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1 ; Options for the language- and target-independent parts of the compiler.
2
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20
21 ; See the GCC internals manual (options.texi) for a description of this file's format.
22
23 ; Please try to keep this file in ASCII collating order.
24
25 Variable
26 int target_flags
27
28 Variable
29 int optimize
30
31 Variable
32 int optimize_size
33
34 Variable
35 int optimize_debug
36
37 ; Not used directly to control optimizations, only to save -Ofast
38 ; setting for "optimize" attributes.
39 Variable
40 int optimize_fast
41
42 ; True if this is the lto front end. This is used to disable gimple
43 ; generation and lowering passes that are normally run on the output
44 ; of a front end. These passes must be bypassed for lto since they
45 ; have already been done before the gimple was written.
46 Variable
47 bool in_lto_p = false
48
49 ; 0 means straightforward implementation of complex divide acceptable.
50 ; 1 means wide ranges of inputs must work for complex divide.
51 ; 2 means C99-like requirements for complex multiply and divide.
52 Variable
53 int flag_complex_method = 1
54
55 ; Nonzero if subexpressions must be evaluated from left-to-right.
56 Variable
57 int flag_evaluation_order = 0
58
59 ; Language specific warning pass for unused results.
60 Variable
61 bool flag_warn_unused_result = false
62
63 Variable
64 int *param_values
65
66 ; Nonzero if we should write GIMPLE bytecode for link-time optimization.
67 Variable
68 int flag_generate_lto
69
70 ; True to warn about any objects definitions whose size is larger
71 ; than N bytes. Also want about function definitions whose returned
72 ; values are larger than N bytes, where N is 'larger_than_size'.
73 Variable
74 bool warn_larger_than
75
76 Variable
77 HOST_WIDE_INT larger_than_size
78
79 ; True to warn about any function whose frame size is larger
80 ; than N bytes.
81 Variable
82 bool warn_frame_larger_than
83
84 Variable
85 HOST_WIDE_INT frame_larger_than_size
86
87 ; Nonzero means we should be saving declaration info into a .X file.
88 Variable
89 int flag_gen_aux_info = 0
90
91 ; Nonzero if we are compiling code for a shared library, zero for
92 ; executable.
93 Variable
94 int flag_shlib
95
96 ; These two are really VEC(char_p,heap) *.
97
98 Variable
99 void *flag_instrument_functions_exclude_functions
100
101 Variable
102 void *flag_instrument_functions_exclude_files
103
104 ; Generic structs (e.g. templates not explicitly specialized)
105 ; may not have a compilation unit associated with them, and so
106 ; may need to be treated differently from ordinary structs.
107 ;
108 ; Structs only handled by reference (indirectly), will also usually
109 ; not need as much debugging information.
110
111 Variable
112 enum debug_struct_file debug_struct_ordinary[DINFO_USAGE_NUM_ENUMS] = { DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY }
113
114 Variable
115 enum debug_struct_file debug_struct_generic[DINFO_USAGE_NUM_ENUMS] = { DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY }
116
117 ; True if we should exit after parsing options.
118 Variable
119 bool exit_after_options
120
121 ; Type(s) of debugging information we are producing (if any). See
122 ; flag-types.h for the definitions of the different possible types of
123 ; debugging information.
124 Variable
125 enum debug_info_type write_symbols = NO_DEBUG
126
127 ; Level of debugging information we are producing. See flag-types.h
128 ; for the definitions of the different possible levels.
129 Variable
130 enum debug_info_levels debug_info_level = DINFO_LEVEL_NONE
131
132 ; Nonzero means use GNU-only extensions in the generated symbolic
133 ; debugging information. Currently, this only has an effect when
134 ; write_symbols is set to DBX_DEBUG, XCOFF_DEBUG, or DWARF_DEBUG.
135 Variable
136 bool use_gnu_debug_info_extensions
137
138 ; Original value of maximum field alignment in bytes, specified via
139 ; -fpack-struct=<value>.
140 Variable
141 unsigned int initial_max_fld_align = TARGET_DEFAULT_PACK_STRUCT
142
143 ; Type of stack check.
144 Variable
145 enum stack_check_type flag_stack_check = NO_STACK_CHECK
146
147 ; True if stack usage information needs to be computed.
148 Variable
149 bool flag_stack_usage_info = false
150
151 ; -dA causes debug commentary information to be produced in
152 ; the generated assembly code (to make it more readable). This option
153 ; is generally only of use to those who actually need to read the
154 ; generated assembly code (perhaps while debugging the compiler itself).
155 ; Currently, this switch is only used by dwarf2out.c; however, it is intended
156 ; to be a catchall for printing debug information in the assembler file.
157 Variable
158 int flag_debug_asm
159
160 ; -dP causes the rtl to be emitted as a comment in assembly.
161 Variable
162 int flag_dump_rtl_in_asm
163
164 ; Whether -da was passed (used only in handle_common_deferred_options).
165 Variable
166 bool flag_dump_all_passed
167
168 ; Other flags saying which kinds of debugging dump have been requested.
169
170 Variable
171 int rtl_dump_and_exit
172
173 Variable
174 int flag_print_asm_name
175
176 ; Name of top-level original source file (what was input to cpp).
177 ; This comes from the #-command at the beginning of the actual input.
178 ; If there isn't any there, then this is the cc1 input file name.
179 Variable
180 const char *main_input_filename
181
182 ; Pointer to base name in main_input_filename, with directories and a
183 ; single final extension removed, and the length of this base
184 ; name.
185
186 Variable
187 const char *main_input_basename
188
189 Variable
190 int main_input_baselength
191
192 ; Which options have been printed by --help.
193 Variable
194 char *help_printed
195
196 ; Which enums have been printed by --help. 0 = not printed, no
197 ; relevant options seen, 1 = relevant option seen, not yet printed, 2
198 ; = printed.
199 Variable
200 char *help_enum_printed
201
202 ; The number of columns for --help output.
203 Variable
204 unsigned int help_columns
205
206 ; Whether this options structure has been through finish_options
207 Variable
208 bool flag_opts_finished
209
210 ; What the sanitizer should instrument
211 Variable
212 unsigned int flag_sanitize
213
214 ; Flag whether a prefix has been added to dump_base_name
215 Variable
216 bool dump_base_name_prefixed = false
217
218 ###
219 Driver
220
221 -assemble
222 Driver Alias(S)
223
224 -compile
225 Driver Alias(c)
226
227 -coverage
228 Driver Alias(coverage)
229
230 -debug
231 Common Alias(g)
232
233 -dump
234 Common Separate Alias(d)
235
236 -dump=
237 Common Joined Alias(d)
238
239 -dumpbase
240 Common Separate Alias(dumpbase)
241
242 -dumpdir
243 Common Separate Alias(dumpdir)
244
245 -entry
246 Driver Separate Alias(e)
247
248 -entry=
249 Driver Joined Alias(e)
250
251 -extra-warnings
252 Common Warning Alias(Wextra)
253
254 -for-assembler
255 Driver Separate Alias(Xassembler)
256
257 -for-assembler=
258 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(Xassembler)
259
260 -for-linker
261 Driver Separate Alias(Xlinker)
262
263 -for-linker=
264 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(Xlinker)
265
266 -force-link
267 Driver Separate Alias(u)
268
269 -force-link=
270 Driver Joined Alias(u)
271
272 -help
273 Common Driver Var(help_flag)
274 Display this information
275
276 -help=
277 Common Driver Report Joined
278 --help=<class> Display descriptions of a specific class of options. <class> is one or more of optimizers, target, warnings, undocumented, params
279
280 -language
281 Driver Separate Alias(x)
282
283 -language=
284 Driver Joined Alias(x)
285
286 -library-directory
287 Driver Separate Alias(L)
288
289 -library-directory=
290 Driver Joined Alias(L)
291
292 -no-canonical-prefixes
293 Driver Alias(no-canonical-prefixes)
294
295 -no-standard-libraries
296 Driver Alias(nostdlib)
297
298 -no-sysroot-suffix
299 Driver Var(no_sysroot_suffix)
300
301 -no-warnings
302 Common Alias(w)
303
304 -optimize
305 Common Alias(O)
306
307 -output
308 Common Driver Separate Alias(o) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
309
310 -output=
311 Common Driver Joined Alias(o) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
312
313 -pass-exit-codes
314 Driver Alias(pass-exit-codes)
315
316 -pedantic
317 Common Alias(Wpedantic)
318
319 -pedantic-errors
320 Common Alias(pedantic-errors)
321
322 -pie
323 Driver Alias(pie)
324
325 -pipe
326 Driver Alias(pipe)
327
328 -prefix
329 Driver Separate Alias(B)
330
331 -prefix=
332 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(B)
333
334 -preprocess
335 Driver Alias(E)
336
337 -print-file-name
338 Driver Separate Alias(print-file-name=)
339
340 -print-file-name=
341 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(print-file-name=)
342
343 -print-libgcc-file-name
344 Driver Alias(print-libgcc-file-name)
345
346 -print-multi-directory
347 Driver Alias(print-multi-directory)
348
349 -print-multi-lib
350 Driver Alias(print-multi-lib)
351
352 -print-multi-os-directory
353 Driver Alias(print-multi-os-directory)
354
355 -print-multiarch
356 Driver Alias(print-multiarch)
357
358 -print-prog-name
359 Driver Separate Alias(print-prog-name=)
360
361 -print-prog-name=
362 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(print-prog-name=)
363
364 -print-search-dirs
365 Driver Alias(print-search-dirs)
366
367 -print-sysroot
368 Driver Alias(print-sysroot)
369
370 -print-sysroot-headers-suffix
371 Driver Alias(print-sysroot-headers-suffix)
372
373 -profile
374 Common Alias(p)
375
376 -save-temps
377 Driver Alias(save-temps)
378
379 -shared
380 Driver Alias(shared)
381
382 -specs
383 Driver Separate Alias(specs=)
384
385 -specs=
386 Driver Joined Alias(specs=)
387
388 -static
389 Driver Alias(static)
390
391 -symbolic
392 Driver Alias(symbolic)
393
394 -target-help
395 Common Driver
396 Alias for --help=target
397
398 -time
399 Driver Alias(time)
400
401 -verbose
402 Driver Alias(v)
403
404 ;; The driver used to convert options such as --help into forms such
405 ;; as -fhelp; the following four entries are for compatibility with
406 ;; any direct uses of those (undocumented) -f forms
407 fhelp
408 Common Driver Alias(-help)
409
410 fhelp=
411 Common Driver Joined Alias(-help=)
412
413 ftarget-help
414 Common Driver Alias(-target-help)
415
416 fversion
417 Common Driver Alias(-version)
418
419 -param
420 Common Separate
421 --param <param>=<value> Set parameter <param> to value. See below for a complete list of parameters
422
423 -param=
424 Common Joined Alias(-param)
425
426 -sysroot
427 Driver Separate Alias(-sysroot=)
428
429 -sysroot=
430 Driver JoinedOrMissing
431
432 -version
433 Common Driver
434
435 B
436 Driver Joined Separate
437
438 E
439 Driver
440
441 L
442 Driver Joined Separate
443
444 N
445 Driver
446
447 O
448 Common JoinedOrMissing Optimization
449 -O<number> Set optimization level to <number>
450
451 Os
452 Common Optimization
453 Optimize for space rather than speed
454
455 Ofast
456 Common Optimization
457 Optimize for speed disregarding exact standards compliance
458
459 Og
460 Common Optimization
461 Optimize for debugging experience rather than speed or size
462
463 Q
464 Driver
465
466 Qn
467 Driver Negative(Qy)
468
469 Qy
470 Driver Negative(Qn)
471
472 R
473 Driver Joined Separate
474
475 S
476 Driver
477
478 T
479 Driver Joined Separate
480
481 Tbss
482 Driver Separate
483
484 Tbss=
485 Driver Joined
486
487 Tdata
488 Driver Separate
489
490 Tdata=
491 Driver Joined
492
493 Ttext
494 Driver Separate
495
496 Ttext=
497 Driver Joined
498
499 W
500 Common RejectNegative Warning Alias(Wextra)
501 This switch is deprecated; use -Wextra instead
502
503 Wa,
504 Driver JoinedOrMissing
505
506 Wl,
507 Driver JoinedOrMissing
508
509 Wp,
510 Driver JoinedOrMissing
511
512 Waggregate-return
513 Common Var(warn_aggregate_return) Warning
514 Warn about returning structures, unions or arrays
515
516 Waggressive-loop-optimizations
517 Common Var(warn_aggressive_loop_optimizations) Init(1) Warning
518 Warn if a loop with constant number of iterations triggers undefined behavior
519
520 Warray-bounds
521 Common Var(warn_array_bounds) Warning
522 Warn if an array is accessed out of bounds
523
524 Wattributes
525 Common Var(warn_attributes) Init(1) Warning
526 Warn about inappropriate attribute usage
527
528 Wcast-align
529 Common Var(warn_cast_align) Warning
530 Warn about pointer casts which increase alignment
531
532 Wcpp
533 Common Var(warn_cpp) Init(1) Warning
534 Warn when a #warning directive is encountered
535
536 Wdeprecated-declarations
537 Common Var(warn_deprecated_decl) Init(1) Warning
538 Warn about uses of __attribute__((deprecated)) declarations
539
540 Wdisabled-optimization
541 Common Var(warn_disabled_optimization) Warning
542 Warn when an optimization pass is disabled
543
544 Werror
545 Common Var(warnings_are_errors)
546 Treat all warnings as errors
547
548 Werror=
549 Common Joined
550 Treat specified warning as error
551
552 Wextra
553 Common Var(extra_warnings) Warning
554 Print extra (possibly unwanted) warnings
555
556 Wfatal-errors
557 Common Var(flag_fatal_errors)
558 Exit on the first error occurred
559
560 Wframe-larger-than=
561 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
562 -Wframe-larger-than=<number> Warn if a function's stack frame requires more than <number> bytes
