1 ; Options for the language- and target-independent parts of the compiler.
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22 ; See the GCC internals manual (options.texi) for a description of this file's format.
24 ; Please try to keep this file in ASCII collating order.
35 ; Not used directly to control optimizations, only to save -Ofast
36 ; setting for "optimize" attributes.
40 ; 0 means straightforward implementation of complex divide acceptable.
41 ; 1 means wide ranges of inputs must work for complex divide.
42 ; 2 means C99-like requirements for complex multiply and divide.
44 int flag_complex_method = 1
46 ; Nonzero if subexpressions must be evaluated from left-to-right.
48 int flag_evaluation_order = 0
50 ; Language specific warning pass for unused results.
52 bool flag_warn_unused_result = false
57 ; Nonzero if we should write GIMPLE bytecode for link-time optimization.
61 ; True to warn about any objects definitions whose size is larger
62 ; than N bytes. Also want about function definitions whose returned
63 ; values are larger than N bytes, where N is 'larger_than_size'.
68 HOST_WIDE_INT larger_than_size
70 ; True to warn about any function whose frame size is larger
73 bool warn_frame_larger_than
76 HOST_WIDE_INT frame_larger_than_size
78 ; Nonzero means we should be saving declaration info into a .X file.
80 int flag_gen_aux_info = 0
82 ; Nonzero if we are compiling code for a shared library, zero for
87 ; These two are really VEC(char_p,heap) *.
90 void *flag_instrument_functions_exclude_functions
93 void *flag_instrument_functions_exclude_files
95 ; Generic structs (e.g. templates not explicitly specialized)
96 ; may not have a compilation unit associated with them, and so
97 ; may need to be treated differently from ordinary structs.
99 ; Structs only handled by reference (indirectly), will also usually
100 ; not need as much debugging information.
103 enum debug_struct_file debug_struct_ordinary[DINFO_USAGE_NUM_ENUMS] = { DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY }
106 enum debug_struct_file debug_struct_generic[DINFO_USAGE_NUM_ENUMS] = { DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY }
108 ; True if we should exit after parsing options.
110 bool exit_after_options
112 ; Type(s) of debugging information we are producing (if any). See
113 ; flag-types.h for the definitions of the different possible types of
114 ; debugging information.
116 enum debug_info_type write_symbols = NO_DEBUG
118 ; Level of debugging information we are producing. See flag-types.h
119 ; for the definitions of the different possible levels.
121 enum debug_info_levels debug_info_level = DINFO_LEVEL_NONE
123 ; Nonzero means use GNU-only extensions in the generated symbolic
124 ; debugging information. Currently, this only has an effect when
125 ; write_symbols is set to DBX_DEBUG, XCOFF_DEBUG, or DWARF_DEBUG.
127 bool use_gnu_debug_info_extensions
129 ; Original value of maximum field alignment in bytes, specified via
130 ; -fpack-struct=<value>.
132 unsigned int initial_max_fld_align = TARGET_DEFAULT_PACK_STRUCT
135 enum vect_verbosity_levels user_vect_verbosity_level = MAX_VERBOSITY_LEVEL
137 ; Type of stack check.
139 enum stack_check_type flag_stack_check = NO_STACK_CHECK
141 ; True if stack usage information needs to be computed.
143 bool flag_stack_usage_info = false
145 ; -dA causes debug commentary information to be produced in
146 ; the generated assembly code (to make it more readable). This option
147 ; is generally only of use to those who actually need to read the
148 ; generated assembly code (perhaps while debugging the compiler itself).
149 ; Currently, this switch is only used by dwarf2out.c; however, it is intended
150 ; to be a catchall for printing debug information in the assembler file.
154 ; -dP causes the rtl to be emitted as a comment in assembly.
156 int flag_dump_rtl_in_asm
158 ; Whether -da was passed (used only in handle_common_deferred_options).
160 bool flag_dump_all_passed
162 ; Other flags saying which kinds of debugging dump have been requested.
165 int rtl_dump_and_exit
168 int flag_print_asm_name
171 enum graph_dump_types graph_dump_format = no_graph
173 ; Name of top-level original source file (what was input to cpp).
174 ; This comes from the #-command at the beginning of the actual input.
175 ; If there isn't any there, then this is the cc1 input file name.
177 const char *main_input_filename
179 ; Pointer to base name in main_input_filename, with directories and a
180 ; single final extension removed, and the length of this base
184 const char *main_input_basename
187 int main_input_baselength
189 ; Which options have been printed by --help.
193 ; Which enums have been printed by --help. 0 = not printed, no
194 ; relevant options seen, 1 = relevant option seen, not yet printed, 2
197 char *help_enum_printed
199 ; The number of columns for --help output.
201 unsigned int help_columns
203 ; Whether this options structure has been through finish_options
205 bool flag_opts_finished
217 Driver Alias(coverage)
223 Common Separate Alias(d)
226 Common Joined Alias(d)
229 Common Separate Alias(dumpbase)
232 Common Separate Alias(dumpdir)
235 Driver Separate Alias(e)
238 Driver Joined Alias(e)
241 Common Warning Alias(Wextra)
244 Driver Separate Alias(Xassembler)
247 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(Xassembler)
250 Driver Separate Alias(Xlinker)
253 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(Xlinker)
256 Driver Separate Alias(u)
259 Driver Joined Alias(u)
262 Common Driver Var(help_flag)
263 Display this information
266 Common Driver Report Joined
267 --help=<class> Display descriptions of a specific class of options. <class> is one or more of optimizers, target, warnings, undocumented, params
270 Driver Separate Alias(x)
273 Driver Joined Alias(x)
276 Driver Separate Alias(L)
279 Driver Joined Alias(L)
281 -no-canonical-prefixes
282 Driver Alias(no-canonical-prefixes)
284 -no-standard-libraries
285 Driver Alias(nostdlib)
294 Common Driver Separate Alias(o) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
297 Common Driver Joined Alias(o) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
300 Driver Alias(pass-exit-codes)
303 Common Alias(pedantic)
306 Common Alias(pedantic-errors)
315 Driver Separate Alias(B)
318 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(B)
324 Driver Separate Alias(print-file-name=)
327 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(print-file-name=)
329 -print-libgcc-file-name
330 Driver Alias(print-libgcc-file-name)
332 -print-multi-directory
333 Driver Alias(print-multi-directory)
336 Driver Alias(print-multi-lib)
338 -print-multi-os-directory
339 Driver Alias(print-multi-os-directory)
342 Driver Separate Alias(print-prog-name=)
345 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(print-prog-name=)
348 Driver Alias(print-search-dirs)
351 Driver Alias(print-sysroot)
353 -print-sysroot-headers-suffix
354 Driver Alias(print-sysroot-headers-suffix)
360 Driver Alias(save-temps)
366 Driver Separate Alias(specs=)
369 Driver Joined Alias(specs=)
375 Driver Alias(symbolic)
379 Alias for --help=target
387 ;; The driver used to convert options such as --help into forms such
388 ;; as -fhelp; the following four entries are for compatibility with
389 ;; any direct uses of those (undocumented) -f forms
391 Common Driver Alias(-help)
394 Common Driver Joined Alias(-help=)
397 Common Driver Alias(-target-help)
400 Common Driver Alias(-version)
404 --param <param>=<value> Set parameter <param> to value. See below for a complete list of parameters
407 Common Joined Alias(-param)
410 Driver Separate Alias(-sysroot=)
413 Driver JoinedOrMissing
419 Driver Joined Separate
425 Driver Joined Separate
431 Common JoinedOrMissing Optimization
432 -O<number> Set optimization level to <number>
436 Optimize for space rather than speed
440 Optimize for speed disregarding exact standards compliance
452 Driver Joined Separate
458 Driver Joined Separate
479 Common RejectNegative Warning Alias(Wextra)
480 This switch is deprecated; use -Wextra instead
483 Driver JoinedOrMissing
486 Driver JoinedOrMissing
489 Driver JoinedOrMissing
492 Common Var(warn_aggregate_return) Warning
493 Warn about returning structures, unions or arrays
496 Common Var(warn_array_bounds) Warning
497 Warn if an array is accessed out of bounds
500 Common Var(warn_attributes) Init(1) Warning
501 Warn about inappropriate attribute usage
504 Common Var(warn_cast_align) Warning
505 Warn about pointer casts which increase alignment
508 Common Var(warn_cpp) Init(1) Warning
509 Warn when a #warning directive is encountered
511 Wdeprecated-declarations
512 Common Var(warn_deprecated_decl) Init(1) Warning
513 Warn about uses of __attribute__((deprecated)) declarations
515 Wdisabled-optimization
516 Common Var(warn_disabled_optimization) Warning
517 Warn when an optimization pass is disabled
520 Common Var(warnings_are_errors)
521 Treat all warnings as errors
525 Treat specified warning as error
528 Common Var(extra_warnings) Warning
529 Print extra (possibly unwanted) warnings
532 Common Var(flag_fatal_errors)
533 Exit on the first error occurred
536 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
537 -Wframe-larger-than=<number> Warn if a function's stack frame requires more than <number> bytes
