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1 ; Options for the language- and target-independent parts of the compiler.
2
3 ; Copyright (C) 2003-2020 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
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11 ;
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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 ; Language specific warning pass for unused results.
63 Variable
64 bool flag_warn_unused_result = false
65
66 ; Nonzero if we should write GIMPLE bytecode for link-time optimization.
67 Variable
68 int flag_generate_lto
69
70 ; Nonzero if we should write GIMPLE bytecode for offload compilation.
71 Variable
72 int flag_generate_offload = 0
73
74 ; Nonzero means we should be saving declaration info into a .X file.
75 Variable
76 int flag_gen_aux_info = 0
77
78 ; Nonzero if we are compiling code for a shared library, zero for
79 ; executable.
80 Variable
81 int flag_shlib
82
83 ; These two are really VEC(char_p,heap) *.
84
85 Variable
86 void *flag_instrument_functions_exclude_functions
87
88 Variable
89 void *flag_instrument_functions_exclude_files
90
91 ; Generic structs (e.g. templates not explicitly specialized)
92 ; may not have a compilation unit associated with them, and so
93 ; may need to be treated differently from ordinary structs.
94 ;
95 ; Structs only handled by reference (indirectly), will also usually
96 ; not need as much debugging information.
97
98 Variable
99 enum debug_struct_file debug_struct_ordinary[DINFO_USAGE_NUM_ENUMS] = { DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY }
100
101 Variable
102 enum debug_struct_file debug_struct_generic[DINFO_USAGE_NUM_ENUMS] = { DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY, DINFO_STRUCT_FILE_ANY }
103
104 ; True if we should exit after parsing options.
105 Variable
106 bool exit_after_options
107
108 ; Type(s) of debugging information we are producing (if any). See
109 ; flag-types.h for the definitions of the different possible types of
110 ; debugging information.
111 Variable
112 enum debug_info_type write_symbols = NO_DEBUG
113
114 ; Level of debugging information we are producing. See flag-types.h
115 ; for the definitions of the different possible levels.
116 Variable
117 enum debug_info_levels debug_info_level = DINFO_LEVEL_NONE
118
119 ; Nonzero means use GNU-only extensions in the generated symbolic
120 ; debugging information. Currently, this only has an effect when
121 ; write_symbols is set to DBX_DEBUG or XCOFF_DEBUG.
122 Variable
123 bool use_gnu_debug_info_extensions
124
125 ; Original value of maximum field alignment in bytes, specified via
126 ; -fpack-struct=<value>.
127 Variable
128 unsigned int initial_max_fld_align = TARGET_DEFAULT_PACK_STRUCT
129
130 ; Type of stack check.
131 Variable
132 enum stack_check_type flag_stack_check = NO_STACK_CHECK
133
134 ; True if stack usage information needs to be computed.
135 Variable
136 bool flag_stack_usage_info = false
137
138 ; -dA causes debug commentary information to be produced in
139 ; the generated assembly code (to make it more readable). This option
140 ; is generally only of use to those who actually need to read the
141 ; generated assembly code (perhaps while debugging the compiler itself).
142 ; Currently, this switch is only used by dwarf2out.c; however, it is intended
143 ; to be a catchall for printing debug information in the assembler file.
144 Variable
145 int flag_debug_asm
146
147 ; How many NOP insns to place at each function entry by default
148 Variable
149 HOST_WIDE_INT function_entry_patch_area_size
150
151 ; And how far the real asm entry point is into this area
152 Variable
153 HOST_WIDE_INT function_entry_patch_area_start
154
155 ; Balance between GNAT encodings and standard DWARF to emit.
156 Variable
157 enum dwarf_gnat_encodings gnat_encodings = DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_DEFAULT
158
159 ; -dP causes the rtl to be emitted as a comment in assembly.
160 Variable
161 int flag_dump_rtl_in_asm
162
163 ; Whether -da was passed (used only in handle_common_deferred_options).
164 Variable
165 bool flag_dump_all_passed
166
167 ; Other flags saying which kinds of debugging dump have been requested.
