1 ; Options for the language- and target-independent parts of the compiler.
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21 ; See the GCC internals manual (options.texi) for a description of this file's format.
23 ; Please try to keep this file in ASCII collating order.
37 ; Not used directly to control optimizations, only to save -Ofast
38 ; setting for "optimize" attributes.
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.
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.
53 int flag_complex_method = 1
55 ; Nonzero if subexpressions must be evaluated from left-to-right.
57 int flag_evaluation_order = 0
59 ; Language specific warning pass for unused results.
61 bool flag_warn_unused_result = false
66 ; Nonzero if we should write GIMPLE bytecode for link-time optimization.
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'.
77 HOST_WIDE_INT larger_than_size
79 ; True to warn about any function whose frame size is larger
82 bool warn_frame_larger_than
85 HOST_WIDE_INT frame_larger_than_size
87 ; Nonzero means we should be saving declaration info into a .X file.
89 int flag_gen_aux_info = 0
91 ; Nonzero if we are compiling code for a shared library, zero for
96 ; These two are really VEC(char_p,heap) *.
99 void *flag_instrument_functions_exclude_functions
102 void *flag_instrument_functions_exclude_files
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.
108 ; Structs only handled by reference (indirectly), will also usually
109 ; not need as much debugging information.
112 enum debug_struct_file debug_struct_ordinary[DINFO_USAGE_NUM_ENUMS] = { DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY }
115 enum debug_struct_file debug_struct_generic[DINFO_USAGE_NUM_ENUMS] = { DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY }
117 ; True if we should exit after parsing options.
119 bool exit_after_options
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.
125 enum debug_info_type write_symbols = NO_DEBUG
127 ; Level of debugging information we are producing. See flag-types.h
128 ; for the definitions of the different possible levels.
130 enum debug_info_levels debug_info_level = DINFO_LEVEL_NONE
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.
136 bool use_gnu_debug_info_extensions
138 ; Original value of maximum field alignment in bytes, specified via
139 ; -fpack-struct=<value>.
141 unsigned int initial_max_fld_align = TARGET_DEFAULT_PACK_STRUCT
143 ; Type of stack check.
145 enum stack_check_type flag_stack_check = NO_STACK_CHECK
147 ; True if stack usage information needs to be computed.
149 bool flag_stack_usage_info = false
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.
160 ; -dP causes the rtl to be emitted as a comment in assembly.
162 int flag_dump_rtl_in_asm
164 ; Whether -da was passed (used only in handle_common_deferred_options).
166 bool flag_dump_all_passed
168 ; Other flags saying which kinds of debugging dump have been requested.
171 int rtl_dump_and_exit
174 int flag_print_asm_name
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.
180 const char *main_input_filename
182 ; Pointer to base name in main_input_filename, with directories and a
183 ; single final extension removed, and the length of this base
187 const char *main_input_basename
190 int main_input_baselength
192 ; Which options have been printed by --help.
196 ; Which enums have been printed by --help. 0 = not printed, no
197 ; relevant options seen, 1 = relevant option seen, not yet printed, 2
200 char *help_enum_printed
202 ; The number of columns for --help output.
204 unsigned int help_columns
206 ; Whether this options structure has been through finish_options
208 bool flag_opts_finished
210 ; What the sanitizer should instrument
212 unsigned int flag_sanitize
214 ; What sanitizers should recover from errors
216 unsigned int flag_sanitize_recover = SANITIZE_UNDEFINED | SANITIZE_NONDEFAULT | SANITIZE_KERNEL_ADDRESS
218 ; Flag whether a prefix has been added to dump_base_name
220 bool dump_base_name_prefixed = false
232 Driver Alias(coverage)
238 Common Separate Alias(d)
241 Common Joined Alias(d)
244 Common Separate Alias(dumpbase)
247 Common Separate Alias(dumpdir)
250 Driver Separate Alias(e)
253 Driver Joined Alias(e)
256 Common Warning Alias(Wextra)
259 Driver Separate Alias(Xassembler)
262 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(Xassembler)
265 Driver Separate Alias(Xlinker)
268 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(Xlinker)
271 Driver Separate Alias(u)
274 Driver Joined Alias(u)
277 Common Driver Var(help_flag)
278 Display this information
281 Common Driver Report Joined
282 --help=<class> Display descriptions of a specific class of options. <class> is one or more of optimizers, target, warnings, undocumented, params
285 Driver Separate Alias(x)
288 Driver Joined Alias(x)
291 Driver Separate Alias(L)
294 Driver Joined Alias(L)
296 -no-canonical-prefixes
297 Driver Alias(no-canonical-prefixes)
299 -no-standard-libraries
300 Driver Alias(nostdlib)
303 Driver Var(no_sysroot_suffix)
312 Common Driver Separate Alias(o) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
315 Common Driver Joined Alias(o) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
318 Driver Alias(pass-exit-codes)
321 Common Alias(Wpedantic)
324 Common Alias(pedantic-errors)
333 Driver Separate Alias(B)
336 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(B)
342 Driver Separate Alias(print-file-name=)
345 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(print-file-name=)
347 -print-libgcc-file-name
348 Driver Alias(print-libgcc-file-name)
350 -print-multi-directory
351 Driver Alias(print-multi-directory)
354 Driver Alias(print-multi-lib)
356 -print-multi-os-directory
357 Driver Alias(print-multi-os-directory)
360 Driver Alias(print-multiarch)
363 Driver Separate Alias(print-prog-name=)
366 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(print-prog-name=)
369 Driver Alias(print-search-dirs)
372 Driver Alias(print-sysroot)
374 -print-sysroot-headers-suffix
375 Driver Alias(print-sysroot-headers-suffix)
381 Driver Alias(save-temps)
387 Driver Separate Alias(specs=)
390 Driver Joined Alias(specs=)
396 Driver Alias(symbolic)
400 Alias for --help=target
408 ;; The driver used to convert options such as --help into forms such
409 ;; as -fhelp; the following four entries are for compatibility with
410 ;; any direct uses of those (undocumented) -f forms
412 Common Driver Alias(-help)
415 Common Driver Joined Alias(-help=)
418 Common Driver Alias(-target-help)
421 Common Driver Alias(-version)
425 --param <param>=<value> Set parameter <param> to value. See below for a complete list of parameters
428 Common Joined Alias(-param)
431 Driver Separate Alias(-sysroot=)
434 Driver JoinedOrMissing
440 Driver Joined Separate
446 Driver Joined Separate
452 Common JoinedOrMissing Optimization
453 -O<number> Set optimization level to <number>
457 Optimize for space rather than speed
461 Optimize for speed disregarding exact standards compliance
465 Optimize for debugging experience rather than speed or size
477 Driver Joined Separate
483 Driver Joined Separate
504 Common RejectNegative Warning Alias(Wextra)
505 This switch is deprecated; use -Wextra instead
508 Driver JoinedOrMissing
511 Driver JoinedOrMissing
514 Driver JoinedOrMissing
517 Common Var(warn_aggregate_return) Warning
518 Warn about returning structures, unions or arrays
520 Waggressive-loop-optimizations
521 Common Var(warn_aggressive_loop_optimizations) Init(1) Warning
522 Warn if a loop with constant number of iterations triggers undefined behavior
525 Common Var(warn_array_bounds) Warning
526 Warn if an array is accessed out of bounds
529 Common Var(warn_attributes) Init(1) Warning
530 Warn about inappropriate attribute usage
533 Common Var(warn_cast_align) Warning
534 Warn about pointer casts which increase alignment
537 Common Var(warn_cpp) Init(1) Warning
538 Warn when a #warning directive is encountered
540 Wdeprecated-declarations
541 Common Var(warn_deprecated_decl) Init(1) Warning
542 Warn about uses of __attribute__((deprecated)) declarations
544 Wdisabled-optimization
545 Common Var(warn_disabled_optimization) Warning
546 Warn when an optimization pass is disabled
549 Common Var(warnings_are_errors)
550 Treat all warnings as errors
554 Treat specified warning as error
557 Common Var(extra_warnings) Warning
558 Print extra (possibly unwanted) warnings
561 Common Var(flag_fatal_errors)
562 Exit on the first error occurred
565 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
566 -Wframe-larger-than=<number> Warn if a function's stack frame requires more than <number> bytes
