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 ; 0 means straightforward implementation of complex divide acceptable.
36 ; 1 means wide ranges of inputs must work for complex divide.
37 ; 2 means C99-like requirements for complex multiply and divide.
39 int flag_complex_method = 1
41 ; Nonzero if subexpressions must be evaluated from left-to-right.
43 int flag_evaluation_order = 0
45 ; Set the default region and algorithm for the integrated register
49 enum ira_algorithm flag_ira_algorithm = IRA_ALGORITHM_CB
52 enum ira_region flag_ira_region = IRA_REGION_MIXED
54 ; Language specific warning pass for unused results.
56 bool flag_warn_unused_result = false
61 ; Floating-point contraction mode, fast by default.
63 enum fp_contract_mode flag_fp_contract_mode = FP_CONTRACT_FAST
65 ; The excess precision specified on the command line, or defaulted by
68 enum excess_precision flag_excess_precision_cmdline = EXCESS_PRECISION_DEFAULT
70 ; Nonzero if we should write GIMPLE bytecode for link-time optimization.
74 ; True to warn about any objects definitions whose size is larger
75 ; than N bytes. Also want about function definitions whose returned
76 ; values are larger than N bytes, where N is 'larger_than_size'.
81 HOST_WIDE_INT larger_than_size
83 ; True to warn about any function whose frame size is larger
86 bool warn_frame_larger_than
89 HOST_WIDE_INT frame_larger_than_size
91 ; Nonzero means we should be saving declaration info into a .X file.
93 int flag_gen_aux_info = 0
95 ; Nonzero if we are compiling code for a shared library, zero for
100 ; The default visibility for all symbols (unless overridden).
102 enum symbol_visibility default_visibility = VISIBILITY_DEFAULT
104 ; Set to the default thread-local storage (tls) model to use.
106 enum tls_model flag_tls_default = TLS_MODEL_GLOBAL_DYNAMIC
108 ; These two are really VEC(char_p,heap) *.
111 void *flag_instrument_functions_exclude_functions
114 void *flag_instrument_functions_exclude_files
116 ; Generic structs (e.g. templates not explicitly specialized)
117 ; may not have a compilation unit associated with them, and so
118 ; may need to be treated differently from ordinary structs.
120 ; Structs only handled by reference (indirectly), will also usually
121 ; not need as much debugging information.
124 enum debug_struct_file debug_struct_ordinary[DINFO_USAGE_NUM_ENUMS] = { DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY }
127 enum debug_struct_file debug_struct_generic[DINFO_USAGE_NUM_ENUMS] = { DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY }
129 ; True if we should exit after parsing options.
131 bool exit_after_options
133 ; Type(s) of debugging information we are producing (if any). See
134 ; flag-types.h for the definitions of the different possible types of
135 ; debugging information.
137 enum debug_info_type write_symbols = NO_DEBUG
139 ; Level of debugging information we are producing. See flag-types.h
140 ; for the definitions of the different possible levels.
142 enum debug_info_levels debug_info_level = DINFO_LEVEL_NONE
144 ; Nonzero means use GNU-only extensions in the generated symbolic
145 ; debugging information. Currently, this only has an effect when
146 ; write_symbols is set to DBX_DEBUG, XCOFF_DEBUG, or DWARF_DEBUG.
148 bool use_gnu_debug_info_extensions
150 ; Original value of maximum field alignment in bytes, specified via
151 ; -fpack-struct=<value>.
153 unsigned int initial_max_fld_align = TARGET_DEFAULT_PACK_STRUCT
156 enum vect_verbosity_levels user_vect_verbosity_level = MAX_VERBOSITY_LEVEL
158 ; -dA causes debug commentary information to be produced in
159 ; the generated assembly code (to make it more readable). This option
160 ; is generally only of use to those who actually need to read the
161 ; generated assembly code (perhaps while debugging the compiler itself).
162 ; Currently, this switch is only used by dwarf2out.c; however, it is intended
163 ; to be a catchall for printing debug information in the assembler file.
167 ; -dP causes the rtl to be emitted as a comment in assembly.
169 int flag_dump_rtl_in_asm
171 ; Whether -da was passed (used only in handle_common_deferred_options).
173 bool flag_dump_all_passed
175 ; Other flags saying which kinds of debugging dump have been requested.
178 int rtl_dump_and_exit
181 int flag_print_asm_name
184 enum graph_dump_types graph_dump_format = no_graph
186 ; Which options have been printed by --help.
190 ; The number of columns for --help output.
192 unsigned int help_columns
194 ; Whether this options structure has been through finish_options
196 bool flag_opts_finished
208 Driver Alias(coverage)
214 Common Separate Alias(d)
217 Common Joined Alias(d)
220 Common Separate Alias(dumpbase)
223 Common Separate Alias(dumpdir)
226 Driver Separate Alias(e)
229 Driver Joined Alias(e)
232 Common Warning Alias(Wextra)
235 Driver Separate Alias(Xassembler)
238 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(Xassembler)
241 Driver Separate Alias(Xlinker)
244 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(Xlinker)
247 Driver Separate Alias(u)
250 Driver Joined Alias(u)
253 Common Driver Var(help_flag)
254 Display this information
257 Common Driver Report Joined
258 --help=<class> Display descriptions of a specific class of options. <class> is one or more of optimizers, target, warnings, undocumented, params
261 Driver Separate Alias(x)
264 Driver Joined Alias(x)
267 Driver Separate Alias(L)
270 Driver Joined Alias(L)
272 -no-canonical-prefixes
273 Driver Alias(no-canonical-prefixes)
275 -no-standard-libraries
276 Driver Alias(nostdlib)
285 Common Driver Separate Alias(o) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
288 Common Driver Joined Alias(o) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
291 Driver Alias(pass-exit-codes)
294 Common Alias(pedantic)
297 Common Alias(pedantic-errors)
306 Driver Separate Alias(B)
309 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(B)
315 Driver Separate Alias(print-file-name=)
318 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(print-file-name=)
320 -print-libgcc-file-name
321 Driver Alias(print-libgcc-file-name)
323 -print-multi-directory
324 Driver Alias(print-multi-directory)
327 Driver Alias(print-multi-lib)
329 -print-multi-os-directory
330 Driver Alias(print-multi-os-directory)
333 Driver Separate Alias(print-prog-name=)
336 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(print-prog-name=)
339 Driver Alias(print-search-dirs)
342 Driver Alias(print-sysroot)
344 -print-sysroot-headers-suffix
345 Driver Alias(print-sysroot-headers-suffix)
351 Driver Alias(save-temps)
357 Driver Separate Alias(specs=)
360 Driver Joined Alias(specs=)
366 Driver Alias(symbolic)
370 Alias for --help=target
378 ;; The driver used to convert options such as --help into forms such
379 ;; as -fhelp; the following four entries are for compatibility with
380 ;; any direct uses of those (undocumented) -f forms
382 Common Driver Alias(-help)
385 Common Driver Joined Alias(-help=)
388 Common Driver Alias(-target-help)
