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1 ; Options for the language- and target-independent parts of the compiler.
2
3 ; Copyright (C) 2003-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 ;
5 ; This file is part of GCC.
6 ;
7 ; GCC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
8 ; the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
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10 ; version.
11 ;
12 ; GCC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
13 ; WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
14 ; FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
15 ; for more details.
16 ;
17 ; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18 ; along with GCC; see the file COPYING3. If not see
19 ; <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
20
21 ; See the GCC internals manual (options.texi) for a description of this file's format.
22
23 ; Please try to keep this file in ASCII collating order.
24
25 Variable
26 int target_flags
27
28 Variable
29 int optimize
30
31 Variable
32 int optimize_size
33
34 Variable
35 int optimize_debug
36
37 ; Not used directly to control optimizations, only to save -Ofast
38 ; setting for "optimize" attributes.
39 Variable
40 int optimize_fast
41
42 ; True if this is the lto front end. This is used to disable gimple
43 ; generation and lowering passes that are normally run on the output
44 ; of a front end. These passes must be bypassed for lto since they
45 ; have already been done before the gimple was written.
46 Variable
47 bool in_lto_p = false
48
49 ; This variable is set to non-0 only by LTO front-end. 1 indicates that
50 ; the output produced will be used for 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
55
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
61
62 Variable
63 int flag_default_complex_method = 1
64
65 ; Language specific warning pass for unused results.
66 Variable
67 bool flag_warn_unused_result = false
68
69 ; Nonzero if we should write GIMPLE bytecode for link-time optimization.
70 Variable
71 int flag_generate_lto
72
73 ; Nonzero if we should write GIMPLE bytecode for offload compilation.
74 Variable
75 int flag_generate_offload = 0
76
77 ; Nonzero means we should be saving declaration info into a .X file.
78 Variable
79 int flag_gen_aux_info = 0
80
81 ; Nonzero if we are compiling code for a shared library, zero for
82 ; executable.
83 Variable
84 int flag_shlib
85
86 ; These three are really VEC(char_p,heap) *.
87
88 Variable
89 void *flag_instrument_functions_exclude_functions
90
91 Variable
92 void *flag_instrument_functions_exclude_files
93
94 Variable
95 void *flag_ignored_attributes
96
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.
100 ;
101 ; Structs only handled by reference (indirectly), will also usually
102 ; not need as much debugging information.
103
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 }
106
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 }
109
110 ; True if we should exit after parsing options.
111 Variable
112 bool exit_after_options
113
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
119
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
124
125 ; Level of CTF debugging information we are producing. See flag-types.h
126 ; for the definitions of the different possible levels.
127 Variable
128 enum ctf_debug_info_levels ctf_debug_info_level = CTFINFO_LEVEL_NONE
129
130 ; Original value of maximum field alignment in bytes, specified via
131 ; -fpack-struct=<value>.
132 Variable
133 unsigned int initial_max_fld_align = TARGET_DEFAULT_PACK_STRUCT
134
135 ; Type of stack check.
136 Variable
137 enum stack_check_type flag_stack_check = NO_STACK_CHECK
138
139 ; True if stack usage information needs to be computed.
140 Variable
141 bool flag_stack_usage_info = false
142
143 ; -dA causes debug commentary information to be produced in
144 ; the generated assembly code (to make it more readable). This option
145 ; is generally only of use to those who actually need to read the
146 ; generated assembly code (perhaps while debugging the compiler itself).
147 ; Currently, this switch is only used by dwarf2out.cc; however, it is intended
148 ; to be a catchall for printing debug information in the assembler file.
149 Variable
150 int flag_debug_asm
151
152 ; Balance between GNAT encodings and standard DWARF to emit.
153 Variable
154 enum dwarf_gnat_encodings gnat_encodings = DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_DEFAULT
155
156 ; -dP causes the rtl to be emitted as a comment in assembly.
157 Variable
158 int flag_dump_rtl_in_asm
159
160 ; Whether -da was passed (used only in handle_common_deferred_options).
161 Variable
162 bool flag_dump_all_passed
163
164 ; Other flags saying which kinds of debugging dump have been requested.
165
166 Variable
167 int rtl_dump_and_exit
168
169 Variable
170 int flag_print_asm_name
171
172 ; Name of top-level original source file (what was input to cpp).
173 ; This comes from the #-command at the beginning of the actual input.
174 ; If there isn't any there, then this is the cc1 input file name.
175 Variable
176 const char *main_input_filename
177
178 ; Pointer to base name in main_input_filename, with directories and a
179 ; single final extension removed, and the length of this base
180 ; name.
181
182 Variable
183 const char *main_input_basename
184
185 Variable
186 int main_input_baselength
187
188 ; The base name used for auxiliary output files.
189 ; dump_base_name minus dump_base_ext.
190
191 Variable
192 const char *aux_base_name
193
194 ; Which options have been printed by --help.
195 Variable
196 char *help_printed
197
198 ; Which enums have been printed by --help. 0 = not printed, no
199 ; relevant options seen, 1 = relevant option seen, not yet printed, 2
200 ; = printed.
201 Variable
202 char *help_enum_printed
203
204 ; The number of columns for --help output.
205 Variable
206 unsigned int help_columns
207
208 ; Whether this options structure has been through finish_options
209 Variable
210 bool flag_opts_finished
211
212 ; What the sanitizer should instrument
213 Variable
214 unsigned int flag_sanitize
215
216 ; What sanitizers should recover from errors
217 Variable
218 unsigned int flag_sanitize_recover = (SANITIZE_UNDEFINED | SANITIZE_UNDEFINED_NONDEFAULT | SANITIZE_KERNEL_ADDRESS | SANITIZE_KERNEL_HWADDRESS) & ~(SANITIZE_UNREACHABLE | SANITIZE_RETURN)
219
220 ; What sanitizers should use __builtin_trap () instead of runtime diagnostics
221 Variable
222 unsigned int flag_sanitize_trap
223
224 ; Flag whether a prefix has been added to dump_base_name
225 Variable
226 bool dump_base_name_prefixed = false
227
228 ; What subset of registers should be zeroed on function return
229 Variable
230 unsigned int flag_zero_call_used_regs
231
232 ###
233 Driver
234
235 -assemble
236 Driver Alias(S)
237
238 -compile
239 Driver Alias(c)
240
241 -completion=
242 Common Driver Joined Undocumented
243 Provide bash completion for options starting with provided string.
244
245 -coverage
246 Driver Alias(coverage)
247
248 -debug
249 Common Alias(g)
250
251 -dump
252 Common Separate Alias(d)
253
254 -dump=
255 Common Joined Alias(d)
256
257 -dumpbase
258 Driver Common Separate Alias(dumpbase)
259
260 -dumpbase-ext
261 Driver Common Separate Alias(dumpbase-ext)
262
263 -dumpdir
264 Driver Common Separate Alias(dumpdir)
265
266 -entry
267 Driver Separate Alias(e)
268
269 -entry=
270 Driver Joined Alias(e)
271
272 -extra-warnings
273 Common Warning Alias(Wextra)
274
275 -for-assembler
276 Driver Separate Alias(Xassembler)
277
278 -for-assembler=
279 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(Xassembler)
280
281 -for-linker
282 Driver Separate Alias(Xlinker)
283
284 -for-linker=
285 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(Xlinker)
286
287 -force-link
288 Driver Separate Alias(u)
289
290 -force-link=
291 Driver Joined Alias(u)
292
293 -help
294 Common Driver Var(help_flag)
295 Display this information.
296
297 -help=
298 Common Driver Joined
299 --help=<class> Display descriptions of a specific class of options. <class> is one or more of optimizers, target, warnings, undocumented, params.
300
301 -language
302 Driver Separate Alias(x)
303
304 -language=
305 Driver Joined Alias(x)
306
307 -library-directory
308 Driver Separate Alias(L)
309
310 -library-directory=
311 Driver Joined Alias(L)
312
313 -no-canonical-prefixes
314 Driver Alias(no-canonical-prefixes)
315
316 -no-standard-libraries
317 Driver Alias(nostdlib)
318
319 -no-sysroot-suffix
320 Driver Var(no_sysroot_suffix)
321
322 -no-warnings
323 Common Alias(w)
324
325 -optimize
326 Common Alias(O)
327
328 -output
329 Common Driver Separate Alias(o) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
330
331 -output=
332 Common Driver Joined Alias(o) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
333
334 -pass-exit-codes
335 Driver Alias(pass-exit-codes)
336
337 -pedantic
338 Common Alias(Wpedantic)
339
340 -pedantic-errors
341 Common Alias(pedantic-errors)
342
343 -pie
344 Driver Alias(pie)
345
346 -static-pie
347 Driver Alias(static-pie)
348
349 -pipe
350 Driver Alias(pipe)
351
352 -prefix
353 Driver Separate Alias(B)
354
355 -prefix=
356 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(B)
357
358 -preprocess
359 Driver Alias(E)
360
361 -print-file-name
362 Driver Separate Alias(print-file-name=)
363
364 -print-file-name=
365 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(print-file-name=)
366
367 -print-libgcc-file-name
368 Driver Alias(print-libgcc-file-name)
369
370 -print-multi-directory
371 Driver Alias(print-multi-directory)
372
373 -print-multi-lib
374 Driver Alias(print-multi-lib)
375
376 -print-multi-os-directory
377 Driver Alias(print-multi-os-directory)
378
379 -print-multiarch
380 Driver Alias(print-multiarch)
381
382 -print-prog-name
383 Driver Separate Alias(print-prog-name=)
384
385 -print-prog-name=
386 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(print-prog-name=)
387
388 -print-search-dirs
389 Driver Alias(print-search-dirs)
390
391 -print-sysroot
392 Driver Alias(print-sysroot)
393
394 -print-sysroot-headers-suffix
395 Driver Alias(print-sysroot-headers-suffix)
396
397 -profile
398 Common Alias(p)
399
400 -save-temps
401 Driver Alias(save-temps)
402
403 -shared
404 Driver Alias(shared)
405
406 -specs
407 Driver Separate Alias(specs=)
408
409 -specs=
410 Driver Joined Alias(specs=)
411
412 -static
413 Driver Alias(static)
414
415 -symbolic
416 Driver Alias(symbolic)
417
418 -target-help
419 Common Driver
420 Display target specific command line options (including assembler and linker options).
421
422 -time
423 Driver Alias(time)
424
425 -verbose
426 Driver Alias(v)
427
428 ;; The driver used to convert options such as --help into forms such
429 ;; as -fhelp; the following four entries are for compatibility with
430 ;; any direct uses of those (undocumented) -f forms
431 fhelp
432 Common Driver Alias(-help)
433
434 fhelp=
435 Common Driver Joined Alias(-help=)
436
437 ftarget-help
438 Common Driver Alias(-target-help)
439
440 fversion
441 Common Driver Alias(-version)
442
443 -sysroot
444 Driver Separate Alias(-sysroot=)
445
446 -sysroot=
447 Driver JoinedOrMissing
448
449 -version
450 Common Driver
451
452 B
453 Driver Joined Separate
454
455 E
456 Driver
457
458 L
459 Driver Joined Separate
460
461 N
462 Driver
463
464 O
465 Common JoinedOrMissing Optimization
466 -O<number> Set optimization level to <number>.
467
468 Os
469 Common Optimization
470 Optimize for space rather than speed.
471
472 Ofast
473 Common Optimization
474 Optimize for speed disregarding exact standards compliance.
475
476 Og
477 Common Optimization
478 Optimize for debugging experience rather than speed or size.
479
480 Oz
481 Common Optimization
482 Optimize for space aggressively rather than speed.
483
484 Q
485 Driver
486
487 Qn
488 Driver Negative(Qy)
489
490 Qy
491 Driver Negative(Qn)
492
493 R
494 Driver Joined Separate
495
496 S
497 Driver
498
499 T
500 Driver Joined Separate
501
502 Tbss
503 Driver Separate
504
505 Tbss=
506 Driver Joined
507
508 Tdata
509 Driver Separate
510
511 Tdata=
512 Driver Joined
513
514 Ttext
515 Driver Separate
516
517 Ttext=
518 Driver Joined
519
520 W
521 Common RejectNegative Warning Alias(Wextra)
522 This switch is deprecated; use -Wextra instead.
523
524 Wa,
525 Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative
526
527 Wl,
528 Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative
529
530 Wp,
531 Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative
532
533 Waggregate-return
534 Common Var(warn_aggregate_return) Warning
535 Warn about returning structures, unions or arrays.
536
537 Waggressive-loop-optimizations
538 Common Var(warn_aggressive_loop_optimizations) Init(1) Warning
539 Warn if a loop with constant number of iterations triggers undefined behavior.
540
541 Warray-bounds
542 Common Alias(Warray-bounds=, 1, 0) Warning
543
544 Warray-bounds=
545 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_array_bounds) Warning IntegerRange(0, 2)
546 Warn if an array is accessed out of bounds.
547
548 Wuse-after-free
549 Common Var(warn_use_after_free) Warning
550 Warn for uses of pointers to deallocated storage.
551
552 Wuse-after-free=
553 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_use_after_free) Warning IntegerRange(0, 3)
554 Warn for uses of pointers to deallocated storage.
555
556 Wattributes
557 Common Var(warn_attributes) Init(1) Warning
558 Warn about inappropriate attribute usage.
559
560 Wattributes=
561 Common Joined
562 Do not warn about specified attributes.
563
564 Wattribute-alias
565 Common Alias(Wattribute_alias=, 1, 0) Warning
566 Warn about type safety and similar errors and mismatches in declarations with alias attributes.
567
568 Wattribute-alias=
569 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_attribute_alias) Init(1) Warning IntegerRange(0, 2)
570 Warn about type safety and similar errors and mismatches in declarations with alias attributes.
571
572 Wcannot-profile
573 Common Var(warn_cannot_profile) Init(1) Warning
574 Warn when profiling instrumentation was requested, but could not be applied to
575 a certain function.
576
577 Wcast-align
578 Common Var(warn_cast_align) Warning
579 Warn about pointer casts which increase alignment.
580
581 Wcast-align=strict
582 Common Var(warn_cast_align,2) Warning
583 Warn about pointer casts which increase alignment.
584
585 Wcomplain-wrong-lang
586 Common Var(warn_complain_wrong_lang) Init(1) Warning
587 Complain when a command-line option is valid, but not applicable to the current front end.
588
589 Wcpp
590 Common Var(warn_cpp) Init(1) Warning
591 Warn when a #warning directive is encountered.
592
593 Wattribute-warning
594 Common Var(warn_attribute_warning) Init(1) Warning
595 Warn about uses of __attribute__((warning)) declarations.
596
597 Wdeprecated
598 Common Var(warn_deprecated) Init(1) Warning
599 Warn if a deprecated compiler feature, class, method, or field is used.
600
601 Wdeprecated-declarations
602 Common Var(warn_deprecated_decl) Init(1) Warning
603 Warn about uses of __attribute__((deprecated)) declarations.
604
605 Wdisabled-optimization
606 Common Var(warn_disabled_optimization) Warning
607 Warn when an optimization pass is disabled.
608
609 Werror
610 Common Var(warnings_are_errors)
611 Treat all warnings as errors.
612
613 Werror=
614 Common Joined
615 Treat specified warning as error.
616
617 Wextra
618 Common Var(extra_warnings) Warning
619 Print extra (possibly unwanted) warnings.
620
621 Wfatal-errors
622 Common Var(flag_fatal_errors)
623 Exit on the first error occurred.
624
625 Wframe-larger-than=
626 Common RejectNegative Joined Host_Wide_Int ByteSize Warning Var(warn_frame_larger_than_size) Init(HOST_WIDE_INT_MAX)
627 -Wframe-larger-than=<byte-size> Warn if a function's stack frame requires in excess of <byte-size>.
