asynchronous_unwind_tables) Optimization
313 Generate unwind tables that are exact at each instruction boundary
316 Common Report Var(flag_auto_inc_dec) Init(1)
317 Generate auto-inc/dec instructions
319 ; -fcheck-bounds causes gcc to generate array bounds checks.
320 ; For C, C++ and ObjC: defaults off.
321 ; For Java: defaults to on.
322 ; For Fortran: defaults to off.
324 Common Report Var(flag_bounds_check)
325 Generate code to check bounds before indexing arrays
328 Common Report Var(flag_branch_on_count_reg) Init(1) Optimization
329 Replace add, compare, branch with branch on count register
331 fbranch-probabilities
332 Common Report Var(flag_branch_probabilities) Optimization
333 Use profiling information for branch probabilities
335 fbranch-target-load-optimize
336 Common Report Var(flag_branch_target_load_optimize) Optimization
337 Perform branch target load optimization before prologue / epilogue threading
339 fbranch-target-load-optimize2
340 Common Report Var(flag_branch_target_load_optimize2) Optimization
341 Perform branch target load optimization after prologue / epilogue threading
344 Common Report Var(flag_btr_bb_exclusive) Optimization
345 Restrict target load migration not to re-use registers in any basic block
348 Common Joined RejectNegative
349 -fcall-saved-<register> Mark <register> as being preserved across functions
352 Common Joined RejectNegative
353 -fcall-used-<register> Mark <register> as being corrupted by function calls
355 ; Nonzero for -fcaller-saves: allocate values in regs that need to
356 ; be saved across function calls, if that produces overall better code.
357 ; Optional now, so people can test it.
359 Common Report Var(flag_caller_saves) Optimization
360 Save registers around function calls
363 Common Report Var(flag_check_data_deps)
364 Compare the results of several data dependence analyzers.
367 Common Report Var(flag_no_common,0) Optimization
368 Do not put uninitialized globals in the common section
371 Common Report Var(flag_cprop_registers) Optimization
372 Perform a register copy-propagation optimization pass
375 Common Report Var(flag_crossjumping) Optimization
376 Perform cross-jumping optimization
379 Common Report Var(flag_cse_follow_jumps) Optimization
380 When running CSE, follow jumps to their targets
383 Common Report Var(flag_cse_skip_blocks) Optimization
384 When running CSE, follow conditional jumps
387 Common Report Var(flag_cx_limited_range) Optimization
388 Omit range reduction step when performing complex division
391 Common Report Var(flag_data_sections) Optimization
392 Place data items into their own section
396 List all available debugging counters with their limits and counts.
399 Common RejectNegative Joined
400 -fdbg-cnt=<counter>:<limit>[,<counter>:<limit>,...] Set the debug counter limit.
403 Common Joined RejectNegative
404 Map one directory name to another in debug information
406 ; Nonzero for -fdefer-pop: don't pop args after each function call
407 ; instead save them up to pop many calls' args with one insns.
409 Common Report Var(flag_defer_pop) Optimization
410 Defer popping functions args from stack until later
413 Common Report Var(flag_delayed_branch) Optimization
414 Attempt to fill delay slots of branch instructions
416 fdelete-null-pointer-checks
417 Common Report Var(flag_delete_null_pointer_checks) Optimization
418 Delete useless null pointer checks
420 fdiagnostics-show-location=
421 Common Joined RejectNegative
422 -fdiagnostics-show-location=[once|every-line] How often to emit source location at the beginning of line-wrapped diagnostics