168
169 Variable
170 int rtl_dump_and_exit
171
172 Variable
173 int flag_print_asm_name
174
175 ; Name of top-level original source file (what was input to cpp).
176 ; This comes from the #-command at the beginning of the actual input.
177 ; If there isn't any there, then this is the cc1 input file name.
178 Variable
179 const char *main_input_filename
180
181 ; Pointer to base name in main_input_filename, with directories and a
182 ; single final extension removed, and the length of this base
183 ; name.
184
185 Variable
186 const char *main_input_basename
187
188 Variable
189 int main_input_baselength
190
191 ; The base name used for auxiliary output files.
192 ; dump_base_name minus dump_base_ext.
193
194 Variable
195 const char *aux_base_name
196
197 ; Which options have been printed by --help.
198 Variable
199 char *help_printed
200
201 ; Which enums have been printed by --help. 0 = not printed, no
202 ; relevant options seen, 1 = relevant option seen, not yet printed, 2
203 ; = printed.
204 Variable
205 char *help_enum_printed
206
207 ; The number of columns for --help output.
208 Variable
209 unsigned int help_columns
210
211 ; Whether this options structure has been through finish_options
212 Variable
213 bool flag_opts_finished
214
215 ; What the sanitizer should instrument
216 Variable
217 unsigned int flag_sanitize
218
219 ; What sanitizers should recover from errors
220 Variable
221 unsigned int flag_sanitize_recover = (SANITIZE_UNDEFINED | SANITIZE_UNDEFINED_NONDEFAULT | SANITIZE_KERNEL_ADDRESS) & ~(SANITIZE_UNREACHABLE | SANITIZE_RETURN)
222
223 ; What the coverage sanitizers should instrument
224 Variable
225 unsigned int flag_sanitize_coverage
226
227 ; Flag whether a prefix has been added to dump_base_name
228 Variable
229 bool dump_base_name_prefixed = false
230
231 ; What subset of registers should be zeroed on function return
232 Variable
233 unsigned int flag_zero_call_used_regs
234
235 ###
236 Driver
237
238 -assemble
239 Driver Alias(S)
240
241 -compile
242 Driver Alias(c)
243
244 -completion=
245 Common Driver Joined Undocumented
246 Provide bash completion for options starting with provided string.
247
248 -coverage
249 Driver Alias(coverage)
250
251 -debug
252 Common Alias(g)
253
254 -dump
255 Common Separate Alias(d)
256
257 -dump=
258 Common Joined Alias(d)
259
260 -dumpbase
261 Driver Common Separate Alias(dumpbase)
262
263 -dumpbase-ext
264 Driver Common Separate Alias(dumpbase-ext)
265
266 -dumpdir
267 Driver Common Separate Alias(dumpdir)
268
269 -entry
270 Driver Separate Alias(e)
271
272 -entry=
273 Driver Joined Alias(e)
274
275 -extra-warnings
276 Common Warning Alias(Wextra)
277
278 -for-assembler
279 Driver Separate Alias(Xassembler)
280
281 -for-assembler=
282 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(Xassembler)
283
284 -for-linker
285 Driver Separate Alias(Xlinker)
286
287 -for-linker=
288 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(Xlinker)
289
290 -force-link
291 Driver Separate Alias(u)
292
293 -force-link=
294 Driver Joined Alias(u)
295
296 -help
297 Common Driver Var(help_flag)
298 Display this information.
299
300 -help=
301 Common Driver Report Joined
302 --help=<class> Display descriptions of a specific class of options. <class> is one or more of optimizers, target, warnings, undocumented, params.
