[Patch] Turn -fexcess-precision=fast on when in -ffast-math
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1 ; Options for the language- and target-independent parts of the compiler.
2
3 ; Copyright (C) 2003-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 ;
5 ; This file is part of GCC.
6 ;
7 ; GCC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
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15 ; for more details.
16 ;
17 ; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18 ; along with GCC; see the file COPYING3. If not see
19 ; <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
20
21 ; See the GCC internals manual (options.texi) for a description of this file's format.
22
23 ; Please try to keep this file in ASCII collating order.
24
25 Variable
26 int target_flags
27
28 Variable
29 int optimize
30
31 Variable
32 int optimize_size
33
34 Variable
35 int optimize_debug
36
37 ; Not used directly to control optimizations, only to save -Ofast
38 ; setting for "optimize" attributes.
39 Variable
40 int optimize_fast
41
42 ; True if this is the lto front end. This is used to disable gimple
43 ; generation and lowering passes that are normally run on the output
44 ; of a front end. These passes must be bypassed for lto since they
45 ; have already been done before the gimple was written.
46 Variable
47 bool in_lto_p = false
48
49 ; This variable is set to non-0 only by LTO front-end. 1 indicates that
50 ; the output produced will be used for incrmeental linking (thus weak symbols
51 ; can still be bound).
52 Variable
53 int flag_incremental_link = 0
54
55 ; 0 means straightforward implementation of complex divide acceptable.
56 ; 1 means wide ranges of inputs must work for complex divide.
57 ; 2 means C99-like requirements for complex multiply and divide.
58 Variable
59 int flag_complex_method = 1
60
61 ; Language specific warning pass for unused results.
62 Variable
63 bool flag_warn_unused_result = false
64
65 Variable
66 int *param_values
67
68 ; Nonzero if we should write GIMPLE bytecode for link-time optimization.
69 Variable
70 int flag_generate_lto
71
72 ; Nonzero if we should write GIMPLE bytecode for offload compilation.
73 Variable
74 int flag_generate_offload = 0
75
76 ; True to warn about any objects definitions whose size is larger
77 ; than N bytes. Also want about function definitions whose returned
78 ; values are larger than N bytes, where N is 'larger_than_size'.
79 Variable
80 bool warn_larger_than
81
82 Variable
83 HOST_WIDE_INT larger_than_size
84
85 ; True to warn about any function whose frame size is larger
86 ; than N bytes.
87 Variable
88 bool warn_frame_larger_than
89
90 Variable
91 HOST_WIDE_INT frame_larger_than_size
92
93 ; Nonzero means we should be saving declaration info into a .X file.
94 Variable
95 int flag_gen_aux_info = 0
96
97 ; Nonzero if we are compiling code for a shared library, zero for
98 ; executable.
99 Variable
100 int flag_shlib
101
102 ; These two are really VEC(char_p,heap) *.
103
104 Variable
105 void *flag_instrument_functions_exclude_functions
106
107 Variable
108 void *flag_instrument_functions_exclude_files
109
110 ; Generic structs (e.g. templates not explicitly specialized)
111 ; may not have a compilation unit associated with them, and so
112 ; may need to be treated differently from ordinary structs.
113 ;
114 ; Structs only handled by reference (indirectly), will also usually
115 ; not need as much debugging information.
116
117 Variable
118 enum debug_struct_file debug_struct_ordinary[DINFO_USAGE_NUM_ENUMS] = { DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY }
119
120 Variable
121 enum debug_struct_file debug_struct_generic[DINFO_USAGE_NUM_ENUMS] = { DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY }
122
123 ; True if we should exit after parsing options.
124 Variable
125 bool exit_after_options
126
127 ; Type(s) of debugging information we are producing (if any). See
128 ; flag-types.h for the definitions of the different possible types of
129 ; debugging information.
130 Variable
131 enum debug_info_type write_symbols = NO_DEBUG
132
133 ; Level of debugging information we are producing. See flag-types.h
134 ; for the definitions of the different possible levels.
135 Variable
136 enum debug_info_levels debug_info_level = DINFO_LEVEL_NONE
137
138 ; Nonzero means use GNU-only extensions in the generated symbolic
139 ; debugging information. Currently, this only has an effect when
140 ; write_symbols is set to DBX_DEBUG, XCOFF_DEBUG, or DWARF_DEBUG.
141 Variable
142 bool use_gnu_debug_info_extensions
143
144 ; Original value of maximum field alignment in bytes, specified via
145 ; -fpack-struct=<value>.
146 Variable
147 unsigned int initial_max_fld_align = TARGET_DEFAULT_PACK_STRUCT
148
149 ; Type of stack check.
150 Variable
151 enum stack_check_type flag_stack_check = NO_STACK_CHECK
152
153 ; True if stack usage information needs to be computed.
154 Variable
155 bool flag_stack_usage_info = false
156
157 ; -dA causes debug commentary information to be produced in
158 ; the generated assembly code (to make it more readable). This option
159 ; is generally only of use to those who actually need to read the
160 ; generated assembly code (perhaps while debugging the compiler itself).
161 ; Currently, this switch is only used by dwarf2out.c; however, it is intended
162 ; to be a catchall for printing debug information in the assembler file.
163 Variable
164 int flag_debug_asm
165
166
167 ; Balance between GNAT encodings and standard DWARF to emit.
168 Variable
169 enum dwarf_gnat_encodings gnat_encodings = DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_DEFAULT
170
171 ; -dP causes the rtl to be emitted as a comment in assembly.
172 Variable
173 int flag_dump_rtl_in_asm
174
175 ; Whether -da was passed (used only in handle_common_deferred_options).
176 Variable
177 bool flag_dump_all_passed
178
179 ; Other flags saying which kinds of debugging dump have been requested.
180
181 Variable
182 int rtl_dump_and_exit
183
184 Variable
185 int flag_print_asm_name
186
187 ; Name of top-level original source file (what was input to cpp).
188 ; This comes from the #-command at the beginning of the actual input.
189 ; If there isn't any there, then this is the cc1 input file name.
190 Variable
191 const char *main_input_filename
192
193 ; Pointer to base name in main_input_filename, with directories and a
194 ; single final extension removed, and the length of this base
195 ; name.
196
197 Variable
198 const char *main_input_basename
199
200 Variable
201 int main_input_baselength
202
203 ; Which options have been printed by --help.
204 Variable
205 char *help_printed
206
207 ; Which enums have been printed by --help. 0 = not printed, no
208 ; relevant options seen, 1 = relevant option seen, not yet printed, 2
209 ; = printed.
210 Variable
211 char *help_enum_printed
212
213 ; The number of columns for --help output.
214 Variable
215 unsigned int help_columns
216
217 ; Whether this options structure has been through finish_options
218 Variable
219 bool flag_opts_finished
220
221 ; What the sanitizer should instrument
222 Variable
223 unsigned int flag_sanitize
224
225 ; What sanitizers should recover from errors
226 Variable
227 unsigned int flag_sanitize_recover = (SANITIZE_UNDEFINED | SANITIZE_NONDEFAULT | SANITIZE_KERNEL_ADDRESS) & ~(SANITIZE_UNREACHABLE | SANITIZE_RETURN)
228
229 fsanitize-coverage=trace-pc
230 Common Report Var(flag_sanitize_coverage)
231 Enable coverage-guided fuzzing code instrumentation.
232 Inserts call to __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc into every basic block.
233
234 ; Flag whether a prefix has been added to dump_base_name
235 Variable
236 bool dump_base_name_prefixed = false
237
238 ; Flag whether HSA generation has been explicitely disabled
239 Variable
240 bool flag_disable_hsa = false
241
242 ###
243 Driver
244
245 -assemble
246 Driver Alias(S)
247
248 -compile
249 Driver Alias(c)
250
251 -coverage
252 Driver Alias(coverage)
253
254 -debug
255 Common Alias(g)
256
257 -dump
258 Common Separate Alias(d)
259
260 -dump=
261 Common Joined Alias(d)
262
263 -dumpbase
264 Common Separate Alias(dumpbase)
265
266 -dumpdir
267 Common Separate Alias(dumpdir)
268
269 -entry
270 Driver Separate Alias(e)
271
272 -entry=
273 Driver Joined Alias(e)
274
275 -extra-warnings
276 Common Warning Alias(Wextra)
277
278 -for-assembler
279 Driver Separate Alias(Xassembler)
280
281 -for-assembler=
282 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(Xassembler)
283
284 -for-linker
285 Driver Separate Alias(Xlinker)
286
287 -for-linker=
288 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(Xlinker)
289
290 -force-link
291 Driver Separate Alias(u)
292
293 -force-link=
294 Driver Joined Alias(u)
295
296 -help
297 Common Driver Var(help_flag)
298 Display this information.
299
300 -help=
301 Common Driver Report Joined
302 --help=<class> Display descriptions of a specific class of options. <class> is one or more of optimizers, target, warnings, undocumented, params.
303
304 -language
305 Driver Separate Alias(x)
306
307 -language=
308 Driver Joined Alias(x)
309
310 -library-directory
311 Driver Separate Alias(L)
312
313 -library-directory=
314 Driver Joined Alias(L)
315
316 -no-canonical-prefixes
317 Driver Alias(no-canonical-prefixes)
318
319 -no-standard-libraries
320 Driver Alias(nostdlib)
321
322 -no-sysroot-suffix
323 Driver Var(no_sysroot_suffix)
324
325 -no-warnings
326 Common Alias(w)
327
328 -optimize
329 Common Alias(O)
330
331 -output
332 Common Driver Separate Alias(o) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
333
334 -output=
335 Common Driver Joined Alias(o) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
336
337 -pass-exit-codes
338 Driver Alias(pass-exit-codes)
339
340 -pedantic
341 Common Alias(Wpedantic)
342
343 -pedantic-errors
344 Common Alias(pedantic-errors)
345
346 -pie
347 Driver Alias(pie)
348
349 -pipe
350 Driver Alias(pipe)
351
352 -prefix
353 Driver Separate Alias(B)
354
355 -prefix=
356 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(B)
357
358 -preprocess
359 Driver Alias(E)
360
361 -print-file-name
362 Driver Separate Alias(print-file-name=)
363
364 -print-file-name=
365 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(print-file-name=)
366
367 -print-libgcc-file-name
368 Driver Alias(print-libgcc-file-name)
369
370 -print-multi-directory
371 Driver Alias(print-multi-directory)
372
373 -print-multi-lib
374 Driver Alias(print-multi-lib)
375
376 -print-multi-os-directory
377 Driver Alias(print-multi-os-directory)
378
379 -print-multiarch
380 Driver Alias(print-multiarch)
381
382 -print-prog-name
383 Driver Separate Alias(print-prog-name=)
384
385 -print-prog-name=
386 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(print-prog-name=)
387
388 -print-search-dirs
389 Driver Alias(print-search-dirs)
390
391 -print-sysroot
392 Driver Alias(print-sysroot)
393
394 -print-sysroot-headers-suffix
395 Driver Alias(print-sysroot-headers-suffix)
396
397 -profile
398 Common Alias(p)
399
400 -save-temps
401 Driver Alias(save-temps)
402
403 -shared
404 Driver Alias(shared)
405
406 -specs
407 Driver Separate Alias(specs=)
408
409 -specs=
410 Driver Joined Alias(specs=)
411
412 -static
413 Driver Alias(static)
414
415 -symbolic
416 Driver Alias(symbolic)
417
418 -target-help
419 Common Driver
420 Alias for --help=target.
421
422 -time
423 Driver Alias(time)
424
425 -verbose
426 Driver Alias(v)
427
428 ;; The driver used to convert options such as --help into forms such
429 ;; as -fhelp; the following four entries are for compatibility with
430 ;; any direct uses of those (undocumented) -f forms
431 fhelp
432 Common Driver Alias(-help)
433
434 fhelp=
435 Common Driver Joined Alias(-help=)
436
437 ftarget-help
438 Common Driver Alias(-target-help)
439
440 fversion
441 Common Driver Alias(-version)
442
443 -param
444 Common Separate
445 --param <param>=<value> Set parameter <param> to value. See below for a complete list of parameters.
446
447 -param=
448 Common Joined Alias(-param)
449
450 -sysroot
451 Driver Separate Alias(-sysroot=)
452
453 -sysroot=
454 Driver JoinedOrMissing
455
456 -version
457 Common Driver
458
459 B
460 Driver Joined Separate
461
462 E
463 Driver
464
465 L
466 Driver Joined Separate
467
468 N
469 Driver
470
471 O
472 Common JoinedOrMissing Optimization
473 -O<number> Set optimization level to <number>.