424 fdiagnostics-show-option
426 Amend appropriate diagnostic messages with the command line option that controls them
429 Common Joined RejectNegative
430 -fdump-<type> Dump various compiler internals to a file
433 Common Report Var(flag_dump_noaddr)
434 Suppress output of addresses in debugging dumps
437 Common Report Var(flag_dump_unnumbered) VarExists
438 Suppress output of instruction numbers, line number notes and addresses in debugging dumps
441 Common Report Var(flag_early_inlining) Init(1) Optimization
442 Perform early inlining
444 feliminate-dwarf2-dups
445 Common Report Var(flag_eliminate_dwarf2_dups)
446 Perform DWARF2 duplicate elimination
448 feliminate-unused-debug-symbols
449 Common Report Var(flag_debug_only_used_symbols)
450 Perform unused type elimination in debug info
452 feliminate-unused-debug-types
453 Common Report Var(flag_eliminate_unused_debug_types) Init(1)
454 Perform unused type elimination in debug info
456 femit-class-debug-always
457 Common Report Var(flag_emit_class_debug_always) Init(1)
458 Do not suppress C++ class debug information.
461 Common Report Var(flag_exceptions) Optimization
462 Enable exception handling
464 fexpensive-optimizations
465 Common Report Var(flag_expensive_optimizations) Optimization
466 Perform a number of minor, expensive optimizations
472 Common Report Var(flag_finite_math_only) Optimization
473 Assume no NaNs or infinities are generated
476 Common Joined RejectNegative
477 -ffixed-<register> Mark <register> as being unavailable to the compiler
480 Common Report Var(flag_float_store) Optimization
481 Don't allocate floats and doubles in extended-precision registers
483 ; Nonzero for -fforce-addr: load memory address into a register before
484 ; reference to memory. This makes better cse but slower compilation.
486 Common Report Var(flag_force_addr) Optimization
487 Copy memory address constants into registers before use
490 Common Report Var(flag_forward_propagate) Optimization
491 Perform a forward propagation pass on RTL
493 ; Nonzero means don't put addresses of constant functions in registers.
494 ; Used for compiling the Unix kernel, where strange substitutions are
495 ; done on the assembly output.
497 Common Report Var(flag_no_function_cse,0)
498 Allow function addresses to be held in registers
501 Common Report Var(flag_function_sections)
502 Place each function into its own section
505 Common Report Var(flag_gcse) Optimization
506 Perform global common subexpression elimination
509 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_lm) Init(1) Optimization
510 Perform enhanced load motion during global common subexpression elimination
513 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_sm) Init(0) Optimization
514 Perform store motion after global common subexpression elimination
517 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_las) Init(0) Optimization
518 Perform redundant load after store elimination in global common subexpression
522 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_after_reload) Optimization
523 Perform global common subexpression elimination after register allocation
526 fguess-branch-probability
527 Common Report Var(flag_guess_branch_prob) Optimization
528 Enable guessing of branch probabilities
530 ; Nonzero means ignore `#ident' directives. 0 means handle them.
531 ; Generate position-independent code for executables if possible
532 ; On SVR4 targets, it also controls whether or not to emit a
533 ; string identifying the compiler.
535 Common Report Var(flag_no_ident,0)
536 Process #ident directives
539 Common Report Var(flag_if_conversion) Optimization
540 Perform conversion of conditional jumps to branchless equivalents
543 Common Report Var(flag_if_conversion2) Optimization
544 Perform conversion of conditional jumps to conditional execution
546 ; -finhibit-size-directive inhibits output of .size for ELF.
547 ; This is used only for compiling crtstuff.c,
548 ; and it may be extended to other effects
549 ; needed for crtstuff.c on other systems.
550 finhibit-size-directive
551 Common Report Var(flag_inhibit_size_directive)
552 Do not generate .size directives
554 ; Nonzero means that functions declared `inline' will be treated
555 ; as `static'. Prevents generation of zillions of copies of unused
556 ; static inline functions; instead, `inlines' are written out
557 ; only when actually used. Used in conjunction with -g. Also
558 ; does the right thing with #pragma interface.