563
564 Wfree-nonheap-object
565 Common Var(warn_free_nonheap_object) Init(1) Warning
566 Warn when attempting to free a non-heap object
567
568 Winline
569 Common Var(warn_inline) Warning
570 Warn when an inlined function cannot be inlined
571
572 Winvalid-memory-model
573 Common Var(warn_invalid_memory_model) Init(1) Warning
574 Warn when an atomic memory model parameter is known to be outside the valid range.
575
576 Wlarger-than-
577 Common RejectNegative Joined Warning Undocumented Alias(Wlarger-than=)
578
579 Wlarger-than=
580 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Warning
581 -Wlarger-than=<number> Warn if an object is larger than <number> bytes
582
583 Wunsafe-loop-optimizations
584 Common Var(warn_unsafe_loop_optimizations) Warning
585 Warn if the loop cannot be optimized due to nontrivial assumptions.
586
587 Wmissing-noreturn
588 Common Alias(Wsuggest-attribute=noreturn)
589
590 Wodr
591 Common Var(warn_odr_violations) Init(1) Warning
592 Warn about some C++ One Definition Rule violations during link time optimization
593
594 Woverflow
595 Common Var(warn_overflow) Init(1) Warning
596 Warn about overflow in arithmetic expressions
597
598 Wpacked
599 Common Var(warn_packed) Warning
600 Warn when the packed attribute has no effect on struct layout
601
602 Wpadded
603 Common Var(warn_padded) Warning
604 Warn when padding is required to align structure members
605
606 Wpedantic
607 Common Var(pedantic) Init(0) Warning
608 Issue warnings needed for strict compliance to the standard
609
610 Wreturn-local-addr
611 Common Var(warn_return_local_addr) Init(1) Warning
612 Warn about returning a pointer/reference to a local or temporary variable.
613
614 Wshadow
615 Common Var(warn_shadow) Warning
616 Warn when one local variable shadows another
617
618 Wstack-protector
619 Common Var(warn_stack_protect) Warning
620 Warn when not issuing stack smashing protection for some reason
621
622 Wstack-usage=
623 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_stack_usage) Init(-1) Warning
624 Warn if stack usage might be larger than specified amount
625
626 Wstrict-aliasing
627 Common Warning
628 Warn about code which might break strict aliasing rules
629
630 Wstrict-aliasing=
631 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_strict_aliasing) Warning
632 Warn about code which might break strict aliasing rules
633
634 Wstrict-overflow
635 Common Warning
636 Warn about optimizations that assume that signed overflow is undefined
637
638 Wstrict-overflow=
639 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_strict_overflow) Warning
640 Warn about optimizations that assume that signed overflow is undefined
641
642 Wsuggest-attribute=const
643 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_const) Warning
644 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((const))
645
646 Wsuggest-attribute=pure
647 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_pure) Warning
648 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((pure))
649
650 Wsuggest-attribute=noreturn
651 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_noreturn) Warning
652 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((noreturn))
653
654 Wsuggest-final-types
655 Common Var(warn_suggest_final_types) Warning
656 Warn about C++ polymorphic types where adding final keyword would improve code quality
657
658 Wsuggest-final-methods
659 Common Var(warn_suggest_final_methods) Warning
660 Warn about C++ virtual methods where adding final keyword would improve code quality
661
662 Wsystem-headers
663 Common Var(warn_system_headers) Warning
664 Do not suppress warnings from system headers
665
666 Wtrampolines
667 Common Var(warn_trampolines) Warning
668 Warn whenever a trampoline is generated
669
670 Wtype-limits
671 Common Var(warn_type_limits) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
672 Warn if a comparison is always true or always false due to the limited range of the data type
673
674 Wuninitialized
675 Common Var(warn_uninitialized) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
676 Warn about uninitialized automatic variables
677
678 Wmaybe-uninitialized
679 Common Var(warn_maybe_uninitialized) Warning EnabledBy(Wuninitialized)
680 Warn about maybe uninitialized automatic variables
681
682 Wunreachable-code
683 Common Ignore
684 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
685
686 Wunused
687 Common Var(warn_unused) Init(0) Warning
688 Enable all -Wunused- warnings
689
690 Wunused-but-set-parameter
691 Common Var(warn_unused_but_set_parameter) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused && Wextra)
692 Warn when a function parameter is only set, otherwise unused
693
694 Wunused-but-set-variable
695 Common Var(warn_unused_but_set_variable) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
696 Warn when a variable is only set, otherwise unused
697
698 Wunused-function
699 Common Var(warn_unused_function) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
700 Warn when a function is unused
701
702 Wunused-label
703 Common Var(warn_unused_label) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
704 Warn when a label is unused
705
706 Wunused-parameter
707 Common Var(warn_unused_parameter) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused && Wextra)
708 Warn when a function parameter is unused
709
710 Wunused-value
711 Common Var(warn_unused_value) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
712 Warn when an expression value is unused
713
714 Wunused-variable
715 Common Var(warn_unused_variable) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
716 Warn when a variable is unused
717
718 Wcoverage-mismatch
719 Common Var(warn_coverage_mismatch) Init(1) Warning
720 Warn in case profiles in -fprofile-use do not match
721
722 Wvector-operation-performance
723 Common Var(warn_vector_operation_performance) Warning
724 Warn when a vector operation is compiled outside the SIMD
725
726 Xassembler
727 Driver Separate
728
729 Xlinker
730 Driver Separate
731
732 Xpreprocessor
733 Driver Separate
734
735 Z
736 Driver
737
738 aux-info
739 Common Separate Var(aux_info_file_name)
740 -aux-info <file> Emit declaration information into <file>
741
742 aux-info=
743 Common Joined Alias(aux-info)
744
745 auxbase
746 Common Separate RejectDriver Var(aux_base_name)
747
748 auxbase-strip
749 Common Separate RejectDriver
750
751 coverage
752 Driver
753
754 c
755 Driver
756
757 d
758 Common Joined
759 -d<letters> Enable dumps from specific passes of the compiler
760
761 dumpbase
762 Common Separate Var(dump_base_name)
763 -dumpbase <file> Set the file basename to be used for dumps
764
765 dumpdir
766 Common Separate Var(dump_dir_name)
767 -dumpdir <dir> Set the directory name to be used for dumps
768
769 dumpmachine
770 Driver
771
772 dumpspecs
773 Driver
774
775 dumpversion
776 Driver
777
778 e
779 Driver Joined Separate
780
781 ; This option has historically been passed down to the linker by an
782 ; accident of a %{e*} spec, so ensure it continues to be passed down
783 ; as a single option. The supported option for this purpose is
784 ; -rdynamic. See PR 47390.
785 export-dynamic
786 Driver Undocumented
787
788 ; The version of the C++ ABI in use. The following values are allowed:
789 ;
790 ; 0: The version of the ABI believed most conformant with the C++ ABI
791 ; specification. This ABI may change as bugs are discovered and fixed.
792 ; Therefore, 0 will not necessarily indicate the same ABI in different
793 ; versions of G++.
794 ;
795 ; 1: The version of the ABI first used in G++ 3.2. No longer selectable.
796 ;
797 ; 2: The version of the ABI first used in G++ 3.4 (and current default).
798 ;
799 ; 3: The version of the ABI that fixes the missing underscore
800 ; in template non-type arguments of pointer type.
801 ;
802 ; 4: The version of the ABI that introduces unambiguous mangling of
803 ; vector types. First selectable in G++ 4.5.
804 ;
805 ; 5: The version of the ABI that ignores attribute const/noreturn
806 ; in function pointer mangling, and corrects mangling of decltype and
807 ; function parameters used in other parameters and the return type.
808 ; First selectable in G++ 4.6.
809 ;
810 ; 6: The version of the ABI that doesn't promote scoped enums to int and
811 ; changes the mangling of template argument packs, const/static_cast,
812 ; prefix ++ and --, and a class scope function used as a template
813 ; argument.
814 ; First selectable in G++ 4.7.
815 ;
816 ; 7: The version of the ABI that treats nullptr_t as a builtin type and
817 ; corrects the mangling of lambdas in default argument scope.
818 ; First selectable in G++ 4.8.
819 ;
820 ; 8: The version of the ABI that corrects the substitution behavior of
821 ; function types with function-cv-qualifiers.
822 ; First selectable in G++ 4.9.
823 ;
824 ; Additional positive integers will be assigned as new versions of
825 ; the ABI become the default version of the ABI.