569 Common Var(warn_free_nonheap_object) Init(1) Warning
570 Warn when attempting to free a non-heap object
573 Common Var(warn_inline) Warning
574 Warn when an inlined function cannot be inlined
576 Winvalid-memory-model
577 Common Var(warn_invalid_memory_model) Init(1) Warning
578 Warn when an atomic memory model parameter is known to be outside the valid range.
581 Common RejectNegative Joined Warning Undocumented Alias(Wlarger-than=)
584 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Warning
585 -Wlarger-than=<number> Warn if an object is larger than <number> bytes
587 Wunsafe-loop-optimizations
588 Common Var(warn_unsafe_loop_optimizations) Warning
589 Warn if the loop cannot be optimized due to nontrivial assumptions.
592 Common Alias(Wsuggest-attribute=noreturn)
595 Common Var(warn_odr_violations) Init(1) Warning
596 Warn about some C++ One Definition Rule violations during link time optimization
599 Common Var(warn_overflow) Init(1) Warning
600 Warn about overflow in arithmetic expressions
603 Common Var(warn_packed) Warning
604 Warn when the packed attribute has no effect on struct layout
607 Common Var(warn_padded) Warning
608 Warn when padding is required to align structure members
611 Common Var(pedantic) Init(0) Warning
612 Issue warnings needed for strict compliance to the standard
615 Common Var(warn_return_local_addr) Init(1) Warning
616 Warn about returning a pointer/reference to a local or temporary variable.
619 Common Var(warn_shadow) Warning
620 Warn when one local variable shadows another
623 Common Var(warn_stack_protect) Warning
624 Warn when not issuing stack smashing protection for some reason
627 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_stack_usage) Init(-1) Warning
628 Warn if stack usage might be larger than specified amount
632 Warn about code which might break strict aliasing rules
635 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_strict_aliasing) Warning
636 Warn about code which might break strict aliasing rules
640 Warn about optimizations that assume that signed overflow is undefined
643 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_strict_overflow) Warning
644 Warn about optimizations that assume that signed overflow is undefined
646 Wsuggest-attribute=const
647 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_const) Warning
648 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((const))
650 Wsuggest-attribute=pure
651 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_pure) Warning
652 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((pure))
654 Wsuggest-attribute=noreturn
655 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_noreturn) Warning
656 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((noreturn))
659 Common Var(warn_suggest_final_types) Warning
660 Warn about C++ polymorphic types where adding final keyword would improve code quality
662 Wsuggest-final-methods
663 Common Var(warn_suggest_final_methods) Warning
664 Warn about C++ virtual methods where adding final keyword would improve code quality
667 Common Var(warn_system_headers) Warning
668 Do not suppress warnings from system headers
671 Common Var(warn_trampolines) Warning
672 Warn whenever a trampoline is generated
675 Common Var(warn_type_limits) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
676 Warn if a comparison is always true or always false due to the limited range of the data type
679 Common Var(warn_uninitialized) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
680 Warn about uninitialized automatic variables
683 Common Var(warn_maybe_uninitialized) Warning EnabledBy(Wuninitialized)
684 Warn about maybe uninitialized automatic variables
688 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
691 Common Var(warn_unused) Init(0) Warning
692 Enable all -Wunused- warnings
694 Wunused-but-set-parameter
695 Common Var(warn_unused_but_set_parameter) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused && Wextra)
696 Warn when a function parameter is only set, otherwise unused
698 Wunused-but-set-variable
699 Common Var(warn_unused_but_set_variable) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
700 Warn when a variable is only set, otherwise unused
703 Common Var(warn_unused_function) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
704 Warn when a function is unused
707 Common Var(warn_unused_label) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
708 Warn when a label is unused
711 Common Var(warn_unused_parameter) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused && Wextra)
712 Warn when a function parameter is unused
715 Common Var(warn_unused_value) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
716 Warn when an expression value is unused
719 Common Var(warn_unused_variable) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
720 Warn when a variable is unused
723 Common Var(warn_coverage_mismatch) Init(1) Warning
724 Warn in case profiles in -fprofile-use do not match
726 Wvector-operation-performance
727 Common Var(warn_vector_operation_performance) Warning
728 Warn when a vector operation is compiled outside the SIMD
743 Common Separate Var(aux_info_file_name)
744 -aux-info <file> Emit declaration information into <file>
747 Common Joined Alias(aux-info)
750 Common Separate RejectDriver Var(aux_base_name)
753 Common Separate RejectDriver
763 -d<letters> Enable dumps from specific passes of the compiler
766 Common Separate Var(dump_base_name)
767 -dumpbase <file> Set the file basename to be used for dumps
770 Common Separate Var(dump_dir_name)
771 -dumpdir <dir> Set the directory name to be used for dumps
783 Driver Joined Separate
785 ; This option has historically been passed down to the linker by an
786 ; accident of a %{e*} spec, so ensure it continues to be passed down
787 ; as a single option. The supported option for this purpose is
788 ; -rdynamic. See PR 47390.
792 ; The version of the C++ ABI in use. The following values are allowed:
794 ; 0: The version of the ABI believed most conformant with the C++ ABI
795 ; specification. This ABI may change as bugs are discovered and fixed.
796 ; Therefore, 0 will not necessarily indicate the same ABI in different
799 ; 1: The version of the ABI first used in G++ 3.2. No longer selectable.
801 ; 2: The version of the ABI first used in G++ 3.4 (and current default).
803 ; 3: The version of the ABI that fixes the missing underscore
804 ; in template non-type arguments of pointer type.
806 ; 4: The version of the ABI that introduces unambiguous mangling of
807 ; vector types. First selectable in G++ 4.5.
809 ; 5: The version of the ABI that ignores attribute const/noreturn
810 ; in function pointer mangling, and corrects mangling of decltype and
811 ; function parameters used in other parameters and the return type.
812 ; First selectable in G++ 4.6.
814 ; 6: The version of the ABI that doesn't promote scoped enums to int and
815 ; changes the mangling of template argument packs, const/static_cast,
816 ; prefix ++ and --, and a class scope function used as a template
818 ; First selectable in G++ 4.7.
820 ; 7: The version of the ABI that treats nullptr_t as a builtin type and
821 ; corrects the mangling of lambdas in default argument scope.
822 ; First selectable in G++ 4.8.
824 ; 8: The version of the ABI that corrects the substitution behavior of
825 ; function types with function-cv-qualifiers.
826 ; First selectable in G++ 4.9.
828 ; Additional positive integers will be assigned as new versions of
829 ; the ABI become the default version of the ABI.
831 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_abi_version) Init(0)
832 The version of the C++ ABI in use
834 faggressive-loop-optimizations
835 Common Report Var(flag_aggressive_loop_optimizations) Optimization Init(1)
836 Aggressively optimize loops using language constraints
839 Common Report Var(align_functions,0) Optimization UInteger
840 Align the start of functions
843 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(align_functions)
846 Common Report Var(align_jumps,0) Optimization UInteger
847 Align labels which are only reached by jumping
850 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(align_jumps)
853 Common Report Var(align_labels,0) Optimization UInteger
857 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(align_labels)
860 Common Report Var(align_loops,0) Optimization UInteger
861 Align the start of loops
864 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(align_loops)
868 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
872 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
874 fargument-noalias-global
876 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
878 fargument-noalias-anything
880 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
883 Common Driver Report Joined
884 Select what to sanitize
887 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
888 -fasan-shadow-offset=<number> Use custom shadow memory offset.
892 After diagnosing undefined behavior attempt to continue execution
896 This switch is deprecated; use -fsanitize-recover= instead
898 fsanitize-undefined-trap-on-error
899 Common Report Var(flag_sanitize_undefined_trap_on_error) Init(0)
900 Use trap instead of a library function for undefined behavior sanitization
902 fasynchronous-unwind-tables
903 Common Report Var(flag_asynchronous_unwind_tables) Optimization
904 Generate unwind tables that are exact at each instruction boundary
907 Common Report Var(flag_auto_inc_dec) Init(1)
908 Generate auto-inc/dec instructions
911 Common Report Var(flag_auto_profile) Optimization
912 Use sample profile information for call graph node weights. The default
913 profile file is fbdata.afdo in 'pwd'.
916 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(auto_profile_file)
917 Use sample profile information for call graph node weights. The profile
918 file is specified in the argument.
920 ; -fcheck-bounds causes gcc to generate array bounds checks.
921 ; For C, C++ and ObjC: defaults off.
922 ; For Java: defaults to on.
923 ; For Fortran: defaults to off.
925 Common Report Var(flag_bounds_check)
926 Generate code to check bounds before indexing arrays
929 Common Report Var(flag_branch_on_count_reg) Optimization
930 Replace add, compare, branch with branch on count register
932 fbranch-probabilities
933 Common Report Var(flag_branch_probabilities) Optimization
934 Use profiling information for branch probabilities
936 fbranch-target-load-optimize
937 Common Report Var(flag_branch_target_load_optimize) Optimization
938 Perform branch target load optimization before prologue / epilogue threading
940 fbranch-target-load-optimize2
941 Common Report Var(flag_branch_target_load_optimize2) Optimization
942 Perform branch target load optimization after prologue / epilogue threading
945 Common Report Var(flag_btr_bb_exclusive) Optimization
946 Restrict target load migration not to re-use registers in any basic block
949 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
950 -fcall-saved-<register> Mark <register> as being preserved across functions
953 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
954 -fcall-used-<register> Mark <register> as being corrupted by function calls
956 ; Nonzero for -fcaller-saves: allocate values in regs that need to
957 ; be saved across function calls, if that produces overall better code.