560 Common Report Var(flag_no_inline,0) Init(2)
561 Pay attention to the \"inline\" keyword
564 Common Report Var(flag_inline_functions) Optimization
565 Integrate simple functions into their callers
567 finline-functions-called-once
568 Common Report Var(flag_inline_functions_called_once) Init(1) Optimization
569 Integrate functions called once into their callers
572 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
575 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
576 -finline-limit=<number> Limit the size of inlined functions to <number>
578 finstrument-functions
579 Common Report Var(flag_instrument_function_entry_exit)
580 Instrument function entry and exit with profiling calls
582 finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list=
583 Common RejectNegative Joined
584 -finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list=name,... Do not instrument listed functions
586 finstrument-functions-exclude-file-list=
587 Common RejectNegative Joined
588 -finstrument-functions-exclude-file-list=filename,... Do not instrument functions listed in files
591 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_cp) Optimization
592 Perform Interprocedural constant propagation
595 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_pure_const) Init(0) Optimization
596 Discover pure and const functions
599 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_pta) Init(0) Optimization
600 Perform interprocedural points-to analysis
603 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_reference) Init(0) Optimization
604 Discover readonly and non addressable static variables
607 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_type_escape) Init(0) Optimization
608 Type based escape and alias analysis
611 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_matrix_reorg) Optimization
612 Perform matrix layout flattening and transposing based
613 on profiling information.
616 Common Report Var(flag_ivopts) Init(1) Optimization
617 Optimize induction variables on trees
620 Common Var(flag_jump_tables) Init(1) Optimization
621 Use jump tables for sufficiently large switch statements
623 fkeep-inline-functions
624 Common Report Var(flag_keep_inline_functions)
625 Generate code for functions even if they are fully inlined
628 Common Report Var(flag_keep_static_consts) Init(1)
629 Emit static const variables even if they are not used
632 Common Report Var(flag_leading_underscore) Init(-1)
633 Give external symbols a leading underscore
637 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
640 Common Report Var(flag_errno_math) Init(1)
641 Set errno after built-in math functions
644 Common Report Var(mem_report)
645 Report on permanent memory allocation
647 ; This will attempt to merge constant section constants, if 1 only
648 ; string constants and constants from constant pool, if 2 also constant
651 Common Report Var(flag_merge_constants,2) Init(1) Optimization
652 Attempt to merge identical constants and constant variables
655 Common Report Var(flag_merge_constants,1) VarExists Optimization
656 Attempt to merge identical constants across compilation units
659 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
660 -fmessage-length=<number> Limit diagnostics to <number> characters per line. 0 suppresses line-wrapping
663 Common Report Var(flag_modulo_sched) Optimization
664 Perform SMS based modulo scheduling before the first scheduling pass
666 fmodulo-sched-allow-regmoves
667 Common Report Var(flag_modulo_sched_allow_regmoves)
668 Perform SMS based modulo scheduling with register moves allowed
670 fmove-loop-invariants
671 Common Report Var(flag_move_loop_invariants) Init(1) Optimization
672 Move loop invariant computations out of loops
675 Common RejectNegative Report Var(flag_mudflap)
676 Add mudflap bounds-checking instrumentation for single-threaded program
679 Common RejectNegative Report VarExists Var(flag_mudflap,2)
680 Add mudflap bounds-checking instrumentation for multi-threaded program
683 Common RejectNegative Report Var(flag_mudflap_ignore_reads)
684 Ignore read operations when inserting mudflap instrumentation
687 Common Var(flag_dce) Init(1) Optimization
688 Use the RTL dead code elimination pass
691 Common Var(flag_dse) Init(1) Optimization
692 Use the RTL dead store elimination pass
694 freschedule-modulo-scheduled-loops
695 Common Report Var(flag_resched_modulo_sched) Optimization
696 Enable/Disable the traditional scheduling in loops that already passed modulo scheduling
699 Common Report Var(flag_non_call_exceptions) Optimization
700 Support synchronous non-call exceptions
703 Common Report Var(flag_omit_frame_pointer) Optimization
704 When possible do not generate stack frames
706 foptimize-register-move
707 Common Report Var(flag_regmove) Optimization
708 Do the full register move optimization pass
710 foptimize-sibling-calls
711 Common Report Var(flag_optimize_sibling_calls) Optimization
712 Optimize sibling and tail recursive calls
