1 ; Options for the language- and target-independent parts of the compiler.
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19 ; <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
21 ; See the GCC internals manual (options.texi) for a description of this file's format.
23 ; Please try to keep this file in ASCII collating order.
37 ; Not used directly to control optimizations, only to save -Ofast
38 ; setting for "optimize" attributes.
42 ; True if this is the lto front end. This is used to disable gimple
43 ; generation and lowering passes that are normally run on the output
44 ; of a front end. These passes must be bypassed for lto since they
45 ; have already been done before the gimple was written.
49 ; This variable is set to non-0 only by LTO front-end. 1 indicates that
50 ; the output produced will be used for incremental linking (thus weak symbols
51 ; can still be bound) and 2 indicates that the IL is going to be linked and
52 ; and output to LTO object file.
54 enum incremental_link flag_incremental_link = INCREMENTAL_LINK_NONE
56 ; 0 means straightforward implementation of complex divide acceptable.
57 ; 1 means wide ranges of inputs must work for complex divide.
58 ; 2 means C99-like requirements for complex multiply and divide.
60 int flag_complex_method = 1
63 int flag_default_complex_method = 1
65 ; Language specific warning pass for unused results.
67 bool flag_warn_unused_result = false
69 ; Nonzero if we should write GIMPLE bytecode for link-time optimization.
73 ; Nonzero if we should write GIMPLE bytecode for offload compilation.
75 int flag_generate_offload = 0
77 ; Nonzero means we should be saving declaration info into a .X file.
79 int flag_gen_aux_info = 0
81 ; Nonzero if we are compiling code for a shared library, zero for
86 ; These three are really VEC(char_p,heap) *.
89 void *flag_instrument_functions_exclude_functions
92 void *flag_instrument_functions_exclude_files
95 void *flag_ignored_attributes
97 ; Generic structs (e.g. templates not explicitly specialized)
98 ; may not have a compilation unit associated with them, and so
99 ; may need to be treated differently from ordinary structs.
101 ; Structs only handled by reference (indirectly), will also usually
102 ; not need as much debugging information.
105 enum debug_struct_file debug_struct_ordinary[DINFO_USAGE_NUM_ENUMS] = { DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY }
108 enum debug_struct_file debug_struct_generic[DINFO_USAGE_NUM_ENUMS] = { DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY }
110 ; True if we should exit after parsing options.
112 bool exit_after_options
114 ; Type(s) of debugging information we are producing (if any). See
115 ; flag-types.h for the definitions of the different possible types of
116 ; debugging information.
118 uint32_t write_symbols = NO_DEBUG
120 ; Level of debugging information we are producing. See flag-types.h
121 ; for the definitions of the different possible levels.
123 enum debug_info_levels debug_info_level = DINFO_LEVEL_NONE
125 ; Level of CTF debugging information we are producing. See flag-types.h
126 ; for the definitions of the different possible levels.
128 enum ctf_debug_info_levels ctf_debug_info_level = CTFINFO_LEVEL_NONE
130 ; Original value of maximum field alignment in bytes, specified via
131 ; -fpack-struct=<value>.
133 unsigned int initial_max_fld_align = TARGET_DEFAULT_PACK_STRUCT
135 ; Type of stack check.
137 enum stack_check_type flag_stack_check = NO_STACK_CHECK
139 ; True if stack usage information needs to be computed.
141 bool flag_stack_usage_info = false
143 ; -dA causes debug commentary information to be produced in
144 ; the generated assembly code (to make it more readable). This option
145 ; is generally only of use to those who actually need to read the
146 ; generated assembly code (perhaps while debugging the compiler itself).
147 ; Currently, this switch is only used by dwarf2out.cc; however, it is intended
148 ; to be a catchall for printing debug information in the assembler file.
152 ; Balance between GNAT encodings and standard DWARF to emit.
154 enum dwarf_gnat_encodings gnat_encodings = DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_DEFAULT
156 ; -dP causes the rtl to be emitted as a comment in assembly.
158 int flag_dump_rtl_in_asm
160 ; Whether -da was passed (used only in handle_common_deferred_options).
162 bool flag_dump_all_passed
164 ; Other flags saying which kinds of debugging dump have been requested.
167 int rtl_dump_and_exit
170 int flag_print_asm_name
172 ; Name of top-level original source file (what was input to cpp).
173 ; This comes from the #-command at the beginning of the actual input.
174 ; If there isn't any there, then this is the cc1 input file name.
176 const char *main_input_filename
178 ; Pointer to base name in main_input_filename, with directories and a
179 ; single final extension removed, and the length of this base
183 const char *main_input_basename
186 int main_input_baselength
188 ; The base name used for auxiliary output files.
189 ; dump_base_name minus dump_base_ext.
192 const char *aux_base_name
194 ; Which options have been printed by --help.
198 ; Which enums have been printed by --help. 0 = not printed, no
199 ; relevant options seen, 1 = relevant option seen, not yet printed, 2
202 char *help_enum_printed
204 ; The number of columns for --help output.
206 unsigned int help_columns
208 ; Whether this options structure has been through finish_options
210 bool flag_opts_finished
212 ; What the sanitizer should instrument
214 unsigned int flag_sanitize
216 ; What sanitizers should recover from errors
218 unsigned int flag_sanitize_recover = (SANITIZE_UNDEFINED | SANITIZE_UNDEFINED_NONDEFAULT | SANITIZE_KERNEL_ADDRESS | SANITIZE_KERNEL_HWADDRESS) & ~(SANITIZE_UNREACHABLE | SANITIZE_RETURN)
220 ; What sanitizers should use __builtin_trap () instead of runtime diagnostics
222 unsigned int flag_sanitize_trap
224 ; Flag whether a prefix has been added to dump_base_name
226 bool dump_base_name_prefixed = false
228 ; What subset of registers should be zeroed on function return
230 unsigned int flag_zero_call_used_regs
242 Common Driver Joined Undocumented
243 Provide bash completion for options starting with provided string.
246 Driver Alias(coverage)
252 Common Separate Alias(d)
255 Common Joined Alias(d)
258 Driver Common Separate Alias(dumpbase)
261 Driver Common Separate Alias(dumpbase-ext)
264 Driver Common Separate Alias(dumpdir)
267 Driver Separate Alias(e)
270 Driver Joined Alias(e)
273 Common Warning Alias(Wextra)
276 Driver Separate Alias(Xassembler)
279 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(Xassembler)
282 Driver Separate Alias(Xlinker)
285 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(Xlinker)
288 Driver Separate Alias(u)
291 Driver Joined Alias(u)
294 Common Driver Var(help_flag)
295 Display this information.
299 --help=<class> Display descriptions of a specific class of options. <class> is one or more of optimizers, target, warnings, undocumented, params.
302 Driver Separate Alias(x)
305 Driver Joined Alias(x)
308 Driver Separate Alias(L)
311 Driver Joined Alias(L)
313 -no-canonical-prefixes
314 Driver Alias(no-canonical-prefixes)
316 -no-standard-libraries
317 Driver Alias(nostdlib)
320 Driver Var(no_sysroot_suffix)
329 Common Driver Separate Alias(o) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
332 Common Driver Joined Alias(o) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
335 Driver Alias(pass-exit-codes)
338 Common Alias(Wpedantic)
341 Common Alias(pedantic-errors)
347 Driver Alias(static-pie)
353 Driver Separate Alias(B)
356 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(B)
362 Driver Separate Alias(print-file-name=)
365 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(print-file-name=)
367 -print-libgcc-file-name
368 Driver Alias(print-libgcc-file-name)
370 -print-multi-directory
371 Driver Alias(print-multi-directory)
374 Driver Alias(print-multi-lib)
376 -print-multi-os-directory
377 Driver Alias(print-multi-os-directory)
380 Driver Alias(print-multiarch)
383 Driver Separate Alias(print-prog-name=)
386 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(print-prog-name=)
389 Driver Alias(print-search-dirs)
392 Driver Alias(print-sysroot)
394 -print-sysroot-headers-suffix
395 Driver Alias(print-sysroot-headers-suffix)
401 Driver Alias(save-temps)
407 Driver Separate Alias(specs=)
410 Driver Joined Alias(specs=)
416 Driver Alias(symbolic)
420 Display target specific command line options (including assembler and linker options).
425 ;; Truncate the file specified after linking.
426 ;; This option is used by lto-wrapper to reduce the peak disk-usage when
427 ;; linking with many .LTRANS units.
429 Driver Separate Undocumented MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
434 ;; The driver used to convert options such as --help into forms such
435 ;; as -fhelp; the following four entries are for compatibility with
436 ;; any direct uses of those (undocumented) -f forms
438 Common Driver Alias(-help)
441 Common Driver Joined Alias(-help=)
444 Common Driver Alias(-target-help)
447 Common Driver Alias(-version)
450 Driver Separate Alias(-sysroot=)
453 Driver JoinedOrMissing
459 Driver Joined Separate
465 Driver Joined Separate
471 Common JoinedOrMissing Optimization
472 -O<number> Set optimization level to <number>.
476 Optimize for space rather than speed.
480 Optimize for speed disregarding exact standards compliance.
484 Optimize for debugging experience rather than speed or size.
488 Optimize for space aggressively rather than speed.
500 Driver Joined Separate
506 Driver Joined Separate
527 Common RejectNegative Warning Alias(Wextra)
528 This switch is deprecated; use -Wextra instead.
531 Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative
534 Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative
537 Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative
540 Common Var(warn_aggregate_return) Warning
541 Warn about returning structures, unions or arrays.
543 Waggressive-loop-optimizations
544 Common Var(warn_aggressive_loop_optimizations) Init(1) Warning
545 Warn if a loop with constant number of iterations triggers undefined behavior.
548 Common Alias(Warray-bounds=, 1, 0) Warning
551 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_array_bounds) Warning IntegerRange(0, 2)
552 Warn if an array is accessed out of bounds.
555 Common Var(warn_use_after_free) Warning
556 Warn for uses of pointers to deallocated storage.
559 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_use_after_free) Warning IntegerRange(0, 3)
560 Warn for uses of pointers to deallocated storage.
563 Common Var(warn_attributes) Init(1) Warning
564 Warn about inappropriate attribute usage.
568 Do not warn about specified attributes.
571 Common Alias(Wattribute_alias=, 1, 0) Warning
572 Warn about type safety and similar errors and mismatches in declarations with alias attributes.
575 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_attribute_alias) Init(1) Warning IntegerRange(0, 2)
576 Warn about type safety and similar errors and mismatches in declarations with alias attributes.
579 Common Var(warn_cannot_profile) Init(1) Warning
580 Warn when profiling instrumentation was requested, but could not be applied to
584 Common Var(warn_cast_align) Warning
585 Warn about pointer casts which increase alignment.
588 Common Var(warn_cast_align,2) Warning
589 Warn about pointer casts which increase alignment.
592 Common Var(warn_complain_wrong_lang) Init(1) Warning
593 Complain when a command-line option is valid, but not applicable to the current front end.
596 Common Var(warn_cpp) Init(1) Warning
597 Warn when a #warning directive is encountered.
600 Common Var(warn_attribute_warning) Init(1) Warning
601 Warn about uses of __attribute__((warning)) declarations.
604 Common Var(warn_deprecated) Init(1) Warning
605 Warn if a deprecated compiler feature, class, method, or field is used.
607 Wdeprecated-declarations
608 Common Var(warn_deprecated_decl) Init(1) Warning
609 Warn about uses of __attribute__((deprecated)) declarations.
611 Wdisabled-optimization
612 Common Var(warn_disabled_optimization) Warning
613 Warn when an optimization pass is disabled.
616 Common Var(warnings_are_errors)
617 Treat all warnings as errors.
621 Treat specified warning as error.
624 Common Var(extra_warnings) Warning
625 Print extra (possibly unwanted) warnings.
628 Common Var(flag_fatal_errors)
629 Exit on the first error occurred.
632 Common RejectNegative Joined Host_Wide_Int ByteSize Warning Var(warn_frame_larger_than_size) Init(HOST_WIDE_INT_MAX)
633 -Wframe-larger-than=<byte-size> Warn if a function's stack frame requires in excess of <byte-size>.
635 Wno-frame-larger-than
636 Common Alias(Wframe-larger-than=,18446744073709551615EiB,none) Warning
637 Disable -Wframe-larger-than= warning. Equivalent to -Wframe-larger-than=<SIZE_MAX> or larger.
640 Common Var(warn_free_nonheap_object) Init(1) Warning
641 Warn when attempting to free a non-heap object.
644 Common Var(warn_hardened) Init(1) Warning
645 Warn when -fhardened did not enable an option from its set.
648 Common Ignore Warning
649 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
651 Wimplicit-fallthrough
652 Common Alias(Wimplicit-fallthrough=,3,0) Warning
654 Wimplicit-fallthrough=
655 Common Var(warn_implicit_fallthrough) RejectNegative Joined UInteger Warning IntegerRange(0, 5)
656 Warn when a switch case falls through.
659 Var(warn_infinite_recursion) Warning
660 Warn for infinitely recursive calls.
663 Common Var(warn_inline) Warning Optimization
664 Warn when an inlined function cannot be inlined.
666 Winvalid-memory-model
667 Common Var(warn_invalid_memory_model) Init(1) Warning
668 Warn when an atomic memory model parameter is known to be outside the valid range.
671 Common RejectNegative Joined Warning Undocumented Alias(Wlarger-than=)
674 Common RejectNegative Joined Host_Wide_Int ByteSize Warning Var(warn_larger_than_size) Init(HOST_WIDE_INT_MAX)
675 -Wlarger-than=<byte-size> Warn if an object's size exceeds <byte-size>.
