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c6d9a88c 1/* params.def - Run-time parameters.
737c38d1 2 Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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3 Written by Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com>.
4
1322177d 5This file is part of GCC.
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7GCC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
8the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
9Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later
10version.
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12GCC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
13WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
14FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
15for more details.
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17You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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18along with GCC; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free
19Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
2002111-1307, USA.
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22*/
23
24/* This file contains definitions for language-independent
25 parameters. The DEFPARAM macro takes 4 arguments:
26
0443f602 27 - The enumeral corresponding to this parameter.
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29 - The name that can be used to set this parameter using the
30 command-line option `--param <name>=<value>'.
31
32 - A help string explaining how the parameter is used.
33
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34 - A default value for the parameter.
35
36 Be sure to add an entry to invoke.texi summarizing the parameter. */
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38/* The single function inlining limit. This is the maximum size
39 of a function counted in internal gcc instructions (not in
40 real machine instructions) that is eligible for inlining
41 by the tree inliner.
42 The default value is 300.
43 Only functions marked inline (or methods defined in the class
44 definition for C++) are affected by this, unless you set the
45 -finline-functions (included in -O3) compiler option.
46 There are more restrictions to inlining: If inlined functions
47 call other functions, the already inlined instructions are
48 counted and once the recursive inline limit (see
49 "max-inline-insns" parameter) is exceeded, the acceptable size
50 gets decreased. */
51DEFPARAM (PARAM_MAX_INLINE_INSNS_SINGLE,
52 "max-inline-insns-single",
bc522472 53 "The maximum number of instructions in a single function eligible for inlining",
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54 300)
55
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56/* The single function inlining limit for functions that are
57 inlined by virtue of -finline-functions (-O3).
58 This limit should be chosen to be below or equal to the limit
59 that is applied to functions marked inlined (or defined in the
60 class declaration in C++) given by the "max-inline-insns-single"
61 parameter.
62 The default value is 300. */
63DEFPARAM (PARAM_MAX_INLINE_INSNS_AUTO,
64 "max-inline-insns-auto",
65 "The maximum number of instructions when automatically inlining",
66 300)
67
68/* The repeated inlining limit. After this number of instructions
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69 (in the internal gcc representation, not real machine instructions)
70 got inlined by repeated inlining, gcc starts to decrease the maximum
71 number of inlinable instructions in the tree inliner.
72 This is done by a linear function, see "max-inline-slope" parameter.
73 It is necessary in order to limit the compile-time resources, that
74 could otherwise become very high.
75 It is recommended to set this value to twice the value of the single
76 function limit (set by the "max-inline-insns-single" parameter) or
bc522472 77 higher. The default value is 600.
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78 Higher values mean that more inlining is done, resulting in
79 better performance of the code, at the expense of higher
80 compile-time resource (time, memory) requirements and larger
bc522472 81 binaries. */
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82DEFPARAM (PARAM_MAX_INLINE_INSNS,
83 "max-inline-insns",
bc522472 84 "The maximum number of instructions by repeated inlining before gcc starts to throttle inlining",
eb77eeb3 85 600)
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87/* After the repeated inline limit has been exceeded (see
88 "max-inline-insns" parameter), a linear function is used to
89 decrease the size of single functions eligible for inlining.
90 The slope of this linear function is given the negative
91 reciprocal value (-1/x) of this parameter.
bc522472 92 The default value is 32.
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93 This linear function is used until it falls below a minimum
94 value specified by the "min-inline-insns" parameter. */
95DEFPARAM (PARAM_MAX_INLINE_SLOPE,
96 "max-inline-slope",
8e854b76 97 "The slope of the linear function throttling inlining after the recursive inlining limit has been reached is given by the negative reciprocal value of this parameter",
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98 32)
99
100/* When gcc has inlined so many instructions (by repeated
101 inlining) that the throttling limits the inlining very much,
102 inlining for very small functions is still desirable to
bc522472 103 achieve good runtime performance. The size of single functions
a6227154 104 (measured in gcc instructions) which will still be eligible for
bc522472 105 inlining then is given by this parameter. It defaults to 130.