715 Common Report Var(pre_ipa_mem_report)
716 Report on memory allocation before interprocedural optimization
719 Common Report Var(post_ipa_mem_report)
720 Report on memory allocation before interprocedural optimization
723 Common Report Var(flag_pack_struct) Optimization
724 Pack structure members together without holes
727 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
728 -fpack-struct=<number> Set initial maximum structure member alignment
731 Common Report Var(flag_pcc_struct_return,1) VarExists
732 Return small aggregates in memory, not registers
735 Common Report Var(flag_peel_loops) Optimization
739 Common Report Var(flag_no_peephole,0) Optimization
740 Enable machine specific peephole optimizations
743 Common Report Var(flag_peephole2) Optimization
744 Enable an RTL peephole pass before sched2
747 Common Report Var(flag_pic,2)
748 Generate position-independent code if possible (large mode)
751 Common Report Var(flag_pie,2)
752 Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (large mode)
755 Common Report Var(flag_pic,1) VarExists
756 Generate position-independent code if possible (small mode)
759 Common Report Var(flag_pie,1) VarExists
760 Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (small mode)
762 fpredictive-commoning
763 Common Report Var(flag_predictive_commoning) Optimization
764 Run predictive commoning optimization.
766 fprefetch-loop-arrays
767 Common Report Var(flag_prefetch_loop_arrays) Optimization
768 Generate prefetch instructions, if available, for arrays in loops
771 Common Report Var(profile_flag)
772 Enable basic program profiling code
775 Common Report Var(profile_arc_flag)
776 Insert arc-based program profiling code
780 Enable common options for generating profile info for profile feedback directed optimizations
784 Enable common options for performing profile feedback directed optimizations
787 Common Report Var(flag_profile_values)
788 Insert code to profile values of expressions
794 Common Joined RejectNegative
795 -frandom-seed=<string> Make compile reproducible using <string>
797 ; This switch causes the command line that was used to create an
798 ; object file to be recorded into the object file. The exact format
799 ; of this recording is target and binary file format dependent.
800 ; It is related to the -fverbose-asm switch, but that switch only
801 ; records information in the assembler output file as comments, so
802 ; they never reach the object file.
804 Common Report Var(flag_record_gcc_switches)
805 Record gcc command line switches in the object file.
808 Common Report Var(flag_pcc_struct_return,0) VarExists Optimization
809 Return small aggregates in registers
812 Common Report Var(flag_regmove) Optimization
813 Enables a register move optimization
816 Common Report Var(flag_rename_registers) Init(2) Optimization
817 Perform a register renaming optimization pass
820 Common Report Var(flag_reorder_blocks) Optimization
821 Reorder basic blocks to improve code placement
823 freorder-blocks-and-partition
824 Common Report Var(flag_reorder_blocks_and_partition) Optimization
825 Reorder basic blocks and partition into hot and cold sections
828 Common Report Var(flag_reorder_functions) Optimization
829 Reorder functions to improve code placement
831 frerun-cse-after-loop
832 Common Report Var(flag_rerun_cse_after_loop) Init(2) Optimization
833 Add a common subexpression elimination pass after loop optimizations
837 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
840 Common Report Var(flag_rounding_math) Optimization
841 Disable optimizations that assume default FP rounding behavior
844 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_interblock) Init(1) Optimization
845 Enable scheduling across basic blocks
848 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_speculative) Init(1) Optimization
849 Allow speculative motion of non-loads
852 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_speculative_load) Optimization
853 Allow speculative motion of some loads
855 fsched-spec-load-dangerous
856 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_speculative_load_dangerous) Optimization
857 Allow speculative motion of more loads
860 Common RejectNegative Joined
861 -fsched-verbose=<number> Set the verbosity level of the scheduler
863 fsched2-use-superblocks
864 Common Report Var(flag_sched2_use_superblocks) Optimization
865 If scheduling post reload, do superblock scheduling
868 Common Report Var(flag_sched2_use_traces) Optimization
869 If scheduling post reload, do trace scheduling
872 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_insns) Optimization
873 Reschedule instructions before register allocation
876 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_insns_after_reload) Optimization
877 Reschedule instructions after register allocation
879 ; sched_stalled_insns means that insns can be moved prematurely from the queue
880 ; of stalled insns into the ready list.