391 Common Driver Alias(-version)
395 --param <param>=<value> Set parameter <param> to value. See below for a complete list of parameters
398 Common Joined Alias(-param)
401 Driver Separate Alias(-sysroot=)
404 Driver JoinedOrMissing
410 Driver Joined Separate
416 Driver Joined Separate
419 Common JoinedOrMissing Optimization
420 -O<number> Set optimization level to <number>
424 Optimize for space rather than speed
428 Optimize for speed disregarding exact standards compliance
431 Driver Joined Separate
437 Driver Joined Separate
449 Common RejectNegative Warning Alias(Wextra)
450 This switch is deprecated; use -Wextra instead
453 Driver JoinedOrMissing
456 Driver JoinedOrMissing
459 Driver JoinedOrMissing
462 Common Var(warn_aggregate_return) Warning
463 Warn about returning structures, unions or arrays
466 Common Var(warn_array_bounds) Warning
467 Warn if an array is accessed out of bounds
470 Common Var(warn_attributes) Init(1) Warning
471 Warn about inappropriate attribute usage
474 Common Var(warn_cast_align) Warning
475 Warn about pointer casts which increase alignment
478 Common Var(warn_cpp) Init(1) Warning
479 Warn when a #warning directive is encountered
481 Wdeprecated-declarations
482 Common Var(warn_deprecated_decl) Init(1) Warning
483 Warn about uses of __attribute__((deprecated)) declarations
485 Wdisabled-optimization
486 Common Var(warn_disabled_optimization) Warning
487 Warn when an optimization pass is disabled
490 Common Var(warnings_are_errors)
491 Treat all warnings as errors
495 Treat specified warning as error
498 Common Var(extra_warnings) Warning
499 Print extra (possibly unwanted) warnings
502 Common Var(flag_fatal_errors)
503 Exit on the first error occurred
506 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
507 -Wframe-larger-than=<number> Warn if a function's stack frame requires more than <number> bytes
510 Common Var(warn_inline) Warning
511 Warn when an inlined function cannot be inlined
514 Common RejectNegative Joined Warning Undocumented Alias(Wlarger-than=)
517 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Warning
518 -Wlarger-than=<number> Warn if an object is larger than <number> bytes
520 Wunsafe-loop-optimizations
521 Common Var(warn_unsafe_loop_optimizations) Warning
522 Warn if the loop cannot be optimized due to nontrivial assumptions.
525 Common Var(warn_missing_noreturn) Warning
526 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((noreturn))
529 Common Var(warn_mudflap) Init(1) Warning
530 Warn about constructs not instrumented by -fmudflap
533 Common Var(warn_overflow) Init(1) Warning
534 Warn about overflow in arithmetic expressions
537 Common Var(warn_packed) Warning
538 Warn when the packed attribute has no effect on struct layout
541 Common Var(warn_padded) Warning
542 Warn when padding is required to align structure members
545 Common Var(warn_shadow) Warning
546 Warn when one local variable shadows another
549 Common Var(warn_stack_protect) Warning
550 Warn when not issuing stack smashing protection for some reason
554 Warn about code which might break strict aliasing rules
557 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_strict_aliasing) Init(-1) Warning
558 Warn about code which might break strict aliasing rules
562 Warn about optimizations that assume that signed overflow is undefined
565 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_strict_overflow) Init(-1) Warning
566 Warn about optimizations that assume that signed overflow is undefined
568 Wsuggest-attribute=const
569 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_const) Warning
570 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((const))
572 Wsuggest-attribute=pure
573 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_pure) Warning
574 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((pure))
576 Wsuggest-attribute=noreturn
577 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_noreturn) Warning
578 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((noreturn))
581 Common Var(warn_switch) Warning
582 Warn about enumerated switches, with no default, missing a case
585 Common Var(warn_switch_default) Warning
586 Warn about enumerated switches missing a \"default:\" statement
589 Common Var(warn_switch_enum) Warning
590 Warn about all enumerated switches missing a specific case
593 Common Var(warn_system_headers) Warning
594 Do not suppress warnings from system headers
597 Common Var(warn_trampolines) Warning
598 Warn whenever a trampoline is generated
601 Common Var(warn_type_limits) Init(-1) Warning
602 Warn if a comparison is always true or always false due to the limited range of the data type
605 Common Var(warn_uninitialized) Init(-1) Warning
606 Warn about uninitialized automatic variables
610 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
613 Common Var(warn_unused) Init(0) Warning
614 Enable all -Wunused- warnings
616 Wunused-but-set-parameter
617 Common Var(warn_unused_but_set_parameter) Init(-1) Warning
618 Warn when a function parameter is only set, otherwise unused
620 Wunused-but-set-variable
621 Common Var(warn_unused_but_set_variable) Init(-1) Warning
622 Warn when a variable is only set, otherwise unused
625 Common Var(warn_unused_function) Init(-1) Warning
626 Warn when a function is unused
629 Common Var(warn_unused_label) Init(-1) Warning
630 Warn when a label is unused
633 Common Var(warn_unused_parameter) Init(-1) Warning
634 Warn when a function parameter is unused
637 Common Var(warn_unused_value) Init(-1) Warning
638 Warn when an expression value is unused
641 Common Var(warn_unused_variable) Init(-1) Warning
642 Warn when a variable is unused
645 Common Var(warn_coverage_mismatch) Init(1) Warning
646 Warn in case profiles in -fprofile-use do not match
658 Common Separate Var(aux_info_file_name)
659 -aux-info <file> Emit declaration information into <file>
662 Common Joined Alias(aux-info)
665 Common Separate RejectDriver Var(aux_base_name)
668 Common Separate RejectDriver
678 -d<letters> Enable dumps from specific passes of the compiler
681 Common Separate Var(dump_base_name)
682 -dumpbase <file> Set the file basename to be used for dumps
685 Common Separate Var(dump_dir_name)
686 -dumpdir <dir> Set the directory name to be used for dumps
698 Driver Joined Separate
700 ; The version of the C++ ABI in use. The following values are allowed:
702 ; 0: The version of the ABI believed most conformant with the C++ ABI
703 ; specification. This ABI may change as bugs are discovered and fixed.
704 ; Therefore, 0 will not necessarily indicate the same ABI in different
707 ; 1: The version of the ABI first used in G++ 3.2.
709 ; 2: The version of the ABI first used in G++ 3.4 (and current default).
711 ; 3: The version of the ABI that fixes the missing underscore
712 ; in template non-type arguments of pointer type.
714 ; 4: The version of the ABI that introduces unambiguous mangling of
717 ; Additional positive integers will be assigned as new versions of
718 ; the ABI become the default version of the ABI.