540 Common Var(warn_inline) Warning
541 Warn when an inlined function cannot be inlined
544 Common RejectNegative Joined Warning Undocumented Alias(Wlarger-than=)
547 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Warning
548 -Wlarger-than=<number> Warn if an object is larger than <number> bytes
550 Wunsafe-loop-optimizations
551 Common Var(warn_unsafe_loop_optimizations) Warning
552 Warn if the loop cannot be optimized due to nontrivial assumptions.
555 Common Var(warn_missing_noreturn) Warning
556 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((noreturn))
559 Common Var(warn_mudflap) Init(1) Warning
560 Warn about constructs not instrumented by -fmudflap
563 Common Var(warn_overflow) Init(1) Warning
564 Warn about overflow in arithmetic expressions
567 Common Var(warn_packed) Warning
568 Warn when the packed attribute has no effect on struct layout
571 Common Var(warn_padded) Warning
572 Warn when padding is required to align structure members
575 Common Var(warn_shadow) Warning
576 Warn when one local variable shadows another
579 Common Var(warn_stack_protect) Warning
580 Warn when not issuing stack smashing protection for some reason
583 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_stack_usage) Init(-1) Warning
584 Warn if stack usage might be larger than specified amount
588 Warn about code which might break strict aliasing rules
591 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_strict_aliasing) Init(-1) Warning
592 Warn about code which might break strict aliasing rules
596 Warn about optimizations that assume that signed overflow is undefined
599 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_strict_overflow) Init(-1) Warning
600 Warn about optimizations that assume that signed overflow is undefined
602 Wsuggest-attribute=const
603 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_const) Warning
604 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((const))
606 Wsuggest-attribute=pure
607 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_pure) Warning
608 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((pure))
610 Wsuggest-attribute=noreturn
611 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_noreturn) Warning
612 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((noreturn))
615 Common Var(warn_switch) Warning
616 Warn about enumerated switches, with no default, missing a case
619 Common Var(warn_switch_default) Warning
620 Warn about enumerated switches missing a \"default:\" statement
623 Common Var(warn_switch_enum) Warning
624 Warn about all enumerated switches missing a specific case
627 Common Var(warn_system_headers) Warning
628 Do not suppress warnings from system headers
631 Common Var(warn_trampolines) Warning
632 Warn whenever a trampoline is generated
635 Common Var(warn_type_limits) Init(-1) Warning
636 Warn if a comparison is always true or always false due to the limited range of the data type
639 Common Var(warn_uninitialized) Init(-1) Warning
640 Warn about uninitialized automatic variables
643 Common Var(warn_maybe_uninitialized) Warning
644 Warn about maybe uninitialized automatic variables
648 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
651 Common Var(warn_unused) Init(0) Warning
652 Enable all -Wunused- warnings
654 Wunused-but-set-parameter
655 Common Var(warn_unused_but_set_parameter) Init(-1) Warning
656 Warn when a function parameter is only set, otherwise unused
658 Wunused-but-set-variable
659 Common Var(warn_unused_but_set_variable) Init(-1) Warning
660 Warn when a variable is only set, otherwise unused
663 Common Var(warn_unused_function) Init(-1) Warning
664 Warn when a function is unused
667 Common Var(warn_unused_label) Init(-1) Warning
668 Warn when a label is unused
671 Common Var(warn_unused_parameter) Init(-1) Warning
672 Warn when a function parameter is unused
675 Common Var(warn_unused_value) Init(-1) Warning
676 Warn when an expression value is unused
679 Common Var(warn_unused_variable) Init(-1) Warning
680 Warn when a variable is unused
683 Common Var(warn_coverage_mismatch) Init(1) Warning
684 Warn in case profiles in -fprofile-use do not match
699 Common Separate Var(aux_info_file_name)
700 -aux-info <file> Emit declaration information into <file>
703 Common Joined Alias(aux-info)
706 Common Separate RejectDriver Var(aux_base_name)
709 Common Separate RejectDriver
719 -d<letters> Enable dumps from specific passes of the compiler
722 Common Separate Var(dump_base_name)
723 -dumpbase <file> Set the file basename to be used for dumps
726 Common Separate Var(dump_dir_name)
727 -dumpdir <dir> Set the directory name to be used for dumps
739 Driver Joined Separate
741 ; This option has historically been passed down to the linker by an
742 ; accident of a %{e*} spec, so ensure it continues to be passed down
743 ; as a single option. The supported option for this purpose is
744 ; -rdynamic. See PR 47390.
748 ; The version of the C++ ABI in use. The following values are allowed:
750 ; 0: The version of the ABI believed most conformant with the C++ ABI
751 ; specification. This ABI may change as bugs are discovered and fixed.
752 ; Therefore, 0 will not necessarily indicate the same ABI in different
755 ; 1: The version of the ABI first used in G++ 3.2.
757 ; 2: The version of the ABI first used in G++ 3.4 (and current default).
759 ; 3: The version of the ABI that fixes the missing underscore
760 ; in template non-type arguments of pointer type.
762 ; 4: The version of the ABI that introduces unambiguous mangling of
763 ; vector types. First selectable in G++ 4.5.
765 ; 5: The version of the ABI that ignores attribute const/noreturn
766 ; in function pointer mangling, and corrects mangling of decltype and
767 ; function parameters used in other parameters and the return type.
768 ; First selectable in G++ 4.6.
770 ; 6: The version of the ABI that doesn't promote scoped enums to int.
771 ; First selectable in G++ 4.7.
773 ; Additional positive integers will be assigned as new versions of
774 ; the ABI become the default version of the ABI.
