1 ; Options for the language- and target-independent parts of the compiler.
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22 ; See the GCC internals manual (options.texi) for a description of this file's format.
24 ; Please try to keep this file in ASCII collating order.
35 ; Not used directly to control optimizations, only to save -Ofast
36 ; setting for "optimize" attributes.
40 ; True if this is the lto front end. This is used to disable gimple
41 ; generation and lowering passes that are normally run on the output
42 ; of a front end. These passes must be bypassed for lto since they
43 ; have already been done before the gimple was written.
47 ; 0 means straightforward implementation of complex divide acceptable.
48 ; 1 means wide ranges of inputs must work for complex divide.
49 ; 2 means C99-like requirements for complex multiply and divide.
51 int flag_complex_method = 1
53 ; Nonzero if subexpressions must be evaluated from left-to-right.
55 int flag_evaluation_order = 0
57 ; Language specific warning pass for unused results.
59 bool flag_warn_unused_result = false
64 ; Nonzero if we should write GIMPLE bytecode for link-time optimization.
68 ; True to warn about any objects definitions whose size is larger
69 ; than N bytes. Also want about function definitions whose returned
70 ; values are larger than N bytes, where N is 'larger_than_size'.
75 HOST_WIDE_INT larger_than_size
77 ; True to warn about any function whose frame size is larger
80 bool warn_frame_larger_than
83 HOST_WIDE_INT frame_larger_than_size
85 ; Nonzero means we should be saving declaration info into a .X file.
87 int flag_gen_aux_info = 0
89 ; Nonzero if we are compiling code for a shared library, zero for
94 ; These two are really VEC(char_p,heap) *.
97 void *flag_instrument_functions_exclude_functions
100 void *flag_instrument_functions_exclude_files
102 ; Generic structs (e.g. templates not explicitly specialized)
103 ; may not have a compilation unit associated with them, and so
104 ; may need to be treated differently from ordinary structs.
106 ; Structs only handled by reference (indirectly), will also usually
107 ; not need as much debugging information.
110 enum debug_struct_file debug_struct_ordinary[DINFO_USAGE_NUM_ENUMS] = { DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY }
113 enum debug_struct_file debug_struct_generic[DINFO_USAGE_NUM_ENUMS] = { DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY }
115 ; True if we should exit after parsing options.
117 bool exit_after_options
119 ; Type(s) of debugging information we are producing (if any). See
120 ; flag-types.h for the definitions of the different possible types of
121 ; debugging information.
123 enum debug_info_type write_symbols = NO_DEBUG
125 ; Level of debugging information we are producing. See flag-types.h
126 ; for the definitions of the different possible levels.
128 enum debug_info_levels debug_info_level = DINFO_LEVEL_NONE
130 ; Nonzero means use GNU-only extensions in the generated symbolic
131 ; debugging information. Currently, this only has an effect when
132 ; write_symbols is set to DBX_DEBUG, XCOFF_DEBUG, or DWARF_DEBUG.
134 bool use_gnu_debug_info_extensions
136 ; Original value of maximum field alignment in bytes, specified via
137 ; -fpack-struct=<value>.
139 unsigned int initial_max_fld_align = TARGET_DEFAULT_PACK_STRUCT
142 enum vect_verbosity_levels user_vect_verbosity_level = MAX_VERBOSITY_LEVEL
144 ; Type of stack check.
146 enum stack_check_type flag_stack_check = NO_STACK_CHECK
148 ; True if stack usage information needs to be computed.
150 bool flag_stack_usage_info = false
152 ; -dA causes debug commentary information to be produced in
153 ; the generated assembly code (to make it more readable). This option
154 ; is generally only of use to those who actually need to read the
155 ; generated assembly code (perhaps while debugging the compiler itself).
156 ; Currently, this switch is only used by dwarf2out.c; however, it is intended
157 ; to be a catchall for printing debug information in the assembler file.
161 ; -dP causes the rtl to be emitted as a comment in assembly.
163 int flag_dump_rtl_in_asm
165 ; Whether -da was passed (used only in handle_common_deferred_options).
167 bool flag_dump_all_passed
169 ; Other flags saying which kinds of debugging dump have been requested.
172 int rtl_dump_and_exit
175 int flag_print_asm_name
178 enum graph_dump_types graph_dump_format = no_graph
180 ; Name of top-level original source file (what was input to cpp).
181 ; This comes from the #-command at the beginning of the actual input.
182 ; If there isn't any there, then this is the cc1 input file name.
184 const char *main_input_filename
186 ; Pointer to base name in main_input_filename, with directories and a
187 ; single final extension removed, and the length of this base
191 const char *main_input_basename
194 int main_input_baselength
196 ; Which options have been printed by --help.
200 ; Which enums have been printed by --help. 0 = not printed, no
201 ; relevant options seen, 1 = relevant option seen, not yet printed, 2
204 char *help_enum_printed
206 ; The number of columns for --help output.
208 unsigned int help_columns
210 ; Whether this options structure has been through finish_options
212 bool flag_opts_finished
224 Driver Alias(coverage)
230 Common Separate Alias(d)
233 Common Joined Alias(d)
236 Common Separate Alias(dumpbase)
239 Common Separate Alias(dumpdir)
242 Driver Separate Alias(e)
245 Driver Joined Alias(e)
248 Common Warning Alias(Wextra)
251 Driver Separate Alias(Xassembler)
254 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(Xassembler)
257 Driver Separate Alias(Xlinker)
260 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(Xlinker)
263 Driver Separate Alias(u)
266 Driver Joined Alias(u)
269 Common Driver Var(help_flag)
270 Display this information
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
277 Driver Separate Alias(x)
280 Driver Joined Alias(x)
283 Driver Separate Alias(L)
286 Driver Joined Alias(L)
288 -no-canonical-prefixes
289 Driver Alias(no-canonical-prefixes)
291 -no-standard-libraries
292 Driver Alias(nostdlib)
301 Common Driver Separate Alias(o) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
304 Common Driver Joined Alias(o) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
307 Driver Alias(pass-exit-codes)
310 Common Alias(pedantic)
313 Common Alias(pedantic-errors)
322 Driver Separate Alias(B)
325 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(B)
331 Driver Separate Alias(print-file-name=)
334 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(print-file-name=)
336 -print-libgcc-file-name
337 Driver Alias(print-libgcc-file-name)
339 -print-multi-directory
340 Driver Alias(print-multi-directory)
343 Driver Alias(print-multi-lib)
345 -print-multi-os-directory
346 Driver Alias(print-multi-os-directory)
349 Driver Separate Alias(print-prog-name=)
352 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(print-prog-name=)
355 Driver Alias(print-search-dirs)
358 Driver Alias(print-sysroot)
360 -print-sysroot-headers-suffix
361 Driver Alias(print-sysroot-headers-suffix)
367 Driver Alias(save-temps)
373 Driver Separate Alias(specs=)
376 Driver Joined Alias(specs=)
382 Driver Alias(symbolic)
386 Alias for --help=target
394 ;; The driver used to convert options such as --help into forms such
395 ;; as -fhelp; the following four entries are for compatibility with
396 ;; any direct uses of those (undocumented) -f forms
398 Common Driver Alias(-help)
401 Common Driver Joined Alias(-help=)
404 Common Driver Alias(-target-help)
407 Common Driver Alias(-version)
411 --param <param>=<value> Set parameter <param> to value. See below for a complete list of parameters
414 Common Joined Alias(-param)
417 Driver Separate Alias(-sysroot=)
420 Driver JoinedOrMissing
426 Driver Joined Separate
432 Driver Joined Separate
438 Common JoinedOrMissing Optimization
439 -O<number> Set optimization level to <number>
443 Optimize for space rather than speed
447 Optimize for speed disregarding exact standards compliance
459 Driver Joined Separate
465 Driver Joined Separate
486 Common RejectNegative Warning Alias(Wextra)
487 This switch is deprecated; use -Wextra instead
490 Driver JoinedOrMissing
493 Driver JoinedOrMissing
496 Driver JoinedOrMissing
499 Common Var(warn_aggregate_return) Warning
500 Warn about returning structures, unions or arrays
503 Common Var(warn_array_bounds) Warning
504 Warn if an array is accessed out of bounds
507 Common Var(warn_attributes) Init(1) Warning
508 Warn about inappropriate attribute usage
511 Common Var(warn_cast_align) Warning
512 Warn about pointer casts which increase alignment
515 Common Var(warn_cpp) Init(1) Warning
516 Warn when a #warning directive is encountered
518 Wdeprecated-declarations
519 Common Var(warn_deprecated_decl) Init(1) Warning
520 Warn about uses of __attribute__((deprecated)) declarations
522 Wdisabled-optimization
523 Common Var(warn_disabled_optimization) Warning
524 Warn when an optimization pass is disabled
527 Common Var(warnings_are_errors)
528 Treat all warnings as errors
532 Treat specified warning as error
535 Common Var(extra_warnings) Warning
536 Print extra (possibly unwanted) warnings
539 Common Var(flag_fatal_errors)
540 Exit on the first error occurred
543 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
544 -Wframe-larger-than=<number> Warn if a function's stack frame requires more than <number> bytes