958 ; Optional now, so people can test it.
960 Common Report Var(flag_caller_saves) Optimization
961 Save registers around function calls
964 Common Report Var(flag_check_data_deps)
965 Compare the results of several data dependence analyzers.
968 Common Var(flag_check_new)
969 Check the return value of new in C++
971 fcombine-stack-adjustments
972 Common Report Var(flag_combine_stack_adjustments) Optimization
973 Looks for opportunities to reduce stack adjustments and stack references.
976 Common Report Var(flag_no_common,0) Optimization
977 Do not put uninitialized globals in the common section
981 ; Converted by the driver to -fcompare-debug= options.
984 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative Var(flag_compare_debug_opt)
985 -fcompare-debug[=<opts>] Compile with and without e.g. -gtoggle, and compare the final-insns dump
987 fcompare-debug-second
988 Common Driver RejectNegative Var(flag_compare_debug)
989 Run only the second compilation of -fcompare-debug
992 Common Report Var(flag_compare_elim_after_reload) Optimization
993 Perform comparison elimination after register allocation has finished
996 Common Var(flag_conserve_stack) Optimization
997 Do not perform optimizations increasing noticeably stack usage
1000 Common Report Var(flag_cprop_registers) Optimization
1001 Perform a register copy-propagation optimization pass
1004 Common Report Var(flag_crossjumping) Optimization
1005 Perform cross-jumping optimization
1008 Common Report Var(flag_cse_follow_jumps) Optimization
1009 When running CSE, follow jumps to their targets
1013 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1016 Common Report Var(flag_cx_limited_range) Optimization SetByCombined
1017 Omit range reduction step when performing complex division
1020 Common Report Var(flag_cx_fortran_rules) Optimization
1021 Complex multiplication and division follow Fortran rules
1024 Common Report Var(flag_data_sections) Optimization
1025 Place data items into their own section
1028 Common Report Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1029 List all available debugging counters with their limits and counts.
1032 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1033 -fdbg-cnt=<counter>:<limit>[,<counter>:<limit>,...] Set the debug counter limit.
1036 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1037 Map one directory name to another in debug information
1039 fdebug-types-section
1040 Common Report Var(flag_debug_types_section) Init(0)
1041 Output .debug_types section when using DWARF v4 debuginfo.
1043 ; Nonzero for -fdefer-pop: don't pop args after each function call
1044 ; instead save them up to pop many calls' args with one insns.
1046 Common Report Var(flag_defer_pop) Optimization
1047 Defer popping functions args from stack until later
1050 Common Report Var(flag_delayed_branch) Optimization
1051 Attempt to fill delay slots of branch instructions
1053 fdelete-dead-exceptions
1054 Common Report Var(flag_delete_dead_exceptions) Init(0)
1055 Delete dead instructions that may throw exceptions
1057 fdelete-null-pointer-checks
1058 Common Report Var(flag_delete_null_pointer_checks) Init(1) Optimization
1059 Delete useless null pointer checks
1061 fdevirtualize-speculatively
1062 Common Report Var(flag_devirtualize_speculatively) Optimization
1063 Perform speculative devirtualization
1066 Common Report Var(flag_devirtualize) Optimization
1067 Try to convert virtual calls to direct ones.
1069 fdiagnostics-show-location=
1070 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule)
1071 -fdiagnostics-show-location=[once|every-line] How often to emit source location at the beginning of line-wrapped diagnostics
1073 ; Required for these enum values.
1078 Name(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) Type(int)
1081 Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) String(once) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_SHOW_PREFIX_ONCE)
1084 Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) String(every-line) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_SHOW_PREFIX_EVERY_LINE)
1086 fdiagnostics-show-caret
1087 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_caret) Init(1)
1088 Show the source line with a caret indicating the column
1091 Common Alias(fdiagnostics-color=,always,never)
1095 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_diagnostics_show_color) Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) Init(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_NO)
1096 -fdiagnostics-color=[never|always|auto] Colorize diagnostics
1098 ; Required for these enum values.
1103 Name(diagnostic_color_rule) Type(int)
1106 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(never) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_NO)
1109 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(always) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_YES)
1112 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(auto) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_AUTO)
1114 fdiagnostics-show-option
1115 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_option) Init(1)
1116 Amend appropriate diagnostic messages with the command line option that controls them
1119 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1120 -fdisable-[tree|rtl|ipa]-<pass>=range1+range2 disables an optimization pass
1123 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1124 -fenable-[tree|rtl|ipa]-<pass>=range1+range2 enables an optimization pass
1127 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1128 -fdump-<type> Dump various compiler internals to a file
1131 Driver RejectNegative
1134 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_dump_final_insns)
1135 -fdump-final-insns=filename Dump to filename the insns at the end of translation
1138 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_dump_go_spec)
1139 -fdump-go-spec=filename Write all declarations to file as Go code
1142 Common Report Var(flag_dump_noaddr)
1143 Suppress output of addresses in debugging dumps
1146 Common Driver Var(flag_report_bug)
1147 Collect and dump debug information into temporary file if ICE in C/C++
1151 Common Var(flag_dump_passes) Init(0)
1152 Dump optimization passes
1155 Common Report Var(flag_dump_unnumbered)
1156 Suppress output of instruction numbers, line number notes and addresses in debugging dumps
1158 fdump-unnumbered-links
1159 Common Report Var(flag_dump_unnumbered_links)
1160 Suppress output of previous and next insn numbers in debugging dumps
1163 Common Report Var(flag_dwarf2_cfi_asm) Init(HAVE_GAS_CFI_DIRECTIVE)
1164 Enable CFI tables via GAS assembler directives.
1167 Common Report Var(flag_early_inlining) Init(1) Optimization
1168 Perform early inlining
1170 feliminate-dwarf2-dups
1171 Common Report Var(flag_eliminate_dwarf2_dups)
1172 Perform DWARF2 duplicate elimination
1175 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_sra) Init(0) Optimization
1176 Perform interprocedural reduction of aggregates
1178 feliminate-unused-debug-symbols
1179 Common Report Var(flag_debug_only_used_symbols)
1180 Perform unused type elimination in debug info
1182 feliminate-unused-debug-types
1183 Common Report Var(flag_eliminate_unused_debug_types) Init(1)
1184 Perform unused type elimination in debug info
1186 femit-class-debug-always
1187 Common Report Var(flag_emit_class_debug_always) Init(0)
1188 Do not suppress C++ class debug information.
1191 Common Report Var(flag_exceptions) Optimization
1192 Enable exception handling
1194 fexpensive-optimizations
1195 Common Report Var(flag_expensive_optimizations) Optimization
1196 Perform a number of minor, expensive optimizations
1199 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(excess_precision) Var(flag_excess_precision_cmdline) Init(EXCESS_PRECISION_DEFAULT)
1200 -fexcess-precision=[fast|standard] Specify handling of excess floating-point precision
1203 Name(excess_precision) Type(enum excess_precision) UnknownError(unknown excess precision style %qs)
1206 Enum(excess_precision) String(fast) Value(EXCESS_PRECISION_FAST)
1209 Enum(excess_precision) String(standard) Value(EXCESS_PRECISION_STANDARD)
1215 Common Var(flag_fat_lto_objects)
1216 Output lto objects containing both the intermediate language and binary output.
1219 Common Report Var(flag_finite_math_only) Optimization SetByCombined
1220 Assume no NaNs or infinities are generated
1223 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1224 -ffixed-<register> Mark <register> as being unavailable to the compiler
1227 Common Report Var(flag_float_store) Optimization
1228 Don't allocate floats and doubles in extended-precision registers
1232 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1235 Common Report Var(flag_forward_propagate) Optimization
1236 Perform a forward propagation pass on RTL
1239 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(fp_contract_mode) Var(flag_fp_contract_mode) Init(FP_CONTRACT_FAST)
1240 -ffp-contract=[off|on|fast] Perform floating-point expression contraction.
1243 Name(fp_contract_mode) Type(enum fp_contract_mode) UnknownError(unknown floating point contraction style %qs)
1246 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(off) Value(FP_CONTRACT_OFF)
1248 ; Not implemented, fall back to conservative FP_CONTRACT_OFF.