720 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_abi_version) Init(2)
723 Common Report Var(align_functions,0) Optimization UInteger
724 Align the start of functions
727 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(align_functions)
730 Common Report Var(align_jumps,0) Optimization UInteger
731 Align labels which are only reached by jumping
734 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(align_jumps)
737 Common Report Var(align_labels,0) Optimization UInteger
741 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(align_labels)
744 Common Report Var(align_loops,0) Optimization UInteger
745 Align the start of loops
748 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(align_loops)
752 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
756 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
758 fargument-noalias-global
760 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
762 fargument-noalias-anything
764 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
766 fasynchronous-unwind-tables
767 Common Report Var(flag_asynchronous_unwind_tables) Optimization
768 Generate unwind tables that are exact at each instruction boundary
771 Common Report Var(flag_auto_inc_dec) Init(1)
772 Generate auto-inc/dec instructions
774 ; -fcheck-bounds causes gcc to generate array bounds checks.
775 ; For C, C++ and ObjC: defaults off.
776 ; For Java: defaults to on.
777 ; For Fortran: defaults to off.
779 Common Report Var(flag_bounds_check)
780 Generate code to check bounds before indexing arrays
783 Common Report Var(flag_branch_on_count_reg) Init(1) Optimization
784 Replace add, compare, branch with branch on count register
786 fbranch-probabilities
787 Common Report Var(flag_branch_probabilities) Optimization
788 Use profiling information for branch probabilities
790 fbranch-target-load-optimize
791 Common Report Var(flag_branch_target_load_optimize) Optimization
792 Perform branch target load optimization before prologue / epilogue threading
794 fbranch-target-load-optimize2
795 Common Report Var(flag_branch_target_load_optimize2) Optimization
796 Perform branch target load optimization after prologue / epilogue threading
799 Common Report Var(flag_btr_bb_exclusive) Optimization
800 Restrict target load migration not to re-use registers in any basic block
803 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
804 -fcall-saved-<register> Mark <register> as being preserved across functions
807 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
808 -fcall-used-<register> Mark <register> as being corrupted by function calls
810 ; Nonzero for -fcaller-saves: allocate values in regs that need to
811 ; be saved across function calls, if that produces overall better code.
812 ; Optional now, so people can test it.
814 Common Report Var(flag_caller_saves) Optimization
815 Save registers around function calls
818 Common Report Var(flag_check_data_deps)
819 Compare the results of several data dependence analyzers.
821 fcombine-stack-adjustments
822 Common Report Var(flag_combine_stack_adjustments) Optimization
823 Looks for opportunities to reduce stack adjustments and stack references.
826 Common Report Var(flag_no_common,0) Optimization
827 Do not put uninitialized globals in the common section
831 ; Converted by the driver to -fcompare-debug= options.
834 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative Var(flag_compare_debug_opt)
835 -fcompare-debug[=<opts>] Compile with and without e.g. -gtoggle, and compare the final-insns dump
837 fcompare-debug-second
838 Common Driver RejectNegative
839 Run only the second compilation of -fcompare-debug
842 Common Var(flag_conserve_stack) Optimization
843 Do not perform optimizations increasing noticeably stack usage
846 Common Report Var(flag_cprop_registers) Optimization
847 Perform a register copy-propagation optimization pass
850 Common Report Var(flag_crossjumping) Optimization
851 Perform cross-jumping optimization
854 Common Report Var(flag_cse_follow_jumps) Optimization
855 When running CSE, follow jumps to their targets
859 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
862 Common Report Var(flag_cx_limited_range) Optimization
863 Omit range reduction step when performing complex division
866 Common Report Var(flag_cx_fortran_rules) Optimization
867 Complex multiplication and division follow Fortran rules
870 Common Report Var(flag_data_sections) Optimization
871 Place data items into their own section
874 Common Report Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
875 List all available debugging counters with their limits and counts.
878 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
879 -fdbg-cnt=<counter>:<limit>[,<counter>:<limit>,...] Set the debug counter limit.
882 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
883 Map one directory name to another in debug information
885 ; Nonzero for -fdefer-pop: don't pop args after each function call
886 ; instead save them up to pop many calls' args with one insns.
888 Common Report Var(flag_defer_pop) Optimization
889 Defer popping functions args from stack until later
892 Common Report Var(flag_delayed_branch) Optimization
893 Attempt to fill delay slots of branch instructions
895 fdelete-null-pointer-checks
896 Common Report Var(flag_delete_null_pointer_checks) Init(1) Optimization
897 Delete useless null pointer checks
899 fdiagnostics-show-location=
900 Common Joined RejectNegative
901 -fdiagnostics-show-location=[once|every-line] How often to emit source location at the beginning of line-wrapped diagnostics
903 fdiagnostics-show-option
904 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_option) Init(1)
905 Amend appropriate diagnostic messages with the command line option that controls them
908 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
909 -fdump-<type> Dump various compiler internals to a file
912 Driver RejectNegative
915 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_dump_final_insns)
916 -fdump-final-insns=filename Dump to filename the insns at the end of translation
919 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_dump_go_spec)
920 -fdump-go-spec=filename Write all declarations to file as Go code
923 Common Report Var(flag_dump_noaddr)
924 Suppress output of addresses in debugging dumps
927 Common Report Var(flag_dump_unnumbered)
928 Suppress output of instruction numbers, line number notes and addresses in debugging dumps
930 fdump-unnumbered-links
931 Common Report Var(flag_dump_unnumbered_links)
932 Suppress output of previous and next insn numbers in debugging dumps
935 Common Report Var(flag_dwarf2_cfi_asm) Init(HAVE_GAS_CFI_DIRECTIVE)
936 Enable CFI tables via GAS assembler directives.
939 Common Report Var(flag_early_inlining) Init(1) Optimization
940 Perform early inlining
942 feliminate-dwarf2-dups
943 Common Report Var(flag_eliminate_dwarf2_dups)
944 Perform DWARF2 duplicate elimination
947 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_sra) Init(0) Optimization
948 Perform interprocedural reduction of aggregates
950 feliminate-unused-debug-symbols
951 Common Report Var(flag_debug_only_used_symbols)
952 Perform unused type elimination in debug info
954 feliminate-unused-debug-types
955 Common Report Var(flag_eliminate_unused_debug_types) Init(1)
956 Perform unused type elimination in debug info
958 femit-class-debug-always
959 Common Report Var(flag_emit_class_debug_always) Init(0)
960 Do not suppress C++ class debug information.
963 Common Report Var(flag_enable_icf_debug)
964 Generate debug information to support Identical Code Folding (ICF)
967 Common Report Var(flag_exceptions) Optimization
968 Enable exception handling
970 fexpensive-optimizations
971 Common Report Var(flag_expensive_optimizations) Optimization
972 Perform a number of minor, expensive optimizations
975 Common Joined RejectNegative
976 -fexcess-precision=[fast|standard] Specify handling of excess floating-point precision
982 Common Report Var(flag_finite_math_only) Optimization
983 Assume no NaNs or infinities are generated
986 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
987 -ffixed-<register> Mark <register> as being unavailable to the compiler
990 Common Report Var(flag_float_store) Optimization
991 Don't allocate floats and doubles in extended-precision registers
995 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
998 Common Report Var(flag_forward_propagate) Optimization
999 Perform a forward propagation pass on RTL
1002 Common Joined RejectNegative
1003 -ffp-contract=[off|on|fast] Perform floating-point expression contraction.