776 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_abi_version) Init(2)
779 Common Report Var(align_functions,0) Optimization UInteger
780 Align the start of functions
783 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(align_functions)
786 Common Report Var(align_jumps,0) Optimization UInteger
787 Align labels which are only reached by jumping
790 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(align_jumps)
793 Common Report Var(align_labels,0) Optimization UInteger
797 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(align_labels)
800 Common Report Var(align_loops,0) Optimization UInteger
801 Align the start of loops
804 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(align_loops)
808 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
812 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
814 fargument-noalias-global
816 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
818 fargument-noalias-anything
820 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
822 fasynchronous-unwind-tables
823 Common Report Var(flag_asynchronous_unwind_tables) Optimization
824 Generate unwind tables that are exact at each instruction boundary
827 Common Report Var(flag_auto_inc_dec) Init(1)
828 Generate auto-inc/dec instructions
830 ; -fcheck-bounds causes gcc to generate array bounds checks.
831 ; For C, C++ and ObjC: defaults off.
832 ; For Java: defaults to on.
833 ; For Fortran: defaults to off.
835 Common Report Var(flag_bounds_check)
836 Generate code to check bounds before indexing arrays
839 Common Report Var(flag_branch_on_count_reg) Init(1) Optimization
840 Replace add, compare, branch with branch on count register
842 fbranch-probabilities
843 Common Report Var(flag_branch_probabilities) Optimization
844 Use profiling information for branch probabilities
846 fbranch-target-load-optimize
847 Common Report Var(flag_branch_target_load_optimize) Optimization
848 Perform branch target load optimization before prologue / epilogue threading
850 fbranch-target-load-optimize2
851 Common Report Var(flag_branch_target_load_optimize2) Optimization
852 Perform branch target load optimization after prologue / epilogue threading
855 Common Report Var(flag_btr_bb_exclusive) Optimization
856 Restrict target load migration not to re-use registers in any basic block
859 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
860 -fcall-saved-<register> Mark <register> as being preserved across functions
863 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
864 -fcall-used-<register> Mark <register> as being corrupted by function calls
866 ; Nonzero for -fcaller-saves: allocate values in regs that need to
867 ; be saved across function calls, if that produces overall better code.
868 ; Optional now, so people can test it.
870 Common Report Var(flag_caller_saves) Optimization
871 Save registers around function calls
874 Common Report Var(flag_check_data_deps)
875 Compare the results of several data dependence analyzers.
877 fcombine-stack-adjustments
878 Common Report Var(flag_combine_stack_adjustments) Optimization
879 Looks for opportunities to reduce stack adjustments and stack references.
882 Common Report Var(flag_no_common,0) Optimization
883 Do not put uninitialized globals in the common section
887 ; Converted by the driver to -fcompare-debug= options.
890 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative Var(flag_compare_debug_opt)
891 -fcompare-debug[=<opts>] Compile with and without e.g. -gtoggle, and compare the final-insns dump
893 fcompare-debug-second
894 Common Driver RejectNegative Var(flag_compare_debug)
895 Run only the second compilation of -fcompare-debug
898 Common Report Var(flag_compare_elim_after_reload) Optimization
899 Perform comparison elimination after register allocation has finished
902 Common Var(flag_conserve_stack) Optimization
903 Do not perform optimizations increasing noticeably stack usage
906 Common Report Var(flag_cprop_registers) Optimization
907 Perform a register copy-propagation optimization pass
910 Common Report Var(flag_crossjumping) Optimization
911 Perform cross-jumping optimization
914 Common Report Var(flag_cse_follow_jumps) Optimization
915 When running CSE, follow jumps to their targets
919 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
922 Common Report Var(flag_cx_limited_range) Optimization SetByCombined
923 Omit range reduction step when performing complex division
926 Common Report Var(flag_cx_fortran_rules) Optimization
927 Complex multiplication and division follow Fortran rules
930 Common Report Var(flag_data_sections) Optimization
931 Place data items into their own section
934 Common Report Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
935 List all available debugging counters with their limits and counts.
938 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
939 -fdbg-cnt=<counter>:<limit>[,<counter>:<limit>,...] Set the debug counter limit.
942 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
943 Map one directory name to another in debug information
946 Common Report Var(flag_debug_types_section) Init(1)
947 Output .debug_types section when using DWARF v4 debuginfo.
949 ; Nonzero for -fdefer-pop: don't pop args after each function call
950 ; instead save them up to pop many calls' args with one insns.
952 Common Report Var(flag_defer_pop) Optimization
953 Defer popping functions args from stack until later
956 Common Report Var(flag_delayed_branch) Optimization
957 Attempt to fill delay slots of branch instructions
959 fdelete-null-pointer-checks
960 Common Report Var(flag_delete_null_pointer_checks) Init(1) Optimization
961 Delete useless null pointer checks
964 Common Report Var(flag_devirtualize) Optimization
965 Try to convert virtual calls to direct ones.
967 fdiagnostics-show-location=
968 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule)
969 -fdiagnostics-show-location=[once|every-line] How often to emit source location at the beginning of line-wrapped diagnostics
971 ; Required for these enum values.
976 Name(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) Type(int)
979 Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) String(once) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_SHOW_PREFIX_ONCE)
982 Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) String(every-line) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_SHOW_PREFIX_EVERY_LINE)
984 fdiagnostics-show-option
985 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_option) Init(1)
986 Amend appropriate diagnostic messages with the command line option that controls them
989 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
990 -fdump-<type> Dump various compiler internals to a file
993 Driver RejectNegative
996 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_dump_final_insns)
997 -fdump-final-insns=filename Dump to filename the insns at the end of translation
1000 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_dump_go_spec)
1001 -fdump-go-spec=filename Write all declarations to file as Go code
1004 Common Report Var(flag_dump_noaddr)
1005 Suppress output of addresses in debugging dumps
1008 Common Report Var(flag_dump_unnumbered)
1009 Suppress output of instruction numbers, line number notes and addresses in debugging dumps
1011 fdump-unnumbered-links
1012 Common Report Var(flag_dump_unnumbered_links)
1013 Suppress output of previous and next insn numbers in debugging dumps
1016 Common Report Var(flag_dwarf2_cfi_asm) Init(HAVE_GAS_CFI_DIRECTIVE)
1017 Enable CFI tables via GAS assembler directives.
1020 Common Report Var(flag_early_inlining) Init(1) Optimization
1021 Perform early inlining
1023 feliminate-dwarf2-dups
1024 Common Report Var(flag_eliminate_dwarf2_dups)
1025 Perform DWARF2 duplicate elimination
1028 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_sra) Init(0) Optimization
1029 Perform interprocedural reduction of aggregates
1031 feliminate-unused-debug-symbols
1032 Common Report Var(flag_debug_only_used_symbols)
1033 Perform unused type elimination in debug info
1035 feliminate-unused-debug-types
1036 Common Report Var(flag_eliminate_unused_debug_types) Init(1)
1037 Perform unused type elimination in debug info
1039 femit-class-debug-always
1040 Common Report Var(flag_emit_class_debug_always) Init(0)
1041 Do not suppress C++ class debug information.
1044 Common Report Var(flag_exceptions) Optimization
1045 Enable exception handling
1047 fexpensive-optimizations
1048 Common Report Var(flag_expensive_optimizations) Optimization
1049 Perform a number of minor, expensive optimizations
1052 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(excess_precision) Var(flag_excess_precision_cmdline) Init(EXCESS_PRECISION_DEFAULT)
1053 -fexcess-precision=[fast|standard] Specify handling of excess floating-point precision
1056 Name(excess_precision) Type(enum excess_precision) UnknownError(unknown excess precision style %qs)
1059 Enum(excess_precision) String(fast) Value(EXCESS_PRECISION_FAST)
1062 Enum(excess_precision) String(standard) Value(EXCESS_PRECISION_STANDARD)
1068 Common Report Var(flag_finite_math_only) Optimization SetByCombined
1069 Assume no NaNs or infinities are generated
1072 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1073 -ffixed-<register> Mark <register> as being unavailable to the compiler
1076 Common Report Var(flag_float_store) Optimization
1077 Don't allocate floats and doubles in extended-precision registers
1081 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1084 Common Report Var(flag_forward_propagate) Optimization
1085 Perform a forward propagation pass on RTL
1088 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(fp_contract_mode) Var(flag_fp_contract_mode) Init(FP_CONTRACT_FAST)
1089 -ffp-contract=[off|on|fast] Perform floating-point expression contraction.