474
475 Os
476 Common Optimization
477 Optimize for space rather than speed.
478
479 Ofast
480 Common Optimization
481 Optimize for speed disregarding exact standards compliance.
482
483 Og
484 Common Optimization
485 Optimize for debugging experience rather than speed or size.
486
487 Q
488 Driver
489
490 Qn
491 Driver Negative(Qy)
492
493 Qy
494 Driver Negative(Qn)
495
496 R
497 Driver Joined Separate
498
499 S
500 Driver
501
502 T
503 Driver Joined Separate
504
505 Tbss
506 Driver Separate
507
508 Tbss=
509 Driver Joined
510
511 Tdata
512 Driver Separate
513
514 Tdata=
515 Driver Joined
516
517 Ttext
518 Driver Separate
519
520 Ttext=
521 Driver Joined
522
523 W
524 Common RejectNegative Warning Alias(Wextra)
525 This switch is deprecated; use -Wextra instead.
526
527 Wa,
528 Driver JoinedOrMissing
529
530 Wl,
531 Driver JoinedOrMissing
532
533 Wp,
534 Driver JoinedOrMissing
535
536 Waggregate-return
537 Common Var(warn_aggregate_return) Warning
538 Warn about returning structures, unions or arrays.
539
540 Waggressive-loop-optimizations
541 Common Var(warn_aggressive_loop_optimizations) Init(1) Warning
542 Warn if a loop with constant number of iterations triggers undefined behavior.
543
544 Warray-bounds
545 Common Var(warn_array_bounds) Warning
546 Warn if an array is accessed out of bounds.
547
548 Warray-bounds=
549 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_array_bounds) Warning
550 Warn if an array is accessed out of bounds.
551
552 Wattributes
553 Common Var(warn_attributes) Init(1) Warning
554 Warn about inappropriate attribute usage.
555
556 Wcast-align
557 Common Var(warn_cast_align) Warning
558 Warn about pointer casts which increase alignment.
559
560 Wcpp
561 Common Var(warn_cpp) Init(1) Warning
562 Warn when a #warning directive is encountered.
563
564 Wdeprecated-declarations
565 Common Var(warn_deprecated_decl) Init(1) Warning
566 Warn about uses of __attribute__((deprecated)) declarations.
567
568 Wdisabled-optimization
569 Common Var(warn_disabled_optimization) Warning
570 Warn when an optimization pass is disabled.
571
572 Werror
573 Common Var(warnings_are_errors)
574 Treat all warnings as errors.
575
576 Werror=
577 Common Joined
578 Treat specified warning as error.
579
580 Wextra
581 Common Var(extra_warnings) Warning
582 Print extra (possibly unwanted) warnings.
583
584 Wfatal-errors
585 Common Var(flag_fatal_errors)
586 Exit on the first error occurred.
587
588 Wframe-larger-than=
589 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Warning
590 -Wframe-larger-than=<number> Warn if a function's stack frame requires more than <number> bytes.
591
592 Wfree-nonheap-object
593 Common Var(warn_free_nonheap_object) Init(1) Warning
594 Warn when attempting to free a non-heap object.
595
596 Whsa
597 Common Var(warn_hsa) Init(1) Warning
598 Warn when a function cannot be expanded to HSAIL.
599
600 Wimplicit-fallthrough
601 Common Alias(Wimplicit-fallthrough=,3,0) Warning
602
603 Wimplicit-fallthrough=
604 Common Var(warn_implicit_fallthrough) RejectNegative Joined UInteger Warning
605 Warn when a switch case falls through.
606
607 Winline
608 Common Var(warn_inline) Warning
609 Warn when an inlined function cannot be inlined.
610
611 Winvalid-memory-model
612 Common Var(warn_invalid_memory_model) Init(1) Warning
613 Warn when an atomic memory model parameter is known to be outside the valid range.
614
615 Wlarger-than-
616 Common RejectNegative Joined Warning Undocumented Alias(Wlarger-than=)
617
618 Wlarger-than=
619 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Warning
620 -Wlarger-than=<number> Warn if an object is larger than <number> bytes.
621
622 Wnonnull-compare
623 Var(warn_nonnull_compare) Warning
624 Warn if comparing pointer parameter with nonnull attribute with NULL.
625
626 Wnull-dereference
627 Common Var(warn_null_dereference) Warning
628 Warn if dereferencing a NULL pointer may lead to erroneous or undefined behavior.
629
630 Wunsafe-loop-optimizations
631 Common Var(warn_unsafe_loop_optimizations) Warning
632 Warn if the loop cannot be optimized due to nontrivial assumptions.
633
634 Wmissing-noreturn
635 Common Warning Alias(Wsuggest-attribute=noreturn)
636
637 Wodr
638 Common Var(warn_odr_violations) Init(1) Warning
639 Warn about some C++ One Definition Rule violations during link time optimization.
640
641 Woverflow
642 Common Var(warn_overflow) Init(1) Warning
643 Warn about overflow in arithmetic expressions.
644
645 Wlto-type-mismatch
646 Common Var(warn_lto_type_mismatch) Init(1) Warning
647 During link time optimization warn about mismatched types of global declarations.
648
649 Wpacked
650 Common Var(warn_packed) Warning
651 Warn when the packed attribute has no effect on struct layout.
652
653 Wpadded
654 Common Var(warn_padded) Warning
655 Warn when padding is required to align structure members.
656
657 Wpedantic
658 Common Var(pedantic) Init(0) Warning
659 Issue warnings needed for strict compliance to the standard.
660
661 Wreturn-local-addr
662 Common Var(warn_return_local_addr) Init(1) Warning
663 Warn about returning a pointer/reference to a local or temporary variable.
664
665 Wshadow
666 Common Var(warn_shadow) Warning
667 Warn when one variable shadows another. Same as -Wshadow=global.
668
669 Wshadow=global
670 Common Warning Alias(Wshadow)
671 Warn when one variable shadows another (globally).
672
673 Wshadow=local
674 Common Var(warn_shadow_local) Warning EnabledBy(Wshadow)
675 Warn when one local variable shadows another local variable or parameter.
676
677 Wshadow-local
678 Common Warning Undocumented Alias(Wshadow=local)
679
680 Wshadow=compatible-local
681 Common Var(warn_shadow_compatible_local) Warning EnabledBy(Wshadow=local)
682 Warn when one local variable shadows another local variable or parameter of compatible type.
683
684 Wshadow-compatible-local
685 Common Warning Undocumented Alias(Wshadow=compatible-local)
686
687 Wstack-protector
688 Common Var(warn_stack_protect) Warning
689 Warn when not issuing stack smashing protection for some reason.
690
691 Wstack-usage=
692 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_stack_usage) Init(-1) Warning
693 Warn if stack usage might be larger than specified amount.
694
695 Wstrict-aliasing
696 Common Warning
697 Warn about code which might break strict aliasing rules.
698
699 Wstrict-aliasing=
700 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_strict_aliasing) Warning
701 Warn about code which might break strict aliasing rules.
702
703 Wstrict-overflow
704 Common Warning
705 Warn about optimizations that assume that signed overflow is undefined.
706
707 Wstrict-overflow=
708 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_strict_overflow) Warning
709 Warn about optimizations that assume that signed overflow is undefined.
710
711 Wsuggest-attribute=const
712 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_const) Warning
713 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((const)).
714
715 Wsuggest-attribute=pure
716 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_pure) Warning
717 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((pure)).
718
719 Wsuggest-attribute=noreturn
720 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_noreturn) Warning
721 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((noreturn)).
722
723 Wsuggest-final-types
724 Common Var(warn_suggest_final_types) Warning
725 Warn about C++ polymorphic types where adding final keyword would improve code quality.
726
727 Wsuggest-final-methods
728 Common Var(warn_suggest_final_methods) Warning
729 Warn about C++ virtual methods where adding final keyword would improve code quality.
730
731 Wswitch-unreachable
732 Common Var(warn_switch_unreachable) Warning Init(1)
733 Warn about statements between switch's controlling expression and the first
734 case.
735
736 Wsystem-headers
737 Common Var(warn_system_headers) Warning
738 Do not suppress warnings from system headers.
739
740 Wtrampolines
741 Common Var(warn_trampolines) Warning
742 Warn whenever a trampoline is generated.
743
744 Wtype-limits
745 Common Var(warn_type_limits) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
746 Warn if a comparison is always true or always false due to the limited range of the data type.
747
748 Wuninitialized
749 Common Var(warn_uninitialized) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
750 Warn about uninitialized automatic variables.
751
752 Wmaybe-uninitialized
753 Common Var(warn_maybe_uninitialized) Warning EnabledBy(Wuninitialized)
754 Warn about maybe uninitialized automatic variables.
755
756 Wunreachable-code
757 Common Ignore Warning
758 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
759
760 Wunused
761 Common Var(warn_unused) Init(0) Warning
762 Enable all -Wunused- warnings.
763
764 Wunused-but-set-parameter
765 Common Var(warn_unused_but_set_parameter) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused && Wextra)
766 Warn when a function parameter is only set, otherwise unused.
767
768 Wunused-but-set-variable
769 Common Var(warn_unused_but_set_variable) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
770 Warn when a variable is only set, otherwise unused.
771
772 Wunused-function
773 Common Var(warn_unused_function) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
774 Warn when a function is unused.
775
776 Wunused-label
777 Common Var(warn_unused_label) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
778 Warn when a label is unused.
779
780 Wunused-parameter
781 Common Var(warn_unused_parameter) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused && Wextra)
782 Warn when a function parameter is unused.
783
784 Wunused-value
785 Common Var(warn_unused_value) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
786 Warn when an expression value is unused.
787
788 Wunused-variable
789 Common Var(warn_unused_variable) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
790 Warn when a variable is unused.
791
792 Wcoverage-mismatch
793 Common Var(warn_coverage_mismatch) Init(1) Warning
794 Warn in case profiles in -fprofile-use do not match.
795
796 Wvector-operation-performance
797 Common Var(warn_vector_operation_performance) Warning
798 Warn when a vector operation is compiled outside the SIMD.
799
800 Xassembler
801 Driver Separate
802
803 Xlinker
804 Driver Separate
805
806 Xpreprocessor
807 Driver Separate
808
809 Z
810 Driver
811
812 aux-info
813 Common Separate Var(aux_info_file_name)
814 -aux-info <file> Emit declaration information into <file>.
815
816 aux-info=
817 Common Joined Alias(aux-info)
818
819 auxbase
820 Common Separate RejectDriver Var(aux_base_name)
821
822 auxbase-strip
823 Common Separate RejectDriver
824
825 coverage
826 Driver
827
828 c
829 Driver
830
831 d
832 Common Joined
833 -d<letters> Enable dumps from specific passes of the compiler.
834
835 dumpbase
836 Common Separate Var(dump_base_name)
837 -dumpbase <file> Set the file basename to be used for dumps.
838
839 dumpdir
840 Common Separate Var(dump_dir_name)
841 -dumpdir <dir> Set the directory name to be used for dumps.
842
843 dumpmachine
844 Driver
845
846 dumpspecs
847 Driver
848
849 dumpversion
850 Driver
851
852 e
853 Driver Joined Separate
854
855 ; This option has historically been passed down to the linker by an
856 ; accident of a %{e*} spec, so ensure it continues to be passed down
857 ; as a single option. The supported option for this purpose is
858 ; -rdynamic. See PR 47390.
859 export-dynamic
860 Driver Undocumented
861
862 ; The version of the C++ ABI in use. The following values are allowed:
863 ;
864 ; 0: The version of the ABI believed most conformant with the C++ ABI
865 ; specification. This ABI may change as bugs are discovered and fixed.
866 ; Therefore, 0 will not necessarily indicate the same ABI in different
867 ; versions of G++.
868 ;
869 ; 1: The version of the ABI first used in G++ 3.2. No longer selectable.
870 ;
871 ; 2: The version of the ABI first used in G++ 3.4, and the default
872 ; until GCC 4.9.
873 ;
874 ; 3: The version of the ABI that fixes the missing underscore
875 ; in template non-type arguments of pointer type.
876 ;
877 ; 4: The version of the ABI that introduces unambiguous mangling of
878 ; vector types. First selectable in G++ 4.5.
879 ;
880 ; 5: The version of the ABI that ignores attribute const/noreturn
881 ; in function pointer mangling, and corrects mangling of decltype and
882 ; function parameters used in other parameters and the return type.
883 ; First selectable in G++ 4.6.
884 ;
885 ; 6: The version of the ABI that doesn't promote scoped enums to int and
886 ; changes the mangling of template argument packs, const/static_cast,
887 ; prefix ++ and --, and a class scope function used as a template
888 ; argument.
889 ; First selectable in G++ 4.7.
890 ;
891 ; 7: The version of the ABI that treats nullptr_t as a builtin type and
892 ; corrects the mangling of lambdas in default argument scope.
893 ; First selectable in G++ 4.8.
894 ;
895 ; 8: The version of the ABI that corrects the substitution behavior of
896 ; function types with function-cv-qualifiers.
897 ; First selectable in G++ 4.9 and default in G++ 5.
898 ;
899 ; 9: The version of the ABI that corrects the alignment of nullptr_t.
900 ; First selectable and default in G++ 5.2.
901 ;
902 ; 10: The version of the ABI that mangles attributes that affect type
903 ; identity, such as ia32 calling convention attributes (stdcall, etc.)
904 ; Default in G++ 6 (set in c_common_post_options).
905 ;
906 ; 11: The version of the ABI that corrects mangling of sizeof... expressions
907 ; and introduces new inheriting constructor handling.
908 ; Default in G++ 7.
