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1 ; Options for the language- and target-independent parts of the compiler.
2
3 ; Copyright (C) 2003-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 ;
5 ; This file is part of GCC.
6 ;
7 ; GCC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
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10 ; version.
11 ;
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14 ; FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
15 ; for more details.
16 ;
17 ; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18 ; along with GCC; see the file COPYING3. If not see
19 ; <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
20
21 ; See the GCC internals manual (options.texi) for a description of this file's format.
22
23 ; Please try to keep this file in ASCII collating order.
24
25 Variable
26 int target_flags
27
28 Variable
29 int optimize
30
31 Variable
32 int optimize_size
33
34 Variable
35 int optimize_debug
36
37 ; Not used directly to control optimizations, only to save -Ofast
38 ; setting for "optimize" attributes.
39 Variable
40 int optimize_fast
41
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
48
49 ; 0 means straightforward implementation of complex divide acceptable.
50 ; 1 means wide ranges of inputs must work for complex divide.
51 ; 2 means C99-like requirements for complex multiply and divide.
52 Variable
53 int flag_complex_method = 1
54
55 ; Nonzero if subexpressions must be evaluated from left-to-right.
56 Variable
57 int flag_evaluation_order = 0
58
59 ; Language specific warning pass for unused results.
60 Variable
61 bool flag_warn_unused_result = false
62
63 Variable
64 int *param_values
65
66 ; Nonzero if we should write GIMPLE bytecode for link-time optimization.
67 Variable
68 int flag_generate_lto
69
70 ; True to warn about any objects definitions whose size is larger
71 ; than N bytes. Also want about function definitions whose returned
72 ; values are larger than N bytes, where N is 'larger_than_size'.
73 Variable
74 bool warn_larger_than
75
76 Variable
77 HOST_WIDE_INT larger_than_size
78
79 ; True to warn about any function whose frame size is larger
80 ; than N bytes.
81 Variable
82 bool warn_frame_larger_than
83
84 Variable
85 HOST_WIDE_INT frame_larger_than_size
86
87 ; Nonzero means we should be saving declaration info into a .X file.
88 Variable
89 int flag_gen_aux_info = 0
90
91 ; Nonzero if we are compiling code for a shared library, zero for
92 ; executable.
93 Variable
94 int flag_shlib
95
96 ; These two are really VEC(char_p,heap) *.
97
98 Variable
99 void *flag_instrument_functions_exclude_functions
100
101 Variable
102 void *flag_instrument_functions_exclude_files
103
104 ; Generic structs (e.g. templates not explicitly specialized)
105 ; may not have a compilation unit associated with them, and so
106 ; may need to be treated differently from ordinary structs.
107 ;
108 ; Structs only handled by reference (indirectly), will also usually
109 ; not need as much debugging information.
110
111 Variable
112 enum debug_struct_file debug_struct_ordinary[DINFO_USAGE_NUM_ENUMS] = { DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY }
113
114 Variable
115 enum debug_struct_file debug_struct_generic[DINFO_USAGE_NUM_ENUMS] = { DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY }
116
117 ; True if we should exit after parsing options.
118 Variable
119 bool exit_after_options
120
121 ; Type(s) of debugging information we are producing (if any). See
122 ; flag-types.h for the definitions of the different possible types of
123 ; debugging information.
124 Variable
125 enum debug_info_type write_symbols = NO_DEBUG
126
127 ; Level of debugging information we are producing. See flag-types.h
128 ; for the definitions of the different possible levels.
129 Variable
130 enum debug_info_levels debug_info_level = DINFO_LEVEL_NONE
131
132 ; Nonzero means use GNU-only extensions in the generated symbolic
133 ; debugging information. Currently, this only has an effect when
134 ; write_symbols is set to DBX_DEBUG, XCOFF_DEBUG, or DWARF_DEBUG.
135 Variable
136 bool use_gnu_debug_info_extensions
137
138 ; Original value of maximum field alignment in bytes, specified via
139 ; -fpack-struct=<value>.
140 Variable
141 unsigned int initial_max_fld_align = TARGET_DEFAULT_PACK_STRUCT
142
143 ; Type of stack check.
144 Variable
145 enum stack_check_type flag_stack_check = NO_STACK_CHECK
146
147 ; True if stack usage information needs to be computed.
148 Variable
149 bool flag_stack_usage_info = false
150
151 ; -dA causes debug commentary information to be produced in
152 ; the generated assembly code (to make it more readable). This option
153 ; is generally only of use to those who actually need to read the
154 ; generated assembly code (perhaps while debugging the compiler itself).
155 ; Currently, this switch is only used by dwarf2out.c; however, it is intended
156 ; to be a catchall for printing debug information in the assembler file.
157 Variable
158 int flag_debug_asm
159
160 ; -dP causes the rtl to be emitted as a comment in assembly.
161 Variable
162 int flag_dump_rtl_in_asm
163
164 ; Whether -da was passed (used only in handle_common_deferred_options).
165 Variable
166 bool flag_dump_all_passed
167
168 ; Other flags saying which kinds of debugging dump have been requested.
169
170 Variable
171 int rtl_dump_and_exit
172
173 Variable
174 int flag_print_asm_name
175
176 ; Name of top-level original source file (what was input to cpp).
177 ; This comes from the #-command at the beginning of the actual input.
178 ; If there isn't any there, then this is the cc1 input file name.
179 Variable
180 const char *main_input_filename
181
182 ; Pointer to base name in main_input_filename, with directories and a
183 ; single final extension removed, and the length of this base
184 ; name.
185
186 Variable
187 const char *main_input_basename
188
189 Variable
190 int main_input_baselength
191
192 ; Which options have been printed by --help.
193 Variable
194 char *help_printed
195
196 ; Which enums have been printed by --help. 0 = not printed, no
197 ; relevant options seen, 1 = relevant option seen, not yet printed, 2
198 ; = printed.
199 Variable
200 char *help_enum_printed
201
202 ; The number of columns for --help output.
203 Variable
204 unsigned int help_columns
205
206 ; Whether this options structure has been through finish_options
207 Variable
208 bool flag_opts_finished
209
210 ; What the sanitizer should instrument
211 Variable
212 unsigned int flag_sanitize
213
214 ###
215 Driver
216
217 -assemble
218 Driver Alias(S)
219
220 -compile
221 Driver Alias(c)
222
223 -coverage
224 Driver Alias(coverage)
225
226 -debug
227 Common Alias(g)
228
229 -dump
230 Common Separate Alias(d)
231
232 -dump=
233 Common Joined Alias(d)
234
235 -dumpbase
236 Common Separate Alias(dumpbase)
237
238 -dumpdir
239 Common Separate Alias(dumpdir)
240
241 -entry
242 Driver Separate Alias(e)
243
244 -entry=
245 Driver Joined Alias(e)
246
247 -extra-warnings
248 Common Warning Alias(Wextra)
249
250 -for-assembler
251 Driver Separate Alias(Xassembler)
252
253 -for-assembler=
254 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(Xassembler)
255
256 -for-linker
257 Driver Separate Alias(Xlinker)
258
259 -for-linker=
260 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(Xlinker)
261
262 -force-link
263 Driver Separate Alias(u)
264
265 -force-link=
266 Driver Joined Alias(u)
267
268 -help
269 Common Driver Var(help_flag)
270 Display this information
271
272 -help=
273 Common Driver Report Joined
274 --help=<class> Display descriptions of a specific class of options. <class> is one or more of optimizers, target, warnings, undocumented, params
275
276 -language
277 Driver Separate Alias(x)
278
279 -language=
280 Driver Joined Alias(x)
281
282 -library-directory
283 Driver Separate Alias(L)
284
285 -library-directory=
286 Driver Joined Alias(L)
287
288 -no-canonical-prefixes
289 Driver Alias(no-canonical-prefixes)
290
291 -no-standard-libraries
292 Driver Alias(nostdlib)
293
294 -no-sysroot-suffix
295 Driver Var(no_sysroot_suffix)
296
297 -no-warnings
298 Common Alias(w)
299
300 -optimize
301 Common Alias(O)
302
303 -output
304 Common Driver Separate Alias(o) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
305
306 -output=
307 Common Driver Joined Alias(o) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
308
309 -pass-exit-codes
310 Driver Alias(pass-exit-codes)
311
312 -pedantic
313 Common Alias(Wpedantic)
314
315 -pedantic-errors
316 Common Alias(pedantic-errors)
317
318 -pie
319 Driver Alias(pie)
320
321 -pipe
322 Driver Alias(pipe)
323
324 -prefix
325 Driver Separate Alias(B)
326
327 -prefix=
328 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(B)
329
330 -preprocess
331 Driver Alias(E)
332
333 -print-file-name
334 Driver Separate Alias(print-file-name=)
335
336 -print-file-name=
337 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(print-file-name=)
338
339 -print-libgcc-file-name
340 Driver Alias(print-libgcc-file-name)
341
342 -print-multi-directory
343 Driver Alias(print-multi-directory)
344
345 -print-multi-lib
346 Driver Alias(print-multi-lib)
347
348 -print-multi-os-directory
349 Driver Alias(print-multi-os-directory)
350
351 -print-multiarch
352 Driver Alias(print-multiarch)
353
354 -print-prog-name
355 Driver Separate Alias(print-prog-name=)
356
357 -print-prog-name=
358 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(print-prog-name=)
359
360 -print-search-dirs
361 Driver Alias(print-search-dirs)
362
363 -print-sysroot
364 Driver Alias(print-sysroot)
365
366 -print-sysroot-headers-suffix
367 Driver Alias(print-sysroot-headers-suffix)
368
369 -profile
370 Common Alias(p)
371
372 -save-temps
373 Driver Alias(save-temps)
374
375 -shared
376 Driver Alias(shared)
377
378 -specs
379 Driver Separate Alias(specs=)
380
381 -specs=
382 Driver Joined Alias(specs=)
383
384 -static
385 Driver Alias(static)
386
387 -symbolic
388 Driver Alias(symbolic)
389
390 -target-help
391 Common Driver
392 Alias for --help=target
393
394 -time
395 Driver Alias(time)
396
397 -verbose
398 Driver Alias(v)
399
400 ;; The driver used to convert options such as --help into forms such
401 ;; as -fhelp; the following four entries are for compatibility with
402 ;; any direct uses of those (undocumented) -f forms
403 fhelp
404 Common Driver Alias(-help)
405
406 fhelp=
407 Common Driver Joined Alias(-help=)
408
409 ftarget-help
410 Common Driver Alias(-target-help)
411
412 fversion
413 Common Driver Alias(-version)
414
415 -param
416 Common Separate
417 --param <param>=<value> Set parameter <param> to value. See below for a complete list of parameters
418
419 -param=
420 Common Joined Alias(-param)
421
422 -sysroot
423 Driver Separate Alias(-sysroot=)
424
425 -sysroot=
426 Driver JoinedOrMissing
427
428 -version
429 Common Driver
430
431 B