303
304 -language
305 Driver Separate Alias(x)
306
307 -language=
308 Driver Joined Alias(x)
309
310 -library-directory
311 Driver Separate Alias(L)
312
313 -library-directory=
314 Driver Joined Alias(L)
315
316 -no-canonical-prefixes
317 Driver Alias(no-canonical-prefixes)
318
319 -no-standard-libraries
320 Driver Alias(nostdlib)
321
322 -no-sysroot-suffix
323 Driver Var(no_sysroot_suffix)
324
325 -no-warnings
326 Common Alias(w)
327
328 -optimize
329 Common Alias(O)
330
331 -output
332 Common Driver Separate Alias(o) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
333
334 -output=
335 Common Driver Joined Alias(o) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
336
337 -pass-exit-codes
338 Driver Alias(pass-exit-codes)
339
340 -pedantic
341 Common Alias(Wpedantic)
342
343 -pedantic-errors
344 Common Alias(pedantic-errors)
345
346 -pie
347 Driver Alias(pie)
348
349 -static-pie
350 Driver Alias(static-pie)
351
352 -pipe
353 Driver Alias(pipe)
354
355 -prefix
356 Driver Separate Alias(B)
357
358 -prefix=
359 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(B)
360
361 -preprocess
362 Driver Alias(E)
363
364 -print-file-name
365 Driver Separate Alias(print-file-name=)
366
367 -print-file-name=
368 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(print-file-name=)
369
370 -print-libgcc-file-name
371 Driver Alias(print-libgcc-file-name)
372
373 -print-multi-directory
374 Driver Alias(print-multi-directory)
375
376 -print-multi-lib
377 Driver Alias(print-multi-lib)
378
379 -print-multi-os-directory
380 Driver Alias(print-multi-os-directory)
381
382 -print-multiarch
383 Driver Alias(print-multiarch)
384
385 -print-prog-name
386 Driver Separate Alias(print-prog-name=)
387
388 -print-prog-name=
389 Driver JoinedOrMissing Alias(print-prog-name=)
390
391 -print-search-dirs
392 Driver Alias(print-search-dirs)
393
394 -print-sysroot
395 Driver Alias(print-sysroot)
396
397 -print-sysroot-headers-suffix
398 Driver Alias(print-sysroot-headers-suffix)
399
400 -profile
401 Common Alias(p)
402
403 -save-temps
404 Driver Alias(save-temps)
405
406 -shared
407 Driver Alias(shared)
408
409 -specs
410 Driver Separate Alias(specs=)
411
412 -specs=
413 Driver Joined Alias(specs=)
414
415 -static
416 Driver Alias(static)
417
418 -symbolic
419 Driver Alias(symbolic)
420
421 -target-help
422 Common Driver
423 Alias for --help=target.
424
425 -time
426 Driver Alias(time)
427
428 -verbose
429 Driver Alias(v)
430
431 ;; The driver used to convert options such as --help into forms such
432 ;; as -fhelp; the following four entries are for compatibility with
433 ;; any direct uses of those (undocumented) -f forms
434 fhelp
435 Common Driver Alias(-help)
436
437 fhelp=
438 Common Driver Joined Alias(-help=)
439
440 ftarget-help
441 Common Driver Alias(-target-help)
442
443 fversion
444 Common Driver Alias(-version)
445
446 -sysroot
447 Driver Separate Alias(-sysroot=)
448
449 -sysroot=
450 Driver JoinedOrMissing
451
452 -version
453 Common Driver
454
455 B
456 Driver Joined Separate
457
458 E
459 Driver
460
461 L
462 Driver Joined Separate
463
464 N
465 Driver
466
467 O
468 Common JoinedOrMissing Optimization
469 -O<number> Set optimization level to <number>.