1250 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(on) Value(FP_CONTRACT_OFF)
1253 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(fast) Value(FP_CONTRACT_FAST)
1255 ; Nonzero means don't put addresses of constant functions in registers.
1256 ; Used for compiling the Unix kernel, where strange substitutions are
1257 ; done on the assembly output.
1259 Common Report Var(flag_no_function_cse,0)
1260 Allow function addresses to be held in registers
1263 Common Report Var(flag_function_sections)
1264 Place each function into its own section
1267 Common Report Var(flag_gcse) Optimization
1268 Perform global common subexpression elimination
1271 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_lm) Init(1) Optimization
1272 Perform enhanced load motion during global common subexpression elimination
1275 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_sm) Init(0) Optimization
1276 Perform store motion after global common subexpression elimination
1279 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_las) Init(0) Optimization
1280 Perform redundant load after store elimination in global common subexpression
1284 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_after_reload) Optimization
1285 Perform global common subexpression elimination after register allocation
1288 ; This option is not documented yet as its semantics will change.
1290 Common Report Var(flag_graphite)
1291 Enable in and out of Graphite representation
1294 Common Report Var(flag_graphite_identity) Optimization
1295 Enable Graphite Identity transformation
1297 fhoist-adjacent-loads
1298 Common Report Var(flag_hoist_adjacent_loads) Optimization
1299 Enable hoisting adjacent loads to encourage generating conditional move
1302 floop-parallelize-all
1303 Common Report Var(flag_loop_parallelize_all) Optimization
1304 Mark all loops as parallel
1307 Common Report Var(flag_loop_strip_mine) Optimization
1308 Enable Loop Strip Mining transformation
1311 Common Report Var(flag_loop_interchange) Optimization
1312 Enable Loop Interchange transformation
1315 Common Report Var(flag_loop_block) Optimization
1316 Enable Loop Blocking transformation
1319 Common Report Var(flag_tm)
1320 Enable support for GNU transactional memory
1323 Common Report Var(flag_gnu_unique) Init(1)
1324 Use STB_GNU_UNIQUE if supported by the assembler
1328 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1331 Common Report Var(flag_loop_optimize_isl) Optimization
1332 Enable the ISL based loop nest optimizer
1334 fstrict-volatile-bitfields
1335 Common Report Var(flag_strict_volatile_bitfields) Init(-1)
1336 Force bitfield accesses to match their type width
1338 fguess-branch-probability
1339 Common Report Var(flag_guess_branch_prob) Optimization
1340 Enable guessing of branch probabilities
1342 ; Nonzero means ignore `#ident' directives. 0 means handle them.
1343 ; Generate position-independent code for executables if possible
1344 ; On SVR4 targets, it also controls whether or not to emit a
1345 ; string identifying the compiler.
1347 Common Report Var(flag_no_ident,0)
1348 Process #ident directives
1351 Common Report Var(flag_if_conversion) Optimization
1352 Perform conversion of conditional jumps to branchless equivalents
1355 Common Report Var(flag_if_conversion2) Optimization
1356 Perform conversion of conditional jumps to conditional execution
1359 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(stack_reuse_level) Var(flag_stack_reuse) Init(SR_ALL)
1360 -fstack-reuse=[all|named_vars|none] Set stack reuse level for local variables.
1363 Name(stack_reuse_level) Type(enum stack_reuse_level) UnknownError(unknown Stack Reuse Level %qs)
1366 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(all) Value(SR_ALL)
1369 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(named_vars) Value(SR_NAMED_VARS)
1372 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(none) Value(SR_NONE)
1374 ftree-loop-if-convert
1375 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_if_convert) Init(-1) Optimization
1376 Convert conditional jumps in innermost loops to branchless equivalents
1378 ftree-loop-if-convert-stores
1379 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_if_convert_stores) Optimization
1380 Also if-convert conditional jumps containing memory writes
1382 ; -finhibit-size-directive inhibits output of .size for ELF.
1383 ; This is used only for compiling crtstuff.c,
1384 ; and it may be extended to other effects
1385 ; needed for crtstuff.c on other systems.
1386 finhibit-size-directive
1387 Common Report Var(flag_inhibit_size_directive)
1388 Do not generate .size directives
1391 Common Report Var(flag_indirect_inlining)
1392 Perform indirect inlining
1394 ; General flag to enable inlining. Specifying -fno-inline will disable
1395 ; all inlining apart from always-inline functions.
1397 Common Report Var(flag_no_inline,0) Init(0) Optimization
1398 Enable inlining of function declared \"inline\", disabling disables all inlining
1400 finline-small-functions
1401 Common Report Var(flag_inline_small_functions) Optimization
1402 Integrate functions into their callers when code size is known not to grow
1405 Common Report Var(flag_inline_functions) Optimization
1406 Integrate functions not declared \"inline\" into their callers when profitable
1408 finline-functions-called-once
1409 Common Report Var(flag_inline_functions_called_once) Optimization
1410 Integrate functions only required by their single caller
1413 Common RejectNegative Joined Alias(finline-limit=)
1416 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1417 -finline-limit=<number> Limit the size of inlined functions to <number>
1420 Common Report Var(flag_inline_atomics) Init(1) Optimization
1421 Inline __atomic operations when a lock free instruction sequence is available.
1423 finstrument-functions
1424 Common Report Var(flag_instrument_function_entry_exit)
1425 Instrument function entry and exit with profiling calls
1427 finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list=
1428 Common RejectNegative Joined
1429 -finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list=name,... Do not instrument listed functions
1431 finstrument-functions-exclude-file-list=
1432 Common RejectNegative Joined
1433 -finstrument-functions-exclude-file-list=filename,... Do not instrument functions listed in files
1436 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_cp) Optimization
1437 Perform interprocedural constant propagation
1440 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_cp_clone) Optimization
1441 Perform cloning to make Interprocedural constant propagation stronger
1444 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_profile) Init(0) Optimization
1445 Perform interprocedural profile propagation
1448 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_pta) Init(0) Optimization
1449 Perform interprocedural points-to analysis
1452 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_pure_const) Init(0) Optimization
1453 Discover pure and const functions
1456 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_icf) Optimization
1457 Perform Identical Code Folding for functions and read-only variables
1460 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_icf_functions) Optimization
1461 Perform Identical Code Folding for functions
1464 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_icf_variables) Optimization
1465 Perform Identical Code Folding for variables
1468 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_reference) Init(0) Optimization
1469 Discover readonly and non addressable static variables
1473 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1477 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1480 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(ira_algorithm) Var(flag_ira_algorithm) Init(IRA_ALGORITHM_CB)
1481 -fira-algorithm=[CB|priority] Set the used IRA algorithm
1484 Name(ira_algorithm) Type(enum ira_algorithm) UnknownError(unknown IRA algorithm %qs)
1487 Enum(ira_algorithm) String(CB) Value(IRA_ALGORITHM_CB)
1490 Enum(ira_algorithm) String(priority) Value(IRA_ALGORITHM_PRIORITY)
1493 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(ira_region) Var(flag_ira_region) Init(IRA_REGION_AUTODETECT)
1494 -fira-region=[one|all|mixed] Set regions for IRA
1497 Name(ira_region) Type(enum ira_region) UnknownError(unknown IRA region %qs)
1500 Enum(ira_region) String(one) Value(IRA_REGION_ONE)
1503 Enum(ira_region) String(all) Value(IRA_REGION_ALL)
1506 Enum(ira_region) String(mixed) Value(IRA_REGION_MIXED)
1509 Common Report Var(flag_ira_hoist_pressure) Init(1) Optimization
1510 Use IRA based register pressure calculation
1511 in RTL hoist optimizations.
1514 Common Report Var(flag_ira_loop_pressure) Optimization
1515 Use IRA based register pressure calculation
1516 in RTL loop optimizations.
1518 fira-share-save-slots
1519 Common Report Var(flag_ira_share_save_slots) Init(1)
1520 Share slots for saving different hard registers.
1522 fira-share-spill-slots
1523 Common Report Var(flag_ira_share_spill_slots) Init(1)
1524 Share stack slots for spilled pseudo-registers.
1527 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(flag_ira_verbose) Init(5)
1528 -fira-verbose=<number> Control IRA's level of diagnostic messages.