547 Common Var(warn_free_nonheap_object) Init(1) Warning
548 Warn when attempting to free a non-heap object
551 Common Var(warn_inline) Warning
552 Warn when an inlined function cannot be inlined
554 Winvalid-memory-model
555 Common Var(warn_invalid_memory_model) Init(1) Warning
556 Warn when an atomic memory model parameter is known to be outside the valid range.
559 Common RejectNegative Joined Warning Undocumented Alias(Wlarger-than=)
562 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Warning
563 -Wlarger-than=<number> Warn if an object is larger than <number> bytes
565 Wunsafe-loop-optimizations
566 Common Var(warn_unsafe_loop_optimizations) Warning
567 Warn if the loop cannot be optimized due to nontrivial assumptions.
570 Common Var(warn_missing_noreturn) Warning
571 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((noreturn))
574 Common Var(warn_overflow) Init(1) Warning
575 Warn about overflow in arithmetic expressions
578 Common Var(warn_packed) Warning
579 Warn when the packed attribute has no effect on struct layout
582 Common Var(warn_padded) Warning
583 Warn when padding is required to align structure members
586 Common Var(warn_shadow) Warning
587 Warn when one local variable shadows another
590 Common Var(warn_stack_protect) Warning
591 Warn when not issuing stack smashing protection for some reason
594 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_stack_usage) Init(-1) Warning
595 Warn if stack usage might be larger than specified amount
599 Warn about code which might break strict aliasing rules
602 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_strict_aliasing) Init(-1) Warning
603 Warn about code which might break strict aliasing rules
607 Warn about optimizations that assume that signed overflow is undefined
610 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_strict_overflow) Init(-1) Warning
611 Warn about optimizations that assume that signed overflow is undefined
613 Wsuggest-attribute=const
614 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_const) Warning
615 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((const))
617 Wsuggest-attribute=pure
618 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_pure) Warning
619 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((pure))
621 Wsuggest-attribute=noreturn
622 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_noreturn) Warning
623 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((noreturn))
626 Common Var(warn_switch) Warning
627 Warn about enumerated switches, with no default, missing a case
630 Common Var(warn_switch_default) Warning
631 Warn about enumerated switches missing a \"default:\" statement
634 Common Var(warn_switch_enum) Warning
635 Warn about all enumerated switches missing a specific case
638 Common Var(warn_system_headers) Warning
639 Do not suppress warnings from system headers
642 Common Var(warn_trampolines) Warning
643 Warn whenever a trampoline is generated
646 Common Var(warn_type_limits) Init(-1) Warning
647 Warn if a comparison is always true or always false due to the limited range of the data type
650 Common Var(warn_uninitialized) Init(-1) Warning
651 Warn about uninitialized automatic variables
654 Common Var(warn_maybe_uninitialized) Warning
655 Warn about maybe uninitialized automatic variables
659 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
662 Common Var(warn_unused) Init(0) Warning
663 Enable all -Wunused- warnings
665 Wunused-but-set-parameter
666 Common Var(warn_unused_but_set_parameter) Init(-1) Warning
667 Warn when a function parameter is only set, otherwise unused
669 Wunused-but-set-variable
670 Common Var(warn_unused_but_set_variable) Init(-1) Warning
671 Warn when a variable is only set, otherwise unused
674 Common Var(warn_unused_function) Init(-1) Warning
675 Warn when a function is unused
678 Common Var(warn_unused_label) Init(-1) Warning
679 Warn when a label is unused
682 Common Var(warn_unused_parameter) Init(-1) Warning
683 Warn when a function parameter is unused
686 Common Var(warn_unused_value) Init(-1) Warning
687 Warn when an expression value is unused
690 Common Var(warn_unused_variable) Init(-1) Warning
691 Warn when a variable is unused
694 Common Var(warn_coverage_mismatch) Init(1) Warning
695 Warn in case profiles in -fprofile-use do not match
697 Wvector-operation-performance
698 Common Var(warn_vector_operation_performance) Warning
699 Warn when a vector operation is compiled outside the SIMD
714 Common Separate Var(aux_info_file_name)
715 -aux-info <file> Emit declaration information into <file>
718 Common Joined Alias(aux-info)
721 Common Separate RejectDriver Var(aux_base_name)
724 Common Separate RejectDriver
734 -d<letters> Enable dumps from specific passes of the compiler
737 Common Separate Var(dump_base_name)
738 -dumpbase <file> Set the file basename to be used for dumps
741 Common Separate Var(dump_dir_name)
742 -dumpdir <dir> Set the directory name to be used for dumps
754 Driver Joined Separate
756 ; This option has historically been passed down to the linker by an
757 ; accident of a %{e*} spec, so ensure it continues to be passed down
758 ; as a single option. The supported option for this purpose is
759 ; -rdynamic. See PR 47390.
763 ; The version of the C++ ABI in use. The following values are allowed:
765 ; 0: The version of the ABI believed most conformant with the C++ ABI
766 ; specification. This ABI may change as bugs are discovered and fixed.
767 ; Therefore, 0 will not necessarily indicate the same ABI in different
770 ; 1: The version of the ABI first used in G++ 3.2.
772 ; 2: The version of the ABI first used in G++ 3.4 (and current default).
774 ; 3: The version of the ABI that fixes the missing underscore
775 ; in template non-type arguments of pointer type.
777 ; 4: The version of the ABI that introduces unambiguous mangling of
778 ; vector types. First selectable in G++ 4.5.
780 ; 5: The version of the ABI that ignores attribute const/noreturn
781 ; in function pointer mangling, and corrects mangling of decltype and
782 ; function parameters used in other parameters and the return type.
783 ; First selectable in G++ 4.6.
785 ; 6: The version of the ABI that doesn't promote scoped enums to int and
786 ; changes the mangling of template argument packs, const/static_cast,
787 ; prefix ++ and --, and a class scope function used as a template
789 ; First selectable in G++ 4.7.
791 ; 7: The version of the ABI that treats nullptr_t as a builtin type.
