struct / union in initializer, RFE #901.
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25 Variable
26 int target_flags
28 Variable
29 int optimize
31 Variable
32 int optimize_size
34 Variable
35 int optimize_debug
37 ; Not used directly to control optimizations, only to save -Ofast
38 ; setting for "optimize" attributes.
39 Variable
40 int optimize_fast
42 ; True if this is the lto front end.  This is used to disable gimple
43 ; generation and lowering passes that are normally run on the output
44 ; of a front end.  These passes must be bypassed for lto since they
45 ; have already been done before the gimple was written.
46 Variable
47 bool in_lto_p = false
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.
53 Variable
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.
59 Variable
60 int flag_complex_method = 1
62 Variable
63 int flag_default_complex_method = 1
65 ; Language specific warning pass for unused results.
66 Variable
67 bool flag_warn_unused_result = false
69 ; Nonzero if we should write GIMPLE bytecode for link-time optimization.
70 Variable
71 int flag_generate_lto
73 ; Nonzero if we should write GIMPLE bytecode for offload compilation.
74 Variable
75 int flag_generate_offload = 0
77 ; Nonzero means we should be saving declaration info into a .X file.
78 Variable
79 int flag_gen_aux_info = 0
81 ; Nonzero if we are compiling code for a shared library, zero for
82 ; executable.
83 Variable
84 int flag_shlib
86 ; These three are really VEC(char_p,heap) *.
88 Variable
89 void *flag_instrument_functions_exclude_functions
91 Variable
92 void *flag_instrument_functions_exclude_files
94 Variable
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.
104 Variable
105 enum debug_struct_file debug_struct_ordinary[DINFO_USAGE_NUM_ENUMS] = { DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY }
107 Variable
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.
111 Variable
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.
117 Variable
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.
122 Variable
123 enum debug_info_levels debug_info_level = DINFO_LEVEL_NONE
125 ; Nonzero means use GNU-only extensions in the generated symbolic
126 ; debugging information.  Currently, this only has an effect when
127 ; write_symbols is set to DBX_DEBUG or XCOFF_DEBUG.
128 Variable
129 bool use_gnu_debug_info_extensions
131 ; Level of CTF debugging information we are producing.  See flag-types.h
132 ; for the definitions of the different possible levels.
133 Variable
134 enum ctf_debug_info_levels ctf_debug_info_level = CTFINFO_LEVEL_NONE
136 ; Original value of maximum field alignment in bytes, specified via
137 ; -fpack-struct=<value>.
138 Variable
139 unsigned int initial_max_fld_align = TARGET_DEFAULT_PACK_STRUCT
141 ; Type of stack check.
142 Variable
143 enum stack_check_type flag_stack_check = NO_STACK_CHECK
145 ; True if stack usage information needs to be computed.
146 Variable
147 bool flag_stack_usage_info = false
149 ; -dA causes debug commentary information to be produced in
150 ; the generated assembly code (to make it more readable).  This option
151 ; is generally only of use to those who actually need to read the
152 ; generated assembly code (perhaps while debugging the compiler itself).
153 ; Currently, this switch is only used by dwarf2out.cc; however, it is intended
154 ; to be a catchall for printing debug information in the assembler file.
155 Variable
156 int flag_debug_asm
158 ; Balance between GNAT encodings and standard DWARF to emit.
159 Variable
160 enum dwarf_gnat_encodings gnat_encodings = DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_DEFAULT
162 ; -dP causes the rtl to be emitted as a comment in assembly.
163 Variable
164 int flag_dump_rtl_in_asm
166 ; Whether -da was passed (used only in handle_common_deferred_options).
167 Variable
168 bool flag_dump_all_passed
170 ; Other flags saying which kinds of debugging dump have been requested.
172 Variable
173 int rtl_dump_and_exit
175 Variable
176 int flag_print_asm_name
178 ; Name of top-level original source file (what was input to cpp).
179 ; This comes from the #-command at the beginning of the actual input.
180 ; If there isn't any there, then this is the cc1 input file name.
181 Variable
182 const char *main_input_filename
184 ; Pointer to base name in main_input_filename, with directories and a
185 ; single final extension removed, and the length of this base
186 ; name.
188 Variable
189 const char *main_input_basename
191 Variable
192 int main_input_baselength
194 ; The base name used for auxiliary output files.
195 ; dump_base_name minus dump_base_ext.
197 Variable
198 const char *aux_base_name
200 ; Which options have been printed by --help.
201 Variable
202 char *help_printed
204 ; Which enums have been printed by --help.  0 = not printed, no
205 ; relevant options seen, 1 = relevant option seen, not yet printed, 2
206 ; = printed.
207 Variable
208 char *help_enum_printed
210 ; The number of columns for --help output.
211 Variable
212 unsigned int help_columns
214 ; Whether this options structure has been through finish_options
215 Variable
216 bool flag_opts_finished
218 ; What the sanitizer should instrument
219 Variable
220 unsigned int flag_sanitize
222 ; What sanitizers should recover from errors
223 Variable
224 unsigned int flag_sanitize_recover = (SANITIZE_UNDEFINED | SANITIZE_UNDEFINED_NONDEFAULT | SANITIZE_KERNEL_ADDRESS | SANITIZE_KERNEL_HWADDRESS) & ~(SANITIZE_UNREACHABLE | SANITIZE_RETURN)
226 ; Flag whether a prefix has been added to dump_base_name
227 Variable
228 bool dump_base_name_prefixed = false
230 ; What subset of registers should be zeroed on function return
231 Variable
232 unsigned int flag_zero_call_used_regs
235 Driver
237 -assemble
238 Driver Alias(S)
240 -compile
241 Driver Alias(c)
243 -completion=
244 Common Driver Joined Undocumented
245 Provide bash completion for options starting with provided string.
247 -coverage
248 Driver Alias(coverage)
250 -debug
251 Common Alias(g)
253 -dump
254 Common Separate Alias(d)
256 -dump=
257 Common Joined Alias(d)
259 -dumpbase
260 Driver Common Separate Alias(dumpbase)
262 -dumpbase-ext
263 Driver Common Separate Alias(dumpbase-ext)
265 -dumpdir
266 Driver Common Separate Alias(dumpdir)
268 -entry
269 Driver Separate Alias(e)
271 -entry=
272 Driver Joined Alias(e)
274 -extra-warnings
275 Common Warning Alias(Wextra)
277 -for-assembler
278 Driver Separate Alias(Xassembler)
280 -for-assembler=
281 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(Xassembler)
283 -for-linker
284 Driver Separate Alias(Xlinker)
286 -for-linker=
287 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(Xlinker)
289 -force-link
290 Driver Separate Alias(u)
292 -force-link=
293 Driver Joined Alias(u)
295 -help
296 Common Driver Var(help_flag)
297 Display this information.
299 -help=
300 Common Driver Joined
301 --help=<class>  Display descriptions of a specific class of options.  <class> is one or more of optimizers, target, warnings, undocumented, params.
303 -language
304 Driver Separate Alias(x)
306 -language=
307 Driver Joined Alias(x)
309 -library-directory
310 Driver Separate Alias(L)
312 -library-directory=
313 Driver Joined Alias(L)
315 -no-canonical-prefixes
316 Driver Alias(no-canonical-prefixes)
318 -no-standard-libraries
319 Driver Alias(nostdlib)
321 -no-sysroot-suffix
322 Driver Var(no_sysroot_suffix)
324 -no-warnings
325 Common Alias(w)
327 -optimize
328 Common Alias(O)
330 -output
331 Common Driver Separate Alias(o) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
333 -output=
334 Common Driver Joined Alias(o) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
336 -pass-exit-codes
337 Driver Alias(pass-exit-codes)
339 -pedantic
340 Common Alias(Wpedantic)
342 -pedantic-errors
343 Common Alias(pedantic-errors)
345 -pie
346 Driver Alias(pie)
348 -static-pie
349 Driver Alias(static-pie)
351 -pipe
352 Driver Alias(pipe)
354 -prefix
355 Driver Separate Alias(B)
357 -prefix=
358 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(B)
360 -preprocess
361 Driver Alias(E)
363 -print-file-name
364 Driver Separate Alias(print-file-name=)
366 -print-file-name=
367 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(print-file-name=)
369 -print-libgcc-file-name
370 Driver Alias(print-libgcc-file-name)
372 -print-multi-directory
373 Driver Alias(print-multi-directory)
375 -print-multi-lib
376 Driver Alias(print-multi-lib)
378 -print-multi-os-directory
379 Driver Alias(print-multi-os-directory)
381 -print-multiarch
382 Driver Alias(print-multiarch)
384 -print-prog-name
385 Driver Separate Alias(print-prog-name=)
387 -print-prog-name=
388 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(print-prog-name=)
390 -print-search-dirs
391 Driver Alias(print-search-dirs)
393 -print-sysroot
394 Driver Alias(print-sysroot)
396 -print-sysroot-headers-suffix
397 Driver Alias(print-sysroot-headers-suffix)
399 -profile
400 Common Alias(p)
402 -save-temps
403 Driver Alias(save-temps)
405 -shared
406 Driver Alias(shared)
408 -specs
409 Driver Separate Alias(specs=)
411 -specs=
412 Driver Joined Alias(specs=)
414 -static
415 Driver Alias(static)
417 -symbolic
418 Driver Alias(symbolic)
420 -target-help
421 Common Driver
422 Display target specific command line options (including assembler and linker options).
424 -time
425 Driver Alias(time)
427 -verbose
428 Driver Alias(v)
430 ;; The driver used to convert options such as --help into forms such
431 ;; as -fhelp; the following four entries are for compatibility with
432 ;; any direct uses of those (undocumented) -f forms
433 fhelp
434 Common Driver Alias(-help)
436 fhelp=
437 Common Driver Joined Alias(-help=)
439 ftarget-help
440 Common Driver Alias(-target-help)
442 fversion
443 Common Driver Alias(-version)
445 -obj-ext
446 Common Driver Separate Alias(-obj-ext=)
448 -obj-ext=
449 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing CPP(obj_ext) Var(var_obj_ext) Init(".o")
450 Define object file extension, used for generation of make dependencies
452 -sysroot
453 Driver Separate Alias(-sysroot=)
455 -sysroot=
456 Driver JoinedOrMissing
458 -version
459 Common Driver
462 Driver Joined Separate
465 Driver
468 Driver Joined Separate
471 Driver
474 Common JoinedOrMissing Optimization
475 -O<number>      Set optimization level to <number>.
478 Common Optimization
479 Optimize for space rather than speed.
481 Ofast
482 Common Optimization
483 Optimize for speed disregarding exact standards compliance.
486 Common Optimization
487 Optimize for debugging experience rather than speed or size.
490 Common Optimization
491 Optimize for space aggressively rather than speed.
494 Driver
497 Driver Negative(Qy)
500 Driver Negative(Qn)
503 Driver Joined Separate
506 Driver
509 Driver Joined Separate
511 Tbss
512 Driver Separate
514 Tbss=
515 Driver Joined
517 Tdata
518 Driver Separate
520 Tdata=
521 Driver Joined
523 Ttext
524 Driver Separate
526 Ttext=
527 Driver Joined
530 Common RejectNegative Warning Alias(Wextra)
531 This switch is deprecated; use -Wextra instead.
534 Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative
537 Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative
540 Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative
542 Waggregate-return
543 Common Var(warn_aggregate_return) Warning
544 Warn about returning structures, unions or arrays.
546 Waggressive-loop-optimizations
547 Common Var(warn_aggressive_loop_optimizations) Init(1) Warning
548 Warn if a loop with constant number of iterations triggers undefined behavior.
550 Warray-bounds
551 Common Var(warn_array_bounds) Warning
552 Warn if an array is accessed out of bounds.
554 Warray-bounds=
555 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_array_bounds) Warning IntegerRange(0, 2)
556 Warn if an array is accessed out of bounds.
558 Wuse-after-free
559 Common Var(warn_use_after_free) Warning
560 Warn for uses of pointers to deallocated storage.
562 Wuse-after-free=
563 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_use_after_free) Warning IntegerRange(0, 3)
564 Warn for uses of pointers to deallocated storage.
566 Wattributes
567 Common Var(warn_attributes) Init(1) Warning
568 Warn about inappropriate attribute usage.
570 Wattributes=
571 Common Joined
572 Do not warn about specified attributes.
574 Wattribute-alias
575 Common Alias(Wattribute_alias=, 1, 0) Warning
576 Warn about type safety and similar errors and mismatches in declarations with alias attributes.
578 Wattribute-alias=
579 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_attribute_alias) Init(1) Warning IntegerRange(0, 2)
580 Warn about type safety and similar errors and mismatches in declarations with alias attributes.
582 Wcannot-profile
583 Common Var(warn_cannot_profile) Init(1) Warning
584 Warn when profiling instrumentation was requested, but could not be applied to
585 a certain function.
587 Wcast-align
588 Common Var(warn_cast_align) Warning
589 Warn about pointer casts which increase alignment.
591 Wcast-align=strict
592 Common Var(warn_cast_align,2) Warning
593 Warn about pointer casts which increase alignment.
595 Wcpp
596 Common Var(warn_cpp) Init(1) Warning
597 Warn when a #warning directive is encountered.
599 Wattribute-warning
600 Common Var(warn_attribute_warning) Init(1) Warning
601 Warn about uses of __attribute__((warning)) declarations.
603 Wdeprecated
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.
615 Werror
616 Common Var(warnings_are_errors)
617 Treat all warnings as errors.
619 Werror=
620 Common Joined
621 Treat specified warning as error.
623 Wextra
624 Common Var(extra_warnings) Warning
625 Print extra (possibly unwanted) warnings.
627 Wfatal-errors
628 Common Var(flag_fatal_errors)
629 Exit on the first error occurred.
631 Wframe-larger-than=
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.
639 Wfree-nonheap-object
640 Common Var(warn_free_nonheap_object) Init(1) Warning
641 Warn when attempting to free a non-heap object.
643 Whsa
644 Common Ignore Warning
645 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
647 Wimplicit-fallthrough
648 Common Alias(Wimplicit-fallthrough=,3,0) Warning
650 Wimplicit-fallthrough=
651 Common Var(warn_implicit_fallthrough) RejectNegative Joined UInteger Warning IntegerRange(0, 5)
652 Warn when a switch case falls through.
654 Winfinite-recursion
655 Var(warn_infinite_recursion) Warning
656 Warn for infinitely recursive calls.
658 Winline
659 Common Var(warn_inline) Warning Optimization
660 Warn when an inlined function cannot be inlined.
662 Winvalid-memory-model
663 Common Var(warn_invalid_memory_model) Init(1) Warning
664 Warn when an atomic memory model parameter is known to be outside the valid range.
666 Wlarger-than-
667 Common RejectNegative Joined Warning Undocumented Alias(Wlarger-than=)
669 Wlarger-than=
670 Common RejectNegative Joined Host_Wide_Int ByteSize Warning Var(warn_larger_than_size) Init(HOST_WIDE_INT_MAX)
671 -Wlarger-than=<byte-size>       Warn if an object's size exceeds <byte-size>.