1531 Common Report Var(flag_ivopts) Init(1) Optimization
1532 Optimize induction variables on trees
1535 Common Var(flag_jump_tables) Init(1) Optimization
1536 Use jump tables for sufficiently large switch statements
1538 fkeep-inline-functions
1539 Common Report Var(flag_keep_inline_functions)
1540 Generate code for functions even if they are fully inlined
1543 Common Report Var(flag_keep_static_consts) Init(1)
1544 Emit static const variables even if they are not used
1547 Common Report Var(flag_leading_underscore) Init(-1)
1548 Give external symbols a leading underscore
1552 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1555 Common Report Var(flag_lra_remat) Optimization
1556 Do CFG-sensitive rematerialization in LRA
1560 Enable link-time optimization.
1563 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_lto)
1564 Link-time optimization with number of parallel jobs or jobserver.
1567 Name(lto_partition_model) Type(enum lto_partition_model) UnknownError(unknown LTO partitioning model %qs)
1570 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(none) Value(LTO_PARTITION_NONE)
1573 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(one) Value(LTO_PARTITION_ONE)
1576 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(balanced) Value(LTO_PARTITION_BALANCED)
1579 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(1to1) Value(LTO_PARTITION_1TO1)
1582 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(max) Value(LTO_PARTITION_MAX)
1585 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(lto_partition_model) Var(flag_lto_partition) Init(LTO_PARTITION_BALANCED)
1586 Specify the algorithm to partition symbols and vars at linktime
1588 ; The initial value of -1 comes from Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION in zlib.h.
1589 flto-compression-level=
1590 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_lto_compression_level) Init(-1)
1591 -flto-compression-level=<number> Use zlib compression level <number> for IL
1593 flto-odr-type-merging
1594 Common Report Var(flag_lto_odr_type_mering) Init(1)
1595 Merge C++ types using One Definition Rule
1598 Common Report Var(flag_lto_report) Init(0)
1599 Report various link-time optimization statistics
1602 Common Report Var(flag_lto_report_wpa) Init(0)
1603 Report various link-time optimization statistics for WPA only
1606 Common Report Var(flag_errno_math) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
1607 Set errno after built-in math functions
1610 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_max_errors)
1611 -fmax-errors=<number> Maximum number of errors to report
1614 Common Report Var(mem_report)
1615 Report on permanent memory allocation
1618 Common Report Var(mem_report_wpa)
1619 Report on permanent memory allocation in WPA only
1621 ; This will attempt to merge constant section constants, if 1 only
1622 ; string constants and constants from constant pool, if 2 also constant
1624 fmerge-all-constants
1625 Common Report Var(flag_merge_constants,2) Init(1) Optimization
1626 Attempt to merge identical constants and constant variables
1629 Common Report Var(flag_merge_constants,1) Optimization
1630 Attempt to merge identical constants across compilation units
1632 fmerge-debug-strings
1633 Common Report Var(flag_merge_debug_strings) Init(1)
1634 Attempt to merge identical debug strings across compilation units
1637 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1638 -fmessage-length=<number> Limit diagnostics to <number> characters per line. 0 suppresses line-wrapping
1641 Common Report Var(flag_modulo_sched) Optimization
1642 Perform SMS based modulo scheduling before the first scheduling pass
1644 fmodulo-sched-allow-regmoves
1645 Common Report Var(flag_modulo_sched_allow_regmoves)
1646 Perform SMS based modulo scheduling with register moves allowed
1648 fmove-loop-invariants
1649 Common Report Var(flag_move_loop_invariants) Optimization
1650 Move loop invariant computations out of loops
1653 Common Var(flag_dce) Init(1) Optimization
1654 Use the RTL dead code elimination pass
1657 Common Var(flag_dse) Init(1) Optimization
1658 Use the RTL dead store elimination pass
1660 freschedule-modulo-scheduled-loops
1661 Common Report Var(flag_resched_modulo_sched) Optimization
1662 Enable/Disable the traditional scheduling in loops that already passed modulo scheduling
1664 fnon-call-exceptions
1665 Common Report Var(flag_non_call_exceptions) Optimization
1666 Support synchronous non-call exceptions
1669 Common Report Var(flag_omit_frame_pointer) Optimization
1670 When possible do not generate stack frames
1673 Common Report Var(flag_opt_info) Optimization
1674 Enable all optimization info dumps on stderr
1677 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1678 -fopt-info[-<type>=filename] Dump compiler optimization details
1680 foptimize-register-move
1682 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1684 foptimize-sibling-calls
1685 Common Report Var(flag_optimize_sibling_calls) Optimization
1686 Optimize sibling and tail recursive calls
1689 Common Report Var(flag_partial_inlining)
1690 Perform partial inlining
1693 Common Report Var(pre_ipa_mem_report)
1694 Report on memory allocation before interprocedural optimization
1696 fpost-ipa-mem-report
1697 Common Report Var(post_ipa_mem_report)
1698 Report on memory allocation before interprocedural optimization
1701 Common Report Var(flag_pack_struct) Optimization
1702 Pack structure members together without holes
1705 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
1706 -fpack-struct=<number> Set initial maximum structure member alignment
1709 Common Report Var(flag_pcc_struct_return,1) Init(DEFAULT_PCC_STRUCT_RETURN)
1710 Return small aggregates in memory, not registers
1713 Common Report Var(flag_peel_loops) Optimization
1714 Perform loop peeling
1717 Common Report Var(flag_no_peephole,0) Optimization
1718 Enable machine specific peephole optimizations
1721 Common Report Var(flag_peephole2) Optimization
1722 Enable an RTL peephole pass before sched2
1725 Common Report Var(flag_pic,2) Negative(fPIE)
1726 Generate position-independent code if possible (large mode)
1729 Common Report Var(flag_pie,2) Negative(fpic)
1730 Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (large mode)
1733 Common Report Var(flag_pic,1) Negative(fpie)
1734 Generate position-independent code if possible (small mode)
1737 Common Report Var(flag_pie,1) Negative(fPIC)
1738 Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (small mode)
1741 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1742 Specify a plugin to load
1745 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1746 -fplugin-arg-<name>-<key>[=<value>] Specify argument <key>=<value> for plugin <name>
1748 fpredictive-commoning
1749 Common Report Var(flag_predictive_commoning) Optimization
1750 Run predictive commoning optimization.
1752 fprefetch-loop-arrays
1753 Common Report Var(flag_prefetch_loop_arrays) Init(-1) Optimization
1754 Generate prefetch instructions, if available, for arrays in loops
1757 Common Report Var(profile_flag)
1758 Enable basic program profiling code
1761 Common Report Var(profile_arc_flag)
1762 Insert arc-based program profiling code
1765 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_data_prefix)
1766 Set the top-level directory for storing the profile data.
1767 The default is 'pwd'.
1770 Common Report Var(flag_profile_correction)
1771 Enable correction of flow inconsistent profile data input
1775 Enable common options for generating profile info for profile feedback directed optimizations
1778 Common Joined RejectNegative
1779 Enable common options for generating profile info for profile feedback directed optimizations, and set -fprofile-dir=
1782 Common Var(flag_profile_use)
1783 Enable common options for performing profile feedback directed optimizations
1786 Common Joined RejectNegative
1787 Enable common options for performing profile feedback directed optimizations, and set -fprofile-dir=
1790 Common Report Var(flag_profile_values)
1791 Insert code to profile values of expressions
1794 Common Report Var(profile_report)
1795 Report on consistency of profile
1797 fprofile-reorder-functions
1798 Common Report Var(flag_profile_reorder_functions)
1799 Enable function reordering that improves code placement
1802 Common Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1805 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1806 -frandom-seed=<number> Make compile reproducible using <number>
1808 ; This switch causes the command line that was used to create an
1809 ; object file to be recorded into the object file. The exact format
1810 ; of this recording is target and binary file format dependent.
1811 ; It is related to the -fverbose-asm switch, but that switch only
1812 ; records information in the assembler output file as comments, so
1813 ; they never reach the object file.