432 Driver Joined Separate
433
434 E
435 Driver
436
437 L
438 Driver Joined Separate
439
440 N
441 Driver
442
443 O
444 Common JoinedOrMissing Optimization
445 -O<number> Set optimization level to <number>
446
447 Os
448 Common Optimization
449 Optimize for space rather than speed
450
451 Ofast
452 Common Optimization
453 Optimize for speed disregarding exact standards compliance
454
455 Og
456 Common Optimization
457 Optimize for debugging experience rather than speed or size
458
459 Q
460 Driver
461
462 Qn
463 Driver Negative(Qy)
464
465 Qy
466 Driver Negative(Qn)
467
468 R
469 Driver Joined Separate
470
471 S
472 Driver
473
474 T
475 Driver Joined Separate
476
477 Tbss
478 Driver Separate
479
480 Tbss=
481 Driver Joined
482
483 Tdata
484 Driver Separate
485
486 Tdata=
487 Driver Joined
488
489 Ttext
490 Driver Separate
491
492 Ttext=
493 Driver Joined
494
495 W
496 Common RejectNegative Warning Alias(Wextra)
497 This switch is deprecated; use -Wextra instead
498
499 Wa,
500 Driver JoinedOrMissing
501
502 Wl,
503 Driver JoinedOrMissing
504
505 Wp,
506 Driver JoinedOrMissing
507
508 Waggregate-return
509 Common Var(warn_aggregate_return) Warning
510 Warn about returning structures, unions or arrays
511
512 Waggressive-loop-optimizations
513 Common Var(warn_aggressive_loop_optimizations) Init(1) Warning
514 Warn if a loop with constant number of iterations triggers undefined behavior
515
516 Warray-bounds
517 Common Var(warn_array_bounds) Warning
518 Warn if an array is accessed out of bounds
519
520 Wattributes
521 Common Var(warn_attributes) Init(1) Warning
522 Warn about inappropriate attribute usage
523
524 Wcast-align
525 Common Var(warn_cast_align) Warning
526 Warn about pointer casts which increase alignment
527
528 Wcpp
529 Common Var(warn_cpp) Init(1) Warning
530 Warn when a #warning directive is encountered
531
532 Wdeprecated-declarations
533 Common Var(warn_deprecated_decl) Init(1) Warning
534 Warn about uses of __attribute__((deprecated)) declarations
535
536 Wdisabled-optimization
537 Common Var(warn_disabled_optimization) Warning
538 Warn when an optimization pass is disabled
539
540 Werror
541 Common Var(warnings_are_errors)
542 Treat all warnings as errors
543
544 Werror=
545 Common Joined
546 Treat specified warning as error
547
548 Wextra
549 Common Var(extra_warnings) Warning
550 Print extra (possibly unwanted) warnings
551
552 Wfatal-errors
553 Common Var(flag_fatal_errors)
554 Exit on the first error occurred
555
556 Wframe-larger-than=
557 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
558 -Wframe-larger-than=<number> Warn if a function's stack frame requires more than <number> bytes
559
560 Wfree-nonheap-object
561 Common Var(warn_free_nonheap_object) Init(1) Warning
562 Warn when attempting to free a non-heap object
563
564 Winline
565 Common Var(warn_inline) Warning
566 Warn when an inlined function cannot be inlined
567
568 Winvalid-memory-model
569 Common Var(warn_invalid_memory_model) Init(1) Warning
570 Warn when an atomic memory model parameter is known to be outside the valid range.
571
572 Wlarger-than-
573 Common RejectNegative Joined Warning Undocumented Alias(Wlarger-than=)
574
575 Wlarger-than=
576 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Warning
577 -Wlarger-than=<number> Warn if an object is larger than <number> bytes
578
579 Wunsafe-loop-optimizations
580 Common Var(warn_unsafe_loop_optimizations) Warning
581 Warn if the loop cannot be optimized due to nontrivial assumptions.
582
583 Wmissing-noreturn
584 Common Alias(Wsuggest-attribute=noreturn)
585
586 Woverflow
587 Common Var(warn_overflow) Init(1) Warning
588 Warn about overflow in arithmetic expressions
589
590 Wpacked
591 Common Var(warn_packed) Warning
592 Warn when the packed attribute has no effect on struct layout
593
594 Wpadded
595 Common Var(warn_padded) Warning
596 Warn when padding is required to align structure members
597
598 Wpedantic
599 Common Var(pedantic) Warning
600 Issue warnings needed for strict compliance to the standard
601
602 Wshadow
603 Common Var(warn_shadow) Warning
604 Warn when one local variable shadows another
605
606 Wstack-protector
607 Common Var(warn_stack_protect) Warning
608 Warn when not issuing stack smashing protection for some reason
609
610 Wstack-usage=
611 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_stack_usage) Init(-1) Warning
612 Warn if stack usage might be larger than specified amount
613
614 Wstrict-aliasing
615 Common Warning
616 Warn about code which might break strict aliasing rules
617
618 Wstrict-aliasing=
619 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_strict_aliasing) Warning
620 Warn about code which might break strict aliasing rules
621
622 Wstrict-overflow
623 Common Warning
624 Warn about optimizations that assume that signed overflow is undefined
625
626 Wstrict-overflow=
627 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_strict_overflow) Warning
628 Warn about optimizations that assume that signed overflow is undefined
629
630 Wsuggest-attribute=const
631 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_const) Warning
632 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((const))
633
634 Wsuggest-attribute=pure
635 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_pure) Warning
636 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((pure))
637
638 Wsuggest-attribute=noreturn
639 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_noreturn) Warning
640 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((noreturn))
641
642 Wsystem-headers
643 Common Var(warn_system_headers) Warning
644 Do not suppress warnings from system headers
645
646 Wtrampolines
647 Common Var(warn_trampolines) Warning
648 Warn whenever a trampoline is generated
649
650 Wtype-limits
651 Common Var(warn_type_limits) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
652 Warn if a comparison is always true or always false due to the limited range of the data type
653
654 Wuninitialized
655 Common Var(warn_uninitialized) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
656 Warn about uninitialized automatic variables
657
658 Wmaybe-uninitialized
659 Common Var(warn_maybe_uninitialized) Warning EnabledBy(Wuninitialized)
660 Warn about maybe uninitialized automatic variables
661
662 Wunreachable-code
663 Common Ignore
664 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
665
666 Wunused
667 Common Var(warn_unused) Init(0) Warning
668 Enable all -Wunused- warnings
669
670 Wunused-but-set-parameter
671 Common Var(warn_unused_but_set_parameter) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused && Wextra)
672 Warn when a function parameter is only set, otherwise unused
673
674 Wunused-but-set-variable
675 Common Var(warn_unused_but_set_variable) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
676 Warn when a variable is only set, otherwise unused
677
678 Wunused-function
679 Common Var(warn_unused_function) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
680 Warn when a function is unused
681
682 Wunused-label
683 Common Var(warn_unused_label) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
684 Warn when a label is unused
685
686 Wunused-parameter
687 Common Var(warn_unused_parameter) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused && Wextra)
688 Warn when a function parameter is unused
689
690 Wunused-value
691 Common Var(warn_unused_value) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
692 Warn when an expression value is unused
693
694 Wunused-variable
695 Common Var(warn_unused_variable) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
696 Warn when a variable is unused
697
698 Wcoverage-mismatch
699 Common Var(warn_coverage_mismatch) Init(1) Warning
700 Warn in case profiles in -fprofile-use do not match
701
702 Wvector-operation-performance
703 Common Var(warn_vector_operation_performance) Warning
704 Warn when a vector operation is compiled outside the SIMD
705
706 Xassembler
707 Driver Separate
708
709 Xlinker
710 Driver Separate
711
712 Xpreprocessor
713 Driver Separate
714
715 Z
716 Driver
717
718 aux-info
719 Common Separate Var(aux_info_file_name)
720 -aux-info <file> Emit declaration information into <file>
721
722 aux-info=
723 Common Joined Alias(aux-info)
724
725 auxbase
726 Common Separate RejectDriver Var(aux_base_name)
727
728 auxbase-strip
729 Common Separate RejectDriver
730
731 coverage
732 Driver
733
734 c
735 Driver
736
737 d
738 Common Joined
739 -d<letters> Enable dumps from specific passes of the compiler
740
741 dumpbase
742 Common Separate Var(dump_base_name)
743 -dumpbase <file> Set the file basename to be used for dumps
744
745 dumpdir
746 Common Separate Var(dump_dir_name)
747 -dumpdir <dir> Set the directory name to be used for dumps
748
749 dumpmachine
750 Driver
751
752 dumpspecs
753 Driver
754
755 dumpversion
756 Driver
757
758 e
759 Driver Joined Separate
760
761 ; This option has historically been passed down to the linker by an
762 ; accident of a %{e*} spec, so ensure it continues to be passed down
763 ; as a single option. The supported option for this purpose is
764 ; -rdynamic. See PR 47390.
765 export-dynamic
766 Driver Undocumented
767
768 ; The version of the C++ ABI in use. The following values are allowed:
769 ;
770 ; 0: The version of the ABI believed most conformant with the C++ ABI
771 ; specification. This ABI may change as bugs are discovered and fixed.
772 ; Therefore, 0 will not necessarily indicate the same ABI in different
773 ; versions of G++.
774 ;
775 ; 1: The version of the ABI first used in G++ 3.2.
776 ;
777 ; 2: The version of the ABI first used in G++ 3.4 (and current default).
778 ;
779 ; 3: The version of the ABI that fixes the missing underscore
780 ; in template non-type arguments of pointer type.
781 ;
782 ; 4: The version of the ABI that introduces unambiguous mangling of
783 ; vector types. First selectable in G++ 4.5.
784 ;
785 ; 5: The version of the ABI that ignores attribute const/noreturn
786 ; in function pointer mangling, and corrects mangling of decltype and
787 ; function parameters used in other parameters and the return type.
788 ; First selectable in G++ 4.6.
789 ;
790 ; 6: The version of the ABI that doesn't promote scoped enums to int and
791 ; changes the mangling of template argument packs, const/static_cast,
792 ; prefix ++ and --, and a class scope function used as a template
793 ; argument.
794 ; First selectable in G++ 4.7.
795 ;
796 ; 7: The version of the ABI that treats nullptr_t as a builtin type and
797 ; corrects the mangling of lambdas in default argument scope.
798 ; First selectable in G++ 4.8.
799 ;
800 ; 8: The version of the ABI that corrects the substitution behavior of
801 ; function types with function-cv-qualifiers.
802 ; First selectable in G++ 4.9.
803 ;
804 ; Additional positive integers will be assigned as new versions of
805 ; the ABI become the default version of the ABI.