1005 ; Nonzero means don't put addresses of constant functions in registers.
1006 ; Used for compiling the Unix kernel, where strange substitutions are
1007 ; done on the assembly output.
1009 Common Report Var(flag_no_function_cse,0)
1010 Allow function addresses to be held in registers
1013 Common Report Var(flag_function_sections)
1014 Place each function into its own section
1017 Common Report Var(flag_gcse) Optimization
1018 Perform global common subexpression elimination
1021 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_lm) Init(1) Optimization
1022 Perform enhanced load motion during global common subexpression elimination
1025 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_sm) Init(0) Optimization
1026 Perform store motion after global common subexpression elimination
1029 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_las) Init(0) Optimization
1030 Perform redundant load after store elimination in global common subexpression
1034 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_after_reload) Optimization
1035 Perform global common subexpression elimination after register allocation
1038 ; This option is not documented yet as its semantics will change.
1040 Common Report Var(flag_graphite)
1041 Enable in and out of Graphite representation
1044 Common Report Var(flag_graphite_identity) Optimization
1045 Enable Graphite Identity transformation
1047 floop-parallelize-all
1048 Common Report Var(flag_loop_parallelize_all) Optimization
1049 Mark all loops as parallel
1052 Common Report Var(flag_loop_strip_mine) Optimization
1053 Enable Loop Strip Mining transformation
1056 Common Report Var(flag_loop_interchange) Optimization
1057 Enable Loop Interchange transformation
1060 Common Report Var(flag_loop_block) Optimization
1061 Enable Loop Blocking transformation
1064 Common Report Var(flag_loop_flatten) Optimization
1065 Enable Loop Flattening transformation
1067 fstrict-volatile-bitfields
1068 Common Report Var(flag_strict_volatile_bitfields) Init(-1)
1069 Force bitfield accesses to match their type width
1071 fguess-branch-probability
1072 Common Report Var(flag_guess_branch_prob) Optimization
1073 Enable guessing of branch probabilities
1075 ; Nonzero means ignore `#ident' directives. 0 means handle them.
1076 ; Generate position-independent code for executables if possible
1077 ; On SVR4 targets, it also controls whether or not to emit a
1078 ; string identifying the compiler.
1080 Common Report Var(flag_no_ident,0)
1081 Process #ident directives
1084 Common Report Var(flag_if_conversion) Optimization
1085 Perform conversion of conditional jumps to branchless equivalents
1088 Common Report Var(flag_if_conversion2) Optimization
1089 Perform conversion of conditional jumps to conditional execution
1091 ftree-loop-if-convert
1092 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_if_convert) Init(-1) Optimization
1093 Convert conditional jumps in innermost loops to branchless equivalents
1095 ftree-loop-if-convert-stores
1096 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_if_convert_stores) Optimization
1097 Also if-convert conditional jumps containing memory writes
1099 ; -finhibit-size-directive inhibits output of .size for ELF.
1100 ; This is used only for compiling crtstuff.c,
1101 ; and it may be extended to other effects
1102 ; needed for crtstuff.c on other systems.
1103 finhibit-size-directive
1104 Common Report Var(flag_inhibit_size_directive)
1105 Do not generate .size directives
1108 Common Report Var(flag_indirect_inlining)
1109 Perform indirect inlining
1111 ; Nonzero means that functions declared `inline' will be treated
1112 ; as `static'. Prevents generation of zillions of copies of unused
1113 ; static inline functions; instead, `inlines' are written out
1114 ; only when actually used. Used in conjunction with -g. Also
1115 ; does the right thing with #pragma interface.
1117 Common Report Var(flag_no_inline,0) Init(0)
1118 Pay attention to the \"inline\" keyword
1120 finline-small-functions
1121 Common Report Var(flag_inline_small_functions) Optimization
1122 Integrate simple functions into their callers when code size is known to not growth
1125 Common Report Var(flag_inline_functions) Optimization
1126 Integrate simple functions into their callers
1128 finline-functions-called-once
1129 Common Report Var(flag_inline_functions_called_once) Init(1) Optimization
1130 Integrate functions called once into their callers
1133 Common RejectNegative Joined Alias(finline-limit=)
1136 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1137 -finline-limit=<number> Limit the size of inlined functions to <number>
1139 finstrument-functions
1140 Common Report Var(flag_instrument_function_entry_exit)
1141 Instrument function entry and exit with profiling calls
1143 finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list=
1144 Common RejectNegative Joined
1145 -finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list=name,... Do not instrument listed functions
1147 finstrument-functions-exclude-file-list=
1148 Common RejectNegative Joined
1149 -finstrument-functions-exclude-file-list=filename,... Do not instrument functions listed in files
1152 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_cp) Optimization
1153 Perform Interprocedural constant propagation
1156 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_cp_clone) Optimization
1157 Perform cloning to make Interprocedural constant propagation stronger
1160 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_profile) Init(0) Optimization
1161 Perform interprocedural profile propagation
1164 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_pta) Init(0) Optimization
1165 Perform interprocedural points-to analysis
1168 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_pure_const) Init(0) Optimization
1169 Discover pure and const functions
1172 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_reference) Init(0) Optimization
1173 Discover readonly and non addressable static variables
1176 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_matrix_reorg) Optimization
1177 Perform matrix layout flattening and transposing based
1178 on profiling information.
1181 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_struct_reorg)
1182 Perform structure layout optimizations based
1183 on profiling information.
1186 Common Joined RejectNegative
1187 -fira-algorithm=[CB|priority] Set the used IRA algorithm
1190 Common Joined RejectNegative
1191 -fira-region=[one|all|mixed] Set regions for IRA
1194 Common Report Var(flag_ira_loop_pressure)
1195 Use IRA based register pressure calculation
1196 in RTL loop optimizations.
1198 fira-share-save-slots
1199 Common Report Var(flag_ira_share_save_slots) Init(1)
1200 Share slots for saving different hard registers.
1202 fira-share-spill-slots
1203 Common Report Var(flag_ira_share_spill_slots) Init(1)
1204 Share stack slots for spilled pseudo-registers.
1207 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(flag_ira_verbose) Init(5)
1208 -fira-verbose=<number> Control IRA's level of diagnostic messages.