628
629 Wno-frame-larger-than
630 Common Alias(Wframe-larger-than=,18446744073709551615EiB,none) Warning
631 Disable -Wframe-larger-than= warning. Equivalent to -Wframe-larger-than=<SIZE_MAX> or larger.
632
633 Wfree-nonheap-object
634 Common Var(warn_free_nonheap_object) Init(1) Warning
635 Warn when attempting to free a non-heap object.
636
637 Whsa
638 Common Ignore Warning
639 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
640
641 Wimplicit-fallthrough
642 Common Alias(Wimplicit-fallthrough=,3,0) Warning
643
644 Wimplicit-fallthrough=
645 Common Var(warn_implicit_fallthrough) RejectNegative Joined UInteger Warning IntegerRange(0, 5)
646 Warn when a switch case falls through.
647
648 Winfinite-recursion
649 Var(warn_infinite_recursion) Warning
650 Warn for infinitely recursive calls.
651
652 Winline
653 Common Var(warn_inline) Warning Optimization
654 Warn when an inlined function cannot be inlined.
655
656 Winvalid-memory-model
657 Common Var(warn_invalid_memory_model) Init(1) Warning
658 Warn when an atomic memory model parameter is known to be outside the valid range.
659
660 Wlarger-than-
661 Common RejectNegative Joined Warning Undocumented Alias(Wlarger-than=)
662
663 Wlarger-than=
664 Common RejectNegative Joined Host_Wide_Int ByteSize Warning Var(warn_larger_than_size) Init(HOST_WIDE_INT_MAX)
665 -Wlarger-than=<byte-size> Warn if an object's size exceeds <byte-size>.
666
667 Wno-larger-than
668 Common Alias(Wlarger-than=,18446744073709551615EiB,none) Warning
669 Disable -Wlarger-than= warning. Equivalent to -Wlarger-than=<SIZE_MAX> or larger.
670
671 Wnonnull-compare
672 Var(warn_nonnull_compare) Warning
673 Warn if comparing pointer parameter with nonnull attribute with NULL.
674
675 Wnull-dereference
676 Common Var(warn_null_dereference) Warning
677 Warn if dereferencing a NULL pointer may lead to erroneous or undefined behavior.
678
679 Wunsafe-loop-optimizations
680 Common Ignore Warning
681 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
682
683 Wmissing-noreturn
684 Common Warning Alias(Wsuggest-attribute=noreturn)
685
686 Wodr
687 Common Var(warn_odr_violations) Init(1) Warning
688 Warn about some C++ One Definition Rule violations during link time optimization.
689
690 Woverflow
691 Common Var(warn_overflow) Init(1) Warning
692 Warn about overflow in arithmetic expressions.
693
694 Wlto-type-mismatch
695 Common Var(warn_lto_type_mismatch) Init(1) Warning
696 During link time optimization warn about mismatched types of global declarations.
697
698 Wpacked
699 Common Var(warn_packed) Warning
700 Warn when the packed attribute has no effect on struct layout.
701
702 Wpadded
703 Common Var(warn_padded) Warning
704 Warn when padding is required to align structure members.
705
706 Wpedantic
707 Common Var(pedantic) Init(0) Warning
708 Issue warnings needed for strict compliance to the standard.
709
710 Wreturn-local-addr
711 Common Var(warn_return_local_addr) Init(1) Warning
712 Warn about returning a pointer/reference to a local or temporary variable.
713
714 Wshadow
715 Common Var(warn_shadow) Warning
716 Warn when one variable shadows another. Same as -Wshadow=global.
717
718 Wshadow=global
719 Common Warning Alias(Wshadow)
720 Warn when one variable shadows another (globally).
721
722 Wshadow=local
723 Common Var(warn_shadow_local) Warning EnabledBy(Wshadow)
724 Warn when one local variable shadows another local variable or parameter.
725
726 Wshadow-local
727 Common Warning Undocumented Alias(Wshadow=local)
728
729 Wshadow=compatible-local
730 Common Var(warn_shadow_compatible_local) Warning EnabledBy(Wshadow=local)
731 Warn when one local variable shadows another local variable or parameter of compatible type.
732
733 Wshadow-compatible-local
734 Common Warning Undocumented Alias(Wshadow=compatible-local)
735
736 Wstack-protector
737 Common Var(warn_stack_protect) Warning
738 Warn when not issuing stack smashing protection for some reason.
739
740 Wstack-usage=
741 Common Joined RejectNegative Host_Wide_Int ByteSize Var(warn_stack_usage) Warning Init(HOST_WIDE_INT_MAX)
742 -Wstack-usage=<byte-size> Warn if stack usage might exceed <byte-size>.
743
744 Wno-stack-usage
745 Common Alias(Wstack-usage=,18446744073709551615EiB,none) Warning
746 Disable Wstack-usage= warning. Equivalent to Wstack-usage=<SIZE_MAX> or larger.
747
748 Wstrict-aliasing
749 Common Warning
750 Warn about code which might break strict aliasing rules.
751
752 Wstrict-aliasing=
753 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_strict_aliasing) Warning
754 Warn about code which might break strict aliasing rules.
755
756 Wstrict-overflow
757 Common Warning
758 Warn about optimizations that assume that signed overflow is undefined.
759
760 Wstrict-overflow=
761 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_strict_overflow) Warning
762 Warn about optimizations that assume that signed overflow is undefined.
763
764 Wsuggest-attribute=cold
765 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_cold) Warning
766 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((cold)).
767
768 Wsuggest-attribute=const
769 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_const) Warning
770 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((const)).
771
772 Wsuggest-attribute=pure
773 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_pure) Warning
774 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((pure)).
775
776 Wsuggest-attribute=noreturn
777 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_noreturn) Warning
778 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((noreturn)).
779
780 Wsuggest-attribute=malloc
781 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_malloc) Warning
782 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((malloc)).
783
784 Wsuggest-final-types
785 Common Var(warn_suggest_final_types) Warning
786 Warn about C++ polymorphic types where adding final keyword would improve code quality.
787
788 Wsuggest-final-methods
789 Common Var(warn_suggest_final_methods) Warning
790 Warn about C++ virtual methods where adding final keyword would improve code quality.
791
792 Wswitch-unreachable
793 Common Var(warn_switch_unreachable) Warning Init(1)
794 Warn about statements between switch's controlling expression and the first
795 case.
796
797 Wsystem-headers
798 Common Var(warn_system_headers) Warning
799 Do not suppress warnings from system headers.
800
801 Wtrampolines
802 Common Var(warn_trampolines) Warning
803 Warn whenever a trampoline is generated.
804
805 Wtrivial-auto-var-init
806 Common Var(warn_trivial_auto_var_init) Warning Init(0)
807 Warn about cases where -ftrivial-auto-var-init cannot initialize an auto variable.
808
809 Wtype-limits
810 Common Var(warn_type_limits) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
811 Warn if a comparison is always true or always false due to the limited range of the data type.
812
813 Wuninitialized
814 Common Var(warn_uninitialized) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
815 Warn about uninitialized automatic variables.
816
817 Wmaybe-uninitialized
818 Common Var(warn_maybe_uninitialized) Warning EnabledBy(Wuninitialized)
819 Warn about maybe uninitialized automatic variables.
820
821 Wunreachable-code
822 Common Ignore Warning
823 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
824
825 Wunused
826 Common Var(warn_unused) Init(0) Warning
827 Enable all -Wunused- warnings.
828
829 Wunused-but-set-parameter
830 Common Var(warn_unused_but_set_parameter) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused && Wextra)
831 Warn when a function parameter is only set, otherwise unused.
832
833 Wunused-but-set-variable
834 Common Var(warn_unused_but_set_variable) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
835 Warn when a variable is only set, otherwise unused.
836
837 Wunused-function
838 Common Var(warn_unused_function) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
839 Warn when a function is unused.
840
841 Wunused-label
842 Common Var(warn_unused_label) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
843 Warn when a label is unused.
844
845 Wunused-parameter
846 Common Var(warn_unused_parameter) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused && Wextra)
847 Warn when a function parameter is unused.
848
849 Wunused-value
850 Common Var(warn_unused_value) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
851 Warn when an expression value is unused.
852
853 Wunused-variable
854 Common Var(warn_unused_variable) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
855 Warn when a variable is unused.
856
857 Wcoverage-mismatch
858 Common Var(warn_coverage_mismatch) Init(1) Warning
859 Warn in case profiles in -fprofile-use do not match.
860
861 Wcoverage-invalid-line-number
862 Common Var(warn_coverage_invalid_linenum) Init(1) Warning
863 Warn in case a function ends earlier than it begins due to an invalid linenum macros.
864
865 Wmissing-profile
866 Common Var(warn_missing_profile) Init(1) Warning
867 Warn in case profiles in -fprofile-use do not exist.
868
869 Wvector-operation-performance
870 Common Var(warn_vector_operation_performance) Warning
871 Warn when a vector operation is compiled outside the SIMD.
872
873 Wtsan
874 Common Var(warn_tsan) Init(1) Warning
875 Warn about unsupported features in ThreadSanitizer.
876
877 Xassembler
878 Driver Separate
879
880 Xlinker
881 Driver Separate
882
883 Xpreprocessor
884 Driver Separate
885
886 Z
887 Driver
888
889 aux-info
890 Common Separate Var(aux_info_file_name)
891 -aux-info <file> Emit declaration information into <file>.
892
893 aux-info=
894 Common Joined Alias(aux-info)
895
896 coverage
897 Driver
898
899 c
900 Driver
901
902 d
903 Common Joined
904 -d<letters> Enable dumps from specific passes of the compiler.
905
906 dumpbase
907 Driver Common Separate Var(dump_base_name)
908 -dumpbase <file> Set the file basename to be used for dumps.
909
910 dumpbase-ext
911 Driver Common Separate Var(dump_base_ext)
912 -dumpbase-ext .<ext> Drop a trailing .<ext> from the dump basename to name auxiliary output files.
913
914 dumpdir
915 Driver Common Separate Var(dump_dir_name)
916 -dumpdir <dir> Set the directory name to be used for dumps.
917
918 dumpmachine
919 Driver
920
921 dumpspecs
922 Driver
923
924 dumpversion
925 Driver
926
927 dumpfullversion
928 Driver
929
930 e
931 Driver Joined Separate
932
933 ; This option has historically been passed down to the linker by an
934 ; accident of a %{e*} spec, so ensure it continues to be passed down
935 ; as a single option. The supported option for this purpose is
936 ; -rdynamic. See PR 47390.
937 export-dynamic
938 Driver Undocumented
939
940 ; The version of the C++ ABI in use. The following values are allowed:
941 ;
942 ; 0: The version of the ABI believed most conformant with the C++ ABI
943 ; specification. This ABI may change as bugs are discovered and fixed.
944 ; Therefore, 0 will not necessarily indicate the same ABI in different
945 ; versions of G++.
946 ;
947 ; 1: The version of the ABI first used in G++ 3.2. No longer selectable.
948 ;
949 ; 2: The version of the ABI first used in G++ 3.4, and the default
950 ; until GCC 4.9.
951 ;
952 ; 3: The version of the ABI that fixes the missing underscore
953 ; in template non-type arguments of pointer type.
954 ;
955 ; 4: The version of the ABI that introduces unambiguous mangling of
956 ; vector types. First selectable in G++ 4.5.
957 ;
958 ; 5: The version of the ABI that ignores attribute const/noreturn
959 ; in function pointer mangling, and corrects mangling of decltype and
960 ; function parameters used in other parameters and the return type.
961 ; First selectable in G++ 4.6.
962 ;
963 ; 6: The version of the ABI that doesn't promote scoped enums to int and
964 ; changes the mangling of template argument packs, const/static_cast,
965 ; prefix ++ and --, and a class scope function used as a template
966 ; argument.
967 ; First selectable in G++ 4.7.
968 ;
969 ; 7: The version of the ABI that treats nullptr_t as a builtin type and
970 ; corrects the mangling of lambdas in default argument scope.
971 ; First selectable in G++ 4.8.
972 ;
973 ; 8: The version of the ABI that corrects the substitution behavior of
974 ; function types with function-cv-qualifiers.
975 ; First selectable in G++ 4.9 and default in G++ 5.
976 ;
977 ; 9: The version of the ABI that corrects the alignment of nullptr_t.
978 ; First selectable and default in G++ 5.2.
979 ;
980 ; 10: The version of the ABI that mangles attributes that affect type
981 ; identity, such as ia32 calling convention attributes (stdcall, etc.)
982 ; Default in G++ 6 (set in c_common_post_options).
983 ;
984 ; 11: The version of the ABI that corrects mangling of sizeof... expressions
985 ; and introduces new inheriting constructor handling.
986 ; Default in G++ 7.
987 ;
988 ; 12: Corrects the calling convention for classes with only deleted copy/move
989 ; constructors and changes passing/returning of empty records.
990 ; Default in G++ 8.1.
991 ;
992 ; 13: Fixes the accidental change in 12 to the calling convention for classes
993 ; with deleted copy constructor and trivial move constructor.
994 ; Default in G++ 8.2.
995 ;
996 ; 14: Corrects the mangling of nullptr expression.
997 ; Default in G++ 10.
998 ;
999 ; 15: Corrects G++ 10 ABI tag regression [PR98481].
1000 ; Available, but not default, in G++ 10.3.
1001 ;
1002 ; 16: Changes the mangling of __alignof__ to be distinct from that of alignof.
1003 ; Adds missing 'on' in mangling of operator names in some cases.
1004 ; Default in G++ 11.
1005 ;
1006 ; 17: Fixes layout of classes that inherit from aggregate classes with default
1007 ; member initializers in C++14 and up.
1008 ; Default in G++ 12.
1009 ;
1010 ; 18: Corrects errors in mangling of lambdas with additional context.
1011 ; Default in G++ 13.
1012 ;
1013 ; Additional positive integers will be assigned as new versions of
1014 ; the ABI become the default version of the ABI.
1015 fabi-version=
1016 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_abi_version) Init(0)
1017 The version of the C++ ABI in use.
1018
1019 faggressive-loop-optimizations
1020 Common Var(flag_aggressive_loop_optimizations) Optimization Init(1)
1021 Aggressively optimize loops using language constraints.
1022
1023 falign-functions
1024 Common Var(flag_align_functions) Optimization
1025 Align the start of functions.
1026
1027 falign-functions=
1028 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(str_align_functions) Optimization
1029
1030 flimit-function-alignment
1031 Common Var(flag_limit_function_alignment) Optimization Init(0)
1032
1033 falign-jumps
1034 Common Var(flag_align_jumps) Optimization
1035 Align labels which are only reached by jumping.
1036
1037 falign-jumps=
1038 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(str_align_jumps) Optimization
1039
1040 falign-labels
1041 Common Var(flag_align_labels) Optimization
1042 Align all labels.
1043
1044 falign-labels=
1045 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(str_align_labels) Optimization
1046
1047 falign-loops
1048 Common Var(flag_align_loops) Optimization
1049 Align the start of loops.
1050
1051 falign-loops=
1052 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(str_align_loops) Optimization
1053
1054 fallow-store-data-races
1055 Common Var(flag_store_data_races) Optimization
1056 Allow the compiler to introduce new data races on stores.
1057
1058 fanalyzer
1059 Common Var(flag_analyzer)
1060 Enable static analysis pass.
1061
1062 fargument-alias
1063 Common Ignore
1064 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1065
1066 fargument-noalias
1067 Common Ignore
1068 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1069
1070 fargument-noalias-global
1071 Common Ignore
1072 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1073
1074 fargument-noalias-anything
1075 Common Ignore
1076 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1077
1078 fsanitize=
1079 Common Driver Joined
1080 Select what to sanitize.
1081
1082 fsanitize-coverage=
1083 Common Joined Enum(sanitize_coverage) Var(flag_sanitize_coverage) EnumBitSet
1084 Select type of coverage sanitization.
1085
1086 Enum
1087 Name(sanitize_coverage) Type(int)
1088
1089 EnumValue
1090 Enum(sanitize_coverage) String(trace-pc) Value(SANITIZE_COV_TRACE_PC)
1091
1092 EnumValue
1093 Enum(sanitize_coverage) String(trace-cmp) Value(SANITIZE_COV_TRACE_CMP)
1094
1095 fasan-shadow-offset=
1096 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1097 -fasan-shadow-offset=<number> Use custom shadow memory offset.