826 fabi-version=
827 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_abi_version) Init(0)
828 The version of the C++ ABI in use
829
830 faggressive-loop-optimizations
831 Common Report Var(flag_aggressive_loop_optimizations) Optimization Init(1)
832 Aggressively optimize loops using language constraints
833
834 falign-functions
835 Common Report Var(align_functions,0) Optimization UInteger
836 Align the start of functions
837
838 falign-functions=
839 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(align_functions)
840
841 falign-jumps
842 Common Report Var(align_jumps,0) Optimization UInteger
843 Align labels which are only reached by jumping
844
845 falign-jumps=
846 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(align_jumps)
847
848 falign-labels
849 Common Report Var(align_labels,0) Optimization UInteger
850 Align all labels
851
852 falign-labels=
853 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(align_labels)
854
855 falign-loops
856 Common Report Var(align_loops,0) Optimization UInteger
857 Align the start of loops
858
859 falign-loops=
860 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(align_loops)
861
862 fargument-alias
863 Common Ignore
864 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
865
866 fargument-noalias
867 Common Ignore
868 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
869
870 fargument-noalias-global
871 Common Ignore
872 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
873
874 fargument-noalias-anything
875 Common Ignore
876 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
877
878 fsanitize=
879 Common Driver Report Joined
880 Select what to sanitize
881
882 fsanitize-recover
883 Common Report Var(flag_sanitize_recover) Init(1)
884 After diagnosing undefined behavior attempt to continue execution
885
886 fsanitize-undefined-trap-on-error
887 Common Report Var(flag_sanitize_undefined_trap_on_error) Init(0)
888 Use trap instead of a library function for undefined behavior sanitization
889
890 fasynchronous-unwind-tables
891 Common Report Var(flag_asynchronous_unwind_tables) Optimization
892 Generate unwind tables that are exact at each instruction boundary
893
894 fauto-inc-dec
895 Common Report Var(flag_auto_inc_dec) Init(1)
896 Generate auto-inc/dec instructions
897
898 ; -fcheck-bounds causes gcc to generate array bounds checks.
899 ; For C, C++ and ObjC: defaults off.
900 ; For Java: defaults to on.
901 ; For Fortran: defaults to off.
902 fbounds-check
903 Common Report Var(flag_bounds_check)
904 Generate code to check bounds before indexing arrays
905
906 fbranch-count-reg
907 Common Report Var(flag_branch_on_count_reg) Optimization
908 Replace add, compare, branch with branch on count register
909
910 fbranch-probabilities
911 Common Report Var(flag_branch_probabilities) Optimization
912 Use profiling information for branch probabilities
913
914 fbranch-target-load-optimize
915 Common Report Var(flag_branch_target_load_optimize) Optimization
916 Perform branch target load optimization before prologue / epilogue threading
917
918 fbranch-target-load-optimize2
919 Common Report Var(flag_branch_target_load_optimize2) Optimization
920 Perform branch target load optimization after prologue / epilogue threading
921
922 fbtr-bb-exclusive
923 Common Report Var(flag_btr_bb_exclusive) Optimization
924 Restrict target load migration not to re-use registers in any basic block
925
926 fcall-saved-
927 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
928 -fcall-saved-<register> Mark <register> as being preserved across functions
929
930 fcall-used-
931 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
932 -fcall-used-<register> Mark <register> as being corrupted by function calls
933
934 ; Nonzero for -fcaller-saves: allocate values in regs that need to
935 ; be saved across function calls, if that produces overall better code.
936 ; Optional now, so people can test it.
937 fcaller-saves
938 Common Report Var(flag_caller_saves) Optimization
939 Save registers around function calls
940
941 fcheck-data-deps
942 Common Report Var(flag_check_data_deps)
943 Compare the results of several data dependence analyzers.
944
945 fcheck-new
946 Common Var(flag_check_new)
947 Check the return value of new in C++
948
949 fcombine-stack-adjustments
950 Common Report Var(flag_combine_stack_adjustments) Optimization
951 Looks for opportunities to reduce stack adjustments and stack references.
952
953 fcommon
954 Common Report Var(flag_no_common,0) Optimization
955 Do not put uninitialized globals in the common section
956
957 fcompare-debug
958 Driver
959 ; Converted by the driver to -fcompare-debug= options.
960
961 fcompare-debug=
962 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative Var(flag_compare_debug_opt)
963 -fcompare-debug[=<opts>] Compile with and without e.g. -gtoggle, and compare the final-insns dump
964
965 fcompare-debug-second
966 Common Driver RejectNegative Var(flag_compare_debug)
967 Run only the second compilation of -fcompare-debug
968
969 fcompare-elim
970 Common Report Var(flag_compare_elim_after_reload) Optimization
971 Perform comparison elimination after register allocation has finished
972
973 fconserve-stack
974 Common Var(flag_conserve_stack) Optimization
975 Do not perform optimizations increasing noticeably stack usage
976
977 fcprop-registers
978 Common Report Var(flag_cprop_registers) Optimization
979 Perform a register copy-propagation optimization pass
980
981 fcrossjumping
982 Common Report Var(flag_crossjumping) Optimization
983 Perform cross-jumping optimization
984
985 fcse-follow-jumps
986 Common Report Var(flag_cse_follow_jumps) Optimization
987 When running CSE, follow jumps to their targets
988
989 fcse-skip-blocks
990 Common Ignore
991 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
992
993 fcx-limited-range
994 Common Report Var(flag_cx_limited_range) Optimization SetByCombined
995 Omit range reduction step when performing complex division
996
997 fcx-fortran-rules
998 Common Report Var(flag_cx_fortran_rules) Optimization
999 Complex multiplication and division follow Fortran rules
1000
1001 fdata-sections
1002 Common Report Var(flag_data_sections) Optimization
1003 Place data items into their own section
1004
1005 fdbg-cnt-list
1006 Common Report Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1007 List all available debugging counters with their limits and counts.
1008
1009 fdbg-cnt=
1010 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1011 -fdbg-cnt=<counter>:<limit>[,<counter>:<limit>,...] Set the debug counter limit.
1012
1013 fdebug-prefix-map=
1014 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1015 Map one directory name to another in debug information
1016
1017 fdebug-types-section
1018 Common Report Var(flag_debug_types_section) Init(0)
1019 Output .debug_types section when using DWARF v4 debuginfo.
1020
1021 ; Nonzero for -fdefer-pop: don't pop args after each function call
1022 ; instead save them up to pop many calls' args with one insns.
1023 fdefer-pop
1024 Common Report Var(flag_defer_pop) Optimization
1025 Defer popping functions args from stack until later
1026
1027 fdelayed-branch
1028 Common Report Var(flag_delayed_branch) Optimization
1029 Attempt to fill delay slots of branch instructions
1030
1031 fdelete-dead-exceptions
1032 Common Report Var(flag_delete_dead_exceptions) Init(0)
1033 Delete dead instructions that may throw exceptions
1034
1035 fdelete-null-pointer-checks
1036 Common Report Var(flag_delete_null_pointer_checks) Init(1) Optimization
1037 Delete useless null pointer checks
1038
1039 fdevirtualize-speculatively
1040 Common Report Var(flag_devirtualize_speculatively) Optimization
1041 Perform speculative devirtualization
1042
1043 fdevirtualize
1044 Common Report Var(flag_devirtualize) Optimization
1045 Try to convert virtual calls to direct ones.
1046
1047 fdiagnostics-show-location=
1048 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule)
1049 -fdiagnostics-show-location=[once|every-line] How often to emit source location at the beginning of line-wrapped diagnostics
1050
1051 ; Required for these enum values.
1052 SourceInclude
1053 pretty-print.h
1054
1055 Enum
1056 Name(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) Type(int)
1057
1058 EnumValue
1059 Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) String(once) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_SHOW_PREFIX_ONCE)
1060
1061 EnumValue
1062 Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) String(every-line) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_SHOW_PREFIX_EVERY_LINE)
1063
1064 fdiagnostics-show-caret
1065 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_caret) Init(1)
1066 Show the source line with a caret indicating the column
1067
1068 fdiagnostics-color
1069 Common Alias(fdiagnostics-color=,always,never)
1070 ;
1071
1072 fdiagnostics-color=
1073 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_diagnostics_show_color) Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) Init(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_NO)
1074 -fdiagnostics-color=[never|always|auto] Colorize diagnostics
1075
1076 ; Required for these enum values.
1077 SourceInclude
1078 diagnostic-color.h
1079
1080 Enum
1081 Name(diagnostic_color_rule) Type(int)
1082
1083 EnumValue
1084 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(never) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_NO)
1085
1086 EnumValue
1087 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(always) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_YES)
1088
1089 EnumValue
1090 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(auto) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_AUTO)
1091
1092 fdiagnostics-show-option
1093 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_option) Init(1)
1094 Amend appropriate diagnostic messages with the command line option that controls them
1095
1096 fdisable-
1097 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1098 -fdisable-[tree|rtl|ipa]-<pass>=range1+range2 disables an optimization pass
1099
1100 fenable-
1101 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1102 -fenable-[tree|rtl|ipa]-<pass>=range1+range2 enables an optimization pass
1103
1104 fdump-
1105 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1106 -fdump-<type> Dump various compiler internals to a file
1107
1108 fdump-final-insns
1109 Driver RejectNegative
1110
1111 fdump-final-insns=
1112 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_dump_final_insns)
1113 -fdump-final-insns=filename Dump to filename the insns at the end of translation
1114
1115 fdump-go-spec=
1116 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_dump_go_spec)
1117 -fdump-go-spec=filename Write all declarations to file as Go code
1118
1119 fdump-noaddr
1120 Common Report Var(flag_dump_noaddr)
1121 Suppress output of addresses in debugging dumps
1122
1123 freport-bug
1124 Common Driver Var(flag_report_bug)
1125 Collect and dump debug information into temporary file if ICE in C/C++
1126 compiler occured.
1127
1128 fdump-passes
1129 Common Var(flag_dump_passes) Init(0)
1130 Dump optimization passes
1131
1132 fdump-unnumbered
1133 Common Report Var(flag_dump_unnumbered)
1134 Suppress output of instruction numbers, line number notes and addresses in debugging dumps
1135
1136 fdump-unnumbered-links
1137 Common Report Var(flag_dump_unnumbered_links)
1138 Suppress output of previous and next insn numbers in debugging dumps
1139
1140 fdwarf2-cfi-asm
1141 Common Report Var(flag_dwarf2_cfi_asm) Init(HAVE_GAS_CFI_DIRECTIVE)
1142 Enable CFI tables via GAS assembler directives.
1143
1144 fearly-inlining
1145 Common Report Var(flag_early_inlining) Init(1) Optimization
1146 Perform early inlining
1147
1148 feliminate-dwarf2-dups
1149 Common Report Var(flag_eliminate_dwarf2_dups)
1150 Perform DWARF2 duplicate elimination
1151
1152 fipa-sra
1153 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_sra) Init(0) Optimization
1154 Perform interprocedural reduction of aggregates
1155
1156 feliminate-unused-debug-symbols
1157 Common Report Var(flag_debug_only_used_symbols)
1158 Perform unused type elimination in debug info
1159
1160 feliminate-unused-debug-types
1161 Common Report Var(flag_eliminate_unused_debug_types) Init(1)
1162 Perform unused type elimination in debug info
1163
1164 femit-class-debug-always
1165 Common Report Var(flag_emit_class_debug_always) Init(0)
1166 Do not suppress C++ class debug information.
1167
1168 fexceptions
1169 Common Report Var(flag_exceptions) Optimization
1170 Enable exception handling
1171
1172 fexpensive-optimizations
1173 Common Report Var(flag_expensive_optimizations) Optimization
1174 Perform a number of minor, expensive optimizations
1175
1176 fexcess-precision=
1177 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(excess_precision) Var(flag_excess_precision_cmdline) Init(EXCESS_PRECISION_DEFAULT)
1178 -fexcess-precision=[fast|standard] Specify handling of excess floating-point precision
1179
1180 Enum
1181 Name(excess_precision) Type(enum excess_precision) UnknownError(unknown excess precision style %qs)
1182
1183 EnumValue
1184 Enum(excess_precision) String(fast) Value(EXCESS_PRECISION_FAST)
1185
1186 EnumValue
1187 Enum(excess_precision) String(standard) Value(EXCESS_PRECISION_STANDARD)
1188
1189 ffast-math
1190 Common
1191
1192 ffat-lto-objects
1193 Common Var(flag_fat_lto_objects)
1194 Output lto objects containing both the intermediate language and binary output.
1195
1196 ffinite-math-only
1197 Common Report Var(flag_finite_math_only) Optimization SetByCombined
1198 Assume no NaNs or infinities are generated
1199
1200 ffixed-
1201 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1202 -ffixed-<register> Mark <register> as being unavailable to the compiler
1203
1204 ffloat-store
1205 Common Report Var(flag_float_store) Optimization
1206 Don't allocate floats and doubles in extended-precision registers
1207
1208 fforce-addr
1209 Common Ignore
1210 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1211
1212 fforward-propagate
1213 Common Report Var(flag_forward_propagate) Optimization
1214 Perform a forward propagation pass on RTL
1215
1216 ffp-contract=
1217 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(fp_contract_mode) Var(flag_fp_contract_mode) Init(FP_CONTRACT_FAST)
1218 -ffp-contract=[off|on|fast] Perform floating-point expression contraction.