678 Common Alias(Wlarger-than=,18446744073709551615EiB,none) Warning
679 Disable -Wlarger-than= warning. Equivalent to -Wlarger-than=<SIZE_MAX> or larger.
682 Var(warn_nonnull_compare) Warning
683 Warn if comparing pointer parameter with nonnull attribute with NULL.
686 Common Var(warn_null_dereference) Warning
687 Warn if dereferencing a NULL pointer may lead to erroneous or undefined behavior.
689 Wunsafe-loop-optimizations
690 Common Ignore Warning
691 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
694 Common Warning Alias(Wsuggest-attribute=noreturn)
697 Common Var(warn_odr_violations) Init(1) Warning
698 Warn about some C++ One Definition Rule violations during link time optimization.
701 Common Var(warn_overflow) Init(1) Warning
702 Warn about overflow in arithmetic expressions.
705 Common Var(warn_lto_type_mismatch) Init(1) Warning
706 During link time optimization warn about mismatched types of global declarations.
709 Common Var(warn_packed) Warning
710 Warn when the packed attribute has no effect on struct layout.
713 Common Var(warn_padded) Warning
714 Warn when padding is required to align structure members.
717 Common Var(pedantic) Init(0) Warning
718 Issue warnings needed for strict compliance to the standard.
721 Common Var(warn_return_local_addr) Init(1) Warning
722 Warn about returning a pointer/reference to a local or temporary variable.
725 Common Var(warn_shadow) Warning
726 Warn when one variable shadows another. Same as -Wshadow=global.
729 Common Warning Alias(Wshadow)
730 Warn when one variable shadows another (globally).
733 Common Var(warn_shadow_local) Warning EnabledBy(Wshadow)
734 Warn when one local variable shadows another local variable or parameter.
737 Common Warning Undocumented Alias(Wshadow=local)
739 Wshadow=compatible-local
740 Common Var(warn_shadow_compatible_local) Warning EnabledBy(Wshadow=local)
741 Warn when one local variable shadows another local variable or parameter of compatible type.
743 Wshadow-compatible-local
744 Common Warning Undocumented Alias(Wshadow=compatible-local)
747 Common Var(warn_stack_protect) Warning
748 Warn when not issuing stack smashing protection for some reason.
751 Common Joined RejectNegative Host_Wide_Int ByteSize Var(warn_stack_usage) Warning Init(HOST_WIDE_INT_MAX)
752 -Wstack-usage=<byte-size> Warn if stack usage might exceed <byte-size>.
755 Common Alias(Wstack-usage=,18446744073709551615EiB,none) Warning
756 Disable Wstack-usage= warning. Equivalent to Wstack-usage=<SIZE_MAX> or larger.
760 Warn about code which might break strict aliasing rules.
763 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_strict_aliasing) Warning
764 Warn about code which might break strict aliasing rules.
768 Warn about optimizations that assume that signed overflow is undefined.
771 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_strict_overflow) Warning
772 Warn about optimizations that assume that signed overflow is undefined.
774 Wsuggest-attribute=cold
775 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_cold) Warning
776 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((cold)).
778 Wsuggest-attribute=const
779 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_const) Warning
780 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((const)).
782 Wsuggest-attribute=pure
783 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_pure) Warning
784 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((pure)).
786 Wsuggest-attribute=noreturn
787 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_noreturn) Warning
788 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((noreturn)).
790 Wsuggest-attribute=malloc
791 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_malloc) Warning
792 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((malloc)).
794 Wsuggest-attribute=returns_nonnull
795 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_returns_nonnull) Warning
796 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((returns_nonnull)).
799 Common Var(warn_suggest_final_types) Warning
800 Warn about C++ polymorphic types where adding final keyword would improve code quality.
802 Wsuggest-final-methods
803 Common Var(warn_suggest_final_methods) Warning
804 Warn about C++ virtual methods where adding final keyword would improve code quality.
807 Common Var(warn_switch_unreachable) Warning Init(1)
808 Warn about statements between switch's controlling expression and the first
812 Common Var(warn_system_headers) Warning
813 Do not suppress warnings from system headers.
815 Wtautological-compare
816 Common Var(warn_tautological_compare) Warning LangEnabledBy(C ObjC C++ ObjC++,Wall)
817 Warn if a comparison always evaluates to true or false.
820 Common Var(warn_trampolines) Warning
821 Warn whenever a trampoline is generated.
823 Wtrivial-auto-var-init
824 Common Var(warn_trivial_auto_var_init) Warning Init(0)
825 Warn about cases where -ftrivial-auto-var-init cannot initialize an auto variable.
828 Common Var(warn_type_limits) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
829 Warn if a comparison is always true or always false due to the limited range of the data type.
832 Common Var(warn_uninitialized) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
833 Warn about uninitialized automatic variables.
836 Common Var(warn_maybe_uninitialized) Warning EnabledBy(Wuninitialized)
837 Warn about maybe uninitialized automatic variables.
840 Common Ignore Warning
841 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
844 Common Var(warn_unused) Init(0) Warning
845 Enable all -Wunused- warnings.
847 Wunused-but-set-parameter
848 Common Var(warn_unused_but_set_parameter) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused && Wextra)
849 Warn when a function parameter is only set, otherwise unused.
851 Wunused-but-set-variable
852 Common Var(warn_unused_but_set_variable) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
853 Warn when a variable is only set, otherwise unused.
856 Common Var(warn_unused_function) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
857 Warn when a function is unused.
860 Common Var(warn_unused_label) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
861 Warn when a label is unused.
864 Common Var(warn_unused_parameter) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused && Wextra)
865 Warn when a function parameter is unused.
868 Common Var(warn_unused_value) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
869 Warn when an expression value is unused.
872 Common Var(warn_unused_variable) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
873 Warn when a variable is unused.
876 Common Var(warn_coverage_mismatch) Init(1) Warning
877 Warn in case profiles in -fprofile-use do not match.
879 Wcoverage-invalid-line-number
880 Common Var(warn_coverage_invalid_linenum) Init(1) Warning
881 Warn in case a function ends earlier than it begins due to an invalid linenum macros.
883 Wcoverage-too-many-conditions
884 Common Var(warn_too_many_conditions) Init(1) Warning
885 Warn when a conditional has too many terms and condition coverage profiling
886 gives up instrumenting the expression.
889 Common Var(warn_missing_profile) Init(1) Warning
890 Warn in case profiles in -fprofile-use do not exist.
892 Wvector-operation-performance
893 Common Var(warn_vector_operation_performance) Warning
894 Warn when a vector operation is compiled outside the SIMD.
897 Common Var(warn_tsan) Init(1) Warning
898 Warn about unsupported features in ThreadSanitizer.
913 Common Separate Var(aux_info_file_name)
914 -aux-info <file> Emit declaration information into <file>.
917 Common Joined Alias(aux-info)
927 -d<letters> Enable dumps from specific passes of the compiler.
930 Driver Common Separate Var(dump_base_name)
931 -dumpbase <file> Set the file basename to be used for dumps.
934 Driver Common Separate Var(dump_base_ext)
935 -dumpbase-ext .<ext> Drop a trailing .<ext> from the dump basename to name auxiliary output files.
938 Driver Common Separate Var(dump_dir_name)
939 -dumpdir <dir> Set the directory name to be used for dumps.
954 Driver Joined Separate
956 ; This option has historically been passed down to the linker by an
957 ; accident of a %{e*} spec, so ensure it continues to be passed down
958 ; as a single option. The supported option for this purpose is
959 ; -rdynamic. See PR 47390.
963 ; The version of the C++ ABI in use. The following values are allowed:
965 ; 0: The version of the ABI believed most conformant with the C++ ABI
966 ; specification. This ABI may change as bugs are discovered and fixed.
967 ; Therefore, 0 will not necessarily indicate the same ABI in different
970 ; 1: The version of the ABI first used in G++ 3.2. No longer selectable.
972 ; 2: The version of the ABI first used in G++ 3.4, and the default
975 ; 3: The version of the ABI that fixes the missing underscore
976 ; in template non-type arguments of pointer type.
978 ; 4: The version of the ABI that introduces unambiguous mangling of
979 ; vector types. First selectable in G++ 4.5.
981 ; 5: The version of the ABI that ignores attribute const/noreturn
982 ; in function pointer mangling, and corrects mangling of decltype and
983 ; function parameters used in other parameters and the return type.
984 ; First selectable in G++ 4.6.
986 ; 6: The version of the ABI that doesn't promote scoped enums to int and
987 ; changes the mangling of template argument packs, const/static_cast,
988 ; prefix ++ and --, and a class scope function used as a template
990 ; First selectable in G++ 4.7.
992 ; 7: The version of the ABI that treats nullptr_t as a builtin type and
993 ; corrects the mangling of lambdas in default argument scope.
994 ; First selectable in G++ 4.8.
996 ; 8: The version of the ABI that corrects the substitution behavior of
997 ; function types with function-cv-qualifiers.
998 ; First selectable in G++ 4.9 and default in G++ 5.
1000 ; 9: The version of the ABI that corrects the alignment of nullptr_t.
1001 ; First selectable and default in G++ 5.2.
1003 ; 10: The version of the ABI that mangles attributes that affect type
1004 ; identity, such as ia32 calling convention attributes (stdcall, etc.)
1005 ; Default in G++ 6 (set in c_common_post_options).
1007 ; 11: The version of the ABI that corrects mangling of sizeof... expressions
1008 ; and introduces new inheriting constructor handling.
1011 ; 12: Corrects the calling convention for classes with only deleted copy/move
1012 ; constructors and changes passing/returning of empty records.
1013 ; Default in G++ 8.1.
1015 ; 13: Fixes the accidental change in 12 to the calling convention for classes
1016 ; with deleted copy constructor and trivial move constructor.
1017 ; Default in G++ 8.2.
1019 ; 14: Corrects the mangling of nullptr expression.
1020 ; Default in G++ 10.
1022 ; 15: Corrects G++ 10 ABI tag regression [PR98481].
1023 ; Available, but not default, in G++ 10.3.
1025 ; 16: Changes the mangling of __alignof__ to be distinct from that of alignof.
1026 ; Adds missing 'on' in mangling of operator names in some cases.
1027 ; Default in G++ 11.
1029 ; 17: Fixes layout of classes that inherit from aggregate classes with default
1030 ; member initializers in C++14 and up.
1031 ; Default in G++ 12.
1033 ; 18: Corrects errors in mangling of lambdas with additional context.
1034 ; Default in G++ 13.
1036 ; 19: Emits ABI tags if needed in structured binding mangled names.
1037 ; Ignores cv-quals on [[no_unique_address]] members.
1038 ; Mangles constraints on function templates.
1039 ; Default in G++ 14.
1041 ; 20: Fix mangling of lambdas in static data member initializers.
1042 ; Default in G++ 15.
1044 ; Additional positive integers will be assigned as new versions of
1045 ; the ABI become the default version of the ABI.
1047 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_abi_version) Init(0)
1048 The version of the C++ ABI in use.
1050 faggressive-loop-optimizations
1051 Common Var(flag_aggressive_loop_optimizations) Optimization Init(1)
1052 Aggressively optimize loops using language constraints.
1055 Common Var(flag_align_functions) Optimization
1056 Align the start of functions.
1059 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(str_align_functions) Optimization
1062 Common Var(flag_align_jumps) Optimization
1063 Align labels which are only reached by jumping.
1066 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(str_align_jumps) Optimization
1069 Common Var(flag_align_labels) Optimization
1073 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(str_align_labels) Optimization
1076 Common Var(flag_align_loops) Optimization
1077 Align the start of loops.
1080 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(str_align_loops) Optimization
1082 fallow-store-data-races
1083 Common Var(flag_store_data_races) Optimization
1084 Allow the compiler to introduce new data races on stores.
1087 Common Var(flag_analyzer)
1088 Enable static analysis pass.
1092 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1096 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1098 fargument-noalias-global
1100 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1102 fargument-noalias-anything
1104 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1107 Common Driver Joined
1108 Select what to sanitize.
1111 Common Joined Enum(sanitize_coverage) Var(flag_sanitize_coverage) EnumBitSet
1112 Select type of coverage sanitization.
1115 Name(sanitize_coverage) Type(int)
1118 Enum(sanitize_coverage) String(trace-pc) Value(SANITIZE_COV_TRACE_PC)
1121 Enum(sanitize_coverage) String(trace-cmp) Value(SANITIZE_COV_TRACE_CMP)
1123 fasan-shadow-offset=
1124 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1125 -fasan-shadow-offset=<number> Use custom shadow memory offset.
1128 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1129 -fsanitize-sections=<sec1,sec2,...> Sanitize global variables
1130 in user-defined sections.
1134 After diagnosing undefined behavior attempt to continue execution.
1138 This switch is deprecated; use -fsanitize-recover= instead.
1141 Common Driver Joined
1142 Use traps instead of diagnostics of undefined behavior sanitizers.
1147 fsanitize-address-use-after-scope
1148 Common Driver Var(flag_sanitize_address_use_after_scope) Init(0)
1150 fsanitize-undefined-trap-on-error
1151 Common Driver Alias(fsanitize-trap)
1152 This switch is deprecated; use -fsanitize-trap= instead.
1154 fasynchronous-unwind-tables
1155 Common Var(flag_asynchronous_unwind_tables) Optimization
1156 Generate unwind tables that are exact at each instruction boundary.
1159 Common Var(flag_auto_inc_dec) Init(1) Optimization
1160 Generate auto-inc/dec instructions.
1163 Common Var(flag_auto_profile)
1164 Use sample profile information for call graph node weights. The default
1165 profile file is fbdata.afdo in 'pwd'.
1168 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(auto_profile_file)
1169 Use sample profile information for call graph node weights. The profile
1170 file is specified in the argument.
1172 ; -fcheck-bounds causes gcc to generate array bounds checks.
1173 ; For C, C++ and ObjC: defaults off.
1174 ; For Java: defaults to on.
1175 ; For Fortran: defaults to off.