792 ; First selectable in G++ 4.8.
793 ; Additional positive integers will be assigned as new versions of
794 ; the ABI become the default version of the ABI.
796 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_abi_version) Init(2)
799 Common Report Var(align_functions,0) Optimization UInteger
800 Align the start of functions
803 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(align_functions)
806 Common Report Var(align_jumps,0) Optimization UInteger
807 Align labels which are only reached by jumping
810 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(align_jumps)
813 Common Report Var(align_labels,0) Optimization UInteger
817 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(align_labels)
820 Common Report Var(align_loops,0) Optimization UInteger
821 Align the start of loops
824 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(align_loops)
828 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
832 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
834 fargument-noalias-global
836 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
838 fargument-noalias-anything
840 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
842 fasynchronous-unwind-tables
843 Common Report Var(flag_asynchronous_unwind_tables) Optimization
844 Generate unwind tables that are exact at each instruction boundary
847 Common Report Var(flag_auto_inc_dec) Init(1)
848 Generate auto-inc/dec instructions
850 ; -fcheck-bounds causes gcc to generate array bounds checks.
851 ; For C, C++ and ObjC: defaults off.
852 ; For Java: defaults to on.
853 ; For Fortran: defaults to off.
855 Common Report Var(flag_bounds_check)
856 Generate code to check bounds before indexing arrays
859 Common Report Var(flag_branch_on_count_reg) Init(1) Optimization
860 Replace add, compare, branch with branch on count register
862 fbranch-probabilities
863 Common Report Var(flag_branch_probabilities) Optimization
864 Use profiling information for branch probabilities
866 fbranch-target-load-optimize
867 Common Report Var(flag_branch_target_load_optimize) Optimization
868 Perform branch target load optimization before prologue / epilogue threading
870 fbranch-target-load-optimize2
871 Common Report Var(flag_branch_target_load_optimize2) Optimization
872 Perform branch target load optimization after prologue / epilogue threading
875 Common Report Var(flag_btr_bb_exclusive) Optimization
876 Restrict target load migration not to re-use registers in any basic block
879 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
880 -fcall-saved-<register> Mark <register> as being preserved across functions
883 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
884 -fcall-used-<register> Mark <register> as being corrupted by function calls
886 ; Nonzero for -fcaller-saves: allocate values in regs that need to
887 ; be saved across function calls, if that produces overall better code.
888 ; Optional now, so people can test it.
890 Common Report Var(flag_caller_saves) Optimization
891 Save registers around function calls
894 Common Report Var(flag_check_data_deps)
895 Compare the results of several data dependence analyzers.
897 fcombine-stack-adjustments
898 Common Report Var(flag_combine_stack_adjustments) Optimization
899 Looks for opportunities to reduce stack adjustments and stack references.
902 Common Report Var(flag_no_common,0) Optimization
903 Do not put uninitialized globals in the common section
907 ; Converted by the driver to -fcompare-debug= options.
910 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative Var(flag_compare_debug_opt)
911 -fcompare-debug[=<opts>] Compile with and without e.g. -gtoggle, and compare the final-insns dump
913 fcompare-debug-second
914 Common Driver RejectNegative Var(flag_compare_debug)
915 Run only the second compilation of -fcompare-debug
918 Common Report Var(flag_compare_elim_after_reload) Optimization
919 Perform comparison elimination after register allocation has finished
922 Common Var(flag_conserve_stack) Optimization
923 Do not perform optimizations increasing noticeably stack usage
926 Common Report Var(flag_cprop_registers) Optimization
927 Perform a register copy-propagation optimization pass
930 Common Report Var(flag_crossjumping) Optimization
931 Perform cross-jumping optimization
934 Common Report Var(flag_cse_follow_jumps) Optimization
935 When running CSE, follow jumps to their targets
939 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
942 Common Report Var(flag_cx_limited_range) Optimization SetByCombined
943 Omit range reduction step when performing complex division
946 Common Report Var(flag_cx_fortran_rules) Optimization
947 Complex multiplication and division follow Fortran rules
950 Common Report Var(flag_data_sections) Optimization
951 Place data items into their own section
954 Common Report Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
955 List all available debugging counters with their limits and counts.
958 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
959 -fdbg-cnt=<counter>:<limit>[,<counter>:<limit>,...] Set the debug counter limit.
962 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
963 Map one directory name to another in debug information
966 Common Report Var(flag_debug_types_section) Init(1)
967 Output .debug_types section when using DWARF v4 debuginfo.
969 ; Nonzero for -fdefer-pop: don't pop args after each function call
970 ; instead save them up to pop many calls' args with one insns.
972 Common Report Var(flag_defer_pop) Optimization
973 Defer popping functions args from stack until later
976 Common Report Var(flag_delayed_branch) Optimization
977 Attempt to fill delay slots of branch instructions
979 fdelete-null-pointer-checks
980 Common Report Var(flag_delete_null_pointer_checks) Init(1) Optimization
981 Delete useless null pointer checks
984 Common Report Var(flag_devirtualize) Optimization
985 Try to convert virtual calls to direct ones.
987 fdiagnostics-show-location=
988 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule)
989 -fdiagnostics-show-location=[once|every-line] How often to emit source location at the beginning of line-wrapped diagnostics
991 ; Required for these enum values.
996 Name(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) Type(int)
999 Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) String(once) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_SHOW_PREFIX_ONCE)
1002 Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) String(every-line) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_SHOW_PREFIX_EVERY_LINE)
1004 fdiagnostics-show-caret
1005 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_caret) Init(1)
1006 Show the source line with a caret indicating the column
1008 fdiagnostics-show-option
1009 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_option) Init(1)
1010 Amend appropriate diagnostic messages with the command line option that controls them
1013 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1014 -fdisable-[tree|rtl|ipa]-<pass>=range1+range2 disables an optimization pass
1017 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1018 -fenable-[tree|rtl|ipa]-<pass>=range1+range2 enables an optimization pass
1021 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1022 -fdump-<type> Dump various compiler internals to a file
1025 Driver RejectNegative
1028 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_dump_final_insns)
1029 -fdump-final-insns=filename Dump to filename the insns at the end of translation
1032 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_dump_go_spec)
1033 -fdump-go-spec=filename Write all declarations to file as Go code
1036 Common Report Var(flag_dump_noaddr)
1037 Suppress output of addresses in debugging dumps
1040 Common Var(flag_dump_passes) Init(0)
1041 Dump optimization passes
1044 Common Report Var(flag_dump_unnumbered)
1045 Suppress output of instruction numbers, line number notes and addresses in debugging dumps
1047 fdump-unnumbered-links
1048 Common Report Var(flag_dump_unnumbered_links)
1049 Suppress output of previous and next insn numbers in debugging dumps
1052 Common Report Var(flag_dwarf2_cfi_asm) Init(HAVE_GAS_CFI_DIRECTIVE)
1053 Enable CFI tables via GAS assembler directives.
1056 Common Report Var(flag_early_inlining) Init(1) Optimization
1057 Perform early inlining
1059 feliminate-dwarf2-dups
1060 Common Report Var(flag_eliminate_dwarf2_dups)
1061 Perform DWARF2 duplicate elimination
1064 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_sra) Init(0) Optimization