1219
1220 Enum
1221 Name(fp_contract_mode) Type(enum fp_contract_mode) UnknownError(unknown floating point contraction style %qs)
1222
1223 EnumValue
1224 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(off) Value(FP_CONTRACT_OFF)
1225
1226 ; Not implemented, fall back to conservative FP_CONTRACT_OFF.
1227 EnumValue
1228 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(on) Value(FP_CONTRACT_OFF)
1229
1230 EnumValue
1231 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(fast) Value(FP_CONTRACT_FAST)
1232
1233 ; Nonzero means don't put addresses of constant functions in registers.
1234 ; Used for compiling the Unix kernel, where strange substitutions are
1235 ; done on the assembly output.
1236 ffunction-cse
1237 Common Report Var(flag_no_function_cse,0)
1238 Allow function addresses to be held in registers
1239
1240 ffunction-sections
1241 Common Report Var(flag_function_sections)
1242 Place each function into its own section
1243
1244 fgcse
1245 Common Report Var(flag_gcse) Optimization
1246 Perform global common subexpression elimination
1247
1248 fgcse-lm
1249 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_lm) Init(1) Optimization
1250 Perform enhanced load motion during global common subexpression elimination
1251
1252 fgcse-sm
1253 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_sm) Init(0) Optimization
1254 Perform store motion after global common subexpression elimination
1255
1256 fgcse-las
1257 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_las) Init(0) Optimization
1258 Perform redundant load after store elimination in global common subexpression
1259 elimination
1260
1261 fgcse-after-reload
1262 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_after_reload) Optimization
1263 Perform global common subexpression elimination after register allocation
1264 has finished
1265
1266 ; This option is not documented yet as its semantics will change.
1267 fgraphite
1268 Common Report Var(flag_graphite)
1269 Enable in and out of Graphite representation
1270
1271 fgraphite-identity
1272 Common Report Var(flag_graphite_identity) Optimization
1273 Enable Graphite Identity transformation
1274
1275 fgraphite-code-generator=
1276 Common Report RejectNegative Joined Optimization Enum(fgraphite_generator) Var(flag_graphite_code_gen) Init(FGRAPHITE_CODE_GEN_ISL)
1277 Choose code generator of Graphite
1278
1279 Enum
1280 Name(fgraphite_generator) Type(enum fgraphite_generator) UnknownError(unknown code generator of graphite %qs)
1281
1282 EnumValue
1283 Enum(fgraphite_generator) String(isl) Value(FGRAPHITE_CODE_GEN_ISL)
1284
1285 EnumValue
1286 Enum(fgraphite_generator) String(cloog) Value(FGRAPHITE_CODE_GEN_CLOOG)
1287
1288 fhoist-adjacent-loads
1289 Common Report Var(flag_hoist_adjacent_loads) Optimization
1290 Enable hoisting adjacent loads to encourage generating conditional move
1291 instructions
1292
1293 floop-parallelize-all
1294 Common Report Var(flag_loop_parallelize_all) Optimization
1295 Mark all loops as parallel
1296
1297 floop-strip-mine
1298 Common Report Var(flag_loop_strip_mine) Optimization
1299 Enable Loop Strip Mining transformation
1300
1301 floop-interchange
1302 Common Report Var(flag_loop_interchange) Optimization
1303 Enable Loop Interchange transformation
1304
1305 floop-block
1306 Common Report Var(flag_loop_block) Optimization
1307 Enable Loop Blocking transformation
1308
1309 fgnu-tm
1310 Common Report Var(flag_tm)
1311 Enable support for GNU transactional memory
1312
1313 fgnu-unique
1314 Common Report Var(flag_gnu_unique) Init(1)
1315 Use STB_GNU_UNIQUE if supported by the assembler
1316
1317 floop-flatten
1318 Common Ignore
1319 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1320
1321 floop-nest-optimize
1322 Common Report Var(flag_loop_optimize_isl) Optimization
1323 Enable the ISL based loop nest optimizer
1324
1325 fstrict-volatile-bitfields
1326 Common Report Var(flag_strict_volatile_bitfields) Init(-1)
1327 Force bitfield accesses to match their type width
1328
1329 fguess-branch-probability
1330 Common Report Var(flag_guess_branch_prob) Optimization
1331 Enable guessing of branch probabilities
1332
1333 ; Nonzero means ignore `#ident' directives. 0 means handle them.
1334 ; Generate position-independent code for executables if possible
1335 ; On SVR4 targets, it also controls whether or not to emit a
1336 ; string identifying the compiler.
1337 fident
1338 Common Report Var(flag_no_ident,0)
1339 Process #ident directives
1340
1341 fif-conversion
1342 Common Report Var(flag_if_conversion) Optimization
1343 Perform conversion of conditional jumps to branchless equivalents
1344
1345 fif-conversion2
1346 Common Report Var(flag_if_conversion2) Optimization
1347 Perform conversion of conditional jumps to conditional execution
1348
1349 fstack-reuse=
1350 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(stack_reuse_level) Var(flag_stack_reuse) Init(SR_ALL)
1351 -fstack-reuse=[all|named_vars|none] Set stack reuse level for local variables.
1352
1353 Enum
1354 Name(stack_reuse_level) Type(enum stack_reuse_level) UnknownError(unknown Stack Reuse Level %qs)
1355
1356 EnumValue
1357 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(all) Value(SR_ALL)
1358
1359 EnumValue
1360 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(named_vars) Value(SR_NAMED_VARS)
1361
1362 EnumValue
1363 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(none) Value(SR_NONE)
1364
1365 ftree-loop-if-convert
1366 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_if_convert) Init(-1) Optimization
1367 Convert conditional jumps in innermost loops to branchless equivalents
1368
1369 ftree-loop-if-convert-stores
1370 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_if_convert_stores) Optimization
1371 Also if-convert conditional jumps containing memory writes
1372
1373 ; -finhibit-size-directive inhibits output of .size for ELF.
1374 ; This is used only for compiling crtstuff.c,
1375 ; and it may be extended to other effects
1376 ; needed for crtstuff.c on other systems.
1377 finhibit-size-directive
1378 Common Report Var(flag_inhibit_size_directive)
1379 Do not generate .size directives
1380
1381 findirect-inlining
1382 Common Report Var(flag_indirect_inlining)
1383 Perform indirect inlining
1384
1385 ; General flag to enable inlining. Specifying -fno-inline will disable
1386 ; all inlining apart from always-inline functions.
1387 finline
1388 Common Report Var(flag_no_inline,0) Init(0) Optimization
1389 Enable inlining of function declared \"inline\", disabling disables all inlining
1390
1391 finline-small-functions
1392 Common Report Var(flag_inline_small_functions) Optimization
1393 Integrate functions into their callers when code size is known not to grow
1394
1395 finline-functions
1396 Common Report Var(flag_inline_functions) Optimization
1397 Integrate functions not declared \"inline\" into their callers when profitable
1398
1399 finline-functions-called-once
1400 Common Report Var(flag_inline_functions_called_once) Optimization
1401 Integrate functions only required by their single caller
1402
1403 finline-limit-
1404 Common RejectNegative Joined Alias(finline-limit=)
1405
1406 finline-limit=
1407 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1408 -finline-limit=<number> Limit the size of inlined functions to <number>
1409
1410 finline-atomics
1411 Common Report Var(flag_inline_atomics) Init(1) Optimization
1412 Inline __atomic operations when a lock free instruction sequence is available.
1413
1414 finstrument-functions
1415 Common Report Var(flag_instrument_function_entry_exit)
1416 Instrument function entry and exit with profiling calls
1417
1418 finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list=
1419 Common RejectNegative Joined
1420 -finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list=name,... Do not instrument listed functions
1421
1422 finstrument-functions-exclude-file-list=
1423 Common RejectNegative Joined
1424 -finstrument-functions-exclude-file-list=filename,... Do not instrument functions listed in files
1425
1426 fipa-cp
1427 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_cp) Optimization
1428 Perform interprocedural constant propagation
1429
1430 fipa-cp-clone
1431 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_cp_clone) Optimization
1432 Perform cloning to make Interprocedural constant propagation stronger
1433
1434 fipa-profile
1435 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_profile) Init(0) Optimization
1436 Perform interprocedural profile propagation
1437
1438 fipa-pta
1439 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_pta) Init(0) Optimization
1440 Perform interprocedural points-to analysis
1441
1442 fipa-pure-const
1443 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_pure_const) Init(0) Optimization
1444 Discover pure and const functions
1445
1446 fipa-icf
1447 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_icf) Optimization
1448 Perform Identical Code Folding for functions and read-only variables
1449
1450 fipa-icf-functions
1451 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_icf_functions) Optimization
1452 Perform Identical Code Folding for functions
1453
1454 fipa-icf-variables
1455 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_icf_variables) Optimization
1456 Perform Identical Code Folding for variables
1457
1458 fipa-reference
1459 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_reference) Init(0) Optimization
1460 Discover readonly and non addressable static variables
1461
1462 fipa-matrix-reorg
1463 Common Ignore
1464 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1465
1466 fipa-struct-reorg
1467 Common Ignore
1468 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1469
1470 fira-algorithm=
1471 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(ira_algorithm) Var(flag_ira_algorithm) Init(IRA_ALGORITHM_CB)
1472 -fira-algorithm=[CB|priority] Set the used IRA algorithm
1473
1474 Enum
1475 Name(ira_algorithm) Type(enum ira_algorithm) UnknownError(unknown IRA algorithm %qs)
1476
1477 EnumValue
1478 Enum(ira_algorithm) String(CB) Value(IRA_ALGORITHM_CB)
1479
1480 EnumValue
1481 Enum(ira_algorithm) String(priority) Value(IRA_ALGORITHM_PRIORITY)
1482
1483 fira-region=
1484 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(ira_region) Var(flag_ira_region) Init(IRA_REGION_AUTODETECT)
1485 -fira-region=[one|all|mixed] Set regions for IRA
1486
1487 Enum
1488 Name(ira_region) Type(enum ira_region) UnknownError(unknown IRA region %qs)
1489
1490 EnumValue
1491 Enum(ira_region) String(one) Value(IRA_REGION_ONE)
1492
1493 EnumValue
1494 Enum(ira_region) String(all) Value(IRA_REGION_ALL)
1495
1496 EnumValue
1497 Enum(ira_region) String(mixed) Value(IRA_REGION_MIXED)
1498
1499 fira-hoist-pressure
1500 Common Report Var(flag_ira_hoist_pressure) Init(1) Optimization
1501 Use IRA based register pressure calculation
1502 in RTL hoist optimizations.