1177 Common Var(flag_bounds_check)
1178 Generate code to check bounds before indexing arrays.
1181 Common Var(flag_branch_on_count_reg) Optimization
1182 Replace add, compare, branch with branch on count register.
1184 fbranch-probabilities
1185 Common Var(flag_branch_probabilities) Optimization
1186 Use profiling information for branch probabilities.
1188 fbranch-target-load-optimize
1190 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1192 fbranch-target-load-optimize2
1194 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1198 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1201 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_callgraph_info) Init(NO_CALLGRAPH_INFO);
1202 Output callgraph information on a per-file basis.
1205 Common RejectNegative Joined
1206 Output callgraph information on a per-file basis with decorations.
1209 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1210 -fcall-saved-<register> Mark <register> as being preserved across functions.
1213 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1214 -fcall-used-<register> Mark <register> as being corrupted by function calls.
1216 ; Nonzero for -fcaller-saves: allocate values in regs that need to
1217 ; be saved across function calls, if that produces overall better code.
1218 ; Optional now, so people can test it.
1220 Common Var(flag_caller_saves) Optimization
1221 Save registers around function calls.
1225 This switch is deprecated; do not use.
1228 Common Var(flag_check_new)
1229 Check the return value of new in C++.
1232 Common Var(flag_checking) Init(CHECKING_P ? ENABLE_EXTRA_CHECKING ? 2 : 1 : 0)
1233 Perform internal consistency checkings.
1236 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_checking)
1237 Perform internal consistency checkings.
1240 Common Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1241 For -f*-prefix-map= options compare canonicalized pathnames rather than just strings.
1244 Common Var(flag_code_hoisting) Optimization
1245 Enable code hoisting.
1247 fcombine-stack-adjustments
1248 Common Var(flag_combine_stack_adjustments) Optimization
1249 Looks for opportunities to reduce stack adjustments and stack references.
1252 Common Var(flag_no_common,0) Init(1)
1253 Put uninitialized globals in the common section.
1257 ; Converted by the driver to -fcompare-debug= options.
1260 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative Var(flag_compare_debug_opt)
1261 -fcompare-debug[=<opts>] Compile with and without e.g. -gtoggle, and compare the final-insns dump.
1263 fcompare-debug-second
1264 Common Driver RejectNegative Var(flag_compare_debug)
1265 Run only the second compilation of -fcompare-debug.
1268 Common Var(flag_compare_elim_after_reload) Optimization
1269 Perform comparison elimination after register allocation has finished.
1272 Common Var(flag_conserve_stack) Optimization
1273 Do not perform optimizations increasing noticeably stack usage.
1276 Common Var(flag_cprop_registers) Optimization
1277 Perform a register copy-propagation optimization pass.
1280 Common Var(flag_fold_mem_offsets) Init(1) Optimization
1281 Fold instructions calculating memory offsets to the memory access instruction if possible.
1284 Common Var(flag_crossjumping) Optimization
1285 Perform cross-jumping optimization.
1288 Common Var(flag_cse_follow_jumps) Optimization
1289 When running CSE, follow jumps to their targets.
1293 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1296 Common Var(flag_cx_limited_range) Optimization SetByCombined
1297 Omit range reduction step when performing complex division.
1300 Common Var(flag_cx_fortran_rules) Optimization
1301 Complex multiplication and division follow Fortran rules.
1304 Common Var(flag_data_sections)
1305 Place data items into their own section.
1308 Common Var(flag_dbg_cnt_list)
1309 List all available debugging counters with their limits and counts.
1312 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1313 -fdbg-cnt=<counter>[:<lower_limit1>-]<upper_limit1>[:<lower_limit2>-<upper_limit2>:...][,<counter>:...] Set the debug counter limit.
1316 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1317 -fdebug-prefix-map=<old>=<new> Map one directory name to another in debug information.
1320 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1321 -ffile-prefix-map=<old>=<new> Map one directory name to another in compilation result.
1323 fdebug-types-section
1324 Common Var(flag_debug_types_section) Init(0)
1325 Output .debug_types section when using DWARF v4 debuginfo.
1327 ; Nonzero for -fdefer-pop: don't pop args after each function call
1328 ; instead save them up to pop many calls' args with one insns.
1330 Common Var(flag_defer_pop) Optimization
1331 Defer popping functions args from stack until later.
1334 Common Var(flag_delayed_branch) Optimization
1335 Attempt to fill delay slots of branch instructions.
1337 fdelete-dead-exceptions
1338 Common Var(flag_delete_dead_exceptions) Init(0) Optimization
1339 Delete dead instructions that may throw exceptions.
1341 fdelete-null-pointer-checks
1342 Common Var(flag_delete_null_pointer_checks) Init(-1) Optimization
1343 Delete useless null pointer checks.
1345 fdevirtualize-at-ltrans
1346 Common Var(flag_ltrans_devirtualize)
1347 Stream extra data to support more aggressive devirtualization in LTO local transformation mode.
1349 fdevirtualize-speculatively
1350 Common Var(flag_devirtualize_speculatively) Optimization
1351 Perform speculative devirtualization.
1354 Common Var(flag_devirtualize) Optimization
1355 Try to convert virtual calls to direct ones.
1357 fdiagnostics-show-location=
1358 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule)
1359 -fdiagnostics-show-location=[once|every-line] How often to emit source location at the beginning of line-wrapped diagnostics.
1361 ; Required for these enum values.
1366 Name(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) Type(int)
1369 Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) String(once) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_SHOW_PREFIX_ONCE)
1372 Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) String(every-line) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_SHOW_PREFIX_EVERY_LINE)
1374 fdiagnostics-show-caret
1375 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_caret) Init(1)
1376 Show the source line with a caret indicating the column.
1378 fdiagnostics-show-event-links
1379 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_event_links) Init(1)
1380 Show lines linking related events in diagnostic paths.
1382 fdiagnostics-show-labels
1383 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_labels) Init(1)
1384 Show labels annotating ranges of source code when showing source.
1386 fdiagnostics-show-line-numbers
1387 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_line_numbers) Init(1)
1388 Show line numbers in the left margin when showing source.
1391 Common Alias(fdiagnostics-color=,always,never)
1395 Driver Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_diagnostics_show_color) Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) Init(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_NO)
1396 -fdiagnostics-color=[never|always|auto] Colorize diagnostics.
1398 ; Required for these enum values.
1403 Name(diagnostic_color_rule) Type(int)
1406 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(never) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_NO)
1409 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(always) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_YES)
1412 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(auto) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_AUTO)
1414 fdiagnostics-json-formatting
1415 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_json_formatting) Init(1)
1416 Enable formatting of JSON output.
1419 Driver Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_diagnostics_show_urls) Enum(diagnostic_url_rule) Init(DIAGNOSTICS_URL_AUTO)
1420 -fdiagnostics-urls=[never|always|auto] Embed URLs in diagnostics.
1422 ; Required for these enum values.
1427 Name(diagnostic_url_rule) Type(int)
1430 Enum(diagnostic_url_rule) String(never) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_URL_NO)
1433 Enum(diagnostic_url_rule) String(always) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_URL_YES)
1436 Enum(diagnostic_url_rule) String(auto) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_URL_AUTO)
1438 fdiagnostics-column-unit=
1439 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(diagnostics_column_unit)
1440 -fdiagnostics-column-unit=[display|byte] Select whether column numbers are output as display columns (default) or raw bytes.
1442 fdiagnostics-column-origin=
1443 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger
1444 -fdiagnostics-column-origin=<number> Set the number of the first column. The default is 1-based as per GNU style, but some utilities may expect 0-based, for example.
1446 fdiagnostics-format=
1447 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(diagnostics_output_format)
1448 -fdiagnostics-format=[text|sarif-stderr|sarif-file|json|json-stderr|json-file] Select output format.
1450 fdiagnostics-add-output=
1451 Common Joined RejectNegative
1454 fdiagnostics-set-output=
1455 Common Joined RejectNegative
1458 fdiagnostics-escape-format=
1459 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(diagnostics_escape_format)
1460 -fdiagnostics-escape-format=[unicode|bytes] Select how to escape non-printable-ASCII bytes in the source for diagnostics that suggest it.
1462 ; Required for these enum values.
1467 Name(diagnostics_column_unit) Type(int)
1470 Enum(diagnostics_column_unit) String(display) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLUMN_UNIT_DISPLAY)
1473 Enum(diagnostics_column_unit) String(byte) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLUMN_UNIT_BYTE)
1476 Name(diagnostics_escape_format) Type(int)
1479 Enum(diagnostics_escape_format) String(unicode) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_ESCAPE_FORMAT_UNICODE)
1482 Enum(diagnostics_escape_format) String(bytes) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_ESCAPE_FORMAT_BYTES)
1485 Name(diagnostics_output_format) Type(int)
1488 Enum(diagnostics_output_format) String(text) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_OUTPUT_FORMAT_TEXT)
1491 Enum(diagnostics_output_format) String(json) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_OUTPUT_FORMAT_JSON_STDERR)
1494 Enum(diagnostics_output_format) String(json-stderr) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_OUTPUT_FORMAT_JSON_STDERR)
1497 Enum(diagnostics_output_format) String(json-file) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_OUTPUT_FORMAT_JSON_FILE)
1500 Enum(diagnostics_output_format) String(sarif-stderr) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_OUTPUT_FORMAT_SARIF_STDERR)
1503 Enum(diagnostics_output_format) String(sarif-file) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_OUTPUT_FORMAT_SARIF_FILE)
1505 fdiagnostics-parseable-fixits
1506 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_parseable_fixits)
1507 Print fix-it hints in machine-readable form.
1509 fdiagnostics-generate-patch
1510 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_generate_patch)
1511 Print fix-it hints to stderr in unified diff format.
1513 fdiagnostics-show-option
1514 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_option) Init(1)
1515 Amend appropriate diagnostic messages with the command line option that controls them.
1517 fdiagnostics-show-cwe
1518 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_cwe) Init(1)
1519 Print CWE identifiers for diagnostic messages, where available.
1521 fdiagnostics-show-rules
1522 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_rules) Init(1)
1523 Print any rules associated with diagnostic messages.
1525 fdiagnostics-show-highlight-colors
1526 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_highlight_colors) Init(1)
1527 Use color within diagnostic messages to highlight pertinent information.
1529 fdiagnostics-path-format=
1530 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_diagnostics_path_format) Enum(diagnostic_path_format) Init(DPF_INLINE_EVENTS)
1531 Specify how to print any control-flow path associated with a diagnostic.
1533 fdiagnostics-plain-output
1534 Driver Common RejectNegative
1535 Turn off any diagnostics features that complicate the output, such as line numbers, color, and warning URLs.
1538 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger
1539 -ftabstop=<number> Distance between tab stops for column reporting.
1542 Name(diagnostic_path_format) Type(int)
1545 Enum(diagnostic_path_format) String(none) Value(DPF_NONE)
1548 Enum(diagnostic_path_format) String(separate-events) Value(DPF_SEPARATE_EVENTS)
1551 Enum(diagnostic_path_format) String(inline-events) Value(DPF_INLINE_EVENTS)
1553 fdiagnostics-show-path-depths
1554 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_path_depths) Init(0)
1555 Show stack depths of events in paths.
1557 fdiagnostics-text-art-charset=
1558 Driver Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_diagnostics_text_art_charset) Enum(diagnostic_text_art_charset) Init(DIAGNOSTICS_TEXT_ART_CHARSET_EMOJI)
1559 -fdiagnostics-text-art-charset=[none|ascii|unicode|emoji] Determine which characters to use in text arg diagrams.
1562 Name(diagnostic_text_art_charset) Type(int)
1565 Enum(diagnostic_text_art_charset) String(none) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_TEXT_ART_CHARSET_NONE)
1568 Enum(diagnostic_text_art_charset) String(ascii) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_TEXT_ART_CHARSET_ASCII)
1571 Enum(diagnostic_text_art_charset) String(unicode) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_TEXT_ART_CHARSET_UNICODE)
1574 Enum(diagnostic_text_art_charset) String(emoji) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_TEXT_ART_CHARSET_EMOJI)
1576 fdiagnostics-minimum-margin-width=
1577 Common Joined UInteger Var(diagnostics_minimum_margin_width) Init(6)
1578 Set minimum width of left margin of source code when showing source.
1581 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1582 -fdisable-[tree|rtl|ipa]-<pass>=range1+range2 Disable an optimization pass.
1585 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1586 -fenable-[tree|rtl|ipa]-<pass>=range1+range2 Enable an optimization pass.
1589 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1590 -fdump-<type> Dump various compiler internals to a file.
1593 Driver RejectNegative
1596 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_dump_final_insns)
1597 -fdump-final-insns=filename Dump to filename the insns at the end of translation.
1600 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_dump_go_spec)
1601 -fdump-go-spec=filename Write all declarations to file as Go code.
1604 Common Var(flag_dump_noaddr)
1605 Suppress output of addresses in debugging dumps.
1608 Common Driver Var(flag_report_bug)
1609 Collect and dump debug information into temporary file if ICE in C/C++
1612 fdump-internal-locations
1613 Common Var(flag_dump_locations) Init(0)
1614 Dump detailed information on GCC's internal representation of source code locations.
1617 Common Var(flag_dump_passes) Init(0)
1618 Dump optimization passes.
1621 Common Var(flag_dump_unnumbered)
1622 Suppress output of instruction numbers, line number notes and addresses in debugging dumps.
1624 fdump-unnumbered-links
1625 Common Var(flag_dump_unnumbered_links)
1626 Suppress output of previous and next insn numbers in debugging dumps.
1629 Common Var(flag_dwarf2_cfi_asm) Init(HAVE_GAS_CFI_DIRECTIVE)
1630 Enable CFI tables via GAS assembler directives.
1633 Common Var(flag_early_inlining) Init(1) Optimization
1634 Perform early inlining.
1636 feliminate-dwarf2-dups
1638 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1641 Common Var(flag_ipa_sra) Init(0) Optimization
1642 Perform interprocedural reduction of aggregates.
1644 feliminate-unused-debug-symbols
1645 Common Var(flag_debug_only_used_symbols) Init(1)
1646 Perform unused symbol elimination in debug info.
1648 feliminate-unused-debug-types
1649 Common Var(flag_eliminate_unused_debug_types) Init(1)
1650 Perform unused type elimination in debug info.
1652 femit-class-debug-always
1653 Common Var(flag_emit_class_debug_always) Init(0)
1654 Do not suppress C++ class debug information.
1657 Common Var(flag_exceptions) Optimization EnabledBy(fnon-call-exceptions)
1658 Enable exception handling.
1660 fexpensive-optimizations
1661 Common Var(flag_expensive_optimizations) Optimization
1662 Perform a number of minor, expensive optimizations.
1665 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(excess_precision) Var(flag_excess_precision) Init(EXCESS_PRECISION_DEFAULT) Optimization SetByCombined
1666 -fexcess-precision=[fast|standard|16] Specify handling of excess floating-point precision.