882 Common Report Var(flag_sched_stalled_insns) Optimization
883 Allow premature scheduling of queued insns
885 fsched-stalled-insns=
886 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
887 -fsched-stalled-insns=<number> Set number of queued insns that can be prematurely scheduled
889 ; sched_stalled_insns_dep controls how many recently scheduled cycles will
890 ; be examined for a dependency on a stalled insn that is candidate for
891 ; premature removal from the queue of stalled insns into the ready list (has
892 ; an effect only if the flag 'sched_stalled_insns' is set).
893 fsched-stalled-insns-dep
894 Common Report Var(flag_sched_stalled_insns_dep,1) Init(1) Optimization
895 Set dependence distance checking in premature scheduling of queued insns
897 fsched-stalled-insns-dep=
898 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
899 -fsched-stalled-insns-dep=<number> Set dependence distance checking in premature scheduling of queued insns
902 Common Report Var(flag_section_anchors) Optimization
903 Access data in the same section from shared anchor points
905 frtl-abstract-sequences
906 Common Report Var(flag_rtl_seqabstr) Optimization
907 Perform sequence abstraction optimization on RTL
910 Common Report Var(flag_see) Init(0)
911 Eliminate redundant sign extensions using LCM.
914 Common C ObjC C++ ObjC++ Report Var(flag_show_column) Init(1)
915 Show column numbers in diagnostics, when available. Default on
918 Common Report Var(flag_signaling_nans) Optimization
919 Disable optimizations observable by IEEE signaling NaNs
922 Common Report Var(flag_signed_zeros) Init(1) Optimization
923 Disable floating point optimizations that ignore the IEEE signedness of zero
925 fsingle-precision-constant
926 Common Report Var(flag_single_precision_constant) Optimization
927 Convert floating point constants to single precision constants
929 fsplit-ivs-in-unroller
930 Common Report Var(flag_split_ivs_in_unroller) Init(1) Optimization
931 Split lifetimes of induction variables when loops are unrolled
934 Common Report Var(flag_split_wide_types) Optimization
935 Split wide types into independent registers
937 fvariable-expansion-in-unroller
938 Common Report Var(flag_variable_expansion_in_unroller) Optimization
939 Apply variable expansion when loops are unrolled
941 ; Emit code to probe the stack, to help detect stack overflow; also
942 ; may cause large objects to be allocated dynamically.
944 Common Report Var(flag_stack_check)
945 Insert stack checking code into the program
950 fstack-limit-register=
951 Common RejectNegative Joined
952 -fstack-limit-register=<register> Trap if the stack goes past <register>
955 Common RejectNegative Joined
956 -fstack-limit-symbol=<name> Trap if the stack goes past symbol <name>
959 Common Report Var(flag_stack_protect, 1)
960 Use propolice as a stack protection method
963 Common Report RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 2) VarExists
964 Use a stack protection method for every function
968 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
970 ; Nonzero if we should do (language-dependent) alias analysis.
971 ; Typically, this analysis will assume that expressions of certain
972 ; types do not alias expressions of certain other types. Only used
973 ; if alias analysis (in general) is enabled.