909 ;
910 ; Additional positive integers will be assigned as new versions of
911 ; the ABI become the default version of the ABI.
912 fabi-version=
913 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_abi_version) Init(0)
914 The version of the C++ ABI in use.
915
916 faggressive-loop-optimizations
917 Common Report Var(flag_aggressive_loop_optimizations) Optimization Init(1)
918 Aggressively optimize loops using language constraints.
919
920 falign-functions
921 Common Report Var(align_functions,0) Optimization UInteger
922 Align the start of functions.
923
924 falign-functions=
925 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(align_functions)
926
927 flimit-function-alignment
928 Common Report Var(flag_limit_function_alignment) Optimization Init(0)
929
930 falign-jumps
931 Common Report Var(align_jumps,0) Optimization UInteger
932 Align labels which are only reached by jumping.
933
934 falign-jumps=
935 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(align_jumps)
936
937 falign-labels
938 Common Report Var(align_labels,0) Optimization UInteger
939 Align all labels.
940
941 falign-labels=
942 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(align_labels)
943
944 falign-loops
945 Common Report Var(align_loops,0) Optimization UInteger
946 Align the start of loops.
947
948 falign-loops=
949 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(align_loops)
950
951 fargument-alias
952 Common Ignore
953 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
954
955 fargument-noalias
956 Common Ignore
957 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
958
959 fargument-noalias-global
960 Common Ignore
961 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
962
963 fargument-noalias-anything
964 Common Ignore
965 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
966
967 fsanitize=
968 Common Driver Report Joined
969 Select what to sanitize.
970
971 fasan-shadow-offset=
972 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
973 -fasan-shadow-offset=<number> Use custom shadow memory offset.
974
975 fsanitize-sections=
976 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
977 -fsanitize-sections=<sec1,sec2,...> Sanitize global variables
978 in user-defined sections.
979
980 fsanitize-recover=
981 Common Report Joined
982 After diagnosing undefined behavior attempt to continue execution.
983
984 fsanitize-recover
985 Common Report
986 This switch is deprecated; use -fsanitize-recover= instead.
987
988 fsanitize-address-use-after-scope
989 Common Driver Report Var(flag_sanitize_address_use_after_scope) Init(0)
990
991 fsanitize-undefined-trap-on-error
992 Common Driver Report Var(flag_sanitize_undefined_trap_on_error) Init(0)
993 Use trap instead of a library function for undefined behavior sanitization.
994
995 fasynchronous-unwind-tables
996 Common Report Var(flag_asynchronous_unwind_tables) Optimization
997 Generate unwind tables that are exact at each instruction boundary.
998
999 fauto-inc-dec
1000 Common Report Var(flag_auto_inc_dec) Init(1) Optimization
1001 Generate auto-inc/dec instructions.
1002
1003 fauto-profile
1004 Common Report Var(flag_auto_profile)
1005 Use sample profile information for call graph node weights. The default
1006 profile file is fbdata.afdo in 'pwd'.
1007
1008 fauto-profile=
1009 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(auto_profile_file)
1010 Use sample profile information for call graph node weights. The profile
1011 file is specified in the argument.
1012
1013 ; -fcheck-bounds causes gcc to generate array bounds checks.
1014 ; For C, C++ and ObjC: defaults off.
1015 ; For Java: defaults to on.
1016 ; For Fortran: defaults to off.
1017 fbounds-check
1018 Common Report Var(flag_bounds_check)
1019 Generate code to check bounds before indexing arrays.
1020
1021 fbranch-count-reg
1022 Common Report Var(flag_branch_on_count_reg) Optimization
1023 Replace add, compare, branch with branch on count register.
1024
1025 fbranch-probabilities
1026 Common Report Var(flag_branch_probabilities) Optimization
1027 Use profiling information for branch probabilities.
1028
1029 fbranch-target-load-optimize
1030 Common Report Var(flag_branch_target_load_optimize) Optimization
1031 Perform branch target load optimization before prologue / epilogue threading.
1032
1033 fbranch-target-load-optimize2
1034 Common Report Var(flag_branch_target_load_optimize2) Optimization
1035 Perform branch target load optimization after prologue / epilogue threading.
1036
1037 fbtr-bb-exclusive
1038 Common Report Var(flag_btr_bb_exclusive) Optimization
1039 Restrict target load migration not to re-use registers in any basic block.
1040
1041 fcall-saved-
1042 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1043 -fcall-saved-<register> Mark <register> as being preserved across functions.
1044
1045 fcall-used-
1046 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1047 -fcall-used-<register> Mark <register> as being corrupted by function calls.
1048
1049 ; Nonzero for -fcaller-saves: allocate values in regs that need to
1050 ; be saved across function calls, if that produces overall better code.
1051 ; Optional now, so people can test it.
1052 fcaller-saves
1053 Common Report Var(flag_caller_saves) Optimization
1054 Save registers around function calls.
1055
1056 fcheck-data-deps
1057 Common Report Var(flag_check_data_deps)
1058 This switch is deprecated; do not use.
1059
1060 fcheck-new
1061 Common Var(flag_check_new)
1062 Check the return value of new in C++.
1063
1064 fchecking
1065 Common Var(flag_checking) Init(CHECKING_P ? ENABLE_EXTRA_CHECKING ? 2 : 1 : 0)
1066 Perform internal consistency checkings.
1067
1068 fchecking=
1069 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_checking)
1070 Perform internal consistency checkings.
1071
1072 fcode-hoisting
1073 Common Report Var(flag_code_hoisting) Optimization
1074 Enable code hoisting.
1075
1076 fcombine-stack-adjustments
1077 Common Report Var(flag_combine_stack_adjustments) Optimization
1078 Looks for opportunities to reduce stack adjustments and stack references.
1079
1080 fcommon
1081 Common Report Var(flag_no_common,0)
1082 Do not put uninitialized globals in the common section.
1083
1084 fcompare-debug
1085 Driver
1086 ; Converted by the driver to -fcompare-debug= options.
1087
1088 fcompare-debug=
1089 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative Var(flag_compare_debug_opt)
1090 -fcompare-debug[=<opts>] Compile with and without e.g. -gtoggle, and compare the final-insns dump.
1091
1092 fcompare-debug-second
1093 Common Driver RejectNegative Var(flag_compare_debug)
1094 Run only the second compilation of -fcompare-debug.
1095
1096 fcompare-elim
1097 Common Report Var(flag_compare_elim_after_reload) Optimization
1098 Perform comparison elimination after register allocation has finished.
1099
1100 fconserve-stack
1101 Common Var(flag_conserve_stack) Optimization
1102 Do not perform optimizations increasing noticeably stack usage.
1103
1104 fcprop-registers
1105 Common Report Var(flag_cprop_registers) Optimization
1106 Perform a register copy-propagation optimization pass.
1107
1108 fcrossjumping
1109 Common Report Var(flag_crossjumping) Optimization
1110 Perform cross-jumping optimization.
1111
1112 fcse-follow-jumps
1113 Common Report Var(flag_cse_follow_jumps) Optimization
1114 When running CSE, follow jumps to their targets.
1115
1116 fcse-skip-blocks
1117 Common Ignore
1118 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1119
1120 fcx-limited-range
1121 Common Report Var(flag_cx_limited_range) Optimization SetByCombined
1122 Omit range reduction step when performing complex division.
1123
1124 fcx-fortran-rules
1125 Common Report Var(flag_cx_fortran_rules) Optimization
1126 Complex multiplication and division follow Fortran rules.
1127
1128 fdata-sections
1129 Common Report Var(flag_data_sections)
1130 Place data items into their own section.
1131
1132 fdbg-cnt-list
1133 Common Report Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1134 List all available debugging counters with their limits and counts.
1135
1136 fdbg-cnt=
1137 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1138 -fdbg-cnt=<counter>:<limit>[,<counter>:<limit>,...] Set the debug counter limit.
1139
1140 fdebug-prefix-map=
1141 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1142 Map one directory name to another in debug information.
1143
1144 fdebug-types-section
1145 Common Report Var(flag_debug_types_section) Init(0)
1146 Output .debug_types section when using DWARF v4 debuginfo.
1147
1148 ; Nonzero for -fdefer-pop: don't pop args after each function call
1149 ; instead save them up to pop many calls' args with one insns.
1150 fdefer-pop
1151 Common Report Var(flag_defer_pop) Optimization
1152 Defer popping functions args from stack until later.
1153
1154 fdelayed-branch
1155 Common Report Var(flag_delayed_branch) Optimization
1156 Attempt to fill delay slots of branch instructions.
1157
1158 fdelete-dead-exceptions
1159 Common Report Var(flag_delete_dead_exceptions) Init(0) Optimization
1160 Delete dead instructions that may throw exceptions.
1161
1162 fdelete-null-pointer-checks
1163 Common Report Var(flag_delete_null_pointer_checks) Init(-1) Optimization
1164 Delete useless null pointer checks.
1165
1166 fdevirtualize-at-ltrans
1167 Common Report Var(flag_ltrans_devirtualize)
1168 Stream extra data to support more aggressive devirtualization in LTO local transformation mode.
1169
1170 fdevirtualize-speculatively
1171 Common Report Var(flag_devirtualize_speculatively) Optimization
1172 Perform speculative devirtualization.
1173
1174 fdevirtualize
1175 Common Report Var(flag_devirtualize) Optimization
1176 Try to convert virtual calls to direct ones.
1177
1178 fdiagnostics-show-location=
1179 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule)
1180 -fdiagnostics-show-location=[once|every-line] How often to emit source location at the beginning of line-wrapped diagnostics.
1181
1182 ; Required for these enum values.
1183 SourceInclude
1184 pretty-print.h
1185
1186 Enum
1187 Name(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) Type(int)
1188
1189 EnumValue
1190 Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) String(once) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_SHOW_PREFIX_ONCE)
1191
1192 EnumValue
1193 Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) String(every-line) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_SHOW_PREFIX_EVERY_LINE)
1194
1195 fdiagnostics-show-caret
1196 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_caret) Init(1)
1197 Show the source line with a caret indicating the column.
1198
1199 fdiagnostics-color
1200 Common Alias(fdiagnostics-color=,always,never)
1201 ;
1202
1203 fdiagnostics-color=
1204 Driver Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_diagnostics_show_color) Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) Init(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_NO)
1205 -fdiagnostics-color=[never|always|auto] Colorize diagnostics.
1206
1207 ; Required for these enum values.
1208 SourceInclude
1209 diagnostic-color.h
1210
1211 Enum
1212 Name(diagnostic_color_rule) Type(int)
1213
1214 EnumValue
1215 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(never) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_NO)
1216
1217 EnumValue
1218 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(always) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_YES)
1219
1220 EnumValue
1221 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(auto) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_AUTO)
1222
1223 fdiagnostics-parseable-fixits
1224 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_parseable_fixits)
1225 Print fixit hints in machine-readable form.
1226
1227 fdiagnostics-generate-patch
1228 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_generate_patch)
1229 Print fix-it hints to stderr in unified diff format.
1230
1231 fdiagnostics-show-option
1232 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_option) Init(1)
1233 Amend appropriate diagnostic messages with the command line option that controls them.
1234
1235 fdisable-
1236 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1237 -fdisable-[tree|rtl|ipa]-<pass>=range1+range2 disables an optimization pass.
1238
1239 fenable-
1240 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1241 -fenable-[tree|rtl|ipa]-<pass>=range1+range2 enables an optimization pass.
1242
1243 fdump-
1244 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1245 -fdump-<type> Dump various compiler internals to a file.
1246
1247 fdump-final-insns
1248 Driver RejectNegative
1249
1250 fdump-final-insns=
1251 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_dump_final_insns)
1252 -fdump-final-insns=filename Dump to filename the insns at the end of translation.
1253
1254 fdump-go-spec=
1255 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_dump_go_spec)
1256 -fdump-go-spec=filename Write all declarations to file as Go code.
1257
1258 fdump-noaddr
1259 Common Report Var(flag_dump_noaddr)
1260 Suppress output of addresses in debugging dumps.
1261
1262 freport-bug
1263 Common Driver Var(flag_report_bug)
1264 Collect and dump debug information into temporary file if ICE in C/C++
1265 compiler occured.