1098
1099 fsanitize-sections=
1100 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1101 -fsanitize-sections=<sec1,sec2,...> Sanitize global variables
1102 in user-defined sections.
1103
1104 fsanitize-recover=
1105 Common Joined
1106 After diagnosing undefined behavior attempt to continue execution.
1107
1108 fsanitize-recover
1109 Common
1110 This switch is deprecated; use -fsanitize-recover= instead.
1111
1112 fsanitize-trap=
1113 Common Driver Joined
1114 Use traps instead of diagnostics of undefined behavior sanitizers.
1115
1116 fsanitize-trap
1117 Common Driver
1118
1119 fsanitize-address-use-after-scope
1120 Common Driver Var(flag_sanitize_address_use_after_scope) Init(0)
1121
1122 fsanitize-undefined-trap-on-error
1123 Common Driver Alias(fsanitize-trap)
1124 This switch is deprecated; use -fsanitize-trap= instead.
1125
1126 fasynchronous-unwind-tables
1127 Common Var(flag_asynchronous_unwind_tables) Optimization
1128 Generate unwind tables that are exact at each instruction boundary.
1129
1130 fauto-inc-dec
1131 Common Var(flag_auto_inc_dec) Init(1) Optimization
1132 Generate auto-inc/dec instructions.
1133
1134 fauto-profile
1135 Common Var(flag_auto_profile)
1136 Use sample profile information for call graph node weights. The default
1137 profile file is fbdata.afdo in 'pwd'.
1138
1139 fauto-profile=
1140 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(auto_profile_file)
1141 Use sample profile information for call graph node weights. The profile
1142 file is specified in the argument.
1143
1144 ; -fcheck-bounds causes gcc to generate array bounds checks.
1145 ; For C, C++ and ObjC: defaults off.
1146 ; For Java: defaults to on.
1147 ; For Fortran: defaults to off.
1148 fbounds-check
1149 Common Var(flag_bounds_check)
1150 Generate code to check bounds before indexing arrays.
1151
1152 fbranch-count-reg
1153 Common Var(flag_branch_on_count_reg) Optimization
1154 Replace add, compare, branch with branch on count register.
1155
1156 fbranch-probabilities
1157 Common Var(flag_branch_probabilities) Optimization
1158 Use profiling information for branch probabilities.
1159
1160 fbranch-target-load-optimize
1161 Common Ignore
1162 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1163
1164 fbranch-target-load-optimize2
1165 Common Ignore
1166 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1167
1168 fbtr-bb-exclusive
1169 Common Ignore
1170 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1171
1172 fcallgraph-info
1173 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_callgraph_info) Init(NO_CALLGRAPH_INFO);
1174 Output callgraph information on a per-file basis.
1175
1176 fcallgraph-info=
1177 Common RejectNegative Joined
1178 Output callgraph information on a per-file basis with decorations.
1179
1180 fcall-saved-
1181 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1182 -fcall-saved-<register> Mark <register> as being preserved across functions.
1183
1184 fcall-used-
1185 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1186 -fcall-used-<register> Mark <register> as being corrupted by function calls.
1187
1188 ; Nonzero for -fcaller-saves: allocate values in regs that need to
1189 ; be saved across function calls, if that produces overall better code.
1190 ; Optional now, so people can test it.
1191 fcaller-saves
1192 Common Var(flag_caller_saves) Optimization
1193 Save registers around function calls.
1194
1195 fcheck-data-deps
1196 Common Ignore
1197 This switch is deprecated; do not use.
1198
1199 fcheck-new
1200 Common Var(flag_check_new)
1201 Check the return value of new in C++.
1202
1203 fchecking
1204 Common Var(flag_checking) Init(CHECKING_P ? ENABLE_EXTRA_CHECKING ? 2 : 1 : 0)
1205 Perform internal consistency checkings.
1206
1207 fchecking=
1208 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_checking)
1209 Perform internal consistency checkings.
1210
1211 fcanon-prefix-map
1212 Common Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1213 For -f*-prefix-map= options compare canonicalized pathnames rather than just strings.
1214
1215 fcode-hoisting
1216 Common Var(flag_code_hoisting) Optimization
1217 Enable code hoisting.
1218
1219 fcombine-stack-adjustments
1220 Common Var(flag_combine_stack_adjustments) Optimization
1221 Looks for opportunities to reduce stack adjustments and stack references.
1222
1223 fcommon
1224 Common Var(flag_no_common,0) Init(1)
1225 Put uninitialized globals in the common section.
1226
1227 fcompare-debug
1228 Driver
1229 ; Converted by the driver to -fcompare-debug= options.
1230
1231 fcompare-debug=
1232 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative Var(flag_compare_debug_opt)
1233 -fcompare-debug[=<opts>] Compile with and without e.g. -gtoggle, and compare the final-insns dump.
1234
1235 fcompare-debug-second
1236 Common Driver RejectNegative Var(flag_compare_debug)
1237 Run only the second compilation of -fcompare-debug.
1238
1239 fcompare-elim
1240 Common Var(flag_compare_elim_after_reload) Optimization
1241 Perform comparison elimination after register allocation has finished.
1242
1243 fconserve-stack
1244 Common Var(flag_conserve_stack) Optimization
1245 Do not perform optimizations increasing noticeably stack usage.
1246
1247 fcprop-registers
1248 Common Var(flag_cprop_registers) Optimization
1249 Perform a register copy-propagation optimization pass.
1250
1251 fcrossjumping
1252 Common Var(flag_crossjumping) Optimization
1253 Perform cross-jumping optimization.
1254
1255 fcse-follow-jumps
1256 Common Var(flag_cse_follow_jumps) Optimization
1257 When running CSE, follow jumps to their targets.
1258
1259 fcse-skip-blocks
1260 Common Ignore
1261 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1262
1263 fcx-limited-range
1264 Common Var(flag_cx_limited_range) Optimization SetByCombined
1265 Omit range reduction step when performing complex division.
1266
1267 fcx-fortran-rules
1268 Common Var(flag_cx_fortran_rules) Optimization
1269 Complex multiplication and division follow Fortran rules.
1270
1271 fdata-sections
1272 Common Var(flag_data_sections)
1273 Place data items into their own section.
1274
1275 fdbg-cnt-list
1276 Common Var(flag_dbg_cnt_list)
1277 List all available debugging counters with their limits and counts.
1278
1279 fdbg-cnt=
1280 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1281 -fdbg-cnt=<counter>[:<lower_limit1>-]<upper_limit1>[:<lower_limit2>-<upper_limit2>:...][,<counter>:...] Set the debug counter limit.
1282
1283 fdebug-prefix-map=
1284 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1285 -fdebug-prefix-map=<old>=<new> Map one directory name to another in debug information.
1286
1287 ffile-prefix-map=
1288 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1289 -ffile-prefix-map=<old>=<new> Map one directory name to another in compilation result.
1290
1291 fdebug-types-section
1292 Common Var(flag_debug_types_section) Init(0)
1293 Output .debug_types section when using DWARF v4 debuginfo.
1294
1295 ; Nonzero for -fdefer-pop: don't pop args after each function call
1296 ; instead save them up to pop many calls' args with one insns.
1297 fdefer-pop
1298 Common Var(flag_defer_pop) Optimization
1299 Defer popping functions args from stack until later.
1300
1301 fdelayed-branch
1302 Common Var(flag_delayed_branch) Optimization
1303 Attempt to fill delay slots of branch instructions.
1304
1305 fdelete-dead-exceptions
1306 Common Var(flag_delete_dead_exceptions) Init(0) Optimization
1307 Delete dead instructions that may throw exceptions.
1308
1309 fdelete-null-pointer-checks
1310 Common Var(flag_delete_null_pointer_checks) Init(-1) Optimization
1311 Delete useless null pointer checks.
1312
1313 fdevirtualize-at-ltrans
1314 Common Var(flag_ltrans_devirtualize)
1315 Stream extra data to support more aggressive devirtualization in LTO local transformation mode.
1316
1317 fdevirtualize-speculatively
1318 Common Var(flag_devirtualize_speculatively) Optimization
1319 Perform speculative devirtualization.
1320
1321 fdevirtualize
1322 Common Var(flag_devirtualize) Optimization
1323 Try to convert virtual calls to direct ones.
1324
1325 fdiagnostics-show-location=
1326 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule)
1327 -fdiagnostics-show-location=[once|every-line] How often to emit source location at the beginning of line-wrapped diagnostics.
1328
1329 ; Required for these enum values.
1330 SourceInclude
1331 pretty-print.h
1332
1333 Enum
1334 Name(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) Type(int)
1335
1336 EnumValue
1337 Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) String(once) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_SHOW_PREFIX_ONCE)
1338
1339 EnumValue
1340 Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) String(every-line) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_SHOW_PREFIX_EVERY_LINE)
1341
1342 fdiagnostics-show-caret
1343 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_caret) Init(1)
1344 Show the source line with a caret indicating the column.
1345
1346 fdiagnostics-show-labels
1347 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_labels) Init(1)
1348 Show labels annotating ranges of source code when showing source.
1349
1350 fdiagnostics-show-line-numbers
1351 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_line_numbers) Init(1)
1352 Show line numbers in the left margin when showing source.
1353
1354 fdiagnostics-color
1355 Common Alias(fdiagnostics-color=,always,never)
1356 ;
1357
1358 fdiagnostics-color=
1359 Driver Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_diagnostics_show_color) Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) Init(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_NO)
1360 -fdiagnostics-color=[never|always|auto] Colorize diagnostics.
1361
1362 ; Required for these enum values.
1363 SourceInclude
1364 diagnostic-color.h
1365
1366 Enum
1367 Name(diagnostic_color_rule) Type(int)
1368
1369 EnumValue
1370 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(never) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_NO)
1371
1372 EnumValue
1373 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(always) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_YES)
1374
1375 EnumValue
1376 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(auto) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_AUTO)
1377
1378 fdiagnostics-urls=
1379 Driver Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_diagnostics_show_urls) Enum(diagnostic_url_rule) Init(DIAGNOSTICS_URL_AUTO)
1380 -fdiagnostics-urls=[never|always|auto] Embed URLs in diagnostics.
1381
1382 ; Required for these enum values.
1383 SourceInclude
1384 diagnostic-url.h
1385
1386 Enum
1387 Name(diagnostic_url_rule) Type(int)
1388
1389 EnumValue
1390 Enum(diagnostic_url_rule) String(never) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_URL_NO)
1391
1392 EnumValue
1393 Enum(diagnostic_url_rule) String(always) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_URL_YES)
1394
1395 EnumValue
1396 Enum(diagnostic_url_rule) String(auto) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_URL_AUTO)
1397
1398 fdiagnostics-column-unit=
1399 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(diagnostics_column_unit)
1400 -fdiagnostics-column-unit=[display|byte] Select whether column numbers are output as display columns (default) or raw bytes.
1401
1402 fdiagnostics-column-origin=
1403 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger
1404 -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.
1405
1406 fdiagnostics-format=
1407 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(diagnostics_output_format)
1408 -fdiagnostics-format=[text|sarif-stderr|sarif-file|json|json-stderr|json-file] Select output format.
1409
1410 fdiagnostics-escape-format=
1411 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(diagnostics_escape_format)
1412 -fdiagnostics-escape-format=[unicode|bytes] Select how to escape non-printable-ASCII bytes in the source for diagnostics that suggest it.
1413
1414 ; Required for these enum values.
1415 SourceInclude
1416 diagnostic.h
1417
1418 Enum
1419 Name(diagnostics_column_unit) Type(int)
1420
1421 EnumValue
1422 Enum(diagnostics_column_unit) String(display) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLUMN_UNIT_DISPLAY)
1423
1424 EnumValue
1425 Enum(diagnostics_column_unit) String(byte) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLUMN_UNIT_BYTE)
1426
1427 Enum
1428 Name(diagnostics_escape_format) Type(int)
1429
1430 EnumValue
1431 Enum(diagnostics_escape_format) String(unicode) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_ESCAPE_FORMAT_UNICODE)
1432
1433 EnumValue
1434 Enum(diagnostics_escape_format) String(bytes) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_ESCAPE_FORMAT_BYTES)
1435
1436 Enum
1437 Name(diagnostics_output_format) Type(int)
1438
1439 EnumValue
1440 Enum(diagnostics_output_format) String(text) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_OUTPUT_FORMAT_TEXT)
1441
1442 EnumValue
1443 Enum(diagnostics_output_format) String(json) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_OUTPUT_FORMAT_JSON_STDERR)
1444
1445 EnumValue
1446 Enum(diagnostics_output_format) String(json-stderr) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_OUTPUT_FORMAT_JSON_STDERR)
1447
1448 EnumValue
1449 Enum(diagnostics_output_format) String(json-file) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_OUTPUT_FORMAT_JSON_FILE)
1450
1451 EnumValue
1452 Enum(diagnostics_output_format) String(sarif-stderr) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_OUTPUT_FORMAT_SARIF_STDERR)
1453
1454 EnumValue
1455 Enum(diagnostics_output_format) String(sarif-file) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_OUTPUT_FORMAT_SARIF_FILE)
1456
1457 fdiagnostics-parseable-fixits
1458 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_parseable_fixits)
1459 Print fix-it hints in machine-readable form.
1460
1461 fdiagnostics-generate-patch
1462 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_generate_patch)
1463 Print fix-it hints to stderr in unified diff format.
1464
1465 fdiagnostics-show-option
1466 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_option) Init(1)
1467 Amend appropriate diagnostic messages with the command line option that controls them.
1468
1469 fdiagnostics-show-cwe
1470 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_cwe) Init(1)
1471 Print CWE identifiers for diagnostic messages, where available.
1472
1473 fdiagnostics-show-rules
1474 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_rules) Init(1)
1475 Print any rules associated with diagnostic messages.
1476
1477 fdiagnostics-path-format=
1478 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_diagnostics_path_format) Enum(diagnostic_path_format) Init(DPF_INLINE_EVENTS)
1479 Specify how to print any control-flow path associated with a diagnostic.
1480
1481 fdiagnostics-plain-output
1482 Driver Common RejectNegative
1483 Turn off any diagnostics features that complicate the output, such as line numbers, color, and warning URLs.
1484
1485 ftabstop=
1486 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger
1487 -ftabstop=<number> Distance between tab stops for column reporting.
1488
1489 Enum
1490 Name(diagnostic_path_format) Type(int)
1491
1492 EnumValue
1493 Enum(diagnostic_path_format) String(none) Value(DPF_NONE)
1494
1495 EnumValue
1496 Enum(diagnostic_path_format) String(separate-events) Value(DPF_SEPARATE_EVENTS)
1497
1498 EnumValue
1499 Enum(diagnostic_path_format) String(inline-events) Value(DPF_INLINE_EVENTS)
1500
1501 fdiagnostics-show-path-depths
1502 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_path_depths) Init(0)
1503 Show stack depths of events in paths.
1504
1505 fdiagnostics-text-art-charset=
1506 Driver Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_diagnostics_text_art_charset) Enum(diagnostic_text_art_charset) Init(DIAGNOSTICS_TEXT_ART_CHARSET_EMOJI)
1507 -fdiagnostics-text-art-charset=[none|ascii|unicode|emoji] Determine which characters to use in text arg diagrams.
1508
1509 ; Required for these enum values.