1814 frecord-gcc-switches
1815 Common Report Var(flag_record_gcc_switches)
1816 Record gcc command line switches in the object file.
1819 Common Report Var(flag_pcc_struct_return,0) Optimization
1820 Return small aggregates in registers
1824 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1826 flive-range-shrinkage
1827 Common Report Var(flag_live_range_shrinkage) Init(0) Optimization
1828 Relief of register pressure through live range shrinkage
1831 Common Report Var(flag_rename_registers) Init(2) Optimization
1832 Perform a register renaming optimization pass
1835 Common Report Var(flag_reorder_blocks) Optimization
1836 Reorder basic blocks to improve code placement
1838 freorder-blocks-and-partition
1839 Common Report Var(flag_reorder_blocks_and_partition) Optimization
1840 Reorder basic blocks and partition into hot and cold sections
1843 Common Report Var(flag_reorder_functions) Optimization
1844 Reorder functions to improve code placement
1846 frerun-cse-after-loop
1847 Common Report Var(flag_rerun_cse_after_loop) Optimization
1848 Add a common subexpression elimination pass after loop optimizations
1852 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1855 Common Report Var(flag_rounding_math) Optimization SetByCombined
1856 Disable optimizations that assume default FP rounding behavior
1859 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_interblock) Init(1) Optimization
1860 Enable scheduling across basic blocks
1863 Common Report Var(flag_sched_pressure) Init(0) Optimization
1864 Enable register pressure sensitive insn scheduling
1867 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_speculative) Init(1) Optimization
1868 Allow speculative motion of non-loads
1871 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_speculative_load) Optimization
1872 Allow speculative motion of some loads
1874 fsched-spec-load-dangerous
1875 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_speculative_load_dangerous) Optimization
1876 Allow speculative motion of more loads
1879 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(sched_verbose_param)
1880 -fsched-verbose=<number> Set the verbosity level of the scheduler
1882 fsched2-use-superblocks
1883 Common Report Var(flag_sched2_use_superblocks) Optimization
1884 If scheduling post reload, do superblock scheduling
1888 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1891 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_insns) Optimization
1892 Reschedule instructions before register allocation
1895 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_insns_after_reload) Optimization
1896 Reschedule instructions after register allocation
1898 ; This flag should be on when a target implements non-trivial
1899 ; scheduling hooks, maybe saving some information for its own sake.
1900 ; On IA64, for example, this is used for correct bundling.
1901 fselective-scheduling
1902 Common Report Var(flag_selective_scheduling) Optimization
1903 Schedule instructions using selective scheduling algorithm
1905 fselective-scheduling2
1906 Common Report Var(flag_selective_scheduling2) Optimization
1907 Run selective scheduling after reload
1909 fsel-sched-pipelining
1910 Common Report Var(flag_sel_sched_pipelining) Init(0) Optimization
1911 Perform software pipelining of inner loops during selective scheduling
1913 fsel-sched-pipelining-outer-loops
1914 Common Report Var(flag_sel_sched_pipelining_outer_loops) Init(0) Optimization
1915 Perform software pipelining of outer loops during selective scheduling
1917 fsel-sched-reschedule-pipelined
1918 Common Report Var(flag_sel_sched_reschedule_pipelined) Init(0) Optimization
1919 Reschedule pipelined regions without pipelining
1921 fsemantic-interposition
1922 Common Report Var(flag_semantic_interposition) Init(1)
1923 Allow interposing function (or variables) by ones with different semantics (or initializer) respectively by dynamic linker
1925 ; sched_stalled_insns means that insns can be moved prematurely from the queue
1926 ; of stalled insns into the ready list.
1927 fsched-stalled-insns
1928 Common Report Var(flag_sched_stalled_insns) Optimization UInteger
1929 Allow premature scheduling of queued insns
1931 fsched-stalled-insns=
1932 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1933 -fsched-stalled-insns=<number> Set number of queued insns that can be prematurely scheduled
1935 ; sched_stalled_insns_dep controls how many recently scheduled cycles will
1936 ; be examined for a dependency on a stalled insn that is candidate for
1937 ; premature removal from the queue of stalled insns into the ready list (has
1938 ; an effect only if the flag 'sched_stalled_insns' is set).
1939 fsched-stalled-insns-dep
1940 Common Report Var(flag_sched_stalled_insns_dep,1) Init(1) Optimization UInteger
1941 Set dependence distance checking in premature scheduling of queued insns
1943 fsched-stalled-insns-dep=
1944 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1945 -fsched-stalled-insns-dep=<number> Set dependence distance checking in premature scheduling of queued insns
1947 fsched-group-heuristic
1948 Common Report Var(flag_sched_group_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
1949 Enable the group heuristic in the scheduler
1951 fsched-critical-path-heuristic
1952 Common Report Var(flag_sched_critical_path_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
1953 Enable the critical path heuristic in the scheduler
1955 fsched-spec-insn-heuristic
1956 Common Report Var(flag_sched_spec_insn_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
1957 Enable the speculative instruction heuristic in the scheduler
1959 fsched-rank-heuristic
1960 Common Report Var(flag_sched_rank_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
1961 Enable the rank heuristic in the scheduler
1963 fsched-last-insn-heuristic
1964 Common Report Var(flag_sched_last_insn_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
1965 Enable the last instruction heuristic in the scheduler
1967 fsched-dep-count-heuristic
1968 Common Report Var(flag_sched_dep_count_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
1969 Enable the dependent count heuristic in the scheduler
1972 Common Report Var(flag_section_anchors) Optimization
1973 Access data in the same section from shared anchor points
1977 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1981 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1984 Common Report Var(flag_ree) Init(0)
1985 Turn on Redundant Extensions Elimination pass.
1988 Common Report Var(flag_show_column) Init(1)
1989 Show column numbers in diagnostics, when available. Default on
1992 Common Report Var(flag_shrink_wrap) Optimization
1993 Emit function prologues only before parts of the function that need it,
1994 rather than at the top of the function.
1997 Common Report Var(flag_signaling_nans) Optimization SetByCombined
1998 Disable optimizations observable by IEEE signaling NaNs
2001 Common Report Var(flag_signed_zeros) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
2002 Disable floating point optimizations that ignore the IEEE signedness of zero
2004 fsingle-precision-constant
2005 Common Report Var(flag_single_precision_constant) Optimization
2006 Convert floating point constants to single precision constants
2008 fsplit-ivs-in-unroller
2009 Common Report Var(flag_split_ivs_in_unroller) Init(1) Optimization
2010 Split lifetimes of induction variables when loops are unrolled
2013 Common Report Var(flag_split_stack) Init(-1)
2014 Generate discontiguous stack frames
2017 Common Report Var(flag_split_wide_types) Optimization
2018 Split wide types into independent registers
2021 Common Report Var(flag_ssa_phiopt) Optimization
2022 Optimize conditional patterns using SSA PHI nodes
2024 fvariable-expansion-in-unroller
2025 Common Report Var(flag_variable_expansion_in_unroller) Optimization
2026 Apply variable expansion when loops are unrolled
2029 Common Report RejectNegative Joined
2030 -fstack-check=[no|generic|specific] Insert stack checking code into the program
2033 Common Alias(fstack-check=, specific, no)
2034 Insert stack checking code into the program. Same as -fstack-check=specific
2037 Common Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2039 fstack-limit-register=
2040 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2041 -fstack-limit-register=<register> Trap if the stack goes past <register>
2043 fstack-limit-symbol=
2044 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2045 -fstack-limit-symbol=<name> Trap if the stack goes past symbol <name>
2048 Common Report Var(flag_stack_protect, 1)
2049 Use propolice as a stack protection method
2051 fstack-protector-all
2052 Common Report RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 2)
2053 Use a stack protection method for every function
2055 fstack-protector-strong
2056 Common Report RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 3)
2057 Use a smart stack protection method for certain functions
2060 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_usage)
2061 Output stack usage information on a per-function basis
2065 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2067 ; Nonzero if we should do (language-dependent) alias analysis.
2068 ; Typically, this analysis will assume that expressions of certain
2069 ; types do not alias expressions of certain other types. Only used
2070 ; if alias analysis (in general) is enabled.
2072 Common Report Var(flag_strict_aliasing) Optimization
2073 Assume strict aliasing rules apply
2076 Common Report Var(flag_strict_overflow)
2077 Treat signed overflow as undefined
2080 Common Report Var(flag_sync_libcalls) Init(1)
2081 Implement __atomic operations via libcalls to legacy __sync functions
2084 Common Report Var(flag_syntax_only)
2085 Check for syntax errors, then stop
2088 Common Report Var(flag_test_coverage)
2089 Create data files needed by \"gcov\"
2092 Common Report Var(flag_thread_jumps) Optimization
2093 Perform jump threading optimizations
2096 Common Report Var(time_report)
2097 Report the time taken by each compiler pass
2100 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(tls_model) Var(flag_tls_default) Init(TLS_MODEL_GLOBAL_DYNAMIC)
2101 -ftls-model=[global-dynamic|local-dynamic|initial-exec|local-exec] Set the default thread-local storage code generation model
2104 Name(tls_model) Type(enum tls_model) UnknownError(unknown TLS model %qs)
2107 Enum(tls_model) String(global-dynamic) Value(TLS_MODEL_GLOBAL_DYNAMIC)
2110 Enum(tls_model) String(local-dynamic) Value(TLS_MODEL_LOCAL_DYNAMIC)
2113 Enum(tls_model) String(initial-exec) Value(TLS_MODEL_INITIAL_EXEC)
2116 Enum(tls_model) String(local-exec) Value(TLS_MODEL_LOCAL_EXEC)
2119 Common Report Var(flag_toplevel_reorder) Init(2) Optimization
2120 Reorder top level functions, variables, and asms
2123 Common Report Var(flag_tracer)
2124 Perform superblock formation via tail duplication
2126 ; Zero means that floating-point math operations cannot generate a
2127 ; (user-visible) trap. This is the case, for example, in nonstop
2128 ; IEEE 754 arithmetic.