1669 Name(excess_precision) Type(enum excess_precision) UnknownError(unknown excess precision style %qs)
1672 Enum(excess_precision) String(fast) Value(EXCESS_PRECISION_FAST)
1675 Enum(excess_precision) String(standard) Value(EXCESS_PRECISION_STANDARD)
1678 Enum(excess_precision) String(16) Value(EXCESS_PRECISION_FLOAT16)
1680 ; Whether we permit the extended set of values for FLT_EVAL_METHOD
1681 ; introduced in ISO/IEC TS 18661-3, or limit ourselves to those in C99/C11.
1682 fpermitted-flt-eval-methods=
1683 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(permitted_flt_eval_methods) Var(flag_permitted_flt_eval_methods) Init(PERMITTED_FLT_EVAL_METHODS_DEFAULT)
1684 -fpermitted-flt-eval-methods=[c11|ts-18661] Specify which values of FLT_EVAL_METHOD are permitted.
1687 Name(permitted_flt_eval_methods) Type(enum permitted_flt_eval_methods) UnknownError(unknown specification for the set of FLT_EVAL_METHOD values to permit %qs)
1690 Enum(permitted_flt_eval_methods) String(c11) Value(PERMITTED_FLT_EVAL_METHODS_C11)
1693 Enum(permitted_flt_eval_methods) String(ts-18661-3) Value(PERMITTED_FLT_EVAL_METHODS_TS_18661)
1699 Common Var(flag_fat_lto_objects)
1700 Output lto objects containing both the intermediate language and binary output.
1703 Common Var(flag_finite_math_only) Optimization SetByCombined
1704 Assume no NaNs or infinities are generated.
1707 Common Var(flag_finite_loops) Optimization Init(0)
1708 Assume that loops with an exit will terminate and not loop indefinitely.
1711 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1712 -ffixed-<register> Mark <register> as being unavailable to the compiler.
1715 Common Var(flag_float_store) Optimization
1716 Don't allocate floats and doubles in extended-precision registers.
1720 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1723 Common Var(flag_forward_propagate) Optimization
1724 Perform a forward propagation pass on RTL.
1727 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(fp_contract_mode) Var(flag_fp_contract_mode) Init(FP_CONTRACT_FAST) Optimization
1728 -ffp-contract=[off|on|fast] Perform floating-point expression contraction.
1731 Name(fp_contract_mode) Type(enum fp_contract_mode) UnknownError(unknown floating point contraction style %qs)
1734 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(off) Value(FP_CONTRACT_OFF)
1737 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(on) Value(FP_CONTRACT_ON)
1740 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(fast) Value(FP_CONTRACT_FAST)
1742 ffp-int-builtin-inexact
1743 Common Var(flag_fp_int_builtin_inexact) Init(1) Optimization
1744 Allow built-in functions ceil, floor, round, trunc to raise \"inexact\" exceptions.
1746 ; Nonzero means don't put addresses of constant functions in registers.
1747 ; Used for compiling the Unix kernel, where strange substitutions are
1748 ; done on the assembly output.
1750 Common Var(flag_no_function_cse,0) Optimization
1751 Allow function addresses to be held in registers.
1754 Common Var(flag_function_sections)
1755 Place each function into its own section.
1758 Common Var(flag_gcse) Optimization
1759 Perform global common subexpression elimination.
1762 Common Var(flag_gcse_lm) Init(1) Optimization
1763 Perform enhanced load motion during global common subexpression elimination.
1766 Common Var(flag_gcse_sm) Init(0) Optimization
1767 Perform store motion after global common subexpression elimination.
1769 favoid-store-forwarding
1770 Common Var(flag_avoid_store_forwarding) Init(0) Optimization
1771 Try to avoid store forwarding.
1774 Common Var(flag_gcse_las) Init(0) Optimization
1775 Perform redundant load after store elimination in global common subexpression
1779 Common Var(flag_gcse_after_reload) Optimization
1780 Perform global common subexpression elimination after register allocation has
1784 Name(dwarf_gnat_encodings) Type(int)
1787 Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) String(all) Value(DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_ALL)
1790 Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) String(gdb) Value(DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_GDB)
1793 Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) String(minimal) Value(DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_MINIMAL)
1796 Common Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) Joined RejectNegative Undocumented Var(gnat_encodings)
1797 -fgnat-encodings=[all|gdb|minimal] Select the balance between GNAT encodings and standard DWARF emitted in the debug information.
1799 ; This option is not documented yet as its semantics will change.
1801 Common Var(flag_graphite) Optimization
1802 Enable in and out of Graphite representation.
1805 Common Var(flag_graphite_identity) Optimization
1806 Enable Graphite Identity transformation.
1808 fhoist-adjacent-loads
1809 Common Var(flag_hoist_adjacent_loads) Optimization
1810 Enable hoisting adjacent loads to encourage generating conditional move
1814 Common Undocumented Var(flag_keep_gc_roots_live) Optimization
1815 ; Always keep a pointer to a live memory block
1819 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1821 flate-combine-instructions
1822 Common Var(flag_late_combine_instructions) Optimization Init(0)
1823 Run two instruction combination passes late in the pass pipeline;
1824 one before register allocation and one after.
1826 floop-parallelize-all
1827 Common Var(flag_loop_parallelize_all) Optimization
1828 Mark all loops as parallel.
1831 Common Alias(floop-nest-optimize)
1832 Enable loop nest transforms. Same as -floop-nest-optimize.
1835 Common Var(flag_loop_interchange) Optimization
1836 Enable loop interchange on trees.
1839 Common Alias(floop-nest-optimize)
1840 Enable loop nest transforms. Same as -floop-nest-optimize.
1842 floop-unroll-and-jam
1843 Common Var(flag_unroll_jam) Optimization
1844 Perform unroll-and-jam on loops.
1848 Enable support for GNU transactional memory.
1851 Common Var(flag_gnu_unique) Init(1)
1852 Use STB_GNU_UNIQUE if supported by the assembler.
1856 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1859 Common Var(flag_loop_nest_optimize) Optimization
1860 Enable the loop nest optimizer.
1862 fstrict-volatile-bitfields
1863 Common Var(flag_strict_volatile_bitfields) Init(-1) Optimization
1864 Force bitfield accesses to match their type width.
1867 Common Var(flag_store_merging) Optimization
1868 Merge adjacent stores.
1870 fguess-branch-probability
1871 Common Var(flag_guess_branch_prob) Optimization
1872 Enable guessing of branch probabilities.
1875 Common Driver Var(flag_hardened)
1876 Enable various security-relevant flags.
1879 Common Var(flag_harden_compares) Optimization
1880 Harden conditionals not used in branches, checking reversed conditions.
1882 fharden-conditional-branches
1883 Common Var(flag_harden_conditional_branches) Optimization
1884 Harden conditional branches by checking reversed conditions.
1886 fharden-control-flow-redundancy
1887 Common Var(flag_harden_control_flow_redundancy) Optimization
1888 Harden control flow by recording and checking execution paths.
1891 Common Var(flag_harden_control_flow_redundancy_skip_leaf) Optimization
1892 Disable CFR in leaf functions.
1894 fhardcfr-check-returning-calls
1895 Common Var(flag_harden_control_flow_redundancy_check_returning_calls) Init(-1) Optimization
1896 Check CFR execution paths also before calls followed by returns of their results.
1898 fhardcfr-check-exceptions
1899 Common Var(flag_harden_control_flow_redundancy_check_exceptions) Init(-1) Optimization
1900 Check CFR execution paths also when exiting a function through an exception.
1902 fhardcfr-check-noreturn-calls=
1903 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(hardcfr_check_noreturn_calls) Var(flag_harden_control_flow_redundancy_check_noreturn) Init(HCFRNR_UNSPECIFIED) Optimization
1904 -fhardcfr-check-noreturn-calls=[always|no-xthrow|nothrow|never] Check CFR execution paths also before calling noreturn functions.
1907 Name(hardcfr_check_noreturn_calls) Type(enum hardcfr_noret) UnknownError(unknown hardcfr noreturn checking level %qs)
1910 Enum(hardcfr_check_noreturn_calls) String(never) Value(HCFRNR_NEVER)
1913 Enum(hardcfr_check_noreturn_calls) String(nothrow) Value(HCFRNR_NOTHROW)
1916 Enum(hardcfr_check_noreturn_calls) String(no-xthrow) Value(HCFRNR_NO_XTHROW)
1919 Enum(hardcfr_check_noreturn_calls) String(always) Value(HCFRNR_ALWAYS)
1921 ; Nonzero means ignore `#ident' directives. 0 means handle them.
1922 ; Generate position-independent code for executables if possible
1923 ; On SVR4 targets, it also controls whether or not to emit a
1924 ; string identifying the compiler.
1926 Common Var(flag_no_ident,0)
1927 Process #ident directives.
1930 Common Var(flag_if_conversion) Optimization
1931 Perform conversion of conditional jumps to branchless equivalents.
1934 Common Var(flag_if_conversion2) Optimization
1935 Perform conversion of conditional jumps to conditional execution.
1938 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(stack_reuse_level) Var(flag_stack_reuse) Init(SR_ALL) Optimization
1939 -fstack-reuse=[all|named_vars|none] Set stack reuse level for local variables.
1942 Name(stack_reuse_level) Type(enum stack_reuse_level) UnknownError(unknown Stack Reuse Level %qs)
1945 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(all) Value(SR_ALL)
1948 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(named_vars) Value(SR_NAMED_VARS)
1951 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(none) Value(SR_NONE)
1953 ftree-loop-if-convert
1954 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_if_convert) Init(-1) Optimization
1955 Convert conditional jumps in innermost loops to branchless equivalents.
1957 ftree-loop-if-convert-stores
1959 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1961 ; -finhibit-size-directive inhibits output of .size for ELF.
1962 ; This is used only for compiling crtstuff.c,
1963 ; and it may be extended to other effects
1964 ; needed for crtstuff.c on other systems.
1965 finhibit-size-directive
1966 Common Var(flag_inhibit_size_directive)
1967 Do not generate .size directives.
1970 Common Var(flag_indirect_inlining) Optimization
1971 Perform indirect inlining.
1973 ; General flag to enable inlining. Specifying -fno-inline will disable
1974 ; all inlining apart from always-inline functions.
1976 Common Var(flag_no_inline,0) Init(0) Optimization
1977 Enable inlining of function declared \"inline\", disabling disables all inlining.
1979 finline-small-functions
1980 Common Var(flag_inline_small_functions) Optimization
1981 Integrate functions into their callers when code size is known not to grow.
1984 Common Var(flag_inline_functions) Optimization
1985 Integrate functions not declared \"inline\" into their callers when profitable.
1987 finline-functions-called-once
1988 Common Var(flag_inline_functions_called_once) Optimization
1989 Integrate functions only required by their single caller.
1992 Common RejectNegative Joined Alias(finline-limit=)
1995 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1996 -finline-limit=<number> Limit the size of inlined functions to <number>.
1999 Common Var(flag_inline_atomics) Init(1) Optimization
2000 Inline __atomic operations when a lock free instruction sequence is available.
2003 Common RejectNegative Enum(ilsop_fn) Var(flag_inline_stringops, ILSOP_ALL) Enum(ilsop_fn) Init(ILSOP_NONE) Optimization Undocumented
2005 fno-inline-stringops
2006 Common RejectNegative Enum(ilsop_fn) Var(flag_inline_stringops, ILSOP_NONE) Enum(ilsop_fn) Optimization Undocumented
2009 Common Joined Var(flag_inline_stringops) EnumSet Enum(ilsop_fn) Optimization
2010 -finline-stringops[=memcmp|memcpy|memmove|memset]
2011 Expand supported mem/str operations inline, even if against optimization.
2014 Name(ilsop_fn) Type(enum ilsop_fn) UnknownError(unavailable stringop for inlining %qs)
2016 ; This is not part of any set.
2018 ; Enum(ilsop_fn) String(none) Value(ILSOP_NONE)
2021 Enum(ilsop_fn) String(memcmp) Value(ILSOP_MEMCMP) Set(1)
2024 Enum(ilsop_fn) String(memcpy) Value(ILSOP_MEMCPY) Set(2)
2027 Enum(ilsop_fn) String(memmove) Value(ILSOP_MEMMOVE) Set(3)
2030 Enum(ilsop_fn) String(memset) Value(ILSOP_MEMSET) Set(4)
2032 ; This is not part of any set either.
2034 ; Enum(ilsop_fn) String(all) Value(ILSOP_ALL)
2037 Common RejectNegative Alias(fcf-protection=,full)
2040 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(cf_protection_level) EnumSet Var(flag_cf_protection) Init(CF_NONE)
2041 -fcf-protection=[full|branch|return|none|check] Instrument functions with checks to verify jump/call/return control-flow transfer
2042 instructions have valid targets.