1092 Name(fp_contract_mode) Type(enum fp_contract_mode) UnknownError(unknown floating point contraction style %qs)
1095 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(off) Value(FP_CONTRACT_OFF)
1097 ; Not implemented, fall back to conservative FP_CONTRACT_OFF.
1099 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(on) Value(FP_CONTRACT_OFF)
1102 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(fast) Value(FP_CONTRACT_FAST)
1104 ; Nonzero means don't put addresses of constant functions in registers.
1105 ; Used for compiling the Unix kernel, where strange substitutions are
1106 ; done on the assembly output.
1108 Common Report Var(flag_no_function_cse,0)
1109 Allow function addresses to be held in registers
1112 Common Report Var(flag_function_sections)
1113 Place each function into its own section
1116 Common Report Var(flag_gcse) Optimization
1117 Perform global common subexpression elimination
1120 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_lm) Init(1) Optimization
1121 Perform enhanced load motion during global common subexpression elimination
1124 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_sm) Init(0) Optimization
1125 Perform store motion after global common subexpression elimination
1128 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_las) Init(0) Optimization
1129 Perform redundant load after store elimination in global common subexpression
1133 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_after_reload) Optimization
1134 Perform global common subexpression elimination after register allocation
1137 ; This option is not documented yet as its semantics will change.
1139 Common Report Var(flag_graphite)
1140 Enable in and out of Graphite representation
1143 Common Report Var(flag_graphite_identity) Optimization
1144 Enable Graphite Identity transformation
1146 floop-parallelize-all
1147 Common Report Var(flag_loop_parallelize_all) Optimization
1148 Mark all loops as parallel
1151 Common Report Var(flag_loop_strip_mine) Optimization
1152 Enable Loop Strip Mining transformation
1155 Common Report Var(flag_loop_interchange) Optimization
1156 Enable Loop Interchange transformation
1159 Common Report Var(flag_loop_block) Optimization
1160 Enable Loop Blocking transformation
1163 Common Report Var(flag_loop_flatten) Optimization
1164 Enable Loop Flattening transformation
1166 fstrict-volatile-bitfields
1167 Common Report Var(flag_strict_volatile_bitfields) Init(-1)
1168 Force bitfield accesses to match their type width
1170 fguess-branch-probability
1171 Common Report Var(flag_guess_branch_prob) Optimization
1172 Enable guessing of branch probabilities
1174 ; Nonzero means ignore `#ident' directives. 0 means handle them.
1175 ; Generate position-independent code for executables if possible
1176 ; On SVR4 targets, it also controls whether or not to emit a
1177 ; string identifying the compiler.
1179 Common Report Var(flag_no_ident,0)
1180 Process #ident directives
1183 Common Report Var(flag_if_conversion) Optimization
1184 Perform conversion of conditional jumps to branchless equivalents
1187 Common Report Var(flag_if_conversion2) Optimization
1188 Perform conversion of conditional jumps to conditional execution
1190 ftree-loop-if-convert
1191 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_if_convert) Init(-1) Optimization
1192 Convert conditional jumps in innermost loops to branchless equivalents
1194 ftree-loop-if-convert-stores
1195 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_if_convert_stores) Optimization
1196 Also if-convert conditional jumps containing memory writes
1198 ; -finhibit-size-directive inhibits output of .size for ELF.
1199 ; This is used only for compiling crtstuff.c,
1200 ; and it may be extended to other effects
1201 ; needed for crtstuff.c on other systems.
1202 finhibit-size-directive
1203 Common Report Var(flag_inhibit_size_directive)
1204 Do not generate .size directives
1207 Common Report Var(flag_indirect_inlining)
1208 Perform indirect inlining
1210 ; Nonzero means that functions declared `inline' will be treated
1211 ; as `static'. Prevents generation of zillions of copies of unused
1212 ; static inline functions; instead, `inlines' are written out
1213 ; only when actually used. Used in conjunction with -g. Also
1214 ; does the right thing with #pragma interface.
1216 Common Report Var(flag_no_inline,0) Init(0)
1217 Pay attention to the \"inline\" keyword
1219 finline-small-functions
1220 Common Report Var(flag_inline_small_functions) Optimization
1221 Integrate simple functions into their callers when code size is known to not growth
1224 Common Report Var(flag_inline_functions) Optimization
1225 Integrate simple functions into their callers
1227 finline-functions-called-once
1228 Common Report Var(flag_inline_functions_called_once) Init(1) Optimization
1229 Integrate functions called once into their callers
1232 Common RejectNegative Joined Alias(finline-limit=)
1235 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1236 -finline-limit=<number> Limit the size of inlined functions to <number>
1238 finstrument-functions
1239 Common Report Var(flag_instrument_function_entry_exit)
1240 Instrument function entry and exit with profiling calls
1242 finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list=
1243 Common RejectNegative Joined
1244 -finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list=name,... Do not instrument listed functions
1246 finstrument-functions-exclude-file-list=
1247 Common RejectNegative Joined
1248 -finstrument-functions-exclude-file-list=filename,... Do not instrument functions listed in files
1251 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_cp) Optimization
1252 Perform Interprocedural constant propagation
1255 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_cp_clone) Optimization
1256 Perform cloning to make Interprocedural constant propagation stronger
1259 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_profile) Init(0) Optimization
1260 Perform interprocedural profile propagation
1263 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_pta) Init(0) Optimization
1264 Perform interprocedural points-to analysis
1267 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_pure_const) Init(0) Optimization
1268 Discover pure and const functions
1271 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_reference) Init(0) Optimization
1272 Discover readonly and non addressable static variables
1275 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_matrix_reorg) Optimization
1276 Perform matrix layout flattening and transposing based
1277 on profiling information.
1281 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1284 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(ira_algorithm) Var(flag_ira_algorithm) Init(IRA_ALGORITHM_CB)
1285 -fira-algorithm=[CB|priority] Set the used IRA algorithm
1288 Name(ira_algorithm) Type(enum ira_algorithm) UnknownError(unknown IRA algorithm %qs)
1291 Enum(ira_algorithm) String(CB) Value(IRA_ALGORITHM_CB)
1294 Enum(ira_algorithm) String(priority) Value(IRA_ALGORITHM_PRIORITY)
1297 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(ira_region) Var(flag_ira_region) Init(IRA_REGION_MIXED)
1298 -fira-region=[one|all|mixed] Set regions for IRA
1301 Name(ira_region) Type(enum ira_region) UnknownError(unknown IRA region %qs)
1304 Enum(ira_region) String(one) Value(IRA_REGION_ONE)
1307 Enum(ira_region) String(all) Value(IRA_REGION_ALL)
1310 Enum(ira_region) String(mixed) Value(IRA_REGION_MIXED)
1313 Common Report Var(flag_ira_loop_pressure)
1314 Use IRA based register pressure calculation
1315 in RTL loop optimizations.