1503
1504 fira-loop-pressure
1505 Common Report Var(flag_ira_loop_pressure) Optimization
1506 Use IRA based register pressure calculation
1507 in RTL loop optimizations.
1508
1509 fira-share-save-slots
1510 Common Report Var(flag_ira_share_save_slots) Init(1)
1511 Share slots for saving different hard registers.
1512
1513 fira-share-spill-slots
1514 Common Report Var(flag_ira_share_spill_slots) Init(1)
1515 Share stack slots for spilled pseudo-registers.
1516
1517 fira-verbose=
1518 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(flag_ira_verbose) Init(5)
1519 -fira-verbose=<number> Control IRA's level of diagnostic messages.
1520
1521 fivopts
1522 Common Report Var(flag_ivopts) Init(1) Optimization
1523 Optimize induction variables on trees
1524
1525 fjump-tables
1526 Common Var(flag_jump_tables) Init(1) Optimization
1527 Use jump tables for sufficiently large switch statements
1528
1529 fkeep-inline-functions
1530 Common Report Var(flag_keep_inline_functions)
1531 Generate code for functions even if they are fully inlined
1532
1533 fkeep-static-consts
1534 Common Report Var(flag_keep_static_consts) Init(1)
1535 Emit static const variables even if they are not used
1536
1537 fleading-underscore
1538 Common Report Var(flag_leading_underscore) Init(-1)
1539 Give external symbols a leading underscore
1540
1541 floop-optimize
1542 Common Ignore
1543 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1544
1545 flto
1546 Common
1547 Enable link-time optimization.
1548
1549 flto=
1550 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_lto)
1551 Link-time optimization with number of parallel jobs or jobserver.
1552
1553 Enum
1554 Name(lto_partition_model) Type(enum lto_partition_model) UnknownError(unknown LTO partitioning model %qs)
1555
1556 EnumValue
1557 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(none) Value(LTO_PARTITION_NONE)
1558
1559 EnumValue
1560 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(one) Value(LTO_PARTITION_ONE)
1561
1562 EnumValue
1563 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(balanced) Value(LTO_PARTITION_BALANCED)
1564
1565 EnumValue
1566 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(1to1) Value(LTO_PARTITION_1TO1)
1567
1568 EnumValue
1569 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(max) Value(LTO_PARTITION_MAX)
1570
1571 flto-partition=
1572 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(lto_partition_model) Var(flag_lto_partition) Init(LTO_PARTITION_BALANCED)
1573 Specify the algorithm to partition symbols and vars at linktime
1574
1575 ; The initial value of -1 comes from Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION in zlib.h.
1576 flto-compression-level=
1577 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_lto_compression_level) Init(-1)
1578 -flto-compression-level=<number> Use zlib compression level <number> for IL
1579
1580 flto-odr-type-merging
1581 Common Report Var(flag_lto_odr_type_mering) Init(1)
1582 Merge C++ types using One Definition Rule
1583
1584 flto-report
1585 Common Report Var(flag_lto_report) Init(0)
1586 Report various link-time optimization statistics
1587
1588 flto-report-wpa
1589 Common Report Var(flag_lto_report_wpa) Init(0)
1590 Report various link-time optimization statistics for WPA only
1591
1592 fmath-errno
1593 Common Report Var(flag_errno_math) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
1594 Set errno after built-in math functions
1595
1596 fmax-errors=
1597 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_max_errors)
1598 -fmax-errors=<number> Maximum number of errors to report
1599
1600 fmem-report
1601 Common Report Var(mem_report)
1602 Report on permanent memory allocation
1603
1604 fmem-report-wpa
1605 Common Report Var(mem_report_wpa)
1606 Report on permanent memory allocation in WPA only
1607
1608 ; This will attempt to merge constant section constants, if 1 only
1609 ; string constants and constants from constant pool, if 2 also constant
1610 ; variables.
1611 fmerge-all-constants
1612 Common Report Var(flag_merge_constants,2) Init(1) Optimization
1613 Attempt to merge identical constants and constant variables
1614
1615 fmerge-constants
1616 Common Report Var(flag_merge_constants,1) Optimization
1617 Attempt to merge identical constants across compilation units
1618
1619 fmerge-debug-strings
1620 Common Report Var(flag_merge_debug_strings) Init(1)
1621 Attempt to merge identical debug strings across compilation units
1622
1623 fmessage-length=
1624 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1625 -fmessage-length=<number> Limit diagnostics to <number> characters per line. 0 suppresses line-wrapping
1626
1627 fmodulo-sched
1628 Common Report Var(flag_modulo_sched) Optimization
1629 Perform SMS based modulo scheduling before the first scheduling pass
1630
1631 fmodulo-sched-allow-regmoves
1632 Common Report Var(flag_modulo_sched_allow_regmoves)
1633 Perform SMS based modulo scheduling with register moves allowed
1634
1635 fmove-loop-invariants
1636 Common Report Var(flag_move_loop_invariants) Optimization
1637 Move loop invariant computations out of loops
1638
1639 fdce
1640 Common Var(flag_dce) Init(1) Optimization
1641 Use the RTL dead code elimination pass
1642
1643 fdse
1644 Common Var(flag_dse) Init(1) Optimization
1645 Use the RTL dead store elimination pass
1646
1647 freschedule-modulo-scheduled-loops
1648 Common Report Var(flag_resched_modulo_sched) Optimization
1649 Enable/Disable the traditional scheduling in loops that already passed modulo scheduling
1650
1651 fnon-call-exceptions
1652 Common Report Var(flag_non_call_exceptions) Optimization
1653 Support synchronous non-call exceptions
1654
1655 fomit-frame-pointer
1656 Common Report Var(flag_omit_frame_pointer) Optimization
1657 When possible do not generate stack frames
1658
1659 fopt-info
1660 Common Report Var(flag_opt_info) Optimization
1661 Enable all optimization info dumps on stderr
1662
1663 fopt-info-
1664 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1665 -fopt-info[-<type>=filename] Dump compiler optimization details
1666
1667 foptimize-register-move
1668 Common Ignore
1669 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1670
1671 foptimize-sibling-calls
1672 Common Report Var(flag_optimize_sibling_calls) Optimization
1673 Optimize sibling and tail recursive calls
1674
1675 fpartial-inlining
1676 Common Report Var(flag_partial_inlining)
1677 Perform partial inlining
1678
1679 fpre-ipa-mem-report
1680 Common Report Var(pre_ipa_mem_report)
1681 Report on memory allocation before interprocedural optimization
1682
1683 fpost-ipa-mem-report
1684 Common Report Var(post_ipa_mem_report)
1685 Report on memory allocation before interprocedural optimization
1686
1687 fpack-struct
1688 Common Report Var(flag_pack_struct) Optimization
1689 Pack structure members together without holes
1690
1691 fpack-struct=
1692 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
1693 -fpack-struct=<number> Set initial maximum structure member alignment
1694
1695 fpcc-struct-return
1696 Common Report Var(flag_pcc_struct_return,1) Init(DEFAULT_PCC_STRUCT_RETURN)
1697 Return small aggregates in memory, not registers
1698
1699 fpeel-loops
1700 Common Report Var(flag_peel_loops) Optimization
1701 Perform loop peeling
1702
1703 fpeephole
1704 Common Report Var(flag_no_peephole,0) Optimization
1705 Enable machine specific peephole optimizations
1706
1707 fpeephole2
1708 Common Report Var(flag_peephole2) Optimization
1709 Enable an RTL peephole pass before sched2
1710
1711 fPIC
1712 Common Report Var(flag_pic,2) Negative(fPIE)
1713 Generate position-independent code if possible (large mode)
1714
1715 fPIE
1716 Common Report Var(flag_pie,2) Negative(fpic)
1717 Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (large mode)
1718
1719 fpic
1720 Common Report Var(flag_pic,1) Negative(fpie)
1721 Generate position-independent code if possible (small mode)
1722
1723 fpie
1724 Common Report Var(flag_pie,1) Negative(fPIC)
1725 Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (small mode)
1726
1727 fplugin=
1728 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1729 Specify a plugin to load
1730
1731 fplugin-arg-
1732 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1733 -fplugin-arg-<name>-<key>[=<value>] Specify argument <key>=<value> for plugin <name>
1734
1735 fpredictive-commoning
1736 Common Report Var(flag_predictive_commoning) Optimization
1737 Run predictive commoning optimization.
1738
1739 fprefetch-loop-arrays
1740 Common Report Var(flag_prefetch_loop_arrays) Init(-1) Optimization
1741 Generate prefetch instructions, if available, for arrays in loops
1742
1743 fprofile
1744 Common Report Var(profile_flag)
1745 Enable basic program profiling code
1746
1747 fprofile-arcs
1748 Common Report Var(profile_arc_flag)
1749 Insert arc-based program profiling code
1750
1751 fprofile-dir=
1752 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_data_prefix)
1753 Set the top-level directory for storing the profile data.
1754 The default is 'pwd'.
1755
1756 fprofile-correction
1757 Common Report Var(flag_profile_correction)
1758 Enable correction of flow inconsistent profile data input
1759
1760 fprofile-generate
1761 Common
1762 Enable common options for generating profile info for profile feedback directed optimizations
1763
1764 fprofile-generate=
1765 Common Joined RejectNegative
1766 Enable common options for generating profile info for profile feedback directed optimizations, and set -fprofile-dir=
1767
1768 fprofile-use
1769 Common Var(flag_profile_use)
1770 Enable common options for performing profile feedback directed optimizations
1771
1772 fprofile-use=
1773 Common Joined RejectNegative
1774 Enable common options for performing profile feedback directed optimizations, and set -fprofile-dir=
1775
1776 fprofile-values
1777 Common Report Var(flag_profile_values)
1778 Insert code to profile values of expressions
1779
1780 fprofile-report
1781 Common Report Var(profile_report)
1782 Report on consistency of profile
1783
1784 fprofile-reorder-functions
1785 Common Report Var(flag_profile_reorder_functions)
1786 Enable function reordering that improves code placement
1787
1788 frandom-seed
1789 Common Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1790
1791 frandom-seed=
1792 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1793 -frandom-seed=<string> Make compile reproducible using <string>
1794
1795 ; This switch causes the command line that was used to create an
1796 ; object file to be recorded into the object file. The exact format
1797 ; of this recording is target and binary file format dependent.
1798 ; It is related to the -fverbose-asm switch, but that switch only
1799 ; records information in the assembler output file as comments, so
1800 ; they never reach the object file.