806 fabi-version=
807 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_abi_version) Init(2)
808
809 faggressive-loop-optimizations
810 Common Report Var(flag_aggressive_loop_optimizations) Optimization Init(1)
811 Aggressively optimize loops using language constraints
812
813 falign-functions
814 Common Report Var(align_functions,0) Optimization UInteger
815 Align the start of functions
816
817 falign-functions=
818 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(align_functions)
819
820 falign-jumps
821 Common Report Var(align_jumps,0) Optimization UInteger
822 Align labels which are only reached by jumping
823
824 falign-jumps=
825 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(align_jumps)
826
827 falign-labels
828 Common Report Var(align_labels,0) Optimization UInteger
829 Align all labels
830
831 falign-labels=
832 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(align_labels)
833
834 falign-loops
835 Common Report Var(align_loops,0) Optimization UInteger
836 Align the start of loops
837
838 falign-loops=
839 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(align_loops)
840
841 fargument-alias
842 Common Ignore
843 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
844
845 fargument-noalias
846 Common Ignore
847 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
848
849 fargument-noalias-global
850 Common Ignore
851 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
852
853 fargument-noalias-anything
854 Common Ignore
855 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
856
857 fsanitize=
858 Common Driver Report Joined
859 Select what to sanitize
860
861 fasynchronous-unwind-tables
862 Common Report Var(flag_asynchronous_unwind_tables) Optimization
863 Generate unwind tables that are exact at each instruction boundary
864
865 fauto-inc-dec
866 Common Report Var(flag_auto_inc_dec) Init(1)
867 Generate auto-inc/dec instructions
868
869 ; -fcheck-bounds causes gcc to generate array bounds checks.
870 ; For C, C++ and ObjC: defaults off.
871 ; For Java: defaults to on.
872 ; For Fortran: defaults to off.
873 fbounds-check
874 Common Report Var(flag_bounds_check)
875 Generate code to check bounds before indexing arrays
876
877 fbranch-count-reg
878 Common Report Var(flag_branch_on_count_reg) Init(1) Optimization
879 Replace add, compare, branch with branch on count register
880
881 fbranch-probabilities
882 Common Report Var(flag_branch_probabilities) Optimization
883 Use profiling information for branch probabilities
884
885 fbranch-target-load-optimize
886 Common Report Var(flag_branch_target_load_optimize) Optimization
887 Perform branch target load optimization before prologue / epilogue threading
888
889 fbranch-target-load-optimize2
890 Common Report Var(flag_branch_target_load_optimize2) Optimization
891 Perform branch target load optimization after prologue / epilogue threading
892
893 fbtr-bb-exclusive
894 Common Report Var(flag_btr_bb_exclusive) Optimization
895 Restrict target load migration not to re-use registers in any basic block
896
897 fcall-saved-
898 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
899 -fcall-saved-<register> Mark <register> as being preserved across functions
900
901 fcall-used-
902 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
903 -fcall-used-<register> Mark <register> as being corrupted by function calls
904
905 ; Nonzero for -fcaller-saves: allocate values in regs that need to
906 ; be saved across function calls, if that produces overall better code.
907 ; Optional now, so people can test it.
908 fcaller-saves
909 Common Report Var(flag_caller_saves) Optimization
910 Save registers around function calls
911
912 fcheck-data-deps
913 Common Report Var(flag_check_data_deps)
914 Compare the results of several data dependence analyzers.
915
916 fcheck-new
917 Common Var(flag_check_new)
918 Check the return value of new in C++
919
920 fcombine-stack-adjustments
921 Common Report Var(flag_combine_stack_adjustments) Optimization
922 Looks for opportunities to reduce stack adjustments and stack references.
923
924 fcommon
925 Common Report Var(flag_no_common,0) Optimization
926 Do not put uninitialized globals in the common section
927
928 fcompare-debug
929 Driver
930 ; Converted by the driver to -fcompare-debug= options.
931
932 fcompare-debug=
933 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative Var(flag_compare_debug_opt)
934 -fcompare-debug[=<opts>] Compile with and without e.g. -gtoggle, and compare the final-insns dump
935
936 fcompare-debug-second
937 Common Driver RejectNegative Var(flag_compare_debug)
938 Run only the second compilation of -fcompare-debug
939
940 fcompare-elim
941 Common Report Var(flag_compare_elim_after_reload) Optimization
942 Perform comparison elimination after register allocation has finished
943
944 fconserve-stack
945 Common Var(flag_conserve_stack) Optimization
946 Do not perform optimizations increasing noticeably stack usage
947
948 fcprop-registers
949 Common Report Var(flag_cprop_registers) Optimization
950 Perform a register copy-propagation optimization pass
951
952 fcrossjumping
953 Common Report Var(flag_crossjumping) Optimization
954 Perform cross-jumping optimization
955
956 fcse-follow-jumps
957 Common Report Var(flag_cse_follow_jumps) Optimization
958 When running CSE, follow jumps to their targets
959
960 fcse-skip-blocks
961 Common Ignore
962 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
963
964 fcx-limited-range
965 Common Report Var(flag_cx_limited_range) Optimization SetByCombined
966 Omit range reduction step when performing complex division
967
968 fcx-fortran-rules
969 Common Report Var(flag_cx_fortran_rules) Optimization
970 Complex multiplication and division follow Fortran rules
971
972 fdata-sections
973 Common Report Var(flag_data_sections) Optimization
974 Place data items into their own section
975
976 fdbg-cnt-list
977 Common Report Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
978 List all available debugging counters with their limits and counts.
979
980 fdbg-cnt=
981 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
982 -fdbg-cnt=<counter>:<limit>[,<counter>:<limit>,...] Set the debug counter limit.
983
984 fdebug-prefix-map=
985 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
986 Map one directory name to another in debug information
987
988 fdebug-types-section
989 Common Report Var(flag_debug_types_section) Init(0)
990 Output .debug_types section when using DWARF v4 debuginfo.
991
992 ; Nonzero for -fdefer-pop: don't pop args after each function call
993 ; instead save them up to pop many calls' args with one insns.
994 fdefer-pop
995 Common Report Var(flag_defer_pop) Optimization
996 Defer popping functions args from stack until later
997
998 fdelayed-branch
999 Common Report Var(flag_delayed_branch) Optimization
1000 Attempt to fill delay slots of branch instructions
1001
1002 fdelete-dead-exceptions
1003 Common Report Var(flag_delete_dead_exceptions) Init(0)
1004 Delete dead instructions that may throw exceptions
1005
1006 fdelete-null-pointer-checks
1007 Common Report Var(flag_delete_null_pointer_checks) Init(1) Optimization
1008 Delete useless null pointer checks
1009
1010 fdevirtualize-speculatively
1011 Common Report Var(flag_devirtualize_speculatively) Optimization
1012 Perform speculative devirtualization
1013
1014 fdevirtualize
1015 Common Report Var(flag_devirtualize) Optimization
1016 Try to convert virtual calls to direct ones.
1017
1018 fdiagnostics-show-location=
1019 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule)
1020 -fdiagnostics-show-location=[once|every-line] How often to emit source location at the beginning of line-wrapped diagnostics
1021
1022 ; Required for these enum values.
1023 SourceInclude
1024 pretty-print.h
1025
1026 Enum
1027 Name(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) Type(int)
1028
1029 EnumValue
1030 Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) String(once) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_SHOW_PREFIX_ONCE)
1031
1032 EnumValue
1033 Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) String(every-line) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_SHOW_PREFIX_EVERY_LINE)
1034
1035 fdiagnostics-show-caret
1036 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_caret) Init(1)
1037 Show the source line with a caret indicating the column
1038
1039 fdiagnostics-color
1040 Common Alias(fdiagnostics-color=,always,never)
1041 ;
1042
1043 fdiagnostics-color=
1044 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_diagnostics_show_color) Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) Init(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_NO)
1045 -fdiagnostics-color=[never|always|auto] Colorize diagnostics
1046
1047 ; Required for these enum values.
1048 SourceInclude
1049 diagnostic-color.h
1050
1051 Enum
1052 Name(diagnostic_color_rule) Type(int)
1053
1054 EnumValue
1055 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(never) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_NO)
1056
1057 EnumValue
1058 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(always) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_YES)
1059
1060 EnumValue
1061 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(auto) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_AUTO)
1062
1063 fdiagnostics-show-option
1064 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_option) Init(1)
1065 Amend appropriate diagnostic messages with the command line option that controls them
1066
1067 fdisable-
1068 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1069 -fdisable-[tree|rtl|ipa]-<pass>=range1+range2 disables an optimization pass
1070
1071 fenable-
1072 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1073 -fenable-[tree|rtl|ipa]-<pass>=range1+range2 enables an optimization pass
1074
1075 fdump-
1076 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1077 -fdump-<type> Dump various compiler internals to a file
1078
1079 fdump-final-insns
1080 Driver RejectNegative
1081
1082 fdump-final-insns=
1083 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_dump_final_insns)
1084 -fdump-final-insns=filename Dump to filename the insns at the end of translation
1085
1086 fdump-go-spec=
1087 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_dump_go_spec)
1088 -fdump-go-spec=filename Write all declarations to file as Go code
1089
1090 fdump-noaddr
1091 Common Report Var(flag_dump_noaddr)
1092 Suppress output of addresses in debugging dumps
1093
1094 fdump-passes
1095 Common Var(flag_dump_passes) Init(0)
1096 Dump optimization passes
1097
1098 fdump-unnumbered
1099 Common Report Var(flag_dump_unnumbered)
1100 Suppress output of instruction numbers, line number notes and addresses in debugging dumps
1101
1102 fdump-unnumbered-links
1103 Common Report Var(flag_dump_unnumbered_links)
1104 Suppress output of previous and next insn numbers in debugging dumps
1105
1106 fdwarf2-cfi-asm
1107 Common Report Var(flag_dwarf2_cfi_asm) Init(HAVE_GAS_CFI_DIRECTIVE)
1108 Enable CFI tables via GAS assembler directives.
1109
1110 fearly-inlining
1111 Common Report Var(flag_early_inlining) Init(1) Optimization
1112 Perform early inlining
1113
1114 feliminate-dwarf2-dups
1115 Common Report Var(flag_eliminate_dwarf2_dups)
1116 Perform DWARF2 duplicate elimination
1117
1118 fipa-sra
1119 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_sra) Init(0) Optimization