1211 Common Report Var(flag_ivopts) Init(1) Optimization
1212 Optimize induction variables on trees
1215 Common Var(flag_jump_tables) Init(1) Optimization
1216 Use jump tables for sufficiently large switch statements
1218 fkeep-inline-functions
1219 Common Report Var(flag_keep_inline_functions)
1220 Generate code for functions even if they are fully inlined
1223 Common Report Var(flag_keep_static_consts) Init(1)
1224 Emit static const variables even if they are not used
1227 Common Report Var(flag_leading_underscore) Init(-1)
1228 Give external symbols a leading underscore
1232 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1236 Enable link-time optimization.
1239 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_lto)
1240 Link-time optimization with number of parallel jobs or jobserver.
1243 Common Var(flag_lto_partition_1to1)
1244 Partition functions and vars at linktime based on object files they originate from
1246 flto-partition=balanced
1247 Common Var(flag_lto_partition_balanced)
1248 Partition functions and vars at linktime into approximately same sized buckets
1251 Common Var(flag_lto_partition_none)
1252 Disable partioning and streaming
1254 ; The initial value of -1 comes from Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION in zlib.h.
1255 flto-compression-level=
1256 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_lto_compression_level) Init(-1)
1257 -flto-compression-level=<number> Use zlib compression level <number> for IL
1260 Common Report Var(flag_lto_report) Init(0) Optimization
1261 Report various link-time optimization statistics
1264 Common Report Var(flag_errno_math) Init(1) Optimization
1265 Set errno after built-in math functions
1268 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_max_errors)
1269 -fmax-errors=<number> Maximum number of errors to report
1272 Common Report Var(mem_report)
1273 Report on permanent memory allocation
1275 ; This will attempt to merge constant section constants, if 1 only
1276 ; string constants and constants from constant pool, if 2 also constant
1278 fmerge-all-constants
1279 Common Report Var(flag_merge_constants,2) Init(1) Optimization
1280 Attempt to merge identical constants and constant variables
1283 Common Report Var(flag_merge_constants,1) Optimization
1284 Attempt to merge identical constants across compilation units
1286 fmerge-debug-strings
1287 Common Report Var(flag_merge_debug_strings) Init(1)
1288 Attempt to merge identical debug strings across compilation units
1291 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1292 -fmessage-length=<number> Limit diagnostics to <number> characters per line. 0 suppresses line-wrapping
1295 Common Report Var(flag_modulo_sched) Optimization
1296 Perform SMS based modulo scheduling before the first scheduling pass
1298 fmodulo-sched-allow-regmoves
1299 Common Report Var(flag_modulo_sched_allow_regmoves)
1300 Perform SMS based modulo scheduling with register moves allowed
1302 fmove-loop-invariants
1303 Common Report Var(flag_move_loop_invariants) Init(1) Optimization
1304 Move loop invariant computations out of loops
1307 Common RejectNegative Report Var(flag_mudflap)
1308 Add mudflap bounds-checking instrumentation for single-threaded program
1311 Common RejectNegative Report Var(flag_mudflap,2)
1312 Add mudflap bounds-checking instrumentation for multi-threaded program
1315 Common RejectNegative Report Var(flag_mudflap_ignore_reads)
1316 Ignore read operations when inserting mudflap instrumentation
1319 Common Var(flag_dce) Init(1) Optimization
1320 Use the RTL dead code elimination pass
1323 Common Var(flag_dse) Init(1) Optimization
1324 Use the RTL dead store elimination pass
1326 freschedule-modulo-scheduled-loops
1327 Common Report Var(flag_resched_modulo_sched) Optimization
1328 Enable/Disable the traditional scheduling in loops that already passed modulo scheduling
1330 fnon-call-exceptions
1331 Common Report Var(flag_non_call_exceptions) Optimization
1332 Support synchronous non-call exceptions
1335 Common Report Var(flag_omit_frame_pointer) Optimization
1336 When possible do not generate stack frames
1338 foptimize-register-move
1339 Common Report Var(flag_regmove) Optimization
1340 Do the full register move optimization pass
1342 foptimize-sibling-calls
1343 Common Report Var(flag_optimize_sibling_calls) Optimization
1344 Optimize sibling and tail recursive calls
1347 Common Report Var(flag_partial_inlining)
1348 Perform partial inlining
1351 Common Report Var(pre_ipa_mem_report)
1352 Report on memory allocation before interprocedural optimization
1354 fpost-ipa-mem-report
1355 Common Report Var(post_ipa_mem_report)
1356 Report on memory allocation before interprocedural optimization
1359 Common Report Var(flag_pack_struct) Optimization
1360 Pack structure members together without holes
1363 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
1364 -fpack-struct=<number> Set initial maximum structure member alignment
1367 Common Report Var(flag_pcc_struct_return,1) Init(DEFAULT_PCC_STRUCT_RETURN)
1368 Return small aggregates in memory, not registers
1371 Common Report Var(flag_peel_loops) Optimization
1372 Perform loop peeling
1375 Common Report Var(flag_no_peephole,0) Optimization
1376 Enable machine specific peephole optimizations
1379 Common Report Var(flag_peephole2) Optimization
1380 Enable an RTL peephole pass before sched2
1383 Common Report Var(flag_pic,2)
1384 Generate position-independent code if possible (large mode)
1387 Common Report Var(flag_pie,2)
1388 Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (large mode)
1391 Common Report Var(flag_pic,1)
1392 Generate position-independent code if possible (small mode)
1395 Common Report Var(flag_pie,1)
1396 Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (small mode)
1399 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1400 Specify a plugin to load
1403 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1404 -fplugin-arg-<name>-<key>[=<value>] Specify argument <key>=<value> for plugin <name>
1406 fpredictive-commoning
1407 Common Report Var(flag_predictive_commoning) Optimization
1408 Run predictive commoning optimization.
1410 fprefetch-loop-arrays
1411 Common Report Var(flag_prefetch_loop_arrays) Init(-1) Optimization
1412 Generate prefetch instructions, if available, for arrays in loops
1415 Common Report Var(profile_flag)
1416 Enable basic program profiling code
1419 Common Report Var(profile_arc_flag)
1420 Insert arc-based program profiling code
1423 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_data_prefix)
1424 Set the top-level directory for storing the profile data.
1425 The default is 'pwd'.
1428 Common Report Var(flag_profile_correction)
1429 Enable correction of flow inconsistent profile data input
1433 Enable common options for generating profile info for profile feedback directed optimizations
1436 Common Joined RejectNegative
1437 Enable common options for generating profile info for profile feedback directed optimizations, and set -fprofile-dir=
1440 Common Var(flag_profile_use)
1441 Enable common options for performing profile feedback directed optimizations
1444 Common Joined RejectNegative
1445 Enable common options for performing profile feedback directed optimizations, and set -fprofile-dir=
1448 Common Report Var(flag_profile_values)
1449 Insert code to profile values of expressions
1452 Common Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1455 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1456 -frandom-seed=<string> Make compile reproducible using <string>
1458 ; This switch causes the command line that was used to create an
1459 ; object file to be recorded into the object file. The exact format
1460 ; of this recording is target and binary file format dependent.