1510 SourceInclude
1511 diagnostic-text-art.h
1512
1513 Enum
1514 Name(diagnostic_text_art_charset) Type(int)
1515
1516 EnumValue
1517 Enum(diagnostic_text_art_charset) String(none) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_TEXT_ART_CHARSET_NONE)
1518
1519 EnumValue
1520 Enum(diagnostic_text_art_charset) String(ascii) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_TEXT_ART_CHARSET_ASCII)
1521
1522 EnumValue
1523 Enum(diagnostic_text_art_charset) String(unicode) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_TEXT_ART_CHARSET_UNICODE)
1524
1525 EnumValue
1526 Enum(diagnostic_text_art_charset) String(emoji) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_TEXT_ART_CHARSET_EMOJI)
1527
1528 fdiagnostics-minimum-margin-width=
1529 Common Joined UInteger Var(diagnostics_minimum_margin_width) Init(6)
1530 Set minimum width of left margin of source code when showing source.
1531
1532 fdisable-
1533 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1534 -fdisable-[tree|rtl|ipa]-<pass>=range1+range2 Disable an optimization pass.
1535
1536 fenable-
1537 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1538 -fenable-[tree|rtl|ipa]-<pass>=range1+range2 Enable an optimization pass.
1539
1540 fdump-
1541 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1542 -fdump-<type> Dump various compiler internals to a file.
1543
1544 fdump-final-insns
1545 Driver RejectNegative
1546
1547 fdump-final-insns=
1548 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_dump_final_insns)
1549 -fdump-final-insns=filename Dump to filename the insns at the end of translation.
1550
1551 fdump-go-spec=
1552 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_dump_go_spec)
1553 -fdump-go-spec=filename Write all declarations to file as Go code.
1554
1555 fdump-noaddr
1556 Common Var(flag_dump_noaddr)
1557 Suppress output of addresses in debugging dumps.
1558
1559 freport-bug
1560 Common Driver Var(flag_report_bug)
1561 Collect and dump debug information into temporary file if ICE in C/C++
1562 compiler occurred.
1563
1564 fdump-internal-locations
1565 Common Var(flag_dump_locations) Init(0)
1566 Dump detailed information on GCC's internal representation of source code locations.
1567
1568 fdump-passes
1569 Common Var(flag_dump_passes) Init(0)
1570 Dump optimization passes.
1571
1572 fdump-unnumbered
1573 Common Var(flag_dump_unnumbered)
1574 Suppress output of instruction numbers, line number notes and addresses in debugging dumps.
1575
1576 fdump-unnumbered-links
1577 Common Var(flag_dump_unnumbered_links)
1578 Suppress output of previous and next insn numbers in debugging dumps.
1579
1580 fdwarf2-cfi-asm
1581 Common Var(flag_dwarf2_cfi_asm) Init(HAVE_GAS_CFI_DIRECTIVE)
1582 Enable CFI tables via GAS assembler directives.
1583
1584 fearly-inlining
1585 Common Var(flag_early_inlining) Init(1) Optimization
1586 Perform early inlining.
1587
1588 feliminate-dwarf2-dups
1589 Common Ignore
1590 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1591
1592 fipa-sra
1593 Common Var(flag_ipa_sra) Init(0) Optimization
1594 Perform interprocedural reduction of aggregates.
1595
1596 feliminate-unused-debug-symbols
1597 Common Var(flag_debug_only_used_symbols) Init(1)
1598 Perform unused symbol elimination in debug info.
1599
1600 feliminate-unused-debug-types
1601 Common Var(flag_eliminate_unused_debug_types) Init(1)
1602 Perform unused type elimination in debug info.
1603
1604 femit-class-debug-always
1605 Common Var(flag_emit_class_debug_always) Init(0)
1606 Do not suppress C++ class debug information.
1607
1608 fexceptions
1609 Common Var(flag_exceptions) Optimization EnabledBy(fnon-call-exceptions)
1610 Enable exception handling.
1611
1612 fexpensive-optimizations
1613 Common Var(flag_expensive_optimizations) Optimization
1614 Perform a number of minor, expensive optimizations.
1615
1616 fexcess-precision=
1617 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(excess_precision) Var(flag_excess_precision) Init(EXCESS_PRECISION_DEFAULT) Optimization SetByCombined
1618 -fexcess-precision=[fast|standard|16] Specify handling of excess floating-point precision.
1619
1620 Enum
1621 Name(excess_precision) Type(enum excess_precision) UnknownError(unknown excess precision style %qs)
1622
1623 EnumValue
1624 Enum(excess_precision) String(fast) Value(EXCESS_PRECISION_FAST)
1625
1626 EnumValue
1627 Enum(excess_precision) String(standard) Value(EXCESS_PRECISION_STANDARD)
1628
1629 EnumValue
1630 Enum(excess_precision) String(16) Value(EXCESS_PRECISION_FLOAT16)
1631
1632 ; Whether we permit the extended set of values for FLT_EVAL_METHOD
1633 ; introduced in ISO/IEC TS 18661-3, or limit ourselves to those in C99/C11.
1634 fpermitted-flt-eval-methods=
1635 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(permitted_flt_eval_methods) Var(flag_permitted_flt_eval_methods) Init(PERMITTED_FLT_EVAL_METHODS_DEFAULT)
1636 -fpermitted-flt-eval-methods=[c11|ts-18661] Specify which values of FLT_EVAL_METHOD are permitted.
1637
1638 Enum
1639 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)
1640
1641 EnumValue
1642 Enum(permitted_flt_eval_methods) String(c11) Value(PERMITTED_FLT_EVAL_METHODS_C11)
1643
1644 EnumValue
1645 Enum(permitted_flt_eval_methods) String(ts-18661-3) Value(PERMITTED_FLT_EVAL_METHODS_TS_18661)
1646
1647 ffast-math
1648 Common Optimization
1649
1650 ffat-lto-objects
1651 Common Var(flag_fat_lto_objects)
1652 Output lto objects containing both the intermediate language and binary output.
1653
1654 ffinite-math-only
1655 Common Var(flag_finite_math_only) Optimization SetByCombined
1656 Assume no NaNs or infinities are generated.
1657
1658 ffinite-loops
1659 Common Var(flag_finite_loops) Optimization Init(0)
1660 Assume that loops with an exit will terminate and not loop indefinitely.
1661
1662 ffixed-
1663 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1664 -ffixed-<register> Mark <register> as being unavailable to the compiler.
1665
1666 ffloat-store
1667 Common Var(flag_float_store) Optimization
1668 Don't allocate floats and doubles in extended-precision registers.
1669
1670 fforce-addr
1671 Common Ignore
1672 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1673
1674 fforward-propagate
1675 Common Var(flag_forward_propagate) Optimization
1676 Perform a forward propagation pass on RTL.
1677
1678 ffp-contract=
1679 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(fp_contract_mode) Var(flag_fp_contract_mode) Init(FP_CONTRACT_FAST) Optimization
1680 -ffp-contract=[off|on|fast] Perform floating-point expression contraction.
1681
1682 Enum
1683 Name(fp_contract_mode) Type(enum fp_contract_mode) UnknownError(unknown floating point contraction style %qs)
1684
1685 EnumValue
1686 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(off) Value(FP_CONTRACT_OFF)
1687
1688 EnumValue
1689 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(on) Value(FP_CONTRACT_ON)
1690
1691 EnumValue
1692 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(fast) Value(FP_CONTRACT_FAST)
1693
1694 ffp-int-builtin-inexact
1695 Common Var(flag_fp_int_builtin_inexact) Init(1) Optimization
1696 Allow built-in functions ceil, floor, round, trunc to raise \"inexact\" exceptions.
1697
1698 ; Nonzero means don't put addresses of constant functions in registers.
1699 ; Used for compiling the Unix kernel, where strange substitutions are
1700 ; done on the assembly output.
1701 ffunction-cse
1702 Common Var(flag_no_function_cse,0) Optimization
1703 Allow function addresses to be held in registers.
1704
1705 ffunction-sections
1706 Common Var(flag_function_sections)
1707 Place each function into its own section.
1708
1709 fgcse
1710 Common Var(flag_gcse) Optimization
1711 Perform global common subexpression elimination.
1712
1713 fgcse-lm
1714 Common Var(flag_gcse_lm) Init(1) Optimization
1715 Perform enhanced load motion during global common subexpression elimination.
1716
1717 fgcse-sm
1718 Common Var(flag_gcse_sm) Init(0) Optimization
1719 Perform store motion after global common subexpression elimination.
1720
1721 fgcse-las
1722 Common Var(flag_gcse_las) Init(0) Optimization
1723 Perform redundant load after store elimination in global common subexpression
1724 elimination.
1725
1726 fgcse-after-reload
1727 Common Var(flag_gcse_after_reload) Optimization
1728 Perform global common subexpression elimination after register allocation has
1729 finished.
1730
1731 Enum
1732 Name(dwarf_gnat_encodings) Type(int)
1733
1734 EnumValue
1735 Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) String(all) Value(DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_ALL)
1736
1737 EnumValue
1738 Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) String(gdb) Value(DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_GDB)
1739
1740 EnumValue
1741 Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) String(minimal) Value(DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_MINIMAL)
1742
1743 fgnat-encodings=
1744 Common Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) Joined RejectNegative Undocumented Var(gnat_encodings)
1745 -fgnat-encodings=[all|gdb|minimal] Select the balance between GNAT encodings and standard DWARF emitted in the debug information.
1746
1747 ; This option is not documented yet as its semantics will change.
1748 fgraphite
1749 Common Var(flag_graphite) Optimization
1750 Enable in and out of Graphite representation.
1751
1752 fgraphite-identity
1753 Common Var(flag_graphite_identity) Optimization
1754 Enable Graphite Identity transformation.
1755
1756 fhoist-adjacent-loads
1757 Common Var(flag_hoist_adjacent_loads) Optimization
1758 Enable hoisting adjacent loads to encourage generating conditional move
1759 instructions.
1760
1761 fkeep-gc-roots-live
1762 Common Undocumented Var(flag_keep_gc_roots_live) Optimization
1763 ; Always keep a pointer to a live memory block
1764
1765 flarge-source-files
1766 Common Var(flag_large_source_files) Init(0)
1767 Improve GCC's ability to track column numbers in large source files,
1768 at the expense of slower compilation.
1769
1770 floop-parallelize-all
1771 Common Var(flag_loop_parallelize_all) Optimization
1772 Mark all loops as parallel.
1773
1774 floop-strip-mine
1775 Common Alias(floop-nest-optimize)
1776 Enable loop nest transforms. Same as -floop-nest-optimize.
1777
1778 floop-interchange
1779 Common Var(flag_loop_interchange) Optimization
1780 Enable loop interchange on trees.
1781
1782 floop-block
1783 Common Alias(floop-nest-optimize)
1784 Enable loop nest transforms. Same as -floop-nest-optimize.
1785
1786 floop-unroll-and-jam
1787 Common Var(flag_unroll_jam) Optimization
1788 Perform unroll-and-jam on loops.
1789
1790 fgnu-tm
1791 Common Var(flag_tm)
1792 Enable support for GNU transactional memory.
1793
1794 fgnu-unique
1795 Common Var(flag_gnu_unique) Init(1)
1796 Use STB_GNU_UNIQUE if supported by the assembler.
1797
1798 floop-flatten
1799 Common Ignore
1800 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1801
1802 floop-nest-optimize
1803 Common Var(flag_loop_nest_optimize) Optimization
1804 Enable the loop nest optimizer.
1805
1806 fstrict-volatile-bitfields
1807 Common Var(flag_strict_volatile_bitfields) Init(-1) Optimization
1808 Force bitfield accesses to match their type width.
1809
1810 fstore-merging
1811 Common Var(flag_store_merging) Optimization
1812 Merge adjacent stores.
1813
1814 fguess-branch-probability
1815 Common Var(flag_guess_branch_prob) Optimization
1816 Enable guessing of branch probabilities.
1817
1818 fharden-compares
1819 Common Var(flag_harden_compares) Optimization
1820 Harden conditionals not used in branches, checking reversed conditions.
1821
1822 fharden-conditional-branches
1823 Common Var(flag_harden_conditional_branches) Optimization
1824 Harden conditional branches by checking reversed conditions.
1825
1826 ; Nonzero means ignore `#ident' directives. 0 means handle them.
1827 ; Generate position-independent code for executables if possible
1828 ; On SVR4 targets, it also controls whether or not to emit a
1829 ; string identifying the compiler.
1830 fident
1831 Common Var(flag_no_ident,0)
1832 Process #ident directives.
1833
1834 fif-conversion
1835 Common Var(flag_if_conversion) Optimization
1836 Perform conversion of conditional jumps to branchless equivalents.
1837
1838 fif-conversion2
1839 Common Var(flag_if_conversion2) Optimization
1840 Perform conversion of conditional jumps to conditional execution.
1841
1842 fstack-reuse=
1843 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(stack_reuse_level) Var(flag_stack_reuse) Init(SR_ALL) Optimization
1844 -fstack-reuse=[all|named_vars|none] Set stack reuse level for local variables.
1845
1846 Enum
1847 Name(stack_reuse_level) Type(enum stack_reuse_level) UnknownError(unknown Stack Reuse Level %qs)
1848
1849 EnumValue
1850 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(all) Value(SR_ALL)
1851
1852 EnumValue
1853 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(named_vars) Value(SR_NAMED_VARS)
1854
1855 EnumValue
1856 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(none) Value(SR_NONE)
1857
1858 ftree-loop-if-convert
1859 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_if_convert) Init(-1) Optimization
1860 Convert conditional jumps in innermost loops to branchless equivalents.
1861
1862 ftree-loop-if-convert-stores
1863 Common Ignore
1864 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1865
1866 ; -finhibit-size-directive inhibits output of .size for ELF.
1867 ; This is used only for compiling crtstuff.c,
1868 ; and it may be extended to other effects
1869 ; needed for crtstuff.c on other systems.
1870 finhibit-size-directive
1871 Common Var(flag_inhibit_size_directive)
1872 Do not generate .size directives.
1873
1874 findirect-inlining
1875 Common Var(flag_indirect_inlining) Optimization
1876 Perform indirect inlining.
1877
1878 ; General flag to enable inlining. Specifying -fno-inline will disable
1879 ; all inlining apart from always-inline functions.
1880 finline
1881 Common Var(flag_no_inline,0) Init(0) Optimization
1882 Enable inlining of function declared \"inline\", disabling disables all inlining.
1883
1884 finline-small-functions
1885 Common Var(flag_inline_small_functions) Optimization
1886 Integrate functions into their callers when code size is known not to grow.
1887
1888 finline-functions
1889 Common Var(flag_inline_functions) Optimization
1890 Integrate functions not declared \"inline\" into their callers when profitable.
1891
1892 finline-functions-called-once
1893 Common Var(flag_inline_functions_called_once) Optimization
1894 Integrate functions only required by their single caller.
1895
1896 finline-limit-
1897 Common RejectNegative Joined Alias(finline-limit=)
1898
1899 finline-limit=
1900 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1901 -finline-limit=<number> Limit the size of inlined functions to <number>.
1902
1903 finline-atomics
1904 Common Var(flag_inline_atomics) Init(1) Optimization
1905 Inline __atomic operations when a lock free instruction sequence is available.
1906
1907 fcf-protection
1908 Common RejectNegative Alias(fcf-protection=,full)
1909
1910 fcf-protection=
1911 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(cf_protection_level) EnumSet Var(flag_cf_protection) Init(CF_NONE)
1912 -fcf-protection=[full|branch|return|none|check] Instrument functions with checks to verify jump/call/return control-flow transfer
1913 instructions have valid targets.
1914
1915 Enum
1916 Name(cf_protection_level) Type(enum cf_protection_level) UnknownError(unknown Control-Flow Protection Level %qs)
1917
1918 EnumValue
1919 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(full) Value(CF_FULL) Set(1)
1920
1921 EnumValue
1922 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(branch) Value(CF_BRANCH) Set(2)
1923
1924 EnumValue
1925 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(return) Value(CF_RETURN) Set(3)
1926
1927 EnumValue
1928 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(check) Value(CF_CHECK) Set(4)
1929
1930 EnumValue
1931 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(none) Value(CF_NONE) Set(1)
1932
1933 finstrument-functions
1934 Common Var(flag_instrument_function_entry_exit,1)
1935 Instrument function entry and exit with profiling calls.
1936
1937 finstrument-functions-once
1938 Common Var(flag_instrument_function_entry_exit,2)
1939 Instrument function entry and exit with profiling calls invoked once.
1940
1941 finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list=
1942 Common RejectNegative Joined
1943 -finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list=name,... Do not instrument listed functions.