1120 Perform interprocedural reduction of aggregates
1121
1122 feliminate-unused-debug-symbols
1123 Common Report Var(flag_debug_only_used_symbols)
1124 Perform unused type elimination in debug info
1125
1126 feliminate-unused-debug-types
1127 Common Report Var(flag_eliminate_unused_debug_types) Init(1)
1128 Perform unused type elimination in debug info
1129
1130 femit-class-debug-always
1131 Common Report Var(flag_emit_class_debug_always) Init(0)
1132 Do not suppress C++ class debug information.
1133
1134 fexceptions
1135 Common Report Var(flag_exceptions) Optimization
1136 Enable exception handling
1137
1138 fexpensive-optimizations
1139 Common Report Var(flag_expensive_optimizations) Optimization
1140 Perform a number of minor, expensive optimizations
1141
1142 fexcess-precision=
1143 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(excess_precision) Var(flag_excess_precision_cmdline) Init(EXCESS_PRECISION_DEFAULT)
1144 -fexcess-precision=[fast|standard] Specify handling of excess floating-point precision
1145
1146 Enum
1147 Name(excess_precision) Type(enum excess_precision) UnknownError(unknown excess precision style %qs)
1148
1149 EnumValue
1150 Enum(excess_precision) String(fast) Value(EXCESS_PRECISION_FAST)
1151
1152 EnumValue
1153 Enum(excess_precision) String(standard) Value(EXCESS_PRECISION_STANDARD)
1154
1155 ffast-math
1156 Common
1157
1158 ffat-lto-objects
1159 Common Var(flag_fat_lto_objects) Init(1)
1160 Output lto objects containing both the intermediate language and binary output.
1161
1162 ffinite-math-only
1163 Common Report Var(flag_finite_math_only) Optimization SetByCombined
1164 Assume no NaNs or infinities are generated
1165
1166 ffixed-
1167 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1168 -ffixed-<register> Mark <register> as being unavailable to the compiler
1169
1170 ffloat-store
1171 Common Report Var(flag_float_store) Optimization
1172 Don't allocate floats and doubles in extended-precision registers
1173
1174 fforce-addr
1175 Common Ignore
1176 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1177
1178 fforward-propagate
1179 Common Report Var(flag_forward_propagate) Optimization
1180 Perform a forward propagation pass on RTL
1181
1182 ffp-contract=
1183 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(fp_contract_mode) Var(flag_fp_contract_mode) Init(FP_CONTRACT_FAST)
1184 -ffp-contract=[off|on|fast] Perform floating-point expression contraction.
1185
1186 Enum
1187 Name(fp_contract_mode) Type(enum fp_contract_mode) UnknownError(unknown floating point contraction style %qs)
1188
1189 EnumValue
1190 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(off) Value(FP_CONTRACT_OFF)
1191
1192 ; Not implemented, fall back to conservative FP_CONTRACT_OFF.
1193 EnumValue
1194 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(on) Value(FP_CONTRACT_OFF)
1195
1196 EnumValue
1197 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(fast) Value(FP_CONTRACT_FAST)
1198
1199 ; Nonzero means don't put addresses of constant functions in registers.
1200 ; Used for compiling the Unix kernel, where strange substitutions are
1201 ; done on the assembly output.
1202 ffunction-cse
1203 Common Report Var(flag_no_function_cse,0)
1204 Allow function addresses to be held in registers
1205
1206 ffunction-sections
1207 Common Report Var(flag_function_sections)
1208 Place each function into its own section
1209
1210 fgcse
1211 Common Report Var(flag_gcse) Optimization
1212 Perform global common subexpression elimination
1213
1214 fgcse-lm
1215 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_lm) Init(1) Optimization
1216 Perform enhanced load motion during global common subexpression elimination
1217
1218 fgcse-sm
1219 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_sm) Init(0) Optimization
1220 Perform store motion after global common subexpression elimination
1221
1222 fgcse-las
1223 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_las) Init(0) Optimization
1224 Perform redundant load after store elimination in global common subexpression
1225 elimination
1226
1227 fgcse-after-reload
1228 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_after_reload) Optimization
1229 Perform global common subexpression elimination after register allocation
1230 has finished
1231
1232 ; This option is not documented yet as its semantics will change.
1233 fgraphite
1234 Common Report Var(flag_graphite)
1235 Enable in and out of Graphite representation
1236
1237 fgraphite-identity
1238 Common Report Var(flag_graphite_identity) Optimization
1239 Enable Graphite Identity transformation
1240
1241 fhoist-adjacent-loads
1242 Common Report Var(flag_hoist_adjacent_loads) Optimization
1243 Enable hoisting adjacent loads to encourage generating conditional move
1244 instructions
1245
1246 floop-parallelize-all
1247 Common Report Var(flag_loop_parallelize_all) Optimization
1248 Mark all loops as parallel
1249
1250 floop-strip-mine
1251 Common Report Var(flag_loop_strip_mine) Optimization
1252 Enable Loop Strip Mining transformation
1253
1254 floop-interchange
1255 Common Report Var(flag_loop_interchange) Optimization
1256 Enable Loop Interchange transformation
1257
1258 floop-block
1259 Common Report Var(flag_loop_block) Optimization
1260 Enable Loop Blocking transformation
1261
1262 fgnu-tm
1263 Common Report Var(flag_tm)
1264 Enable support for GNU transactional memory
1265
1266 floop-flatten
1267 Common Ignore
1268 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1269
1270 floop-nest-optimize
1271 Common Report Var(flag_loop_optimize_isl) Optimization
1272 Enable the ISL based loop nest optimizer
1273
1274 fstrict-volatile-bitfields
1275 Common Report Var(flag_strict_volatile_bitfields) Init(-1)
1276 Force bitfield accesses to match their type width
1277
1278 fguess-branch-probability
1279 Common Report Var(flag_guess_branch_prob) Optimization
1280 Enable guessing of branch probabilities
1281
1282 ; Nonzero means ignore `#ident' directives. 0 means handle them.
1283 ; Generate position-independent code for executables if possible
1284 ; On SVR4 targets, it also controls whether or not to emit a
1285 ; string identifying the compiler.
1286 fident
1287 Common Report Var(flag_no_ident,0)
1288 Process #ident directives
1289
1290 fif-conversion
1291 Common Report Var(flag_if_conversion) Optimization
1292 Perform conversion of conditional jumps to branchless equivalents
1293
1294 fif-conversion2
1295 Common Report Var(flag_if_conversion2) Optimization
1296 Perform conversion of conditional jumps to conditional execution
1297
1298 fstack-reuse=
1299 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(stack_reuse_level) Var(flag_stack_reuse) Init(SR_ALL)
1300 -fstack-reuse=[all|named_vars|none] Set stack reuse level for local variables.
1301
1302 Enum
1303 Name(stack_reuse_level) Type(enum stack_reuse_level) UnknownError(unknown Stack Reuse Level %qs)
1304
1305 EnumValue
1306 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(all) Value(SR_ALL)
1307
1308 EnumValue
1309 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(named_vars) Value(SR_NAMED_VARS)
1310
1311 EnumValue
1312 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(none) Value(SR_NONE)
1313
1314 ftree-loop-if-convert
1315 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_if_convert) Init(-1) Optimization
1316 Convert conditional jumps in innermost loops to branchless equivalents
1317
1318 ftree-loop-if-convert-stores
1319 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_if_convert_stores) Optimization
1320 Also if-convert conditional jumps containing memory writes
1321
1322 ; -finhibit-size-directive inhibits output of .size for ELF.
1323 ; This is used only for compiling crtstuff.c,
1324 ; and it may be extended to other effects
1325 ; needed for crtstuff.c on other systems.
1326 finhibit-size-directive
1327 Common Report Var(flag_inhibit_size_directive)
1328 Do not generate .size directives
1329
1330 findirect-inlining
1331 Common Report Var(flag_indirect_inlining)
1332 Perform indirect inlining
1333
1334 ; General flag to enable inlining. Specifying -fno-inline will disable
1335 ; all inlining apart from always-inline functions.
1336 finline
1337 Common Report Var(flag_no_inline,0) Init(0) Optimization
1338 Enable inlining of function declared \"inline\", disabling disables all inlining
1339
1340 finline-small-functions
1341 Common Report Var(flag_inline_small_functions) Optimization
1342 Integrate functions into their callers when code size is known not to grow
1343
1344 finline-functions
1345 Common Report Var(flag_inline_functions) Optimization
1346 Integrate functions not declared \"inline\" into their callers when profitable
1347
1348 finline-functions-called-once
1349 Common Report Var(flag_inline_functions_called_once) Optimization
1350 Integrate functions only required by their single caller
1351
1352 finline-limit-
1353 Common RejectNegative Joined Alias(finline-limit=)
1354
1355 finline-limit=
1356 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1357 -finline-limit=<number> Limit the size of inlined functions to <number>
1358
1359 finline-atomics
1360 Common Report Var(flag_inline_atomics) Init(1) Optimization
1361 Inline __atomic operations when a lock free instruction sequence is available.
1362
1363 finstrument-functions
1364 Common Report Var(flag_instrument_function_entry_exit)
1365 Instrument function entry and exit with profiling calls
1366
1367 finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list=
1368 Common RejectNegative Joined
1369 -finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list=name,... Do not instrument listed functions
1370
1371 finstrument-functions-exclude-file-list=
1372 Common RejectNegative Joined
1373 -finstrument-functions-exclude-file-list=filename,... Do not instrument functions listed in files
1374
1375 fipa-cp
1376 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_cp) Optimization
1377 Perform interprocedural constant propagation
1378
1379 fipa-cp-clone
1380 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_cp_clone) Optimization
1381 Perform cloning to make Interprocedural constant propagation stronger
1382
1383 fipa-profile
1384 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_profile) Init(0) Optimization
1385 Perform interprocedural profile propagation
1386
1387 fipa-pta
1388 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_pta) Init(0) Optimization
1389 Perform interprocedural points-to analysis
1390
1391 fipa-pure-const
1392 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_pure_const) Init(0) Optimization
1393 Discover pure and const functions
1394
1395 fipa-reference
1396 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_reference) Init(0) Optimization
1397 Discover readonly and non addressable static variables
1398
1399 fipa-matrix-reorg
1400 Common Ignore
1401 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1402
1403 fipa-struct-reorg
1404 Common Ignore
1405 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1406
1407 fira-algorithm=
1408 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(ira_algorithm) Var(flag_ira_algorithm) Init(IRA_ALGORITHM_CB)
1409 -fira-algorithm=[CB|priority] Set the used IRA algorithm
1410
1411 Enum
1412 Name(ira_algorithm) Type(enum ira_algorithm) UnknownError(unknown IRA algorithm %qs)
1413
1414 EnumValue
1415 Enum(ira_algorithm) String(CB) Value(IRA_ALGORITHM_CB)
1416
1417 EnumValue
1418 Enum(ira_algorithm) String(priority) Value(IRA_ALGORITHM_PRIORITY)
1419
1420 fira-region=
1421 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(ira_region) Var(flag_ira_region) Init(IRA_REGION_AUTODETECT)
1422 -fira-region=[one|all|mixed] Set regions for IRA
1423
1424 Enum
1425 Name(ira_region) Type(enum ira_region) UnknownError(unknown IRA region %qs)
1426
1427 EnumValue
1428 Enum(ira_region) String(one) Value(IRA_REGION_ONE)
1429
1430 EnumValue
1431 Enum(ira_region) String(all) Value(IRA_REGION_ALL)
1432
1433 EnumValue
1434 Enum(ira_region) String(mixed) Value(IRA_REGION_MIXED)
1435
1436 fira-hoist-pressure
1437 Common Report Var(flag_ira_hoist_pressure) Init(1) Optimization
1438 Use IRA based register pressure calculation
1439 in RTL hoist optimizations.