673 Wno-larger-than
674 Common Alias(Wlarger-than=,18446744073709551615EiB,none) Warning
675 Disable -Wlarger-than= warning.  Equivalent to -Wlarger-than=<SIZE_MAX> or larger.
677 Wnonnull-compare
678 Var(warn_nonnull_compare) Warning
679 Warn if comparing pointer parameter with nonnull attribute with NULL.
681 Wnull-dereference
682 Common Var(warn_null_dereference) Warning
683 Warn if dereferencing a NULL pointer may lead to erroneous or undefined behavior.
685 Wunsafe-loop-optimizations
686 Common Ignore Warning
687 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
689 Wmissing-noreturn
690 Common Warning Alias(Wsuggest-attribute=noreturn)
692 Wodr
693 Common Var(warn_odr_violations) Init(1) Warning
694 Warn about some C++ One Definition Rule violations during link time optimization.
696 Woverflow
697 Common Var(warn_overflow) Init(1) Warning
698 Warn about overflow in arithmetic expressions.
700 Wlto-type-mismatch
701 Common Var(warn_lto_type_mismatch) Init(1) Warning
702 During link time optimization warn about mismatched types of global declarations.
704 Wpacked
705 Common Var(warn_packed) Warning
706 Warn when the packed attribute has no effect on struct layout.
708 Wpadded
709 Common Var(warn_padded) Warning
710 Warn when padding is required to align structure members.
712 Wpedantic
713 Common Var(pedantic) Init(0) Warning
714 Issue warnings needed for strict compliance to the standard.
716 Wreturn-local-addr
717 Common Var(warn_return_local_addr) Init(1) Warning
718 Warn about returning a pointer/reference to a local or temporary variable.
720 Wshadow
721 Common Var(warn_shadow) Warning
722 Warn when one variable shadows another.  Same as -Wshadow=global.
724 Wshadow=global
725 Common Warning Alias(Wshadow)
726 Warn when one variable shadows another (globally).
728 Wshadow=local
729 Common Var(warn_shadow_local) Warning EnabledBy(Wshadow)
730 Warn when one local variable shadows another local variable or parameter.
732 Wshadow-local
733 Common Warning Undocumented Alias(Wshadow=local)
735 Wshadow=compatible-local
736 Common Var(warn_shadow_compatible_local) Warning EnabledBy(Wshadow=local)
737 Warn when one local variable shadows another local variable or parameter of compatible type.
739 Wshadow-compatible-local
740 Common Warning Undocumented Alias(Wshadow=compatible-local)
742 Wstack-protector
743 Common Var(warn_stack_protect) Warning
744 Warn when not issuing stack smashing protection for some reason.
746 Wstack-usage=
747 Common Joined RejectNegative Host_Wide_Int ByteSize Var(warn_stack_usage) Warning Init(HOST_WIDE_INT_MAX)
748 -Wstack-usage=<byte-size>       Warn if stack usage might exceed <byte-size>.
750 Wno-stack-usage
751 Common Alias(Wstack-usage=,18446744073709551615EiB,none) Warning
752 Disable Wstack-usage= warning.  Equivalent to Wstack-usage=<SIZE_MAX> or larger.
754 Wstrict-aliasing
755 Common Warning
756 Warn about code which might break strict aliasing rules.
758 Wstrict-aliasing=
759 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_strict_aliasing) Warning
760 Warn about code which might break strict aliasing rules.
762 Wstrict-overflow
763 Common Warning
764 Warn about optimizations that assume that signed overflow is undefined.
766 Wstrict-overflow=
767 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_strict_overflow) Warning
768 Warn about optimizations that assume that signed overflow is undefined.
770 Wsuggest-attribute=cold
771 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_cold) Warning
772 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((cold)).
774 Wsuggest-attribute=const
775 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_const) Warning
776 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((const)).
778 Wsuggest-attribute=pure
779 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_pure) Warning
780 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((pure)).
782 Wsuggest-attribute=noreturn
783 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_noreturn) Warning
784 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((noreturn)).
786 Wsuggest-attribute=malloc
787 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_malloc) Warning
788 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((malloc)).
790 Wsuggest-final-types
791 Common Var(warn_suggest_final_types) Warning
792 Warn about C++ polymorphic types where adding final keyword would improve code quality.
794 Wsuggest-final-methods
795 Common Var(warn_suggest_final_methods) Warning
796 Warn about C++ virtual methods where adding final keyword would improve code quality.
798 Wswitch-unreachable
799 Common Var(warn_switch_unreachable) Warning Init(1)
800 Warn about statements between switch's controlling expression and the first
801 case.
803 Wsystem-headers
804 Common Var(warn_system_headers) Warning
805 Do not suppress warnings from system headers.
807 Wtrampolines
808 Common Var(warn_trampolines) Warning
809 Warn whenever a trampoline is generated.
811 Wtrivial-auto-var-init
812 Common Var(warn_trivial_auto_var_init) Warning Init(0)
813 Warn about cases where -ftrivial-auto-var-init cannot initialize an auto variable.
815 Wtype-limits
816 Common Var(warn_type_limits) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
817 Warn if a comparison is always true or always false due to the limited range of the data type.
819 Wuninitialized
820 Common Var(warn_uninitialized) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
821 Warn about uninitialized automatic variables.
823 Wmaybe-uninitialized
824 Common Var(warn_maybe_uninitialized) Warning EnabledBy(Wuninitialized)
825 Warn about maybe uninitialized automatic variables.
827 Wunreachable-code
828 Common Ignore Warning
829 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
831 Wunused
832 Common Var(warn_unused) Init(0) Warning
833 Enable all -Wunused- warnings.
835 Wunused-but-set-parameter
836 Common Var(warn_unused_but_set_parameter) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused && Wextra)
837 Warn when a function parameter is only set, otherwise unused.
839 Wunused-but-set-variable
840 Common Var(warn_unused_but_set_variable) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
841 Warn when a variable is only set, otherwise unused.
843 Wunused-function
844 Common Var(warn_unused_function) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
845 Warn when a function is unused.
847 Wunused-label
848 Common Var(warn_unused_label) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
849 Warn when a label is unused.
851 Wunused-parameter
852 Common Var(warn_unused_parameter) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused && Wextra)
853 Warn when a function parameter is unused.
855 Wunused-value
856 Common Var(warn_unused_value) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
857 Warn when an expression value is unused.
859 Wunused-variable
860 Common Var(warn_unused_variable) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
861 Warn when a variable is unused.
863 Wcoverage-mismatch
864 Common Var(warn_coverage_mismatch) Init(1) Warning
865 Warn in case profiles in -fprofile-use do not match.
867 Wcoverage-invalid-line-number
868 Common Var(warn_coverage_invalid_linenum) Init(1) Warning
869 Warn in case a function ends earlier than it begins due to an invalid linenum macros.
871 Wmissing-profile
872 Common Var(warn_missing_profile) Init(1) Warning
873 Warn in case profiles in -fprofile-use do not exist.
875 Wvector-operation-performance
876 Common Var(warn_vector_operation_performance) Warning
877 Warn when a vector operation is compiled outside the SIMD.
879 Wtsan
880 Common Var(warn_tsan) Init(1) Warning
881 Warn about unsupported features in ThreadSanitizer.
883 Xassembler
884 Driver Separate
886 Xlinker
887 Driver Separate
889 Xpreprocessor
890 Driver Separate
893 Driver
895 aux-info
896 Common Separate Var(aux_info_file_name)
897 -aux-info <file>        Emit declaration information into <file>.
899 aux-info=
900 Common Joined Alias(aux-info)
902 coverage
903 Driver
906 Driver
909 Common Joined
910 -d<letters>     Enable dumps from specific passes of the compiler.
912 dumpbase
913 Driver Common Separate Var(dump_base_name)
914 -dumpbase <file>        Set the file basename to be used for dumps.
916 dumpbase-ext
917 Driver Common Separate Var(dump_base_ext)
918 -dumpbase-ext .<ext>    Drop a trailing .<ext> from the dump basename to name auxiliary output files.
920 dumpdir
921 Driver Common Separate Var(dump_dir_name)
922 -dumpdir <dir>  Set the directory name to be used for dumps.
924 dumpmachine
925 Driver
927 dumpspecs
928 Driver
930 dumpversion
931 Driver
933 dumpfullversion
934 Driver
937 Driver Joined Separate
939 ; This option has historically been passed down to the linker by an
940 ; accident of a %{e*} spec, so ensure it continues to be passed down
941 ; as a single option.  The supported option for this purpose is
942 ; -rdynamic.  See PR 47390.
943 export-dynamic
944 Driver Undocumented
946 ; The version of the C++ ABI in use.  The following values are allowed:
948 ; 0: The version of the ABI believed most conformant with the C++ ABI
949 ;    specification.  This ABI may change as bugs are discovered and fixed.
950 ;    Therefore, 0 will not necessarily indicate the same ABI in different
951 ;    versions of G++.
953 ; 1: The version of the ABI first used in G++ 3.2.  No longer selectable.
955 ; 2: The version of the ABI first used in G++ 3.4, and the default
956 ;    until GCC 4.9.
958 ; 3: The version of the ABI that fixes the missing underscore
959 ;    in template non-type arguments of pointer type.
961 ; 4: The version of the ABI that introduces unambiguous mangling of
962 ;    vector types.  First selectable in G++ 4.5.
964 ; 5: The version of the ABI that ignores attribute const/noreturn
965 ;    in function pointer mangling, and corrects mangling of decltype and
966 ;    function parameters used in other parameters and the return type.
967 ;    First selectable in G++ 4.6.
969 ; 6: The version of the ABI that doesn't promote scoped enums to int and
970 ;    changes the mangling of template argument packs, const/static_cast,
971 ;    prefix ++ and --, and a class scope function used as a template
972 ;    argument.
973 ;    First selectable in G++ 4.7.
975 ; 7: The version of the ABI that treats nullptr_t as a builtin type and
976 ;    corrects the mangling of lambdas in default argument scope.
977 ;    First selectable in G++ 4.8.
979 ; 8: The version of the ABI that corrects the substitution behavior of
980 ;    function types with function-cv-qualifiers.
981 ;    First selectable in G++ 4.9 and default in G++ 5.
983 ; 9: The version of the ABI that corrects the alignment of nullptr_t.
984 ;    First selectable and default in G++ 5.2.
986 ; 10: The version of the ABI that mangles attributes that affect type
987 ;     identity, such as ia32 calling convention attributes (stdcall, etc.)
988 ;     Default in G++ 6 (set in c_common_post_options).
990 ; 11: The version of the ABI that corrects mangling of sizeof... expressions
991 ;     and introduces new inheriting constructor handling.
992 ;     Default in G++ 7.
994 ; 12: Corrects the calling convention for classes with only deleted copy/move
995 ;     constructors and changes passing/returning of empty records.
996 ;     Default in G++ 8.1.
998 ; 13: Fixes the accidental change in 12 to the calling convention for classes
999 ;     with deleted copy constructor and trivial move constructor.
1000 ;     Default in G++ 8.2.
1002 ; 14: Corrects the mangling of nullptr expression.
1003 ;     Default in G++ 10.
1005 ; 15: Corrects G++ 10 ABI tag regression [PR98481].
1006 ;     Available, but not default, in G++ 10.3.
1008 ; 16: Changes the mangling of __alignof__ to be distinct from that of alignof.
1009 ;     Adds missing 'on' in mangling of operator names in some cases.
1010 ;     Default in G++ 11.
1012 ; 17: Fixes layout of classes that inherit from aggregate classes with default
1013 ;     member initializers in C++14 and up.
1014 ;     Default in G++ 12.
1016 ; Additional positive integers will be assigned as new versions of
1017 ; the ABI become the default version of the ABI.
1018 fabi-version=
1019 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_abi_version) Init(0)
1020 The version of the C++ ABI in use.
1022 faggressive-loop-optimizations
1023 Common Var(flag_aggressive_loop_optimizations) Optimization Init(1)
1024 Aggressively optimize loops using language constraints.
1026 falign-functions
1027 Common Var(flag_align_functions) Optimization
1028 Align the start of functions.
1030 falign-functions=
1031 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(str_align_functions) Optimization
1033 flimit-function-alignment
1034 Common Var(flag_limit_function_alignment) Optimization Init(0)
1036 falign-jumps
1037 Common Var(flag_align_jumps) Optimization
1038 Align labels which are only reached by jumping.
1040 falign-jumps=
1041 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(str_align_jumps) Optimization
1043 falign-labels
1044 Common Var(flag_align_labels) Optimization
1045 Align all labels.
1047 falign-labels=
1048 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(str_align_labels) Optimization
1050 falign-loops
1051 Common Var(flag_align_loops) Optimization
1052 Align the start of loops.
1054 falign-loops=
1055 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(str_align_loops) Optimization
1057 fallow-store-data-races
1058 Common Var(flag_store_data_races) Optimization
1059 Allow the compiler to introduce new data races on stores.
1061 fanalyzer
1062 Common Var(flag_analyzer)
1063 Enable static analysis pass.
1065 fargument-alias
1066 Common Ignore
1067 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1069 fargument-noalias
1070 Common Ignore
1071 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1073 fargument-noalias-global
1074 Common Ignore
1075 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1077 fargument-noalias-anything
1078 Common Ignore
1079 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1081 fsanitize=
1082 Common Driver Joined
1083 Select what to sanitize.
1085 fsanitize-coverage=
1086 Common Joined Enum(sanitize_coverage) Var(flag_sanitize_coverage) EnumBitSet
1087 Select type of coverage sanitization.
1089 Enum
1090 Name(sanitize_coverage) Type(int)
1092 EnumValue
1093 Enum(sanitize_coverage) String(trace-pc) Value(SANITIZE_COV_TRACE_PC)
1095 EnumValue
1096 Enum(sanitize_coverage) String(trace-cmp) Value(SANITIZE_COV_TRACE_CMP)
1098 fasan-shadow-offset=
1099 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1100 -fasan-shadow-offset=<number>   Use custom shadow memory offset.