1065 Perform interprocedural reduction of aggregates
1067 feliminate-unused-debug-symbols
1068 Common Report Var(flag_debug_only_used_symbols)
1069 Perform unused type elimination in debug info
1071 feliminate-unused-debug-types
1072 Common Report Var(flag_eliminate_unused_debug_types) Init(1)
1073 Perform unused type elimination in debug info
1075 femit-class-debug-always
1076 Common Report Var(flag_emit_class_debug_always) Init(0)
1077 Do not suppress C++ class debug information.
1080 Common Report Var(flag_exceptions) Optimization
1081 Enable exception handling
1083 fexpensive-optimizations
1084 Common Report Var(flag_expensive_optimizations) Optimization
1085 Perform a number of minor, expensive optimizations
1088 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(excess_precision) Var(flag_excess_precision_cmdline) Init(EXCESS_PRECISION_DEFAULT)
1089 -fexcess-precision=[fast|standard] Specify handling of excess floating-point precision
1092 Name(excess_precision) Type(enum excess_precision) UnknownError(unknown excess precision style %qs)
1095 Enum(excess_precision) String(fast) Value(EXCESS_PRECISION_FAST)
1098 Enum(excess_precision) String(standard) Value(EXCESS_PRECISION_STANDARD)
1104 Common Var(flag_fat_lto_objects) Init(1)
1105 Output lto objects containing both the intermediate language and binary output.
1108 Common Report Var(flag_finite_math_only) Optimization SetByCombined
1109 Assume no NaNs or infinities are generated
1112 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1113 -ffixed-<register> Mark <register> as being unavailable to the compiler
1116 Common Report Var(flag_float_store) Optimization
1117 Don't allocate floats and doubles in extended-precision registers
1121 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1124 Common Report Var(flag_forward_propagate) Optimization
1125 Perform a forward propagation pass on RTL
1128 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(fp_contract_mode) Var(flag_fp_contract_mode) Init(FP_CONTRACT_FAST)
1129 -ffp-contract=[off|on|fast] Perform floating-point expression contraction.
1132 Name(fp_contract_mode) Type(enum fp_contract_mode) UnknownError(unknown floating point contraction style %qs)
1135 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(off) Value(FP_CONTRACT_OFF)
1137 ; Not implemented, fall back to conservative FP_CONTRACT_OFF.
1139 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(on) Value(FP_CONTRACT_OFF)
1142 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(fast) Value(FP_CONTRACT_FAST)
1144 ; Nonzero means don't put addresses of constant functions in registers.
1145 ; Used for compiling the Unix kernel, where strange substitutions are
1146 ; done on the assembly output.
1148 Common Report Var(flag_no_function_cse,0)
1149 Allow function addresses to be held in registers
1152 Common Report Var(flag_function_sections)
1153 Place each function into its own section
1156 Common Report Var(flag_gcse) Optimization
1157 Perform global common subexpression elimination
1160 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_lm) Init(1) Optimization
1161 Perform enhanced load motion during global common subexpression elimination
1164 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_sm) Init(0) Optimization
1165 Perform store motion after global common subexpression elimination
1168 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_las) Init(0) Optimization
1169 Perform redundant load after store elimination in global common subexpression
1173 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_after_reload) Optimization
1174 Perform global common subexpression elimination after register allocation
1177 ; This option is not documented yet as its semantics will change.
1179 Common Report Var(flag_graphite)
1180 Enable in and out of Graphite representation
1183 Common Report Var(flag_graphite_identity) Optimization
1184 Enable Graphite Identity transformation
1186 floop-parallelize-all
1187 Common Report Var(flag_loop_parallelize_all) Optimization
1188 Mark all loops as parallel
1191 Common Report Var(flag_loop_strip_mine) Optimization
1192 Enable Loop Strip Mining transformation
1195 Common Report Var(flag_loop_interchange) Optimization
1196 Enable Loop Interchange transformation
1199 Common Report Var(flag_loop_block) Optimization
1200 Enable Loop Blocking transformation
1203 Common Report Var(flag_tm)
1204 Enable support for GNU transactional memory
1208 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1210 fstrict-volatile-bitfields
1211 Common Report Var(flag_strict_volatile_bitfields) Init(-1)
1212 Force bitfield accesses to match their type width
1214 fguess-branch-probability
1215 Common Report Var(flag_guess_branch_prob) Optimization
1216 Enable guessing of branch probabilities
1218 ; Nonzero means ignore `#ident' directives. 0 means handle them.
1219 ; Generate position-independent code for executables if possible
1220 ; On SVR4 targets, it also controls whether or not to emit a
1221 ; string identifying the compiler.
1223 Common Report Var(flag_no_ident,0)
1224 Process #ident directives
1227 Common Report Var(flag_if_conversion) Optimization
1228 Perform conversion of conditional jumps to branchless equivalents
1231 Common Report Var(flag_if_conversion2) Optimization
1232 Perform conversion of conditional jumps to conditional execution
1234 ftree-loop-if-convert
1235 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_if_convert) Init(-1) Optimization
1236 Convert conditional jumps in innermost loops to branchless equivalents
1238 ftree-loop-if-convert-stores
1239 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_if_convert_stores) Optimization
1240 Also if-convert conditional jumps containing memory writes
1242 ; -finhibit-size-directive inhibits output of .size for ELF.
1243 ; This is used only for compiling crtstuff.c,
1244 ; and it may be extended to other effects
1245 ; needed for crtstuff.c on other systems.
1246 finhibit-size-directive
1247 Common Report Var(flag_inhibit_size_directive)
1248 Do not generate .size directives
1251 Common Report Var(flag_indirect_inlining)
1252 Perform indirect inlining
1254 ; General flag to enable inlining. Specifying -fno-inline will disable
1255 ; all inlining apart from always-inline functions.
1257 Common Report Var(flag_no_inline,0) Init(0)
1258 Enable inlining of function declared \"inline\", disabling disables all inlining
1260 finline-small-functions
1261 Common Report Var(flag_inline_small_functions) Optimization
1262 Integrate functions into their callers when code size is known not to grow
1265 Common Report Var(flag_inline_functions) Optimization
1266 Integrate functions not declared \"inline\" into their callers when profitable
1268 finline-functions-called-once
1269 Common Report Var(flag_inline_functions_called_once) Optimization
1270 Integrate functions only required by their single caller
1273 Common RejectNegative Joined Alias(finline-limit=)
1276 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1277 -finline-limit=<number> Limit the size of inlined functions to <number>
1280 Common Report Var(flag_inline_atomics) Init(1) Optimization
1281 Inline __atomic operations when a lock free instruction sequence is available.
1283 finstrument-functions
1284 Common Report Var(flag_instrument_function_entry_exit)
1285 Instrument function entry and exit with profiling calls
1287 finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list=
1288 Common RejectNegative Joined
1289 -finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list=name,... Do not instrument listed functions
1291 finstrument-functions-exclude-file-list=
1292 Common RejectNegative Joined
1293 -finstrument-functions-exclude-file-list=filename,... Do not instrument functions listed in files
1296 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_cp) Optimization
1297 Perform Interprocedural constant propagation
1300 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_cp_clone) Optimization
1301 Perform cloning to make Interprocedural constant propagation stronger
1304 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_profile) Init(0) Optimization
1305 Perform interprocedural profile propagation
1308 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_pta) Init(0) Optimization
1309 Perform interprocedural points-to analysis
1312 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_pure_const) Init(0) Optimization
1313 Discover pure and const functions
1316 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_reference) Init(0) Optimization
1317 Discover readonly and non addressable static variables
1320 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_matrix_reorg) Optimization
1321 Perform matrix layout flattening and transposing based
1322 on profiling information.