1461 ; It is related to the -fverbose-asm switch, but that switch only
1462 ; records information in the assembler output file as comments, so
1463 ; they never reach the object file.
1464 frecord-gcc-switches
1465 Common Report Var(flag_record_gcc_switches)
1466 Record gcc command line switches in the object file.
1469 Common Report Var(flag_pcc_struct_return,0) Optimization
1470 Return small aggregates in registers
1473 Common Report Var(flag_regmove) Optimization
1474 Enables a register move optimization
1477 Common Report Var(flag_rename_registers) Init(2) Optimization
1478 Perform a register renaming optimization pass
1481 Common Report Var(flag_reorder_blocks) Optimization
1482 Reorder basic blocks to improve code placement
1484 freorder-blocks-and-partition
1485 Common Report Var(flag_reorder_blocks_and_partition) Optimization
1486 Reorder basic blocks and partition into hot and cold sections
1489 Common Report Var(flag_reorder_functions) Optimization
1490 Reorder functions to improve code placement
1492 frerun-cse-after-loop
1493 Common Report Var(flag_rerun_cse_after_loop) Optimization
1494 Add a common subexpression elimination pass after loop optimizations
1498 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1501 Common Report Var(flag_rounding_math) Optimization
1502 Disable optimizations that assume default FP rounding behavior
1505 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_interblock) Init(1) Optimization
1506 Enable scheduling across basic blocks
1509 Common Report Var(flag_sched_pressure) Init(0) Optimization
1510 Enable register pressure sensitive insn scheduling
1513 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_speculative) Init(1) Optimization
1514 Allow speculative motion of non-loads
1517 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_speculative_load) Optimization
1518 Allow speculative motion of some loads
1520 fsched-spec-load-dangerous
1521 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_speculative_load_dangerous) Optimization
1522 Allow speculative motion of more loads
1525 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(sched_verbose_param)
1526 -fsched-verbose=<number> Set the verbosity level of the scheduler
1528 fsched2-use-superblocks
1529 Common Report Var(flag_sched2_use_superblocks) Optimization
1530 If scheduling post reload, do superblock scheduling
1534 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1537 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_insns) Optimization
1538 Reschedule instructions before register allocation
1541 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_insns_after_reload) Optimization
1542 Reschedule instructions after register allocation
1544 ; This flag should be on when a target implements non-trivial
1545 ; scheduling hooks, maybe saving some information for its own sake.
1546 ; On IA64, for example, this is used for correct bundling.
1547 fselective-scheduling
1548 Common Report Var(flag_selective_scheduling) Optimization
1549 Schedule instructions using selective scheduling algorithm
1551 fselective-scheduling2
1552 Common Report Var(flag_selective_scheduling2) Optimization
1553 Run selective scheduling after reload
1555 fsel-sched-pipelining
1556 Common Report Var(flag_sel_sched_pipelining) Init(0) Optimization
1557 Perform software pipelining of inner loops during selective scheduling
1559 fsel-sched-pipelining-outer-loops
1560 Common Report Var(flag_sel_sched_pipelining_outer_loops) Init(0) Optimization
1561 Perform software pipelining of outer loops during selective scheduling
1563 fsel-sched-reschedule-pipelined
1564 Common Report Var(flag_sel_sched_reschedule_pipelined) Init(0) Optimization
1565 Reschedule pipelined regions without pipelining
1567 ; sched_stalled_insns means that insns can be moved prematurely from the queue
1568 ; of stalled insns into the ready list.
1569 fsched-stalled-insns
1570 Common Report Var(flag_sched_stalled_insns) Optimization UInteger
1571 Allow premature scheduling of queued insns
1573 fsched-stalled-insns=
1574 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1575 -fsched-stalled-insns=<number> Set number of queued insns that can be prematurely scheduled
1577 ; sched_stalled_insns_dep controls how many recently scheduled cycles will
1578 ; be examined for a dependency on a stalled insn that is candidate for
1579 ; premature removal from the queue of stalled insns into the ready list (has
1580 ; an effect only if the flag 'sched_stalled_insns' is set).
1581 fsched-stalled-insns-dep
1582 Common Report Var(flag_sched_stalled_insns_dep,1) Init(1) Optimization UInteger
1583 Set dependence distance checking in premature scheduling of queued insns
1585 fsched-stalled-insns-dep=
1586 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1587 -fsched-stalled-insns-dep=<number> Set dependence distance checking in premature scheduling of queued insns
1589 fsched-group-heuristic
1590 Common Report Var(flag_sched_group_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
1591 Enable the group heuristic in the scheduler
1593 fsched-critical-path-heuristic
1594 Common Report Var(flag_sched_critical_path_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
1595 Enable the critical path heuristic in the scheduler
1597 fsched-spec-insn-heuristic
1598 Common Report Var(flag_sched_spec_insn_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
1599 Enable the speculative instruction heuristic in the scheduler
1601 fsched-rank-heuristic
1602 Common Report Var(flag_sched_rank_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
1603 Enable the rank heuristic in the scheduler
1605 fsched-last-insn-heuristic
1606 Common Report Var(flag_sched_last_insn_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
1607 Enable the last instruction heuristic in the scheduler
1609 fsched-dep-count-heuristic
1610 Common Report Var(flag_sched_dep_count_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
1611 Enable the dependent count heuristic in the scheduler
1614 Common Report Var(flag_section_anchors) Optimization
1615 Access data in the same section from shared anchor points
1619 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1622 Common Report Var(flag_zee) Init(0)
1623 Eliminate redundant zero extensions on targets that support implicit extensions.
1626 Common Report Var(flag_show_column) Init(1)
1627 Show column numbers in diagnostics, when available. Default on
1630 Common Report Var(flag_signaling_nans) Optimization
1631 Disable optimizations observable by IEEE signaling NaNs
1634 Common Report Var(flag_signed_zeros) Init(1) Optimization
1635 Disable floating point optimizations that ignore the IEEE signedness of zero
1637 fsingle-precision-constant
1638 Common Report Var(flag_single_precision_constant) Optimization
1639 Convert floating point constants to single precision constants
1641 fsplit-ivs-in-unroller
1642 Common Report Var(flag_split_ivs_in_unroller) Init(1) Optimization
1643 Split lifetimes of induction variables when loops are unrolled
1646 Common Report Var(flag_split_stack) Init(-1)
1647 Generate discontiguous stack frames
1650 Common Report Var(flag_split_wide_types) Optimization
1651 Split wide types into independent registers
1653 fvariable-expansion-in-unroller
1654 Common Report Var(flag_variable_expansion_in_unroller) Optimization
1655 Apply variable expansion when loops are unrolled
1658 Common Report RejectNegative Joined
1659 -fstack-check=[no|generic|specific] Insert stack checking code into the program
1662 Common Alias(fstack-check=, specific, no)
1663 Insert stack checking code into the program. Same as -fstack-check=specific
1666 Common Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1668 fstack-limit-register=
1669 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1670 -fstack-limit-register=<register> Trap if the stack goes past <register>
1672 fstack-limit-symbol=
1673 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1674 -fstack-limit-symbol=<name> Trap if the stack goes past symbol <name>
1677 Common Report Var(flag_stack_protect, 1)
1678 Use propolice as a stack protection method
1680 fstack-protector-all
1681 Common Report RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 2)
1682 Use a stack protection method for every function
1685 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_usage)
1686 Output stack usage information on a per-function basis
1690 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1692 ; Nonzero if we should do (language-dependent) alias analysis.