1317 fira-share-save-slots
1318 Common Report Var(flag_ira_share_save_slots) Init(1)
1319 Share slots for saving different hard registers.
1321 fira-share-spill-slots
1322 Common Report Var(flag_ira_share_spill_slots) Init(1)
1323 Share stack slots for spilled pseudo-registers.
1326 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(flag_ira_verbose) Init(5)
1327 -fira-verbose=<number> Control IRA's level of diagnostic messages.
1330 Common Report Var(flag_ivopts) Init(1) Optimization
1331 Optimize induction variables on trees
1334 Common Var(flag_jump_tables) Init(1) Optimization
1335 Use jump tables for sufficiently large switch statements
1337 fkeep-inline-functions
1338 Common Report Var(flag_keep_inline_functions)
1339 Generate code for functions even if they are fully inlined
1342 Common Report Var(flag_keep_static_consts) Init(1)
1343 Emit static const variables even if they are not used
1346 Common Report Var(flag_leading_underscore) Init(-1)
1347 Give external symbols a leading underscore
1351 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1355 Enable link-time optimization.
1358 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_lto)
1359 Link-time optimization with number of parallel jobs or jobserver.
1362 Common Var(flag_lto_partition_1to1)
1363 Partition functions and vars at linktime based on object files they originate from
1365 flto-partition=balanced
1366 Common Var(flag_lto_partition_balanced)
1367 Partition functions and vars at linktime into approximately same sized buckets
1370 Common Var(flag_lto_partition_none)
1371 Disable partioning and streaming
1373 ; The initial value of -1 comes from Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION in zlib.h.
1374 flto-compression-level=
1375 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_lto_compression_level) Init(-1)
1376 -flto-compression-level=<number> Use zlib compression level <number> for IL
1379 Common Report Var(flag_lto_report) Init(0) Optimization
1380 Report various link-time optimization statistics
1383 Common Report Var(flag_errno_math) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
1384 Set errno after built-in math functions
1387 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_max_errors)
1388 -fmax-errors=<number> Maximum number of errors to report
1391 Common Report Var(mem_report)
1392 Report on permanent memory allocation
1394 ; This will attempt to merge constant section constants, if 1 only
1395 ; string constants and constants from constant pool, if 2 also constant
1397 fmerge-all-constants
1398 Common Report Var(flag_merge_constants,2) Init(1) Optimization
1399 Attempt to merge identical constants and constant variables
1402 Common Report Var(flag_merge_constants,1) Optimization
1403 Attempt to merge identical constants across compilation units
1405 fmerge-debug-strings
1406 Common Report Var(flag_merge_debug_strings) Init(1)
1407 Attempt to merge identical debug strings across compilation units
1410 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1411 -fmessage-length=<number> Limit diagnostics to <number> characters per line. 0 suppresses line-wrapping
1414 Common Report Var(flag_modulo_sched) Optimization
1415 Perform SMS based modulo scheduling before the first scheduling pass
1417 fmodulo-sched-allow-regmoves
1418 Common Report Var(flag_modulo_sched_allow_regmoves)
1419 Perform SMS based modulo scheduling with register moves allowed
1421 fmove-loop-invariants
1422 Common Report Var(flag_move_loop_invariants) Init(1) Optimization
1423 Move loop invariant computations out of loops
1426 Common RejectNegative Report Var(flag_mudflap)
1427 Add mudflap bounds-checking instrumentation for single-threaded program
1430 Common RejectNegative Report Var(flag_mudflap,2)
1431 Add mudflap bounds-checking instrumentation for multi-threaded program
1434 Common RejectNegative Report Var(flag_mudflap_ignore_reads)
1435 Ignore read operations when inserting mudflap instrumentation
1438 Common Var(flag_dce) Init(1) Optimization
1439 Use the RTL dead code elimination pass
1442 Common Var(flag_dse) Init(1) Optimization
1443 Use the RTL dead store elimination pass
1445 freschedule-modulo-scheduled-loops
1446 Common Report Var(flag_resched_modulo_sched) Optimization
1447 Enable/Disable the traditional scheduling in loops that already passed modulo scheduling
1449 fnon-call-exceptions
1450 Common Report Var(flag_non_call_exceptions) Optimization
1451 Support synchronous non-call exceptions
1454 Common Report Var(flag_omit_frame_pointer) Optimization
1455 When possible do not generate stack frames
1457 foptimize-register-move
1458 Common Report Var(flag_regmove) Optimization
1459 Do the full register move optimization pass
1461 foptimize-sibling-calls
1462 Common Report Var(flag_optimize_sibling_calls) Optimization
1463 Optimize sibling and tail recursive calls
1466 Common Report Var(flag_partial_inlining)
1467 Perform partial inlining
1470 Common Report Var(pre_ipa_mem_report)
1471 Report on memory allocation before interprocedural optimization
1473 fpost-ipa-mem-report
1474 Common Report Var(post_ipa_mem_report)
1475 Report on memory allocation before interprocedural optimization
1478 Common Report Var(flag_pack_struct) Optimization
1479 Pack structure members together without holes
1482 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
1483 -fpack-struct=<number> Set initial maximum structure member alignment
1486 Common Report Var(flag_pcc_struct_return,1) Init(DEFAULT_PCC_STRUCT_RETURN)
1487 Return small aggregates in memory, not registers
1490 Common Report Var(flag_peel_loops) Optimization
1491 Perform loop peeling
1494 Common Report Var(flag_no_peephole,0) Optimization
1495 Enable machine specific peephole optimizations
1498 Common Report Var(flag_peephole2) Optimization
1499 Enable an RTL peephole pass before sched2
1502 Common Report Var(flag_pic,2)
1503 Generate position-independent code if possible (large mode)
1506 Common Report Var(flag_pie,2)
1507 Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (large mode)
1510 Common Report Var(flag_pic,1)
1511 Generate position-independent code if possible (small mode)
1514 Common Report Var(flag_pie,1)
1515 Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (small mode)
1518 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1519 Specify a plugin to load
1522 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1523 -fplugin-arg-<name>-<key>[=<value>] Specify argument <key>=<value> for plugin <name>
1525 fpredictive-commoning
1526 Common Report Var(flag_predictive_commoning) Optimization
1527 Run predictive commoning optimization.
1529 fprefetch-loop-arrays
1530 Common Report Var(flag_prefetch_loop_arrays) Init(-1) Optimization
1531 Generate prefetch instructions, if available, for arrays in loops
1534 Common Report Var(profile_flag)
1535 Enable basic program profiling code
1538 Common Report Var(profile_arc_flag)
1539 Insert arc-based program profiling code
1542 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_data_prefix)
1543 Set the top-level directory for storing the profile data.
1544 The default is 'pwd'.
1547 Common Report Var(flag_profile_correction)
1548 Enable correction of flow inconsistent profile data input
1552 Enable common options for generating profile info for profile feedback directed optimizations
1555 Common Joined RejectNegative
1556 Enable common options for generating profile info for profile feedback directed optimizations, and set -fprofile-dir=
1559 Common Var(flag_profile_use)
1560 Enable common options for performing profile feedback directed optimizations
1563 Common Joined RejectNegative
1564 Enable common options for performing profile feedback directed optimizations, and set -fprofile-dir=
1567 Common Report Var(flag_profile_values)
1568 Insert code to profile values of expressions
1571 Common Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1574 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1575 -frandom-seed=<string> Make compile reproducible using <string>
1577 ; This switch causes the command line that was used to create an
1578 ; object file to be recorded into the object file. The exact format
1579 ; of this recording is target and binary file format dependent.