1944
1945 finstrument-functions-exclude-file-list=
1946 Common RejectNegative Joined
1947 -finstrument-functions-exclude-file-list=filename,... Do not instrument functions listed in files.
1948
1949 fipa-cp
1950 Common Var(flag_ipa_cp) Optimization
1951 Perform interprocedural constant propagation.
1952
1953 fipa-cp-clone
1954 Common Var(flag_ipa_cp_clone) Optimization
1955 Perform cloning to make Interprocedural constant propagation stronger.
1956
1957 fipa-cp-alignment
1958 Common Ignore
1959 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1960
1961 fipa-bit-cp
1962 Common Var(flag_ipa_bit_cp) Optimization
1963 Perform interprocedural bitwise constant propagation.
1964
1965 fipa-modref
1966 Common Var(flag_ipa_modref) Optimization
1967 Perform interprocedural modref analysis.
1968
1969 fipa-profile
1970 Common Var(flag_ipa_profile) Init(0) Optimization
1971 Perform interprocedural profile propagation.
1972
1973 fipa-pta
1974 Common Var(flag_ipa_pta) Init(0) Optimization
1975 Perform interprocedural points-to analysis.
1976
1977 fipa-pure-const
1978 Common Var(flag_ipa_pure_const) Init(0) Optimization
1979 Discover pure and const functions.
1980
1981 fipa-icf
1982 Common Var(flag_ipa_icf) Optimization
1983 Perform Identical Code Folding for functions and read-only variables.
1984
1985 fipa-icf-functions
1986 Common Var(flag_ipa_icf_functions) Optimization
1987 Perform Identical Code Folding for functions.
1988
1989 fipa-icf-variables
1990 Common Var(flag_ipa_icf_variables) Optimization
1991 Perform Identical Code Folding for variables.
1992
1993 fipa-reference
1994 Common Var(flag_ipa_reference) Init(0) Optimization
1995 Discover read-only and non addressable static variables.
1996
1997 fipa-reference-addressable
1998 Common Var(flag_ipa_reference_addressable) Init(0) Optimization
1999 Discover read-only, write-only and non-addressable static variables.
2000
2001 fipa-stack-alignment
2002 Common Var(flag_ipa_stack_alignment) Init(1) Optimization
2003 Reduce stack alignment on call sites if possible.
2004
2005 fipa-matrix-reorg
2006 Common Ignore
2007 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2008
2009 fipa-struct-reorg
2010 Common Ignore
2011 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2012
2013 fipa-vrp
2014 Common Var(flag_ipa_vrp) Optimization
2015 Perform IPA Value Range Propagation.
2016
2017 fira-algorithm=
2018 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(ira_algorithm) Var(flag_ira_algorithm) Init(IRA_ALGORITHM_CB) Optimization
2019 -fira-algorithm=[CB|priority] Set the used IRA algorithm.
2020
2021 fipa-strict-aliasing
2022 Common Var(flag_ipa_strict_aliasing) Init(1) Optimization
2023 Assume strict aliasing rules apply across (uninlined) function boundaries.
2024
2025 Enum
2026 Name(ira_algorithm) Type(enum ira_algorithm) UnknownError(unknown IRA algorithm %qs)
2027
2028 EnumValue
2029 Enum(ira_algorithm) String(CB) Value(IRA_ALGORITHM_CB)
2030
2031 EnumValue
2032 Enum(ira_algorithm) String(priority) Value(IRA_ALGORITHM_PRIORITY)
2033
2034 fira-region=
2035 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(ira_region) Var(flag_ira_region) Init(IRA_REGION_ONE) Optimization
2036 -fira-region=[one|all|mixed] Set regions for IRA.
2037
2038 Enum
2039 Name(ira_region) Type(enum ira_region) UnknownError(unknown IRA region %qs)
2040
2041 EnumValue
2042 Enum(ira_region) String(one) Value(IRA_REGION_ONE)
2043
2044 EnumValue
2045 Enum(ira_region) String(all) Value(IRA_REGION_ALL)
2046
2047 EnumValue
2048 Enum(ira_region) String(mixed) Value(IRA_REGION_MIXED)
2049
2050 fira-hoist-pressure
2051 Common Var(flag_ira_hoist_pressure) Init(1) Optimization
2052 Use IRA based register pressure calculation
2053 in RTL hoist optimizations.
2054
2055 fira-loop-pressure
2056 Common Var(flag_ira_loop_pressure) Optimization
2057 Use IRA based register pressure calculation
2058 in RTL loop optimizations.
2059
2060 fira-share-save-slots
2061 Common Var(flag_ira_share_save_slots) Init(1) Optimization
2062 Share slots for saving different hard registers.
2063
2064 fira-share-spill-slots
2065 Common Var(flag_ira_share_spill_slots) Init(1) Optimization
2066 Share stack slots for spilled pseudo-registers.
2067
2068 fira-verbose=
2069 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(flag_ira_verbose) Init(5)
2070 -fira-verbose=<number> Control IRA's level of diagnostic messages.
2071
2072 fivopts
2073 Common Var(flag_ivopts) Init(1) Optimization
2074 Optimize induction variables on trees.
2075
2076 fjump-tables
2077 Common Var(flag_jump_tables) Init(1) Optimization
2078 Use jump tables for sufficiently large switch statements.
2079
2080 fbit-tests
2081 Common Var(flag_bit_tests) Init(1) Optimization
2082 Use bit tests for sufficiently large switch statements.
2083
2084 fkeep-inline-functions
2085 Common Var(flag_keep_inline_functions)
2086 Generate code for functions even if they are fully inlined.
2087
2088 fkeep-static-functions
2089 Common Var(flag_keep_static_functions)
2090 Generate code for static functions even if they are never called.
2091
2092 fkeep-static-consts
2093 Common Var(flag_keep_static_consts) Init(1)
2094 Emit static const variables even if they are not used.
2095
2096 fleading-underscore
2097 Common Var(flag_leading_underscore) Init(-1)
2098 Give external symbols a leading underscore.
2099
2100 floop-optimize
2101 Common Ignore
2102 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2103
2104 flra-remat
2105 Common Var(flag_lra_remat) Optimization
2106 Do CFG-sensitive rematerialization in LRA.
2107
2108 flto
2109 Common
2110 Enable link-time optimization.
2111
2112 flto=
2113 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_lto)
2114 Link-time optimization with number of parallel jobs or jobserver.
2115
2116 Enum
2117 Name(lto_partition_model) Type(enum lto_partition_model) UnknownError(unknown LTO partitioning model %qs)
2118
2119 EnumValue
2120 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(none) Value(LTO_PARTITION_NONE)
2121
2122 EnumValue
2123 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(one) Value(LTO_PARTITION_ONE)
2124
2125 EnumValue
2126 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(balanced) Value(LTO_PARTITION_BALANCED)
2127
2128 EnumValue
2129 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(1to1) Value(LTO_PARTITION_1TO1)
2130
2131 EnumValue
2132 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(max) Value(LTO_PARTITION_MAX)
2133
2134 flto-partition=
2135 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(lto_partition_model) Var(flag_lto_partition) Init(LTO_PARTITION_BALANCED)
2136 Specify the algorithm to partition symbols and vars at linktime.
2137
2138 ; The initial value of -1 comes from Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION in zlib.h.
2139 flto-compression-level=
2140 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_lto_compression_level) Init(-1) IntegerRange(0, 19)
2141 Use zlib/zstd compression level <number> for IL.
2142
2143 flto-odr-type-merging
2144 Common Ignore
2145 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2146
2147 flto-report
2148 Common Var(flag_lto_report) Init(0)
2149 Report various link-time optimization statistics.
2150
2151 flto-report-wpa
2152 Common Var(flag_lto_report_wpa) Init(0)
2153 Report various link-time optimization statistics for WPA only.
2154
2155 fmath-errno
2156 Common Var(flag_errno_math) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
2157 Set errno after built-in math functions.
2158
2159 fmax-errors=
2160 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_max_errors)
2161 -fmax-errors=<number> Maximum number of errors to report.
2162
2163 fmem-report
2164 Common Var(mem_report)
2165 Report on permanent memory allocation.
2166
2167 fmem-report-wpa
2168 Common Var(mem_report_wpa)
2169 Report on permanent memory allocation in WPA only.
2170
2171 ; This will attempt to merge constant section constants, if 1 only
2172 ; string constants and constants from constant pool, if 2 also constant
2173 ; variables.
2174 fmerge-all-constants
2175 Common Var(flag_merge_constants,2) Init(1)
2176 Attempt to merge identical constants and constant variables.
2177
2178 fmerge-constants
2179 Common Var(flag_merge_constants,1)
2180 Attempt to merge identical constants across compilation units.
2181
2182 fmerge-debug-strings
2183 Common Var(flag_merge_debug_strings) Init(1)
2184 Attempt to merge identical debug strings across compilation units.
2185
2186 fmessage-length=
2187 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
2188 -fmessage-length=<number> Limit diagnostics to <number> characters per line. 0 suppresses line-wrapping.
2189
2190 fmodulo-sched
2191 Common Var(flag_modulo_sched) Optimization
2192 Perform SMS based modulo scheduling before the first scheduling pass.
2193
2194 fmodulo-sched-allow-regmoves
2195 Common Var(flag_modulo_sched_allow_regmoves) Optimization
2196 Perform SMS based modulo scheduling with register moves allowed.
2197
2198 fmove-loop-invariants
2199 Common Var(flag_move_loop_invariants) Optimization
2200 Move loop invariant computations out of loops.
2201
2202 fmove-loop-stores
2203 Common Var(flag_move_loop_stores) Optimization
2204 Move stores out of loops.
2205
2206 fmultiflags
2207 Common Driver
2208 Building block for specs-based multilib-aware TFLAGS.
2209
2210 fdce
2211 Common Var(flag_dce) Init(1) Optimization
2212 Use the RTL dead code elimination pass.
2213
2214 fdse
2215 Common Var(flag_dse) Init(0) Optimization
2216 Use the RTL dead store elimination pass.
2217
2218 freschedule-modulo-scheduled-loops
2219 Common Var(flag_resched_modulo_sched) Optimization
2220 Enable/Disable the traditional scheduling in loops that already passed modulo scheduling.
2221
2222 fnon-call-exceptions
2223 Common Var(flag_non_call_exceptions) Optimization
2224 Support synchronous non-call exceptions.
2225
2226 foffload=
2227 Driver Joined MissingArgError(targets missing after %qs)
2228
2229 foffload-options=
2230 Common Driver Joined MissingArgError(options or targets=options missing after %qs)
2231 -foffload-options=<targets>=<options> Specify options for the offloading targets.
2232
2233 foffload-abi=
2234 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(offload_abi)
2235 -foffload-abi=[lp64|ilp32] Set the ABI to use in an offload compiler.
2236
2237 Enum
2238 Name(offload_abi) Type(enum offload_abi) UnknownError(unknown offload ABI %qs)
2239
2240 EnumValue
2241 Enum(offload_abi) String(ilp32) Value(OFFLOAD_ABI_ILP32)
2242
2243 EnumValue
2244 Enum(offload_abi) String(lp64) Value(OFFLOAD_ABI_LP64)
2245
2246 fomit-frame-pointer
2247 Common Var(flag_omit_frame_pointer) Optimization
2248 When possible do not generate stack frames.
2249
2250 fopenmp-target-simd-clone
2251 Common Alias(fopenmp-target-simd-clone=,any,none)
2252
2253 fopenmp-target-simd-clone=
2254 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(target_simd_clone_device) Var(flag_openmp_target_simd_clone) Init(OMP_TARGET_SIMD_CLONE_NONE) Optimization
2255 Generate SIMD clones for functions with the OpenMP declare target directive.
2256
2257 Enum
2258 Name(target_simd_clone_device) Type(int)
2259
2260 EnumValue
2261 Enum(target_simd_clone_device) String(none) Value(OMP_TARGET_SIMD_CLONE_NONE)
2262
2263 EnumValue
2264 Enum(target_simd_clone_device) String(host) Value(OMP_TARGET_SIMD_CLONE_HOST)
2265
2266 EnumValue
2267 Enum(target_simd_clone_device) String(nohost) Value(OMP_TARGET_SIMD_CLONE_NOHOST)
2268
2269 EnumValue
2270 Enum(target_simd_clone_device) String(any) Value(OMP_TARGET_SIMD_CLONE_ANY)
2271
2272 fopt-info
2273 Common Var(flag_opt_info) Optimization
2274 Enable all optimization info dumps on stderr.
2275
2276 fopt-info-
2277 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2278 -fopt-info[-<type>=filename] Dump compiler optimization details.
2279
2280 fsave-optimization-record
2281 Common Var(flag_save_optimization_record) Optimization
2282 Write a SRCFILE.opt-record.json file detailing what optimizations were performed.
2283
2284 foptimize-register-move
2285 Common Ignore
2286 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2287
2288 foptimize-sibling-calls
2289 Common Var(flag_optimize_sibling_calls) Optimization
2290 Optimize sibling and tail recursive calls.
2291
2292 fpartial-inlining
2293 Common Var(flag_partial_inlining) Optimization
2294 Perform partial inlining.
2295
2296 fpre-ipa-mem-report
2297 Common Var(pre_ipa_mem_report)
2298 Report on memory allocation before interprocedural optimization.
2299
2300 fpost-ipa-mem-report
2301 Common Var(post_ipa_mem_report)
2302 Report on memory allocation before interprocedural optimization.
2303
2304 fpack-struct
2305 Common Var(flag_pack_struct) Optimization
2306 Pack structure members together without holes.
2307
2308 fpack-struct=
2309 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
2310 -fpack-struct=<number> Set initial maximum structure member alignment.
2311
2312 fpcc-struct-return
2313 Common Var(flag_pcc_struct_return,1) Init(DEFAULT_PCC_STRUCT_RETURN)
2314 Return small aggregates in memory, not registers.
2315
2316 fpeel-loops
2317 Common Var(flag_peel_loops) Optimization
2318 Perform loop peeling.
2319
2320 fpeephole
2321 Common Var(flag_no_peephole,0) Optimization
2322 Enable machine specific peephole optimizations.
2323
2324 fpeephole2
2325 Common Var(flag_peephole2) Optimization
2326 Enable an RTL peephole pass before sched2.
2327
2328 fPIC
2329 Common Var(flag_pic,2) Negative(fPIE) Init(-1)
2330 Generate position-independent code if possible (large mode).
2331
2332 fPIE
2333 Common Var(flag_pie,2) Negative(fpic) Init(-1)
2334 Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (large mode).
2335
2336 fpic
2337 Common Var(flag_pic,1) Negative(fpie) Init(-1)
2338 Generate position-independent code if possible (small mode).
2339
2340 fpie
2341 Common Var(flag_pie,1) Negative(fPIC) Init(-1)
2342 Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (small mode).
2343
2344 fplt
2345 Common Var(flag_plt) Init(1) Optimization
2346 Use PLT for PIC calls (-fno-plt: load the address from GOT at call site).
2347
2348 fplugin=
2349 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2350 Specify a plugin to load.
2351
2352 fplugin-arg-
2353 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2354 -fplugin-arg-<name>-<key>[=<value>] Specify argument <key>=<value> for plugin <name>.