1693 ; Typically, this analysis will assume that expressions of certain
1694 ; types do not alias expressions of certain other types. Only used
1695 ; if alias analysis (in general) is enabled.
1697 Common Report Var(flag_strict_aliasing) Optimization
1698 Assume strict aliasing rules apply
1701 Common Report Var(flag_strict_overflow)
1702 Treat signed overflow as undefined
1705 Common Report Var(flag_syntax_only)
1706 Check for syntax errors, then stop
1709 Common Report Var(flag_test_coverage)
1710 Create data files needed by \"gcov\"
1713 Common Report Var(flag_thread_jumps) Optimization
1714 Perform jump threading optimizations
1717 Common Report Var(time_report)
1718 Report the time taken by each compiler pass
1721 Common Joined RejectNegative
1722 -ftls-model=[global-dynamic|local-dynamic|initial-exec|local-exec] Set the default thread-local storage code generation model
1725 Common Report Var(flag_toplevel_reorder) Init(2) Optimization
1726 Reorder top level functions, variables, and asms
1729 Common Report Var(flag_tracer)
1730 Perform superblock formation via tail duplication
1732 ; Zero means that floating-point math operations cannot generate a
1733 ; (user-visible) trap. This is the case, for example, in nonstop
1734 ; IEEE 754 arithmetic.
1736 Common Report Var(flag_trapping_math) Init(1) Optimization
1737 Assume floating-point operations can trap
1740 Common Report Var(flag_trapv) Optimization
1741 Trap for signed overflow in addition, subtraction and multiplication
1744 Common Report Var(flag_tree_ccp) Optimization
1745 Enable SSA-CCP optimization on trees
1748 Common Report Var(flag_tree_bit_ccp) Optimization
1749 Enable SSA-BIT-CCP optimization on trees
1753 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1756 Common Report Var(flag_tree_ch) Optimization
1757 Enable loop header copying on trees
1760 Common Report Var(flag_tree_copyrename) Optimization
1761 Replace SSA temporaries with better names in copies
1764 Common Report Var(flag_tree_copy_prop) Optimization
1765 Enable copy propagation on trees
1767 ftree-store-copy-prop
1769 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1772 Common Report Var(flag_tree_cselim) Init(2) Optimization
1773 Transform condition stores into unconditional ones
1775 ftree-switch-conversion
1776 Common Report Var(flag_tree_switch_conversion) Optimization
1777 Perform conversions of switch initializations.
1780 Common Report Var(flag_tree_dce) Optimization
1781 Enable SSA dead code elimination optimization on trees
1783 ftree-dominator-opts
1784 Common Report Var(flag_tree_dom) Optimization
1785 Enable dominator optimizations
1788 Common Report Var(flag_tree_dse) Optimization
1789 Enable dead store elimination
1792 Common Report Var(flag_tree_forwprop) Init(1) Optimization
1793 Enable forward propagation on trees
1796 Common Report Var(flag_tree_fre) Optimization
1797 Enable Full Redundancy Elimination (FRE) on trees
1799 ftree-loop-distribution
1800 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_distribution) Optimization
1801 Enable loop distribution on trees
1803 ftree-loop-distribute-patterns
1804 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_distribute_patterns) Optimization
1805 Enable loop distribution for patterns transformed into a library call
1808 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_im) Init(1) Optimization
1809 Enable loop invariant motion on trees
1812 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_linear) Optimization
1813 Enable linear loop transforms on trees
1816 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_ivcanon) Init(1) Optimization
1817 Create canonical induction variables in loops
1820 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_optimize) Init(1) Optimization
1821 Enable loop optimizations on tree level
1823 ftree-parallelize-loops=
1824 Common Report Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_tree_parallelize_loops) Init(1)
1825 Enable automatic parallelization of loops
1828 Common Report Var(flag_tree_phiprop) Init(1) Optimization
1829 Enable hoisting loads from conditional pointers.
1832 Common Report Var(flag_tree_pre) Optimization
1833 Enable SSA-PRE optimization on trees
1836 Common Report Var(flag_tree_pta) Init(1) Optimization
1837 Perform function-local points-to analysis on trees.
1840 Common Report Var(flag_tree_reassoc) Init(1) Optimization
1841 Enable reassociation on tree level
1845 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1848 Common Report Var(flag_tree_sink) Optimization
1849 Enable SSA code sinking on trees
1852 Common Report Var(flag_tree_sra) Optimization
1853 Perform scalar replacement of aggregates
1856 Common Report Var(flag_tree_ter) Optimization
1857 Replace temporary expressions in the SSA->normal pass
1860 Common Report Var(flag_tree_live_range_split) Optimization
1861 Perform live range splitting during the SSA->normal pass
1864 Common Report Var(flag_tree_vrp) Init(0) Optimization
1865 Perform Value Range Propagation on trees
1868 Common Report Var(flag_unit_at_a_time) Init(1) Optimization
1869 Compile whole compilation unit at a time
1872 Common Report Var(flag_unroll_loops) Optimization
1873 Perform loop unrolling when iteration count is known
1876 Common Report Var(flag_unroll_all_loops) Optimization
1877 Perform loop unrolling for all loops
1879 ; Nonzero means that loop optimizer may assume that the induction variables
1880 ; that control loops do not overflow and that the loops with nontrivial
1881 ; exit condition are not infinite
1882 funsafe-loop-optimizations
1883 Common Report Var(flag_unsafe_loop_optimizations) Optimization
1884 Allow loop optimizations to assume that the loops behave in normal way
1887 Common Report Var(flag_associative_math)
1888 Allow optimization for floating-point arithmetic which may change the
1889 result of the operation due to rounding.
1892 Common Report Var(flag_reciprocal_math)
1893 Same as -fassociative-math for expressions which include division.
1895 ; Nonzero means that unsafe floating-point math optimizations are allowed
1896 ; for the sake of speed. IEEE compliance is not guaranteed, and operations
1897 ; are allowed to assume that their arguments and results are "normal"
1898 ; (e.g., nonnegative for SQRT).