2130 Common Report Var(flag_trapping_math) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
2131 Assume floating-point operations can trap
2134 Common Report Var(flag_trapv) Optimization
2135 Trap for signed overflow in addition, subtraction and multiplication
2138 Common Report Var(flag_tree_ccp) Optimization
2139 Enable SSA-CCP optimization on trees
2142 Common Report Var(flag_tree_bit_ccp) Optimization
2143 Enable SSA-BIT-CCP optimization on trees
2147 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2150 Common Report Var(flag_tree_ch) Optimization
2151 Enable loop header copying on trees
2153 ftree-coalesce-inlined-vars
2154 Common Report Var(flag_ssa_coalesce_vars,1) Init(2) RejectNegative Optimization
2155 Enable coalescing of copy-related user variables that are inlined
2158 Common Report Var(flag_ssa_coalesce_vars,2) Optimization
2159 Enable coalescing of all copy-related user variables
2162 Common Report Var(flag_tree_copyrename) Optimization
2163 Replace SSA temporaries with better names in copies
2166 Common Report Var(flag_tree_copy_prop) Optimization
2167 Enable copy propagation on trees
2169 ftree-store-copy-prop
2171 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2174 Common Report Var(flag_tree_cselim) Init(2) Optimization
2175 Transform condition stores into unconditional ones
2177 ftree-switch-conversion
2178 Common Report Var(flag_tree_switch_conversion) Optimization
2179 Perform conversions of switch initializations.
2182 Common Report Var(flag_tree_dce) Optimization
2183 Enable SSA dead code elimination optimization on trees
2185 ftree-dominator-opts
2186 Common Report Var(flag_tree_dom) Optimization
2187 Enable dominator optimizations
2190 Common Report Var(flag_tree_tail_merge) Optimization
2191 Enable tail merging on trees
2194 Common Report Var(flag_tree_dse) Optimization
2195 Enable dead store elimination
2198 Common Report Var(flag_tree_forwprop) Init(1) Optimization
2199 Enable forward propagation on trees
2202 Common Report Var(flag_tree_fre) Optimization
2203 Enable Full Redundancy Elimination (FRE) on trees
2206 Common Report Var(flag_optimize_strlen) Optimization
2207 Enable string length optimizations on trees
2209 fisolate-erroneous-paths-dereference
2210 Common Report Var(flag_isolate_erroneous_paths_dereference) Optimization
2211 Detect paths which trigger erroneous or undefined behaviour due to
2212 dereferencing a NULL pointer. Isolate those paths from the main control
2213 flow and turn the statement with erroneous or undefined behaviour into a trap.
2215 fisolate-erroneous-paths-attribute
2216 Common Report Var(flag_isolate_erroneous_paths_attribute) Optimization
2217 Detect paths which trigger erroneous or undefined behaviour due a NULL value
2218 being used in a way which is forbidden by a returns_nonnull or nonnull
2219 attribute. Isolate those paths from the main control flow and turn the
2220 statement with erroneous or undefined behaviour into a trap.
2222 ftree-loop-distribution
2223 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_distribution) Optimization
2224 Enable loop distribution on trees
2226 ftree-loop-distribute-patterns
2227 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_distribute_patterns) Optimization
2228 Enable loop distribution for patterns transformed into a library call
2231 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_im) Init(1) Optimization
2232 Enable loop invariant motion on trees
2235 Common Alias(floop-interchange)
2236 Enable loop interchange transforms. Same as -floop-interchange
2239 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_ivcanon) Init(1) Optimization
2240 Create canonical induction variables in loops
2243 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_optimize) Init(1) Optimization
2244 Enable loop optimizations on tree level
2246 ftree-parallelize-loops=
2247 Common Report Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_tree_parallelize_loops) Init(1)
2248 Enable automatic parallelization of loops
2251 Common Report Var(flag_tree_phiprop) Init(1) Optimization
2252 Enable hoisting loads from conditional pointers.
2255 Common Report Var(flag_tree_pre) Optimization
2256 Enable SSA-PRE optimization on trees
2259 Common Report Var(flag_tree_partial_pre) Optimization
2260 In SSA-PRE optimization on trees, enable partial-partial redundancy elimination
2263 Common Report Var(flag_tree_pta) Optimization
2264 Perform function-local points-to analysis on trees.
2267 Common Report Var(flag_tree_reassoc) Init(1) Optimization
2268 Enable reassociation on tree level
2272 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2275 Common Report Var(flag_tree_sink) Optimization
2276 Enable SSA code sinking on trees
2279 Common Report Var(flag_tree_slsr) Optimization
2280 Perform straight-line strength reduction
2283 Common Report Var(flag_tree_sra) Optimization
2284 Perform scalar replacement of aggregates
2287 Common Report Var(flag_tree_ter) Optimization
2288 Replace temporary expressions in the SSA->normal pass
2291 Common Report Var(flag_tree_live_range_split) Optimization
2292 Perform live range splitting during the SSA->normal pass
2295 Common Report Var(flag_tree_vrp) Init(0) Optimization
2296 Perform Value Range Propagation on trees
2299 Common Report Var(flag_unit_at_a_time) Init(1) Optimization
2300 Compile whole compilation unit at a time
2303 Common Report Var(flag_unroll_loops) Optimization
2304 Perform loop unrolling when iteration count is known
2307 Common Report Var(flag_unroll_all_loops) Optimization
2308 Perform loop unrolling for all loops
2310 ; Nonzero means that loop optimizer may assume that the induction variables
2311 ; that control loops do not overflow and that the loops with nontrivial
2312 ; exit condition are not infinite
2313 funsafe-loop-optimizations
2314 Common Report Var(flag_unsafe_loop_optimizations) Optimization
2315 Allow loop optimizations to assume that the loops behave in normal way
2318 Common Report Var(flag_associative_math) SetByCombined
2319 Allow optimization for floating-point arithmetic which may change the
2320 result of the operation due to rounding.
2323 Common Report Var(flag_reciprocal_math) SetByCombined
2324 Same as -fassociative-math for expressions which include division.
2326 ; Nonzero means that unsafe floating-point math optimizations are allowed
2327 ; for the sake of speed. IEEE compliance is not guaranteed, and operations
2328 ; are allowed to assume that their arguments and results are "normal"
2329 ; (e.g., nonnegative for SQRT).
2330 funsafe-math-optimizations
2331 Common Report Var(flag_unsafe_math_optimizations) Optimization SetByCombined
2332 Allow math optimizations that may violate IEEE or ISO standards
2335 Common Report Var(flag_unswitch_loops) Optimization
2336 Perform loop unswitching
2339 Common Report Var(flag_unwind_tables) Optimization
2340 Just generate unwind tables for exception handling
2343 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=gold)
2344 Use the bfd linker instead of the default linker
2347 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=bfd)
2348 Use the gold linker instead of the default linker
2351 Common Undocumented Var(flag_use_linker_plugin)
2353 ; Positive if we should track variables, negative if we should run
2354 ; the var-tracking pass only to discard debug annotations, zero if
2355 ; we're not to run it. When flag_var_tracking == 2 (AUTODETECT_VALUE) it
2356 ; will be set according to optimize, debug_info_level and debug_hooks
2357 ; in process_options ().
2359 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking) Init(2) Optimization
2360 Perform variable tracking
2362 ; Positive if we should track variables at assignments, negative if
2363 ; we should run the var-tracking pass only to discard debug
2364 ; annotations. When flag_var_tracking_assignments ==
2365 ; AUTODETECT_VALUE it will be set according to flag_var_tracking.
2366 fvar-tracking-assignments
2367 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking_assignments) Init(2) Optimization
2368 Perform variable tracking by annotating assignments
2370 ; Nonzero if we should toggle flag_var_tracking_assignments after
2371 ; processing options and computing its default. */
2372 fvar-tracking-assignments-toggle
2373 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking_assignments_toggle) Optimization
2374 Toggle -fvar-tracking-assignments
2376 ; Positive if we should track uninitialized variables, negative if
2377 ; we should run the var-tracking pass only to discard debug
2378 ; annotations. When flag_var_tracking_uninit == AUTODETECT_VALUE it
2379 ; will be set according to flag_var_tracking.
