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