1440
1441 fira-loop-pressure
1442 Common Report Var(flag_ira_loop_pressure)
1443 Use IRA based register pressure calculation
1444 in RTL loop optimizations.
1445
1446 fira-share-save-slots
1447 Common Report Var(flag_ira_share_save_slots) Init(1)
1448 Share slots for saving different hard registers.
1449
1450 fira-share-spill-slots
1451 Common Report Var(flag_ira_share_spill_slots) Init(1)
1452 Share stack slots for spilled pseudo-registers.
1453
1454 fira-verbose=
1455 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(flag_ira_verbose) Init(5)
1456 -fira-verbose=<number> Control IRA's level of diagnostic messages.
1457
1458 fivopts
1459 Common Report Var(flag_ivopts) Init(1) Optimization
1460 Optimize induction variables on trees
1461
1462 fjump-tables
1463 Common Var(flag_jump_tables) Init(1) Optimization
1464 Use jump tables for sufficiently large switch statements
1465
1466 fkeep-inline-functions
1467 Common Report Var(flag_keep_inline_functions)
1468 Generate code for functions even if they are fully inlined
1469
1470 fkeep-static-consts
1471 Common Report Var(flag_keep_static_consts) Init(1)
1472 Emit static const variables even if they are not used
1473
1474 fleading-underscore
1475 Common Report Var(flag_leading_underscore) Init(-1)
1476 Give external symbols a leading underscore
1477
1478 floop-optimize
1479 Common Ignore
1480 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1481
1482 flto
1483 Common
1484 Enable link-time optimization.
1485
1486 flto=
1487 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_lto)
1488 Link-time optimization with number of parallel jobs or jobserver.
1489
1490 flto-partition=1to1
1491 Common Var(flag_lto_partition_1to1)
1492 Partition symbols and vars at linktime based on object files they originate from
1493
1494 flto-partition=balanced
1495 Common Var(flag_lto_partition_balanced)
1496 Partition functions and vars at linktime into approximately same sized buckets
1497
1498 flto-partition=max
1499 Common Var(flag_lto_partition_max)
1500 Put every symbol into separate partition
1501
1502 flto-partition=none
1503 Common Var(flag_lto_partition_none)
1504 Disable partioning and streaming
1505
1506 ; The initial value of -1 comes from Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION in zlib.h.
1507 flto-compression-level=
1508 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_lto_compression_level) Init(-1)
1509 -flto-compression-level=<number> Use zlib compression level <number> for IL
1510
1511 flto-report
1512 Common Report Var(flag_lto_report) Init(0)
1513 Report various link-time optimization statistics
1514
1515 flto-report-wpa
1516 Common Report Var(flag_lto_report_wpa) Init(0)
1517 Report various link-time optimization statistics for WPA only
1518
1519 fmath-errno
1520 Common Report Var(flag_errno_math) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
1521 Set errno after built-in math functions
1522
1523 fmax-errors=
1524 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_max_errors)
1525 -fmax-errors=<number> Maximum number of errors to report
1526
1527 fmem-report
1528 Common Report Var(mem_report)
1529 Report on permanent memory allocation
1530
1531 fmem-report-wpa
1532 Common Report Var(mem_report_wpa)
1533 Report on permanent memory allocation in WPA only
1534
1535 ; This will attempt to merge constant section constants, if 1 only
1536 ; string constants and constants from constant pool, if 2 also constant
1537 ; variables.
1538 fmerge-all-constants
1539 Common Report Var(flag_merge_constants,2) Init(1) Optimization
1540 Attempt to merge identical constants and constant variables
1541
1542 fmerge-constants
1543 Common Report Var(flag_merge_constants,1) Optimization
1544 Attempt to merge identical constants across compilation units
1545
1546 fmerge-debug-strings
1547 Common Report Var(flag_merge_debug_strings) Init(1)
1548 Attempt to merge identical debug strings across compilation units
1549
1550 fmessage-length=
1551 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1552 -fmessage-length=<number> Limit diagnostics to <number> characters per line. 0 suppresses line-wrapping
1553
1554 fmodulo-sched
1555 Common Report Var(flag_modulo_sched) Optimization
1556 Perform SMS based modulo scheduling before the first scheduling pass
1557
1558 fmodulo-sched-allow-regmoves
1559 Common Report Var(flag_modulo_sched_allow_regmoves)
1560 Perform SMS based modulo scheduling with register moves allowed
1561
1562 fmove-loop-invariants
1563 Common Report Var(flag_move_loop_invariants) Init(1) Optimization
1564 Move loop invariant computations out of loops
1565
1566 fdce
1567 Common Var(flag_dce) Init(1) Optimization
1568 Use the RTL dead code elimination pass
1569
1570 fdse
1571 Common Var(flag_dse) Init(1) Optimization
1572 Use the RTL dead store elimination pass
1573
1574 freschedule-modulo-scheduled-loops
1575 Common Report Var(flag_resched_modulo_sched) Optimization
1576 Enable/Disable the traditional scheduling in loops that already passed modulo scheduling
1577
1578 fnon-call-exceptions
1579 Common Report Var(flag_non_call_exceptions) Optimization
1580 Support synchronous non-call exceptions
1581
1582 fomit-frame-pointer
1583 Common Report Var(flag_omit_frame_pointer) Optimization
1584 When possible do not generate stack frames
1585
1586 fopt-info
1587 Common Report Var(flag_opt_info) Optimization
1588 Enable all optimization info dumps on stderr
1589
1590 fopt-info-
1591 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1592 -fopt-info[-<type>=filename] Dump compiler optimization details
1593
1594 foptimize-register-move
1595 Common Ignore
1596 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1597
1598 foptimize-sibling-calls
1599 Common Report Var(flag_optimize_sibling_calls) Optimization
1600 Optimize sibling and tail recursive calls
1601
1602 fpartial-inlining
1603 Common Report Var(flag_partial_inlining)
1604 Perform partial inlining
1605
1606 fpre-ipa-mem-report
1607 Common Report Var(pre_ipa_mem_report)
1608 Report on memory allocation before interprocedural optimization
1609
1610 fpost-ipa-mem-report
1611 Common Report Var(post_ipa_mem_report)
1612 Report on memory allocation before interprocedural optimization
1613
1614 fpack-struct
1615 Common Report Var(flag_pack_struct) Optimization
1616 Pack structure members together without holes
1617
1618 fpack-struct=
1619 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
1620 -fpack-struct=<number> Set initial maximum structure member alignment
1621
1622 fpcc-struct-return
1623 Common Report Var(flag_pcc_struct_return,1) Init(DEFAULT_PCC_STRUCT_RETURN)
1624 Return small aggregates in memory, not registers
1625
1626 fpeel-loops
1627 Common Report Var(flag_peel_loops) Optimization
1628 Perform loop peeling
1629
1630 fpeephole
1631 Common Report Var(flag_no_peephole,0) Optimization
1632 Enable machine specific peephole optimizations
1633
1634 fpeephole2
1635 Common Report Var(flag_peephole2) Optimization
1636 Enable an RTL peephole pass before sched2
1637
1638 fPIC
1639 Common Report Var(flag_pic,2) Negative(fPIE)
1640 Generate position-independent code if possible (large mode)
1641
1642 fPIE
1643 Common Report Var(flag_pie,2) Negative(fpic)
1644 Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (large mode)
1645
1646 fpic
1647 Common Report Var(flag_pic,1) Negative(fpie)
1648 Generate position-independent code if possible (small mode)
1649
1650 fpie
1651 Common Report Var(flag_pie,1) Negative(fPIC)
1652 Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (small mode)
1653
1654 fplugin=
1655 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1656 Specify a plugin to load
1657
1658 fplugin-arg-
1659 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1660 -fplugin-arg-<name>-<key>[=<value>] Specify argument <key>=<value> for plugin <name>
1661
1662 fpredictive-commoning
1663 Common Report Var(flag_predictive_commoning) Optimization
1664 Run predictive commoning optimization.
1665
1666 fprefetch-loop-arrays
1667 Common Report Var(flag_prefetch_loop_arrays) Init(-1) Optimization
1668 Generate prefetch instructions, if available, for arrays in loops
1669
1670 fprofile
1671 Common Report Var(profile_flag)
1672 Enable basic program profiling code
1673
1674 fprofile-arcs
1675 Common Report Var(profile_arc_flag)
1676 Insert arc-based program profiling code
1677
1678 fprofile-dir=
1679 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_data_prefix)
1680 Set the top-level directory for storing the profile data.
1681 The default is 'pwd'.
1682
1683 fprofile-correction
1684 Common Report Var(flag_profile_correction)
1685 Enable correction of flow inconsistent profile data input
1686
1687 fprofile-generate
1688 Common
1689 Enable common options for generating profile info for profile feedback directed optimizations
1690
1691 fprofile-generate=
1692 Common Joined RejectNegative
1693 Enable common options for generating profile info for profile feedback directed optimizations, and set -fprofile-dir=
1694
1695 fprofile-use
1696 Common Var(flag_profile_use)
1697 Enable common options for performing profile feedback directed optimizations
1698
1699 fprofile-use=
1700 Common Joined RejectNegative
1701 Enable common options for performing profile feedback directed optimizations, and set -fprofile-dir=
1702
1703 fprofile-values
1704 Common Report Var(flag_profile_values)
1705 Insert code to profile values of expressions
1706
1707 fprofile-report
1708 Common Report Var(profile_report)
1709 Report on consistency of profile
1710
1711 frandom-seed
1712 Common Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1713
1714 frandom-seed=
1715 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1716 -frandom-seed=<string> Make compile reproducible using <string>
1717
1718 ; This switch causes the command line that was used to create an
1719 ; object file to be recorded into the object file. The exact format
1720 ; of this recording is target and binary file format dependent.
1721 ; It is related to the -fverbose-asm switch, but that switch only
1722 ; records information in the assembler output file as comments, so
1723 ; they never reach the object file.