1266
1267 fdump-internal-locations
1268 Common Var(flag_dump_locations) Init(0)
1269 Dump detailed information on GCC's internal representation of source code locations.
1270
1271 fdump-passes
1272 Common Var(flag_dump_passes) Init(0)
1273 Dump optimization passes.
1274
1275 fdump-unnumbered
1276 Common Report Var(flag_dump_unnumbered)
1277 Suppress output of instruction numbers, line number notes and addresses in debugging dumps.
1278
1279 fdump-unnumbered-links
1280 Common Report Var(flag_dump_unnumbered_links)
1281 Suppress output of previous and next insn numbers in debugging dumps.
1282
1283 fdwarf2-cfi-asm
1284 Common Report Var(flag_dwarf2_cfi_asm) Init(HAVE_GAS_CFI_DIRECTIVE)
1285 Enable CFI tables via GAS assembler directives.
1286
1287 fearly-inlining
1288 Common Report Var(flag_early_inlining) Init(1) Optimization
1289 Perform early inlining.
1290
1291 feliminate-dwarf2-dups
1292 Common Report Var(flag_eliminate_dwarf2_dups)
1293 Perform DWARF duplicate elimination.
1294
1295 fipa-sra
1296 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_sra) Init(0) Optimization
1297 Perform interprocedural reduction of aggregates.
1298
1299 feliminate-unused-debug-symbols
1300 Common Report Var(flag_debug_only_used_symbols)
1301 Perform unused symbol elimination in debug info.
1302
1303 feliminate-unused-debug-types
1304 Common Report Var(flag_eliminate_unused_debug_types) Init(1)
1305 Perform unused type elimination in debug info.
1306
1307 femit-class-debug-always
1308 Common Report Var(flag_emit_class_debug_always) Init(0)
1309 Do not suppress C++ class debug information.
1310
1311 fexceptions
1312 Common Report Var(flag_exceptions) Optimization
1313 Enable exception handling.
1314
1315 fexpensive-optimizations
1316 Common Report Var(flag_expensive_optimizations) Optimization
1317 Perform a number of minor, expensive optimizations.
1318
1319 fexcess-precision=
1320 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(excess_precision) Var(flag_excess_precision_cmdline) Init(EXCESS_PRECISION_DEFAULT) SetByCombined
1321 -fexcess-precision=[fast|standard] Specify handling of excess floating-point precision.
1322
1323 Enum
1324 Name(excess_precision) Type(enum excess_precision) UnknownError(unknown excess precision style %qs)
1325
1326 EnumValue
1327 Enum(excess_precision) String(fast) Value(EXCESS_PRECISION_FAST)
1328
1329 EnumValue
1330 Enum(excess_precision) String(standard) Value(EXCESS_PRECISION_STANDARD)
1331
1332 ; Whether we permit the extended set of values for FLT_EVAL_METHOD
1333 ; introduced in ISO/IEC TS 18661-3, or limit ourselves to those in C99/C11.
1334 fpermitted-flt-eval-methods=
1335 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(permitted_flt_eval_methods) Var(flag_permitted_flt_eval_methods) Init(PERMITTED_FLT_EVAL_METHODS_DEFAULT)
1336 -fpermitted-flt-eval-methods=[c11|ts-18661] Specify which values of FLT_EVAL_METHOD are permitted.
1337
1338 Enum
1339 Name(permitted_flt_eval_methods) Type(enum permitted_flt_eval_methods) UnknownError(unknown specification for the set of FLT_EVAL_METHOD values to permit %qs)
1340
1341 EnumValue
1342 Enum(permitted_flt_eval_methods) String(c11) Value(PERMITTED_FLT_EVAL_METHODS_C11)
1343
1344 EnumValue
1345 Enum(permitted_flt_eval_methods) String(ts-18661-3) Value(PERMITTED_FLT_EVAL_METHODS_TS_18661)
1346
1347 ffast-math
1348 Common Optimization
1349
1350 ffat-lto-objects
1351 Common Var(flag_fat_lto_objects)
1352 Output lto objects containing both the intermediate language and binary output.
1353
1354 ffinite-math-only
1355 Common Report Var(flag_finite_math_only) Optimization SetByCombined
1356 Assume no NaNs or infinities are generated.
1357
1358 ffixed-
1359 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1360 -ffixed-<register> Mark <register> as being unavailable to the compiler.
1361
1362 ffloat-store
1363 Common Report Var(flag_float_store) Optimization
1364 Don't allocate floats and doubles in extended-precision registers.
1365
1366 fforce-addr
1367 Common Ignore
1368 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1369
1370 fforward-propagate
1371 Common Report Var(flag_forward_propagate) Optimization
1372 Perform a forward propagation pass on RTL.
1373
1374 ffp-contract=
1375 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(fp_contract_mode) Var(flag_fp_contract_mode) Init(FP_CONTRACT_FAST) Optimization
1376 -ffp-contract=[off|on|fast] Perform floating-point expression contraction.
1377
1378 Enum
1379 Name(fp_contract_mode) Type(enum fp_contract_mode) UnknownError(unknown floating point contraction style %qs)
1380
1381 EnumValue
1382 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(off) Value(FP_CONTRACT_OFF)
1383
1384 ; Not implemented, fall back to conservative FP_CONTRACT_OFF.
1385 EnumValue
1386 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(on) Value(FP_CONTRACT_OFF)
1387
1388 EnumValue
1389 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(fast) Value(FP_CONTRACT_FAST)
1390
1391 ffp-int-builtin-inexact
1392 Common Report Var(flag_fp_int_builtin_inexact) Init(1) Optimization
1393 Allow built-in functions ceil, floor, round, trunc to raise \"inexact\" exceptions.
1394
1395 ; Nonzero means don't put addresses of constant functions in registers.
1396 ; Used for compiling the Unix kernel, where strange substitutions are
1397 ; done on the assembly output.
1398 ffunction-cse
1399 Common Report Var(flag_no_function_cse,0) Optimization
1400 Allow function addresses to be held in registers.
1401
1402 ffunction-sections
1403 Common Report Var(flag_function_sections)
1404 Place each function into its own section.
1405
1406 fgcse
1407 Common Report Var(flag_gcse) Optimization
1408 Perform global common subexpression elimination.
1409
1410 fgcse-lm
1411 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_lm) Init(1) Optimization
1412 Perform enhanced load motion during global common subexpression elimination.
1413
1414 fgcse-sm
1415 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_sm) Init(0) Optimization
1416 Perform store motion after global common subexpression elimination.
1417
1418 fgcse-las
1419 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_las) Init(0) Optimization
1420 Perform redundant load after store elimination in global common subexpression
1421 elimination.
1422
1423 fgcse-after-reload
1424 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_after_reload) Optimization
1425 Perform global common subexpression elimination after register allocation has
1426 finished.
1427
1428 Enum
1429 Name(dwarf_gnat_encodings) Type(int)
1430
1431 EnumValue
1432 Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) String(all) Value(DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_ALL)
1433
1434 EnumValue
1435 Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) String(gdb) Value(DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_GDB)
1436
1437 EnumValue
1438 Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) String(minimal) Value(DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_MINIMAL)
1439
1440 fgnat-encodings=
1441 Common Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) Joined RejectNegative Report Undocumented Var(gnat_encodings)
1442 -fgnat-encodings=[all|gdb|minimal] Select the balance between GNAT encodings and standard DWARF emitted in the debug information
1443
1444 ; This option is not documented yet as its semantics will change.
1445 fgraphite
1446 Common Report Var(flag_graphite) Optimization
1447 Enable in and out of Graphite representation.
1448
1449 fgraphite-identity
1450 Common Report Var(flag_graphite_identity) Optimization
1451 Enable Graphite Identity transformation.
1452
1453 fhoist-adjacent-loads
1454 Common Report Var(flag_hoist_adjacent_loads) Optimization
1455 Enable hoisting adjacent loads to encourage generating conditional move
1456 instructions.
1457
1458 fkeep-gc-roots-live
1459 Common Undocumented Report Var(flag_keep_gc_roots_live) Optimization
1460 ; Always keep a pointer to a live memory block
1461
1462 floop-parallelize-all
1463 Common Report Var(flag_loop_parallelize_all) Optimization
1464 Mark all loops as parallel.
1465
1466 floop-strip-mine
1467 Common Alias(floop-nest-optimize)
1468 Enable loop nest transforms. Same as -floop-nest-optimize.
1469
1470 floop-interchange
1471 Common Alias(floop-nest-optimize)
1472 Enable loop nest transforms. Same as -floop-nest-optimize.
1473
1474 floop-block
1475 Common Alias(floop-nest-optimize)
1476 Enable loop nest transforms. Same as -floop-nest-optimize.
1477
1478 floop-unroll-and-jam
1479 Common Alias(floop-nest-optimize)
1480 Enable loop nest transforms. Same as -floop-nest-optimize.
1481
1482 fgnu-tm
1483 Common Report Var(flag_tm)
1484 Enable support for GNU transactional memory.
1485
1486 fgnu-unique
1487 Common Report Var(flag_gnu_unique) Init(1)
1488 Use STB_GNU_UNIQUE if supported by the assembler.
1489
1490 floop-flatten
1491 Common Ignore
1492 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1493
1494 floop-nest-optimize
1495 Common Report Var(flag_loop_nest_optimize) Optimization
1496 Enable the loop nest optimizer.
1497
1498 fstrict-volatile-bitfields
1499 Common Report Var(flag_strict_volatile_bitfields) Init(-1) Optimization
1500 Force bitfield accesses to match their type width.
1501
1502 fstore-merging
1503 Common Report Var(flag_store_merging) Optimization
1504 Merge adjacent stores.
1505
1506 fguess-branch-probability
1507 Common Report Var(flag_guess_branch_prob) Optimization
1508 Enable guessing of branch probabilities.
1509
1510 ; Nonzero means ignore `#ident' directives. 0 means handle them.
1511 ; Generate position-independent code for executables if possible
1512 ; On SVR4 targets, it also controls whether or not to emit a
1513 ; string identifying the compiler.
1514 fident
1515 Common Report Var(flag_no_ident,0)
1516 Process #ident directives.
1517
1518 fif-conversion
1519 Common Report Var(flag_if_conversion) Optimization
1520 Perform conversion of conditional jumps to branchless equivalents.
1521
1522 fif-conversion2
1523 Common Report Var(flag_if_conversion2) Optimization
1524 Perform conversion of conditional jumps to conditional execution.
1525
1526 fstack-reuse=
1527 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(stack_reuse_level) Var(flag_stack_reuse) Init(SR_ALL) Optimization
1528 -fstack-reuse=[all|named_vars|none] Set stack reuse level for local variables.
1529
1530 Enum
1531 Name(stack_reuse_level) Type(enum stack_reuse_level) UnknownError(unknown Stack Reuse Level %qs)
1532
1533 EnumValue
1534 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(all) Value(SR_ALL)
1535
1536 EnumValue
1537 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(named_vars) Value(SR_NAMED_VARS)
1538
1539 EnumValue
1540 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(none) Value(SR_NONE)
1541
1542 ftree-loop-if-convert
1543 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_if_convert) Init(-1) Optimization
1544 Convert conditional jumps in innermost loops to branchless equivalents.
1545
1546 ftree-loop-if-convert-stores
1547 Common Ignore
1548 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1549
1550 ; -finhibit-size-directive inhibits output of .size for ELF.
1551 ; This is used only for compiling crtstuff.c,
1552 ; and it may be extended to other effects
1553 ; needed for crtstuff.c on other systems.
1554 finhibit-size-directive
1555 Common Report Var(flag_inhibit_size_directive)
1556 Do not generate .size directives.
1557
1558 findirect-inlining
1559 Common Report Var(flag_indirect_inlining) Optimization
1560 Perform indirect inlining.
1561
1562 ; General flag to enable inlining. Specifying -fno-inline will disable
1563 ; all inlining apart from always-inline functions.
1564 finline
1565 Common Report Var(flag_no_inline,0) Init(0) Optimization
1566 Enable inlining of function declared \"inline\", disabling disables all inlining.
1567
1568 finline-small-functions
1569 Common Report Var(flag_inline_small_functions) Optimization
1570 Integrate functions into their callers when code size is known not to grow.
1571
1572 finline-functions
1573 Common Report Var(flag_inline_functions) Optimization
1574 Integrate functions not declared \"inline\" into their callers when profitable.
1575
1576 finline-functions-called-once
1577 Common Report Var(flag_inline_functions_called_once) Optimization
1578 Integrate functions only required by their single caller.
1579
1580 finline-limit-
1581 Common RejectNegative Joined Alias(finline-limit=)
1582
1583 finline-limit=
1584 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1585 -finline-limit=<number> Limit the size of inlined functions to <number>.
1586
1587 finline-atomics
1588 Common Report Var(flag_inline_atomics) Init(1) Optimization
1589 Inline __atomic operations when a lock free instruction sequence is available.
1590
1591 finstrument-functions
1592 Common Report Var(flag_instrument_function_entry_exit)
1593 Instrument function entry and exit with profiling calls.
1594
1595 finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list=
1596 Common RejectNegative Joined
1597 -finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list=name,... Do not instrument listed functions.
1598
1599 finstrument-functions-exclude-file-list=
1600 Common RejectNegative Joined
1601 -finstrument-functions-exclude-file-list=filename,... Do not instrument functions listed in files.