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106 Only much later (after exceeding 128 times the recursive limit)
107 inlining is cut down completely. */
108DEFPARAM (PARAM_MIN_INLINE_INSNS,
109 "min-inline-insns",
110 "The number of instructions in a single functions still eligible to inlining after a lot recursive inlining",
111 130)
112
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113/* For languages that (still) use the RTL inliner, we can specify
114 limits for the RTL inliner separately.
115 The parameter here defines the maximum number of RTL instructions
116 a function may have to be eligible for inlining in the RTL inliner.
117 The default value is 600. */
118DEFPARAM (PARAM_MAX_INLINE_INSNS_RTL,
119 "max-inline-insns-rtl",
120 "The maximum number of instructions for the RTL inliner",
121 600)
122
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123/* The maximum number of instructions to consider when looking for an
124 instruction to fill a delay slot. If more than this arbitrary
125 number of instructions is searched, the time savings from filling
126 the delay slot will be minimal so stop searching. Increasing
127 values mean more aggressive optimization, making the compile time
128 increase with probably small improvement in executable run time. */
129DEFPARAM (PARAM_MAX_DELAY_SLOT_INSN_SEARCH,
130 "max-delay-slot-insn-search",
131 "The maximum number of instructions to consider to fill a delay slot",
132 100)
133
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134/* When trying to fill delay slots, the maximum number of instructions
135 to consider when searching for a block with valid live register
136 information. Increasing this arbitrarily chosen value means more
137 aggressive optimization, increasing the compile time. This
138 parameter should be removed when the delay slot code is rewritten
139 to maintain the control-flow graph. */
140DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_DELAY_SLOT_LIVE_SEARCH,
141 "max-delay-slot-live-search",
142 "The maximum number of instructions to consider to find accurate live register information",
143 333)
144
4a121cc3 145/* This parameter limits the number of branch elements that the
ff7cc307 146 scheduler will track anti-dependencies through without resetting
4a121cc3 147 the tracking mechanism. Large functions with few calls or barriers
ff7cc307 148 can generate lists containing many 1000's of dependencies. Generally
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149 the compiler either uses all available memory, or runs for far too long. */
150DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_PENDING_LIST_LENGTH,
151 "max-pending-list-length",
152 "The maximum length of scheduling's pending operations list",
153 32)
154
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155/* The GCSE optimization will be disabled if it would require
156 significantly more memory than this value. */
157DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_GCSE_MEMORY,
158 "max-gcse-memory",
159 "The maximum amount of memory to be allocated by GCSE",
160 50 * 1024 * 1024)
991b6592 161/* The number of repetitions of copy/const prop and PRE to run. */
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162DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_GCSE_PASSES,
163 "max-gcse-passes",
164 "The maximum number of passes to make when doing GCSE",
165 1)
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167/* This parameter limits the number of insns in a loop that will be unrolled,
168 and by how much the loop is unrolled. */
169DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_UNROLLED_INSNS,
170 "max-unrolled-insns",
171 "The maximum number of instructions to consider to unroll in a loop",
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172 200)
173/* This parameter limits how many times the loop is unrolled depending
174 on number of insns really executed in each iteration. */
175DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_AVERAGE_UNROLLED_INSNS,
176 "max-average-unrolled-insns",
177 "The maximum number of instructions to consider to unroll in a loop on average",
178 80)
179/* The maximum number of unrollings of a single loop. */
180DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_UNROLL_TIMES,
181 "max-unroll-times",
182 "The maximum number of unrollings of a single loop",
183 8)
184/* The maximum number of insns of a peeled loop. */
185DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_PEELED_INSNS,
186 "max-peeled-insns",
187 "The maximum number of insns of a peeled loop",
188 120)
189/* The maximum number of peelings of a single loop. */
190DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_PEEL_TIMES,
191 "max-peel-times",