1102 fsanitize-sections=
1103 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1104 -fsanitize-sections=<sec1,sec2,...>     Sanitize global variables
1105 in user-defined sections.
1107 fsanitize-recover=
1108 Common Joined
1109 After diagnosing undefined behavior attempt to continue execution.
1111 fsanitize-recover
1112 Common
1113 This switch is deprecated; use -fsanitize-recover= instead.
1115 fsanitize-address-use-after-scope
1116 Common Driver Var(flag_sanitize_address_use_after_scope) Init(0)
1118 fsanitize-undefined-trap-on-error
1119 Common Driver Var(flag_sanitize_undefined_trap_on_error) Init(0)
1120 Use trap instead of a library function for undefined behavior sanitization.
1122 fasynchronous-unwind-tables
1123 Common Var(flag_asynchronous_unwind_tables) Optimization
1124 Generate unwind tables that are exact at each instruction boundary.
1126 fauto-inc-dec
1127 Common Var(flag_auto_inc_dec) Init(1) Optimization
1128 Generate auto-inc/dec instructions.
1130 fauto-profile
1131 Common Var(flag_auto_profile)
1132 Use sample profile information for call graph node weights. The default
1133 profile file is fbdata.afdo in 'pwd'.
1135 fauto-profile=
1136 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(auto_profile_file)
1137 Use sample profile information for call graph node weights. The profile
1138 file is specified in the argument.
1140 ; -fcheck-bounds causes gcc to generate array bounds checks.
1141 ; For C, C++ and ObjC: defaults off.
1142 ; For Java: defaults to on.
1143 ; For Fortran: defaults to off.
1144 fbounds-check
1145 Common Var(flag_bounds_check)
1146 Generate code to check bounds before indexing arrays.
1148 fbranch-count-reg
1149 Common Var(flag_branch_on_count_reg) Optimization
1150 Replace add, compare, branch with branch on count register.
1152 fbranch-probabilities
1153 Common Var(flag_branch_probabilities) Optimization
1154 Use profiling information for branch probabilities.
1156 fbranch-target-load-optimize
1157 Common Ignore
1158 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
1160 fbranch-target-load-optimize2
1161 Common Ignore
1162 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
1164 fbtr-bb-exclusive
1165 Common Ignore
1166 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
1168 fcallgraph-info
1169 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_callgraph_info) Init(NO_CALLGRAPH_INFO);
1170 Output callgraph information on a per-file basis.
1172 fcallgraph-info=
1173 Common RejectNegative Joined
1174 Output callgraph information on a per-file basis with decorations.
1176 fcall-saved-
1177 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1178 -fcall-saved-<register> Mark <register> as being preserved across functions.
1180 fcall-used-
1181 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1182 -fcall-used-<register>  Mark <register> as being corrupted by function calls.
1184 ; Nonzero for -fcaller-saves: allocate values in regs that need to
1185 ; be saved across function calls, if that produces overall better code.
1186 ; Optional now, so people can test it.
1187 fcaller-saves
1188 Common Var(flag_caller_saves) Optimization
1189 Save registers around function calls.
1191 fcheck-data-deps
1192 Common Ignore
1193 This switch is deprecated; do not use.
1195 fcheck-new
1196 Common Var(flag_check_new)
1197 Check the return value of new in C++.
1199 fchecking
1200 Common Var(flag_checking) Init(CHECKING_P ? ENABLE_EXTRA_CHECKING ? 2 : 1 : 0)
1201 Perform internal consistency checkings.
1203 fchecking=
1204 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_checking)
1205 Perform internal consistency checkings.
1207 fcode-hoisting
1208 Common Var(flag_code_hoisting) Optimization
1209 Enable code hoisting.
1211 fcombine-stack-adjustments
1212 Common Var(flag_combine_stack_adjustments) Optimization
1213 Looks for opportunities to reduce stack adjustments and stack references.
1215 fcommon
1216 Common Var(flag_no_common,0) Init(1)
1217 Put uninitialized globals in the common section.
1219 fcompare-debug
1220 Driver
1221 ; Converted by the driver to -fcompare-debug= options.
1223 fcompare-debug=
1224 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative Var(flag_compare_debug_opt)
1225 -fcompare-debug[=<opts>]        Compile with and without e.g. -gtoggle, and compare the final-insns dump.
1227 fcompare-debug-second
1228 Common Driver RejectNegative Var(flag_compare_debug)
1229 Run only the second compilation of -fcompare-debug.
1231 fcompare-elim
1232 Common Var(flag_compare_elim_after_reload) Optimization
1233 Perform comparison elimination after register allocation has finished.
1235 fconserve-stack
1236 Common Var(flag_conserve_stack) Optimization
1237 Do not perform optimizations increasing noticeably stack usage.
1239 fcprop-registers
1240 Common Var(flag_cprop_registers) Optimization
1241 Perform a register copy-propagation optimization pass.
1243 fcrossjumping
1244 Common Var(flag_crossjumping) Optimization
1245 Perform cross-jumping optimization.
1247 fcse-follow-jumps
1248 Common Var(flag_cse_follow_jumps) Optimization
1249 When running CSE, follow jumps to their targets.
1251 fcse-skip-blocks
1252 Common Ignore
1253 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
1255 fcx-limited-range
1256 Common Var(flag_cx_limited_range) Optimization SetByCombined
1257 Omit range reduction step when performing complex division.
1259 fcx-fortran-rules
1260 Common Var(flag_cx_fortran_rules) Optimization
1261 Complex multiplication and division follow Fortran rules.
1263 fdata-sections
1264 Common Var(flag_data_sections)
1265 Place data items into their own section.
1267 fdbg-cnt-list
1268 Common Var(flag_dbg_cnt_list)
1269 List all available debugging counters with their limits and counts.
1271 fdbg-cnt=
1272 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1273 -fdbg-cnt=<counter>[:<lower_limit1>-]<upper_limit1>[:<lower_limit2>-<upper_limit2>:...][,<counter>:...] Set the debug counter limit.
1275 fdebug-prefix-map=
1276 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1277 -fdebug-prefix-map=<old>=<new>  Map one directory name to another in debug information.
1279 ffile-prefix-map=
1280 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1281 -ffile-prefix-map=<old>=<new>   Map one directory name to another in compilation result.
1283 fdebug-types-section
1284 Common Var(flag_debug_types_section) Init(0)
1285 Output .debug_types section when using DWARF v4 debuginfo.
1287 ; Nonzero for -fdefer-pop: don't pop args after each function call
1288 ; instead save them up to pop many calls' args with one insns.
1289 fdefer-pop
1290 Common Var(flag_defer_pop) Optimization
1291 Defer popping functions args from stack until later.
1293 fdelayed-branch
1294 Common Var(flag_delayed_branch) Optimization
1295 Attempt to fill delay slots of branch instructions.
1297 fdelete-dead-exceptions
1298 Common Var(flag_delete_dead_exceptions) Init(0) Optimization
1299 Delete dead instructions that may throw exceptions.
1301 fdelete-null-pointer-checks
1302 Common Var(flag_delete_null_pointer_checks) Init(-1) Optimization
1303 Delete useless null pointer checks.
1305 fdevirtualize-at-ltrans
1306 Common Var(flag_ltrans_devirtualize)
1307 Stream extra data to support more aggressive devirtualization in LTO local transformation mode.
1309 fdevirtualize-speculatively
1310 Common Var(flag_devirtualize_speculatively) Optimization
1311 Perform speculative devirtualization.
1313 fdevirtualize
1314 Common Var(flag_devirtualize) Optimization
1315 Try to convert virtual calls to direct ones.
1317 fdiagnostics-show-location=
1318 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule)
1319 -fdiagnostics-show-location=[once|every-line]   How often to emit source location at the beginning of line-wrapped diagnostics.
1321 ; Required for these enum values.
1322 SourceInclude
1323 pretty-print.h
1325 Enum
1326 Name(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) Type(int)
1328 EnumValue
1329 Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) String(once) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_SHOW_PREFIX_ONCE)
1331 EnumValue
1332 Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) String(every-line) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_SHOW_PREFIX_EVERY_LINE)
1334 fdiagnostics-show-caret
1335 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_caret) Init(1)
1336 Show the source line with a caret indicating the column.
1338 fdiagnostics-show-labels
1339 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_labels) Init(1)
1340 Show labels annotating ranges of source code when showing source.
1342 fdiagnostics-show-line-numbers
1343 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_line_numbers) Init(1)
1344 Show line numbers in the left margin when showing source.
1346 fdiagnostics-color
1347 Common Alias(fdiagnostics-color=,always,never)
1350 fdiagnostics-color=
1351 Driver Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_diagnostics_show_color) Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) Init(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_NO)
1352 -fdiagnostics-color=[never|always|auto] Colorize diagnostics.
1354 ; Required for these enum values.
1355 SourceInclude
1356 diagnostic-color.h
1358 Enum
1359 Name(diagnostic_color_rule) Type(int)
1361 EnumValue
1362 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(never) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_NO)
1364 EnumValue
1365 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(always) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_YES)
1367 EnumValue
1368 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(auto) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_AUTO)
1370 fdiagnostics-urls=
1371 Driver Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_diagnostics_show_urls) Enum(diagnostic_url_rule) Init(DIAGNOSTICS_URL_AUTO)
1372 -fdiagnostics-urls=[never|always|auto]  Embed URLs in diagnostics.
1374 ; Required for these enum values.
1375 SourceInclude
1376 diagnostic-url.h
1378 Enum
1379 Name(diagnostic_url_rule) Type(int)
1381 EnumValue
1382 Enum(diagnostic_url_rule) String(never) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_URL_NO)
1384 EnumValue
1385 Enum(diagnostic_url_rule) String(always) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_URL_YES)
1387 EnumValue
1388 Enum(diagnostic_url_rule) String(auto) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_URL_AUTO)
1390 fdiagnostics-column-unit=
1391 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(diagnostics_column_unit)
1392 -fdiagnostics-column-unit=[display|byte]        Select whether column numbers are output as display columns (default) or raw bytes.
1394 fdiagnostics-column-origin=
1395 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger
1396 -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.
1398 fdiagnostics-format=
1399 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(diagnostics_output_format)
1400 -fdiagnostics-format=[text|json]        Select output format.
1402 fdiagnostics-escape-format=
1403 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(diagnostics_escape_format)
1404 -fdiagnostics-escape-format=[unicode|bytes]     Select how to escape non-printable-ASCII bytes in the source for diagnostics that suggest it.
1406 ; Required for these enum values.
1407 SourceInclude
1408 diagnostic.h
1410 Enum
1411 Name(diagnostics_column_unit) Type(int)
1413 EnumValue
1414 Enum(diagnostics_column_unit) String(display) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLUMN_UNIT_DISPLAY)
1416 EnumValue
1417 Enum(diagnostics_column_unit) String(byte) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLUMN_UNIT_BYTE)
1419 Enum
1420 Name(diagnostics_escape_format) Type(int)
1422 EnumValue
1423 Enum(diagnostics_escape_format) String(unicode) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_ESCAPE_FORMAT_UNICODE)
1425 EnumValue
1426 Enum(diagnostics_escape_format) String(bytes) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_ESCAPE_FORMAT_BYTES)
1428 Enum
1429 Name(diagnostics_output_format) Type(int)
1431 EnumValue
1432 Enum(diagnostics_output_format) String(text) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_OUTPUT_FORMAT_TEXT)
1434 EnumValue
1435 Enum(diagnostics_output_format) String(json) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_OUTPUT_FORMAT_JSON)
1437 fdiagnostics-parseable-fixits
1438 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_parseable_fixits)
1439 Print fix-it hints in machine-readable form.
1441 fdiagnostics-generate-patch
1442 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_generate_patch)
1443 Print fix-it hints to stderr in unified diff format.
1445 fdiagnostics-show-option
1446 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_option) Init(1)
1447 Amend appropriate diagnostic messages with the command line option that controls them.
1449 fdiagnostics-show-cwe
1450 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_cwe) Init(1)
1451 Print CWE identifiers for diagnostic messages, where available.
1453 fdiagnostics-path-format=
1454 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_diagnostics_path_format) Enum(diagnostic_path_format) Init(DPF_INLINE_EVENTS)
1455 Specify how to print any control-flow path associated with a diagnostic.
1457 fdiagnostics-plain-output
1458 Driver Common RejectNegative
1459 Turn off any diagnostics features that complicate the output, such as line numbers, color, and warning URLs.
1461 ftabstop=
1462 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger
1463 -ftabstop=<number>      Distance between tab stops for column reporting.
1465 Enum
1466 Name(diagnostic_path_format) Type(int)
1468 EnumValue
1469 Enum(diagnostic_path_format) String(none) Value(DPF_NONE)
1471 EnumValue
1472 Enum(diagnostic_path_format) String(separate-events) Value(DPF_SEPARATE_EVENTS)
1474 EnumValue
1475 Enum(diagnostic_path_format) String(inline-events) Value(DPF_INLINE_EVENTS)
1477 fdiagnostics-show-path-depths
1478 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_path_depths) Init(0)
1479 Show stack depths of events in paths.
1481 fdiagnostics-minimum-margin-width=
1482 Common Joined UInteger Var(diagnostics_minimum_margin_width) Init(6)
1483 Set minimum width of left margin of source code when showing source.
1485 fdisable-
1486 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1487 -fdisable-[tree|rtl|ipa]-<pass>=range1+range2   Disable an optimization pass.
1489 fenable-
1490 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1491 -fenable-[tree|rtl|ipa]-<pass>=range1+range2    Enable an optimization pass.
1493 fdump-
1494 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1495 -fdump-<type>   Dump various compiler internals to a file.
1497 fdump-final-insns
1498 Driver RejectNegative
1500 fdump-final-insns=
1501 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_dump_final_insns)
1502 -fdump-final-insns=filename     Dump to filename the insns at the end of translation.
1504 fdump-go-spec=
1505 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_dump_go_spec)
1506 -fdump-go-spec=filename Write all declarations to file as Go code.
1508 fdump-noaddr
1509 Common Var(flag_dump_noaddr)
1510 Suppress output of addresses in debugging dumps.
1512 freport-bug
1513 Common Driver Var(flag_report_bug)
1514 Collect and dump debug information into temporary file if ICE in C/C++
1515 compiler occurred.