1801 frecord-gcc-switches
1802 Common Report Var(flag_record_gcc_switches)
1803 Record gcc command line switches in the object file.
1804
1805 freg-struct-return
1806 Common Report Var(flag_pcc_struct_return,0) Optimization
1807 Return small aggregates in registers
1808
1809 fregmove
1810 Common Ignore
1811 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1812
1813 flive-range-shrinkage
1814 Common Report Var(flag_live_range_shrinkage) Init(0) Optimization
1815 Relief of register pressure through live range shrinkage
1816
1817 frename-registers
1818 Common Report Var(flag_rename_registers) Init(2) Optimization
1819 Perform a register renaming optimization pass
1820
1821 freorder-blocks
1822 Common Report Var(flag_reorder_blocks) Optimization
1823 Reorder basic blocks to improve code placement
1824
1825 freorder-blocks-and-partition
1826 Common Report Var(flag_reorder_blocks_and_partition) Optimization
1827 Reorder basic blocks and partition into hot and cold sections
1828
1829 freorder-functions
1830 Common Report Var(flag_reorder_functions) Optimization
1831 Reorder functions to improve code placement
1832
1833 frerun-cse-after-loop
1834 Common Report Var(flag_rerun_cse_after_loop) Optimization
1835 Add a common subexpression elimination pass after loop optimizations
1836
1837 frerun-loop-opt
1838 Common Ignore
1839 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1840
1841 frounding-math
1842 Common Report Var(flag_rounding_math) Optimization SetByCombined
1843 Disable optimizations that assume default FP rounding behavior
1844
1845 fsched-interblock
1846 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_interblock) Init(1) Optimization
1847 Enable scheduling across basic blocks
1848
1849 fsched-pressure
1850 Common Report Var(flag_sched_pressure) Init(0) Optimization
1851 Enable register pressure sensitive insn scheduling
1852
1853 fsched-spec
1854 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_speculative) Init(1) Optimization
1855 Allow speculative motion of non-loads
1856
1857 fsched-spec-load
1858 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_speculative_load) Optimization
1859 Allow speculative motion of some loads
1860
1861 fsched-spec-load-dangerous
1862 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_speculative_load_dangerous) Optimization
1863 Allow speculative motion of more loads
1864
1865 fsched-verbose=
1866 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(sched_verbose_param)
1867 -fsched-verbose=<number> Set the verbosity level of the scheduler
1868
1869 fsched2-use-superblocks
1870 Common Report Var(flag_sched2_use_superblocks) Optimization
1871 If scheduling post reload, do superblock scheduling
1872
1873 fsched2-use-traces
1874 Common Ignore
1875 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1876
1877 fschedule-insns
1878 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_insns) Optimization
1879 Reschedule instructions before register allocation
1880
1881 fschedule-insns2
1882 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_insns_after_reload) Optimization
1883 Reschedule instructions after register allocation
1884
1885 ; This flag should be on when a target implements non-trivial
1886 ; scheduling hooks, maybe saving some information for its own sake.
1887 ; On IA64, for example, this is used for correct bundling.
1888 fselective-scheduling
1889 Common Report Var(flag_selective_scheduling) Optimization
1890 Schedule instructions using selective scheduling algorithm
1891
1892 fselective-scheduling2
1893 Common Report Var(flag_selective_scheduling2) Optimization
1894 Run selective scheduling after reload
1895
1896 fsel-sched-pipelining
1897 Common Report Var(flag_sel_sched_pipelining) Init(0) Optimization
1898 Perform software pipelining of inner loops during selective scheduling
1899
1900 fsel-sched-pipelining-outer-loops
1901 Common Report Var(flag_sel_sched_pipelining_outer_loops) Init(0) Optimization
1902 Perform software pipelining of outer loops during selective scheduling
1903
1904 fsel-sched-reschedule-pipelined
1905 Common Report Var(flag_sel_sched_reschedule_pipelined) Init(0) Optimization
1906 Reschedule pipelined regions without pipelining
1907
1908 fsemantic-interposition
1909 Common Report Var(flag_semantic_interposition) Init(1)
1910 Allow interposing function (or variables) by ones with different semantics (or initializer) respectively by dynamic linker
1911
1912 ; sched_stalled_insns means that insns can be moved prematurely from the queue
1913 ; of stalled insns into the ready list.
1914 fsched-stalled-insns
1915 Common Report Var(flag_sched_stalled_insns) Optimization UInteger
1916 Allow premature scheduling of queued insns
1917
1918 fsched-stalled-insns=
1919 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1920 -fsched-stalled-insns=<number> Set number of queued insns that can be prematurely scheduled
1921
1922 ; sched_stalled_insns_dep controls how many recently scheduled cycles will
1923 ; be examined for a dependency on a stalled insn that is candidate for
1924 ; premature removal from the queue of stalled insns into the ready list (has
1925 ; an effect only if the flag 'sched_stalled_insns' is set).
1926 fsched-stalled-insns-dep
1927 Common Report Var(flag_sched_stalled_insns_dep,1) Init(1) Optimization UInteger
1928 Set dependence distance checking in premature scheduling of queued insns
1929
1930 fsched-stalled-insns-dep=
1931 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1932 -fsched-stalled-insns-dep=<number> Set dependence distance checking in premature scheduling of queued insns
1933
1934 fsched-group-heuristic
1935 Common Report Var(flag_sched_group_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
1936 Enable the group heuristic in the scheduler
1937
1938 fsched-critical-path-heuristic
1939 Common Report Var(flag_sched_critical_path_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
1940 Enable the critical path heuristic in the scheduler
1941
1942 fsched-spec-insn-heuristic
1943 Common Report Var(flag_sched_spec_insn_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
1944 Enable the speculative instruction heuristic in the scheduler
1945
1946 fsched-rank-heuristic
1947 Common Report Var(flag_sched_rank_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
1948 Enable the rank heuristic in the scheduler
1949
1950 fsched-last-insn-heuristic
1951 Common Report Var(flag_sched_last_insn_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
1952 Enable the last instruction heuristic in the scheduler
1953
1954 fsched-dep-count-heuristic
1955 Common Report Var(flag_sched_dep_count_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
1956 Enable the dependent count heuristic in the scheduler
1957
1958 fsection-anchors
1959 Common Report Var(flag_section_anchors) Optimization
1960 Access data in the same section from shared anchor points
1961
1962 fsee
1963 Common Ignore
1964 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1965
1966 fzee
1967 Common Ignore
1968 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1969
1970 free
1971 Common Report Var(flag_ree) Init(0)
1972 Turn on Redundant Extensions Elimination pass.
1973
1974 fshow-column
1975 Common Report Var(flag_show_column) Init(1)
1976 Show column numbers in diagnostics, when available. Default on
1977
1978 fshrink-wrap
1979 Common Report Var(flag_shrink_wrap) Optimization
1980 Emit function prologues only before parts of the function that need it,
1981 rather than at the top of the function.
1982
1983 fsignaling-nans
1984 Common Report Var(flag_signaling_nans) Optimization SetByCombined
1985 Disable optimizations observable by IEEE signaling NaNs
1986
1987 fsigned-zeros
1988 Common Report Var(flag_signed_zeros) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
1989 Disable floating point optimizations that ignore the IEEE signedness of zero
1990
1991 fsingle-precision-constant
1992 Common Report Var(flag_single_precision_constant) Optimization
1993 Convert floating point constants to single precision constants
1994
1995 fsplit-ivs-in-unroller
1996 Common Report Var(flag_split_ivs_in_unroller) Init(1) Optimization
1997 Split lifetimes of induction variables when loops are unrolled
1998
1999 fsplit-stack
2000 Common Report Var(flag_split_stack) Init(-1)
2001 Generate discontiguous stack frames
2002
2003 fsplit-wide-types
2004 Common Report Var(flag_split_wide_types) Optimization
2005 Split wide types into independent registers
2006
2007 fssa-phiopt
2008 Common Report Var(flag_ssa_phiopt) Optimization
2009 Optimize conditional patterns using SSA PHI nodes
2010
2011 fvariable-expansion-in-unroller
2012 Common Report Var(flag_variable_expansion_in_unroller) Optimization
2013 Apply variable expansion when loops are unrolled
2014
2015 fstack-check=
2016 Common Report RejectNegative Joined
2017 -fstack-check=[no|generic|specific] Insert stack checking code into the program
2018
2019 fstack-check
2020 Common Alias(fstack-check=, specific, no)
2021 Insert stack checking code into the program. Same as -fstack-check=specific
2022
2023 fstack-limit
2024 Common Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2025
2026 fstack-limit-register=
2027 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2028 -fstack-limit-register=<register> Trap if the stack goes past <register>
2029
2030 fstack-limit-symbol=
2031 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2032 -fstack-limit-symbol=<name> Trap if the stack goes past symbol <name>
2033
2034 fstack-protector
2035 Common Report Var(flag_stack_protect, 1)
2036 Use propolice as a stack protection method
2037
2038 fstack-protector-all
2039 Common Report RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 2)
2040 Use a stack protection method for every function
2041
2042 fstack-protector-strong
2043 Common Report RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 3)
2044 Use a smart stack protection method for certain functions
2045
2046 fstack-usage
2047 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_usage)
2048 Output stack usage information on a per-function basis
2049
2050 fstrength-reduce
2051 Common Ignore
2052 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2053
2054 ; Nonzero if we should do (language-dependent) alias analysis.
2055 ; Typically, this analysis will assume that expressions of certain
2056 ; types do not alias expressions of certain other types. Only used
2057 ; if alias analysis (in general) is enabled.
2058 fstrict-aliasing
2059 Common Report Var(flag_strict_aliasing) Optimization
2060 Assume strict aliasing rules apply
2061
2062 fstrict-overflow
2063 Common Report Var(flag_strict_overflow)
2064 Treat signed overflow as undefined
2065
2066 fsync-libcalls
2067 Common Report Var(flag_sync_libcalls) Init(1)
2068 Implement __atomic operations via libcalls to legacy __sync functions
2069
2070 fsyntax-only
2071 Common Report Var(flag_syntax_only)
2072 Check for syntax errors, then stop
2073
2074 ftest-coverage
2075 Common Report Var(flag_test_coverage)
2076 Create data files needed by \"gcov\"
2077
2078 fthread-jumps
2079 Common Report Var(flag_thread_jumps) Optimization
2080 Perform jump threading optimizations
2081
2082 ftime-report
2083 Common Report Var(time_report)
2084 Report the time taken by each compiler pass
2085
2086 ftls-model=
2087 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(tls_model) Var(flag_tls_default) Init(TLS_MODEL_GLOBAL_DYNAMIC)
2088 -ftls-model=[global-dynamic|local-dynamic|initial-exec|local-exec] Set the default thread-local storage code generation model
2089
2090 Enum
2091 Name(tls_model) Type(enum tls_model) UnknownError(unknown TLS model %qs)
2092
2093 EnumValue
2094 Enum(tls_model) String(global-dynamic) Value(TLS_MODEL_GLOBAL_DYNAMIC)
2095
2096 EnumValue
2097 Enum(tls_model) String(local-dynamic) Value(TLS_MODEL_LOCAL_DYNAMIC)
2098
2099 EnumValue
2100 Enum(tls_model) String(initial-exec) Value(TLS_MODEL_INITIAL_EXEC)
2101
2102 EnumValue
2103 Enum(tls_model) String(local-exec) Value(TLS_MODEL_LOCAL_EXEC)
2104
2105 ftoplevel-reorder
2106 Common Report Var(flag_toplevel_reorder) Init(2) Optimization
2107 Reorder top level functions, variables, and asms
2108
2109 ftracer
2110 Common Report Var(flag_tracer)
2111 Perform superblock formation via tail duplication
2112
2113 ; Zero means that floating-point math operations cannot generate a
2114 ; (user-visible) trap. This is the case, for example, in nonstop
2115 ; IEEE 754 arithmetic.