1580 ; It is related to the -fverbose-asm switch, but that switch only
1581 ; records information in the assembler output file as comments, so
1582 ; they never reach the object file.
1583 frecord-gcc-switches
1584 Common Report Var(flag_record_gcc_switches)
1585 Record gcc command line switches in the object file.
1588 Common Report Var(flag_pcc_struct_return,0) Optimization
1589 Return small aggregates in registers
1592 Common Report Var(flag_regmove) Optimization
1593 Enables a register move optimization
1596 Common Report Var(flag_rename_registers) Init(2) Optimization
1597 Perform a register renaming optimization pass
1600 Common Report Var(flag_reorder_blocks) Optimization
1601 Reorder basic blocks to improve code placement
1603 freorder-blocks-and-partition
1604 Common Report Var(flag_reorder_blocks_and_partition) Optimization
1605 Reorder basic blocks and partition into hot and cold sections
1608 Common Report Var(flag_reorder_functions) Optimization
1609 Reorder functions to improve code placement
1611 frerun-cse-after-loop
1612 Common Report Var(flag_rerun_cse_after_loop) Optimization
1613 Add a common subexpression elimination pass after loop optimizations
1617 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1620 Common Report Var(flag_rounding_math) Optimization SetByCombined
1621 Disable optimizations that assume default FP rounding behavior
1624 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_interblock) Init(1) Optimization
1625 Enable scheduling across basic blocks
1628 Common Report Var(flag_sched_pressure) Init(0) Optimization
1629 Enable register pressure sensitive insn scheduling
1632 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_speculative) Init(1) Optimization
1633 Allow speculative motion of non-loads
1636 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_speculative_load) Optimization
1637 Allow speculative motion of some loads
1639 fsched-spec-load-dangerous
1640 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_speculative_load_dangerous) Optimization
1641 Allow speculative motion of more loads
1644 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(sched_verbose_param)
1645 -fsched-verbose=<number> Set the verbosity level of the scheduler
1647 fsched2-use-superblocks
1648 Common Report Var(flag_sched2_use_superblocks) Optimization
1649 If scheduling post reload, do superblock scheduling
1653 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1656 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_insns) Optimization
1657 Reschedule instructions before register allocation
1660 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_insns_after_reload) Optimization
1661 Reschedule instructions after register allocation
1663 ; This flag should be on when a target implements non-trivial
1664 ; scheduling hooks, maybe saving some information for its own sake.
1665 ; On IA64, for example, this is used for correct bundling.
1666 fselective-scheduling
1667 Common Report Var(flag_selective_scheduling) Optimization
1668 Schedule instructions using selective scheduling algorithm
1670 fselective-scheduling2
1671 Common Report Var(flag_selective_scheduling2) Optimization
1672 Run selective scheduling after reload
1674 fsel-sched-pipelining
1675 Common Report Var(flag_sel_sched_pipelining) Init(0) Optimization
1676 Perform software pipelining of inner loops during selective scheduling
1678 fsel-sched-pipelining-outer-loops
1679 Common Report Var(flag_sel_sched_pipelining_outer_loops) Init(0) Optimization
1680 Perform software pipelining of outer loops during selective scheduling
1682 fsel-sched-reschedule-pipelined
1683 Common Report Var(flag_sel_sched_reschedule_pipelined) Init(0) Optimization
1684 Reschedule pipelined regions without pipelining
1686 ; sched_stalled_insns means that insns can be moved prematurely from the queue
1687 ; of stalled insns into the ready list.
1688 fsched-stalled-insns
1689 Common Report Var(flag_sched_stalled_insns) Optimization UInteger
1690 Allow premature scheduling of queued insns
1692 fsched-stalled-insns=
1693 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1694 -fsched-stalled-insns=<number> Set number of queued insns that can be prematurely scheduled
1696 ; sched_stalled_insns_dep controls how many recently scheduled cycles will
1697 ; be examined for a dependency on a stalled insn that is candidate for
1698 ; premature removal from the queue of stalled insns into the ready list (has
1699 ; an effect only if the flag 'sched_stalled_insns' is set).
1700 fsched-stalled-insns-dep
1701 Common Report Var(flag_sched_stalled_insns_dep,1) Init(1) Optimization UInteger
1702 Set dependence distance checking in premature scheduling of queued insns
1704 fsched-stalled-insns-dep=
1705 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1706 -fsched-stalled-insns-dep=<number> Set dependence distance checking in premature scheduling of queued insns
1708 fsched-group-heuristic
1709 Common Report Var(flag_sched_group_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
1710 Enable the group heuristic in the scheduler
1712 fsched-critical-path-heuristic
1713 Common Report Var(flag_sched_critical_path_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
1714 Enable the critical path heuristic in the scheduler
1716 fsched-spec-insn-heuristic
1717 Common Report Var(flag_sched_spec_insn_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
1718 Enable the speculative instruction heuristic in the scheduler
1720 fsched-rank-heuristic
1721 Common Report Var(flag_sched_rank_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
1722 Enable the rank heuristic in the scheduler
1724 fsched-last-insn-heuristic
1725 Common Report Var(flag_sched_last_insn_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
1726 Enable the last instruction heuristic in the scheduler
1728 fsched-dep-count-heuristic
1729 Common Report Var(flag_sched_dep_count_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
1730 Enable the dependent count heuristic in the scheduler
1733 Common Report Var(flag_section_anchors) Optimization
1734 Access data in the same section from shared anchor points
1738 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1741 Common Report Var(flag_zee) Init(0)
1742 Eliminate redundant zero extensions on targets that support implicit extensions.
1745 Common Report Var(flag_show_column) Init(1)
1746 Show column numbers in diagnostics, when available. Default on
1749 Common Report Var(flag_signaling_nans) Optimization SetByCombined
1750 Disable optimizations observable by IEEE signaling NaNs
1753 Common Report Var(flag_signed_zeros) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
1754 Disable floating point optimizations that ignore the IEEE signedness of zero
1756 fsingle-precision-constant
1757 Common Report Var(flag_single_precision_constant) Optimization
1758 Convert floating point constants to single precision constants
1760 fsplit-ivs-in-unroller
1761 Common Report Var(flag_split_ivs_in_unroller) Init(1) Optimization
1762 Split lifetimes of induction variables when loops are unrolled
1765 Common Report Var(flag_split_stack) Init(-1)
1766 Generate discontiguous stack frames
1769 Common Report Var(flag_split_wide_types) Optimization
1770 Split wide types into independent registers
1772 fvariable-expansion-in-unroller
1773 Common Report Var(flag_variable_expansion_in_unroller) Optimization
1774 Apply variable expansion when loops are unrolled
1777 Common Report RejectNegative Joined
1778 -fstack-check=[no|generic|specific] Insert stack checking code into the program
1781 Common Alias(fstack-check=, specific, no)
1782 Insert stack checking code into the program. Same as -fstack-check=specific
1785 Common Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1787 fstack-limit-register=
1788 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1789 -fstack-limit-register=<register> Trap if the stack goes past <register>
1791 fstack-limit-symbol=
1792 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1793 -fstack-limit-symbol=<name> Trap if the stack goes past symbol <name>
1796 Common Report Var(flag_stack_protect, 1)
1797 Use propolice as a stack protection method
1799 fstack-protector-all
1800 Common Report RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 2)
1801 Use a stack protection method for every function
1804 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_usage)
1805 Output stack usage information on a per-function basis
1809 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1811 ; Nonzero if we should do (language-dependent) alias analysis.