1602
1603 fipa-cp
1604 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_cp) Optimization
1605 Perform interprocedural constant propagation.
1606
1607 fipa-cp-clone
1608 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_cp_clone) Optimization
1609 Perform cloning to make Interprocedural constant propagation stronger.
1610
1611 fipa-cp-alignment
1612 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_cp_alignment) Optimization
1613 Perform alignment discovery and propagation to make Interprocedural constant propagation stronger.
1614
1615 fipa-bit-cp
1616 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_bit_cp) Optimization
1617 Perform interprocedural bitwise constant propagation.
1618
1619 fipa-profile
1620 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_profile) Init(0) Optimization
1621 Perform interprocedural profile propagation.
1622
1623 fipa-pta
1624 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_pta) Init(0) Optimization
1625 Perform interprocedural points-to analysis.
1626
1627 fipa-pure-const
1628 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_pure_const) Init(0) Optimization
1629 Discover pure and const functions.
1630
1631 fipa-icf
1632 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_icf) Optimization
1633 Perform Identical Code Folding for functions and read-only variables.
1634
1635 fipa-icf-functions
1636 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_icf_functions) Optimization
1637 Perform Identical Code Folding for functions.
1638
1639 fipa-icf-variables
1640 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_icf_variables) Optimization
1641 Perform Identical Code Folding for variables.
1642
1643 fipa-reference
1644 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_reference) Init(0) Optimization
1645 Discover readonly and non addressable static variables.
1646
1647 fipa-matrix-reorg
1648 Common Ignore
1649 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1650
1651 fipa-struct-reorg
1652 Common Ignore
1653 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1654
1655 fipa-vrp
1656 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_vrp) Optimization
1657 Perform IPA Value Range Propagation.
1658
1659 fira-algorithm=
1660 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(ira_algorithm) Var(flag_ira_algorithm) Init(IRA_ALGORITHM_CB) Optimization
1661 -fira-algorithm=[CB|priority] Set the used IRA algorithm.
1662
1663 Enum
1664 Name(ira_algorithm) Type(enum ira_algorithm) UnknownError(unknown IRA algorithm %qs)
1665
1666 EnumValue
1667 Enum(ira_algorithm) String(CB) Value(IRA_ALGORITHM_CB)
1668
1669 EnumValue
1670 Enum(ira_algorithm) String(priority) Value(IRA_ALGORITHM_PRIORITY)
1671
1672 fira-region=
1673 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(ira_region) Var(flag_ira_region) Init(IRA_REGION_AUTODETECT) Optimization
1674 -fira-region=[one|all|mixed] Set regions for IRA.
1675
1676 Enum
1677 Name(ira_region) Type(enum ira_region) UnknownError(unknown IRA region %qs)
1678
1679 EnumValue
1680 Enum(ira_region) String(one) Value(IRA_REGION_ONE)
1681
1682 EnumValue
1683 Enum(ira_region) String(all) Value(IRA_REGION_ALL)
1684
1685 EnumValue
1686 Enum(ira_region) String(mixed) Value(IRA_REGION_MIXED)
1687
1688 fira-hoist-pressure
1689 Common Report Var(flag_ira_hoist_pressure) Init(1) Optimization
1690 Use IRA based register pressure calculation
1691 in RTL hoist optimizations.
1692
1693 fira-loop-pressure
1694 Common Report Var(flag_ira_loop_pressure) Optimization
1695 Use IRA based register pressure calculation
1696 in RTL loop optimizations.
1697
1698 fira-share-save-slots
1699 Common Report Var(flag_ira_share_save_slots) Init(1) Optimization
1700 Share slots for saving different hard registers.
1701
1702 fira-share-spill-slots
1703 Common Report Var(flag_ira_share_spill_slots) Init(1) Optimization
1704 Share stack slots for spilled pseudo-registers.
1705
1706 fira-verbose=
1707 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(flag_ira_verbose) Init(5)
1708 -fira-verbose=<number> Control IRA's level of diagnostic messages.
1709
1710 fivopts
1711 Common Report Var(flag_ivopts) Init(1) Optimization
1712 Optimize induction variables on trees.
1713
1714 fjump-tables
1715 Common Var(flag_jump_tables) Init(1) Optimization
1716 Use jump tables for sufficiently large switch statements.
1717
1718 fkeep-inline-functions
1719 Common Report Var(flag_keep_inline_functions)
1720 Generate code for functions even if they are fully inlined.
1721
1722 fkeep-static-functions
1723 Common Report Var(flag_keep_static_functions)
1724 Generate code for static functions even if they are never called.
1725
1726 fkeep-static-consts
1727 Common Report Var(flag_keep_static_consts) Init(1)
1728 Emit static const variables even if they are not used.
1729
1730 fleading-underscore
1731 Common Report Var(flag_leading_underscore) Init(-1)
1732 Give external symbols a leading underscore.
1733
1734 floop-optimize
1735 Common Ignore
1736 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1737
1738 flra-remat
1739 Common Report Var(flag_lra_remat) Optimization
1740 Do CFG-sensitive rematerialization in LRA.
1741
1742 flto
1743 Common
1744 Enable link-time optimization.
1745
1746 flto=
1747 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_lto)
1748 Link-time optimization with number of parallel jobs or jobserver.
1749
1750 Enum
1751 Name(lto_partition_model) Type(enum lto_partition_model) UnknownError(unknown LTO partitioning model %qs)
1752
1753 EnumValue
1754 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(none) Value(LTO_PARTITION_NONE)
1755
1756 EnumValue
1757 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(one) Value(LTO_PARTITION_ONE)
1758
1759 EnumValue
1760 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(balanced) Value(LTO_PARTITION_BALANCED)
1761
1762 EnumValue
1763 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(1to1) Value(LTO_PARTITION_1TO1)
1764
1765 EnumValue
1766 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(max) Value(LTO_PARTITION_MAX)
1767
1768 flto-partition=
1769 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(lto_partition_model) Var(flag_lto_partition) Init(LTO_PARTITION_BALANCED)
1770 Specify the algorithm to partition symbols and vars at linktime.
1771
1772 ; The initial value of -1 comes from Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION in zlib.h.
1773 flto-compression-level=
1774 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_lto_compression_level) Init(-1)
1775 -flto-compression-level=<number> Use zlib compression level <number> for IL.
1776
1777 flto-odr-type-merging
1778 Common Report Var(flag_lto_odr_type_mering) Init(1)
1779 Merge C++ types using One Definition Rule.
1780
1781 flto-report
1782 Common Report Var(flag_lto_report) Init(0)
1783 Report various link-time optimization statistics.
1784
1785 flto-report-wpa
1786 Common Report Var(flag_lto_report_wpa) Init(0)
1787 Report various link-time optimization statistics for WPA only.
1788
1789 fmath-errno
1790 Common Report Var(flag_errno_math) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
1791 Set errno after built-in math functions.
1792
1793 fmax-errors=
1794 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_max_errors)
1795 -fmax-errors=<number> Maximum number of errors to report.
1796
1797 fmem-report
1798 Common Report Var(mem_report)
1799 Report on permanent memory allocation.
1800
1801 fmem-report-wpa
1802 Common Report Var(mem_report_wpa)
1803 Report on permanent memory allocation in WPA only.
1804
1805 ; This will attempt to merge constant section constants, if 1 only
1806 ; string constants and constants from constant pool, if 2 also constant
1807 ; variables.
1808 fmerge-all-constants
1809 Common Report Var(flag_merge_constants,2) Init(1)
1810 Attempt to merge identical constants and constant variables.
1811
1812 fmerge-constants
1813 Common Report Var(flag_merge_constants,1)
1814 Attempt to merge identical constants across compilation units.
1815
1816 fmerge-debug-strings
1817 Common Report Var(flag_merge_debug_strings) Init(1)
1818 Attempt to merge identical debug strings across compilation units.
1819
1820 fmessage-length=
1821 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1822 -fmessage-length=<number> Limit diagnostics to <number> characters per line. 0 suppresses line-wrapping.
1823
1824 fmodulo-sched
1825 Common Report Var(flag_modulo_sched) Optimization
1826 Perform SMS based modulo scheduling before the first scheduling pass.
1827
1828 fmodulo-sched-allow-regmoves
1829 Common Report Var(flag_modulo_sched_allow_regmoves) Optimization
1830 Perform SMS based modulo scheduling with register moves allowed.
1831
1832 fmove-loop-invariants
1833 Common Report Var(flag_move_loop_invariants) Optimization
1834 Move loop invariant computations out of loops.
1835
1836 fdce
1837 Common Var(flag_dce) Init(1) Optimization
1838 Use the RTL dead code elimination pass.
1839
1840 fdse
1841 Common Var(flag_dse) Init(1) Optimization
1842 Use the RTL dead store elimination pass.
1843
1844 freschedule-modulo-scheduled-loops
1845 Common Report Var(flag_resched_modulo_sched) Optimization
1846 Enable/Disable the traditional scheduling in loops that already passed modulo scheduling.
1847
1848 fnon-call-exceptions
1849 Common Report Var(flag_non_call_exceptions) Optimization
1850 Support synchronous non-call exceptions.
1851
1852 foffload=
1853 Common Driver Joined MissingArgError(options or targets missing after %qs)
1854 -foffload=<targets>=<options> Specify offloading targets and options for them.
1855
1856 foffload-abi=
1857 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(offload_abi) Var(flag_offload_abi) Init(OFFLOAD_ABI_UNSET)
1858 -foffload-abi=[lp64|ilp32] Set the ABI to use in an offload compiler.
1859
1860 Enum
1861 Name(offload_abi) Type(enum offload_abi) UnknownError(unknown offload ABI %qs)
1862
1863 EnumValue
1864 Enum(offload_abi) String(ilp32) Value(OFFLOAD_ABI_ILP32)
1865
1866 EnumValue
1867 Enum(offload_abi) String(lp64) Value(OFFLOAD_ABI_LP64)
1868
1869 fomit-frame-pointer
1870 Common Report Var(flag_omit_frame_pointer) Optimization
1871 When possible do not generate stack frames.
1872
1873 fopt-info
1874 Common Report Var(flag_opt_info) Optimization
1875 Enable all optimization info dumps on stderr.
1876
1877 fopt-info-
1878 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1879 -fopt-info[-<type>=filename] Dump compiler optimization details.
1880
1881 foptimize-register-move
1882 Common Ignore
1883 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1884
1885 foptimize-sibling-calls
1886 Common Report Var(flag_optimize_sibling_calls) Optimization
1887 Optimize sibling and tail recursive calls.
1888
1889 fpartial-inlining
1890 Common Report Var(flag_partial_inlining) Optimization
1891 Perform partial inlining.
1892
1893 fpre-ipa-mem-report
1894 Common Report Var(pre_ipa_mem_report)
1895 Report on memory allocation before interprocedural optimization.
1896
1897 fpost-ipa-mem-report
1898 Common Report Var(post_ipa_mem_report)
1899 Report on memory allocation before interprocedural optimization.
1900
1901 fpack-struct
1902 Common Report Var(flag_pack_struct) Optimization
1903 Pack structure members together without holes.
1904
1905 fpack-struct=
1906 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
1907 -fpack-struct=<number> Set initial maximum structure member alignment.
1908
1909 fpcc-struct-return
1910 Common Report Var(flag_pcc_struct_return,1) Init(DEFAULT_PCC_STRUCT_RETURN)
1911 Return small aggregates in memory, not registers.
1912
1913 fpeel-loops
1914 Common Report Var(flag_peel_loops) Optimization
1915 Perform loop peeling.
1916
1917 fpeephole
1918 Common Report Var(flag_no_peephole,0) Optimization
1919 Enable machine specific peephole optimizations.
1920
1921 fpeephole2
1922 Common Report Var(flag_peephole2) Optimization
1923 Enable an RTL peephole pass before sched2.
1924
1925 fPIC
1926 Common Report Var(flag_pic,2) Negative(fPIE) Init(-1)
1927 Generate position-independent code if possible (large mode).
1928
1929 fPIE
1930 Common Report Var(flag_pie,2) Negative(fpic) Init(-1)
1931 Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (large mode).
1932
1933 fpic
1934 Common Report Var(flag_pic,1) Negative(fpie) Init(-1)
1935 Generate position-independent code if possible (small mode).
1936
1937 fpie
1938 Common Report Var(flag_pie,1) Negative(fPIC) Init(-1)
1939 Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (small mode).
1940
1941 fplt
1942 Common Report Var(flag_plt) Init(1) Optimization
1943 Use PLT for PIC calls (-fno-plt: load the address from GOT at call site).
1944
1945 fplugin=
1946 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1947 Specify a plugin to load.
1948
1949 fplugin-arg-
1950 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1951 -fplugin-arg-<name>-<key>[=<value>] Specify argument <key>=<value> for plugin <name>.
1952
1953 fpredictive-commoning
1954 Common Report Var(flag_predictive_commoning) Optimization
1955 Run predictive commoning optimization.
1956
1957 fprefetch-loop-arrays
1958 Common Report Var(flag_prefetch_loop_arrays) Init(-1) Optimization
1959 Generate prefetch instructions, if available, for arrays in loops.
1960
1961 fprofile
1962 Common Report Var(profile_flag)
1963 Enable basic program profiling code.
1964
1965 fprofile-arcs
1966 Common Report Var(profile_arc_flag)
1967 Insert arc-based program profiling code.
1968
1969 fprofile-dir=
1970 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_data_prefix)
1971 Set the top-level directory for storing the profile data.
1972 The default is 'pwd'.
1973
1974 fprofile-correction
1975 Common Report Var(flag_profile_correction)
1976 Enable correction of flow inconsistent profile data input.
1977
1978 fprofile-update=
1979 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(profile_update) Var(flag_profile_update) Init(PROFILE_UPDATE_SINGLE)
1980 -fprofile-update=[single|atomic|prefer-atomic] Set the profile update method.