2045 Name(cf_protection_level) Type(enum cf_protection_level) UnknownError(unknown Control-Flow Protection Level %qs)
2048 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(full) Value(CF_FULL) Set(1)
2051 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(branch) Value(CF_BRANCH) Set(2)
2054 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(return) Value(CF_RETURN) Set(3)
2057 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(check) Value(CF_CHECK) Set(4)
2060 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(none) Value(CF_NONE) Set(1)
2062 finstrument-functions
2063 Common Var(flag_instrument_function_entry_exit,1)
2064 Instrument function entry and exit with profiling calls.
2066 finstrument-functions-once
2067 Common Var(flag_instrument_function_entry_exit,2)
2068 Instrument function entry and exit with profiling calls invoked once.
2070 finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list=
2071 Common RejectNegative Joined
2072 -finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list=name,... Do not instrument listed functions.
2074 finstrument-functions-exclude-file-list=
2075 Common RejectNegative Joined
2076 -finstrument-functions-exclude-file-list=filename,... Do not instrument functions listed in files.
2079 Common Var(flag_ipa_cp) Optimization
2080 Perform interprocedural constant propagation.
2083 Common Var(flag_ipa_cp_clone) Optimization
2084 Perform cloning to make Interprocedural constant propagation stronger.
2088 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2091 Common Var(flag_ipa_bit_cp) Optimization
2092 Perform interprocedural bitwise constant propagation.
2095 Common Var(flag_ipa_modref) Optimization
2096 Perform interprocedural modref analysis.
2099 Common Var(flag_ipa_profile) Init(0) Optimization
2100 Perform interprocedural profile propagation.
2103 Common Var(flag_ipa_pta) Init(0) Optimization
2104 Perform interprocedural points-to analysis.
2107 Common Var(flag_ipa_pure_const) Init(0) Optimization
2108 Discover pure and const functions.
2111 Common Var(flag_ipa_icf) Optimization
2112 Perform Identical Code Folding for functions and read-only variables.
2115 Common Var(flag_ipa_icf_functions) Optimization
2116 Perform Identical Code Folding for functions.
2119 Common Var(flag_ipa_icf_variables) Optimization
2120 Perform Identical Code Folding for variables.
2123 Common Var(flag_ipa_reference) Init(0) Optimization
2124 Discover read-only and non addressable static variables.
2126 fipa-reference-addressable
2127 Common Var(flag_ipa_reference_addressable) Init(0) Optimization
2128 Discover read-only, write-only and non-addressable static variables.
2130 fipa-stack-alignment
2131 Common Var(flag_ipa_stack_alignment) Init(1) Optimization
2132 Reduce stack alignment on call sites if possible.
2136 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2140 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2143 Common Var(flag_ipa_vrp) Optimization
2144 Perform IPA Value Range Propagation.
2147 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(ira_algorithm) Var(flag_ira_algorithm) Init(IRA_ALGORITHM_CB) Optimization
2148 -fira-algorithm=[CB|priority] Set the used IRA algorithm.
2150 fipa-strict-aliasing
2151 Common Var(flag_ipa_strict_aliasing) Init(1) Optimization
2152 Assume strict aliasing rules apply across (uninlined) function boundaries.
2155 Name(ira_algorithm) Type(enum ira_algorithm) UnknownError(unknown IRA algorithm %qs)
2158 Enum(ira_algorithm) String(CB) Value(IRA_ALGORITHM_CB)
2161 Enum(ira_algorithm) String(priority) Value(IRA_ALGORITHM_PRIORITY)
2164 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(ira_region) Var(flag_ira_region) Init(IRA_REGION_ONE) Optimization
2165 -fira-region=[one|all|mixed] Set regions for IRA.
2168 Name(ira_region) Type(enum ira_region) UnknownError(unknown IRA region %qs)
2171 Enum(ira_region) String(one) Value(IRA_REGION_ONE)
2174 Enum(ira_region) String(all) Value(IRA_REGION_ALL)
2177 Enum(ira_region) String(mixed) Value(IRA_REGION_MIXED)
2180 Common Var(flag_ira_hoist_pressure) Init(1) Optimization
2181 Use IRA based register pressure calculation
2182 in RTL hoist optimizations.
2185 Common Var(flag_ira_loop_pressure) Optimization
2186 Use IRA based register pressure calculation
2187 in RTL loop optimizations.
2189 fira-share-save-slots
2190 Common Var(flag_ira_share_save_slots) Init(1) Optimization
2191 Share slots for saving different hard registers.
2193 fira-share-spill-slots
2194 Common Var(flag_ira_share_spill_slots) Init(1) Optimization
2195 Share stack slots for spilled pseudo-registers.
2198 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(flag_ira_verbose) Init(5)
2199 -fira-verbose=<number> Control IRA's level of diagnostic messages.
2202 Common Var(flag_ivopts) Init(1) Optimization
2203 Optimize induction variables on trees.
2206 Common Var(flag_jump_tables) Init(0) Optimization
2207 Use jump tables for sufficiently large switch statements.
2210 Common Var(flag_bit_tests) Init(0) Optimization
2211 Use bit tests for sufficiently large switch statements.
2213 fkeep-inline-functions
2214 Common Var(flag_keep_inline_functions)
2215 Generate code for functions even if they are fully inlined.
2217 fkeep-static-functions
2218 Common Var(flag_keep_static_functions)
2219 Generate code for static functions even if they are never called.
2222 Common Var(flag_keep_static_consts) Init(1)
2223 Emit static const variables even if they are not used.
2226 Common Var(flag_leading_underscore) Init(-1)
2227 Give external symbols a leading underscore.
2231 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2234 Common Var(flag_lra_remat) Optimization
2235 Do CFG-sensitive rematerialization in LRA.
2239 Enable link-time optimization.
2242 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_lto)
2243 Link-time optimization with number of parallel jobs or jobserver.
2246 Common Joined Var(flag_lto_incremental)
2247 Enable incremental LTO, with its cache in given directory.
2249 flto-incremental-cache-size=
2250 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_lto_incremental_cache_size) Init(2048)
2251 Number of cache entries in incremental LTO after which to prune old entries.
2254 Name(lto_partition_model) Type(enum lto_partition_model) UnknownError(unknown LTO partitioning model %qs)
2257 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(none) Value(LTO_PARTITION_NONE)
2260 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(one) Value(LTO_PARTITION_ONE)
2263 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(balanced) Value(LTO_PARTITION_BALANCED)
2266 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(1to1) Value(LTO_PARTITION_1TO1)
2269 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(max) Value(LTO_PARTITION_MAX)
2272 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(cache) Value(LTO_PARTITION_CACHE)
2275 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(lto_partition_model) Var(flag_lto_partition) Init(LTO_PARTITION_BALANCED)
2276 Specify the algorithm to partition symbols and vars at linktime.
2278 ; The initial value of -1 comes from Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION in zlib.h.
2279 flto-compression-level=
2280 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_lto_compression_level) Init(-1) IntegerRange(0, 19)
2281 Use zlib/zstd compression level <number> for IL.
2283 flto-odr-type-merging
2285 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2288 Common Var(flag_lto_report) Init(0)
2289 Report various link-time optimization statistics.
2292 Common Var(flag_lto_report_wpa) Init(0)
2293 Report various link-time optimization statistics for WPA only.
2296 Common Var(flag_errno_math) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
2297 Set errno after built-in math functions.
2300 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_max_errors)
2301 -fmax-errors=<number> Maximum number of errors to report.
2304 Common Var(flag_malloc_dce,2) Init(2) Optimization
2305 Allow removal of malloc and free pairs when allocated block is unused.
2308 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_malloc_dse) Optimization IntegerRange(0, 2)
2311 Common Var(mem_report)
2312 Report on permanent memory allocation.
2315 Common Var(mem_report_wpa)
2316 Report on permanent memory allocation in WPA only.
2318 ; This will attempt to merge constant section constants, if 1 only
2319 ; string constants and constants from constant pool, if 2 also constant
2321 fmerge-all-constants
2322 Common Var(flag_merge_constants,2) Init(1)
2323 Attempt to merge identical constants and constant variables.
2326 Common Var(flag_merge_constants,1)
2327 Attempt to merge identical constants across compilation units.
2329 fmerge-debug-strings
2330 Common Var(flag_merge_debug_strings) Init(1)
2331 Attempt to merge identical debug strings across compilation units.
2334 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
2335 -fmessage-length=<number> Limit diagnostics to <number> characters per line. 0 suppresses line-wrapping.
2337 fmin-function-alignment=
2338 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_min_function_alignment) Optimization
2339 Align the start of every function.
2342 Common Var(flag_modulo_sched) Optimization
2343 Perform SMS based modulo scheduling before the first scheduling pass.
2345 fmodulo-sched-allow-regmoves
2346 Common Var(flag_modulo_sched_allow_regmoves) Optimization
2347 Perform SMS based modulo scheduling with register moves allowed.
2349 fmove-loop-invariants
2350 Common Var(flag_move_loop_invariants) Optimization
2351 Move loop invariant computations out of loops.
2354 Common Var(flag_move_loop_stores) Optimization
2355 Move stores out of loops.
2358 Common Driver RejectNegative
2359 Building block for specs-based multilib-aware TFLAGS.
2362 Common Var(flag_dce) Init(1) Optimization
2363 Use the RTL dead code elimination pass.
2366 Common Var(flag_dse) Init(0) Optimization
2367 Use the RTL dead store elimination pass.
2369 freschedule-modulo-scheduled-loops
2370 Common Var(flag_resched_modulo_sched) Optimization
2371 Enable/Disable the traditional scheduling in loops that already passed modulo scheduling.
2373 fnon-call-exceptions
2374 Common Var(flag_non_call_exceptions) Optimization
2375 Support synchronous non-call exceptions.
2378 Driver Joined MissingArgError(targets missing after %qs)
2381 Common Driver Joined MissingArgError(options or targets=options missing after %qs)
2382 -foffload-options=<targets>=<options> Specify options for the offloading targets.
2385 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(offload_abi)
2386 -foffload-abi=[lp64|ilp32] Set the ABI to use in an offload compiler.
2389 Name(offload_abi) Type(enum offload_abi) UnknownError(unknown offload ABI %qs)
2392 Enum(offload_abi) String(ilp32) Value(OFFLOAD_ABI_ILP32)
2395 Enum(offload_abi) String(lp64) Value(OFFLOAD_ABI_LP64)
2397 foffload-abi-host-opts=
2398 Common Joined MissingArgError(option missing after %qs)
2399 -foffload-abi-host-opts=<options> Specify host ABI options.
2402 Common Var(flag_omit_frame_pointer) Optimization
2403 When possible do not generate stack frames.
2405 fopenmp-target-simd-clone
2406 Common Alias(fopenmp-target-simd-clone=,any,none)
2408 fopenmp-target-simd-clone=
2409 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(target_simd_clone_device) Var(flag_openmp_target_simd_clone) Init(OMP_TARGET_SIMD_CLONE_NONE) Optimization
2410 Generate SIMD clones for functions with the OpenMP declare target directive.
2413 Name(target_simd_clone_device) Type(int)
2416 Enum(target_simd_clone_device) String(none) Value(OMP_TARGET_SIMD_CLONE_NONE)
2419 Enum(target_simd_clone_device) String(host) Value(OMP_TARGET_SIMD_CLONE_HOST)
2422 Enum(target_simd_clone_device) String(nohost) Value(OMP_TARGET_SIMD_CLONE_NOHOST)
2425 Enum(target_simd_clone_device) String(any) Value(OMP_TARGET_SIMD_CLONE_ANY)
2428 Common Var(flag_opt_info) Optimization
2429 Enable all optimization info dumps on stderr.
2432 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2433 -fopt-info[-<type>=filename] Dump compiler optimization details.
2435 fsave-optimization-record
2436 Common Var(flag_save_optimization_record) Optimization
2437 Write a SRCFILE.opt-record.json file detailing what optimizations were performed.
2440 Common Var(flag_optimize_crc) Optimization
2441 Detect loops calculating CRC and replace with faster implementation.
2442 If the target supports CRC instruction and the CRC loop uses the same
2443 polynomial as the one used in the CRC instruction, directly replace with the
2444 corresponding CRC instruction.
2445 Otherwise, if the target supports carry-less-multiplication instruction,
2446 generate CRC using it.
2447 If neither case applies, generate table-based CRC.
2449 foptimize-register-move
2451 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2453 foptimize-sibling-calls
2454 Common Var(flag_optimize_sibling_calls) Optimization
2455 Optimize sibling and tail recursive calls.
2458 Common Var(flag_partial_inlining) Optimization
2459 Perform partial inlining.
2462 Common Var(pre_ipa_mem_report)
2463 Report on memory allocation before interprocedural optimization.
2465 fpost-ipa-mem-report
2466 Common Var(post_ipa_mem_report)
2467 Report on memory allocation before interprocedural optimization.
2470 Common Var(flag_pack_struct) Optimization
2471 Pack structure members together without holes.
2474 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
2475 -fpack-struct=<number> Set initial maximum structure member alignment.
2478 Common Var(flag_pcc_struct_return,1) Init(DEFAULT_PCC_STRUCT_RETURN) Optimization
2479 Return small aggregates in memory, not registers.
2482 Common Var(flag_peel_loops) Optimization
2483 Perform loop peeling.
2486 Common Var(flag_no_peephole,0) Optimization
2487 Enable machine specific peephole optimizations.
2490 Common Var(flag_peephole2) Optimization
2491 Enable an RTL peephole pass before sched2.
2494 Common Var(flag_pic,2) Negative(fPIE) Init(-1)
2495 Generate position-independent code if possible (large mode).
2498 Common Var(flag_pie,2) Negative(fpic) Init(-1)
2499 Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (large mode).
2502 Common Var(flag_pic,1) Negative(fpie) Init(-1)
2503 Generate position-independent code if possible (small mode).
2506 Common Var(flag_pie,1) Negative(fPIC) Init(-1)
2507 Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (small mode).