192 "The maximum number of peelings of a single loop",
193 16)
194/* The maximum number of insns of a peeled loop. */
195DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_COMPLETELY_PEELED_INSNS,
196 "max-completely-peeled-insns",
197 "The maximum number of insns of a completely peeled loop",
198 120)
199/* The maximum number of peelings of a single loop that is peeled completely. */
200DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_COMPLETELY_PEEL_TIMES,
201 "max-completely-peel-times",
202 "The maximum number of peelings of a single loop that is peeled completely",
203 16)
204/* The maximum number of insns of a peeled loop that rolls only once. */
205DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_ONCE_PEELED_INSNS,
206 "max-once-peeled-insns",
207 "The maximum number of insns of a peeled loop that rolls only once",
208 200)
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210/* The maximum number of insns of an unswitched loop. */
211DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_UNSWITCH_INSNS,
212 "max-unswitch-insns",
213 "The maximum number of insns of an unswitched loop",
214 50)
215/* The maximum level of recursion in unswitch_single_loop. */
216DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_UNSWITCH_LEVEL,
217 "max-unswitch-level",
218 "The maximum number of unswitchings in a single loop",
219 3)
220
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221DEFPARAM(HOT_BB_COUNT_FRACTION,
222 "hot-bb-count-fraction",
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223 "Select fraction of the maximal count of repetitions of basic block in \
224program given basic block needs to have to be considered hot",
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225 10000)
226DEFPARAM(HOT_BB_FREQUENCY_FRACTION,
227 "hot-bb-frequency-fraction",
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228 "Select fraction of the maximal frequency of executions of basic \
229block in function given basic block needs to have to be considered hot",
194734e9 230 1000)
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231DEFPARAM(TRACER_DYNAMIC_COVERAGE_FEEDBACK,
232 "tracer-dynamic-coverage-feedback",
233 "The percentage of function, weighted by execution frequency, that \
234must be covered by trace formation. Used when profile feedback is available",
235 95)
236DEFPARAM(TRACER_DYNAMIC_COVERAGE,
237 "tracer-dynamic-coverage",
238 "The percentage of function, weighted by execution frequency, that \
239must be covered by trace formation. Used when profile feedback is not available",
240 75)
241DEFPARAM(TRACER_MAX_CODE_GROWTH,
242 "tracer-max-code-growth",
243 "Maximal code growth caused by tail duplication (in percents)",
244 100)
245DEFPARAM(TRACER_MIN_BRANCH_RATIO,
246 "tracer-min-branch-ratio",
247 "Stop reverse growth if the reverse probability of best edge is less \
248than this threshold (in percents)",
249 10)
250DEFPARAM(TRACER_MIN_BRANCH_PROBABILITY_FEEDBACK,
251 "tracer-min-branch-probability-feedback",
252 "Stop forward growth if the probability of best edge is less than \
253this threshold (in percents). Used when profile feedback is available",
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255DEFPARAM(TRACER_MIN_BRANCH_PROBABILITY,
256 "tracer-min-branch-probability",
257 "Stop forward growth if the probability of best edge is less than \
258this threshold (in percents). Used when profile feedback is not available",
259 50)
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261/* The maximum number of incoming edges to consider for crossjumping. */
262DEFPARAM(PARAM_MAX_CROSSJUMP_EDGES,
263 "max-crossjump-edges",
264 "The maximum number of incoming edges to consider for crossjumping",
265 100)
266
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267#ifdef ENABLE_GC_ALWAYS_COLLECT
268# define GGC_MIN_EXPAND_DEFAULT 0
737c38d1 269# define GGC_MIN_HEAPSIZE_DEFAULT 0
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270#else
271# define GGC_MIN_EXPAND_DEFAULT 30
737c38d1 272# define GGC_MIN_HEAPSIZE_DEFAULT 4096
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273#endif
274
275DEFPARAM(GGC_MIN_EXPAND,
276 "ggc-min-expand",
277 "Minimum heap expansion to trigger garbage collection, as \
278a percentage of the total size of the heap.",
279 GGC_MIN_EXPAND_DEFAULT)
280
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281DEFPARAM(GGC_MIN_HEAPSIZE,
282 "ggc-min-heapsize",
283 "Minimum heap size before we start collecting garbage, in kilobytes.",
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284 GGC_MIN_HEAPSIZE_DEFAULT)
285
286#undef GGC_MIN_EXPAND_DEFAULT
287#undef GGC_MIN_HEAPSIZE_DEFAULT
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289/*
290Local variables:
291mode:c
292End: */