1981
1982 Enum
1983 Name(profile_update) Type(enum profile_update) UnknownError(unknown profile update method %qs)
1984
1985 EnumValue
1986 Enum(profile_update) String(single) Value(PROFILE_UPDATE_SINGLE)
1987
1988 EnumValue
1989 Enum(profile_update) String(atomic) Value(PROFILE_UPDATE_ATOMIC)
1990
1991 EnumValue
1992 Enum(profile_update) String(prefer-atomic) Value(PROFILE_UPDATE_PREFER_ATOMIC)
1993
1994 fprofile-generate
1995 Common
1996 Enable common options for generating profile info for profile feedback directed optimizations.
1997
1998 fprofile-generate=
1999 Common Joined RejectNegative
2000 Enable common options for generating profile info for profile feedback directed optimizations, and set -fprofile-dir=.
2001
2002 fprofile-use
2003 Common Var(flag_profile_use)
2004 Enable common options for performing profile feedback directed optimizations.
2005
2006 fprofile-use=
2007 Common Joined RejectNegative
2008 Enable common options for performing profile feedback directed optimizations, and set -fprofile-dir=.
2009
2010 fprofile-values
2011 Common Report Var(flag_profile_values)
2012 Insert code to profile values of expressions.
2013
2014 fprofile-report
2015 Common Report Var(profile_report)
2016 Report on consistency of profile.
2017
2018 fprofile-reorder-functions
2019 Common Report Var(flag_profile_reorder_functions)
2020 Enable function reordering that improves code placement.
2021
2022 frandom-seed
2023 Common Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2024
2025 frandom-seed=
2026 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2027 -frandom-seed=<string> Make compile reproducible using <string>.
2028
2029 ; This switch causes the command line that was used to create an
2030 ; object file to be recorded into the object file. The exact format
2031 ; of this recording is target and binary file format dependent.
2032 ; It is related to the -fverbose-asm switch, but that switch only
2033 ; records information in the assembler output file as comments, so
2034 ; they never reach the object file.
2035 frecord-gcc-switches
2036 Common Report Var(flag_record_gcc_switches)
2037 Record gcc command line switches in the object file.
2038
2039 freg-struct-return
2040 Common Report Var(flag_pcc_struct_return,0) Optimization
2041 Return small aggregates in registers.
2042
2043 fregmove
2044 Common Ignore
2045 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2046
2047 flifetime-dse
2048 Common Report Var(flag_lifetime_dse,2) Init(2) Optimization
2049 Tell DSE that the storage for a C++ object is dead when the constructor
2050 starts and when the destructor finishes.
2051
2052 flifetime-dse=
2053 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_lifetime_dse) Optimization
2054
2055 flive-range-shrinkage
2056 Common Report Var(flag_live_range_shrinkage) Init(0) Optimization
2057 Relief of register pressure through live range shrinkage.
2058
2059 frename-registers
2060 Common Report Var(flag_rename_registers) Init(2) Optimization
2061 Perform a register renaming optimization pass.
2062
2063 fschedule-fusion
2064 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_fusion) Init(2) Optimization
2065 Perform a target dependent instruction fusion optimization pass.
2066
2067 freorder-blocks
2068 Common Report Var(flag_reorder_blocks) Optimization
2069 Reorder basic blocks to improve code placement.
2070
2071 freorder-blocks-algorithm=
2072 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(reorder_blocks_algorithm) Var(flag_reorder_blocks_algorithm) Init(REORDER_BLOCKS_ALGORITHM_SIMPLE) Optimization
2073 -freorder-blocks-algorithm=[simple|stc] Set the used basic block reordering algorithm.
2074
2075 Enum
2076 Name(reorder_blocks_algorithm) Type(enum reorder_blocks_algorithm) UnknownError(unknown basic block reordering algorithm %qs)
2077
2078 EnumValue
2079 Enum(reorder_blocks_algorithm) String(simple) Value(REORDER_BLOCKS_ALGORITHM_SIMPLE)
2080
2081 EnumValue
2082 Enum(reorder_blocks_algorithm) String(stc) Value(REORDER_BLOCKS_ALGORITHM_STC)
2083
2084 freorder-blocks-and-partition
2085 Common Report Var(flag_reorder_blocks_and_partition) Optimization
2086 Reorder basic blocks and partition into hot and cold sections.
2087
2088 freorder-functions
2089 Common Report Var(flag_reorder_functions) Optimization
2090 Reorder functions to improve code placement.
2091
2092 frerun-cse-after-loop
2093 Common Report Var(flag_rerun_cse_after_loop) Optimization
2094 Add a common subexpression elimination pass after loop optimizations.
2095
2096 frerun-loop-opt
2097 Common Ignore
2098 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2099
2100 frounding-math
2101 Common Report Var(flag_rounding_math) Optimization SetByCombined
2102 Disable optimizations that assume default FP rounding behavior.
2103
2104 fsched-interblock
2105 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_interblock) Init(1) Optimization
2106 Enable scheduling across basic blocks.
2107
2108 fsched-pressure
2109 Common Report Var(flag_sched_pressure) Init(0) Optimization
2110 Enable register pressure sensitive insn scheduling.
2111
2112 fsched-spec
2113 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_speculative) Init(1) Optimization
2114 Allow speculative motion of non-loads.
2115
2116 fsched-spec-load
2117 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_speculative_load) Optimization
2118 Allow speculative motion of some loads.
2119
2120 fsched-spec-load-dangerous
2121 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_speculative_load_dangerous) Optimization
2122 Allow speculative motion of more loads.
2123
2124 fsched-verbose=
2125 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(sched_verbose_param) Init(1)
2126 -fsched-verbose=<number> Set the verbosity level of the scheduler.
2127
2128 fsched2-use-superblocks
2129 Common Report Var(flag_sched2_use_superblocks) Optimization
2130 If scheduling post reload, do superblock scheduling.
2131
2132 fsched2-use-traces
2133 Common Ignore
2134 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2135
2136 fschedule-insns
2137 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_insns) Optimization
2138 Reschedule instructions before register allocation.
2139
2140 fschedule-insns2
2141 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_insns_after_reload) Optimization
2142 Reschedule instructions after register allocation.
2143
2144 ; This flag should be on when a target implements non-trivial
2145 ; scheduling hooks, maybe saving some information for its own sake.
2146 ; On IA64, for example, this is used for correct bundling.
2147 fselective-scheduling
2148 Common Report Var(flag_selective_scheduling) Optimization
2149 Schedule instructions using selective scheduling algorithm.
2150
2151 fselective-scheduling2
2152 Common Report Var(flag_selective_scheduling2) Optimization
2153 Run selective scheduling after reload.
2154
2155 fself-test=
2156 Common Undocumented Joined Var(flag_self_test)
2157 Run self-tests, using the given path to locate test files.
2158
2159 fsel-sched-pipelining
2160 Common Report Var(flag_sel_sched_pipelining) Init(0) Optimization
2161 Perform software pipelining of inner loops during selective scheduling.
2162
2163 fsel-sched-pipelining-outer-loops
2164 Common Report Var(flag_sel_sched_pipelining_outer_loops) Init(0) Optimization
2165 Perform software pipelining of outer loops during selective scheduling.
2166
2167 fsel-sched-reschedule-pipelined
2168 Common Report Var(flag_sel_sched_reschedule_pipelined) Init(0) Optimization
2169 Reschedule pipelined regions without pipelining.
2170
2171 fsemantic-interposition
2172 Common Report Var(flag_semantic_interposition) Init(1)
2173 Allow interposing function (or variables) by ones with different semantics (or initializer) respectively by dynamic linker.
2174
2175 ; sched_stalled_insns means that insns can be moved prematurely from the queue
2176 ; of stalled insns into the ready list.
2177 fsched-stalled-insns
2178 Common Report Var(flag_sched_stalled_insns) Optimization UInteger
2179 Allow premature scheduling of queued insns.
2180
2181 fsched-stalled-insns=
2182 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
2183 -fsched-stalled-insns=<number> Set number of queued insns that can be prematurely scheduled.
2184
2185 ; sched_stalled_insns_dep controls how many recently scheduled cycles will
2186 ; be examined for a dependency on a stalled insn that is candidate for
2187 ; premature removal from the queue of stalled insns into the ready list (has
2188 ; an effect only if the flag 'sched_stalled_insns' is set).
2189 fsched-stalled-insns-dep
2190 Common Report Var(flag_sched_stalled_insns_dep,1) Init(1) Optimization UInteger
2191 Set dependence distance checking in premature scheduling of queued insns.
2192
2193 fsched-stalled-insns-dep=
2194 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
2195 -fsched-stalled-insns-dep=<number> Set dependence distance checking in premature scheduling of queued insns.
2196
2197 fsched-group-heuristic
2198 Common Report Var(flag_sched_group_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2199 Enable the group heuristic in the scheduler.
2200
2201 fsched-critical-path-heuristic
2202 Common Report Var(flag_sched_critical_path_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2203 Enable the critical path heuristic in the scheduler.
2204
2205 fsched-spec-insn-heuristic
2206 Common Report Var(flag_sched_spec_insn_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2207 Enable the speculative instruction heuristic in the scheduler.
2208
2209 fsched-rank-heuristic
2210 Common Report Var(flag_sched_rank_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2211 Enable the rank heuristic in the scheduler.
2212
2213 fsched-last-insn-heuristic
2214 Common Report Var(flag_sched_last_insn_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2215 Enable the last instruction heuristic in the scheduler.
2216
2217 fsched-dep-count-heuristic
2218 Common Report Var(flag_sched_dep_count_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2219 Enable the dependent count heuristic in the scheduler.
2220
2221 fsection-anchors
2222 Common Report Var(flag_section_anchors) Optimization
2223 Access data in the same section from shared anchor points.
2224
2225 fsee
2226 Common Ignore
2227 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2228
2229 fzee
2230 Common Ignore
2231 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2232
2233 free
2234 Common Report Var(flag_ree) Init(0)
2235 Turn on Redundant Extensions Elimination pass.
2236
2237 fshow-column
2238 Common Report Var(flag_show_column) Init(1)
2239 Show column numbers in diagnostics, when available. Default on.
2240
2241 fshrink-wrap
2242 Common Report Var(flag_shrink_wrap) Optimization
2243 Emit function prologues only before parts of the function that need it,
2244 rather than at the top of the function.
2245
2246 fshrink-wrap-separate
2247 Common Report Var(flag_shrink_wrap_separate) Init(1) Optimization
2248 Shrink-wrap parts of the prologue and epilogue separately.
2249
2250 fsignaling-nans
2251 Common Report Var(flag_signaling_nans) Optimization SetByCombined
2252 Disable optimizations observable by IEEE signaling NaNs.
2253
2254 fsigned-zeros
2255 Common Report Var(flag_signed_zeros) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
2256 Disable floating point optimizations that ignore the IEEE signedness of zero.
2257
2258 fsingle-precision-constant
2259 Common Report Var(flag_single_precision_constant) Optimization
2260 Convert floating point constants to single precision constants.
2261
2262 fsplit-ivs-in-unroller
2263 Common Report Var(flag_split_ivs_in_unroller) Init(1) Optimization
2264 Split lifetimes of induction variables when loops are unrolled.
2265
2266 fsplit-stack
2267 Common Report Var(flag_split_stack) Init(-1)
2268 Generate discontiguous stack frames.
2269
2270 fsplit-wide-types
2271 Common Report Var(flag_split_wide_types) Optimization
2272 Split wide types into independent registers.
2273
2274 fssa-backprop
2275 Common Report Var(flag_ssa_backprop) Init(1) Optimization
2276 Enable backward propagation of use properties at the SSA level.
2277
2278 fssa-phiopt
2279 Common Report Var(flag_ssa_phiopt) Optimization
2280 Optimize conditional patterns using SSA PHI nodes.
2281
2282 fstdarg-opt
2283 Common Report Var(flag_stdarg_opt) Init(1) Optimization
2284 Optimize amount of stdarg registers saved to stack at start of function.
2285
2286 fvariable-expansion-in-unroller
2287 Common Report Var(flag_variable_expansion_in_unroller) Optimization
2288 Apply variable expansion when loops are unrolled.
2289
2290 fstack-check=
2291 Common Report RejectNegative Joined
2292 -fstack-check=[no|generic|specific] Insert stack checking code into the program.
2293
2294 fstack-check
2295 Common Alias(fstack-check=, specific, no)
2296 Insert stack checking code into the program. Same as -fstack-check=specific.
2297
2298 fstack-limit
2299 Common Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2300
2301 fstack-limit-register=
2302 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2303 -fstack-limit-register=<register> Trap if the stack goes past <register>.
2304
2305 fstack-limit-symbol=
2306 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2307 -fstack-limit-symbol=<name> Trap if the stack goes past symbol <name>.