2510 Common Var(flag_plt) Init(1) Optimization
2511 Use PLT for PIC calls (-fno-plt: load the address from GOT at call site).
2514 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2515 Specify a plugin to load.
2518 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2519 -fplugin-arg-<name>-<key>[=<value>] Specify argument <key>=<value> for plugin <name>.
2521 fpredictive-commoning
2522 Common Var(flag_predictive_commoning) Optimization
2523 Run predictive commoning optimization.
2525 fprefetch-loop-arrays
2526 Common Var(flag_prefetch_loop_arrays) Init(-1) Optimization
2527 Generate prefetch instructions, if available, for arrays in loops.
2530 Common Var(profile_flag)
2531 Enable basic program profiling code.
2534 Common Var(profile_abs_path_flag)
2535 Generate absolute source path names for gcov.
2538 Common Var(profile_arc_flag)
2539 Insert arc-based program profiling code.
2542 Common Var(condition_coverage_flag)
2543 Insert condition coverage profiling code.
2546 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_data_prefix)
2547 Set the top-level directory for storing the profile data.
2548 The default is 'pwd'.
2551 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_note_location)
2552 Select the name for storing the profile note file.
2555 Common Var(flag_profile_correction)
2556 Enable correction of flow inconsistent profile data input.
2559 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(profile_update) Var(flag_profile_update) Init(PROFILE_UPDATE_SINGLE)
2560 -fprofile-update=[single|atomic|prefer-atomic] Set the profile update method.
2562 fprofile-filter-files=
2563 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_profile_filter_files)
2564 Instrument only functions from files whose name matches any of the regular expressions (separated by semi-colons).
2566 fprofile-exclude-files=
2567 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_profile_exclude_files)
2568 Instrument only functions from files whose name does not match any of the regular expressions (separated by semi-colons).
2571 Name(profile_reproducibility) Type(enum profile_reproducibility) UnknownError(unknown profile reproducibility method %qs)
2574 Enum(profile_reproducibility) String(serial) Value(PROFILE_REPRODUCIBILITY_SERIAL)
2577 Enum(profile_reproducibility) String(parallel-runs) Value(PROFILE_REPRODUCIBILITY_PARALLEL_RUNS)
2580 Enum(profile_reproducibility) String(multithreaded) Value(PROFILE_REPRODUCIBILITY_MULTITHREADED)
2582 fprofile-reproducible=
2583 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_profile_reproducible) Enum(profile_reproducibility) Init(PROFILE_REPRODUCIBILITY_SERIAL)
2584 -fprofile-reproducible=[serial|parallel-runs|multithreaded] Control level of reproducibility of profile gathered by -fprofile-generate.
2587 Name(profile_update) Type(enum profile_update) UnknownError(unknown profile update method %qs)
2590 Enum(profile_update) String(single) Value(PROFILE_UPDATE_SINGLE)
2593 Enum(profile_update) String(atomic) Value(PROFILE_UPDATE_ATOMIC)
2596 Enum(profile_update) String(prefer-atomic) Value(PROFILE_UPDATE_PREFER_ATOMIC)
2598 fprofile-prefix-path=
2599 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_prefix_path)
2600 Remove prefix from absolute path before mangling name for -fprofile-generate= and -fprofile-use=.
2602 fprofile-prefix-map=
2603 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2604 -fprofile-prefix-map=<old>=<new> Map one directory name to another in GCOV coverage result.
2608 Enable common options for generating profile info for profile feedback directed optimizations.
2611 Common Joined RejectNegative
2612 Enable common options for generating profile info for profile feedback directed optimizations, and set -fprofile-dir=.
2614 fprofile-info-section
2615 Common RejectNegative
2616 Register the profile information in the .gcov_info section instead of using a constructor/destructor.
2618 fprofile-info-section=
2619 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_info_section)
2620 Register the profile information in the specified section instead of using a constructor/destructor.
2622 fprofile-partial-training
2623 Common Var(flag_profile_partial_training) Optimization
2624 Do not assume that functions never executed during the train run are cold.
2627 Common Var(flag_profile_use)
2628 Enable common options for performing profile feedback directed optimizations.
2631 Common Joined RejectNegative
2632 Enable common options for performing profile feedback directed optimizations, and set -fprofile-dir=.
2635 Common Var(flag_profile_values)
2636 Insert code to profile values of expressions.
2639 Common Var(profile_report)
2640 Report on consistency of profile.
2642 fprofile-reorder-functions
2643 Common Var(flag_profile_reorder_functions) Optimization
2644 Enable function reordering that improves code placement.
2646 fpatchable-function-entry=
2647 Common Var(flag_patchable_function_entry) Joined Optimization
2648 Insert NOP instructions at each function entry.
2651 Common Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2654 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2655 -frandom-seed=<string> Make compile reproducible using <string>.
2657 ; This switch causes the command line that was used to create an
2658 ; object file to be recorded into the object file. The exact format
2659 ; of this recording is target and binary file format dependent.
2660 ; It is related to the -fverbose-asm switch, but that switch only
2661 ; records information in the assembler output file as comments, so
2662 ; they never reach the object file.
2663 frecord-gcc-switches
2664 Common Var(flag_record_gcc_switches)
2665 Record gcc command line switches in the object file.
2668 Common NegativeAlias Alias(fpcc_struct_return) Optimization
2669 Return small aggregates in registers.
2673 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2676 Common Var(flag_lifetime_dse,2) Init(2) Optimization
2677 Tell DSE that the storage for a C++ object is dead when the constructor
2678 starts and when the destructor finishes.
2681 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_lifetime_dse) Optimization IntegerRange(0, 2)
2683 flimit-function-alignment
2684 Common Var(flag_limit_function_alignment) Optimization Init(0)
2687 Common RejectNegative Alias(flive-patching=,inline-clone) Optimization
2690 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(live_patching_level) Var(flag_live_patching) Init(LIVE_PATCHING_NONE) Optimization
2691 -flive-patching=[inline-only-static|inline-clone] Control IPA
2692 optimizations to provide a safe compilation for live-patching. At the same
2693 time, provides multiple-level control on the enabled IPA optimizations.
2696 Name(live_patching_level) Type(enum live_patching_level) UnknownError(unknown Live-Patching Level %qs)
2699 Enum(live_patching_level) String(inline-only-static) Value(LIVE_PATCHING_INLINE_ONLY_STATIC)
2702 Enum(live_patching_level) String(inline-clone) Value(LIVE_PATCHING_INLINE_CLONE)
2705 Common Var(flag_allocation_dce) Init(1) Optimization
2706 Tell DCE to remove unused C++ allocations.
2708 flive-range-shrinkage
2709 Common Var(flag_live_range_shrinkage) Init(0) Optimization
2710 Relief of register pressure through live range shrinkage.
2713 Common Var(flag_rename_registers) Optimization EnabledBy(funroll-loops)
2714 Perform a register renaming optimization pass.
2717 Common Var(flag_schedule_fusion) Init(2) Optimization
2718 Perform a target dependent instruction fusion optimization pass.
2721 Common Var(flag_reorder_blocks) Optimization
2722 Reorder basic blocks to improve code placement.
2724 freorder-blocks-algorithm=
2725 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(reorder_blocks_algorithm) Var(flag_reorder_blocks_algorithm) Init(REORDER_BLOCKS_ALGORITHM_SIMPLE) Optimization
2726 -freorder-blocks-algorithm=[simple|stc] Set the used basic block reordering algorithm.
2729 Name(reorder_blocks_algorithm) Type(enum reorder_blocks_algorithm) UnknownError(unknown basic block reordering algorithm %qs)
2732 Enum(reorder_blocks_algorithm) String(simple) Value(REORDER_BLOCKS_ALGORITHM_SIMPLE)
2735 Enum(reorder_blocks_algorithm) String(stc) Value(REORDER_BLOCKS_ALGORITHM_STC)
2737 freorder-blocks-and-partition
2738 Common Var(flag_reorder_blocks_and_partition) Optimization
2739 Reorder basic blocks and partition into hot and cold sections.
2742 Common Var(flag_reorder_functions) Optimization
2743 Reorder functions to improve code placement.
2745 frerun-cse-after-loop
2746 Common Var(flag_rerun_cse_after_loop) Optimization
2747 Add a common subexpression elimination pass after loop optimizations.
2751 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2754 Common Var(flag_rounding_math) Optimization SetByCombined
2755 Disable optimizations that assume default FP rounding behavior.
2758 Common Var(flag_schedule_interblock) Init(1) Optimization
2759 Enable scheduling across basic blocks.
2762 Common Var(flag_sched_pressure) Init(0) Optimization
2763 Enable register pressure sensitive insn scheduling.
2766 Common Var(flag_schedule_speculative) Init(1) Optimization
2767 Allow speculative motion of non-loads.
2770 Common Var(flag_schedule_speculative_load) Optimization
2771 Allow speculative motion of some loads.
2773 fsched-spec-load-dangerous
2774 Common Var(flag_schedule_speculative_load_dangerous) Optimization
2775 Allow speculative motion of more loads.
2778 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(sched_verbose_param) Init(1)
2779 -fsched-verbose=<number> Set the verbosity level of the scheduler.
2781 fsched2-use-superblocks
2782 Common Var(flag_sched2_use_superblocks) Optimization
2783 If scheduling post reload, do superblock scheduling.
2787 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2790 Common Var(flag_schedule_insns) Optimization
2791 Reschedule instructions before register allocation.
2794 Common Var(flag_schedule_insns_after_reload) Optimization
2795 Reschedule instructions after register allocation.
2797 ; This flag should be on when a target implements non-trivial
2798 ; scheduling hooks, maybe saving some information for its own sake.
2799 ; On IA64, for example, this is used for correct bundling.
2800 fselective-scheduling
2801 Common Var(flag_selective_scheduling) Optimization
2802 Schedule instructions using selective scheduling algorithm.
2804 fselective-scheduling2
2805 Common Var(flag_selective_scheduling2) Optimization
2806 Run selective scheduling after reload.
2809 Common Undocumented Joined Var(flag_self_test)
2810 Run self-tests, using the given path to locate test files.
2812 fsel-sched-pipelining
2813 Common Var(flag_sel_sched_pipelining) Init(0) Optimization
2814 Perform software pipelining of inner loops during selective scheduling.
2816 fsel-sched-pipelining-outer-loops
2817 Common Var(flag_sel_sched_pipelining_outer_loops) Init(0) Optimization
2818 Perform software pipelining of outer loops during selective scheduling.
2820 fsel-sched-reschedule-pipelined
2821 Common Var(flag_sel_sched_reschedule_pipelined) Init(0) Optimization
2822 Reschedule pipelined regions without pipelining.
2824 fsemantic-interposition
2825 Common Var(flag_semantic_interposition) Init(1) Optimization
2826 Allow interposing function (or variables) by ones with different semantics (or initializer) respectively by dynamic linker.
2828 ; sched_stalled_insns means that insns can be moved prematurely from the queue
2829 ; of stalled insns into the ready list.
2830 fsched-stalled-insns
2831 Common Var(flag_sched_stalled_insns) Optimization UInteger
2832 Allow premature scheduling of queued insns.
2834 fsched-stalled-insns=
2835 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
2836 -fsched-stalled-insns=<number> Set number of queued insns that can be prematurely scheduled.
2838 ; sched_stalled_insns_dep controls how many recently scheduled cycles will
2839 ; be examined for a dependency on a stalled insn that is candidate for
2840 ; premature removal from the queue of stalled insns into the ready list (has
2841 ; an effect only if the flag 'sched_stalled_insns' is set).
2842 fsched-stalled-insns-dep
2843 Common Var(flag_sched_stalled_insns_dep,1) Init(1) Optimization UInteger
2844 Set dependence distance checking in premature scheduling of queued insns.
2846 fsched-stalled-insns-dep=
2847 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
2848 -fsched-stalled-insns-dep=<number> Set dependence distance checking in premature scheduling of queued insns.
2850 fsched-group-heuristic
2851 Common Var(flag_sched_group_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2852 Enable the group heuristic in the scheduler.
2854 fsched-critical-path-heuristic
2855 Common Var(flag_sched_critical_path_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2856 Enable the critical path heuristic in the scheduler.
2858 fsched-spec-insn-heuristic
2859 Common Var(flag_sched_spec_insn_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2860 Enable the speculative instruction heuristic in the scheduler.
2862 fsched-rank-heuristic
2863 Common Var(flag_sched_rank_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2864 Enable the rank heuristic in the scheduler.
2866 fsched-last-insn-heuristic
2867 Common Var(flag_sched_last_insn_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2868 Enable the last instruction heuristic in the scheduler.
2870 fsched-dep-count-heuristic
2871 Common Var(flag_sched_dep_count_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2872 Enable the dependent count heuristic in the scheduler.
2875 Common Var(flag_section_anchors) Optimization
2876 Access data in the same section from shared anchor points.
2880 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2884 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2887 Common Var(flag_ree) Init(0) Optimization
2888 Turn on Redundant Extensions Elimination pass.
2891 Common Var(flag_show_column) Init(1)
2892 Show column numbers in diagnostics, when available. Default on.
2895 Common Var(flag_shrink_wrap) Optimization
2896 Emit function prologues only before parts of the function that need it,
2897 rather than at the top of the function.