1724 frecord-gcc-switches
1725 Common Report Var(flag_record_gcc_switches)
1726 Record gcc command line switches in the object file.
1727
1728 freg-struct-return
1729 Common Report Var(flag_pcc_struct_return,0) Optimization
1730 Return small aggregates in registers
1731
1732 fregmove
1733 Common Ignore
1734 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1735
1736 flive-range-shrinkage
1737 Common Report Var(flag_live_range_shrinkage) Init(0) Optimization
1738 Relief of register pressure through live range shrinkage
1739
1740 frename-registers
1741 Common Report Var(flag_rename_registers) Init(2) Optimization
1742 Perform a register renaming optimization pass
1743
1744 freorder-blocks
1745 Common Report Var(flag_reorder_blocks) Optimization
1746 Reorder basic blocks to improve code placement
1747
1748 freorder-blocks-and-partition
1749 Common Report Var(flag_reorder_blocks_and_partition) Optimization
1750 Reorder basic blocks and partition into hot and cold sections
1751
1752 freorder-functions
1753 Common Report Var(flag_reorder_functions) Optimization
1754 Reorder functions to improve code placement
1755
1756 frerun-cse-after-loop
1757 Common Report Var(flag_rerun_cse_after_loop) Optimization
1758 Add a common subexpression elimination pass after loop optimizations
1759
1760 frerun-loop-opt
1761 Common Ignore
1762 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1763
1764 frounding-math
1765 Common Report Var(flag_rounding_math) Optimization SetByCombined
1766 Disable optimizations that assume default FP rounding behavior
1767
1768 fsched-interblock
1769 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_interblock) Init(1) Optimization
1770 Enable scheduling across basic blocks
1771
1772 fsched-pressure
1773 Common Report Var(flag_sched_pressure) Init(0) Optimization
1774 Enable register pressure sensitive insn scheduling
1775
1776 fsched-spec
1777 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_speculative) Init(1) Optimization
1778 Allow speculative motion of non-loads
1779
1780 fsched-spec-load
1781 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_speculative_load) Optimization
1782 Allow speculative motion of some loads
1783
1784 fsched-spec-load-dangerous
1785 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_speculative_load_dangerous) Optimization
1786 Allow speculative motion of more loads
1787
1788 fsched-verbose=
1789 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(sched_verbose_param)
1790 -fsched-verbose=<number> Set the verbosity level of the scheduler
1791
1792 fsched2-use-superblocks
1793 Common Report Var(flag_sched2_use_superblocks) Optimization
1794 If scheduling post reload, do superblock scheduling
1795
1796 fsched2-use-traces
1797 Common Ignore
1798 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1799
1800 fschedule-insns
1801 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_insns) Optimization
1802 Reschedule instructions before register allocation
1803
1804 fschedule-insns2
1805 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_insns_after_reload) Optimization
1806 Reschedule instructions after register allocation
1807
1808 ; This flag should be on when a target implements non-trivial
1809 ; scheduling hooks, maybe saving some information for its own sake.
1810 ; On IA64, for example, this is used for correct bundling.
1811 fselective-scheduling
1812 Common Report Var(flag_selective_scheduling) Optimization
1813 Schedule instructions using selective scheduling algorithm
1814
1815 fselective-scheduling2
1816 Common Report Var(flag_selective_scheduling2) Optimization
1817 Run selective scheduling after reload
1818
1819 fsel-sched-pipelining
1820 Common Report Var(flag_sel_sched_pipelining) Init(0) Optimization
1821 Perform software pipelining of inner loops during selective scheduling
1822
1823 fsel-sched-pipelining-outer-loops
1824 Common Report Var(flag_sel_sched_pipelining_outer_loops) Init(0) Optimization
1825 Perform software pipelining of outer loops during selective scheduling
1826
1827 fsel-sched-reschedule-pipelined
1828 Common Report Var(flag_sel_sched_reschedule_pipelined) Init(0) Optimization
1829 Reschedule pipelined regions without pipelining
1830
1831 ; sched_stalled_insns means that insns can be moved prematurely from the queue
1832 ; of stalled insns into the ready list.
1833 fsched-stalled-insns
1834 Common Report Var(flag_sched_stalled_insns) Optimization UInteger
1835 Allow premature scheduling of queued insns
1836
1837 fsched-stalled-insns=
1838 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1839 -fsched-stalled-insns=<number> Set number of queued insns that can be prematurely scheduled
1840
1841 ; sched_stalled_insns_dep controls how many recently scheduled cycles will
1842 ; be examined for a dependency on a stalled insn that is candidate for
1843 ; premature removal from the queue of stalled insns into the ready list (has
1844 ; an effect only if the flag 'sched_stalled_insns' is set).
1845 fsched-stalled-insns-dep
1846 Common Report Var(flag_sched_stalled_insns_dep,1) Init(1) Optimization UInteger
1847 Set dependence distance checking in premature scheduling of queued insns
1848
1849 fsched-stalled-insns-dep=
1850 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1851 -fsched-stalled-insns-dep=<number> Set dependence distance checking in premature scheduling of queued insns
1852
1853 fsched-group-heuristic
1854 Common Report Var(flag_sched_group_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
1855 Enable the group heuristic in the scheduler
1856
1857 fsched-critical-path-heuristic
1858 Common Report Var(flag_sched_critical_path_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
1859 Enable the critical path heuristic in the scheduler
1860
1861 fsched-spec-insn-heuristic
1862 Common Report Var(flag_sched_spec_insn_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
1863 Enable the speculative instruction heuristic in the scheduler
1864
1865 fsched-rank-heuristic
1866 Common Report Var(flag_sched_rank_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
1867 Enable the rank heuristic in the scheduler
1868
1869 fsched-last-insn-heuristic
1870 Common Report Var(flag_sched_last_insn_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
1871 Enable the last instruction heuristic in the scheduler
1872
1873 fsched-dep-count-heuristic
1874 Common Report Var(flag_sched_dep_count_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
1875 Enable the dependent count heuristic in the scheduler
1876
1877 fsection-anchors
1878 Common Report Var(flag_section_anchors) Optimization
1879 Access data in the same section from shared anchor points
1880
1881 fsee
1882 Common Ignore
1883 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1884
1885 fzee
1886 Common Ignore
1887 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1888
1889 free
1890 Common Report Var(flag_ree) Init(0)
1891 Turn on Redundant Extensions Elimination pass.
1892
1893 fshow-column
1894 Common Report Var(flag_show_column) Init(1)
1895 Show column numbers in diagnostics, when available. Default on
1896
1897 fshrink-wrap
1898 Common Report Var(flag_shrink_wrap) Optimization
1899 Emit function prologues only before parts of the function that need it,
1900 rather than at the top of the function.
1901
1902 fsignaling-nans
1903 Common Report Var(flag_signaling_nans) Optimization SetByCombined
1904 Disable optimizations observable by IEEE signaling NaNs
1905
1906 fsigned-zeros
1907 Common Report Var(flag_signed_zeros) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
1908 Disable floating point optimizations that ignore the IEEE signedness of zero
1909
1910 fsingle-precision-constant
1911 Common Report Var(flag_single_precision_constant) Optimization
1912 Convert floating point constants to single precision constants
1913
1914 fsplit-ivs-in-unroller
1915 Common Report Var(flag_split_ivs_in_unroller) Init(1) Optimization
1916 Split lifetimes of induction variables when loops are unrolled
1917
1918 fsplit-stack
1919 Common Report Var(flag_split_stack) Init(-1)
1920 Generate discontiguous stack frames
1921
1922 fsplit-wide-types
1923 Common Report Var(flag_split_wide_types) Optimization
1924 Split wide types into independent registers
1925
1926 fvariable-expansion-in-unroller
1927 Common Report Var(flag_variable_expansion_in_unroller) Optimization
1928 Apply variable expansion when loops are unrolled
1929
1930 fstack-check=
1931 Common Report RejectNegative Joined
1932 -fstack-check=[no|generic|specific] Insert stack checking code into the program
1933
1934 fstack-check
1935 Common Alias(fstack-check=, specific, no)
1936 Insert stack checking code into the program. Same as -fstack-check=specific
1937
1938 fstack-limit
1939 Common Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1940
1941 fstack-limit-register=
1942 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1943 -fstack-limit-register=<register> Trap if the stack goes past <register>
1944
1945 fstack-limit-symbol=
1946 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1947 -fstack-limit-symbol=<name> Trap if the stack goes past symbol <name>
1948
1949 fstack-protector
1950 Common Report Var(flag_stack_protect, 1)
1951 Use propolice as a stack protection method
1952
1953 fstack-protector-all
1954 Common Report RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 2)
1955 Use a stack protection method for every function
1956
1957 fstack-protector-strong
1958 Common Report RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 3)
1959 Use a smart stack protection method for certain functions
1960
1961 fstack-usage
1962 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_usage)
1963 Output stack usage information on a per-function basis
1964
1965 fstrength-reduce
1966 Common Ignore
1967 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1968
1969 ; Nonzero if we should do (language-dependent) alias analysis.
1970 ; Typically, this analysis will assume that expressions of certain
1971 ; types do not alias expressions of certain other types. Only used
1972 ; if alias analysis (in general) is enabled.
1973 fstrict-aliasing
1974 Common Report Var(flag_strict_aliasing) Optimization
1975 Assume strict aliasing rules apply
1976
1977 fstrict-overflow
1978 Common Report Var(flag_strict_overflow)
1979 Treat signed overflow as undefined
1980
1981 fsync-libcalls
1982 Common Report Var(flag_sync_libcalls) Init(1)
1983 Implement __atomic operations via libcalls to legacy __sync functions
1984
1985 fsyntax-only
1986 Common Report Var(flag_syntax_only)
1987 Check for syntax errors, then stop
1988
1989 ftest-coverage
1990 Common Report Var(flag_test_coverage)
1991 Create data files needed by \"gcov\"
1992
1993 fthread-jumps
1994 Common Report Var(flag_thread_jumps) Optimization
1995 Perform jump threading optimizations
1996
1997 ftime-report
1998 Common Report Var(time_report)
1999 Report the time taken by each compiler pass
2000
2001 ftls-model=
2002 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(tls_model) Var(flag_tls_default) Init(TLS_MODEL_GLOBAL_DYNAMIC)
2003 -ftls-model=[global-dynamic|local-dynamic|initial-exec|local-exec] Set the default thread-local storage code generation model
2004
2005 Enum
2006 Name(tls_model) Type(enum tls_model) UnknownError(unknown TLS model %qs)
2007
2008 EnumValue
2009 Enum(tls_model) String(global-dynamic) Value(TLS_MODEL_GLOBAL_DYNAMIC)
2010
2011 EnumValue
2012 Enum(tls_model) String(local-dynamic) Value(TLS_MODEL_LOCAL_DYNAMIC)
2013
2014 EnumValue
2015 Enum(tls_model) String(initial-exec) Value(TLS_MODEL_INITIAL_EXEC)
2016
2017 EnumValue
2018 Enum(tls_model) String(local-exec) Value(TLS_MODEL_LOCAL_EXEC)
2019
2020 ftoplevel-reorder
2021 Common Report Var(flag_toplevel_reorder) Init(2) Optimization
2022 Reorder top level functions, variables, and asms
2023
2024 ftracer
2025 Common Report Var(flag_tracer)
2026 Perform superblock formation via tail duplication
2027
2028 ; Zero means that floating-point math operations cannot generate a
2029 ; (user-visible) trap. This is the case, for example, in nonstop
2030 ; IEEE 754 arithmetic.