1812 ; Typically, this analysis will assume that expressions of certain
1813 ; types do not alias expressions of certain other types. Only used
1814 ; if alias analysis (in general) is enabled.
1816 Common Report Var(flag_strict_aliasing) Optimization
1817 Assume strict aliasing rules apply
1820 Common Report Var(flag_strict_overflow)
1821 Treat signed overflow as undefined
1824 Common Report Var(flag_syntax_only)
1825 Check for syntax errors, then stop
1828 Common Report Var(flag_test_coverage)
1829 Create data files needed by \"gcov\"
1832 Common Report Var(flag_thread_jumps) Optimization
1833 Perform jump threading optimizations
1836 Common Report Var(time_report)
1837 Report the time taken by each compiler pass
1840 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(tls_model) Var(flag_tls_default) Init(TLS_MODEL_GLOBAL_DYNAMIC)
1841 -ftls-model=[global-dynamic|local-dynamic|initial-exec|local-exec] Set the default thread-local storage code generation model
1844 Name(tls_model) Type(enum tls_model) UnknownError(unknown TLS model %qs)
1847 Enum(tls_model) String(global-dynamic) Value(TLS_MODEL_GLOBAL_DYNAMIC)
1850 Enum(tls_model) String(local-dynamic) Value(TLS_MODEL_LOCAL_DYNAMIC)
1853 Enum(tls_model) String(initial-exec) Value(TLS_MODEL_INITIAL_EXEC)
1856 Enum(tls_model) String(local-exec) Value(TLS_MODEL_LOCAL_EXEC)
1859 Common Report Var(flag_toplevel_reorder) Init(2) Optimization
1860 Reorder top level functions, variables, and asms
1863 Common Report Var(flag_tracer)
1864 Perform superblock formation via tail duplication
1866 ; Zero means that floating-point math operations cannot generate a
1867 ; (user-visible) trap. This is the case, for example, in nonstop
1868 ; IEEE 754 arithmetic.
1870 Common Report Var(flag_trapping_math) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
1871 Assume floating-point operations can trap
1874 Common Report Var(flag_trapv) Optimization
1875 Trap for signed overflow in addition, subtraction and multiplication
1878 Common Report Var(flag_tree_ccp) Optimization
1879 Enable SSA-CCP optimization on trees
1882 Common Report Var(flag_tree_bit_ccp) Optimization
1883 Enable SSA-BIT-CCP optimization on trees
1887 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1890 Common Report Var(flag_tree_ch) Optimization
1891 Enable loop header copying on trees
1894 Common Report Var(flag_tree_copyrename) Optimization
1895 Replace SSA temporaries with better names in copies
1898 Common Report Var(flag_tree_copy_prop) Optimization
1899 Enable copy propagation on trees
1901 ftree-store-copy-prop
1903 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1906 Common Report Var(flag_tree_cselim) Init(2) Optimization
1907 Transform condition stores into unconditional ones
1909 ftree-switch-conversion
1910 Common Report Var(flag_tree_switch_conversion) Optimization
1911 Perform conversions of switch initializations.
1914 Common Report Var(flag_tree_dce) Optimization
1915 Enable SSA dead code elimination optimization on trees
1917 ftree-dominator-opts
1918 Common Report Var(flag_tree_dom) Optimization
1919 Enable dominator optimizations
1922 Common Report Var(flag_tree_dse) Optimization
1923 Enable dead store elimination
1926 Common Report Var(flag_tree_forwprop) Init(1) Optimization
1927 Enable forward propagation on trees
1930 Common Report Var(flag_tree_fre) Optimization
1931 Enable Full Redundancy Elimination (FRE) on trees
1933 ftree-loop-distribution
1934 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_distribution) Optimization
1935 Enable loop distribution on trees
1937 ftree-loop-distribute-patterns
1938 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_distribute_patterns) Optimization
1939 Enable loop distribution for patterns transformed into a library call
1942 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_im) Init(1) Optimization
1943 Enable loop invariant motion on trees
1946 Common Alias(floop-interchange)
1947 Enable loop interchange transforms. Same as -floop-interchange
1950 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_ivcanon) Init(1) Optimization
1951 Create canonical induction variables in loops
1954 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_optimize) Init(1) Optimization
1955 Enable loop optimizations on tree level
1957 ftree-parallelize-loops=
1958 Common Report Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_tree_parallelize_loops) Init(1)
1959 Enable automatic parallelization of loops
1962 Common Report Var(flag_tree_phiprop) Init(1) Optimization
1963 Enable hoisting loads from conditional pointers.
1966 Common Report Var(flag_tree_pre) Optimization
1967 Enable SSA-PRE optimization on trees
1970 Common Report Var(flag_tree_pta) Init(1) Optimization
1971 Perform function-local points-to analysis on trees.
1974 Common Report Var(flag_tree_reassoc) Init(1) Optimization
1975 Enable reassociation on tree level
1979 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1982 Common Report Var(flag_tree_sink) Optimization
1983 Enable SSA code sinking on trees
1986 Common Report Var(flag_tree_sra) Optimization
1987 Perform scalar replacement of aggregates
1990 Common Report Var(flag_tree_ter) Optimization
1991 Replace temporary expressions in the SSA->normal pass
1994 Common Report Var(flag_tree_live_range_split) Optimization
1995 Perform live range splitting during the SSA->normal pass
1998 Common Report Var(flag_tree_vrp) Init(0) Optimization
1999 Perform Value Range Propagation on trees
2002 Common Report Var(flag_unit_at_a_time) Init(1) Optimization
2003 Compile whole compilation unit at a time
2006 Common Report Var(flag_unroll_loops) Optimization
2007 Perform loop unrolling when iteration count is known
2010 Common Report Var(flag_unroll_all_loops) Optimization
2011 Perform loop unrolling for all loops
2013 ; Nonzero means that loop optimizer may assume that the induction variables
2014 ; that control loops do not overflow and that the loops with nontrivial
2015 ; exit condition are not infinite
2016 funsafe-loop-optimizations
2017 Common Report Var(flag_unsafe_loop_optimizations) Optimization
2018 Allow loop optimizations to assume that the loops behave in normal way
2021 Common Report Var(flag_associative_math) SetByCombined
2022 Allow optimization for floating-point arithmetic which may change the
2023 result of the operation due to rounding.
2026 Common Report Var(flag_reciprocal_math) SetByCombined
2027 Same as -fassociative-math for expressions which include division.
2029 ; Nonzero means that unsafe floating-point math optimizations are allowed
2030 ; for the sake of speed. IEEE compliance is not guaranteed, and operations
2031 ; are allowed to assume that their arguments and results are "normal"
2032 ; (e.g., nonnegative for SQRT).