1326 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1329 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(ira_algorithm) Var(flag_ira_algorithm) Init(IRA_ALGORITHM_CB)
1330 -fira-algorithm=[CB|priority] Set the used IRA algorithm
1333 Name(ira_algorithm) Type(enum ira_algorithm) UnknownError(unknown IRA algorithm %qs)
1336 Enum(ira_algorithm) String(CB) Value(IRA_ALGORITHM_CB)
1339 Enum(ira_algorithm) String(priority) Value(IRA_ALGORITHM_PRIORITY)
1342 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(ira_region) Var(flag_ira_region) Init(IRA_REGION_AUTODETECT)
1343 -fira-region=[one|all|mixed] Set regions for IRA
1346 Name(ira_region) Type(enum ira_region) UnknownError(unknown IRA region %qs)
1349 Enum(ira_region) String(one) Value(IRA_REGION_ONE)
1352 Enum(ira_region) String(all) Value(IRA_REGION_ALL)
1355 Enum(ira_region) String(mixed) Value(IRA_REGION_MIXED)
1358 Common Report Var(flag_ira_loop_pressure)
1359 Use IRA based register pressure calculation
1360 in RTL loop optimizations.
1362 fira-share-save-slots
1363 Common Report Var(flag_ira_share_save_slots) Init(1)
1364 Share slots for saving different hard registers.
1366 fira-share-spill-slots
1367 Common Report Var(flag_ira_share_spill_slots) Init(1)
1368 Share stack slots for spilled pseudo-registers.
1371 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(flag_ira_verbose) Init(5)
1372 -fira-verbose=<number> Control IRA's level of diagnostic messages.
1375 Common Report Var(flag_ivopts) Init(1) Optimization
1376 Optimize induction variables on trees
1379 Common Var(flag_jump_tables) Init(1) Optimization
1380 Use jump tables for sufficiently large switch statements
1382 fkeep-inline-functions
1383 Common Report Var(flag_keep_inline_functions)
1384 Generate code for functions even if they are fully inlined
1387 Common Report Var(flag_keep_static_consts) Init(1)
1388 Emit static const variables even if they are not used
1391 Common Report Var(flag_leading_underscore) Init(-1)
1392 Give external symbols a leading underscore
1396 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1400 Enable link-time optimization.
1403 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_lto)
1404 Link-time optimization with number of parallel jobs or jobserver.
1407 Common Var(flag_lto_partition_1to1)
1408 Partition functions and vars at linktime based on object files they originate from
1410 flto-partition=balanced
1411 Common Var(flag_lto_partition_balanced)
1412 Partition functions and vars at linktime into approximately same sized buckets
1415 Common Var(flag_lto_partition_none)
1416 Disable partioning and streaming
1418 ; The initial value of -1 comes from Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION in zlib.h.
1419 flto-compression-level=
1420 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_lto_compression_level) Init(-1)
1421 -flto-compression-level=<number> Use zlib compression level <number> for IL
1424 Common Report Var(flag_lto_report) Init(0) Optimization
1425 Report various link-time optimization statistics
1428 Common Report Var(flag_errno_math) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
1429 Set errno after built-in math functions
1432 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_max_errors)
1433 -fmax-errors=<number> Maximum number of errors to report
1436 Common Report Var(mem_report)
1437 Report on permanent memory allocation
1439 ; This will attempt to merge constant section constants, if 1 only
1440 ; string constants and constants from constant pool, if 2 also constant
1442 fmerge-all-constants
1443 Common Report Var(flag_merge_constants,2) Init(1) Optimization
1444 Attempt to merge identical constants and constant variables
1447 Common Report Var(flag_merge_constants,1) Optimization
1448 Attempt to merge identical constants across compilation units
1450 fmerge-debug-strings
1451 Common Report Var(flag_merge_debug_strings) Init(1)
1452 Attempt to merge identical debug strings across compilation units
1455 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1456 -fmessage-length=<number> Limit diagnostics to <number> characters per line. 0 suppresses line-wrapping
1459 Common Report Var(flag_modulo_sched) Optimization
1460 Perform SMS based modulo scheduling before the first scheduling pass
1462 fmodulo-sched-allow-regmoves
1463 Common Report Var(flag_modulo_sched_allow_regmoves)
1464 Perform SMS based modulo scheduling with register moves allowed
1466 fmove-loop-invariants
1467 Common Report Var(flag_move_loop_invariants) Init(1) Optimization
1468 Move loop invariant computations out of loops
1471 Common Var(flag_dce) Init(1) Optimization
1472 Use the RTL dead code elimination pass
1475 Common Var(flag_dse) Init(1) Optimization
1476 Use the RTL dead store elimination pass
1478 freschedule-modulo-scheduled-loops
1479 Common Report Var(flag_resched_modulo_sched) Optimization
1480 Enable/Disable the traditional scheduling in loops that already passed modulo scheduling
1482 fnon-call-exceptions
1483 Common Report Var(flag_non_call_exceptions) Optimization
1484 Support synchronous non-call exceptions
1487 Common Report Var(flag_omit_frame_pointer) Optimization
1488 When possible do not generate stack frames
1490 foptimize-register-move
1491 Common Report Var(flag_regmove) Optimization
1492 Do the full register move optimization pass
1494 foptimize-sibling-calls
1495 Common Report Var(flag_optimize_sibling_calls) Optimization
1496 Optimize sibling and tail recursive calls
1499 Common Report Var(flag_partial_inlining)
1500 Perform partial inlining
1503 Common Report Var(pre_ipa_mem_report)
1504 Report on memory allocation before interprocedural optimization
1506 fpost-ipa-mem-report
1507 Common Report Var(post_ipa_mem_report)
1508 Report on memory allocation before interprocedural optimization
1511 Common Report Var(flag_pack_struct) Optimization
1512 Pack structure members together without holes
1515 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
1516 -fpack-struct=<number> Set initial maximum structure member alignment
1519 Common Report Var(flag_pcc_struct_return,1) Init(DEFAULT_PCC_STRUCT_RETURN)
1520 Return small aggregates in memory, not registers
1523 Common Report Var(flag_peel_loops) Optimization
1524 Perform loop peeling
1527 Common Report Var(flag_no_peephole,0) Optimization
1528 Enable machine specific peephole optimizations
1531 Common Report Var(flag_peephole2) Optimization
1532 Enable an RTL peephole pass before sched2
1535 Common Report Var(flag_pic,2)
1536 Generate position-independent code if possible (large mode)
1539 Common Report Var(flag_pie,2)
1540 Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (large mode)
1543 Common Report Var(flag_pic,1)
1544 Generate position-independent code if possible (small mode)
1547 Common Report Var(flag_pie,1)
1548 Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (small mode)
1551 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1552 Specify a plugin to load
1555 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1556 -fplugin-arg-<name>-<key>[=<value>] Specify argument <key>=<value> for plugin <name>
1558 fpredictive-commoning
1559 Common Report Var(flag_predictive_commoning) Optimization
1560 Run predictive commoning optimization.
1562 fprefetch-loop-arrays
1563 Common Report Var(flag_prefetch_loop_arrays) Init(-1) Optimization
1564 Generate prefetch instructions, if available, for arrays in loops
1567 Common Report Var(profile_flag)
1568 Enable basic program profiling code
1571 Common Report Var(profile_arc_flag)
1572 Insert arc-based program profiling code
1575 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_data_prefix)
1576 Set the top-level directory for storing the profile data.
1577 The default is 'pwd'.
1580 Common Report Var(flag_profile_correction)
1581 Enable correction of flow inconsistent profile data input
1585 Enable common options for generating profile info for profile feedback directed optimizations
1588 Common Joined RejectNegative
1589 Enable common options for generating profile info for profile feedback directed optimizations, and set -fprofile-dir=
1592 Common Var(flag_profile_use)
1593 Enable common options for performing profile feedback directed optimizations
1596 Common Joined RejectNegative
1597 Enable common options for performing profile feedback directed optimizations, and set -fprofile-dir=
1600 Common Report Var(flag_profile_values)
1601 Insert code to profile values of expressions
1604 Common Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1607 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1608 -frandom-seed=<string> Make compile reproducible using <string>
1610 ; This switch causes the command line that was used to create an
1611 ; object file to be recorded into the object file. The exact format
1612 ; of this recording is target and binary file format dependent.