2355
2356 fpredictive-commoning
2357 Common Var(flag_predictive_commoning) Optimization
2358 Run predictive commoning optimization.
2359
2360 fprefetch-loop-arrays
2361 Common Var(flag_prefetch_loop_arrays) Init(-1) Optimization
2362 Generate prefetch instructions, if available, for arrays in loops.
2363
2364 fprofile
2365 Common Var(profile_flag)
2366 Enable basic program profiling code.
2367
2368 fprofile-abs-path
2369 Common Var(profile_abs_path_flag)
2370 Generate absolute source path names for gcov.
2371
2372 fprofile-arcs
2373 Common Var(profile_arc_flag)
2374 Insert arc-based program profiling code.
2375
2376 fprofile-dir=
2377 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_data_prefix)
2378 Set the top-level directory for storing the profile data.
2379 The default is 'pwd'.
2380
2381 fprofile-note=
2382 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_note_location)
2383 Select the name for storing the profile note file.
2384
2385 fprofile-correction
2386 Common Var(flag_profile_correction)
2387 Enable correction of flow inconsistent profile data input.
2388
2389 fprofile-update=
2390 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(profile_update) Var(flag_profile_update) Init(PROFILE_UPDATE_SINGLE)
2391 -fprofile-update=[single|atomic|prefer-atomic] Set the profile update method.
2392
2393 fprofile-filter-files=
2394 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_profile_filter_files)
2395 Instrument only functions from files whose name matches any of the regular expressions (separated by semi-colons).
2396
2397 fprofile-exclude-files=
2398 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_profile_exclude_files)
2399 Instrument only functions from files whose name does not match any of the regular expressions (separated by semi-colons).
2400
2401 Enum
2402 Name(profile_reproducibility) Type(enum profile_reproducibility) UnknownError(unknown profile reproducibility method %qs)
2403
2404 EnumValue
2405 Enum(profile_reproducibility) String(serial) Value(PROFILE_REPRODUCIBILITY_SERIAL)
2406
2407 EnumValue
2408 Enum(profile_reproducibility) String(parallel-runs) Value(PROFILE_REPRODUCIBILITY_PARALLEL_RUNS)
2409
2410 EnumValue
2411 Enum(profile_reproducibility) String(multithreaded) Value(PROFILE_REPRODUCIBILITY_MULTITHREADED)
2412
2413 fprofile-reproducible=
2414 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_profile_reproducible) Enum(profile_reproducibility) Init(PROFILE_REPRODUCIBILITY_SERIAL)
2415 -fprofile-reproducible=[serial|parallel-runs|multithreaded] Control level of reproducibility of profile gathered by -fprofile-generate.
2416
2417 Enum
2418 Name(profile_update) Type(enum profile_update) UnknownError(unknown profile update method %qs)
2419
2420 EnumValue
2421 Enum(profile_update) String(single) Value(PROFILE_UPDATE_SINGLE)
2422
2423 EnumValue
2424 Enum(profile_update) String(atomic) Value(PROFILE_UPDATE_ATOMIC)
2425
2426 EnumValue
2427 Enum(profile_update) String(prefer-atomic) Value(PROFILE_UPDATE_PREFER_ATOMIC)
2428
2429 fprofile-prefix-path=
2430 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_prefix_path)
2431 Remove prefix from absolute path before mangling name for -fprofile-generate= and -fprofile-use=.
2432
2433 fprofile-prefix-map=
2434 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2435 -fprofile-prefix-map=<old>=<new> Map one directory name to another in GCOV coverage result.
2436
2437 fprofile-generate
2438 Common
2439 Enable common options for generating profile info for profile feedback directed optimizations.
2440
2441 fprofile-generate=
2442 Common Joined RejectNegative
2443 Enable common options for generating profile info for profile feedback directed optimizations, and set -fprofile-dir=.
2444
2445 fprofile-info-section
2446 Common RejectNegative
2447 Register the profile information in the .gcov_info section instead of using a constructor/destructor.
2448
2449 fprofile-info-section=
2450 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_info_section)
2451 Register the profile information in the specified section instead of using a constructor/destructor.
2452
2453 fprofile-partial-training
2454 Common Var(flag_profile_partial_training) Optimization
2455 Do not assume that functions never executed during the train run are cold.
2456
2457 fprofile-use
2458 Common Var(flag_profile_use)
2459 Enable common options for performing profile feedback directed optimizations.
2460
2461 fprofile-use=
2462 Common Joined RejectNegative
2463 Enable common options for performing profile feedback directed optimizations, and set -fprofile-dir=.
2464
2465 fprofile-values
2466 Common Var(flag_profile_values)
2467 Insert code to profile values of expressions.
2468
2469 fprofile-report
2470 Common Var(profile_report)
2471 Report on consistency of profile.
2472
2473 fprofile-reorder-functions
2474 Common Var(flag_profile_reorder_functions) Optimization
2475 Enable function reordering that improves code placement.
2476
2477 fpatchable-function-entry=
2478 Common Var(flag_patchable_function_entry) Joined Optimization
2479 Insert NOP instructions at each function entry.
2480
2481 frandom-seed
2482 Common Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2483
2484 frandom-seed=
2485 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2486 -frandom-seed=<string> Make compile reproducible using <string>.
2487
2488 ; This switch causes the command line that was used to create an
2489 ; object file to be recorded into the object file. The exact format
2490 ; of this recording is target and binary file format dependent.
2491 ; It is related to the -fverbose-asm switch, but that switch only
2492 ; records information in the assembler output file as comments, so
2493 ; they never reach the object file.
2494 frecord-gcc-switches
2495 Common Var(flag_record_gcc_switches)
2496 Record gcc command line switches in the object file.
2497
2498 freg-struct-return
2499 Common Var(flag_pcc_struct_return,0) Optimization
2500 Return small aggregates in registers.
2501
2502 fregmove
2503 Common Ignore
2504 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2505
2506 flifetime-dse
2507 Common Var(flag_lifetime_dse,2) Init(2) Optimization
2508 Tell DSE that the storage for a C++ object is dead when the constructor
2509 starts and when the destructor finishes.
2510
2511 flifetime-dse=
2512 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_lifetime_dse) Optimization IntegerRange(0, 2)
2513
2514 flive-patching
2515 Common RejectNegative Alias(flive-patching=,inline-clone) Optimization
2516
2517 flive-patching=
2518 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(live_patching_level) Var(flag_live_patching) Init(LIVE_PATCHING_NONE) Optimization
2519 -flive-patching=[inline-only-static|inline-clone] Control IPA
2520 optimizations to provide a safe compilation for live-patching. At the same
2521 time, provides multiple-level control on the enabled IPA optimizations.
2522
2523 Enum
2524 Name(live_patching_level) Type(enum live_patching_level) UnknownError(unknown Live-Patching Level %qs)
2525
2526 EnumValue
2527 Enum(live_patching_level) String(inline-only-static) Value(LIVE_PATCHING_INLINE_ONLY_STATIC)
2528
2529 EnumValue
2530 Enum(live_patching_level) String(inline-clone) Value(LIVE_PATCHING_INLINE_CLONE)
2531
2532 fallocation-dce
2533 Common Var(flag_allocation_dce) Init(1) Optimization
2534 Tell DCE to remove unused C++ allocations.
2535
2536 flive-range-shrinkage
2537 Common Var(flag_live_range_shrinkage) Init(0) Optimization
2538 Relief of register pressure through live range shrinkage.
2539
2540 frename-registers
2541 Common Var(flag_rename_registers) Optimization EnabledBy(funroll-loops)
2542 Perform a register renaming optimization pass.
2543
2544 fschedule-fusion
2545 Common Var(flag_schedule_fusion) Init(2) Optimization
2546 Perform a target dependent instruction fusion optimization pass.
2547
2548 freorder-blocks
2549 Common Var(flag_reorder_blocks) Optimization
2550 Reorder basic blocks to improve code placement.
2551
2552 freorder-blocks-algorithm=
2553 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(reorder_blocks_algorithm) Var(flag_reorder_blocks_algorithm) Init(REORDER_BLOCKS_ALGORITHM_SIMPLE) Optimization
2554 -freorder-blocks-algorithm=[simple|stc] Set the used basic block reordering algorithm.
2555
2556 Enum
2557 Name(reorder_blocks_algorithm) Type(enum reorder_blocks_algorithm) UnknownError(unknown basic block reordering algorithm %qs)
2558
2559 EnumValue
2560 Enum(reorder_blocks_algorithm) String(simple) Value(REORDER_BLOCKS_ALGORITHM_SIMPLE)
2561
2562 EnumValue
2563 Enum(reorder_blocks_algorithm) String(stc) Value(REORDER_BLOCKS_ALGORITHM_STC)
2564
2565 freorder-blocks-and-partition
2566 Common Var(flag_reorder_blocks_and_partition) Optimization
2567 Reorder basic blocks and partition into hot and cold sections.
2568
2569 freorder-functions
2570 Common Var(flag_reorder_functions) Optimization
2571 Reorder functions to improve code placement.
2572
2573 frerun-cse-after-loop
2574 Common Var(flag_rerun_cse_after_loop) Optimization
2575 Add a common subexpression elimination pass after loop optimizations.
2576
2577 frerun-loop-opt
2578 Common Ignore
2579 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2580
2581 frounding-math
2582 Common Var(flag_rounding_math) Optimization SetByCombined
2583 Disable optimizations that assume default FP rounding behavior.
2584
2585 fsched-interblock
2586 Common Var(flag_schedule_interblock) Init(1) Optimization
2587 Enable scheduling across basic blocks.
2588
2589 fsched-pressure
2590 Common Var(flag_sched_pressure) Init(0) Optimization
2591 Enable register pressure sensitive insn scheduling.
2592
2593 fsched-spec
2594 Common Var(flag_schedule_speculative) Init(1) Optimization
2595 Allow speculative motion of non-loads.
2596
2597 fsched-spec-load
2598 Common Var(flag_schedule_speculative_load) Optimization
2599 Allow speculative motion of some loads.
2600
2601 fsched-spec-load-dangerous
2602 Common Var(flag_schedule_speculative_load_dangerous) Optimization
2603 Allow speculative motion of more loads.
2604
2605 fsched-verbose=
2606 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(sched_verbose_param) Init(1)
2607 -fsched-verbose=<number> Set the verbosity level of the scheduler.
2608
2609 fsched2-use-superblocks
2610 Common Var(flag_sched2_use_superblocks) Optimization
2611 If scheduling post reload, do superblock scheduling.
2612
2613 fsched2-use-traces
2614 Common Ignore
2615 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2616
2617 fschedule-insns
2618 Common Var(flag_schedule_insns) Optimization
2619 Reschedule instructions before register allocation.
2620
2621 fschedule-insns2
2622 Common Var(flag_schedule_insns_after_reload) Optimization
2623 Reschedule instructions after register allocation.
2624
2625 ; This flag should be on when a target implements non-trivial
2626 ; scheduling hooks, maybe saving some information for its own sake.
2627 ; On IA64, for example, this is used for correct bundling.
2628 fselective-scheduling
2629 Common Var(flag_selective_scheduling) Optimization
2630 Schedule instructions using selective scheduling algorithm.
2631
2632 fselective-scheduling2
2633 Common Var(flag_selective_scheduling2) Optimization
2634 Run selective scheduling after reload.
2635
2636 fself-test=
2637 Common Undocumented Joined Var(flag_self_test)
2638 Run self-tests, using the given path to locate test files.
2639
2640 fsel-sched-pipelining
2641 Common Var(flag_sel_sched_pipelining) Init(0) Optimization
2642 Perform software pipelining of inner loops during selective scheduling.
2643
2644 fsel-sched-pipelining-outer-loops
2645 Common Var(flag_sel_sched_pipelining_outer_loops) Init(0) Optimization
2646 Perform software pipelining of outer loops during selective scheduling.
2647
2648 fsel-sched-reschedule-pipelined
2649 Common Var(flag_sel_sched_reschedule_pipelined) Init(0) Optimization
2650 Reschedule pipelined regions without pipelining.
2651
2652 fsemantic-interposition
2653 Common Var(flag_semantic_interposition) Init(1) Optimization
2654 Allow interposing function (or variables) by ones with different semantics (or initializer) respectively by dynamic linker.
2655
2656 ; sched_stalled_insns means that insns can be moved prematurely from the queue
2657 ; of stalled insns into the ready list.
2658 fsched-stalled-insns
2659 Common Var(flag_sched_stalled_insns) Optimization UInteger
2660 Allow premature scheduling of queued insns.
2661
2662 fsched-stalled-insns=
2663 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
2664 -fsched-stalled-insns=<number> Set number of queued insns that can be prematurely scheduled.
2665
2666 ; sched_stalled_insns_dep controls how many recently scheduled cycles will
2667 ; be examined for a dependency on a stalled insn that is candidate for
2668 ; premature removal from the queue of stalled insns into the ready list (has
2669 ; an effect only if the flag 'sched_stalled_insns' is set).
2670 fsched-stalled-insns-dep
2671 Common Var(flag_sched_stalled_insns_dep,1) Init(1) Optimization UInteger
2672 Set dependence distance checking in premature scheduling of queued insns.
2673
2674 fsched-stalled-insns-dep=
2675 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
2676 -fsched-stalled-insns-dep=<number> Set dependence distance checking in premature scheduling of queued insns.
2677
2678 fsched-group-heuristic
2679 Common Var(flag_sched_group_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2680 Enable the group heuristic in the scheduler.
2681
2682 fsched-critical-path-heuristic
2683 Common Var(flag_sched_critical_path_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2684 Enable the critical path heuristic in the scheduler.
2685
2686 fsched-spec-insn-heuristic
2687 Common Var(flag_sched_spec_insn_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2688 Enable the speculative instruction heuristic in the scheduler.
2689
2690 fsched-rank-heuristic
2691 Common Var(flag_sched_rank_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2692 Enable the rank heuristic in the scheduler.
2693
2694 fsched-last-insn-heuristic
2695 Common Var(flag_sched_last_insn_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2696 Enable the last instruction heuristic in the scheduler.
2697
2698 fsched-dep-count-heuristic
2699 Common Var(flag_sched_dep_count_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2700 Enable the dependent count heuristic in the scheduler.
2701
2702 fsection-anchors
2703 Common Var(flag_section_anchors) Optimization
2704 Access data in the same section from shared anchor points.
2705
2706 fsee
2707 Common Ignore
2708 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2709
2710 fzee
2711 Common Ignore
2712 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2713
2714 free
2715 Common Var(flag_ree) Init(0) Optimization
2716 Turn on Redundant Extensions Elimination pass.
2717
2718 fshow-column
2719 Common Var(flag_show_column) Init(1)
2720 Show column numbers in diagnostics, when available. Default on.
2721
2722 fshrink-wrap
2723 Common Var(flag_shrink_wrap) Optimization
2724 Emit function prologues only before parts of the function that need it,
2725 rather than at the top of the function.
2726
2727 fshrink-wrap-separate
2728 Common Var(flag_shrink_wrap_separate) Init(1) Optimization
2729 Shrink-wrap parts of the prologue and epilogue separately.
2730
2731 fsignaling-nans
2732 Common Var(flag_signaling_nans) Optimization SetByCombined
2733 Disable optimizations observable by IEEE signaling NaNs.
2734
2735 fsigned-zeros
2736 Common Var(flag_signed_zeros) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
2737 Disable floating point optimizations that ignore the IEEE signedness of zero.
2738
2739 fsingle-precision-constant
2740 Common Var(flag_single_precision_constant) Optimization
2741 Convert floating point constants to single precision constants.
2742
2743 fsplit-ivs-in-unroller
2744 Common Var(flag_split_ivs_in_unroller) Init(1) Optimization
2745 Split lifetimes of induction variables when loops are unrolled.
2746
2747 fsplit-stack
2748 Common Var(flag_split_stack) Init(-1)
2749 Generate discontiguous stack frames.
2750
2751 fsplit-wide-types
2752 Common Var(flag_split_wide_types) Optimization
2753 Split wide types into independent registers.
2754
2755 fsplit-wide-types-early
2756 Common Var(flag_split_wide_types_early) Optimization
2757 Split wide types into independent registers earlier.
2758
2759 fssa-backprop
2760 Common Var(flag_ssa_backprop) Init(1) Optimization
2761 Enable backward propagation of use properties at the SSA level.
2762
2763 fssa-phiopt
2764 Common Var(flag_ssa_phiopt) Optimization
2765 Optimize conditional patterns using SSA PHI nodes.
2766
2767 fstdarg-opt
2768 Common Var(flag_stdarg_opt) Init(1) Optimization
2769 Optimize amount of stdarg registers saved to stack at start of function.
2770
2771 fvariable-expansion-in-unroller
2772 Common Var(flag_variable_expansion_in_unroller) Optimization
2773 Apply variable expansion when loops are unrolled.
2774
2775 fstack-check=
2776 Common RejectNegative Joined Optimization
2777 -fstack-check=[no|generic|specific] Insert stack checking code into the program.