2308
2309 fstack-protector
2310 Common Report Var(flag_stack_protect, 1) Init(-1) Optimization
2311 Use propolice as a stack protection method.
2312
2313 fstack-protector-all
2314 Common Report RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 2) Init(-1) Optimization
2315 Use a stack protection method for every function.
2316
2317 fstack-protector-strong
2318 Common Report RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 3) Init(-1) Optimization
2319 Use a smart stack protection method for certain functions.
2320
2321 fstack-protector-explicit
2322 Common Report RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 4) Optimization
2323 Use stack protection method only for functions with the stack_protect attribute.
2324
2325 fstack-usage
2326 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_usage)
2327 Output stack usage information on a per-function basis.
2328
2329 fstrength-reduce
2330 Common Ignore
2331 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2332
2333 ; Nonzero if we should do (language-dependent) alias analysis.
2334 ; Typically, this analysis will assume that expressions of certain
2335 ; types do not alias expressions of certain other types. Only used
2336 ; if alias analysis (in general) is enabled.
2337 fstrict-aliasing
2338 Common Report Var(flag_strict_aliasing) Optimization
2339 Assume strict aliasing rules apply.
2340
2341 fstrict-overflow
2342 Common Report Var(flag_strict_overflow) Optimization
2343 Treat signed overflow as undefined.
2344
2345 fsync-libcalls
2346 Common Report Var(flag_sync_libcalls) Init(1)
2347 Implement __atomic operations via libcalls to legacy __sync functions.
2348
2349 fsyntax-only
2350 Common Report Var(flag_syntax_only)
2351 Check for syntax errors, then stop.
2352
2353 ftest-coverage
2354 Common Report Var(flag_test_coverage)
2355 Create data files needed by \"gcov\".
2356
2357 fthread-jumps
2358 Common Report Var(flag_thread_jumps) Optimization
2359 Perform jump threading optimizations.
2360
2361 ftime-report
2362 Common Report Var(time_report)
2363 Report the time taken by each compiler pass.
2364
2365 ftime-report-details
2366 Common Report Var(time_report_details)
2367 Record times taken by sub-phases separately.
2368
2369 ftls-model=
2370 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(tls_model) Var(flag_tls_default) Init(TLS_MODEL_GLOBAL_DYNAMIC)
2371 -ftls-model=[global-dynamic|local-dynamic|initial-exec|local-exec] Set the default thread-local storage code generation model.
2372
2373 Enum
2374 Name(tls_model) Type(enum tls_model) UnknownError(unknown TLS model %qs)
2375
2376 EnumValue
2377 Enum(tls_model) String(global-dynamic) Value(TLS_MODEL_GLOBAL_DYNAMIC)
2378
2379 EnumValue
2380 Enum(tls_model) String(local-dynamic) Value(TLS_MODEL_LOCAL_DYNAMIC)
2381
2382 EnumValue
2383 Enum(tls_model) String(initial-exec) Value(TLS_MODEL_INITIAL_EXEC)
2384
2385 EnumValue
2386 Enum(tls_model) String(local-exec) Value(TLS_MODEL_LOCAL_EXEC)
2387
2388 ftoplevel-reorder
2389 Common Report Var(flag_toplevel_reorder) Init(2)
2390 Reorder top level functions, variables, and asms.
2391
2392 ftracer
2393 Common Report Var(flag_tracer) Optimization
2394 Perform superblock formation via tail duplication.
2395
2396 ftrampolines
2397 Common Report Var(flag_trampolines) Init(0)
2398 For targets that normally need trampolines for nested functions, always
2399 generate them instead of using descriptors.
2400
2401 ; Zero means that floating-point math operations cannot generate a
2402 ; (user-visible) trap. This is the case, for example, in nonstop
2403 ; IEEE 754 arithmetic.
2404 ftrapping-math
2405 Common Report Var(flag_trapping_math) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
2406 Assume floating-point operations can trap.
2407
2408 ftrapv
2409 Common Report Var(flag_trapv) Optimization
2410 Trap for signed overflow in addition, subtraction and multiplication.
2411
2412 ftree-ccp
2413 Common Report Var(flag_tree_ccp) Optimization
2414 Enable SSA-CCP optimization on trees.
2415
2416 ftree-bit-ccp
2417 Common Report Var(flag_tree_bit_ccp) Optimization
2418 Enable SSA-BIT-CCP optimization on trees.
2419
2420 ftree-store-ccp
2421 Common Ignore
2422 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2423
2424 ftree-ch
2425 Common Report Var(flag_tree_ch) Optimization
2426 Enable loop header copying on trees.
2427
2428 ftree-coalesce-inlined-vars
2429 Common Ignore RejectNegative
2430 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2431
2432 ftree-coalesce-vars
2433 Common Report Var(flag_tree_coalesce_vars) Optimization
2434 Enable SSA coalescing of user variables.
2435
2436 ftree-copyrename
2437 Common Ignore
2438 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2439
2440 ftree-copy-prop
2441 Common Report Var(flag_tree_copy_prop) Optimization
2442 Enable copy propagation on trees.
2443
2444 ftree-store-copy-prop
2445 Common Ignore
2446 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2447
2448 ftree-cselim
2449 Common Report Var(flag_tree_cselim) Init(2) Optimization
2450 Transform condition stores into unconditional ones.
2451
2452 ftree-switch-conversion
2453 Common Report Var(flag_tree_switch_conversion) Optimization
2454 Perform conversions of switch initializations.
2455
2456 ftree-dce
2457 Common Report Var(flag_tree_dce) Optimization
2458 Enable SSA dead code elimination optimization on trees.
2459
2460 ftree-dominator-opts
2461 Common Report Var(flag_tree_dom) Optimization
2462 Enable dominator optimizations.
2463
2464 ftree-tail-merge
2465 Common Report Var(flag_tree_tail_merge) Optimization
2466 Enable tail merging on trees.
2467
2468 ftree-dse
2469 Common Report Var(flag_tree_dse) Optimization
2470 Enable dead store elimination.
2471
2472 ftree-forwprop
2473 Common Report Var(flag_tree_forwprop) Init(1) Optimization
2474 Enable forward propagation on trees.
2475
2476 ftree-fre
2477 Common Report Var(flag_tree_fre) Optimization
2478 Enable Full Redundancy Elimination (FRE) on trees.
2479
2480 foptimize-strlen
2481 Common Report Var(flag_optimize_strlen) Optimization
2482 Enable string length optimizations on trees.
2483
2484 fisolate-erroneous-paths-dereference
2485 Common Report Var(flag_isolate_erroneous_paths_dereference) Optimization
2486 Detect paths that trigger erroneous or undefined behavior due to
2487 dereferencing a null pointer. Isolate those paths from the main control
2488 flow and turn the statement with erroneous or undefined behavior into a trap.
2489
2490 fisolate-erroneous-paths-attribute
2491 Common Report Var(flag_isolate_erroneous_paths_attribute) Optimization
2492 Detect paths that trigger erroneous or undefined behavior due a null value
2493 being used in a way forbidden by a returns_nonnull or nonnull
2494 attribute. Isolate those paths from the main control flow and turn the
2495 statement with erroneous or undefined behavior into a trap.
2496
2497 ftree-loop-distribution
2498 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_distribution) Optimization
2499 Enable loop distribution on trees.
2500
2501 ftree-loop-distribute-patterns
2502 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_distribute_patterns) Optimization
2503 Enable loop distribution for patterns transformed into a library call.
2504
2505 ftree-loop-im
2506 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_im) Init(1) Optimization
2507 Enable loop invariant motion on trees.
2508
2509 ftree-loop-linear
2510 Common Alias(floop-nest-optimize)
2511 Enable loop nest transforms. Same as -floop-nest-optimize.
2512
2513 ftree-loop-ivcanon
2514 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_ivcanon) Init(1) Optimization
2515 Create canonical induction variables in loops.
2516
2517 ftree-loop-optimize
2518 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_optimize) Init(1) Optimization
2519 Enable loop optimizations on tree level.
2520
2521 ftree-parallelize-loops=
2522 Common Report Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_tree_parallelize_loops) Init(1) Optimization
2523 Enable automatic parallelization of loops.
2524
2525 ftree-phiprop
2526 Common Report Var(flag_tree_phiprop) Init(1) Optimization
2527 Enable hoisting loads from conditional pointers.
2528
2529 ftree-pre
2530 Common Report Var(flag_tree_pre) Optimization
2531 Enable SSA-PRE optimization on trees.
2532
2533 ftree-partial-pre
2534 Common Report Var(flag_tree_partial_pre) Optimization
2535 In SSA-PRE optimization on trees, enable partial-partial redundancy elimination.
2536
2537 ftree-pta
2538 Common Report Var(flag_tree_pta) Optimization
2539 Perform function-local points-to analysis on trees.
2540
2541 ftree-reassoc
2542 Common Report Var(flag_tree_reassoc) Init(1) Optimization
2543 Enable reassociation on tree level.
2544
2545 ftree-salias
2546 Common Ignore
2547 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2548
2549 ftree-sink
2550 Common Report Var(flag_tree_sink) Optimization
2551 Enable SSA code sinking on trees.
2552
2553 ftree-slsr
2554 Common Report Var(flag_tree_slsr) Optimization
2555 Perform straight-line strength reduction.
2556
2557 ftree-sra
2558 Common Report Var(flag_tree_sra) Optimization
2559 Perform scalar replacement of aggregates.
2560
2561 ftree-ter
2562 Common Report Var(flag_tree_ter) Optimization
2563 Replace temporary expressions in the SSA->normal pass.
2564
2565 ftree-lrs
2566 Common Report Var(flag_tree_live_range_split) Optimization
2567 Perform live range splitting during the SSA->normal pass.
2568
2569 ftree-vrp
2570 Common Report Var(flag_tree_vrp) Init(0) Optimization
2571 Perform Value Range Propagation on trees.
2572
2573 fsplit-paths
2574 Common Report Var(flag_split_paths) Init(0) Optimization
2575 Split paths leading to loop backedges.
2576
2577 funconstrained-commons
2578 Common Var(flag_unconstrained_commons) Optimization
2579 Assume common declarations may be overridden with ones with a larger
2580 trailing array.
2581
2582 funit-at-a-time
2583 Common Report Var(flag_unit_at_a_time) Init(1)
2584 Compile whole compilation unit at a time.
2585
2586 funroll-loops
2587 Common Report Var(flag_unroll_loops) Optimization
2588 Perform loop unrolling when iteration count is known.
2589
2590 funroll-all-loops
2591 Common Report Var(flag_unroll_all_loops) Optimization
2592 Perform loop unrolling for all loops.
2593
2594 ; Nonzero means that loop optimizer may assume that the induction variables
2595 ; that control loops do not overflow and that the loops with nontrivial
2596 ; exit condition are not infinite
2597 funsafe-loop-optimizations
2598 Common Ignore
2599 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2600
2601 fassociative-math
2602 Common Report Var(flag_associative_math) SetByCombined Optimization
2603 Allow optimization for floating-point arithmetic which may change the
2604 result of the operation due to rounding.
2605
2606 freciprocal-math
2607 Common Report Var(flag_reciprocal_math) SetByCombined Optimization
2608 Same as -fassociative-math for expressions which include division.
2609
2610 ; Nonzero means that unsafe floating-point math optimizations are allowed
2611 ; for the sake of speed. IEEE compliance is not guaranteed, and operations
2612 ; are allowed to assume that their arguments and results are "normal"
2613 ; (e.g., nonnegative for SQRT).
2614 funsafe-math-optimizations
2615 Common Report Var(flag_unsafe_math_optimizations) Optimization SetByCombined
2616 Allow math optimizations that may violate IEEE or ISO standards.
2617
2618 funswitch-loops
2619 Common Report Var(flag_unswitch_loops) Optimization
2620 Perform loop unswitching.
2621
2622 fsplit-loops
2623 Common Report Var(flag_split_loops) Optimization
2624 Perform loop splitting.
2625
2626 funwind-tables
2627 Common Report Var(flag_unwind_tables) Optimization
2628 Just generate unwind tables for exception handling.
2629
2630 fuse-ld=bfd
2631 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=gold)
2632 Use the bfd linker instead of the default linker.
2633
2634 fuse-ld=gold
2635 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=bfd)
2636 Use the gold linker instead of the default linker.
2637
2638 fuse-linker-plugin
2639 Common Undocumented Var(flag_use_linker_plugin)
2640
2641 ; Positive if we should track variables, negative if we should run
2642 ; the var-tracking pass only to discard debug annotations, zero if
2643 ; we're not to run it. When flag_var_tracking == 2 (AUTODETECT_VALUE) it
2644 ; will be set according to optimize, debug_info_level and debug_hooks
2645 ; in process_options ().
2646 fvar-tracking
2647 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking) Init(2) Optimization
2648 Perform variable tracking.
2649
2650 ; Positive if we should track variables at assignments, negative if
2651 ; we should run the var-tracking pass only to discard debug
2652 ; annotations. When flag_var_tracking_assignments ==
2653 ; AUTODETECT_VALUE it will be set according to flag_var_tracking.
2654 fvar-tracking-assignments
2655 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking_assignments) Init(2) Optimization
2656 Perform variable tracking by annotating assignments.
2657
2658 ; Nonzero if we should toggle flag_var_tracking_assignments after
2659 ; processing options and computing its default. */
2660 fvar-tracking-assignments-toggle
2661 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking_assignments_toggle) Optimization
2662 Toggle -fvar-tracking-assignments.
2663
2664 ; Positive if we should track uninitialized variables, negative if
2665 ; we should run the var-tracking pass only to discard debug
2666 ; annotations. When flag_var_tracking_uninit == AUTODETECT_VALUE it
2667 ; will be set according to flag_var_tracking.