2033 funsafe-math-optimizations
2034 Common Report Var(flag_unsafe_math_optimizations) Optimization SetByCombined
2035 Allow math optimizations that may violate IEEE or ISO standards
2038 Common Report Var(flag_unswitch_loops) Optimization
2039 Perform loop unswitching
2042 Common Report Var(flag_unwind_tables) Optimization
2043 Just generate unwind tables for exception handling
2048 ; Positive if we should track variables, negative if we should run
2049 ; the var-tracking pass only to discard debug annotations, zero if
2050 ; we're not to run it. When flag_var_tracking == 2 (AUTODETECT_VALUE) it
2051 ; will be set according to optimize, debug_info_level and debug_hooks
2052 ; in process_options ().
2054 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking) Init(2) Optimization
2055 Perform variable tracking
2057 ; Positive if we should track variables at assignments, negative if
2058 ; we should run the var-tracking pass only to discard debug
2059 ; annotations. When flag_var_tracking_assignments ==
2060 ; AUTODETECT_VALUE it will be set according to flag_var_tracking.
2061 fvar-tracking-assignments
2062 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking_assignments) Init(2) Optimization
2063 Perform variable tracking by annotating assignments
2065 ; Nonzero if we should toggle flag_var_tracking_assignments after
2066 ; processing options and computing its default. */
2067 fvar-tracking-assignments-toggle
2068 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking_assignments_toggle) Optimization
2069 Toggle -fvar-tracking-assignments
2071 fvar-tracking-uninit
2072 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking_uninit) Optimization
2073 Perform variable tracking and also tag variables that are uninitialized
2076 Common Report Var(flag_tree_vectorize) Optimization
2077 Enable loop vectorization on trees
2080 Common Report Var(flag_tree_slp_vectorize) Init(2) Optimization
2081 Enable basic block vectorization (SLP) on trees
2084 Common Report Var(flag_vect_cost_model) Optimization
2085 Enable use of cost model in vectorization
2087 ftree-vect-loop-version
2088 Common Report Var(flag_tree_vect_loop_version) Init(1) Optimization
2089 Enable loop versioning when doing loop vectorization on trees
2091 ftree-vectorizer-verbose=
2092 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
2093 -ftree-vectorizer-verbose=<number> Set the verbosity level of the vectorizer
2096 Common Report Var(flag_tree_scev_cprop) Init(1) Optimization
2097 Enable copy propagation of scalar-evolution information.
2099 ; -fverbose-asm causes extra commentary information to be produced in
2100 ; the generated assembly code (to make it more readable). This option
2101 ; is generally only of use to those who actually need to read the
2102 ; generated assembly code (perhaps while debugging the compiler itself).
2103 ; -fno-verbose-asm, the default, causes the extra information
2104 ; to not be added and is useful when comparing two assembler files.
2106 Common Report Var(flag_verbose_asm)
2107 Add extra commentary to assembler output
2110 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(symbol_visibility) Var(default_visibility) Init(VISIBILITY_DEFAULT)
2111 -fvisibility=[default|internal|hidden|protected] Set the default symbol visibility
2114 Name(symbol_visibility) Type(enum symbol_visibility) UnknownError(unrecognized visibility value %qs)
2117 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(default) Value(VISIBILITY_DEFAULT)
2120 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(internal) Value(VISIBILITY_INTERNAL)
2123 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(hidden) Value(VISIBILITY_HIDDEN)
2126 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(protected) Value(VISIBILITY_PROTECTED)
2129 Common Report Var(flag_value_profile_transformations) Optimization
2130 Use expression value profiles in optimizations
2133 Common Report Var(flag_web) Init(2) Optimization
2134 Construct webs and split unrelated uses of single variable
2136 ftree-builtin-call-dce
2137 Common Report Var(flag_tree_builtin_call_dce) Init(0) Optimization
2138 Enable conditional dead code elimination for builtin calls
2141 Common Report Var(flag_whole_program) Init(0) Optimization
2142 Perform whole program optimizations
2145 Common Report Var(flag_wrapv) Optimization
2146 Assume signed arithmetic overflow wraps around
2148 fzero-initialized-in-bss
2149 Common Report Var(flag_zero_initialized_in_bss) Init(1)
2150 Put zero initialized data in the bss section
2153 Common JoinedOrMissing
2154 Generate debug information in default format
2157 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gdwarf-)
2158 Generate debug information in COFF format
2161 Common Joined UInteger Var(dwarf_version) Init(2) Negative(gstabs)
2162 Generate debug information in DWARF v2 (or later) format
2165 Common JoinedOrMissing
2166 Generate debug information in default extended format
2169 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gstabs+)
2170 Generate debug information in STABS format
2173 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gvms)
2174 Generate debug information in extended STABS format
2177 Common RejectNegative Var(dwarf_strict,0) Init(-1)
2178 Emit DWARF additions beyond selected version
2181 Common Report RejectNegative Var(dwarf_strict,1)
2182 Don't emit DWARF additions beyond selected version
2185 Common Report Var(flag_gtoggle)
2186 Toggle debug information generation
2189 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gxcoff)
2190 Generate debug information in VMS format
2193 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gxcoff+)
2194 Generate debug information in XCOFF format
2197 Common JoinedOrMissing Negative(gcoff)
2198 Generate debug information in extended XCOFF format
2201 Driver Joined Separate
2204 Common Joined Var(plugindir_string) Init(0)
2205 -iplugindir=<dir> Set <dir> to be the default plugin directory
2208 Driver Joined Separate
2213 no-canonical-prefixes
2226 Common Driver Joined Separate Var(asm_file_name) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
2227 -o <file> Place output into <file>
2230 Common Var(profile_flag)
2231 Enable function profiling
2234 Driver Var(pass_exit_codes)
2237 Common Var(pedantic)
2238 Issue warnings needed for strict compliance to the standard
2241 Common Var(flag_pedantic_errors)
2242 Like -pedantic but issue them as errors
2248 Driver Var(use_pipes)
2251 Driver JoinedOrMissing Var(print_file_name)
2253 print-libgcc-file-name
2256 print-multi-directory
2257 Driver Var(print_multi_directory)
2260 Driver Var(print_multi_lib)
2262 print-multi-os-directory
2263 Driver Var(print_multi_os_directory)
2266 Driver JoinedOrMissing Var(print_prog_name)
2269 Driver Var(print_search_dirs)
2272 Driver Var(print_sysroot)
2274 print-sysroot-headers-suffix
2275 Driver Var(print_sysroot_headers_suffix)
2278 Common Var(quiet_flag) RejectDriver
2279 Do not display functions compiled or elapsed time
2297 Driver Var(report_times)
2300 Driver JoinedOrMissing
2303 Driver Joined Separate
2307 ; C option, but driver must not handle as "-u ndef".
2310 Common Driver Var(verbose_flag)
2311 Enable verbose output
2314 Common Var(version_flag) RejectDriver
2315 Display the compiler's version
2318 Common Var(inhibit_warnings)
2322 Driver Separate Var(wrapper_string)
2325 Driver Joined Separate
2328 Common RejectNegative Negative(pie)
2329 Create a shared library
2335 Driver Separate Alias(specs=)
2348 ; Documented for Fortran, but always accepted by driver.
2355 ; Documented for Go, but always accepted by driver.
2361 Common RejectNegative Negative(shared)
2362 Create a position independent executable
2365 Driver Joined Separate
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