2778
2779 fstack-check
2780 Common Alias(fstack-check=, specific, no)
2781 Insert stack checking code into the program. Same as -fstack-check=specific.
2782
2783 fstack-clash-protection
2784 Common Var(flag_stack_clash_protection) Optimization
2785 Insert code to probe each page of stack space as it is allocated to protect
2786 from stack-clash style attacks.
2787
2788 fstack-limit
2789 Common Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2790
2791 fstack-limit-register=
2792 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2793 -fstack-limit-register=<register> Trap if the stack goes past <register>.
2794
2795 fstack-limit-symbol=
2796 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2797 -fstack-limit-symbol=<name> Trap if the stack goes past symbol <name>.
2798
2799 fstack-protector
2800 Common Var(flag_stack_protect, 1) Init(-1) Optimization
2801 Use propolice as a stack protection method.
2802
2803 fstack-protector-all
2804 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 2) Init(-1) Optimization
2805 Use a stack protection method for every function.
2806
2807 fstack-protector-strong
2808 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 3) Init(-1) Optimization
2809 Use a smart stack protection method for certain functions.
2810
2811 fstack-protector-explicit
2812 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 4) Optimization
2813 Use stack protection method only for functions with the stack_protect attribute.
2814
2815 fstack-usage
2816 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_usage)
2817 Output stack usage information on a per-function basis.
2818
2819 fstrength-reduce
2820 Common Ignore
2821 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2822
2823 ; Nonzero if we should do (language-dependent) alias analysis.
2824 ; Typically, this analysis will assume that expressions of certain
2825 ; types do not alias expressions of certain other types. Only used
2826 ; if alias analysis (in general) is enabled.
2827 fstrict-aliasing
2828 Common Var(flag_strict_aliasing) Optimization
2829 Assume strict aliasing rules apply.
2830
2831 fstrict-overflow
2832 Common
2833 Treat signed overflow as undefined. Negated as -fwrapv -fwrapv-pointer.
2834
2835 fsync-libcalls
2836 Common Var(flag_sync_libcalls) Init(1)
2837 Implement __atomic operations via libcalls to legacy __sync functions.
2838
2839 fsyntax-only
2840 Common Var(flag_syntax_only)
2841 Check for syntax errors, then stop.
2842
2843 ftest-coverage
2844 Common Var(flag_test_coverage)
2845 Create data files needed by \"gcov\".
2846
2847 fthread-jumps
2848 Common Var(flag_thread_jumps) Optimization
2849 Perform jump threading optimizations.
2850
2851 ftime-report
2852 Common Var(time_report)
2853 Report the time taken by each compiler pass.
2854
2855 ftime-report-details
2856 Common Var(time_report_details)
2857 Record times taken by sub-phases separately.
2858
2859 ftls-model=
2860 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(tls_model) Var(flag_tls_default) Init(TLS_MODEL_GLOBAL_DYNAMIC)
2861 -ftls-model=[global-dynamic|local-dynamic|initial-exec|local-exec] Set the default thread-local storage code generation model.
2862
2863 Enum
2864 Name(tls_model) Type(enum tls_model) UnknownError(unknown TLS model %qs)
2865
2866 EnumValue
2867 Enum(tls_model) String(global-dynamic) Value(TLS_MODEL_GLOBAL_DYNAMIC)
2868
2869 EnumValue
2870 Enum(tls_model) String(local-dynamic) Value(TLS_MODEL_LOCAL_DYNAMIC)
2871
2872 EnumValue
2873 Enum(tls_model) String(initial-exec) Value(TLS_MODEL_INITIAL_EXEC)
2874
2875 EnumValue
2876 Enum(tls_model) String(local-exec) Value(TLS_MODEL_LOCAL_EXEC)
2877
2878 ftoplevel-reorder
2879 Common Var(flag_toplevel_reorder) Init(2) Optimization
2880 Reorder top level functions, variables, and asms.
2881
2882 ftracer
2883 Common Var(flag_tracer) Optimization
2884 Perform superblock formation via tail duplication.
2885
2886 ftrampolines
2887 Common Var(flag_trampolines) Init(0)
2888 For targets that normally need trampolines for nested functions, always
2889 generate them instead of using descriptors.
2890
2891 ; Zero means that floating-point math operations cannot generate a
2892 ; (user-visible) trap. This is the case, for example, in nonstop
2893 ; IEEE 754 arithmetic.
2894 ftrapping-math
2895 Common Var(flag_trapping_math) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
2896 Assume floating-point operations can trap.
2897
2898 ftrapv
2899 Common Var(flag_trapv) Optimization
2900 Trap for signed overflow in addition, subtraction and multiplication.
2901
2902 ftree-ccp
2903 Common Var(flag_tree_ccp) Optimization
2904 Enable SSA-CCP optimization on trees.
2905
2906 ftree-bit-ccp
2907 Common Var(flag_tree_bit_ccp) Optimization
2908 Enable SSA-BIT-CCP optimization on trees.
2909
2910 ftree-store-ccp
2911 Common Ignore
2912 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2913
2914 ftree-ch
2915 Common Var(flag_tree_ch) Optimization
2916 Enable loop header copying on trees.
2917
2918 ftree-coalesce-inlined-vars
2919 Common Ignore RejectNegative
2920 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2921
2922 ftree-coalesce-vars
2923 Common Var(flag_tree_coalesce_vars) Optimization
2924 Enable SSA coalescing of user variables.
2925
2926 ftree-copyrename
2927 Common Ignore
2928 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2929
2930 ftree-copy-prop
2931 Common Var(flag_tree_copy_prop) Optimization
2932 Enable copy propagation on trees.
2933
2934 ftree-store-copy-prop
2935 Common Ignore
2936 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2937
2938 ftree-cselim
2939 Common Var(flag_tree_cselim) Optimization
2940 Transform condition stores into unconditional ones.
2941
2942 ftree-switch-conversion
2943 Common Var(flag_tree_switch_conversion) Optimization
2944 Perform conversions of switch initializations.
2945
2946 ftree-dce
2947 Common Var(flag_tree_dce) Optimization
2948 Enable SSA dead code elimination optimization on trees.
2949
2950 ftree-dominator-opts
2951 Common Var(flag_tree_dom) Optimization
2952 Enable dominator optimizations.
2953
2954 ftree-tail-merge
2955 Common Var(flag_tree_tail_merge) Optimization
2956 Enable tail merging on trees.
2957
2958 ftree-dse
2959 Common Var(flag_tree_dse) Optimization
2960 Enable dead store elimination.
2961
2962 ftree-forwprop
2963 Common Var(flag_tree_forwprop) Init(1) Optimization
2964 Enable forward propagation on trees.
2965
2966 ftree-fre
2967 Common Var(flag_tree_fre) Optimization
2968 Enable Full Redundancy Elimination (FRE) on trees.
2969
2970 foptimize-strlen
2971 Common Var(flag_optimize_strlen) Optimization
2972 Enable string length optimizations on trees.
2973
2974 fisolate-erroneous-paths-dereference
2975 Common Var(flag_isolate_erroneous_paths_dereference) Optimization
2976 Detect paths that trigger erroneous or undefined behavior due to
2977 dereferencing a null pointer. Isolate those paths from the main control
2978 flow and turn the statement with erroneous or undefined behavior into a trap.
2979
2980 fisolate-erroneous-paths-attribute
2981 Common Var(flag_isolate_erroneous_paths_attribute) Optimization
2982 Detect paths that trigger erroneous or undefined behavior due to a null value
2983 being used in a way forbidden by a returns_nonnull or nonnull
2984 attribute. Isolate those paths from the main control flow and turn the
2985 statement with erroneous or undefined behavior into a trap.
2986
2987 ftree-loop-distribution
2988 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_distribution) Optimization
2989 Enable loop distribution on trees.
2990
2991 ftree-loop-distribute-patterns
2992 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_distribute_patterns) Optimization
2993 Enable loop distribution for patterns transformed into a library call.
2994
2995 ftree-loop-im
2996 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_im) Init(1) Optimization
2997 Enable loop invariant motion on trees.
2998
2999 ftree-loop-linear
3000 Common Alias(floop-nest-optimize)
3001 Enable loop nest transforms. Same as -floop-nest-optimize.
3002
3003 ftree-loop-ivcanon
3004 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_ivcanon) Init(1) Optimization
3005 Create canonical induction variables in loops.
3006
3007 ftree-loop-optimize
3008 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_optimize) Init(1) Optimization
3009 Enable loop optimizations on tree level.
3010
3011 ftree-parallelize-loops=
3012 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_tree_parallelize_loops) Init(1) Optimization
3013 -ftree-parallelize-loops=<number> Enable automatic parallelization of loops.
3014
3015 ftree-phiprop
3016 Common Var(flag_tree_phiprop) Init(1) Optimization
3017 Enable hoisting loads from conditional pointers.
3018
3019 ftree-pre
3020 Common Var(flag_tree_pre) Optimization
3021 Enable SSA-PRE optimization on trees.
3022
3023 ftree-partial-pre
3024 Common Var(flag_tree_partial_pre) Optimization
3025 In SSA-PRE optimization on trees, enable partial-partial redundancy elimination.
3026
3027 ftree-pta
3028 Common Var(flag_tree_pta) Optimization
3029 Perform function-local points-to analysis on trees.
3030
3031 ftree-reassoc
3032 Common Var(flag_tree_reassoc) Init(1) Optimization
3033 Enable reassociation on tree level.
3034
3035 ftree-salias
3036 Common Ignore
3037 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3038
3039 ftree-sink
3040 Common Var(flag_tree_sink) Optimization
3041 Enable SSA code sinking on trees.
3042
3043 ftree-slsr
3044 Common Var(flag_tree_slsr) Optimization
3045 Perform straight-line strength reduction.
3046
3047 ftree-sra
3048 Common Var(flag_tree_sra) Optimization
3049 Perform scalar replacement of aggregates.
3050
3051 ftree-ter
3052 Common Var(flag_tree_ter) Optimization
3053 Replace temporary expressions in the SSA->normal pass.
3054
3055 ftree-lrs
3056 Common Var(flag_tree_live_range_split) Optimization
3057 Perform live range splitting during the SSA->normal pass.
3058
3059 ftree-vrp
3060 Common Var(flag_tree_vrp) Init(0) Optimization
3061 Perform Value Range Propagation on trees.
3062
3063 fsplit-paths
3064 Common Var(flag_split_paths) Init(0) Optimization
3065 Split paths leading to loop backedges.
3066
3067 funconstrained-commons
3068 Common Var(flag_unconstrained_commons) Optimization
3069 Assume common declarations may be overridden with ones with a larger
3070 trailing array.
3071
3072 funit-at-a-time
3073 Common Var(flag_unit_at_a_time) Init(1)
3074 Compile whole compilation unit at a time.
3075
3076 funreachable-traps
3077 Common Var(flag_unreachable_traps) Optimization
3078 Trap on __builtin_unreachable instead of using it for optimization.
3079
3080 funroll-loops
3081 Common Var(flag_unroll_loops) Optimization EnabledBy(funroll-all-loops)
3082 Perform loop unrolling when iteration count is known.
3083
3084 funroll-all-loops
3085 Common Var(flag_unroll_all_loops) Optimization
3086 Perform loop unrolling for all loops.
3087
3088 funroll-completely-grow-size
3089 Undocumented Var(flag_cunroll_grow_size) Optimization
3090 ; Internal undocumented flag, allow size growth during complete unrolling
3091
3092 ; Nonzero means that loop optimizer may assume that the induction variables
3093 ; that control loops do not overflow and that the loops with nontrivial
3094 ; exit condition are not infinite
3095 funsafe-loop-optimizations
3096 Common Ignore
3097 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3098
3099 fassociative-math
3100 Common Var(flag_associative_math) SetByCombined Optimization
3101 Allow optimization for floating-point arithmetic which may change the
3102 result of the operation due to rounding.
3103
3104 freciprocal-math
3105 Common Var(flag_reciprocal_math) SetByCombined Optimization
3106 Same as -fassociative-math for expressions which include division.
3107
3108 ; Nonzero means that unsafe floating-point math optimizations are allowed
3109 ; for the sake of speed. IEEE compliance is not guaranteed, and operations
3110 ; are allowed to assume that their arguments and results are "normal"
3111 ; (e.g., nonnegative for SQRT).
3112 funsafe-math-optimizations
3113 Common Var(flag_unsafe_math_optimizations) Optimization SetByCombined
3114 Allow math optimizations that may violate IEEE or ISO standards.
3115
3116 funswitch-loops
3117 Common Var(flag_unswitch_loops) Optimization
3118 Perform loop unswitching.
3119
3120 fsplit-loops
3121 Common Var(flag_split_loops) Optimization
3122 Perform loop splitting.
3123
3124 fversion-loops-for-strides
3125 Common Var(flag_version_loops_for_strides) Optimization
3126 Version loops based on whether indices have a stride of one.
3127
3128 funwind-tables
3129 Common Var(flag_unwind_tables) Optimization
3130 Just generate unwind tables for exception handling.
3131
3132 fuse-ld=bfd
3133 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=gold)
3134 Use the bfd linker instead of the default linker.
3135
3136 fuse-ld=gold
3137 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=bfd)
3138 Use the gold linker instead of the default linker.
3139
3140 fuse-ld=lld
3141 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=lld)
3142 Use the lld LLVM linker instead of the default linker.
3143
3144 fuse-ld=mold
3145 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=mold)
3146 Use the Modern linker (MOLD) linker instead of the default linker.
3147
3148 fuse-linker-plugin
3149 Common Undocumented Var(flag_use_linker_plugin)
3150
3151 ; Positive if we should track variables, negative if we should run
3152 ; the var-tracking pass only to discard debug annotations, zero if
3153 ; we're not to run it.
3154 fvar-tracking
3155 Common Var(flag_var_tracking) PerFunction EnabledBy(fvar-tracking-uninit)
3156 Perform variable tracking.
3157
3158 ; Positive if we should track variables at assignments, negative if
3159 ; we should run the var-tracking pass only to discard debug
3160 ; annotations.
3161 fvar-tracking-assignments
3162 Common Var(flag_var_tracking_assignments) PerFunction
3163 Perform variable tracking by annotating assignments.
3164
3165 ; Nonzero if we should toggle flag_var_tracking_assignments after
3166 ; processing options and computing its default. */
3167 fvar-tracking-assignments-toggle
3168 Common Var(flag_var_tracking_assignments_toggle) PerFunction
3169 Toggle -fvar-tracking-assignments.
3170
3171 ; Positive if we should track uninitialized variables, negative if
3172 ; we should run the var-tracking pass only to discard debug
3173 ; annotations.
3174 fvar-tracking-uninit
3175 Common Var(flag_var_tracking_uninit) PerFunction
3176 Perform variable tracking and also tag variables that are uninitialized.
3177
3178 ; Alias to enable both -ftree-loop-vectorize and -ftree-slp-vectorize.
3179 ftree-vectorize
3180 Common Var(flag_tree_vectorize) Optimization
3181 Enable vectorization on trees.
3182
3183 ftree-vectorizer-verbose=
3184 Common Joined RejectNegative Ignore
3185 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3186
3187 ftree-loop-vectorize
3188 Common Var(flag_tree_loop_vectorize) Optimization EnabledBy(ftree-vectorize)
3189 Enable loop vectorization on trees.
3190
3191 ftree-slp-vectorize
3192 Common Var(flag_tree_slp_vectorize) Optimization EnabledBy(ftree-vectorize)
3193 Enable basic block vectorization (SLP) on trees.
3194
3195 fvect-cost-model=
3196 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vect_cost_model) Var(flag_vect_cost_model) Init(VECT_COST_MODEL_DEFAULT) Optimization
3197 -fvect-cost-model=[unlimited|dynamic|cheap|very-cheap] Specifies the cost model for vectorization.