470
471 Os
472 Common Optimization
473 Optimize for space rather than speed.
474
475 Ofast
476 Common Optimization
477 Optimize for speed disregarding exact standards compliance.
478
479 Og
480 Common Optimization
481 Optimize for debugging experience rather than speed or size.
482
483 Q
484 Driver
485
486 Qn
487 Driver Negative(Qy)
488
489 Qy
490 Driver Negative(Qn)
491
492 R
493 Driver Joined Separate
494
495 S
496 Driver
497
498 T
499 Driver Joined Separate
500
501 Tbss
502 Driver Separate
503
504 Tbss=
505 Driver Joined
506
507 Tdata
508 Driver Separate
509
510 Tdata=
511 Driver Joined
512
513 Ttext
514 Driver Separate
515
516 Ttext=
517 Driver Joined
518
519 W
520 Common RejectNegative Warning Alias(Wextra)
521 This switch is deprecated; use -Wextra instead.
522
523 Wa,
524 Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative
525
526 Wl,
527 Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative
528
529 Wp,
530 Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative
531
532 Waggregate-return
533 Common Var(warn_aggregate_return) Warning
534 Warn about returning structures, unions or arrays.
535
536 Waggressive-loop-optimizations
537 Common Var(warn_aggressive_loop_optimizations) Init(1) Warning
538 Warn if a loop with constant number of iterations triggers undefined behavior.
539
540 Warray-bounds
541 Common Var(warn_array_bounds) Warning
542 Warn if an array is accessed out of bounds.
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 Wattributes
549 Common Var(warn_attributes) Init(1) Warning
550 Warn about inappropriate attribute usage.
551
552 Wattribute-alias
553 Common Alias(Wattribute_alias=, 1, 0) Warning
554 Warn about type safety and similar errors and mismatches in declarations with alias attributes.
555
556 Wattribute-alias=
557 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_attribute_alias) Init(1) Warning IntegerRange(0, 2)
558 Warn about type safety and similar errors and mismatches in declarations with alias attributes.
559
560 Wcannot-profile
561 Common Var(warn_cannot_profile) Init(1) Warning
562 Warn when profiling instrumentation was requested, but could not be applied to
563 a certain function.
564
565 Wcast-align
566 Common Var(warn_cast_align) Warning
567 Warn about pointer casts which increase alignment.
568
569 Wcast-align=strict
570 Common Var(warn_cast_align,2) Warning
571 Warn about pointer casts which increase alignment.
572
573 Wcpp
574 Common Var(warn_cpp) Init(1) Warning
575 Warn when a #warning directive is encountered.
576
577 Wattribute-warning
578 Common Var(warn_attribute_warning) Init(1) Warning
579 Warn about uses of __attribute__((warning)) declarations.
580
581 Wdeprecated
582 Common Var(warn_deprecated) Init(1) Warning
583 Warn if a deprecated compiler feature, class, method, or field is used.
584
585 Wdeprecated-declarations
586 Common Var(warn_deprecated_decl) Init(1) Warning
587 Warn about uses of __attribute__((deprecated)) declarations.
588
589 Wdisabled-optimization
590 Common Var(warn_disabled_optimization) Warning
591 Warn when an optimization pass is disabled.
592
593 Werror
594 Common Var(warnings_are_errors)
595 Treat all warnings as errors.
596
597 Werror=
598 Common Joined
599 Treat specified warning as error.
600
601 Wextra
602 Common Var(extra_warnings) Warning
603 Print extra (possibly unwanted) warnings.
604
605 Wfatal-errors
606 Common Var(flag_fatal_errors)
607 Exit on the first error occurred.
608
609 Wframe-larger-than=
610 Common RejectNegative Joined Host_Wide_Int ByteSize Warning Var(warn_frame_larger_than_size) Init(HOST_WIDE_INT_MAX)
611 -Wframe-larger-than=<byte-size> Warn if a function's stack frame requires in excess of <byte-size>.