1517 fdump-internal-locations
1518 Common Var(flag_dump_locations) Init(0)
1519 Dump detailed information on GCC's internal representation of source code locations.
1521 fdump-passes
1522 Common Var(flag_dump_passes) Init(0)
1523 Dump optimization passes.
1525 fdump-unnumbered
1526 Common Var(flag_dump_unnumbered)
1527 Suppress output of instruction numbers, line number notes and addresses in debugging dumps.
1529 fdump-unnumbered-links
1530 Common Var(flag_dump_unnumbered_links)
1531 Suppress output of previous and next insn numbers in debugging dumps.
1533 fdwarf2-cfi-asm
1534 Common Var(flag_dwarf2_cfi_asm) Init(HAVE_GAS_CFI_DIRECTIVE)
1535 Enable CFI tables via GAS assembler directives.
1537 fearly-inlining
1538 Common Var(flag_early_inlining) Init(1) Optimization
1539 Perform early inlining.
1541 feliminate-dwarf2-dups
1542 Common Ignore
1543 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
1545 fipa-sra
1546 Common Var(flag_ipa_sra) Init(0) Optimization
1547 Perform interprocedural reduction of aggregates.
1549 feliminate-unused-debug-symbols
1550 Common Var(flag_debug_only_used_symbols) Init(1)
1551 Perform unused symbol elimination in debug info.
1553 feliminate-unused-debug-types
1554 Common Var(flag_eliminate_unused_debug_types) Init(1)
1555 Perform unused type elimination in debug info.
1557 femit-class-debug-always
1558 Common Var(flag_emit_class_debug_always) Init(0)
1559 Do not suppress C++ class debug information.
1561 fexceptions
1562 Common Var(flag_exceptions) Optimization EnabledBy(fnon-call-exceptions)
1563 Enable exception handling.
1565 fexpensive-optimizations
1566 Common Var(flag_expensive_optimizations) Optimization
1567 Perform a number of minor, expensive optimizations.
1569 fexcess-precision=
1570 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(excess_precision) Var(flag_excess_precision) Init(EXCESS_PRECISION_DEFAULT) Optimization SetByCombined
1571 -fexcess-precision=[fast|standard|16]   Specify handling of excess floating-point precision.
1573 Enum
1574 Name(excess_precision) Type(enum excess_precision) UnknownError(unknown excess precision style %qs)
1576 EnumValue
1577 Enum(excess_precision) String(fast) Value(EXCESS_PRECISION_FAST)
1579 EnumValue
1580 Enum(excess_precision) String(standard) Value(EXCESS_PRECISION_STANDARD)
1582 EnumValue
1583 Enum(excess_precision) String(16) Value(EXCESS_PRECISION_FLOAT16)
1585 ; Whether we permit the extended set of values for FLT_EVAL_METHOD
1586 ; introduced in ISO/IEC TS 18661-3, or limit ourselves to those in C99/C11.
1587 fpermitted-flt-eval-methods=
1588 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(permitted_flt_eval_methods) Var(flag_permitted_flt_eval_methods) Init(PERMITTED_FLT_EVAL_METHODS_DEFAULT)
1589 -fpermitted-flt-eval-methods=[c11|ts-18661]     Specify which values of FLT_EVAL_METHOD are permitted.
1591 Enum
1592 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)
1594 EnumValue
1595 Enum(permitted_flt_eval_methods) String(c11) Value(PERMITTED_FLT_EVAL_METHODS_C11)
1597 EnumValue
1598 Enum(permitted_flt_eval_methods) String(ts-18661-3) Value(PERMITTED_FLT_EVAL_METHODS_TS_18661)
1600 ffast-math
1601 Common Optimization
1603 ffat-lto-objects
1604 Common Var(flag_fat_lto_objects)
1605 Output lto objects containing both the intermediate language and binary output.
1607 ffinite-math-only
1608 Common Var(flag_finite_math_only) Optimization SetByCombined
1609 Assume no NaNs or infinities are generated.
1611 ffinite-loops
1612 Common Var(flag_finite_loops) Optimization Init(0)
1613 Assume that loops with an exit will terminate and not loop indefinitely.
1615 ffixed-
1616 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1617 -ffixed-<register>      Mark <register> as being unavailable to the compiler.
1619 ffloat-store
1620 Common Var(flag_float_store) Optimization
1621 Don't allocate floats and doubles in extended-precision registers.
1623 fforce-addr
1624 Common Ignore
1625 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
1627 fforward-propagate
1628 Common Var(flag_forward_propagate) Optimization
1629 Perform a forward propagation pass on RTL.
1631 ffp-contract=
1632 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(fp_contract_mode) Var(flag_fp_contract_mode) Init(FP_CONTRACT_FAST) Optimization
1633 -ffp-contract=[off|on|fast]     Perform floating-point expression contraction.
1635 Enum
1636 Name(fp_contract_mode) Type(enum fp_contract_mode) UnknownError(unknown floating point contraction style %qs)
1638 EnumValue
1639 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(off) Value(FP_CONTRACT_OFF)
1641 ; Not implemented, fall back to conservative FP_CONTRACT_OFF.
1642 EnumValue
1643 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(on) Value(FP_CONTRACT_OFF)
1645 EnumValue
1646 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(fast) Value(FP_CONTRACT_FAST)
1648 ffp-int-builtin-inexact
1649 Common Var(flag_fp_int_builtin_inexact) Init(1) Optimization
1650 Allow built-in functions ceil, floor, round, trunc to raise \"inexact\" exceptions.
1652 ; Nonzero means don't put addresses of constant functions in registers.
1653 ; Used for compiling the Unix kernel, where strange substitutions are
1654 ; done on the assembly output.
1655 ffunction-cse
1656 Common Var(flag_no_function_cse,0) Optimization
1657 Allow function addresses to be held in registers.
1659 ffunction-sections
1660 Common Var(flag_function_sections)
1661 Place each function into its own section.
1663 fgcse
1664 Common Var(flag_gcse) Optimization
1665 Perform global common subexpression elimination.
1667 fgcse-lm
1668 Common Var(flag_gcse_lm) Init(1) Optimization
1669 Perform enhanced load motion during global common subexpression elimination.
1671 fgcse-sm
1672 Common Var(flag_gcse_sm) Init(0) Optimization
1673 Perform store motion after global common subexpression elimination.
1675 fgcse-las
1676 Common Var(flag_gcse_las) Init(0) Optimization
1677 Perform redundant load after store elimination in global common subexpression
1678 elimination.
1680 fgcse-after-reload
1681 Common Var(flag_gcse_after_reload) Optimization
1682 Perform global common subexpression elimination after register allocation has
1683 finished.
1685 Enum
1686 Name(dwarf_gnat_encodings) Type(int)
1688 EnumValue
1689 Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) String(all) Value(DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_ALL)
1691 EnumValue
1692 Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) String(gdb) Value(DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_GDB)
1694 EnumValue
1695 Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) String(minimal) Value(DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_MINIMAL)
1697 fgnat-encodings=
1698 Common Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) Joined RejectNegative Undocumented Var(gnat_encodings)
1699 -fgnat-encodings=[all|gdb|minimal]      Select the balance between GNAT encodings and standard DWARF emitted in the debug information.
1701 ; This option is not documented yet as its semantics will change.
1702 fgraphite
1703 Common Var(flag_graphite) Optimization
1704 Enable in and out of Graphite representation.
1706 fgraphite-identity
1707 Common Var(flag_graphite_identity) Optimization
1708 Enable Graphite Identity transformation.
1710 fhoist-adjacent-loads
1711 Common Var(flag_hoist_adjacent_loads) Optimization
1712 Enable hoisting adjacent loads to encourage generating conditional move
1713 instructions.
1715 fkeep-gc-roots-live
1716 Common Undocumented Var(flag_keep_gc_roots_live) Optimization
1717 ; Always keep a pointer to a live memory block
1719 flarge-source-files
1720 Common Var(flag_large_source_files) Init(0)
1721 Improve GCC's ability to track column numbers in large source files,
1722 at the expense of slower compilation.
1724 floop-parallelize-all
1725 Common Var(flag_loop_parallelize_all) Optimization
1726 Mark all loops as parallel.
1728 floop-strip-mine
1729 Common Alias(floop-nest-optimize)
1730 Enable loop nest transforms.  Same as -floop-nest-optimize.
1732 floop-interchange
1733 Common Var(flag_loop_interchange) Optimization
1734 Enable loop interchange on trees.
1736 floop-block
1737 Common Alias(floop-nest-optimize)
1738 Enable loop nest transforms.  Same as -floop-nest-optimize.
1740 floop-unroll-and-jam
1741 Common Var(flag_unroll_jam) Optimization
1742 Perform unroll-and-jam on loops.
1744 fgnu-tm
1745 Common Var(flag_tm)
1746 Enable support for GNU transactional memory.
1748 fgnu-unique
1749 Common Var(flag_gnu_unique) Init(1)
1750 Use STB_GNU_UNIQUE if supported by the assembler.
1752 floop-flatten
1753 Common Ignore
1754 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1756 floop-nest-optimize
1757 Common Var(flag_loop_nest_optimize) Optimization
1758 Enable the loop nest optimizer.
1760 fstrict-volatile-bitfields
1761 Common Var(flag_strict_volatile_bitfields) Init(-1) Optimization
1762 Force bitfield accesses to match their type width.
1764 fstore-merging
1765 Common Var(flag_store_merging) Optimization
1766 Merge adjacent stores.
1768 fguess-branch-probability
1769 Common Var(flag_guess_branch_prob) Optimization
1770 Enable guessing of branch probabilities.
1772 fharden-compares
1773 Common Var(flag_harden_compares) Optimization
1774 Harden conditionals not used in branches, checking reversed conditions.
1776 fharden-conditional-branches
1777 Common Var(flag_harden_conditional_branches) Optimization
1778 Harden conditional branches by checking reversed conditions.
1780 ; Nonzero means ignore `#ident' directives.  0 means handle them.
1781 ; Generate position-independent code for executables if possible
1782 ; On SVR4 targets, it also controls whether or not to emit a
1783 ; string identifying the compiler.
1784 fident
1785 Common Var(flag_no_ident,0)
1786 Process #ident directives.
1788 fif-conversion
1789 Common Var(flag_if_conversion) Optimization
1790 Perform conversion of conditional jumps to branchless equivalents.
1792 fif-conversion2
1793 Common Var(flag_if_conversion2) Optimization
1794 Perform conversion of conditional jumps to conditional execution.
1796 fstack-reuse=
1797 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(stack_reuse_level) Var(flag_stack_reuse) Init(SR_ALL) Optimization
1798 -fstack-reuse=[all|named_vars|none]     Set stack reuse level for local variables.
1800 Enum
1801 Name(stack_reuse_level) Type(enum stack_reuse_level) UnknownError(unknown Stack Reuse Level %qs)
1803 EnumValue
1804 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(all) Value(SR_ALL)
1806 EnumValue
1807 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(named_vars) Value(SR_NAMED_VARS)
1809 EnumValue
1810 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(none) Value(SR_NONE)
1812 ftree-loop-if-convert
1813 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_if_convert) Init(-1) Optimization
1814 Convert conditional jumps in innermost loops to branchless equivalents.
1816 ftree-loop-if-convert-stores
1817 Common Ignore
1818 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1820 ; -finhibit-size-directive inhibits output of .size for ELF.
1821 ; This is used only for compiling crtstuff.c,
1822 ; and it may be extended to other effects
1823 ; needed for crtstuff.c on other systems.
1824 finhibit-size-directive
1825 Common Var(flag_inhibit_size_directive)
1826 Do not generate .size directives.
1828 findirect-inlining
1829 Common Var(flag_indirect_inlining) Optimization
1830 Perform indirect inlining.
1832 ; General flag to enable inlining.  Specifying -fno-inline will disable
1833 ; all inlining apart from always-inline functions.
1834 finline
1835 Common Var(flag_no_inline,0) Init(0) Optimization
1836 Enable inlining of function declared \"inline\", disabling disables all inlining.
1838 finline-small-functions
1839 Common Var(flag_inline_small_functions) Optimization
1840 Integrate functions into their callers when code size is known not to grow.
1842 finline-functions
1843 Common Var(flag_inline_functions) Optimization
1844 Integrate functions not declared \"inline\" into their callers when profitable.
1846 finline-functions-called-once
1847 Common Var(flag_inline_functions_called_once) Optimization
1848 Integrate functions only required by their single caller.
1850 finline-limit-
1851 Common RejectNegative Joined Alias(finline-limit=)
1853 finline-limit=
1854 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1855 -finline-limit=<number> Limit the size of inlined functions to <number>.
1857 finline-atomics
1858 Common Var(flag_inline_atomics) Init(1) Optimization
1859 Inline __atomic operations when a lock free instruction sequence is available.
1861 fcf-protection
1862 Common RejectNegative Alias(fcf-protection=,full)
1864 fcf-protection=
1865 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(cf_protection_level) Var(flag_cf_protection) Init(CF_NONE)
1866 -fcf-protection=[full|branch|return|none|check] Instrument functions with checks to verify jump/call/return control-flow transfer
1867 instructions have valid targets.
1869 Enum
1870 Name(cf_protection_level) Type(enum cf_protection_level) UnknownError(unknown Control-Flow Protection Level %qs)
1872 EnumValue
1873 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(full) Value(CF_FULL)
1875 EnumValue
1876 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(branch) Value(CF_BRANCH)
1878 EnumValue
1879 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(return) Value(CF_RETURN)
1881 EnumValue
1882 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(check) Value(CF_CHECK)
1884 EnumValue
1885 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(none) Value(CF_NONE)
1887 finstrument-functions
1888 Common Var(flag_instrument_function_entry_exit)
1889 Instrument function entry and exit with profiling calls.
1891 finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list=
1892 Common RejectNegative Joined
1893 -finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list=name,...   Do not instrument listed functions.
1895 finstrument-functions-exclude-file-list=
1896 Common RejectNegative Joined
1897 -finstrument-functions-exclude-file-list=filename,...   Do not instrument functions listed in files.