2899 fshrink-wrap-separate
2900 Common Var(flag_shrink_wrap_separate) Init(1) Optimization
2901 Shrink-wrap parts of the prologue and epilogue separately.
2904 Common Var(flag_signaling_nans) Optimization SetByCombined
2905 Disable optimizations observable by IEEE signaling NaNs.
2908 Common Var(flag_signed_zeros) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
2909 Disable floating point optimizations that ignore the IEEE signedness of zero.
2911 fsingle-precision-constant
2912 Common Var(flag_single_precision_constant) Optimization
2913 Convert floating point constants to single precision constants.
2915 fsplit-ivs-in-unroller
2916 Common Var(flag_split_ivs_in_unroller) Init(1) Optimization
2917 Split lifetimes of induction variables when loops are unrolled.
2920 Common Var(flag_split_stack) Init(-1)
2921 Generate discontiguous stack frames.
2924 Common Var(flag_split_wide_types) Optimization
2925 Split wide types into independent registers.
2927 fsplit-wide-types-early
2928 Common Var(flag_split_wide_types_early) Optimization
2929 Split wide types into independent registers earlier.
2932 Common Var(flag_ssa_backprop) Init(1) Optimization
2933 Enable backward propagation of use properties at the SSA level.
2936 Common Var(flag_ssa_phiopt) Optimization
2937 Optimize conditional patterns using SSA PHI nodes.
2940 Common Var(flag_stdarg_opt) Init(1) Optimization
2941 Optimize amount of stdarg registers saved to stack at start of function.
2943 fvariable-expansion-in-unroller
2944 Common Var(flag_variable_expansion_in_unroller) Optimization
2945 Apply variable expansion when loops are unrolled.
2948 Common RejectNegative Joined Optimization
2949 -fstack-check=[no|generic|specific] Insert stack checking code into the program.
2952 Common Alias(fstack-check=, specific, no)
2953 Insert stack checking code into the program. Same as -fstack-check=specific.
2955 fstack-clash-protection
2956 Common Var(flag_stack_clash_protection) Optimization
2957 Insert code to probe each page of stack space as it is allocated to protect
2958 from stack-clash style attacks.
2961 Common Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2963 fstack-limit-register=
2964 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2965 -fstack-limit-register=<register> Trap if the stack goes past <register>.
2967 fstack-limit-symbol=
2968 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2969 -fstack-limit-symbol=<name> Trap if the stack goes past symbol <name>.
2972 Common Var(flag_stack_protect, 1) Init(-1) Optimization
2973 Use propolice as a stack protection method.
2975 fstack-protector-all
2976 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 2) Init(-1) Optimization
2977 Use a stack protection method for every function.
2979 fstack-protector-strong
2980 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 3) Init(-1) Optimization
2981 Use a smart stack protection method for certain functions.
2983 fstack-protector-explicit
2984 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 4) Optimization
2985 Use stack protection method only for functions with the stack_protect attribute.
2988 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_usage)
2989 Output stack usage information on a per-function basis.
2993 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2995 ; Nonzero if we should do (language-dependent) alias analysis.
2996 ; Typically, this analysis will assume that expressions of certain
2997 ; types do not alias expressions of certain other types. Only used
2998 ; if alias analysis (in general) is enabled.
3000 Common Var(flag_strict_aliasing) Optimization
3001 Assume strict aliasing rules apply.
3005 Treat signed overflow as undefined. Negated as -fwrapv -fwrapv-pointer.
3008 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_strub, 0)
3009 Disable stack scrub entirely, disregarding strub attributes.
3012 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_strub, -4)
3013 Enable stack scrub as per attributes, with strict call checking.
3015 ; If any strub-enabling attribute is seen when the default or strict
3016 ; initializer values are in effect, flag_strub is bumped up by 2. The
3017 ; scrub mode gate function will then bump these initializer values to
3018 ; 0 if no strub-enabling attribute is seen. This minimizes the strub
3021 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_strub, -3) Init(-3)
3022 Restore default strub mode: as per attributes, with relaxed checking.
3025 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_strub, 3)
3026 Enable stack scrubbing for all viable functions.
3029 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_strub, 1)
3030 Enable at-calls stack scrubbing for all viable functions.
3033 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_strub, 2)
3034 Enable internal stack scrubbing for all viable functions.
3037 Common Var(flag_sync_libcalls) Init(1)
3038 Implement __atomic operations via libcalls to legacy __sync functions.
3041 Common Var(flag_syntax_only)
3042 Check for syntax errors, then stop.
3045 Common Var(flag_test_coverage)
3046 Create data files needed by \"gcov\".
3049 Common Var(flag_thread_jumps) Optimization
3050 Perform jump threading optimizations.
3053 Common Var(time_report)
3054 Report the time taken by each compiler pass.
3056 ftime-report-details
3057 Common Var(time_report_details)
3058 Record times taken by sub-phases separately.
3061 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(tls_model) Var(flag_tls_default) Init(TLS_MODEL_GLOBAL_DYNAMIC)
3062 -ftls-model=[global-dynamic|local-dynamic|initial-exec|local-exec] Set the default thread-local storage code generation model.
3065 Name(tls_model) Type(enum tls_model) UnknownError(unknown TLS model %qs)
3068 Enum(tls_model) String(global-dynamic) Value(TLS_MODEL_GLOBAL_DYNAMIC)
3071 Enum(tls_model) String(local-dynamic) Value(TLS_MODEL_LOCAL_DYNAMIC)
3074 Enum(tls_model) String(initial-exec) Value(TLS_MODEL_INITIAL_EXEC)
3077 Enum(tls_model) String(local-exec) Value(TLS_MODEL_LOCAL_EXEC)
3080 Common Var(flag_toplevel_reorder) Init(2) Optimization
3081 Reorder top level functions, variables, and asms.
3084 Common Var(flag_tracer) Optimization
3085 Perform superblock formation via tail duplication.
3088 Common Var(flag_trampolines) Init(HEAP_TRAMPOLINES_INIT)
3089 For targets that normally need trampolines for nested functions, always
3090 generate them instead of using descriptors.
3093 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(trampoline_impl) Var(flag_trampoline_impl) Init(HEAP_TRAMPOLINES_INIT ? TRAMPOLINE_IMPL_HEAP : TRAMPOLINE_IMPL_STACK)
3094 Whether trampolines are generated in executable memory rather than
3098 Name(trampoline_impl) Type(enum trampoline_impl) UnknownError(unknown trampoline implementation %qs)
3101 Enum(trampoline_impl) String(stack) Value(TRAMPOLINE_IMPL_STACK)
3104 Enum(trampoline_impl) String(heap) Value(TRAMPOLINE_IMPL_HEAP)
3107 ; Zero means that floating-point math operations cannot generate a
3108 ; (user-visible) trap. This is the case, for example, in nonstop
3109 ; IEEE 754 arithmetic.
3111 Common Var(flag_trapping_math) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
3112 Assume floating-point operations can trap.
3115 Common Var(flag_trapv) Optimization
3116 Trap for signed overflow in addition, subtraction and multiplication.
3119 Common Var(flag_tree_ccp) Optimization
3120 Enable SSA-CCP optimization on trees.
3123 Common Var(flag_tree_bit_ccp) Optimization
3124 Enable SSA-BIT-CCP optimization on trees.
3128 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3131 Common Var(flag_tree_ch) Optimization
3132 Enable loop header copying on trees.
3134 ftree-coalesce-inlined-vars
3135 Common Ignore RejectNegative
3136 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3139 Common Var(flag_tree_coalesce_vars) Optimization
3140 Enable SSA coalescing of user variables.
3144 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3147 Common Var(flag_tree_copy_prop) Optimization
3148 Enable copy propagation on trees.
3150 ftree-store-copy-prop
3152 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3155 Common Var(flag_tree_cselim) Optimization
3156 Transform condition stores into unconditional ones.
3158 ftree-switch-conversion
3159 Common Var(flag_tree_switch_conversion) Optimization
3160 Perform conversions of switch initializations.
3163 Common Var(flag_tree_dce) Optimization
3164 Enable SSA dead code elimination optimization on trees.
3166 ftree-dominator-opts
3167 Common Var(flag_tree_dom) Optimization
3168 Enable dominator optimizations.
3171 Common Var(flag_tree_tail_merge) Optimization
3172 Enable tail merging on trees.
3175 Common Var(flag_tree_dse) Optimization
3176 Enable dead store elimination.
3179 Common Var(flag_tree_forwprop) Init(1) Optimization
3180 Enable forward propagation on trees.
3183 Common Var(flag_tree_fre) Optimization
3184 Enable Full Redundancy Elimination (FRE) on trees.
3187 Common Var(flag_optimize_strlen) Optimization
3188 Enable string length optimizations on trees.
3190 fisolate-erroneous-paths-dereference
3191 Common Var(flag_isolate_erroneous_paths_dereference) Optimization
3192 Detect paths that trigger erroneous or undefined behavior due to
3193 dereferencing a null pointer. Isolate those paths from the main control
3194 flow and turn the statement with erroneous or undefined behavior into a trap.
3196 fisolate-erroneous-paths-attribute
3197 Common Var(flag_isolate_erroneous_paths_attribute) Optimization
3198 Detect paths that trigger erroneous or undefined behavior due to a null value
3199 being used in a way forbidden by a returns_nonnull or nonnull
3200 attribute. Isolate those paths from the main control flow and turn the
3201 statement with erroneous or undefined behavior into a trap.
3203 ftree-loop-distribution
3204 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_distribution) Optimization
3205 Enable loop distribution on trees.
3207 ftree-loop-distribute-patterns
3208 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_distribute_patterns) Optimization
3209 Enable loop distribution for patterns transformed into a library call.
3212 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_im) Init(1) Optimization
3213 Enable loop invariant motion on trees.
3216 Common Alias(floop-nest-optimize)
3217 Enable loop nest transforms. Same as -floop-nest-optimize.
3220 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_ivcanon) Init(1) Optimization
3221 Create canonical induction variables in loops.
3224 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_optimize) Init(1) Optimization
3225 Enable loop optimizations on tree level.
3227 ftree-parallelize-loops=
3228 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_tree_parallelize_loops) Init(1) Optimization
3229 -ftree-parallelize-loops=<number> Enable automatic parallelization of loops.
3232 Common Var(flag_tree_phiprop) Init(1) Optimization
3233 Enable hoisting loads from conditional pointers.
3236 Common Var(flag_tree_pre) Optimization
3237 Enable SSA-PRE optimization on trees.
3240 Common Var(flag_tree_partial_pre) Optimization
3241 In SSA-PRE optimization on trees, enable partial-partial redundancy elimination.
3244 Common Var(flag_tree_pta) Optimization
3245 Perform function-local points-to analysis on trees.
3248 Common Var(flag_tree_reassoc) Init(1) Optimization
3249 Enable reassociation on tree level.
3253 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3256 Common Var(flag_tree_sink) Optimization
3257 Enable SSA code sinking on trees.
3260 Common Var(flag_tree_slsr) Optimization
3261 Perform straight-line strength reduction.
3264 Common Var(flag_tree_sra) Optimization
3265 Perform scalar replacement of aggregates.
3268 Common Var(flag_tree_ter) Optimization
3269 Replace temporary expressions in the SSA->normal pass.
3272 Common Var(flag_tree_live_range_split) Optimization
3273 Perform live range splitting during the SSA->normal pass.
3276 Common Var(flag_tree_vrp) Init(0) Optimization
3277 Perform Value Range Propagation on trees.
3280 Common Var(flag_split_paths) Init(0) Optimization
3281 Split paths leading to loop backedges.
3283 funconstrained-commons
3284 Common Var(flag_unconstrained_commons) Optimization
3285 Assume common declarations may be overridden with ones with a larger
3289 Common Var(flag_unit_at_a_time) Init(1)
3290 Compile whole compilation unit at a time.
3293 Common Var(flag_unreachable_traps) Optimization
3294 Trap on __builtin_unreachable instead of using it for optimization.
3297 Common Var(flag_unroll_loops) Optimization EnabledBy(funroll-all-loops)
3298 Perform loop unrolling when iteration count is known.
3301 Common Var(flag_unroll_all_loops) Optimization
3302 Perform loop unrolling for all loops.
3304 funroll-completely-grow-size
3305 Undocumented Var(flag_cunroll_grow_size) Optimization
3306 ; Internal undocumented flag, allow size growth during complete unrolling
3308 ; Nonzero means that loop optimizer may assume that the induction variables
3309 ; that control loops do not overflow and that the loops with nontrivial
3310 ; exit condition are not infinite
3311 funsafe-loop-optimizations
3313 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3316 Common Var(flag_associative_math) SetByCombined Optimization
3317 Allow optimization for floating-point arithmetic which may change the
3318 result of the operation due to rounding.
3321 Common Var(flag_reciprocal_math) SetByCombined Optimization
3322 Same as -fassociative-math for expressions which include division.
3324 ; Nonzero means that unsafe floating-point math optimizations are allowed
3325 ; for the sake of speed. IEEE compliance is not guaranteed, and operations
3326 ; are allowed to assume that their arguments and results are "normal"
3327 ; (e.g., nonnegative for SQRT).
3328 funsafe-math-optimizations
3329 Common Var(flag_unsafe_math_optimizations) Optimization SetByCombined
3330 Allow math optimizations that may violate IEEE or ISO standards.
3333 Common Var(flag_unswitch_loops) Optimization
3334 Perform loop unswitching.
3337 Common Var(flag_split_loops) Optimization
3338 Perform loop splitting.
3340 fversion-loops-for-strides
3341 Common Var(flag_version_loops_for_strides) Optimization
3342 Version loops based on whether indices have a stride of one.
3345 Common Var(flag_unwind_tables) Optimization
3346 Just generate unwind tables for exception handling.
3349 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=gold)
3350 Use the bfd linker instead of the default linker.
3353 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=bfd)
3354 Use the gold linker instead of the default linker.
3357 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=lld)
3358 Use the lld LLVM linker instead of the default linker.
3361 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=mold)
3362 Use the Modern linker (MOLD) linker instead of the default linker.
3365 Common Undocumented Var(flag_use_linker_plugin)
3367 ; Positive if we should track variables, negative if we should run
3368 ; the var-tracking pass only to discard debug annotations, zero if
3369 ; we're not to run it.