1613 ; It is related to the -fverbose-asm switch, but that switch only
1614 ; records information in the assembler output file as comments, so
1615 ; they never reach the object file.
1616 frecord-gcc-switches
1617 Common Report Var(flag_record_gcc_switches)
1618 Record gcc command line switches in the object file.
1621 Common Report Var(flag_pcc_struct_return,0) Optimization
1622 Return small aggregates in registers
1625 Common Report Var(flag_regmove) Optimization
1626 Enables a register move optimization
1629 Common Report Var(flag_rename_registers) Init(2) Optimization
1630 Perform a register renaming optimization pass
1633 Common Report Var(flag_reorder_blocks) Optimization
1634 Reorder basic blocks to improve code placement
1636 freorder-blocks-and-partition
1637 Common Report Var(flag_reorder_blocks_and_partition) Optimization
1638 Reorder basic blocks and partition into hot and cold sections
1641 Common Report Var(flag_reorder_functions) Optimization
1642 Reorder functions to improve code placement
1644 frerun-cse-after-loop
1645 Common Report Var(flag_rerun_cse_after_loop) Optimization
1646 Add a common subexpression elimination pass after loop optimizations
1650 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1653 Common Report Var(flag_rounding_math) Optimization SetByCombined
1654 Disable optimizations that assume default FP rounding behavior
1657 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_interblock) Init(1) Optimization
1658 Enable scheduling across basic blocks
1661 Common Report Var(flag_sched_pressure) Init(0) Optimization
1662 Enable register pressure sensitive insn scheduling
1665 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_speculative) Init(1) Optimization
1666 Allow speculative motion of non-loads
1669 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_speculative_load) Optimization
1670 Allow speculative motion of some loads
1672 fsched-spec-load-dangerous
1673 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_speculative_load_dangerous) Optimization
1674 Allow speculative motion of more loads
1677 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(sched_verbose_param)
1678 -fsched-verbose=<number> Set the verbosity level of the scheduler
1680 fsched2-use-superblocks
1681 Common Report Var(flag_sched2_use_superblocks) Optimization
1682 If scheduling post reload, do superblock scheduling
1686 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1689 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_insns) Optimization
1690 Reschedule instructions before register allocation
1693 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_insns_after_reload) Optimization
1694 Reschedule instructions after register allocation
1696 ; This flag should be on when a target implements non-trivial
1697 ; scheduling hooks, maybe saving some information for its own sake.
1698 ; On IA64, for example, this is used for correct bundling.
1699 fselective-scheduling
1700 Common Report Var(flag_selective_scheduling) Optimization
1701 Schedule instructions using selective scheduling algorithm
1703 fselective-scheduling2
1704 Common Report Var(flag_selective_scheduling2) Optimization
1705 Run selective scheduling after reload
1707 fsel-sched-pipelining
1708 Common Report Var(flag_sel_sched_pipelining) Init(0) Optimization
1709 Perform software pipelining of inner loops during selective scheduling
1711 fsel-sched-pipelining-outer-loops
1712 Common Report Var(flag_sel_sched_pipelining_outer_loops) Init(0) Optimization
1713 Perform software pipelining of outer loops during selective scheduling
1715 fsel-sched-reschedule-pipelined
1716 Common Report Var(flag_sel_sched_reschedule_pipelined) Init(0) Optimization
1717 Reschedule pipelined regions without pipelining
1719 ; sched_stalled_insns means that insns can be moved prematurely from the queue
1720 ; of stalled insns into the ready list.
1721 fsched-stalled-insns
1722 Common Report Var(flag_sched_stalled_insns) Optimization UInteger
1723 Allow premature scheduling of queued insns
1725 fsched-stalled-insns=
1726 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1727 -fsched-stalled-insns=<number> Set number of queued insns that can be prematurely scheduled
1729 ; sched_stalled_insns_dep controls how many recently scheduled cycles will
1730 ; be examined for a dependency on a stalled insn that is candidate for
1731 ; premature removal from the queue of stalled insns into the ready list (has
1732 ; an effect only if the flag 'sched_stalled_insns' is set).
1733 fsched-stalled-insns-dep
1734 Common Report Var(flag_sched_stalled_insns_dep,1) Init(1) Optimization UInteger
1735 Set dependence distance checking in premature scheduling of queued insns
1737 fsched-stalled-insns-dep=
1738 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1739 -fsched-stalled-insns-dep=<number> Set dependence distance checking in premature scheduling of queued insns
1741 fsched-group-heuristic
1742 Common Report Var(flag_sched_group_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
1743 Enable the group heuristic in the scheduler
1745 fsched-critical-path-heuristic
1746 Common Report Var(flag_sched_critical_path_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
1747 Enable the critical path heuristic in the scheduler
1749 fsched-spec-insn-heuristic
1750 Common Report Var(flag_sched_spec_insn_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
1751 Enable the speculative instruction heuristic in the scheduler
1753 fsched-rank-heuristic
1754 Common Report Var(flag_sched_rank_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
1755 Enable the rank heuristic in the scheduler
1757 fsched-last-insn-heuristic
1758 Common Report Var(flag_sched_last_insn_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
1759 Enable the last instruction heuristic in the scheduler
1761 fsched-dep-count-heuristic
1762 Common Report Var(flag_sched_dep_count_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
1763 Enable the dependent count heuristic in the scheduler
1766 Common Report Var(flag_section_anchors) Optimization
1767 Access data in the same section from shared anchor points
1771 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1775 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1778 Common Report Var(flag_ree) Init(0)
1779 Turn on Redundant Extensions Elimination pass.
1782 Common Report Var(flag_show_column) Init(1)
1783 Show column numbers in diagnostics, when available. Default on
1786 Common Report Var(flag_shrink_wrap) Optimization
1787 Emit function prologues only before parts of the function that need it,
1788 rather than at the top of the function.
1791 Common Report Var(flag_signaling_nans) Optimization SetByCombined
1792 Disable optimizations observable by IEEE signaling NaNs
1795 Common Report Var(flag_signed_zeros) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
1796 Disable floating point optimizations that ignore the IEEE signedness of zero
1798 fsingle-precision-constant
1799 Common Report Var(flag_single_precision_constant) Optimization
1800 Convert floating point constants to single precision constants
1802 fsplit-ivs-in-unroller
1803 Common Report Var(flag_split_ivs_in_unroller) Init(1) Optimization
1804 Split lifetimes of induction variables when loops are unrolled
1807 Common Report Var(flag_split_stack) Init(-1)
1808 Generate discontiguous stack frames
1811 Common Report Var(flag_split_wide_types) Optimization
1812 Split wide types into independent registers
1814 fvariable-expansion-in-unroller
1815 Common Report Var(flag_variable_expansion_in_unroller) Optimization
1816 Apply variable expansion when loops are unrolled
1819 Common Report RejectNegative Joined
1820 -fstack-check=[no|generic|specific] Insert stack checking code into the program
1823 Common Alias(fstack-check=, specific, no)
1824 Insert stack checking code into the program. Same as -fstack-check=specific
1827 Common Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1829 fstack-limit-register=
1830 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1831 -fstack-limit-register=<register> Trap if the stack goes past <register>
1833 fstack-limit-symbol=
1834 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1835 -fstack-limit-symbol=<name> Trap if the stack goes past symbol <name>
1838 Common Report Var(flag_stack_protect, 1)
1839 Use propolice as a stack protection method
1841 fstack-protector-all
1842 Common Report RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 2)
1843 Use a stack protection method for every function
1846 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_usage)
1847 Output stack usage information on a per-function basis
1851 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1853 ; Nonzero if we should do (language-dependent) alias analysis.