1899 fipa-cp
1900 Common Var(flag_ipa_cp) Optimization
1901 Perform interprocedural constant propagation.
1903 fipa-cp-clone
1904 Common Var(flag_ipa_cp_clone) Optimization
1905 Perform cloning to make Interprocedural constant propagation stronger.
1907 fipa-cp-alignment
1908 Common Ignore
1909 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
1911 fipa-bit-cp
1912 Common Var(flag_ipa_bit_cp) Optimization
1913 Perform interprocedural bitwise constant propagation.
1915 fipa-modref
1916 Common Var(flag_ipa_modref) Optimization
1917 Perform interprocedural modref analysis.
1919 fipa-profile
1920 Common Var(flag_ipa_profile) Init(0) Optimization
1921 Perform interprocedural profile propagation.
1923 fipa-pta
1924 Common Var(flag_ipa_pta) Init(0) Optimization
1925 Perform interprocedural points-to analysis.
1927 fipa-pure-const
1928 Common Var(flag_ipa_pure_const) Init(0) Optimization
1929 Discover pure and const functions.
1931 fipa-icf
1932 Common Var(flag_ipa_icf) Optimization
1933 Perform Identical Code Folding for functions and read-only variables.
1935 fipa-icf-functions
1936 Common Var(flag_ipa_icf_functions) Optimization
1937 Perform Identical Code Folding for functions.
1939 fipa-icf-variables
1940 Common Var(flag_ipa_icf_variables) Optimization
1941 Perform Identical Code Folding for variables.
1943 fipa-reference
1944 Common Var(flag_ipa_reference) Init(0) Optimization
1945 Discover read-only and non addressable static variables.
1947 fipa-reference-addressable
1948 Common Var(flag_ipa_reference_addressable) Init(0) Optimization
1949 Discover read-only, write-only and non-addressable static variables.
1951 fipa-stack-alignment
1952 Common Var(flag_ipa_stack_alignment) Init(1) Optimization
1953 Reduce stack alignment on call sites if possible.
1955 fipa-matrix-reorg
1956 Common Ignore
1957 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1959 fipa-struct-reorg
1960 Common Ignore
1961 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1963 fipa-vrp
1964 Common Var(flag_ipa_vrp) Optimization
1965 Perform IPA Value Range Propagation.
1967 fira-algorithm=
1968 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(ira_algorithm) Var(flag_ira_algorithm) Init(IRA_ALGORITHM_CB) Optimization
1969 -fira-algorithm=[CB|priority]   Set the used IRA algorithm.
1971 fipa-strict-aliasing
1972 Common Var(flag_ipa_strict_aliasing) Init(1) Optimization
1973 Assume strict aliasing rules apply across (uninlined) function boundaries.
1975 Enum
1976 Name(ira_algorithm) Type(enum ira_algorithm) UnknownError(unknown IRA algorithm %qs)
1978 EnumValue
1979 Enum(ira_algorithm) String(CB) Value(IRA_ALGORITHM_CB)
1981 EnumValue
1982 Enum(ira_algorithm) String(priority) Value(IRA_ALGORITHM_PRIORITY)
1984 fira-region=
1985 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(ira_region) Var(flag_ira_region) Init(IRA_REGION_ONE) Optimization
1986 -fira-region=[one|all|mixed]    Set regions for IRA.
1988 Enum
1989 Name(ira_region) Type(enum ira_region) UnknownError(unknown IRA region %qs)
1991 EnumValue
1992 Enum(ira_region) String(one) Value(IRA_REGION_ONE)
1994 EnumValue
1995 Enum(ira_region) String(all) Value(IRA_REGION_ALL)
1997 EnumValue
1998 Enum(ira_region) String(mixed) Value(IRA_REGION_MIXED)
2000 fira-hoist-pressure
2001 Common Var(flag_ira_hoist_pressure) Init(1) Optimization
2002 Use IRA based register pressure calculation
2003 in RTL hoist optimizations.
2005 fira-loop-pressure
2006 Common Var(flag_ira_loop_pressure) Optimization
2007 Use IRA based register pressure calculation
2008 in RTL loop optimizations.
2010 fira-share-save-slots
2011 Common Var(flag_ira_share_save_slots) Init(1) Optimization
2012 Share slots for saving different hard registers.
2014 fira-share-spill-slots
2015 Common Var(flag_ira_share_spill_slots) Init(1) Optimization
2016 Share stack slots for spilled pseudo-registers.
2018 fira-verbose=
2019 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(flag_ira_verbose) Init(5)
2020 -fira-verbose=<number>  Control IRA's level of diagnostic messages.
2022 fivopts
2023 Common Var(flag_ivopts) Init(1) Optimization
2024 Optimize induction variables on trees.
2026 fjump-tables
2027 Common Var(flag_jump_tables) Init(1) Optimization
2028 Use jump tables for sufficiently large switch statements.
2030 fbit-tests
2031 Common Var(flag_bit_tests) Init(1) Optimization
2032 Use bit tests for sufficiently large switch statements.
2034 fkeep-inline-functions
2035 Common Var(flag_keep_inline_functions)
2036 Generate code for functions even if they are fully inlined.
2038 fkeep-static-functions
2039 Common Var(flag_keep_static_functions)
2040 Generate code for static functions even if they are never called.
2042 fkeep-static-consts
2043 Common Var(flag_keep_static_consts) Init(1)
2044 Emit static const variables even if they are not used.
2046 fleading-underscore
2047 Common Var(flag_leading_underscore) Init(-1)
2048 Give external symbols a leading underscore.
2050 floop-optimize
2051 Common Ignore
2052 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2054 flra-remat
2055 Common Var(flag_lra_remat) Optimization
2056 Do CFG-sensitive rematerialization in LRA.
2058 flto
2059 Common
2060 Enable link-time optimization.
2062 flto=
2063 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_lto)
2064 Link-time optimization with number of parallel jobs or jobserver.
2066 Enum
2067 Name(lto_partition_model) Type(enum lto_partition_model) UnknownError(unknown LTO partitioning model %qs)
2069 EnumValue
2070 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(none) Value(LTO_PARTITION_NONE)
2072 EnumValue
2073 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(one) Value(LTO_PARTITION_ONE)
2075 EnumValue
2076 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(balanced) Value(LTO_PARTITION_BALANCED)
2078 EnumValue
2079 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(1to1) Value(LTO_PARTITION_1TO1)
2081 EnumValue
2082 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(max) Value(LTO_PARTITION_MAX)
2084 flto-partition=
2085 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(lto_partition_model) Var(flag_lto_partition) Init(LTO_PARTITION_BALANCED)
2086 Specify the algorithm to partition symbols and vars at linktime.
2088 ; The initial value of -1 comes from Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION in zlib.h.
2089 flto-compression-level=
2090 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_lto_compression_level) Init(-1) IntegerRange(0, 19)
2091 -flto-compression-level=<number>        Use zlib/zstd compression level <number> for IL.
2093 flto-odr-type-merging
2094 Common Ignore
2095 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2097 flto-report
2098 Common Var(flag_lto_report) Init(0)
2099 Report various link-time optimization statistics.
2101 flto-report-wpa
2102 Common Var(flag_lto_report_wpa) Init(0)
2103 Report various link-time optimization statistics for WPA only.
2105 fmath-errno
2106 Common Var(flag_errno_math) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
2107 Set errno after built-in math functions.
2109 fmax-errors=
2110 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_max_errors)
2111 -fmax-errors=<number>   Maximum number of errors to report.
2113 fmem-report
2114 Common Var(mem_report)
2115 Report on permanent memory allocation.
2117 fmem-report-wpa
2118 Common Var(mem_report_wpa)
2119 Report on permanent memory allocation in WPA only.
2121 ; This will attempt to merge constant section constants, if 1 only
2122 ; string constants and constants from constant pool, if 2 also constant
2123 ; variables.
2124 fmerge-all-constants
2125 Common Var(flag_merge_constants,2) Init(1)
2126 Attempt to merge identical constants and constant variables.
2128 fmerge-constants
2129 Common Var(flag_merge_constants,1)
2130 Attempt to merge identical constants across compilation units.
2132 fmerge-debug-strings
2133 Common Var(flag_merge_debug_strings) Init(1)
2134 Attempt to merge identical debug strings across compilation units.
2136 fmessage-length=
2137 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
2138 -fmessage-length=<number>       Limit diagnostics to <number> characters per line.  0 suppresses line-wrapping.
2140 fmodulo-sched
2141 Common Var(flag_modulo_sched) Optimization
2142 Perform SMS based modulo scheduling before the first scheduling pass.
2144 fmodulo-sched-allow-regmoves
2145 Common Var(flag_modulo_sched_allow_regmoves) Optimization
2146 Perform SMS based modulo scheduling with register moves allowed.
2148 fmove-loop-invariants
2149 Common Var(flag_move_loop_invariants) Optimization
2150 Move loop invariant computations out of loops.
2152 fmove-loop-stores
2153 Common Var(flag_move_loop_stores) Optimization
2154 Move stores out of loops.
2156 fdce
2157 Common Var(flag_dce) Init(1) Optimization
2158 Use the RTL dead code elimination pass.
2160 fdse
2161 Common Var(flag_dse) Init(0) Optimization
2162 Use the RTL dead store elimination pass.
2164 freschedule-modulo-scheduled-loops
2165 Common Var(flag_resched_modulo_sched) Optimization
2166 Enable/Disable the traditional scheduling in loops that already passed modulo scheduling.
2168 fnon-call-exceptions
2169 Common Var(flag_non_call_exceptions) Optimization
2170 Support synchronous non-call exceptions.
2172 foffload=
2173 Driver Joined MissingArgError(targets missing after %qs)
2175 foffload-options=
2176 Common Driver Joined MissingArgError(options or targets=options missing after %qs)
2177 -foffload-options=<targets>=<options>   Specify options for the offloading targets.
2179 foffload-abi=
2180 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(offload_abi)
2181 -foffload-abi=[lp64|ilp32]      Set the ABI to use in an offload compiler.
2183 Enum
2184 Name(offload_abi) Type(enum offload_abi) UnknownError(unknown offload ABI %qs)
2186 EnumValue
2187 Enum(offload_abi) String(ilp32) Value(OFFLOAD_ABI_ILP32)
2189 EnumValue
2190 Enum(offload_abi) String(lp64) Value(OFFLOAD_ABI_LP64)
2192 fomit-frame-pointer
2193 Common Var(flag_omit_frame_pointer) Optimization
2194 When possible do not generate stack frames.
2196 fopt-info
2197 Common Var(flag_opt_info) Optimization
2198 Enable all optimization info dumps on stderr.
2200 fopt-info-
2201 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2202 -fopt-info[-<type>=filename]    Dump compiler optimization details.
2204 fsave-optimization-record
2205 Common Var(flag_save_optimization_record) Optimization
2206 Write a SRCFILE.opt-record.json file detailing what optimizations were performed.
2208 foptimize-register-move
2209 Common Ignore
2210 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2212 foptimize-sibling-calls
2213 Common Var(flag_optimize_sibling_calls) Optimization
2214 Optimize sibling and tail recursive calls.
2216 fpartial-inlining
2217 Common Var(flag_partial_inlining) Optimization
2218 Perform partial inlining.
2220 fpre-ipa-mem-report
2221 Common Var(pre_ipa_mem_report)
2222 Report on memory allocation before interprocedural optimization.
2224 fpost-ipa-mem-report
2225 Common Var(post_ipa_mem_report)
2226 Report on memory allocation before interprocedural optimization.
2228 fpack-struct
2229 Common Var(flag_pack_struct) Optimization
2230 Pack structure members together without holes.
2232 fpack-struct=
2233 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
2234 -fpack-struct=<number>  Set initial maximum structure member alignment.
2236 fpcc-struct-return
2237 Common Var(flag_pcc_struct_return,1) Init(DEFAULT_PCC_STRUCT_RETURN)
2238 Return small aggregates in memory, not registers.
2240 fpeel-loops
2241 Common Var(flag_peel_loops) Optimization
2242 Perform loop peeling.
2244 fpeephole
2245 Common Var(flag_no_peephole,0) Optimization
2246 Enable machine specific peephole optimizations.
2248 fpeephole2
2249 Common Var(flag_peephole2) Optimization
2250 Enable an RTL peephole pass before sched2.
2252 fPIC
2253 Common Var(flag_pic,2) Negative(fPIE) Init(-1)
2254 Generate position-independent code if possible (large mode).
2256 fPIE
2257 Common Var(flag_pie,2) Negative(fpic) Init(-1)
2258 Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (large mode).
2260 fpic
2261 Common Var(flag_pic,1) Negative(fpie) Init(-1)
2262 Generate position-independent code if possible (small mode).
2264 fpie
2265 Common Var(flag_pie,1) Negative(fPIC) Init(-1)
2266 Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (small mode).
2268 fplt
2269 Common Var(flag_plt) Init(1) Optimization
2270 Use PLT for PIC calls (-fno-plt: load the address from GOT at call site).
2272 fplugin=
2273 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2274 Specify a plugin to load.
2276 fplugin-arg-
2277 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2278 -fplugin-arg-<name>-<key>[=<value>]     Specify argument <key>=<value> for plugin <name>.
2280 fpredictive-commoning
2281 Common Var(flag_predictive_commoning) Optimization
2282 Run predictive commoning optimization.
2284 fprefetch-loop-arrays
2285 Common Var(flag_prefetch_loop_arrays) Init(-1) Optimization
2286 Generate prefetch instructions, if available, for arrays in loops.
2288 fprofile
2289 Common Var(profile_flag)
2290 Enable basic program profiling code.
2292 fprofile-abs-path
2293 Common Var(profile_abs_path_flag)
2294 Generate absolute source path names for gcov.
2296 fprofile-arcs
2297 Common Var(profile_arc_flag)
2298 Insert arc-based program profiling code.
2300 fprofile-dir=
2301 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_data_prefix)
2302 Set the top-level directory for storing the profile data.
2303 The default is 'pwd'.
2305 fprofile-note=
2306 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_note_location)
2307 Select the name for storing the profile note file.
2309 fprofile-correction
2310 Common Var(flag_profile_correction)
2311 Enable correction of flow inconsistent profile data input.
2313 fprofile-update=
2314 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(profile_update) Var(flag_profile_update) Init(PROFILE_UPDATE_SINGLE)
2315 -fprofile-update=[single|atomic|prefer-atomic]  Set the profile update method.
2317 fprofile-filter-files=
2318 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_profile_filter_files)
2319 Instrument only functions from files whose name matches any of the regular expressions (separated by semi-colons).
2321 fprofile-exclude-files=
2322 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_profile_exclude_files)
2323 Instrument only functions from files whose name does not match any of the regular expressions (separated by semi-colons).