2116 ftrapping-math
2117 Common Report Var(flag_trapping_math) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
2118 Assume floating-point operations can trap
2119
2120 ftrapv
2121 Common Report Var(flag_trapv) Optimization
2122 Trap for signed overflow in addition, subtraction and multiplication
2123
2124 ftree-ccp
2125 Common Report Var(flag_tree_ccp) Optimization
2126 Enable SSA-CCP optimization on trees
2127
2128 ftree-bit-ccp
2129 Common Report Var(flag_tree_bit_ccp) Optimization
2130 Enable SSA-BIT-CCP optimization on trees
2131
2132 ftree-store-ccp
2133 Common Ignore
2134 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2135
2136 ftree-ch
2137 Common Report Var(flag_tree_ch) Optimization
2138 Enable loop header copying on trees
2139
2140 ftree-coalesce-inlined-vars
2141 Common Report Var(flag_ssa_coalesce_vars,1) Init(2) RejectNegative Optimization
2142 Enable coalescing of copy-related user variables that are inlined
2143
2144 ftree-coalesce-vars
2145 Common Report Var(flag_ssa_coalesce_vars,2) Optimization
2146 Enable coalescing of all copy-related user variables
2147
2148 ftree-copyrename
2149 Common Report Var(flag_tree_copyrename) Optimization
2150 Replace SSA temporaries with better names in copies
2151
2152 ftree-copy-prop
2153 Common Report Var(flag_tree_copy_prop) Optimization
2154 Enable copy propagation on trees
2155
2156 ftree-store-copy-prop
2157 Common Ignore
2158 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2159
2160 ftree-cselim
2161 Common Report Var(flag_tree_cselim) Init(2) Optimization
2162 Transform condition stores into unconditional ones
2163
2164 ftree-switch-conversion
2165 Common Report Var(flag_tree_switch_conversion) Optimization
2166 Perform conversions of switch initializations.
2167
2168 ftree-dce
2169 Common Report Var(flag_tree_dce) Optimization
2170 Enable SSA dead code elimination optimization on trees
2171
2172 ftree-dominator-opts
2173 Common Report Var(flag_tree_dom) Optimization
2174 Enable dominator optimizations
2175
2176 ftree-tail-merge
2177 Common Report Var(flag_tree_tail_merge) Optimization
2178 Enable tail merging on trees
2179
2180 ftree-dse
2181 Common Report Var(flag_tree_dse) Optimization
2182 Enable dead store elimination
2183
2184 ftree-forwprop
2185 Common Report Var(flag_tree_forwprop) Init(1) Optimization
2186 Enable forward propagation on trees
2187
2188 ftree-fre
2189 Common Report Var(flag_tree_fre) Optimization
2190 Enable Full Redundancy Elimination (FRE) on trees
2191
2192 foptimize-strlen
2193 Common Report Var(flag_optimize_strlen) Optimization
2194 Enable string length optimizations on trees
2195
2196 fisolate-erroneous-paths-dereference
2197 Common Report Var(flag_isolate_erroneous_paths_dereference) Optimization
2198 Detect paths which trigger erroneous or undefined behaviour due to
2199 dereferencing a NULL pointer. Isolate those paths from the main control
2200 flow and turn the statement with erroneous or undefined behaviour into a trap.
2201
2202 fisolate-erroneous-paths-attribute
2203 Common Report Var(flag_isolate_erroneous_paths_attribute) Optimization
2204 Detect paths which trigger erroneous or undefined behaviour due a NULL value
2205 being used in a way which is forbidden by a returns_nonnull or nonnull
2206 attribute. Isolate those paths from the main control flow and turn the
2207 statement with erroneous or undefined behaviour into a trap.
2208
2209 ftree-loop-distribution
2210 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_distribution) Optimization
2211 Enable loop distribution on trees
2212
2213 ftree-loop-distribute-patterns
2214 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_distribute_patterns) Optimization
2215 Enable loop distribution for patterns transformed into a library call
2216
2217 ftree-loop-im
2218 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_im) Init(1) Optimization
2219 Enable loop invariant motion on trees
2220
2221 ftree-loop-linear
2222 Common Alias(floop-interchange)
2223 Enable loop interchange transforms. Same as -floop-interchange
2224
2225 ftree-loop-ivcanon
2226 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_ivcanon) Init(1) Optimization
2227 Create canonical induction variables in loops
2228
2229 ftree-loop-optimize
2230 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_optimize) Init(1) Optimization
2231 Enable loop optimizations on tree level
2232
2233 ftree-parallelize-loops=
2234 Common Report Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_tree_parallelize_loops) Init(1)
2235 Enable automatic parallelization of loops
2236
2237 ftree-phiprop
2238 Common Report Var(flag_tree_phiprop) Init(1) Optimization
2239 Enable hoisting loads from conditional pointers.
2240
2241 ftree-pre
2242 Common Report Var(flag_tree_pre) Optimization
2243 Enable SSA-PRE optimization on trees
2244
2245 ftree-partial-pre
2246 Common Report Var(flag_tree_partial_pre) Optimization
2247 In SSA-PRE optimization on trees, enable partial-partial redundancy elimination
2248
2249 ftree-pta
2250 Common Report Var(flag_tree_pta) Optimization
2251 Perform function-local points-to analysis on trees.
2252
2253 ftree-reassoc
2254 Common Report Var(flag_tree_reassoc) Init(1) Optimization
2255 Enable reassociation on tree level
2256
2257 ftree-salias
2258 Common Ignore
2259 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2260
2261 ftree-sink
2262 Common Report Var(flag_tree_sink) Optimization
2263 Enable SSA code sinking on trees
2264
2265 ftree-slsr
2266 Common Report Var(flag_tree_slsr) Optimization
2267 Perform straight-line strength reduction
2268
2269 ftree-sra
2270 Common Report Var(flag_tree_sra) Optimization
2271 Perform scalar replacement of aggregates
2272
2273 ftree-ter
2274 Common Report Var(flag_tree_ter) Optimization
2275 Replace temporary expressions in the SSA->normal pass
2276
2277 ftree-lrs
2278 Common Report Var(flag_tree_live_range_split) Optimization
2279 Perform live range splitting during the SSA->normal pass
2280
2281 ftree-vrp
2282 Common Report Var(flag_tree_vrp) Init(0) Optimization
2283 Perform Value Range Propagation on trees
2284
2285 funit-at-a-time
2286 Common Report Var(flag_unit_at_a_time) Init(1) Optimization
2287 Compile whole compilation unit at a time
2288
2289 funroll-loops
2290 Common Report Var(flag_unroll_loops) Optimization
2291 Perform loop unrolling when iteration count is known
2292
2293 funroll-all-loops
2294 Common Report Var(flag_unroll_all_loops) Optimization
2295 Perform loop unrolling for all loops
2296
2297 ; Nonzero means that loop optimizer may assume that the induction variables
2298 ; that control loops do not overflow and that the loops with nontrivial
2299 ; exit condition are not infinite
2300 funsafe-loop-optimizations
2301 Common Report Var(flag_unsafe_loop_optimizations) Optimization
2302 Allow loop optimizations to assume that the loops behave in normal way
2303
2304 fassociative-math
2305 Common Report Var(flag_associative_math) SetByCombined
2306 Allow optimization for floating-point arithmetic which may change the
2307 result of the operation due to rounding.
2308
2309 freciprocal-math
2310 Common Report Var(flag_reciprocal_math) SetByCombined
2311 Same as -fassociative-math for expressions which include division.
2312
2313 ; Nonzero means that unsafe floating-point math optimizations are allowed
2314 ; for the sake of speed. IEEE compliance is not guaranteed, and operations
2315 ; are allowed to assume that their arguments and results are "normal"
2316 ; (e.g., nonnegative for SQRT).
2317 funsafe-math-optimizations
2318 Common Report Var(flag_unsafe_math_optimizations) Optimization SetByCombined
2319 Allow math optimizations that may violate IEEE or ISO standards
2320
2321 funswitch-loops
2322 Common Report Var(flag_unswitch_loops) Optimization
2323 Perform loop unswitching
2324
2325 funwind-tables
2326 Common Report Var(flag_unwind_tables) Optimization
2327 Just generate unwind tables for exception handling
2328
2329 fuse-ld=bfd
2330 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=gold)
2331 Use the bfd linker instead of the default linker
2332
2333 fuse-ld=gold
2334 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=bfd)
2335 Use the gold linker instead of the default linker
2336
2337 fuse-linker-plugin
2338 Common Undocumented Var(flag_use_linker_plugin)
2339
2340 ; Positive if we should track variables, negative if we should run
2341 ; the var-tracking pass only to discard debug annotations, zero if
2342 ; we're not to run it. When flag_var_tracking == 2 (AUTODETECT_VALUE) it
2343 ; will be set according to optimize, debug_info_level and debug_hooks
2344 ; in process_options ().
2345 fvar-tracking
2346 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking) Init(2) Optimization
2347 Perform variable tracking
2348
2349 ; Positive if we should track variables at assignments, negative if
2350 ; we should run the var-tracking pass only to discard debug
2351 ; annotations. When flag_var_tracking_assignments ==
2352 ; AUTODETECT_VALUE it will be set according to flag_var_tracking.
2353 fvar-tracking-assignments
2354 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking_assignments) Init(2) Optimization
2355 Perform variable tracking by annotating assignments
2356
2357 ; Nonzero if we should toggle flag_var_tracking_assignments after
2358 ; processing options and computing its default. */
2359 fvar-tracking-assignments-toggle
2360 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking_assignments_toggle) Optimization
2361 Toggle -fvar-tracking-assignments
2362
2363 ; Positive if we should track uninitialized variables, negative if
2364 ; we should run the var-tracking pass only to discard debug
2365 ; annotations. When flag_var_tracking_uninit == AUTODETECT_VALUE it
2366 ; will be set according to flag_var_tracking.
2367 fvar-tracking-uninit
2368 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking_uninit) Optimization
2369 Perform variable tracking and also tag variables that are uninitialized
2370
2371 ftree-vectorize
2372 Common Report Var(flag_tree_vectorize) Optimization
2373 Enable vectorization on trees
2374
2375 ftree-vectorizer-verbose=
2376 Common Joined RejectNegative Ignore
2377 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2378
2379 ftree-loop-vectorize
2380 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_vectorize) Optimization
2381 Enable loop vectorization on trees
2382
2383 ftree-slp-vectorize
2384 Common Report Var(flag_tree_slp_vectorize) Optimization
2385 Enable basic block vectorization (SLP) on trees
2386
2387 fvect-cost-model=
2388 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vect_cost_model) Var(flag_vect_cost_model) Init(VECT_COST_MODEL_DEFAULT)
2389 Specifies the cost model for vectorization
2390
2391 fsimd-cost-model=
2392 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vect_cost_model) Var(flag_simd_cost_model) Init(VECT_COST_MODEL_UNLIMITED)
2393 Specifies the vectorization cost model for code marked with a simd directive
2394
2395 Enum
2396 Name(vect_cost_model) Type(enum vect_cost_model) UnknownError(unknown vectorizer cost model %qs)
2397
2398 EnumValue
2399 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(unlimited) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_UNLIMITED)
2400
2401 EnumValue
2402 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(dynamic) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_DYNAMIC)
2403
2404 EnumValue
2405 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(cheap) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_CHEAP)
2406
2407 fvect-cost-model
2408 Common RejectNegative Alias(fvect-cost-model=,dynamic)
2409 Enables the dynamic vectorizer cost model. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2410
2411 fno-vect-cost-model
2412 Common RejectNegative Alias(fvect-cost-model=,unlimited)
2413 Enables the unlimited vectorizer cost model. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2414
2415 ftree-vect-loop-version
2416 Common Ignore
2417 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2418
2419 ftree-scev-cprop
2420 Common Report Var(flag_tree_scev_cprop) Init(1) Optimization
2421 Enable copy propagation of scalar-evolution information.
2422
2423 ; -fverbose-asm causes extra commentary information to be produced in
2424 ; the generated assembly code (to make it more readable). This option
2425 ; is generally only of use to those who actually need to read the
2426 ; generated assembly code (perhaps while debugging the compiler itself).