975 Common Report Var(flag_strict_aliasing) Optimization
976 Assume strict aliasing rules apply
979 Common Report Var(flag_strict_overflow)
980 Treat signed overflow as undefined
983 Common Report Var(flag_syntax_only)
984 Check for syntax errors, then stop
987 Common Report Var(flag_test_coverage)
988 Create data files needed by \"gcov\"
991 Common Report Var(flag_thread_jumps) Optimization
992 Perform jump threading optimizations
995 Common Report Var(time_report)
996 Report the time taken by each compiler pass
999 Common Joined RejectNegative
1000 -ftls-model=[global-dynamic|local-dynamic|initial-exec|local-exec] Set the default thread-local storage code generation model
1003 Common Report Var(flag_toplevel_reorder) Init(1) Optimization
1004 Reorder top level functions, variables, and asms
1007 Common Report Var(flag_tracer)
1008 Perform superblock formation via tail duplication
1010 ; Zero means that floating-point math operations cannot generate a
1011 ; (user-visible) trap. This is the case, for example, in nonstop
1012 ; IEEE 754 arithmetic.
1014 Common Report Var(flag_trapping_math) Init(1) Optimization
1015 Assume floating-point operations can trap
1018 Common Report Var(flag_trapv) Optimization
1019 Trap for signed overflow in addition, subtraction and multiplication
1022 Common Report Var(flag_tree_ccp) Optimization
1023 Enable SSA-CCP optimization on trees
1026 Common Report Var(flag_tree_store_ccp) Optimization
1027 Enable SSA-CCP optimization for stores and loads
1030 Common Report Var(flag_tree_ch) Optimization
1031 Enable loop header copying on trees
1034 Common Report Var(flag_tree_copyrename) Optimization
1035 Replace SSA temporaries with better names in copies
1038 Common Report Var(flag_tree_copy_prop) Optimization
1039 Enable copy propagation on trees
1041 ftree-store-copy-prop
1042 Common Report Var(flag_tree_store_copy_prop) Optimization
1043 Enable copy propagation for stores and loads
1046 Common Report Var(flag_tree_dce) Optimization
1047 Enable SSA dead code elimination optimization on trees
1049 ftree-dominator-opts
1050 Common Report Var(flag_tree_dom) Optimization
1051 Enable dominator optimizations
1054 Common Report Var(flag_tree_dse) Optimization
1055 Enable dead store elimination
1058 Common Report Var(flag_tree_fre) Optimization
1059 Enable Full Redundancy Elimination (FRE) on trees
1062 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_im) Init(1) Optimization
1063 Enable loop invariant motion on trees
1066 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_linear) Optimization
1067 Enable linear loop transforms on trees
1070 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_ivcanon) Init(1) Optimization
1071 Create canonical induction variables in loops
1074 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_optimize) Init(1) Optimization
1075 Enable loop optimizations on tree level
1078 Common Report Var(flag_tree_pre) Optimization
1079 Enable SSA-PRE optimization on trees
1082 Common Report Var(flag_tree_reassoc) Init(1) Optimization
1083 Enable reassociation on tree level
1086 Common Report Var(flag_tree_salias) Optimization
1087 Perform structural alias analysis
1090 Common Report Var(flag_tree_sink) Optimization
1091 Enable SSA code sinking on trees
1094 Common Report Var(flag_tree_sra) Optimization
1095 Perform scalar replacement of aggregates
1098 Common Report Var(flag_tree_ter) Optimization
1099 Replace temporary expressions in the SSA->normal pass
1102 Common Report Var(flag_tree_live_range_split) Optimization
1103 Perform live range splitting during the SSA->normal pass
1106 Common Report Var(flag_tree_vrp) Init(0) Optimization
1107 Perform Value Range Propagation on trees
1110 Common Report Var(flag_unit_at_a_time) Optimization
1111 Compile whole compilation unit at a time
1114 Common Report Var(flag_unroll_loops) Optimization
1115 Perform loop unrolling when iteration count is known
1118 Common Report Var(flag_unroll_all_loops) Optimization
1119 Perform loop unrolling for all loops
1121 ; Nonzero means that loop optimizer may assume that the induction variables
1122 ; that control loops do not overflow and that the loops with nontrivial
1123 ; exit condition are not infinite
1124 funsafe-loop-optimizations
1125 Common Report Var(flag_unsafe_loop_optimizations) Optimization
1126 Allow loop optimizations to assume that the loops behave in normal way
1128 ; Nonzero means that unsafe floating-point math optimizations are allowed
1129 ; for the sake of speed. IEEE compliance is not guaranteed, and operations
1130 ; are allowed to assume that their arguments and results are "normal"
1131 ; (e.g., nonnegative for SQRT).