2325 Enum
2326 Name(profile_reproducibility) Type(enum profile_reproducibility) UnknownError(unknown profile reproducibility method %qs)
2328 EnumValue
2329 Enum(profile_reproducibility) String(serial) Value(PROFILE_REPRODUCIBILITY_SERIAL)
2331 EnumValue
2332 Enum(profile_reproducibility) String(parallel-runs) Value(PROFILE_REPRODUCIBILITY_PARALLEL_RUNS)
2334 EnumValue
2335 Enum(profile_reproducibility) String(multithreaded) Value(PROFILE_REPRODUCIBILITY_MULTITHREADED)
2337 fprofile-reproducible=
2338 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_profile_reproducible) Enum(profile_reproducibility) Init(PROFILE_REPRODUCIBILITY_SERIAL)
2339 -fprofile-reproducible=[serial|parallel-runs|multithreaded]     Control level of reproducibility of profile gathered by -fprofile-generate.
2341 Enum
2342 Name(profile_update) Type(enum profile_update) UnknownError(unknown profile update method %qs)
2344 EnumValue
2345 Enum(profile_update) String(single) Value(PROFILE_UPDATE_SINGLE)
2347 EnumValue
2348 Enum(profile_update) String(atomic) Value(PROFILE_UPDATE_ATOMIC)
2350 EnumValue
2351 Enum(profile_update) String(prefer-atomic) Value(PROFILE_UPDATE_PREFER_ATOMIC)
2353 fprofile-prefix-path=
2354 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_prefix_path)
2355 Remove prefix from absolute path before mangling name for -fprofile-generate= and -fprofile-use=.
2357 fprofile-prefix-map=
2358 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2359 -fprofile-prefix-map=<old>=<new>        Map one directory name to another in GCOV coverage result.
2361 fprofile-generate
2362 Common
2363 Enable common options for generating profile info for profile feedback directed optimizations.
2365 fprofile-generate=
2366 Common Joined RejectNegative
2367 Enable common options for generating profile info for profile feedback directed optimizations, and set -fprofile-dir=.
2369 fprofile-info-section
2370 Common RejectNegative
2371 Register the profile information in the .gcov_info section instead of using a constructor/destructor.
2373 fprofile-info-section=
2374 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_info_section)
2375 Register the profile information in the specified section instead of using a constructor/destructor.
2377 fprofile-partial-training
2378 Common Var(flag_profile_partial_training) Optimization
2379 Do not assume that functions never executed during the train run are cold.
2381 fprofile-use
2382 Common Var(flag_profile_use)
2383 Enable common options for performing profile feedback directed optimizations.
2385 fprofile-use=
2386 Common Joined RejectNegative
2387 Enable common options for performing profile feedback directed optimizations, and set -fprofile-dir=.
2389 fprofile-values
2390 Common Var(flag_profile_values)
2391 Insert code to profile values of expressions.
2393 fprofile-report
2394 Common Var(profile_report)
2395 Report on consistency of profile.
2397 fprofile-reorder-functions
2398 Common Var(flag_profile_reorder_functions) Optimization
2399 Enable function reordering that improves code placement.
2401 fpatchable-function-entry=
2402 Common Var(flag_patchable_function_entry) Joined Optimization
2403 Insert NOP instructions at each function entry.
2405 frandom-seed
2406 Common Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2408 frandom-seed=
2409 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2410 -frandom-seed=<string>  Make compile reproducible using <string>.
2412 ; This switch causes the command line that was used to create an
2413 ; object file to be recorded into the object file.  The exact format
2414 ; of this recording is target and binary file format dependent.
2415 ; It is related to the -fverbose-asm switch, but that switch only
2416 ; records information in the assembler output file as comments, so
2417 ; they never reach the object file.
2418 frecord-gcc-switches
2419 Common Var(flag_record_gcc_switches)
2420 Record gcc command line switches in the object file.
2422 freg-struct-return
2423 Common Var(flag_pcc_struct_return,0) Optimization
2424 Return small aggregates in registers.
2426 fregmove
2427 Common Ignore
2428 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2430 flifetime-dse
2431 Common Var(flag_lifetime_dse,2) Init(2) Optimization
2432 Tell DSE that the storage for a C++ object is dead when the constructor
2433 starts and when the destructor finishes.
2435 flifetime-dse=
2436 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_lifetime_dse) Optimization IntegerRange(0, 2)
2438 flive-patching
2439 Common RejectNegative Alias(flive-patching=,inline-clone) Optimization
2441 flive-patching=
2442 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(live_patching_level) Var(flag_live_patching) Init(LIVE_PATCHING_NONE) Optimization
2443 -flive-patching=[inline-only-static|inline-clone]       Control IPA
2444 optimizations to provide a safe compilation for live-patching.  At the same
2445 time, provides multiple-level control on the enabled IPA optimizations.
2447 Enum
2448 Name(live_patching_level) Type(enum live_patching_level) UnknownError(unknown Live-Patching Level %qs)
2450 EnumValue
2451 Enum(live_patching_level) String(inline-only-static) Value(LIVE_PATCHING_INLINE_ONLY_STATIC)
2453 EnumValue
2454 Enum(live_patching_level) String(inline-clone) Value(LIVE_PATCHING_INLINE_CLONE)
2456 fallocation-dce
2457 Common Var(flag_allocation_dce) Init(1) Optimization
2458 Tell DCE to remove unused C++ allocations.
2460 flive-range-shrinkage
2461 Common Var(flag_live_range_shrinkage) Init(0) Optimization
2462 Relief of register pressure through live range shrinkage.
2464 frename-registers
2465 Common Var(flag_rename_registers) Optimization EnabledBy(funroll-loops)
2466 Perform a register renaming optimization pass.
2468 fschedule-fusion
2469 Common Var(flag_schedule_fusion) Init(2) Optimization
2470 Perform a target dependent instruction fusion optimization pass.
2472 freorder-blocks
2473 Common Var(flag_reorder_blocks) Optimization
2474 Reorder basic blocks to improve code placement.
2476 freorder-blocks-algorithm=
2477 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(reorder_blocks_algorithm) Var(flag_reorder_blocks_algorithm) Init(REORDER_BLOCKS_ALGORITHM_SIMPLE) Optimization
2478 -freorder-blocks-algorithm=[simple|stc] Set the used basic block reordering algorithm.
2480 Enum
2481 Name(reorder_blocks_algorithm) Type(enum reorder_blocks_algorithm) UnknownError(unknown basic block reordering algorithm %qs)
2483 EnumValue
2484 Enum(reorder_blocks_algorithm) String(simple) Value(REORDER_BLOCKS_ALGORITHM_SIMPLE)
2486 EnumValue
2487 Enum(reorder_blocks_algorithm) String(stc) Value(REORDER_BLOCKS_ALGORITHM_STC)
2489 freorder-blocks-and-partition
2490 Common Var(flag_reorder_blocks_and_partition) Optimization
2491 Reorder basic blocks and partition into hot and cold sections.
2493 freorder-functions
2494 Common Var(flag_reorder_functions) Optimization
2495 Reorder functions to improve code placement.
2497 frerun-cse-after-loop
2498 Common Var(flag_rerun_cse_after_loop) Optimization
2499 Add a common subexpression elimination pass after loop optimizations.
2501 frerun-loop-opt
2502 Common Ignore
2503 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2505 frounding-math
2506 Common Var(flag_rounding_math) Optimization SetByCombined
2507 Disable optimizations that assume default FP rounding behavior.
2509 fsched-interblock
2510 Common Var(flag_schedule_interblock) Init(1) Optimization
2511 Enable scheduling across basic blocks.
2513 fsched-pressure
2514 Common Var(flag_sched_pressure) Init(0) Optimization
2515 Enable register pressure sensitive insn scheduling.
2517 fsched-spec
2518 Common Var(flag_schedule_speculative) Init(1) Optimization
2519 Allow speculative motion of non-loads.
2521 fsched-spec-load
2522 Common Var(flag_schedule_speculative_load) Optimization
2523 Allow speculative motion of some loads.
2525 fsched-spec-load-dangerous
2526 Common Var(flag_schedule_speculative_load_dangerous) Optimization
2527 Allow speculative motion of more loads.
2529 fsched-verbose=
2530 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(sched_verbose_param) Init(1)
2531 -fsched-verbose=<number>        Set the verbosity level of the scheduler.
2533 fsched2-use-superblocks
2534 Common Var(flag_sched2_use_superblocks) Optimization
2535 If scheduling post reload, do superblock scheduling.
2537 fsched2-use-traces
2538 Common Ignore
2539 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2541 fschedule-insns
2542 Common Var(flag_schedule_insns) Optimization
2543 Reschedule instructions before register allocation.
2545 fschedule-insns2
2546 Common Var(flag_schedule_insns_after_reload) Optimization
2547 Reschedule instructions after register allocation.
2549 ; This flag should be on when a target implements non-trivial
2550 ; scheduling hooks, maybe saving some information for its own sake.
2551 ; On IA64, for example, this is used for correct bundling.
2552 fselective-scheduling
2553 Common Var(flag_selective_scheduling) Optimization
2554 Schedule instructions using selective scheduling algorithm.
2556 fselective-scheduling2
2557 Common Var(flag_selective_scheduling2) Optimization
2558 Run selective scheduling after reload.
2560 fself-test=
2561 Common Undocumented Joined Var(flag_self_test)
2562 Run self-tests, using the given path to locate test files.
2564 fsel-sched-pipelining
2565 Common Var(flag_sel_sched_pipelining) Init(0) Optimization
2566 Perform software pipelining of inner loops during selective scheduling.
2568 fsel-sched-pipelining-outer-loops
2569 Common Var(flag_sel_sched_pipelining_outer_loops) Init(0) Optimization
2570 Perform software pipelining of outer loops during selective scheduling.
2572 fsel-sched-reschedule-pipelined
2573 Common Var(flag_sel_sched_reschedule_pipelined) Init(0) Optimization
2574 Reschedule pipelined regions without pipelining.
2576 fsemantic-interposition
2577 Common Var(flag_semantic_interposition) Init(1) Optimization
2578 Allow interposing function (or variables) by ones with different semantics (or initializer) respectively by dynamic linker.
2580 ; sched_stalled_insns means that insns can be moved prematurely from the queue
2581 ; of stalled insns into the ready list.
2582 fsched-stalled-insns
2583 Common Var(flag_sched_stalled_insns) Optimization UInteger
2584 Allow premature scheduling of queued insns.
2586 fsched-stalled-insns=
2587 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
2588 -fsched-stalled-insns=<number>  Set number of queued insns that can be prematurely scheduled.
2590 ; sched_stalled_insns_dep controls how many recently scheduled cycles will
2591 ; be examined for a dependency on a stalled insn that is candidate for
2592 ; premature removal from the queue of stalled insns into the ready list (has
2593 ; an effect only if the flag 'sched_stalled_insns' is set).
2594 fsched-stalled-insns-dep
2595 Common Var(flag_sched_stalled_insns_dep,1) Init(1) Optimization UInteger
2596 Set dependence distance checking in premature scheduling of queued insns.
2598 fsched-stalled-insns-dep=
2599 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
2600 -fsched-stalled-insns-dep=<number>      Set dependence distance checking in premature scheduling of queued insns.
2602 fsched-group-heuristic
2603 Common Var(flag_sched_group_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2604 Enable the group heuristic in the scheduler.
2606 fsched-critical-path-heuristic
2607 Common Var(flag_sched_critical_path_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2608 Enable the critical path heuristic in the scheduler.
2610 fsched-spec-insn-heuristic
2611 Common Var(flag_sched_spec_insn_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2612 Enable the speculative instruction heuristic in the scheduler.
2614 fsched-rank-heuristic
2615 Common Var(flag_sched_rank_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2616 Enable the rank heuristic in the scheduler.
2618 fsched-last-insn-heuristic
2619 Common Var(flag_sched_last_insn_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2620 Enable the last instruction heuristic in the scheduler.
2622 fsched-dep-count-heuristic
2623 Common Var(flag_sched_dep_count_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2624 Enable the dependent count heuristic in the scheduler.
2626 fsection-anchors
2627 Common Var(flag_section_anchors) Optimization
2628 Access data in the same section from shared anchor points.
2630 fsee
2631 Common Ignore
2632 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2634 fzee
2635 Common Ignore
2636 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2638 free
2639 Common Var(flag_ree) Init(0) Optimization
2640 Turn on Redundant Extensions Elimination pass.
2642 fshow-column
2643 Common Var(flag_show_column) Init(1)
2644 Show column numbers in diagnostics, when available.  Default on.
2646 fshrink-wrap
2647 Common Var(flag_shrink_wrap) Optimization
2648 Emit function prologues only before parts of the function that need it,
2649 rather than at the top of the function.
2651 fshrink-wrap-separate
2652 Common Var(flag_shrink_wrap_separate) Init(1) Optimization
2653 Shrink-wrap parts of the prologue and epilogue separately.
2655 fsignaling-nans
2656 Common Var(flag_signaling_nans) Optimization SetByCombined
2657 Disable optimizations observable by IEEE signaling NaNs.
2659 fsigned-zeros
2660 Common Var(flag_signed_zeros) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
2661 Disable floating point optimizations that ignore the IEEE signedness of zero.
2663 fsingle-precision-constant
2664 Common Var(flag_single_precision_constant) Optimization
2665 Convert floating point constants to single precision constants.
2667 fsplit-ivs-in-unroller
2668 Common Var(flag_split_ivs_in_unroller) Init(1) Optimization
2669 Split lifetimes of induction variables when loops are unrolled.
2671 fsplit-stack
2672 Common Var(flag_split_stack) Init(-1)
2673 Generate discontiguous stack frames.
2675 fsplit-wide-types
2676 Common Var(flag_split_wide_types) Optimization
2677 Split wide types into independent registers.
2679 fsplit-wide-types-early
2680 Common Var(flag_split_wide_types_early) Optimization
2681 Split wide types into independent registers earlier.
2683 fssa-backprop
2684 Common Var(flag_ssa_backprop) Init(1) Optimization
2685 Enable backward propagation of use properties at the SSA level.
2687 fssa-phiopt
2688 Common Var(flag_ssa_phiopt) Optimization
2689 Optimize conditional patterns using SSA PHI nodes.
2691 fstdarg-opt
2692 Common Var(flag_stdarg_opt) Init(1) Optimization
2693 Optimize amount of stdarg registers saved to stack at start of function.
2695 fvariable-expansion-in-unroller
2696 Common Var(flag_variable_expansion_in_unroller) Optimization
2697 Apply variable expansion when loops are unrolled.
2699 fstack-check=
2700 Common RejectNegative Joined Optimization
2701 -fstack-check=[no|generic|specific]     Insert stack checking code into the program.
2703 fstack-check
2704 Common Alias(fstack-check=, specific, no)
2705 Insert stack checking code into the program.  Same as -fstack-check=specific.
2707 fstack-clash-protection
2708 Common Var(flag_stack_clash_protection) Optimization
2709 Insert code to probe each page of stack space as it is allocated to protect
2710 from stack-clash style attacks.