2031 ftrapping-math
2032 Common Report Var(flag_trapping_math) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
2033 Assume floating-point operations can trap
2034
2035 ftrapv
2036 Common Report Var(flag_trapv) Optimization
2037 Trap for signed overflow in addition, subtraction and multiplication
2038
2039 ftree-ccp
2040 Common Report Var(flag_tree_ccp) Optimization
2041 Enable SSA-CCP optimization on trees
2042
2043 ftree-bit-ccp
2044 Common Report Var(flag_tree_bit_ccp) Optimization
2045 Enable SSA-BIT-CCP optimization on trees
2046
2047 ftree-store-ccp
2048 Common Ignore
2049 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2050
2051 ftree-ch
2052 Common Report Var(flag_tree_ch) Optimization
2053 Enable loop header copying on trees
2054
2055 ftree-coalesce-inlined-vars
2056 Common Report Var(flag_ssa_coalesce_vars,1) Init(2) RejectNegative Optimization
2057 Enable coalescing of copy-related user variables that are inlined
2058
2059 ftree-coalesce-vars
2060 Common Report Var(flag_ssa_coalesce_vars,2) Optimization
2061 Enable coalescing of all copy-related user variables
2062
2063 ftree-copyrename
2064 Common Report Var(flag_tree_copyrename) Optimization
2065 Replace SSA temporaries with better names in copies
2066
2067 ftree-copy-prop
2068 Common Report Var(flag_tree_copy_prop) Optimization
2069 Enable copy propagation on trees
2070
2071 ftree-store-copy-prop
2072 Common Ignore
2073 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2074
2075 ftree-cselim
2076 Common Report Var(flag_tree_cselim) Init(2) Optimization
2077 Transform condition stores into unconditional ones
2078
2079 ftree-switch-conversion
2080 Common Report Var(flag_tree_switch_conversion) Optimization
2081 Perform conversions of switch initializations.
2082
2083 ftree-dce
2084 Common Report Var(flag_tree_dce) Optimization
2085 Enable SSA dead code elimination optimization on trees
2086
2087 ftree-dominator-opts
2088 Common Report Var(flag_tree_dom) Optimization
2089 Enable dominator optimizations
2090
2091 ftree-tail-merge
2092 Common Report Var(flag_tree_tail_merge) Optimization
2093 Enable tail merging on trees
2094
2095 ftree-dse
2096 Common Report Var(flag_tree_dse) Optimization
2097 Enable dead store elimination
2098
2099 ftree-forwprop
2100 Common Report Var(flag_tree_forwprop) Init(1) Optimization
2101 Enable forward propagation on trees
2102
2103 ftree-fre
2104 Common Report Var(flag_tree_fre) Optimization
2105 Enable Full Redundancy Elimination (FRE) on trees
2106
2107 foptimize-strlen
2108 Common Report Var(flag_optimize_strlen) Optimization
2109 Enable string length optimizations on trees
2110
2111 fisolate-erroneous-paths
2112 Common Report Var(flag_isolate_erroneous_paths) Optimization
2113 Detect paths which trigger erroneous or undefined behaviour. Isolate those
2114 paths from the main control flow and turn the statement with erroneous or
2115 undefined behaviour into a trap.
2116
2117 ftree-loop-distribution
2118 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_distribution) Optimization
2119 Enable loop distribution on trees
2120
2121 ftree-loop-distribute-patterns
2122 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_distribute_patterns) Optimization
2123 Enable loop distribution for patterns transformed into a library call
2124
2125 ftree-loop-im
2126 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_im) Init(1) Optimization
2127 Enable loop invariant motion on trees
2128
2129 ftree-loop-linear
2130 Common Alias(floop-interchange)
2131 Enable loop interchange transforms. Same as -floop-interchange
2132
2133 ftree-loop-ivcanon
2134 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_ivcanon) Init(1) Optimization
2135 Create canonical induction variables in loops
2136
2137 ftree-loop-optimize
2138 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_optimize) Init(1) Optimization
2139 Enable loop optimizations on tree level
2140
2141 ftree-parallelize-loops=
2142 Common Report Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_tree_parallelize_loops) Init(1)
2143 Enable automatic parallelization of loops
2144
2145 ftree-phiprop
2146 Common Report Var(flag_tree_phiprop) Init(1) Optimization
2147 Enable hoisting loads from conditional pointers.
2148
2149 ftree-pre
2150 Common Report Var(flag_tree_pre) Optimization
2151 Enable SSA-PRE optimization on trees
2152
2153 ftree-partial-pre
2154 Common Report Var(flag_tree_partial_pre) Optimization
2155 In SSA-PRE optimization on trees, enable partial-partial redundancy elimination
2156
2157 ftree-pta
2158 Common Report Var(flag_tree_pta) Init(1) Optimization
2159 Perform function-local points-to analysis on trees.
2160
2161 ftree-reassoc
2162 Common Report Var(flag_tree_reassoc) Init(1) Optimization
2163 Enable reassociation on tree level
2164
2165 ftree-salias
2166 Common Ignore
2167 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2168
2169 ftree-sink
2170 Common Report Var(flag_tree_sink) Optimization
2171 Enable SSA code sinking on trees
2172
2173 ftree-slsr
2174 Common Report Var(flag_tree_slsr) Optimization
2175 Perform straight-line strength reduction
2176
2177 ftree-sra
2178 Common Report Var(flag_tree_sra) Optimization
2179 Perform scalar replacement of aggregates
2180
2181 ftree-ter
2182 Common Report Var(flag_tree_ter) Optimization
2183 Replace temporary expressions in the SSA->normal pass
2184
2185 ftree-lrs
2186 Common Report Var(flag_tree_live_range_split) Optimization
2187 Perform live range splitting during the SSA->normal pass
2188
2189 ftree-vrp
2190 Common Report Var(flag_tree_vrp) Init(0) Optimization
2191 Perform Value Range Propagation on trees
2192
2193 funit-at-a-time
2194 Common Report Var(flag_unit_at_a_time) Init(1) Optimization
2195 Compile whole compilation unit at a time
2196
2197 funroll-loops
2198 Common Report Var(flag_unroll_loops) Optimization
2199 Perform loop unrolling when iteration count is known
2200
2201 funroll-all-loops
2202 Common Report Var(flag_unroll_all_loops) Optimization
2203 Perform loop unrolling for all loops
2204
2205 ; Nonzero means that loop optimizer may assume that the induction variables
2206 ; that control loops do not overflow and that the loops with nontrivial
2207 ; exit condition are not infinite
2208 funsafe-loop-optimizations
2209 Common Report Var(flag_unsafe_loop_optimizations) Optimization
2210 Allow loop optimizations to assume that the loops behave in normal way
2211
2212 fassociative-math
2213 Common Report Var(flag_associative_math) SetByCombined
2214 Allow optimization for floating-point arithmetic which may change the
2215 result of the operation due to rounding.
2216
2217 freciprocal-math
2218 Common Report Var(flag_reciprocal_math) SetByCombined
2219 Same as -fassociative-math for expressions which include division.
2220
2221 ; Nonzero means that unsafe floating-point math optimizations are allowed
2222 ; for the sake of speed. IEEE compliance is not guaranteed, and operations
2223 ; are allowed to assume that their arguments and results are "normal"
2224 ; (e.g., nonnegative for SQRT).
2225 funsafe-math-optimizations
2226 Common Report Var(flag_unsafe_math_optimizations) Optimization SetByCombined
2227 Allow math optimizations that may violate IEEE or ISO standards
2228
2229 funswitch-loops
2230 Common Report Var(flag_unswitch_loops) Optimization
2231 Perform loop unswitching
2232
2233 funwind-tables
2234 Common Report Var(flag_unwind_tables) Optimization
2235 Just generate unwind tables for exception handling
2236
2237 fuse-ld=bfd
2238 Common Negative(fuse-ld=gold)
2239 Use the bfd linker instead of the default linker
2240
2241 fuse-ld=gold
2242 Common Negative(fuse-ld=bfd)
2243 Use the gold linker instead of the default linker
2244
2245 fuse-linker-plugin
2246 Common Undocumented
2247
2248 ; Positive if we should track variables, negative if we should run
2249 ; the var-tracking pass only to discard debug annotations, zero if
2250 ; we're not to run it. When flag_var_tracking == 2 (AUTODETECT_VALUE) it
2251 ; will be set according to optimize, debug_info_level and debug_hooks
2252 ; in process_options ().
2253 fvar-tracking
2254 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking) Init(2) Optimization
2255 Perform variable tracking
2256
2257 ; Positive if we should track variables at assignments, negative if
2258 ; we should run the var-tracking pass only to discard debug
2259 ; annotations. When flag_var_tracking_assignments ==
2260 ; AUTODETECT_VALUE it will be set according to flag_var_tracking.
2261 fvar-tracking-assignments
2262 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking_assignments) Init(2) Optimization
2263 Perform variable tracking by annotating assignments
2264
2265 ; Nonzero if we should toggle flag_var_tracking_assignments after
2266 ; processing options and computing its default. */
2267 fvar-tracking-assignments-toggle
2268 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking_assignments_toggle) Optimization
2269 Toggle -fvar-tracking-assignments
2270
2271 ; Positive if we should track uninitialized variables, negative if
2272 ; we should run the var-tracking pass only to discard debug
2273 ; annotations. When flag_var_tracking_uninit == AUTODETECT_VALUE it
2274 ; will be set according to flag_var_tracking.