2380 fvar-tracking-uninit
2381 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking_uninit) Optimization
2382 Perform variable tracking and also tag variables that are uninitialized
2385 Common Report Var(flag_tree_vectorize) Optimization
2386 Enable vectorization on trees
2388 ftree-vectorizer-verbose=
2389 Common Joined RejectNegative Ignore
2390 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2392 ftree-loop-vectorize
2393 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_vectorize) Optimization
2394 Enable loop vectorization on trees
2397 Common Report Var(flag_tree_slp_vectorize) Optimization
2398 Enable basic block vectorization (SLP) on trees
2401 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vect_cost_model) Var(flag_vect_cost_model) Init(VECT_COST_MODEL_DEFAULT)
2402 Specifies the cost model for vectorization
2405 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vect_cost_model) Var(flag_simd_cost_model) Init(VECT_COST_MODEL_UNLIMITED)
2406 Specifies the vectorization cost model for code marked with a simd directive
2409 Name(vect_cost_model) Type(enum vect_cost_model) UnknownError(unknown vectorizer cost model %qs)
2412 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(unlimited) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_UNLIMITED)
2415 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(dynamic) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_DYNAMIC)
2418 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(cheap) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_CHEAP)
2421 Common RejectNegative Alias(fvect-cost-model=,dynamic)
2422 Enables the dynamic vectorizer cost model. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2425 Common RejectNegative Alias(fvect-cost-model=,unlimited)
2426 Enables the unlimited vectorizer cost model. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2428 ftree-vect-loop-version
2430 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2433 Common Report Var(flag_tree_scev_cprop) Init(1) Optimization
2434 Enable copy propagation of scalar-evolution information.
2436 ; -fverbose-asm causes extra commentary information to be produced in
2437 ; the generated assembly code (to make it more readable). This option
2438 ; is generally only of use to those who actually need to read the
2439 ; generated assembly code (perhaps while debugging the compiler itself).
2440 ; -fno-verbose-asm, the default, causes the extra information
2441 ; to not be added and is useful when comparing two assembler files.
2443 Common Report Var(flag_verbose_asm)
2444 Add extra commentary to assembler output
2447 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(symbol_visibility) Var(default_visibility) Init(VISIBILITY_DEFAULT)
2448 -fvisibility=[default|internal|hidden|protected] Set the default symbol visibility
2451 Name(symbol_visibility) Type(enum symbol_visibility) UnknownError(unrecognized visibility value %qs)
2454 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(default) Value(VISIBILITY_DEFAULT)
2457 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(internal) Value(VISIBILITY_INTERNAL)
2460 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(hidden) Value(VISIBILITY_HIDDEN)
2463 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(protected) Value(VISIBILITY_PROTECTED)
2466 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vtv_priority) Var(flag_vtable_verify) Init(VTV_NO_PRIORITY)
2467 Validate vtable pointers before using them.
2470 Name(vtv_priority) Type(enum vtv_priority) UnknownError(unknown vtable verify initialization priority %qs)
2473 Enum(vtv_priority) String(none) Value(VTV_NO_PRIORITY)
2476 Enum(vtv_priority) String(std) Value(VTV_STANDARD_PRIORITY)
2479 Enum(vtv_priority) String(preinit) Value(VTV_PREINIT_PRIORITY)
2482 Common Var(flag_vtv_counts)
2483 Output vtable verification counters.
2486 Common Var(flag_vtv_debug)
2487 Output vtable verification pointer sets information.
2490 Common Report Var(flag_value_profile_transformations) Optimization
2491 Use expression value profiles in optimizations
2494 Common Report Var(flag_web) Init(2) Optimization
2495 Construct webs and split unrelated uses of single variable
2497 ftree-builtin-call-dce
2498 Common Report Var(flag_tree_builtin_call_dce) Init(0) Optimization
2499 Enable conditional dead code elimination for builtin calls
2502 Common Report Var(flag_whole_program) Init(0) Optimization
2503 Perform whole program optimizations
2506 Common Report Var(flag_wrapv) Optimization
2507 Assume signed arithmetic overflow wraps around
2509 fzero-initialized-in-bss
2510 Common Report Var(flag_zero_initialized_in_bss) Init(1)
2511 Put zero initialized data in the bss section
2514 Common JoinedOrMissing
2515 Generate debug information in default format
2518 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gdwarf)
2519 Generate debug information in COFF format
2522 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gdwarf-)
2523 Generate debug information in default version of DWARF format
2526 Common Joined UInteger Var(dwarf_version) Init(4) Negative(gstabs)
2527 Generate debug information in DWARF v2 (or later) format
2530 Common JoinedOrMissing
2531 Generate debug information in default extended format
2534 Common Negative(gpubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 0) Init(-1)
2535 Don't generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections.
2538 Common Negative(ggnu-pubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 1)
2539 Generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections.
2542 Common Negative(gno-pubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 2)
2543 Generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections with GNU extensions.
2545 gno-record-gcc-switches
2546 Common RejectNegative Var(dwarf_record_gcc_switches,0) Init(1)
2547 Don't record gcc command line switches in DWARF DW_AT_producer.
2549 grecord-gcc-switches
2550 Common RejectNegative Var(dwarf_record_gcc_switches,1)
2551 Record gcc command line switches in DWARF DW_AT_producer.
2554 Common Driver RejectNegative Var(dwarf_split_debug_info,0) Init(0)
2555 Don't generate debug information in separate .dwo files
2558 Common Driver RejectNegative Var(dwarf_split_debug_info,1)
2559 Generate debug information in separate .dwo files
2562 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gstabs+)
2563 Generate debug information in STABS format
2566 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gvms)
2567 Generate debug information in extended STABS format
2570 Common RejectNegative Var(dwarf_strict,0) Init(0)
2571 Emit DWARF additions beyond selected version
2574 Common Report RejectNegative Var(dwarf_strict,1)
2575 Don't emit DWARF additions beyond selected version
2578 Common Report Var(flag_gtoggle)
2579 Toggle debug information generation
2582 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gxcoff)
2583 Generate debug information in VMS format
2586 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gxcoff+)
2587 Generate debug information in XCOFF format
2590 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gcoff)
2591 Generate debug information in extended XCOFF format
2594 Name(compressed_debug_sections) Type(int)
2596 ; Since -gz= is completely handled in specs, the values aren't used and we
2597 ; assign arbitrary constants.
2599 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(none) Value(0)
2602 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(zlib) Value(1)
2605 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(zlib-gnu) Value(2)
2609 Generate compressed debug sections
2612 Common Driver Joined Enum(compressed_debug_sections)
2613 -gz=<format> Generate compressed debug sections in format <format>
2616 Driver Joined Separate
2619 Common Joined Var(plugindir_string) Init(0)
2620 -iplugindir=<dir> Set <dir> to be the default plugin directory
2623 Common Joined Separate RejectDriver Var(imultiarch) Init(0)
2624 -imultiarch <dir> Set <dir> to be the multiarch include subdirectory
2627 Driver Joined Separate
2632 no-canonical-prefixes
2645 Common Driver Joined Separate Var(asm_file_name) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
2646 -o <file> Place output into <file>
2649 Common Var(profile_flag)
2650 Enable function profiling
2653 Driver Var(pass_exit_codes)
2656 Common Alias(Wpedantic)
2659 Common Var(flag_pedantic_errors)
2660 Like -pedantic but issue them as errors
2666 Driver Var(use_pipes)
2669 Driver JoinedOrMissing Var(print_file_name)
2671 print-libgcc-file-name
2674 print-multi-directory
2675 Driver Var(print_multi_directory)
2678 Driver Var(print_multi_lib)
2680 print-multi-os-directory
2681 Driver Var(print_multi_os_directory)
2684 Driver Var(print_multiarch)
2687 Driver JoinedOrMissing Var(print_prog_name)
2690 Driver Var(print_search_dirs)
2693 Driver Var(print_sysroot)
2695 print-sysroot-headers-suffix
2696 Driver Var(print_sysroot_headers_suffix)
2699 Common Var(quiet_flag) RejectDriver
2700 Do not display functions compiled or elapsed time
2718 Driver Var(report_times)
2721 Driver JoinedOrMissing
2724 Driver Joined Separate
2728 ; C option, but driver must not handle as "-u ndef".
2731 Common Driver Var(verbose_flag)
2732 Enable verbose output
2735 Common Var(version_flag) RejectDriver
2736 Display the compiler's version
2739 Common Var(inhibit_warnings)
2743 Driver Separate Var(wrapper_string)
2746 Driver Joined Separate
2749 Driver RejectNegative Negative(pie)
2750 Create a shared library
2756 Driver Separate Alias(specs=)
2769 ; Documented for Fortran, but always accepted by driver.
2776 ; Documented for Go, but always accepted by driver.
2794 Driver RejectNegative Negative(shared)
2795 Create a position independent executable
2798 Driver Joined Separate
2801 Common Report Var(flag_use_caller_save) Optimization
2802 Use caller save register across calls if possible
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