2712 fstack-limit
2713 Common Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2715 fstack-limit-register=
2716 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2717 -fstack-limit-register=<register>       Trap if the stack goes past <register>.
2719 fstack-limit-symbol=
2720 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2721 -fstack-limit-symbol=<name>     Trap if the stack goes past symbol <name>.
2723 fstack-protector
2724 Common Var(flag_stack_protect, 1) Init(-1) Optimization
2725 Use propolice as a stack protection method.
2727 fstack-protector-all
2728 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 2) Init(-1) Optimization
2729 Use a stack protection method for every function.
2731 fstack-protector-strong
2732 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 3) Init(-1) Optimization
2733 Use a smart stack protection method for certain functions.
2735 fstack-protector-explicit
2736 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 4) Optimization
2737 Use stack protection method only for functions with the stack_protect attribute.
2739 fstack-usage
2740 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_usage)
2741 Output stack usage information on a per-function basis.
2743 fstrength-reduce
2744 Common Ignore
2745 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2747 ; Nonzero if we should do (language-dependent) alias analysis.
2748 ; Typically, this analysis will assume that expressions of certain
2749 ; types do not alias expressions of certain other types.  Only used
2750 ; if alias analysis (in general) is enabled.
2751 fstrict-aliasing
2752 Common Var(flag_strict_aliasing) Optimization
2753 Assume strict aliasing rules apply.
2755 fstrict-overflow
2756 Common
2757 Treat signed overflow as undefined.  Negated as -fwrapv -fwrapv-pointer.
2759 fsync-libcalls
2760 Common Var(flag_sync_libcalls) Init(1)
2761 Implement __atomic operations via libcalls to legacy __sync functions.
2763 fsyntax-only
2764 Common Var(flag_syntax_only)
2765 Check for syntax errors, then stop.
2767 ftest-coverage
2768 Common Var(flag_test_coverage)
2769 Create data files needed by \"gcov\".
2771 fthread-jumps
2772 Common Var(flag_thread_jumps) Optimization
2773 Perform jump threading optimizations.
2775 ftime-report
2776 Common Var(time_report)
2777 Report the time taken by each compiler pass.
2779 ftime-report-details
2780 Common Var(time_report_details)
2781 Record times taken by sub-phases separately.
2783 ftls-model=
2784 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(tls_model) Var(flag_tls_default) Init(TLS_MODEL_GLOBAL_DYNAMIC)
2785 -ftls-model=[global-dynamic|local-dynamic|initial-exec|local-exec]      Set the default thread-local storage code generation model.
2787 Enum
2788 Name(tls_model) Type(enum tls_model) UnknownError(unknown TLS model %qs)
2790 EnumValue
2791 Enum(tls_model) String(global-dynamic) Value(TLS_MODEL_GLOBAL_DYNAMIC)
2793 EnumValue
2794 Enum(tls_model) String(local-dynamic) Value(TLS_MODEL_LOCAL_DYNAMIC)
2796 EnumValue
2797 Enum(tls_model) String(initial-exec) Value(TLS_MODEL_INITIAL_EXEC)
2799 EnumValue
2800 Enum(tls_model) String(local-exec) Value(TLS_MODEL_LOCAL_EXEC)
2802 ftoplevel-reorder
2803 Common Var(flag_toplevel_reorder) Init(2) Optimization
2804 Reorder top level functions, variables, and asms.
2806 ftracer
2807 Common Var(flag_tracer) Optimization
2808 Perform superblock formation via tail duplication.
2810 ftrampolines
2811 Common Var(flag_trampolines) Init(0)
2812 For targets that normally need trampolines for nested functions, always
2813 generate them instead of using descriptors.
2815 ; Zero means that floating-point math operations cannot generate a
2816 ; (user-visible) trap.  This is the case, for example, in nonstop
2817 ; IEEE 754 arithmetic.
2818 ftrapping-math
2819 Common Var(flag_trapping_math) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
2820 Assume floating-point operations can trap.
2822 ftrapv
2823 Common Var(flag_trapv) Optimization
2824 Trap for signed overflow in addition, subtraction and multiplication.
2826 ftree-ccp
2827 Common Var(flag_tree_ccp) Optimization
2828 Enable SSA-CCP optimization on trees.
2830 ftree-bit-ccp
2831 Common Var(flag_tree_bit_ccp) Optimization
2832 Enable SSA-BIT-CCP optimization on trees.
2834 ftree-store-ccp
2835 Common Ignore
2836 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2838 ftree-ch
2839 Common Var(flag_tree_ch) Optimization
2840 Enable loop header copying on trees.
2842 ftree-coalesce-inlined-vars
2843 Common Ignore RejectNegative
2844 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2846 ftree-coalesce-vars
2847 Common Var(flag_tree_coalesce_vars) Optimization
2848 Enable SSA coalescing of user variables.
2850 ftree-copyrename
2851 Common Ignore
2852 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2854 ftree-copy-prop
2855 Common Var(flag_tree_copy_prop) Optimization
2856 Enable copy propagation on trees.
2858 ftree-store-copy-prop
2859 Common Ignore
2860 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2862 ftree-cselim
2863 Common Var(flag_tree_cselim) Optimization
2864 Transform condition stores into unconditional ones.
2866 ftree-switch-conversion
2867 Common Var(flag_tree_switch_conversion) Optimization
2868 Perform conversions of switch initializations.
2870 ftree-dce
2871 Common Var(flag_tree_dce) Optimization
2872 Enable SSA dead code elimination optimization on trees.
2874 ftree-dominator-opts
2875 Common Var(flag_tree_dom) Optimization
2876 Enable dominator optimizations.
2878 ftree-tail-merge
2879 Common Var(flag_tree_tail_merge) Optimization
2880 Enable tail merging on trees.
2882 ftree-dse
2883 Common Var(flag_tree_dse) Optimization
2884 Enable dead store elimination.
2886 ftree-forwprop
2887 Common Var(flag_tree_forwprop) Init(1) Optimization
2888 Enable forward propagation on trees.
2890 ftree-fre
2891 Common Var(flag_tree_fre) Optimization
2892 Enable Full Redundancy Elimination (FRE) on trees.
2894 foptimize-strlen
2895 Common Var(flag_optimize_strlen) Optimization
2896 Enable string length optimizations on trees.
2898 fisolate-erroneous-paths-dereference
2899 Common Var(flag_isolate_erroneous_paths_dereference) Optimization
2900 Detect paths that trigger erroneous or undefined behavior due to
2901 dereferencing a null pointer.  Isolate those paths from the main control
2902 flow and turn the statement with erroneous or undefined behavior into a trap.
2904 fisolate-erroneous-paths-attribute
2905 Common Var(flag_isolate_erroneous_paths_attribute) Optimization
2906 Detect paths that trigger erroneous or undefined behavior due to a null value
2907 being used in a way forbidden by a returns_nonnull or nonnull
2908 attribute.  Isolate those paths from the main control flow and turn the
2909 statement with erroneous or undefined behavior into a trap.
2911 ftree-loop-distribution
2912 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_distribution) Optimization
2913 Enable loop distribution on trees.
2915 ftree-loop-distribute-patterns
2916 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_distribute_patterns) Optimization
2917 Enable loop distribution for patterns transformed into a library call.
2919 ftree-loop-im
2920 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_im) Init(1) Optimization
2921 Enable loop invariant motion on trees.
2923 ftree-loop-linear
2924 Common Alias(floop-nest-optimize)
2925 Enable loop nest transforms.  Same as -floop-nest-optimize.
2927 ftree-loop-ivcanon
2928 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_ivcanon) Init(1) Optimization
2929 Create canonical induction variables in loops.
2931 ftree-loop-optimize
2932 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_optimize) Init(1) Optimization
2933 Enable loop optimizations on tree level.
2935 ftree-parallelize-loops=
2936 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_tree_parallelize_loops) Init(1) Optimization
2937 -ftree-parallelize-loops=<number>       Enable automatic parallelization of loops.
2939 ftree-phiprop
2940 Common Var(flag_tree_phiprop) Init(1) Optimization
2941 Enable hoisting loads from conditional pointers.
2943 ftree-pre
2944 Common Var(flag_tree_pre) Optimization
2945 Enable SSA-PRE optimization on trees.
2947 ftree-partial-pre
2948 Common Var(flag_tree_partial_pre) Optimization
2949 In SSA-PRE optimization on trees, enable partial-partial redundancy elimination.
2951 ftree-pta
2952 Common Var(flag_tree_pta) Optimization
2953 Perform function-local points-to analysis on trees.
2955 ftree-reassoc
2956 Common Var(flag_tree_reassoc) Init(1) Optimization
2957 Enable reassociation on tree level.
2959 ftree-salias
2960 Common Ignore
2961 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
2963 ftree-sink
2964 Common Var(flag_tree_sink) Optimization
2965 Enable SSA code sinking on trees.
2967 ftree-slsr
2968 Common Var(flag_tree_slsr) Optimization
2969 Perform straight-line strength reduction.
2971 ftree-sra
2972 Common Var(flag_tree_sra) Optimization
2973 Perform scalar replacement of aggregates.
2975 ftree-ter
2976 Common Var(flag_tree_ter) Optimization
2977 Replace temporary expressions in the SSA->normal pass.
2979 ftree-lrs
2980 Common Var(flag_tree_live_range_split) Optimization
2981 Perform live range splitting during the SSA->normal pass.
2983 ftree-vrp
2984 Common Var(flag_tree_vrp) Init(0) Optimization
2985 Perform Value Range Propagation on trees.
2987 fsplit-paths
2988 Common Var(flag_split_paths) Init(0) Optimization
2989 Split paths leading to loop backedges.
2991 funconstrained-commons
2992 Common Var(flag_unconstrained_commons) Optimization
2993 Assume common declarations may be overridden with ones with a larger
2994 trailing array.
2996 funit-at-a-time
2997 Common Var(flag_unit_at_a_time) Init(1)
2998 Compile whole compilation unit at a time.
3000 funroll-loops
3001 Common Var(flag_unroll_loops) Optimization EnabledBy(funroll-all-loops)
3002 Perform loop unrolling when iteration count is known.
3004 funroll-all-loops
3005 Common Var(flag_unroll_all_loops) Optimization
3006 Perform loop unrolling for all loops.
3008 funroll-completely-grow-size
3009 Undocumented Var(flag_cunroll_grow_size) Optimization
3010 ; Internal undocumented flag, allow size growth during complete unrolling
3012 ; Nonzero means that loop optimizer may assume that the induction variables
3013 ; that control loops do not overflow and that the loops with nontrivial
3014 ; exit condition are not infinite
3015 funsafe-loop-optimizations
3016 Common Ignore
3017 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
3019 fassociative-math
3020 Common Var(flag_associative_math) SetByCombined Optimization
3021 Allow optimization for floating-point arithmetic which may change the
3022 result of the operation due to rounding.
3024 freciprocal-math
3025 Common Var(flag_reciprocal_math) SetByCombined Optimization
3026 Same as -fassociative-math for expressions which include division.
3028 ; Nonzero means that unsafe floating-point math optimizations are allowed
3029 ; for the sake of speed.  IEEE compliance is not guaranteed, and operations
3030 ; are allowed to assume that their arguments and results are "normal"
3031 ; (e.g., nonnegative for SQRT).
3032 funsafe-math-optimizations
3033 Common Var(flag_unsafe_math_optimizations) Optimization SetByCombined
3034 Allow math optimizations that may violate IEEE or ISO standards.
3036 funswitch-loops
3037 Common Var(flag_unswitch_loops) Optimization
3038 Perform loop unswitching.
3040 fsplit-loops
3041 Common Var(flag_split_loops) Optimization
3042 Perform loop splitting.
3044 fversion-loops-for-strides
3045 Common Var(flag_version_loops_for_strides) Optimization
3046 Version loops based on whether indices have a stride of one.
3048 funwind-tables
3049 Common Var(flag_unwind_tables) Optimization
3050 Just generate unwind tables for exception handling.
3052 fuse-ld=bfd
3053 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=gold)
3054 Use the bfd linker instead of the default linker.
3056 fuse-ld=gold
3057 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=bfd)
3058 Use the gold linker instead of the default linker.
3060 fuse-ld=lld
3061 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=lld)
3062 Use the lld LLVM linker instead of the default linker.
3064 fuse-ld=mold
3065 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=mold)
3066 Use the Modern linker (MOLD) linker instead of the default linker.
3068 fuse-linker-plugin
3069 Common Undocumented Var(flag_use_linker_plugin)
3071 ; Positive if we should track variables, negative if we should run
3072 ; the var-tracking pass only to discard debug annotations, zero if
3073 ; we're not to run it.
3074 fvar-tracking
3075 Common Var(flag_var_tracking) PerFunction EnabledBy(fvar-tracking-uninit)
3076 Perform variable tracking.
3078 ; Positive if we should track variables at assignments, negative if
3079 ; we should run the var-tracking pass only to discard debug
3080 ; annotations.
3081 fvar-tracking-assignments
3082 Common Var(flag_var_tracking_assignments) PerFunction
3083 Perform variable tracking by annotating assignments.
3085 ; Nonzero if we should toggle flag_var_tracking_assignments after
3086 ; processing options and computing its default.  */
3087 fvar-tracking-assignments-toggle
3088 Common Var(flag_var_tracking_assignments_toggle) PerFunction
3089 Toggle -fvar-tracking-assignments.
3091 ; Positive if we should track uninitialized variables, negative if
3092 ; we should run the var-tracking pass only to discard debug
3093 ; annotations.
3094 fvar-tracking-uninit
3095 Common Var(flag_var_tracking_uninit) PerFunction
3096 Perform variable tracking and also tag variables that are uninitialized.
3098 ; Alias to enable both -ftree-loop-vectorize and -ftree-slp-vectorize.
3099 ftree-vectorize
3100 Common Var(flag_tree_vectorize) Optimization
3101 Enable vectorization on trees.
3103 ftree-vectorizer-verbose=
3104 Common Joined RejectNegative Ignore
3105 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
3107 ftree-loop-vectorize
3108 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_vectorize) Optimization EnabledBy(ftree-vectorize)
3109 Enable loop vectorization on trees.
3111 ftree-slp-vectorize
3112 Common Var(flag_tree_slp_vectorize) Optimization EnabledBy(ftree-vectorize)
3113 Enable basic block vectorization (SLP) on trees.
3115 fvect-cost-model=
3116 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vect_cost_model) Var(flag_vect_cost_model) Init(VECT_COST_MODEL_DEFAULT) Optimization
3117 -fvect-cost-model=[unlimited|dynamic|cheap|very-cheap]  Specifies the cost model for vectorization.