1854 ; Typically, this analysis will assume that expressions of certain
1855 ; types do not alias expressions of certain other types. Only used
1856 ; if alias analysis (in general) is enabled.
1858 Common Report Var(flag_strict_aliasing) Optimization
1859 Assume strict aliasing rules apply
1862 Common Report Var(flag_strict_overflow)
1863 Treat signed overflow as undefined
1866 Common Report Var(flag_syntax_only)
1867 Check for syntax errors, then stop
1870 Common Report Var(flag_test_coverage)
1871 Create data files needed by \"gcov\"
1874 Common Report Var(flag_thread_jumps) Optimization
1875 Perform jump threading optimizations
1878 Common Report Var(time_report)
1879 Report the time taken by each compiler pass
1882 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(tls_model) Var(flag_tls_default) Init(TLS_MODEL_GLOBAL_DYNAMIC)
1883 -ftls-model=[global-dynamic|local-dynamic|initial-exec|local-exec] Set the default thread-local storage code generation model
1886 Name(tls_model) Type(enum tls_model) UnknownError(unknown TLS model %qs)
1889 Enum(tls_model) String(global-dynamic) Value(TLS_MODEL_GLOBAL_DYNAMIC)
1892 Enum(tls_model) String(local-dynamic) Value(TLS_MODEL_LOCAL_DYNAMIC)
1895 Enum(tls_model) String(initial-exec) Value(TLS_MODEL_INITIAL_EXEC)
1898 Enum(tls_model) String(local-exec) Value(TLS_MODEL_LOCAL_EXEC)
1901 Common Report Var(flag_toplevel_reorder) Init(2) Optimization
1902 Reorder top level functions, variables, and asms
1905 Common Report Var(flag_tracer)
1906 Perform superblock formation via tail duplication
1908 ; Zero means that floating-point math operations cannot generate a
1909 ; (user-visible) trap. This is the case, for example, in nonstop
1910 ; IEEE 754 arithmetic.
1912 Common Report Var(flag_trapping_math) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
1913 Assume floating-point operations can trap
1916 Common Report Var(flag_trapv) Optimization
1917 Trap for signed overflow in addition, subtraction and multiplication
1920 Common Report Var(flag_tree_ccp) Optimization
1921 Enable SSA-CCP optimization on trees
1924 Common Report Var(flag_tree_bit_ccp) Optimization
1925 Enable SSA-BIT-CCP optimization on trees
1929 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1932 Common Report Var(flag_tree_ch) Optimization
1933 Enable loop header copying on trees
1936 Common Report Var(flag_tree_copyrename) Optimization
1937 Replace SSA temporaries with better names in copies
1940 Common Report Var(flag_tree_copy_prop) Optimization
1941 Enable copy propagation on trees
1943 ftree-store-copy-prop
1945 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1948 Common Report Var(flag_tree_cselim) Init(2) Optimization
1949 Transform condition stores into unconditional ones
1951 ftree-switch-conversion
1952 Common Report Var(flag_tree_switch_conversion) Optimization
1953 Perform conversions of switch initializations.
1956 Common Report Var(flag_tree_dce) Optimization
1957 Enable SSA dead code elimination optimization on trees
1959 ftree-dominator-opts
1960 Common Report Var(flag_tree_dom) Optimization
1961 Enable dominator optimizations
1964 Common Report Var(flag_tree_tail_merge) Optimization
1965 Enable tail merging on trees
1968 Common Report Var(flag_tree_dse) Optimization
1969 Enable dead store elimination
1972 Common Report Var(flag_tree_forwprop) Init(1) Optimization
1973 Enable forward propagation on trees
1976 Common Report Var(flag_tree_fre) Optimization
1977 Enable Full Redundancy Elimination (FRE) on trees
1980 Common Report Var(flag_optimize_strlen) Optimization
1981 Enable string length optimizations on trees
1983 ftree-loop-distribution
1984 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_distribution) Optimization
1985 Enable loop distribution on trees
1987 ftree-loop-distribute-patterns
1988 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_distribute_patterns) Optimization
1989 Enable loop distribution for patterns transformed into a library call
1992 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_im) Init(1) Optimization
1993 Enable loop invariant motion on trees
1996 Common Alias(floop-interchange)
1997 Enable loop interchange transforms. Same as -floop-interchange
2000 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_ivcanon) Init(1) Optimization
2001 Create canonical induction variables in loops
2004 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_optimize) Init(1) Optimization
2005 Enable loop optimizations on tree level
2007 ftree-parallelize-loops=
2008 Common Report Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_tree_parallelize_loops) Init(1)
2009 Enable automatic parallelization of loops
2012 Common Report Var(flag_tree_phiprop) Init(1) Optimization
2013 Enable hoisting loads from conditional pointers.
2016 Common Report Var(flag_tree_pre) Optimization
2017 Enable SSA-PRE optimization on trees
2020 Common Report Var(flag_tree_pta) Init(1) Optimization
2021 Perform function-local points-to analysis on trees.
2024 Common Report Var(flag_tree_reassoc) Init(1) Optimization
2025 Enable reassociation on tree level
2029 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2032 Common Report Var(flag_tree_sink) Optimization
2033 Enable SSA code sinking on trees
2036 Common Report Var(flag_tree_sra) Optimization
2037 Perform scalar replacement of aggregates
2040 Common Report Var(flag_tree_ter) Optimization
2041 Replace temporary expressions in the SSA->normal pass
2044 Common Report Var(flag_tree_live_range_split) Optimization
2045 Perform live range splitting during the SSA->normal pass
2048 Common Report Var(flag_tree_vrp) Init(0) Optimization
2049 Perform Value Range Propagation on trees
2052 Common Report Var(flag_unit_at_a_time) Init(1) Optimization
2053 Compile whole compilation unit at a time
2056 Common Report Var(flag_unroll_loops) Optimization
2057 Perform loop unrolling when iteration count is known
2060 Common Report Var(flag_unroll_all_loops) Optimization
2061 Perform loop unrolling for all loops
2063 ; Nonzero means that loop optimizer may assume that the induction variables
2064 ; that control loops do not overflow and that the loops with nontrivial
2065 ; exit condition are not infinite
2066 funsafe-loop-optimizations
2067 Common Report Var(flag_unsafe_loop_optimizations) Optimization
2068 Allow loop optimizations to assume that the loops behave in normal way
2071 Common Report Var(flag_associative_math) SetByCombined
2072 Allow optimization for floating-point arithmetic which may change the
2073 result of the operation due to rounding.
2076 Common Report Var(flag_reciprocal_math) SetByCombined
2077 Same as -fassociative-math for expressions which include division.
2079 ; Nonzero means that unsafe floating-point math optimizations are allowed
2080 ; for the sake of speed. IEEE compliance is not guaranteed, and operations
2081 ; are allowed to assume that their arguments and results are "normal"
2082 ; (e.g., nonnegative for SQRT).