1899 funsafe-math-optimizations
1900 Common Report Var(flag_unsafe_math_optimizations) Optimization
1901 Allow math optimizations that may violate IEEE or ISO standards
1904 Common Report Var(flag_unswitch_loops) Optimization
1905 Perform loop unswitching
1908 Common Report Var(flag_unwind_tables) Optimization
1909 Just generate unwind tables for exception handling
1914 ; Positive if we should track variables, negative if we should run
1915 ; the var-tracking pass only to discard debug annotations, zero if
1916 ; we're not to run it. When flag_var_tracking == 2 (AUTODETECT_VALUE) it
1917 ; will be set according to optimize, debug_info_level and debug_hooks
1918 ; in process_options ().
1920 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking) Init(2) Optimization
1921 Perform variable tracking
1923 ; Positive if we should track variables at assignments, negative if
1924 ; we should run the var-tracking pass only to discard debug
1925 ; annotations. When flag_var_tracking_assignments ==
1926 ; AUTODETECT_VALUE it will be set according to flag_var_tracking.
1927 fvar-tracking-assignments
1928 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking_assignments) Init(2) Optimization
1929 Perform variable tracking by annotating assignments
1931 ; Nonzero if we should toggle flag_var_tracking_assignments after
1932 ; processing options and computing its default. */
1933 fvar-tracking-assignments-toggle
1934 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking_assignments_toggle) Optimization
1935 Toggle -fvar-tracking-assignments
1937 fvar-tracking-uninit
1938 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking_uninit) Optimization
1939 Perform variable tracking and also tag variables that are uninitialized
1942 Common Report Var(flag_tree_vectorize) Optimization
1943 Enable loop vectorization on trees
1946 Common Report Var(flag_tree_slp_vectorize) Init(2) Optimization
1947 Enable basic block vectorization (SLP) on trees
1950 Common Report Var(flag_vect_cost_model) Optimization
1951 Enable use of cost model in vectorization
1953 ftree-vect-loop-version
1954 Common Report Var(flag_tree_vect_loop_version) Init(1) Optimization
1955 Enable loop versioning when doing loop vectorization on trees
1957 ftree-vectorizer-verbose=
1958 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1959 -ftree-vectorizer-verbose=<number> Set the verbosity level of the vectorizer
1962 Common Report Var(flag_tree_scev_cprop) Init(1) Optimization
1963 Enable copy propagation of scalar-evolution information.
1965 ; -fverbose-asm causes extra commentary information to be produced in
1966 ; the generated assembly code (to make it more readable). This option
1967 ; is generally only of use to those who actually need to read the
1968 ; generated assembly code (perhaps while debugging the compiler itself).
1969 ; -fno-verbose-asm, the default, causes the extra information
1970 ; to not be added and is useful when comparing two assembler files.
1972 Common Report Var(flag_verbose_asm)
1973 Add extra commentary to assembler output
1976 Common Joined RejectNegative
1977 -fvisibility=[default|internal|hidden|protected] Set the default symbol visibility
1981 Common Report Var(flag_value_profile_transformations) Optimization
1982 Use expression value profiles in optimizations
1985 Common Report Var(flag_web) Init(2) Optimization
1986 Construct webs and split unrelated uses of single variable
1988 ftree-builtin-call-dce
1989 Common Report Var(flag_tree_builtin_call_dce) Init(0) Optimization
1990 Enable conditional dead code elimination for builtin calls
1993 Common Report Var(flag_whole_program) Init(0) Optimization
1994 Perform whole program optimizations
1997 Common Report Var(flag_wrapv) Optimization
1998 Assume signed arithmetic overflow wraps around
2000 fzero-initialized-in-bss
2001 Common Report Var(flag_zero_initialized_in_bss) Init(1)
2002 Put zero initialized data in the bss section
2005 Common JoinedOrMissing
2006 Generate debug information in default format
2009 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gdwarf-)
2010 Generate debug information in COFF format
2013 Common Joined UInteger Var(dwarf_version) Init(2) Negative(gstabs)
2014 Generate debug information in DWARF v2 (or later) format
2017 Common JoinedOrMissing
2018 Generate debug information in default extended format
2021 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gstabs+)
2022 Generate debug information in STABS format
2025 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gvms)
2026 Generate debug information in extended STABS format
2029 Common RejectNegative Var(dwarf_strict,0) Init(-1)
2030 Emit DWARF additions beyond selected version
2033 Common Report RejectNegative Var(dwarf_strict,1)
2034 Don't emit DWARF additions beyond selected version
2037 Common Report Var(flag_gtoggle)
2038 Toggle debug information generation
2041 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gxcoff)
2042 Generate debug information in VMS format
2045 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gxcoff+)
2046 Generate debug information in XCOFF format
2049 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gcoff)
2050 Generate debug information in extended XCOFF format
2053 Driver Joined Separate
2056 Common Joined Var(plugindir_string) Init(0)
2057 -iplugindir=<dir> Set <dir> to be the default plugin directory
2060 Driver Joined Separate
2062 no-canonical-prefixes
2072 Common Driver Joined Separate Var(asm_file_name) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
2073 -o <file> Place output into <file>
2076 Common Var(profile_flag)
2077 Enable function profiling
2080 Driver Var(pass_exit_codes)
2083 Common Var(pedantic)
2084 Issue warnings needed for strict compliance to the standard
2087 Common Var(flag_pedantic_errors)
2088 Like -pedantic but issue them as errors
2094 Driver Var(use_pipes)
2097 Driver JoinedOrMissing Var(print_file_name)
2099 print-libgcc-file-name
2102 print-multi-directory
2103 Driver Var(print_multi_directory)
2106 Driver Var(print_multi_lib)
2108 print-multi-os-directory
2109 Driver Var(print_multi_os_directory)
2112 Driver JoinedOrMissing Var(print_prog_name)
2115 Driver Var(print_search_dirs)
2118 Driver Var(print_sysroot)
2120 print-sysroot-headers-suffix
2121 Driver Var(print_sysroot_headers_suffix)
2124 Common Var(quiet_flag) RejectDriver
2125 Do not display functions compiled or elapsed time
2134 Driver Var(report_times)
2137 Driver JoinedOrMissing
2140 Driver Joined Separate
2144 ; C option, but driver must not handle as "-u ndef".
2147 Common Driver Var(verbose_flag)
2148 Enable verbose output
2151 Common Var(version_flag) RejectDriver
2152 Display the compiler's version
2155 Common Var(inhibit_warnings)
2159 Driver Separate Var(wrapper_string)
2162 Driver Joined Separate
2165 Common RejectNegative Negative(pie)
2166 Create a shared library
2172 Driver Separate Alias(specs=)
2185 ; Documented for Fortran, but always accepted by driver.
2194 Common RejectNegative Negative(shared)
2195 Create a position independent executable
2198 Driver Joined Separate
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