3198
3199 fsimd-cost-model=
3200 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vect_cost_model) Var(flag_simd_cost_model) Init(VECT_COST_MODEL_UNLIMITED) Optimization
3201 -fsimd-cost-model=[unlimited|dynamic|cheap|very-cheap] Specifies the vectorization cost model for code marked with a simd directive.
3202
3203 Enum
3204 Name(vect_cost_model) Type(enum vect_cost_model) UnknownError(unknown vectorizer cost model %qs)
3205
3206 EnumValue
3207 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(unlimited) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_UNLIMITED)
3208
3209 EnumValue
3210 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(dynamic) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_DYNAMIC)
3211
3212 EnumValue
3213 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(cheap) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_CHEAP)
3214
3215 EnumValue
3216 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(very-cheap) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_VERY_CHEAP)
3217
3218 fvect-cost-model
3219 Common Alias(fvect-cost-model=,dynamic,unlimited)
3220 Enables the dynamic vectorizer cost model. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3221
3222 ftree-vect-loop-version
3223 Common Ignore
3224 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3225
3226 ftree-scev-cprop
3227 Common Var(flag_tree_scev_cprop) Init(1) Optimization
3228 Enable copy propagation of scalar-evolution information.
3229
3230 ftrivial-auto-var-init=
3231 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(auto_init_type) Var(flag_auto_var_init) Init(AUTO_INIT_UNINITIALIZED) Optimization
3232 -ftrivial-auto-var-init=[uninitialized|pattern|zero] Add initializations to automatic variables.
3233
3234 Enum
3235 Name(auto_init_type) Type(enum auto_init_type) UnknownError(unrecognized automatic variable initialization type %qs)
3236
3237 EnumValue
3238 Enum(auto_init_type) String(uninitialized) Value(AUTO_INIT_UNINITIALIZED)
3239
3240 EnumValue
3241 Enum(auto_init_type) String(pattern) Value(AUTO_INIT_PATTERN)
3242
3243 EnumValue
3244 Enum(auto_init_type) String(zero) Value(AUTO_INIT_ZERO)
3245
3246 ; -fverbose-asm causes extra commentary information to be produced in
3247 ; the generated assembly code (to make it more readable). This option
3248 ; is generally only of use to those who actually need to read the
3249 ; generated assembly code (perhaps while debugging the compiler itself).
3250 ; -fno-verbose-asm, the default, causes the extra information
3251 ; to not be added and is useful when comparing two assembler files.
3252 fverbose-asm
3253 Common Var(flag_verbose_asm)
3254 Add extra commentary to assembler output.
3255
3256 fvisibility=
3257 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(symbol_visibility) Var(default_visibility) Init(VISIBILITY_DEFAULT)
3258 -fvisibility=[default|internal|hidden|protected] Set the default symbol visibility.
3259
3260 Enum
3261 Name(symbol_visibility) Type(enum symbol_visibility) UnknownError(unrecognized visibility value %qs)
3262
3263 EnumValue
3264 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(default) Value(VISIBILITY_DEFAULT)
3265
3266 EnumValue
3267 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(internal) Value(VISIBILITY_INTERNAL)
3268
3269 EnumValue
3270 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(hidden) Value(VISIBILITY_HIDDEN)
3271
3272 EnumValue
3273 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(protected) Value(VISIBILITY_PROTECTED)
3274
3275 fvtable-verify=
3276 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vtv_priority) Var(flag_vtable_verify) Init(VTV_NO_PRIORITY)
3277 Validate vtable pointers before using them.
3278
3279 Enum
3280 Name(vtv_priority) Type(enum vtv_priority) UnknownError(unknown vtable verify initialization priority %qs)
3281
3282 EnumValue
3283 Enum(vtv_priority) String(none) Value(VTV_NO_PRIORITY)
3284
3285 EnumValue
3286 Enum(vtv_priority) String(std) Value(VTV_STANDARD_PRIORITY)
3287
3288 EnumValue
3289 Enum(vtv_priority) String(preinit) Value(VTV_PREINIT_PRIORITY)
3290
3291 fvtv-counts
3292 Common Var(flag_vtv_counts)
3293 Output vtable verification counters.
3294
3295 fvtv-debug
3296 Common Var(flag_vtv_debug)
3297 Output vtable verification pointer sets information.
3298
3299 fvpt
3300 Common Var(flag_value_profile_transformations) Optimization
3301 Use expression value profiles in optimizations.
3302
3303 fweb
3304 Common Var(flag_web) Optimization EnabledBy(funroll-loops)
3305 Construct webs and split unrelated uses of single variable.
3306
3307 ftree-builtin-call-dce
3308 Common Var(flag_tree_builtin_call_dce) Init(0) Optimization
3309 Enable conditional dead code elimination for builtin calls.
3310
3311 fwhole-program
3312 Common Var(flag_whole_program) Init(0)
3313 Perform whole program optimizations.
3314
3315 fwrapv-pointer
3316 Common Var(flag_wrapv_pointer) Optimization
3317 Assume pointer overflow wraps around.
3318
3319 fwrapv
3320 Common Var(flag_wrapv) Optimization
3321 Assume signed arithmetic overflow wraps around.
3322
3323 fzero-initialized-in-bss
3324 Common Var(flag_zero_initialized_in_bss) Init(1)
3325 Put zero initialized data in the bss section.
3326
3327 fzero-call-used-regs=
3328 Common RejectNegative Joined
3329 Clear call-used registers upon function return.
3330
3331 g
3332 Common Driver RejectNegative JoinedOrMissing
3333 Generate debug information in default format.
3334
3335 gas-loc-support
3336 Common Driver Var(dwarf2out_as_loc_support)
3337 Assume assembler support for (DWARF2+) .loc directives.
3338
3339 gas-locview-support
3340 Common Driver Var(dwarf2out_as_locview_support)
3341 Assume assembler support for view in (DWARF2+) .loc directives.
3342
3343 gcodeview
3344 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing
3345 Generate debug information in CodeView format.
3346
3347 gcoff
3348 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3349 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3350
3351 gcoff1
3352 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3353 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3354
3355 gcoff2
3356 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3357 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3358
3359 gcoff3
3360 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3361 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3362
3363 gcolumn-info
3364 Common Driver Var(debug_column_info,1) Init(1)
3365 Record DW_AT_decl_column and DW_AT_call_column in DWARF.
3366
3367 ; The CTF generation process feeds off DWARF dies. This option implicitly
3368 ; updates the debug_info_level to DINFO_LEVEL_NORMAL.
3369 gctf
3370 Common Driver RejectNegative JoinedOrMissing
3371 Generate CTF debug information at default level.
3372
3373 gbtf
3374 Common Driver RejectNegative JoinedOrMissing
3375 Generate BTF debug information at default level.
3376
3377 gdwarf
3378 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative
3379 Generate debug information in default version of DWARF format.
3380
3381 gdwarf-
3382 Common Driver Joined UInteger Var(dwarf_version) Init(DWARF_VERSION_DEFAULT) RejectNegative
3383 Generate debug information in DWARF v2 (or later) format.
3384
3385 gdwarf32
3386 Common Driver Var(dwarf_offset_size,4) Init(4) RejectNegative
3387 Use 32-bit DWARF format when emitting DWARF debug information.
3388
3389 gdwarf64
3390 Common Driver Var(dwarf_offset_size,8) RejectNegative
3391 Use 64-bit DWARF format when emitting DWARF debug information.
3392
3393 ggdb
3394 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative
3395 Generate debug information in default extended format.
3396
3397 ginline-points
3398 Common Driver Var(debug_inline_points)
3399 Generate extended entry point information for inlined functions.
3400
3401 ginternal-reset-location-views
3402 Common Driver Var(debug_internal_reset_location_views) Init(2)
3403 Compute locview reset points based on insn length estimates.
3404
3405 gno-
3406 RejectNegative Joined Undocumented
3407 ; Catch the gno- prefix, so it doesn't backtrack to g<level>.
3408
3409 gno-pubnames
3410 Common Driver Negative(gpubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 0) Init(-1)
3411 Don't generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections.
3412
3413 gpubnames
3414 Common Driver Negative(ggnu-pubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 1)
3415 Generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections.
3416
3417 ggnu-pubnames
3418 Common Driver Negative(gno-pubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 2)
3419 Generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections with GNU extensions.
3420
3421 grecord-gcc-switches
3422 Common Driver Var(dwarf_record_gcc_switches) Init(1)
3423 Record gcc command line switches in DWARF DW_AT_producer.
3424
3425 gsplit-dwarf
3426 Common Driver Var(dwarf_split_debug_info) Init(0)
3427 Generate debug information in separate .dwo files.
3428
3429 gstabs
3430 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3431 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3432
3433 gstabs+
3434 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3435 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3436
3437 gstatement-frontiers
3438 Common Driver Var(debug_nonbind_markers_p) PerFunction
3439 Emit progressive recommended breakpoint locations.
3440
3441 gstrict-dwarf
3442 Common Driver Var(dwarf_strict) Init(0)
3443 Don't emit DWARF additions beyond selected version.
3444
3445 gdescribe-dies
3446 Common Driver Var(flag_describe_dies) Init(0)
3447 Add description attributes to some DWARF DIEs that have no name attribute.
3448
3449 gtoggle
3450 Common Driver Var(flag_gtoggle)
3451 Toggle debug information generation.
3452
3453 gvariable-location-views
3454 Common Driver Var(debug_variable_location_views, 1)
3455 Augment variable location lists with progressive views.
3456
3457 gvariable-location-views=incompat5
3458 Common Driver RejectNegative Var(debug_variable_location_views, -1) Init(2)
3459
3460 gvms
3461 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative
3462 Generate debug information in VMS format.
3463
3464 gxcoff
3465 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3466 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3467
3468 gxcoff+
3469 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing WarnRemoved
3470 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3471
3472 Enum
3473 Name(compressed_debug_sections) Type(int)
3474
3475 ; Since -gz= is completely handled in specs, the values aren't used and we
3476 ; assign arbitrary constants.
3477 EnumValue
3478 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(none) Value(0)
3479
3480 EnumValue
3481 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(zlib) Value(1)
3482
3483 EnumValue
3484 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(zstd) Value(2)
3485
3486 EnumValue
3487 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(zlib-gnu) Value(3)
3488
3489 gz
3490 Common Driver
3491 Generate compressed debug sections.
3492
3493 gz=
3494 Common Driver RejectNegative Joined Enum(compressed_debug_sections)
3495 -gz=<format> Generate compressed debug sections in format <format>.
3496
3497 h
3498 Driver Joined Separate
3499
3500 iplugindir=
3501 Common Joined Var(plugindir_string) Init(0)
3502 -iplugindir=<dir> Set <dir> to be the default plugin directory.
3503
3504 imultiarch
3505 Common Joined Separate RejectDriver Var(imultiarch) Init(0)
3506 -imultiarch <dir> Set <dir> to be the multiarch include subdirectory.
3507
3508 l
3509 Driver Joined Separate
3510
3511 n
3512 Driver
3513
3514 no-canonical-prefixes
3515 Driver
3516
3517 nodefaultlibs
3518 Driver
3519
3520 nostartfiles
3521 Driver
3522
3523 nolibc
3524 Driver
3525
3526 nostdlib
3527 Driver
3528
3529 nostdlib++
3530 Driver
3531
3532 o
3533 Common Driver Joined Separate Var(asm_file_name) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
3534 -o <file> Place output into <file>.
3535
3536 p
3537 Common Var(profile_flag)
3538 Enable function profiling.
3539
3540 pass-exit-codes
3541 Driver Var(pass_exit_codes)
3542
3543 pedantic
3544 Common Alias(Wpedantic)
3545
3546 pedantic-errors
3547 Common Var(flag_pedantic_errors)
3548 Like -pedantic but issue them as errors.
3549
3550 pg
3551 Driver
3552
3553 pipe
3554 Driver Var(use_pipes)
3555
3556 print-file-name=
3557 Driver JoinedOrMissing Var(print_file_name)
3558
3559 print-libgcc-file-name
3560 Driver
3561
3562 print-multi-directory
3563 Driver Var(print_multi_directory)
3564
3565 print-multi-lib
3566 Driver Var(print_multi_lib)
3567
3568 print-multi-os-directory
3569 Driver Var(print_multi_os_directory)
3570
3571 print-multiarch
3572 Driver Var(print_multiarch)
3573
3574 print-prog-name=
3575 Driver JoinedOrMissing Var(print_prog_name)
3576
3577 print-search-dirs
3578 Driver Var(print_search_dirs)
3579
3580 print-sysroot
3581 Driver Var(print_sysroot)
3582
3583 print-sysroot-headers-suffix
3584 Driver Var(print_sysroot_headers_suffix)
3585
3586 quiet
3587 Common Var(quiet_flag) RejectDriver
3588 Do not display functions compiled or elapsed time.
3589
3590 r
3591 Driver
3592
3593 s
3594 Driver
3595
3596 save-temps
3597 Driver
3598
3599 save-temps=
3600 Driver Joined
3601
3602 t
3603 Driver
3604
3605 time
3606 Driver Var(report_times)
3607
3608 time=
3609 Driver JoinedOrMissing
3610
3611 u
3612 Driver Joined Separate
3613
3614 undef
3615 Driver
3616 ; C option, but driver must not handle as "-u ndef".
3617
3618 v
3619 Common Driver Var(verbose_flag)
3620 Enable verbose output.
3621
3622 version
3623 Common Var(version_flag) RejectDriver
3624 Display the compiler's version.
3625
3626 w
3627 Common Var(inhibit_warnings)
3628 Suppress warnings.
3629
3630 wrapper
3631 Driver Separate Var(wrapper_string)
3632
3633 x
3634 Driver Joined Separate
3635
3636 shared
3637 Driver RejectNegative Negative(static-pie)
3638 Create a shared library.
3639
3640 shared-libgcc
3641 Driver
3642
3643 specs
3644 Driver Separate Alias(specs=)
3645
3646 specs=
3647 Driver Joined
3648
3649 static
3650 Driver
3651
3652 static-libgcc
3653 Driver
3654
3655 static-libgfortran
3656 Driver
3657 ; Documented for Fortran, but always accepted by driver.
3658
3659 static-libgm2
3660 Driver
3661 ; Documented for Modula-2, but always accepted by driver.
3662
3663 static-libphobos
3664 Driver
3665 ; Documented for D, but always accepted by driver.
3666
3667 static-libquadmath
3668 Driver
3669 ; Documented for Fortran, but always accepted by driver.
3670
3671 static-libstdc++
3672 Driver
3673
3674 static-libgo
3675 Driver
3676 ; Documented for Go, but always accepted by driver.
3677
3678 static-libasan
3679 Driver
3680
3681 static-libhwasan
3682 Driver
3683
3684 static-libtsan
3685 Driver
3686
3687 static-liblsan
3688 Driver
3689
3690 static-libubsan
3691 Driver
3692
3693 symbolic
3694 Driver
3695
3696 no-pie
3697 Driver RejectNegative Negative(shared)
3698 Don't create a dynamically linked position independent executable.
3699
3700 pie
3701 Driver RejectNegative Negative(no-pie)
3702 Create a dynamically linked position independent executable.
3703
3704 static-pie
3705 Driver RejectNegative Negative(pie)
3706 Create a static position independent executable.
3707
3708 z
3709 Driver Joined Separate
3710
3711 fipa-ra
3712 Common Var(flag_ipa_ra) Optimization
3713 Use caller save register across calls if possible.
3714
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