2083 funsafe-math-optimizations
2084 Common Report Var(flag_unsafe_math_optimizations) Optimization SetByCombined
2085 Allow math optimizations that may violate IEEE or ISO standards
2088 Common Report Var(flag_unswitch_loops) Optimization
2089 Perform loop unswitching
2092 Common Report Var(flag_unwind_tables) Optimization
2093 Just generate unwind tables for exception handling
2098 ; Positive if we should track variables, negative if we should run
2099 ; the var-tracking pass only to discard debug annotations, zero if
2100 ; we're not to run it. When flag_var_tracking == 2 (AUTODETECT_VALUE) it
2101 ; will be set according to optimize, debug_info_level and debug_hooks
2102 ; in process_options ().
2104 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking) Init(2) Optimization
2105 Perform variable tracking
2107 ; Positive if we should track variables at assignments, negative if
2108 ; we should run the var-tracking pass only to discard debug
2109 ; annotations. When flag_var_tracking_assignments ==
2110 ; AUTODETECT_VALUE it will be set according to flag_var_tracking.
2111 fvar-tracking-assignments
2112 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking_assignments) Init(2) Optimization
2113 Perform variable tracking by annotating assignments
2115 ; Nonzero if we should toggle flag_var_tracking_assignments after
2116 ; processing options and computing its default. */
2117 fvar-tracking-assignments-toggle
2118 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking_assignments_toggle) Optimization
2119 Toggle -fvar-tracking-assignments
2121 fvar-tracking-uninit
2122 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking_uninit) Optimization
2123 Perform variable tracking and also tag variables that are uninitialized
2126 Common Report Var(flag_tree_vectorize) Optimization
2127 Enable loop vectorization on trees
2130 Common Report Var(flag_tree_slp_vectorize) Init(2) Optimization
2131 Enable basic block vectorization (SLP) on trees
2134 Common Report Var(flag_vect_cost_model) Optimization
2135 Enable use of cost model in vectorization
2137 ftree-vect-loop-version
2138 Common Report Var(flag_tree_vect_loop_version) Init(1) Optimization
2139 Enable loop versioning when doing loop vectorization on trees
2141 ftree-vectorizer-verbose=
2142 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
2143 -ftree-vectorizer-verbose=<number> Set the verbosity level of the vectorizer
2146 Common Report Var(flag_tree_scev_cprop) Init(1) Optimization
2147 Enable copy propagation of scalar-evolution information.
2149 ; -fverbose-asm causes extra commentary information to be produced in
2150 ; the generated assembly code (to make it more readable). This option
2151 ; is generally only of use to those who actually need to read the
2152 ; generated assembly code (perhaps while debugging the compiler itself).
2153 ; -fno-verbose-asm, the default, causes the extra information
2154 ; to not be added and is useful when comparing two assembler files.
2156 Common Report Var(flag_verbose_asm)
2157 Add extra commentary to assembler output
2160 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(symbol_visibility) Var(default_visibility) Init(VISIBILITY_DEFAULT)
2161 -fvisibility=[default|internal|hidden|protected] Set the default symbol visibility
2164 Name(symbol_visibility) Type(enum symbol_visibility) UnknownError(unrecognized visibility value %qs)
2167 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(default) Value(VISIBILITY_DEFAULT)
2170 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(internal) Value(VISIBILITY_INTERNAL)
2173 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(hidden) Value(VISIBILITY_HIDDEN)
2176 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(protected) Value(VISIBILITY_PROTECTED)
2179 Common Report Var(flag_value_profile_transformations) Optimization
2180 Use expression value profiles in optimizations
2183 Common Report Var(flag_web) Init(2) Optimization
2184 Construct webs and split unrelated uses of single variable
2186 ftree-builtin-call-dce
2187 Common Report Var(flag_tree_builtin_call_dce) Init(0) Optimization
2188 Enable conditional dead code elimination for builtin calls
2191 Common Report Var(flag_whole_program) Init(0) Optimization
2192 Perform whole program optimizations
2195 Common Report Var(flag_wrapv) Optimization
2196 Assume signed arithmetic overflow wraps around
2198 fzero-initialized-in-bss
2199 Common Report Var(flag_zero_initialized_in_bss) Init(1)
2200 Put zero initialized data in the bss section
2203 Common JoinedOrMissing
2204 Generate debug information in default format
2207 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gdwarf-)
2208 Generate debug information in COFF format
2211 Common Joined UInteger Var(dwarf_version) Init(2) Negative(gstabs)
2212 Generate debug information in DWARF v2 (or later) format
2215 Common JoinedOrMissing
2216 Generate debug information in default extended format
2218 gno-record-gcc-switches
2219 Common RejectNegative Var(dwarf_record_gcc_switches,0) Init(0)
2220 Don't record gcc command line switches in DWARF DW_AT_producer.
2222 grecord-gcc-switches
2223 Common RejectNegative Var(dwarf_record_gcc_switches,1)
2224 Record gcc command line switches in DWARF DW_AT_producer.
2227 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gstabs+)
2228 Generate debug information in STABS format
2231 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gvms)
2232 Generate debug information in extended STABS format
2235 Common RejectNegative Var(dwarf_strict,0) Init(-1)
2236 Emit DWARF additions beyond selected version
2239 Common Report RejectNegative Var(dwarf_strict,1)
2240 Don't emit DWARF additions beyond selected version
2243 Common Report Var(flag_gtoggle)
2244 Toggle debug information generation
2247 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gxcoff)
2248 Generate debug information in VMS format
2251 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gxcoff+)
2252 Generate debug information in XCOFF format
2255 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gcoff)
2256 Generate debug information in extended XCOFF format
2259 Driver Joined Separate
2262 Common Joined Var(plugindir_string) Init(0)
2263 -iplugindir=<dir> Set <dir> to be the default plugin directory
2266 Driver Joined Separate
2271 no-canonical-prefixes
2284 Common Driver Joined Separate Var(asm_file_name) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
2285 -o <file> Place output into <file>
2288 Common Var(profile_flag)
2289 Enable function profiling
2292 Driver Var(pass_exit_codes)
2295 Common Var(pedantic)
2296 Issue warnings needed for strict compliance to the standard
2299 Common Var(flag_pedantic_errors)
2300 Like -pedantic but issue them as errors
2306 Driver Var(use_pipes)
2309 Driver JoinedOrMissing Var(print_file_name)
2311 print-libgcc-file-name
2314 print-multi-directory
2315 Driver Var(print_multi_directory)
2318 Driver Var(print_multi_lib)
2320 print-multi-os-directory
2321 Driver Var(print_multi_os_directory)
2324 Driver JoinedOrMissing Var(print_prog_name)
2327 Driver Var(print_search_dirs)
2330 Driver Var(print_sysroot)
2332 print-sysroot-headers-suffix
2333 Driver Var(print_sysroot_headers_suffix)
2336 Common Var(quiet_flag) RejectDriver
2337 Do not display functions compiled or elapsed time
2355 Driver Var(report_times)
2358 Driver JoinedOrMissing
2361 Driver Joined Separate
2365 ; C option, but driver must not handle as "-u ndef".
2368 Common Driver Var(verbose_flag)
2369 Enable verbose output
2372 Common Var(version_flag) RejectDriver
2373 Display the compiler's version
2376 Common Var(inhibit_warnings)
2380 Driver Separate Var(wrapper_string)
2383 Driver Joined Separate
2386 Driver RejectNegative Negative(pie)
2387 Create a shared library
2393 Driver Separate Alias(specs=)
2406 ; Documented for Fortran, but always accepted by driver.
2413 ; Documented for Go, but always accepted by driver.
2419 Driver RejectNegative Negative(shared)
2420 Create a position independent executable
2423 Driver Joined Separate
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