2668 fvar-tracking-uninit
2669 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking_uninit) Optimization
2670 Perform variable tracking and also tag variables that are uninitialized.
2671
2672 ftree-vectorize
2673 Common Report Var(flag_tree_vectorize) Optimization
2674 Enable vectorization on trees.
2675
2676 ftree-vectorizer-verbose=
2677 Common Joined RejectNegative Ignore
2678 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2679
2680 ftree-loop-vectorize
2681 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_vectorize) Optimization
2682 Enable loop vectorization on trees.
2683
2684 ftree-slp-vectorize
2685 Common Report Var(flag_tree_slp_vectorize) Optimization
2686 Enable basic block vectorization (SLP) on trees.
2687
2688 fvect-cost-model=
2689 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vect_cost_model) Var(flag_vect_cost_model) Init(VECT_COST_MODEL_DEFAULT) Optimization
2690 Specifies the cost model for vectorization.
2691
2692 fsimd-cost-model=
2693 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vect_cost_model) Var(flag_simd_cost_model) Init(VECT_COST_MODEL_UNLIMITED) Optimization
2694 Specifies the vectorization cost model for code marked with a simd directive.
2695
2696 Enum
2697 Name(vect_cost_model) Type(enum vect_cost_model) UnknownError(unknown vectorizer cost model %qs)
2698
2699 EnumValue
2700 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(unlimited) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_UNLIMITED)
2701
2702 EnumValue
2703 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(dynamic) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_DYNAMIC)
2704
2705 EnumValue
2706 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(cheap) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_CHEAP)
2707
2708 fvect-cost-model
2709 Common RejectNegative Alias(fvect-cost-model=,dynamic)
2710 Enables the dynamic vectorizer cost model. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2711
2712 fno-vect-cost-model
2713 Common RejectNegative Alias(fvect-cost-model=,unlimited)
2714 Enables the unlimited vectorizer cost model. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2715
2716 ftree-vect-loop-version
2717 Common Ignore
2718 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2719
2720 ftree-scev-cprop
2721 Common Report Var(flag_tree_scev_cprop) Init(1) Optimization
2722 Enable copy propagation of scalar-evolution information.
2723
2724 ; -fverbose-asm causes extra commentary information to be produced in
2725 ; the generated assembly code (to make it more readable). This option
2726 ; is generally only of use to those who actually need to read the
2727 ; generated assembly code (perhaps while debugging the compiler itself).
2728 ; -fno-verbose-asm, the default, causes the extra information
2729 ; to not be added and is useful when comparing two assembler files.
2730 fverbose-asm
2731 Common Report Var(flag_verbose_asm)
2732 Add extra commentary to assembler output.
2733
2734 fvisibility=
2735 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(symbol_visibility) Var(default_visibility) Init(VISIBILITY_DEFAULT)
2736 -fvisibility=[default|internal|hidden|protected] Set the default symbol visibility.
2737
2738 Enum
2739 Name(symbol_visibility) Type(enum symbol_visibility) UnknownError(unrecognized visibility value %qs)
2740
2741 EnumValue
2742 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(default) Value(VISIBILITY_DEFAULT)
2743
2744 EnumValue
2745 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(internal) Value(VISIBILITY_INTERNAL)
2746
2747 EnumValue
2748 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(hidden) Value(VISIBILITY_HIDDEN)
2749
2750 EnumValue
2751 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(protected) Value(VISIBILITY_PROTECTED)
2752
2753 fvtable-verify=
2754 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vtv_priority) Var(flag_vtable_verify) Init(VTV_NO_PRIORITY)
2755 Validate vtable pointers before using them.
2756
2757 Enum
2758 Name(vtv_priority) Type(enum vtv_priority) UnknownError(unknown vtable verify initialization priority %qs)
2759
2760 EnumValue
2761 Enum(vtv_priority) String(none) Value(VTV_NO_PRIORITY)
2762
2763 EnumValue
2764 Enum(vtv_priority) String(std) Value(VTV_STANDARD_PRIORITY)
2765
2766 EnumValue
2767 Enum(vtv_priority) String(preinit) Value(VTV_PREINIT_PRIORITY)
2768
2769 fvtv-counts
2770 Common Var(flag_vtv_counts)
2771 Output vtable verification counters.
2772
2773 fvtv-debug
2774 Common Var(flag_vtv_debug)
2775 Output vtable verification pointer sets information.
2776
2777 fvpt
2778 Common Report Var(flag_value_profile_transformations) Optimization
2779 Use expression value profiles in optimizations.
2780
2781 fweb
2782 Common Report Var(flag_web) Init(2) Optimization
2783 Construct webs and split unrelated uses of single variable.
2784
2785 ftree-builtin-call-dce
2786 Common Report Var(flag_tree_builtin_call_dce) Init(0) Optimization
2787 Enable conditional dead code elimination for builtin calls.
2788
2789 fwhole-program
2790 Common Report Var(flag_whole_program) Init(0)
2791 Perform whole program optimizations.
2792
2793 fwrapv
2794 Common Report Var(flag_wrapv) Optimization
2795 Assume signed arithmetic overflow wraps around.
2796
2797 fzero-initialized-in-bss
2798 Common Report Var(flag_zero_initialized_in_bss) Init(1)
2799 Put zero initialized data in the bss section.
2800
2801 g
2802 Common JoinedOrMissing
2803 Generate debug information in default format.
2804
2805 gcoff
2806 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gdwarf)
2807 Generate debug information in COFF format.
2808
2809 gdwarf
2810 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gdwarf-)
2811 Generate debug information in default version of DWARF format.
2812
2813 gdwarf-
2814 Common Joined UInteger Var(dwarf_version) Init(4) Negative(gstabs)
2815 Generate debug information in DWARF v2 (or later) format.
2816
2817 ggdb
2818 Common JoinedOrMissing
2819 Generate debug information in default extended format.
2820
2821 gno-pubnames
2822 Common Negative(gpubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 0) Init(-1)
2823 Don't generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections.
2824
2825 gpubnames
2826 Common Negative(ggnu-pubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 1)
2827 Generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections.
2828
2829 ggnu-pubnames
2830 Common Negative(gno-pubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 2)
2831 Generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections with GNU extensions.
2832
2833 gno-record-gcc-switches
2834 Common RejectNegative Var(dwarf_record_gcc_switches,0) Init(1)
2835 Don't record gcc command line switches in DWARF DW_AT_producer.
2836
2837 grecord-gcc-switches
2838 Common RejectNegative Var(dwarf_record_gcc_switches,1)
2839 Record gcc command line switches in DWARF DW_AT_producer.
2840
2841 gno-split-dwarf
2842 Common Driver RejectNegative Var(dwarf_split_debug_info,0) Init(0)
2843 Don't generate debug information in separate .dwo files.
2844
2845 gsplit-dwarf
2846 Common Driver RejectNegative Var(dwarf_split_debug_info,1)
2847 Generate debug information in separate .dwo files.
2848
2849 gstabs
2850 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gstabs+)
2851 Generate debug information in STABS format.
2852
2853 gstabs+
2854 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gvms)
2855 Generate debug information in extended STABS format.
2856
2857 gno-strict-dwarf
2858 Common RejectNegative Var(dwarf_strict,0) Init(0)
2859 Emit DWARF additions beyond selected version.
2860
2861 gstrict-dwarf
2862 Common Report RejectNegative Var(dwarf_strict,1)
2863 Don't emit DWARF additions beyond selected version.
2864
2865 gtoggle
2866 Common Report Var(flag_gtoggle)
2867 Toggle debug information generation.
2868
2869 gvms
2870 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gxcoff)
2871 Generate debug information in VMS format.
2872
2873 gxcoff
2874 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gxcoff+)
2875 Generate debug information in XCOFF format.
2876
2877 gxcoff+
2878 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gcoff)
2879 Generate debug information in extended XCOFF format.
2880
2881 Enum
2882 Name(compressed_debug_sections) Type(int)
2883
2884 ; Since -gz= is completely handled in specs, the values aren't used and we
2885 ; assign arbitrary constants.
2886 EnumValue
2887 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(none) Value(0)
2888
2889 EnumValue
2890 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(zlib) Value(1)
2891
2892 EnumValue
2893 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(zlib-gnu) Value(2)
2894
2895 gz
2896 Common Driver
2897 Generate compressed debug sections.
2898
2899 gz=
2900 Common Driver Joined Enum(compressed_debug_sections)
2901 -gz=<format> Generate compressed debug sections in format <format>.
2902
2903 h
2904 Driver Joined Separate
2905
2906 iplugindir=
2907 Common Joined Var(plugindir_string) Init(0)
2908 -iplugindir=<dir> Set <dir> to be the default plugin directory.
2909
2910 imultiarch
2911 Common Joined Separate RejectDriver Var(imultiarch) Init(0)
2912 -imultiarch <dir> Set <dir> to be the multiarch include subdirectory.
2913
2914 l
2915 Driver Joined Separate
2916
2917 n
2918 Driver
2919
2920 no-canonical-prefixes
2921 Driver
2922
2923 nodefaultlibs
2924 Driver
2925
2926 nostartfiles
2927 Driver
2928
2929 nostdlib
2930 Driver
2931
2932 o
2933 Common Driver Joined Separate Var(asm_file_name) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
2934 -o <file> Place output into <file>.
2935
2936 p
2937 Common Var(profile_flag)
2938 Enable function profiling.
2939
2940 pass-exit-codes
2941 Driver Var(pass_exit_codes)
2942
2943 pedantic
2944 Common Alias(Wpedantic)
2945
2946 pedantic-errors
2947 Common Var(flag_pedantic_errors)
2948 Like -pedantic but issue them as errors.
2949
2950 pg
2951 Driver
2952
2953 pipe
2954 Driver Var(use_pipes)
2955
2956 print-file-name=
2957 Driver JoinedOrMissing Var(print_file_name)
2958
2959 print-libgcc-file-name
2960 Driver
2961
2962 print-multi-directory
2963 Driver Var(print_multi_directory)
2964
2965 print-multi-lib
2966 Driver Var(print_multi_lib)
2967
2968 print-multi-os-directory
2969 Driver Var(print_multi_os_directory)
2970
2971 print-multiarch
2972 Driver Var(print_multiarch)
2973
2974 print-prog-name=
2975 Driver JoinedOrMissing Var(print_prog_name)
2976
2977 print-search-dirs
2978 Driver Var(print_search_dirs)
2979
2980 print-sysroot
2981 Driver Var(print_sysroot)
2982
2983 print-sysroot-headers-suffix
2984 Driver Var(print_sysroot_headers_suffix)
2985
2986 quiet
2987 Common Var(quiet_flag) RejectDriver
2988 Do not display functions compiled or elapsed time.
2989
2990 r
2991 Driver
2992
2993 s
2994 Driver
2995
2996 save-temps
2997 Driver
2998
2999 save-temps=
3000 Driver Joined
3001
3002 t
3003 Driver
3004
3005 time
3006 Driver Var(report_times)
3007
3008 time=
3009 Driver JoinedOrMissing
3010
3011 u
3012 Driver Joined Separate
3013
3014 undef
3015 Driver
3016 ; C option, but driver must not handle as "-u ndef".
3017
3018 v
3019 Common Driver Var(verbose_flag)
3020 Enable verbose output.
3021
3022 version
3023 Common Var(version_flag) RejectDriver
3024 Display the compiler's version.
3025
3026 w
3027 Common Var(inhibit_warnings)
3028 Suppress warnings.
3029
3030 wrapper
3031 Driver Separate Var(wrapper_string)
3032
3033 x
3034 Driver Joined Separate
3035
3036 shared
3037 Driver RejectNegative Negative(pie)
3038 Create a shared library.
3039
3040 shared-libgcc
3041 Driver
3042
3043 specs
3044 Driver Separate Alias(specs=)
3045
3046 specs=
3047 Driver Joined
3048
3049 static
3050 Driver
3051
3052 static-libgcc
3053 Driver
3054
3055 static-libgfortran
3056 Driver
3057 ; Documented for Fortran, but always accepted by driver.
3058
3059 static-libstdc++
3060 Driver
3061
3062 static-libgo
3063 Driver
3064 ; Documented for Go, but always accepted by driver.
3065
3066 static-libasan
3067 Driver
3068
3069 static-libtsan
3070 Driver
3071
3072 static-liblsan
3073 Driver
3074
3075 static-libubsan
3076 Driver
3077
3078 symbolic
3079 Driver
3080
3081 no-pie
3082 Driver RejectNegative Negative(shared)
3083 Don't create a position independent executable.
3084
3085 pie
3086 Driver RejectNegative Negative(no-pie)
3087 Create a position independent executable.
3088
3089 z
3090 Driver Joined Separate
3091
3092 fipa-ra
3093 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_ra) Optimization
3094 Use caller save register across calls if possible.
3095
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