2275 fvar-tracking-uninit
2276 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking_uninit) Optimization
2277 Perform variable tracking and also tag variables that are uninitialized
2278
2279 ftree-vectorize
2280 Common Report Var(flag_tree_vectorize) Optimization
2281 Enable vectorization on trees
2282
2283 ftree-vectorizer-verbose=
2284 Common Joined RejectNegative Ignore
2285 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2286
2287 ftree-loop-vectorize
2288 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_vectorize) Optimization
2289 Enable loop vectorization on trees
2290
2291 ftree-slp-vectorize
2292 Common Report Var(flag_tree_slp_vectorize) Optimization
2293 Enable basic block vectorization (SLP) on trees
2294
2295 fvect-cost-model=
2296 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vect_cost_model) Var(flag_vect_cost_model) Init(VECT_COST_MODEL_DEFAULT)
2297 Specifies the cost model for vectorization
2298
2299 Enum
2300 Name(vect_cost_model) Type(enum vect_cost_model) UnknownError(unknown vectorizer cost model %qs)
2301
2302 EnumValue
2303 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(unlimited) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_UNLIMITED)
2304
2305 EnumValue
2306 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(dynamic) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_DYNAMIC)
2307
2308 EnumValue
2309 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(cheap) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_CHEAP)
2310
2311 fvect-cost-model
2312 Common RejectNegative Alias(fvect-cost-model=,dynamic)
2313 Enables the dynamic vectorizer cost model. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2314
2315 fno-vect-cost-model
2316 Common RejectNegative Alias(fvect-cost-model=,unlimited)
2317 Enables the unlimited vectorizer cost model. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2318
2319 ftree-vect-loop-version
2320 Common Ignore
2321 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2322
2323 ftree-scev-cprop
2324 Common Report Var(flag_tree_scev_cprop) Init(1) Optimization
2325 Enable copy propagation of scalar-evolution information.
2326
2327 ; -fverbose-asm causes extra commentary information to be produced in
2328 ; the generated assembly code (to make it more readable). This option
2329 ; is generally only of use to those who actually need to read the
2330 ; generated assembly code (perhaps while debugging the compiler itself).
2331 ; -fno-verbose-asm, the default, causes the extra information
2332 ; to not be added and is useful when comparing two assembler files.
2333 fverbose-asm
2334 Common Report Var(flag_verbose_asm)
2335 Add extra commentary to assembler output
2336
2337 fvisibility=
2338 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(symbol_visibility) Var(default_visibility) Init(VISIBILITY_DEFAULT)
2339 -fvisibility=[default|internal|hidden|protected] Set the default symbol visibility
2340
2341 Enum
2342 Name(symbol_visibility) Type(enum symbol_visibility) UnknownError(unrecognized visibility value %qs)
2343
2344 EnumValue
2345 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(default) Value(VISIBILITY_DEFAULT)
2346
2347 EnumValue
2348 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(internal) Value(VISIBILITY_INTERNAL)
2349
2350 EnumValue
2351 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(hidden) Value(VISIBILITY_HIDDEN)
2352
2353 EnumValue
2354 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(protected) Value(VISIBILITY_PROTECTED)
2355
2356 fvtable-verify=
2357 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vtv_priority) Var(flag_vtable_verify) Init(VTV_NO_PRIORITY)
2358 Validate vtable pointers before using them.
2359
2360 Enum
2361 Name(vtv_priority) Type(enum vtv_priority) UnknownError(unknown vtable verify initialization priority %qs)
2362
2363 EnumValue
2364 Enum(vtv_priority) String(none) Value(VTV_NO_PRIORITY)
2365
2366 EnumValue
2367 Enum(vtv_priority) String(std) Value(VTV_STANDARD_PRIORITY)
2368
2369 EnumValue
2370 Enum(vtv_priority) String(preinit) Value(VTV_PREINIT_PRIORITY)
2371
2372 fvtv-counts
2373 Common Var(flag_vtv_counts)
2374 Output vtable verification counters.
2375
2376 fvtv-debug
2377 Common Var(flag_vtv_debug)
2378 Output vtable verification pointer sets information.
2379
2380 fvpt
2381 Common Report Var(flag_value_profile_transformations) Optimization
2382 Use expression value profiles in optimizations
2383
2384 fweb
2385 Common Report Var(flag_web) Init(2) Optimization
2386 Construct webs and split unrelated uses of single variable
2387
2388 ftree-builtin-call-dce
2389 Common Report Var(flag_tree_builtin_call_dce) Init(0) Optimization
2390 Enable conditional dead code elimination for builtin calls
2391
2392 fwhole-program
2393 Common Report Var(flag_whole_program) Init(0) Optimization
2394 Perform whole program optimizations
2395
2396 fwrapv
2397 Common Report Var(flag_wrapv) Optimization
2398 Assume signed arithmetic overflow wraps around
2399
2400 fzero-initialized-in-bss
2401 Common Report Var(flag_zero_initialized_in_bss) Init(1)
2402 Put zero initialized data in the bss section
2403
2404 g
2405 Common JoinedOrMissing
2406 Generate debug information in default format
2407
2408 gcoff
2409 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gdwarf)
2410 Generate debug information in COFF format
2411
2412 gdwarf
2413 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gdwarf-)
2414 Generate debug information in default version of DWARF format
2415
2416 gdwarf-
2417 Common Joined UInteger Var(dwarf_version) Init(4) Negative(gstabs)
2418 Generate debug information in DWARF v2 (or later) format
2419
2420 ggdb
2421 Common JoinedOrMissing
2422 Generate debug information in default extended format
2423
2424 gno-pubnames
2425 Common Negative(gpubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 0) Init(-1)
2426 Don't generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections.
2427
2428 gpubnames
2429 Common Negative(ggnu-pubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 1)
2430 Generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections.
2431
2432 ggnu-pubnames
2433 Common Negative(gno-pubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 2)
2434 Generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections with GNU extensions.
2435
2436 gno-record-gcc-switches
2437 Common RejectNegative Var(dwarf_record_gcc_switches,0) Init(1)
2438 Don't record gcc command line switches in DWARF DW_AT_producer.
2439
2440 grecord-gcc-switches
2441 Common RejectNegative Var(dwarf_record_gcc_switches,1)
2442 Record gcc command line switches in DWARF DW_AT_producer.
2443
2444 gno-split-dwarf
2445 Common Driver RejectNegative Var(dwarf_split_debug_info,0) Init(0)
2446 Don't generate debug information in separate .dwo files
2447
2448 gsplit-dwarf
2449 Common Driver RejectNegative Var(dwarf_split_debug_info,1)
2450 Generate debug information in separate .dwo files
2451
2452 gstabs
2453 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gstabs+)
2454 Generate debug information in STABS format
2455
2456 gstabs+
2457 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gvms)
2458 Generate debug information in extended STABS format
2459
2460 gno-strict-dwarf
2461 Common RejectNegative Var(dwarf_strict,0) Init(0)
2462 Emit DWARF additions beyond selected version
2463
2464 gstrict-dwarf
2465 Common Report RejectNegative Var(dwarf_strict,1)
2466 Don't emit DWARF additions beyond selected version
2467
2468 gtoggle
2469 Common Report Var(flag_gtoggle)
2470 Toggle debug information generation
2471
2472 gvms
2473 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gxcoff)
2474 Generate debug information in VMS format
2475
2476 gxcoff
2477 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gxcoff+)
2478 Generate debug information in XCOFF format
2479
2480 gxcoff+
2481 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gcoff)
2482 Generate debug information in extended XCOFF format
2483
2484 h
2485 Driver Joined Separate
2486
2487 iplugindir=
2488 Common Joined Var(plugindir_string) Init(0)
2489 -iplugindir=<dir> Set <dir> to be the default plugin directory
2490
2491 imultiarch
2492 Common Joined Separate RejectDriver Var(imultiarch) Init(0)
2493 -imultiarch <dir> Set <dir> to be the multiarch include subdirectory
2494
2495 l
2496 Driver Joined Separate
2497
2498 n
2499 Driver
2500
2501 no-canonical-prefixes
2502 Driver
2503
2504 nodefaultlibs
2505 Driver
2506
2507 nostartfiles
2508 Driver
2509
2510 nostdlib
2511 Driver
2512
2513 o
2514 Common Driver Joined Separate Var(asm_file_name) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
2515 -o <file> Place output into <file>
2516
2517 p
2518 Common Var(profile_flag)
2519 Enable function profiling
2520
2521 pass-exit-codes
2522 Driver Var(pass_exit_codes)
2523
2524 pedantic
2525 Common Alias(Wpedantic)
2526
2527 pedantic-errors
2528 Common Var(flag_pedantic_errors)
2529 Like -pedantic but issue them as errors
2530
2531 pg
2532 Driver
2533
2534 pipe
2535 Driver Var(use_pipes)
2536
2537 print-file-name=
2538 Driver JoinedOrMissing Var(print_file_name)
2539
2540 print-libgcc-file-name
2541 Driver
2542
2543 print-multi-directory
2544 Driver Var(print_multi_directory)
2545
2546 print-multi-lib
2547 Driver Var(print_multi_lib)
2548
2549 print-multi-os-directory
2550 Driver Var(print_multi_os_directory)
2551
2552 print-multiarch
2553 Driver Var(print_multiarch)
2554
2555 print-prog-name=
2556 Driver JoinedOrMissing Var(print_prog_name)
2557
2558 print-search-dirs
2559 Driver Var(print_search_dirs)
2560
2561 print-sysroot
2562 Driver Var(print_sysroot)
2563
2564 print-sysroot-headers-suffix
2565 Driver Var(print_sysroot_headers_suffix)
2566
2567 quiet
2568 Common Var(quiet_flag) RejectDriver
2569 Do not display functions compiled or elapsed time
2570
2571 r
2572 Driver
2573
2574 s
2575 Driver
2576
2577 save-temps
2578 Driver
2579
2580 save-temps=
2581 Driver Joined
2582
2583 t
2584 Driver
2585
2586 time
2587 Driver Var(report_times)
2588
2589 time=
2590 Driver JoinedOrMissing
2591
2592 u
2593 Driver Joined Separate
2594
2595 undef
2596 Driver
2597 ; C option, but driver must not handle as "-u ndef".
2598
2599 v
2600 Common Driver Var(verbose_flag)
2601 Enable verbose output
2602
2603 version
2604 Common Var(version_flag) RejectDriver
2605 Display the compiler's version
2606
2607 w
2608 Common Var(inhibit_warnings)
2609 Suppress warnings
2610
2611 wrapper
2612 Driver Separate Var(wrapper_string)
2613
2614 x
2615 Driver Joined Separate
2616
2617 shared
2618 Driver RejectNegative Negative(pie)
2619 Create a shared library
2620
2621 shared-libgcc
2622 Driver
2623
2624 specs
2625 Driver Separate Alias(specs=)
2626
2627 specs=
2628 Driver Joined
2629
2630 static
2631 Driver
2632
2633 static-libgcc
2634 Driver
2635
2636 static-libgfortran
2637 Driver
2638 ; Documented for Fortran, but always accepted by driver.
2639
2640 static-libstdc++
2641 Driver
2642
2643 static-libgo
2644 Driver
2645 ; Documented for Go, but always accepted by driver.
2646
2647 static-libasan
2648 Driver
2649
2650 static-libtsan
2651 Driver
2652
2653 static-libubsan
2654 Driver
2655
2656 symbolic
2657 Driver
2658
2659 pie
2660 Driver RejectNegative Negative(shared)
2661 Create a position independent executable
2662
2663 z
2664 Driver Joined Separate
2665
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