3371 Common Var(flag_var_tracking) PerFunction EnabledBy(fvar-tracking-uninit)
3372 Perform variable tracking.
3374 ; Positive if we should track variables at assignments, negative if
3375 ; we should run the var-tracking pass only to discard debug
3377 fvar-tracking-assignments
3378 Common Var(flag_var_tracking_assignments) PerFunction
3379 Perform variable tracking by annotating assignments.
3381 ; Nonzero if we should toggle flag_var_tracking_assignments after
3382 ; processing options and computing its default. */
3383 fvar-tracking-assignments-toggle
3384 Common Var(flag_var_tracking_assignments_toggle) PerFunction
3385 Toggle -fvar-tracking-assignments.
3387 ; Positive if we should track uninitialized variables, negative if
3388 ; we should run the var-tracking pass only to discard debug
3390 fvar-tracking-uninit
3391 Common Var(flag_var_tracking_uninit) PerFunction
3392 Perform variable tracking and also tag variables that are uninitialized.
3394 ; Alias to enable both -ftree-loop-vectorize and -ftree-slp-vectorize.
3396 Common Var(flag_tree_vectorize) Optimization
3397 Enable vectorization on trees.
3399 ftree-vectorizer-verbose=
3400 Common Joined RejectNegative Ignore
3401 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3403 ftree-loop-vectorize
3404 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_vectorize) Optimization EnabledBy(ftree-vectorize)
3405 Enable loop vectorization on trees.
3408 Common Var(flag_tree_slp_vectorize) Optimization EnabledBy(ftree-vectorize)
3409 Enable basic block vectorization (SLP) on trees.
3412 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vect_cost_model) Var(flag_vect_cost_model) Init(VECT_COST_MODEL_DEFAULT) Optimization
3413 -fvect-cost-model=[unlimited|dynamic|cheap|very-cheap] Specifies the cost model for vectorization.
3416 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vect_cost_model) Var(flag_simd_cost_model) Init(VECT_COST_MODEL_UNLIMITED) Optimization
3417 -fsimd-cost-model=[unlimited|dynamic|cheap|very-cheap] Specifies the vectorization cost model for code marked with a simd directive.
3420 Name(vect_cost_model) Type(enum vect_cost_model) UnknownError(unknown vectorizer cost model %qs)
3423 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(unlimited) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_UNLIMITED)
3426 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(dynamic) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_DYNAMIC)
3429 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(cheap) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_CHEAP)
3432 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(very-cheap) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_VERY_CHEAP)
3435 Common Alias(fvect-cost-model=,dynamic,unlimited)
3436 Enables the dynamic vectorizer cost model. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3438 ftree-vect-loop-version
3440 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3443 Common Var(flag_tree_scev_cprop) Init(1) Optimization
3444 Enable copy propagation of scalar-evolution information.
3446 ftrivial-auto-var-init=
3447 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(auto_init_type) Var(flag_auto_var_init) Init(AUTO_INIT_UNINITIALIZED) Optimization
3448 -ftrivial-auto-var-init=[uninitialized|pattern|zero] Add initializations to automatic variables.
3451 Name(auto_init_type) Type(enum auto_init_type) UnknownError(unrecognized automatic variable initialization type %qs)
3454 Enum(auto_init_type) String(uninitialized) Value(AUTO_INIT_UNINITIALIZED)
3457 Enum(auto_init_type) String(pattern) Value(AUTO_INIT_PATTERN)
3460 Enum(auto_init_type) String(zero) Value(AUTO_INIT_ZERO)
3462 ; -fverbose-asm causes extra commentary information to be produced in
3463 ; the generated assembly code (to make it more readable). This option
3464 ; is generally only of use to those who actually need to read the
3465 ; generated assembly code (perhaps while debugging the compiler itself).
3466 ; -fno-verbose-asm, the default, causes the extra information
3467 ; to not be added and is useful when comparing two assembler files.
3469 Common Var(flag_verbose_asm)
3470 Add extra commentary to assembler output.
3473 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(symbol_visibility) Var(default_visibility) Init(VISIBILITY_DEFAULT)
3474 -fvisibility=[default|internal|hidden|protected] Set the default symbol visibility.
3477 Name(symbol_visibility) Type(enum symbol_visibility) UnknownError(unrecognized visibility value %qs)
3480 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(default) Value(VISIBILITY_DEFAULT)
3483 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(internal) Value(VISIBILITY_INTERNAL)
3486 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(hidden) Value(VISIBILITY_HIDDEN)
3489 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(protected) Value(VISIBILITY_PROTECTED)
3492 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vtv_priority) Var(flag_vtable_verify) Init(VTV_NO_PRIORITY)
3493 Validate vtable pointers before using them.
3496 Name(vtv_priority) Type(enum vtv_priority) UnknownError(unknown vtable verify initialization priority %qs)
3499 Enum(vtv_priority) String(none) Value(VTV_NO_PRIORITY)
3502 Enum(vtv_priority) String(std) Value(VTV_STANDARD_PRIORITY)
3505 Enum(vtv_priority) String(preinit) Value(VTV_PREINIT_PRIORITY)
3508 Common Var(flag_vtv_counts)
3509 Output vtable verification counters.
3512 Common Var(flag_vtv_debug)
3513 Output vtable verification pointer sets information.
3516 Common Var(flag_value_profile_transformations) Optimization
3517 Use expression value profiles in optimizations.
3520 Common Var(flag_web) Optimization EnabledBy(funroll-loops)
3521 Construct webs and split unrelated uses of single variable.
3523 ftree-builtin-call-dce
3524 Common Var(flag_tree_builtin_call_dce) Init(0) Optimization
3525 Enable conditional dead code elimination for builtin calls.
3528 Common Var(flag_whole_program) Init(0)
3529 Perform whole program optimizations.
3532 Common Var(flag_wrapv_pointer) Optimization
3533 Assume pointer overflow wraps around.
3536 Common Var(flag_wrapv) Optimization
3537 Assume signed arithmetic overflow wraps around.
3539 fzero-initialized-in-bss
3540 Common Var(flag_zero_initialized_in_bss) Init(1)
3541 Put zero initialized data in the bss section.
3543 fzero-call-used-regs=
3544 Common RejectNegative Joined
3545 Clear call-used registers upon function return.
3547 fzero-init-padding-bits=
3548 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(zero_init_padding_bits_kind) Var(flag_zero_init_padding_bits) Init(ZERO_INIT_PADDING_BITS_STANDARD)
3549 -fzero-init-padding-bits=[standard|unions|all] Zero padding bits in initializers.
3552 Name(zero_init_padding_bits_kind) Type(enum zero_init_padding_bits_kind) UnknownError(unrecognized zero init padding bits kind %qs)
3555 Enum(zero_init_padding_bits_kind) String(standard) Value(ZERO_INIT_PADDING_BITS_STANDARD)
3558 Enum(zero_init_padding_bits_kind) String(unions) Value(ZERO_INIT_PADDING_BITS_UNIONS)
3561 Enum(zero_init_padding_bits_kind) String(all) Value(ZERO_INIT_PADDING_BITS_ALL)
3564 Common Driver RejectNegative JoinedOrMissing
3565 Generate debug information in default format.
3568 Common Driver Var(dwarf2out_as_loc_support)
3569 Assume assembler support for (DWARF2+) .loc directives.
3572 Common Driver Var(dwarf2out_as_locview_support)
3573 Assume assembler support for view in (DWARF2+) .loc directives.
3576 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing
3577 Generate debug information in CodeView format.
3580 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3581 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3584 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3585 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3588 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3589 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3592 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3593 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3596 Common Driver Var(debug_column_info,1) Init(1)
3597 Record DW_AT_decl_column and DW_AT_call_column in DWARF.
3599 ; The CTF generation process feeds off DWARF dies. This option implicitly
3600 ; updates the debug_info_level to DINFO_LEVEL_NORMAL.
3602 Common Driver RejectNegative JoinedOrMissing
3603 Generate CTF debug information at default level.
3606 Common Driver RejectNegative JoinedOrMissing
3607 Generate BTF debug information at default level.
3610 Common Driver Var(debug_prune_btf) Init(0)
3611 Generate pruned BTF when emitting BTF info.
3614 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative
3615 Generate debug information in default version of DWARF format.
3618 Common Driver Joined UInteger Var(dwarf_version) Init(DWARF_VERSION_DEFAULT) RejectNegative
3619 Generate debug information in DWARF v2 (or later) format.
3622 Common Driver Var(dwarf_offset_size,4) Init(4) RejectNegative
3623 Use 32-bit DWARF format when emitting DWARF debug information.
3626 Common Driver Var(dwarf_offset_size,8) RejectNegative
3627 Use 64-bit DWARF format when emitting DWARF debug information.
3630 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative
3631 Generate debug information in default extended format.
3634 Common Driver Var(debug_inline_points)
3635 Generate extended entry point information for inlined functions.
3637 ginternal-reset-location-views
3638 Common Driver Var(debug_internal_reset_location_views) Init(2)
3639 Compute locview reset points based on insn length estimates.
3642 RejectNegative Joined Undocumented
3643 ; Catch the gno- prefix, so it doesn't backtrack to g<level>.
3646 Common Driver Negative(gpubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 0) Init(-1)
3647 Don't generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections.
3650 Common Driver Negative(ggnu-pubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 1)
3651 Generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections.
3654 Common Driver Negative(gno-pubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 2)
3655 Generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections with GNU extensions.
3657 grecord-gcc-switches
3658 Common Driver Var(dwarf_record_gcc_switches) Init(1)
3659 Record gcc command line switches in DWARF DW_AT_producer.
3662 Common Driver Var(dwarf_split_debug_info) Init(0)
3663 Generate debug information in separate .dwo files.
3666 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3667 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3670 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3671 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3673 gstatement-frontiers
3674 Common Driver Var(debug_nonbind_markers_p) PerFunction
3675 Emit progressive recommended breakpoint locations.
3678 Common Driver Var(dwarf_strict) Init(0)
3679 Don't emit DWARF additions beyond selected version.
3682 Common Driver Var(flag_describe_dies) Init(0)
3683 Add description attributes to some DWARF DIEs that have no name attribute.
3686 Common Driver Var(flag_gtoggle)
3687 Toggle debug information generation.
3689 gvariable-location-views
3690 Common Driver Var(debug_variable_location_views, 1)
3691 Augment variable location lists with progressive views.
3693 gvariable-location-views=incompat5
3694 Common Driver RejectNegative Var(debug_variable_location_views, -1) Init(2)
3697 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative
3698 Generate debug information in VMS format.
3701 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3702 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3705 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing WarnRemoved
3706 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3709 Name(compressed_debug_sections) Type(int)
3711 ; Since -gz= is completely handled in specs, the values aren't used and we
3712 ; assign arbitrary constants.
3714 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(none) Value(0)
3717 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(zlib) Value(1)
3720 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(zstd) Value(2)
3723 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(zlib-gnu) Value(3)
3727 Generate compressed debug sections.
3730 Common Driver RejectNegative Joined Enum(compressed_debug_sections)
3731 -gz=<format> Generate compressed debug sections in format <format>.
3734 Driver Joined Separate
3737 Common Joined Var(plugindir_string) Init(0)
3738 -iplugindir=<dir> Set <dir> to be the default plugin directory.
3741 Common Joined Separate RejectDriver Var(imultiarch) Init(0)
3742 -imultiarch <dir> Set <dir> to be the multiarch include subdirectory.
3745 Driver Joined Separate
3750 no-canonical-prefixes
3769 Common Driver Joined Separate Var(asm_file_name) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
3770 -o <file> Place output into <file>.
3773 Common Var(profile_flag)
3774 Enable function profiling.
3777 Driver Var(pass_exit_codes)
3780 Common Alias(Wpedantic)
3783 Common Var(flag_pedantic_errors)
3784 Like -pedantic but issue them as errors.
3790 Driver Var(use_pipes)
3793 Driver JoinedOrMissing Var(print_file_name)
3795 print-libgcc-file-name
3798 print-multi-directory
3799 Driver Var(print_multi_directory)
3802 Driver Var(print_multi_lib)
3804 print-multi-os-directory
3805 Driver Var(print_multi_os_directory)
3808 Driver Var(print_multiarch)
3811 Driver JoinedOrMissing Var(print_prog_name)
3814 Driver Var(print_search_dirs)
3817 Driver Var(print_sysroot)
3819 print-sysroot-headers-suffix
3820 Driver Var(print_sysroot_headers_suffix)
3823 Common Var(quiet_flag) RejectDriver
3824 Do not display functions compiled or elapsed time.
3842 Driver Var(report_times)
3845 Driver JoinedOrMissing
3848 Driver Joined Separate
3852 ; C option, but driver must not handle as "-u ndef".
3855 Common Driver Var(verbose_flag)
3856 Enable verbose output.
3859 Common Var(version_flag) RejectDriver
3860 Display the compiler's version.
3863 Common Var(inhibit_warnings)
3867 Driver Separate Var(wrapper_string)
3870 Driver Joined Separate
3873 Driver RejectNegative Negative(static-pie)
3874 Create a shared library.
3880 Driver Separate Alias(specs=)
3893 ; Documented for Fortran, but always accepted by driver.
3897 ; Documented for Modula-2, but always accepted by driver.
3901 ; Documented for D, but always accepted by driver.
3905 ; Documented for Fortran, but always accepted by driver.
3912 ; Documented for Go, but always accepted by driver.
3933 Driver RejectNegative Negative(shared)
3934 Don't create a dynamically linked position independent executable.
3937 Driver RejectNegative Negative(no-pie)
3938 Create a dynamically linked position independent executable.
3941 Driver RejectNegative Negative(pie)
3942 Create a static position independent executable.
3945 Driver Joined Separate
3948 Common Var(flag_ipa_ra) Optimization
3949 Use caller save register across calls if possible.
3952 Common Var(flag_ext_dce, 1) Optimization Init(0)
3953 Perform dead code elimination on zero and sign extensions with special dataflow analysis.
3955 ; This comment is to ensure we retain the blank line above.