2427 ; -fno-verbose-asm, the default, causes the extra information
2428 ; to not be added and is useful when comparing two assembler files.
2429 fverbose-asm
2430 Common Report Var(flag_verbose_asm)
2431 Add extra commentary to assembler output
2432
2433 fvisibility=
2434 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(symbol_visibility) Var(default_visibility) Init(VISIBILITY_DEFAULT)
2435 -fvisibility=[default|internal|hidden|protected] Set the default symbol visibility
2436
2437 Enum
2438 Name(symbol_visibility) Type(enum symbol_visibility) UnknownError(unrecognized visibility value %qs)
2439
2440 EnumValue
2441 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(default) Value(VISIBILITY_DEFAULT)
2442
2443 EnumValue
2444 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(internal) Value(VISIBILITY_INTERNAL)
2445
2446 EnumValue
2447 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(hidden) Value(VISIBILITY_HIDDEN)
2448
2449 EnumValue
2450 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(protected) Value(VISIBILITY_PROTECTED)
2451
2452 fvtable-verify=
2453 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vtv_priority) Var(flag_vtable_verify) Init(VTV_NO_PRIORITY)
2454 Validate vtable pointers before using them.
2455
2456 Enum
2457 Name(vtv_priority) Type(enum vtv_priority) UnknownError(unknown vtable verify initialization priority %qs)
2458
2459 EnumValue
2460 Enum(vtv_priority) String(none) Value(VTV_NO_PRIORITY)
2461
2462 EnumValue
2463 Enum(vtv_priority) String(std) Value(VTV_STANDARD_PRIORITY)
2464
2465 EnumValue
2466 Enum(vtv_priority) String(preinit) Value(VTV_PREINIT_PRIORITY)
2467
2468 fvtv-counts
2469 Common Var(flag_vtv_counts)
2470 Output vtable verification counters.
2471
2472 fvtv-debug
2473 Common Var(flag_vtv_debug)
2474 Output vtable verification pointer sets information.
2475
2476 fvpt
2477 Common Report Var(flag_value_profile_transformations) Optimization
2478 Use expression value profiles in optimizations
2479
2480 fweb
2481 Common Report Var(flag_web) Init(2) Optimization
2482 Construct webs and split unrelated uses of single variable
2483
2484 ftree-builtin-call-dce
2485 Common Report Var(flag_tree_builtin_call_dce) Init(0) Optimization
2486 Enable conditional dead code elimination for builtin calls
2487
2488 fwhole-program
2489 Common Report Var(flag_whole_program) Init(0) Optimization
2490 Perform whole program optimizations
2491
2492 fwrapv
2493 Common Report Var(flag_wrapv) Optimization
2494 Assume signed arithmetic overflow wraps around
2495
2496 fzero-initialized-in-bss
2497 Common Report Var(flag_zero_initialized_in_bss) Init(1)
2498 Put zero initialized data in the bss section
2499
2500 g
2501 Common JoinedOrMissing
2502 Generate debug information in default format
2503
2504 gcoff
2505 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gdwarf)
2506 Generate debug information in COFF format
2507
2508 gdwarf
2509 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gdwarf-)
2510 Generate debug information in default version of DWARF format
2511
2512 gdwarf-
2513 Common Joined UInteger Var(dwarf_version) Init(4) Negative(gstabs)
2514 Generate debug information in DWARF v2 (or later) format
2515
2516 ggdb
2517 Common JoinedOrMissing
2518 Generate debug information in default extended format
2519
2520 gno-pubnames
2521 Common Negative(gpubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 0) Init(-1)
2522 Don't generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections.
2523
2524 gpubnames
2525 Common Negative(ggnu-pubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 1)
2526 Generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections.
2527
2528 ggnu-pubnames
2529 Common Negative(gno-pubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 2)
2530 Generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections with GNU extensions.
2531
2532 gno-record-gcc-switches
2533 Common RejectNegative Var(dwarf_record_gcc_switches,0) Init(1)
2534 Don't record gcc command line switches in DWARF DW_AT_producer.
2535
2536 grecord-gcc-switches
2537 Common RejectNegative Var(dwarf_record_gcc_switches,1)
2538 Record gcc command line switches in DWARF DW_AT_producer.
2539
2540 gno-split-dwarf
2541 Common Driver RejectNegative Var(dwarf_split_debug_info,0) Init(0)
2542 Don't generate debug information in separate .dwo files
2543
2544 gsplit-dwarf
2545 Common Driver RejectNegative Var(dwarf_split_debug_info,1)
2546 Generate debug information in separate .dwo files
2547
2548 gstabs
2549 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gstabs+)
2550 Generate debug information in STABS format
2551
2552 gstabs+
2553 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gvms)
2554 Generate debug information in extended STABS format
2555
2556 gno-strict-dwarf
2557 Common RejectNegative Var(dwarf_strict,0) Init(0)
2558 Emit DWARF additions beyond selected version
2559
2560 gstrict-dwarf
2561 Common Report RejectNegative Var(dwarf_strict,1)
2562 Don't emit DWARF additions beyond selected version
2563
2564 gtoggle
2565 Common Report Var(flag_gtoggle)
2566 Toggle debug information generation
2567
2568 gvms
2569 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gxcoff)
2570 Generate debug information in VMS format
2571
2572 gxcoff
2573 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gxcoff+)
2574 Generate debug information in XCOFF format
2575
2576 gxcoff+
2577 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gcoff)
2578 Generate debug information in extended XCOFF format
2579
2580 Enum
2581 Name(compressed_debug_sections) Type(int)
2582
2583 ; Since -gz= is completely handled in specs, the values aren't used and we
2584 ; assign arbitrary constants.
2585 EnumValue
2586 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(none) Value(0)
2587
2588 EnumValue
2589 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(zlib) Value(1)
2590
2591 EnumValue
2592 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(zlib-gnu) Value(2)
2593
2594 gz
2595 Common Driver
2596 Generate compressed debug sections
2597
2598 gz=
2599 Common Driver Joined Enum(compressed_debug_sections)
2600 -gz=<format> Generate compressed debug sections in format <format>
2601
2602 h
2603 Driver Joined Separate
2604
2605 iplugindir=
2606 Common Joined Var(plugindir_string) Init(0)
2607 -iplugindir=<dir> Set <dir> to be the default plugin directory
2608
2609 imultiarch
2610 Common Joined Separate RejectDriver Var(imultiarch) Init(0)
2611 -imultiarch <dir> Set <dir> to be the multiarch include subdirectory
2612
2613 l
2614 Driver Joined Separate
2615
2616 n
2617 Driver
2618
2619 no-canonical-prefixes
2620 Driver
2621
2622 nodefaultlibs
2623 Driver
2624
2625 nostartfiles
2626 Driver
2627
2628 nostdlib
2629 Driver
2630
2631 o
2632 Common Driver Joined Separate Var(asm_file_name) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
2633 -o <file> Place output into <file>
2634
2635 p
2636 Common Var(profile_flag)
2637 Enable function profiling
2638
2639 pass-exit-codes
2640 Driver Var(pass_exit_codes)
2641
2642 pedantic
2643 Common Alias(Wpedantic)
2644
2645 pedantic-errors
2646 Common Var(flag_pedantic_errors)
2647 Like -pedantic but issue them as errors
2648
2649 pg
2650 Driver
2651
2652 pipe
2653 Driver Var(use_pipes)
2654
2655 print-file-name=
2656 Driver JoinedOrMissing Var(print_file_name)
2657
2658 print-libgcc-file-name
2659 Driver
2660
2661 print-multi-directory
2662 Driver Var(print_multi_directory)
2663
2664 print-multi-lib
2665 Driver Var(print_multi_lib)
2666
2667 print-multi-os-directory
2668 Driver Var(print_multi_os_directory)
2669
2670 print-multiarch
2671 Driver Var(print_multiarch)
2672
2673 print-prog-name=
2674 Driver JoinedOrMissing Var(print_prog_name)
2675
2676 print-search-dirs
2677 Driver Var(print_search_dirs)
2678
2679 print-sysroot
2680 Driver Var(print_sysroot)
2681
2682 print-sysroot-headers-suffix
2683 Driver Var(print_sysroot_headers_suffix)
2684
2685 quiet
2686 Common Var(quiet_flag) RejectDriver
2687 Do not display functions compiled or elapsed time
2688
2689 r
2690 Driver
2691
2692 s
2693 Driver
2694
2695 save-temps
2696 Driver
2697
2698 save-temps=
2699 Driver Joined
2700
2701 t
2702 Driver
2703
2704 time
2705 Driver Var(report_times)
2706
2707 time=
2708 Driver JoinedOrMissing
2709
2710 u
2711 Driver Joined Separate
2712
2713 undef
2714 Driver
2715 ; C option, but driver must not handle as "-u ndef".
2716
2717 v
2718 Common Driver Var(verbose_flag)
2719 Enable verbose output
2720
2721 version
2722 Common Var(version_flag) RejectDriver
2723 Display the compiler's version
2724
2725 w
2726 Common Var(inhibit_warnings)
2727 Suppress warnings
2728
2729 wrapper
2730 Driver Separate Var(wrapper_string)
2731
2732 x
2733 Driver Joined Separate
2734
2735 shared
2736 Driver RejectNegative Negative(pie)
2737 Create a shared library
2738
2739 shared-libgcc
2740 Driver
2741
2742 specs
2743 Driver Separate Alias(specs=)
2744
2745 specs=
2746 Driver Joined
2747
2748 static
2749 Driver
2750
2751 static-libgcc
2752 Driver
2753
2754 static-libgfortran
2755 Driver
2756 ; Documented for Fortran, but always accepted by driver.
2757
2758 static-libstdc++
2759 Driver
2760
2761 static-libgo
2762 Driver
2763 ; Documented for Go, but always accepted by driver.
2764
2765 static-libasan
2766 Driver
2767
2768 static-libtsan
2769 Driver
2770
2771 static-liblsan
2772 Driver
2773
2774 static-libubsan
2775 Driver
2776
2777 symbolic
2778 Driver
2779
2780 pie
2781 Driver RejectNegative Negative(shared)
2782 Create a position independent executable
2783
2784 z
2785 Driver Joined Separate
2786
2787 fuse-caller-save
2788 Common Report Var(flag_use_caller_save) Optimization
2789 Use caller save register across calls if possible
2790
2791 ; This comment is to ensure we retain the blank line above.