3119 fsimd-cost-model=
3120 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vect_cost_model) Var(flag_simd_cost_model) Init(VECT_COST_MODEL_UNLIMITED) Optimization
3121 -fsimd-cost-model=[unlimited|dynamic|cheap|very-cheap]  Specifies the vectorization cost model for code marked with a simd directive.
3123 Enum
3124 Name(vect_cost_model) Type(enum vect_cost_model) UnknownError(unknown vectorizer cost model %qs)
3126 EnumValue
3127 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(unlimited) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_UNLIMITED)
3129 EnumValue
3130 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(dynamic) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_DYNAMIC)
3132 EnumValue
3133 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(cheap) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_CHEAP)
3135 EnumValue
3136 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(very-cheap) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_VERY_CHEAP)
3138 fvect-cost-model
3139 Common Alias(fvect-cost-model=,dynamic,unlimited)
3140 Enables the dynamic vectorizer cost model.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
3142 ftree-vect-loop-version
3143 Common Ignore
3144 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3146 ftree-scev-cprop
3147 Common Var(flag_tree_scev_cprop) Init(1) Optimization
3148 Enable copy propagation of scalar-evolution information.
3150 ftrivial-auto-var-init=
3151 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(auto_init_type) Var(flag_auto_var_init) Init(AUTO_INIT_UNINITIALIZED) Optimization
3152 -ftrivial-auto-var-init=[uninitialized|pattern|zero]    Add initializations to automatic variables.
3154 Enum
3155 Name(auto_init_type) Type(enum auto_init_type) UnknownError(unrecognized automatic variable initialization type %qs)
3157 EnumValue
3158 Enum(auto_init_type) String(uninitialized) Value(AUTO_INIT_UNINITIALIZED)
3160 EnumValue
3161 Enum(auto_init_type) String(pattern) Value(AUTO_INIT_PATTERN)
3163 EnumValue
3164 Enum(auto_init_type) String(zero) Value(AUTO_INIT_ZERO)
3166 ; -fverbose-asm causes extra commentary information to be produced in
3167 ; the generated assembly code (to make it more readable).  This option
3168 ; is generally only of use to those who actually need to read the
3169 ; generated assembly code (perhaps while debugging the compiler itself).
3170 ; -fno-verbose-asm, the default, causes the extra information
3171 ; to not be added and is useful when comparing two assembler files.
3172 fverbose-asm
3173 Common Var(flag_verbose_asm)
3174 Add extra commentary to assembler output.
3176 fvisibility=
3177 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(symbol_visibility) Var(default_visibility) Init(VISIBILITY_DEFAULT)
3178 -fvisibility=[default|internal|hidden|protected]        Set the default symbol visibility.
3180 Enum
3181 Name(symbol_visibility) Type(enum symbol_visibility) UnknownError(unrecognized visibility value %qs)
3183 EnumValue
3184 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(default) Value(VISIBILITY_DEFAULT)
3186 EnumValue
3187 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(internal) Value(VISIBILITY_INTERNAL)
3189 EnumValue
3190 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(hidden) Value(VISIBILITY_HIDDEN)
3192 EnumValue
3193 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(protected) Value(VISIBILITY_PROTECTED)
3195 fvtable-verify=
3196 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vtv_priority) Var(flag_vtable_verify) Init(VTV_NO_PRIORITY)
3197 Validate vtable pointers before using them.
3199 Enum
3200 Name(vtv_priority) Type(enum vtv_priority) UnknownError(unknown vtable verify initialization priority %qs)
3202 EnumValue
3203 Enum(vtv_priority) String(none) Value(VTV_NO_PRIORITY)
3205 EnumValue
3206 Enum(vtv_priority) String(std) Value(VTV_STANDARD_PRIORITY)
3208 EnumValue
3209 Enum(vtv_priority) String(preinit) Value(VTV_PREINIT_PRIORITY)
3211 fvtv-counts
3212 Common Var(flag_vtv_counts)
3213 Output vtable verification counters.
3215 fvtv-debug
3216 Common Var(flag_vtv_debug)
3217 Output vtable verification pointer sets information.
3219 fvpt
3220 Common Var(flag_value_profile_transformations) Optimization
3221 Use expression value profiles in optimizations.
3223 fweb
3224 Common Var(flag_web) Optimization EnabledBy(funroll-loops)
3225 Construct webs and split unrelated uses of single variable.
3227 ftree-builtin-call-dce
3228 Common Var(flag_tree_builtin_call_dce) Init(0) Optimization
3229 Enable conditional dead code elimination for builtin calls.
3231 fwhole-program
3232 Common Var(flag_whole_program) Init(0)
3233 Perform whole program optimizations.
3235 fwrapv-pointer
3236 Common Var(flag_wrapv_pointer) Optimization
3237 Assume pointer overflow wraps around.
3239 fwrapv
3240 Common Var(flag_wrapv) Optimization
3241 Assume signed arithmetic overflow wraps around.
3243 fzero-initialized-in-bss
3244 Common Var(flag_zero_initialized_in_bss) Init(1)
3245 Put zero initialized data in the bss section.
3247 fzero-call-used-regs=
3248 Common RejectNegative Joined
3249 Clear call-used registers upon function return.
3252 Common Driver RejectNegative JoinedOrMissing
3253 Generate debug information in default format.
3255 gas-loc-support
3256 Common Driver Var(dwarf2out_as_loc_support)
3257 Assume assembler support for (DWARF2+) .loc directives.
3259 gas-locview-support
3260 Common Driver Var(dwarf2out_as_locview_support)
3261 Assume assembler support for view in (DWARF2+) .loc directives.
3263 gcoff
3264 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3265 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
3267 gcoff1
3268 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3269 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
3271 gcoff2
3272 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3273 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
3275 gcoff3
3276 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3277 Does nothing.  Preserved for backward compatibility.
3279 gcolumn-info
3280 Common Driver Var(debug_column_info,1) Init(1)
3281 Record DW_AT_decl_column and DW_AT_call_column in DWARF.
3283 ; The CTF generation process feeds off DWARF dies.  This option implicitly
3284 ; updates the debug_info_level to DINFO_LEVEL_NORMAL.
3285 gctf
3286 Common Driver RejectNegative JoinedOrMissing
3287 Generate CTF debug information at default level.
3289 gbtf
3290 Common Driver RejectNegative JoinedOrMissing
3291 Generate BTF debug information at default level.
3293 gdwarf
3294 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing Negative(gdwarf-)
3295 Generate debug information in default version of DWARF format.
3297 gdwarf-
3298 Common Driver Joined UInteger Var(dwarf_version) Init(5) Negative(gstabs)
3299 Generate debug information in DWARF v2 (or later) format.
3301 gdwarf32
3302 Common Driver Var(dwarf_offset_size,4) Init(4) RejectNegative
3303 Use 32-bit DWARF format when emitting DWARF debug information.
3305 gdwarf64
3306 Common Driver Var(dwarf_offset_size,8) RejectNegative
3307 Use 64-bit DWARF format when emitting DWARF debug information.
3309 ggdb
3310 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing
3311 Generate debug information in default extended format.
3313 ginline-points
3314 Common Driver Var(debug_inline_points)
3315 Generate extended entry point information for inlined functions.
3317 ginternal-reset-location-views
3318 Common Driver Var(debug_internal_reset_location_views) Init(2)
3319 Compute locview reset points based on insn length estimates.
3321 gno-
3322 RejectNegative Joined Undocumented
3323 ; Catch the gno- prefix, so it doesn't backtrack to g<level>.
3325 gno-pubnames
3326 Common Driver Negative(gpubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 0) Init(-1)
3327 Don't generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections.
3329 gpubnames
3330 Common Driver Negative(ggnu-pubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 1)
3331 Generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections.
3333 ggnu-pubnames
3334 Common Driver Negative(gno-pubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 2)
3335 Generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections with GNU extensions.
3337 grecord-gcc-switches
3338 Common Driver Var(dwarf_record_gcc_switches) Init(1)
3339 Record gcc command line switches in DWARF DW_AT_producer.
3341 gsplit-dwarf
3342 Common Driver Var(dwarf_split_debug_info) Init(0)
3343 Generate debug information in separate .dwo files.
3345 gstabs
3346 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing Negative(gstabs+)
3347 Generate debug information in STABS format.
3349 gstabs+
3350 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing Negative(gvms)
3351 Generate debug information in extended STABS format.
3353 gstatement-frontiers
3354 Common Driver Var(debug_nonbind_markers_p) PerFunction
3355 Emit progressive recommended breakpoint locations.
3357 gstrict-dwarf
3358 Common Driver Var(dwarf_strict) Init(0)
3359 Don't emit DWARF additions beyond selected version.
3361 gdescribe-dies
3362 Common Driver Var(flag_describe_dies) Init(0)
3363 Add description attributes to some DWARF DIEs that have no name attribute.
3365 gtoggle
3366 Common Driver Var(flag_gtoggle)
3367 Toggle debug information generation.
3369 gvariable-location-views
3370 Common Driver Var(debug_variable_location_views, 1)
3371 Augment variable location lists with progressive views.
3373 gvariable-location-views=incompat5
3374 Common Driver RejectNegative Var(debug_variable_location_views, -1) Init(2)
3376 gvms
3377 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing Negative(gxcoff)
3378 Generate debug information in VMS format.
3380 gxcoff
3381 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing Negative(gxcoff+)
3382 Generate debug information in XCOFF format.
3384 gxcoff+
3385 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing Negative(gdwarf)
3386 Generate debug information in extended XCOFF format.
3388 Enum
3389 Name(compressed_debug_sections) Type(int)
3391 ; Since -gz= is completely handled in specs, the values aren't used and we
3392 ; assign arbitrary constants.
3393 EnumValue
3394 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(none) Value(0)
3396 EnumValue
3397 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(zlib) Value(1)
3399 EnumValue
3400 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(zlib-gnu) Value(2)
3403 Common Driver
3404 Generate compressed debug sections.
3407 Common Driver RejectNegative Joined Enum(compressed_debug_sections)
3408 -gz=<format>    Generate compressed debug sections in format <format>.
3411 Driver Joined Separate
3413 iplugindir=
3414 Common Joined Var(plugindir_string) Init(0)
3415 -iplugindir=<dir>       Set <dir> to be the default plugin directory.
3417 imultiarch
3418 Common Joined Separate RejectDriver Var(imultiarch) Init(0)
3419 -imultiarch <dir>       Set <dir> to be the multiarch include subdirectory.
3422 Driver Joined Separate
3425 Driver
3427 no-canonical-prefixes
3428 Driver
3430 nodefaultlibs
3431 Driver
3433 nostartfiles
3434 Driver
3436 nolibc
3437 Driver
3439 nostdlib
3440 Driver
3443 Common Driver Joined Separate Var(asm_file_name) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
3444 -o <file>       Place output into <file>.
3447 Common Var(profile_flag)
3448 Enable function profiling.
3450 pass-exit-codes
3451 Driver Var(pass_exit_codes)
3453 pedantic
3454 Common Alias(Wpedantic)
3456 pedantic-errors
3457 Common Var(flag_pedantic_errors)
3458 Like -pedantic but issue them as errors.
3461 Driver
3463 pipe
3464 Driver Var(use_pipes)
3466 print-file-name=
3467 Driver JoinedOrMissing Var(print_file_name)
3469 print-libgcc-file-name
3470 Driver
3472 print-multi-directory
3473 Driver Var(print_multi_directory)
3475 print-multi-lib
3476 Driver Var(print_multi_lib)
3478 print-multi-os-directory
3479 Driver Var(print_multi_os_directory)
3481 print-multiarch
3482 Driver Var(print_multiarch)
3484 print-prog-name=
3485 Driver JoinedOrMissing Var(print_prog_name)
3487 print-search-dirs
3488 Driver Var(print_search_dirs)
3490 print-sysroot
3491 Driver Var(print_sysroot)
3493 print-sysroot-headers-suffix
3494 Driver Var(print_sysroot_headers_suffix)
3496 quiet
3497 Common Var(quiet_flag) RejectDriver
3498 Do not display functions compiled or elapsed time.
3501 Driver
3504 Driver
3506 save-temps
3507 Driver
3509 save-temps=
3510 Driver Joined
3513 Driver
3515 time
3516 Driver Var(report_times)
3518 time=
3519 Driver JoinedOrMissing
3522 Driver Joined Separate
3524 undef
3525 Driver
3526 ; C option, but driver must not handle as "-u ndef".
3529 Common Driver Var(verbose_flag)
3530 Enable verbose output.
3532 version
3533 Common Var(version_flag) RejectDriver
3534 Display the compiler's version.
3537 Common Var(inhibit_warnings)
3538 Suppress warnings.
3540 wrapper
3541 Driver Separate Var(wrapper_string)
3544 Driver Joined Separate
3546 shared
3547 Driver RejectNegative Negative(static-pie)
3548 Create a shared library.
3550 shared-libgcc
3551 Driver
3553 specs
3554 Driver Separate Alias(specs=)
3556 specs=
3557 Driver Joined
3559 static
3560 Driver
3562 static-libgcc
3563 Driver
3565 static-libgfortran
3566 Driver
3567 ; Documented for Fortran, but always accepted by driver.
3569 static-libphobos
3570 Driver
3571 ; Documented for D, but always accepted by driver.
3573 static-libstdc++
3574 Driver
3576 static-libgo
3577 Driver
3578 ; Documented for Go, but always accepted by driver.
3580 static-libasan
3581 Driver
3583 static-libhwasan
3584 Driver
3586 static-libtsan
3587 Driver
3589 static-liblsan
3590 Driver
3592 static-libubsan
3593 Driver
3595 symbolic
3596 Driver
3598 no-pie
3599 Driver RejectNegative Negative(shared)
3600 Don't create a dynamically linked position independent executable.
3603 Driver RejectNegative Negative(no-pie)
3604 Create a dynamically linked position independent executable.
3606 static-pie
3607 Driver RejectNegative Negative(pie)
3608 Create a static position independent executable.
3611 Driver Joined Separate
3613 fipa-ra
3614 Common Var(flag_ipa_ra) Optimization
3615 Use caller save register across calls if possible.
3617 ; This comment is to ensure we retain the blank line above.