1132 funsafe-math-optimizations
1133 Common Report Var(flag_unsafe_math_optimizations) Optimization
1134 Allow math optimizations that may violate IEEE or ISO standards
1137 Common Report Var(flag_unswitch_loops) Optimization
1138 Perform loop unswitching
1141 Common Report Var(flag_unwind_tables) Optimization
1142 Just generate unwind tables for exception handling
1145 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking) VarExists Optimization
1146 Perform variable tracking
1148 fvar-tracking-uninit
1149 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking_uninit) Optimization
1150 Perform variable tracking and also tag variables that are uninitialized
1153 Common Report Var(flag_tree_vectorize) Optimization
1154 Enable loop vectorization on trees
1157 Common Report Var(flag_vect_cost_model) Optimization
1158 Enable use of cost model in vectorization
1160 ftree-vect-loop-version
1161 Common Report Var(flag_tree_vect_loop_version) Init(1) Optimization
1162 Enable loop versioning when doing loop vectorization on trees
1164 ftree-vectorizer-verbose=
1165 Common RejectNegative Joined
1166 -ftree-vectorizer-verbose=<number> Set the verbosity level of the vectorizer
1169 Common Report Var(flag_tree_scev_cprop) Init(1) Optimization
1170 Enable copy propagation of scalar-evolution information.
1172 ; -fverbose-asm causes extra commentary information to be produced in
1173 ; the generated assembly code (to make it more readable). This option
1174 ; is generally only of use to those who actually need to read the
1175 ; generated assembly code (perhaps while debugging the compiler itself).
1176 ; -fno-verbose-asm, the default, causes the extra information
1177 ; to not be added and is useful when comparing two assembler files.
1179 Common Report Var(flag_verbose_asm)
1180 Add extra commentary to assembler output
1183 Common Joined RejectNegative
1184 -fvisibility=[default|internal|hidden|protected] Set the default symbol visibility
1188 Common Report Var(flag_value_profile_transformations) Optimization
1189 Use expression value profiles in optimizations
1192 Common Report Var(flag_web) Init(2) Optimization
1193 Construct webs and split unrelated uses of single variable
1196 Common Report Var(flag_whole_program) Init(0) Optimization
1197 Perform whole program optimizations
1200 Common Report Var(flag_wrapv) Optimization
1201 Assume signed arithmetic overflow wraps around
1203 fzero-initialized-in-bss
1204 Common Report Var(flag_zero_initialized_in_bss) Init(1)
1205 Put zero initialized data in the bss section
1208 Common JoinedOrMissing
1209 Generate debug information in default format
1212 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gdwarf-2)
1213 Generate debug information in COFF format
1216 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gstabs)
1217 Generate debug information in DWARF v2 format
1220 Common JoinedOrMissing
1221 Generate debug information in default extended format
1224 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gstabs+)
1225 Generate debug information in STABS format
1228 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gvms)
1229 Generate debug information in extended STABS format
1232 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gxcoff)
1233 Generate debug information in VMS format
1236 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gxcoff+)
1237 Generate debug information in XCOFF format
1240 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gcoff)
1241 Generate debug information in extended XCOFF format
1244 Common Joined Separate
1245 -o <file> Place output into <file>
1248 Common Var(profile_flag)
1249 Enable function profiling
1252 Common Var(pedantic)
1253 Issue warnings needed for strict compliance to the standard
1257 Like -pedantic but issue them as errors
1260 Common Var(quiet_flag)
1261 Do not display functions compiled or elapsed time
1264 Common Var(version_flag)
1265 Display the compiler's version
1268 Common Var(inhibit_warnings)
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