612
613 Wno-frame-larger-than
614 Common Alias(Wframe-larger-than=,18446744073709551615EiB,none) Warning
615 Disable -Wframe-larger-than= warning. Equivalent to -Wframe-larger-than=<SIZE_MAX> or larger.
616
617 Wfree-nonheap-object
618 Common Var(warn_free_nonheap_object) Init(1) Warning
619 Warn when attempting to free a non-heap object.
620
621 Whsa
622 Common Ignore Warning
623 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
624
625 Wimplicit-fallthrough
626 Common Alias(Wimplicit-fallthrough=,3,0) Warning
627
628 Wimplicit-fallthrough=
629 Common Var(warn_implicit_fallthrough) RejectNegative Joined UInteger Warning IntegerRange(0, 5)
630 Warn when a switch case falls through.
631
632 Winline
633 Common Var(warn_inline) Warning Optimization
634 Warn when an inlined function cannot be inlined.
635
636 Winvalid-memory-model
637 Common Var(warn_invalid_memory_model) Init(1) Warning
638 Warn when an atomic memory model parameter is known to be outside the valid range.
639
640 Wlarger-than-
641 Common RejectNegative Joined Warning Undocumented Alias(Wlarger-than=)
642
643 Wlarger-than=
644 Common RejectNegative Joined Host_Wide_Int ByteSize Warning Var(warn_larger_than_size) Init(HOST_WIDE_INT_MAX)
645 -Wlarger-than=<byte-size> Warn if an object's size exceeds <byte-size>.
646
647 Wno-larger-than
648 Common Alias(Wlarger-than=,18446744073709551615EiB,none) Warning
649 Disable -Wlarger-than= warning. Equivalent to -Wlarger-than=<SIZE_MAX> or larger.
650
651 Wnonnull-compare
652 Var(warn_nonnull_compare) Warning
653 Warn if comparing pointer parameter with nonnull attribute with NULL.
654
655 Wnull-dereference
656 Common Var(warn_null_dereference) Warning
657 Warn if dereferencing a NULL pointer may lead to erroneous or undefined behavior.
658
659 Wunsafe-loop-optimizations
660 Common Ignore Warning
661 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
662
663 Wmissing-noreturn
664 Common Warning Alias(Wsuggest-attribute=noreturn)
665
666 Wodr
667 Common Var(warn_odr_violations) Init(1) Warning
668 Warn about some C++ One Definition Rule violations during link time optimization.
669
670 Woverflow
671 Common Var(warn_overflow) Init(1) Warning
672 Warn about overflow in arithmetic expressions.
673
674 Wlto-type-mismatch
675 Common Var(warn_lto_type_mismatch) Init(1) Warning
676 During link time optimization warn about mismatched types of global declarations.
677
678 Wpacked
679 Common Var(warn_packed) Warning
680 Warn when the packed attribute has no effect on struct layout.
681
682 Wpadded
683 Common Var(warn_padded) Warning
684 Warn when padding is required to align structure members.
685
686 Wpedantic
687 Common Var(pedantic) Init(0) Warning
688 Issue warnings needed for strict compliance to the standard.
689
690 Wreturn-local-addr
691 Common Var(warn_return_local_addr) Init(1) Warning
692 Warn about returning a pointer/reference to a local or temporary variable.
693
694 Wshadow
695 Common Var(warn_shadow) Warning
696 Warn when one variable shadows another. Same as -Wshadow=global.
697
698 Wshadow=global
699 Common Warning Alias(Wshadow)
700 Warn when one variable shadows another (globally).
701
702 Wshadow=local
703 Common Var(warn_shadow_local) Warning EnabledBy(Wshadow)
704 Warn when one local variable shadows another local variable or parameter.
705
706 Wshadow-local
707 Common Warning Undocumented Alias(Wshadow=local)
708
709 Wshadow=compatible-local
710 Common Var(warn_shadow_compatible_local) Warning EnabledBy(Wshadow=local)
711 Warn when one local variable shadows another local variable or parameter of compatible type.
712
713 Wshadow-compatible-local
714 Common Warning Undocumented Alias(Wshadow=compatible-local)
715
716 Wstack-protector
717 Common Var(warn_stack_protect) Warning
718 Warn when not issuing stack smashing protection for some reason.
719
720 Wstack-usage=
721 Common Joined RejectNegative Host_Wide_Int ByteSize Var(warn_stack_usage) Warning Init(HOST_WIDE_INT_MAX)
722 -Wstack-usage=<byte-size> Warn if stack usage might exceed <byte-size>.
723
724 Wno-stack-usage
725 Common Alias(Wstack-usage=,18446744073709551615EiB,none) Warning
726 Disable Wstack-usage= warning. Equivalent to Wstack-usage=<SIZE_MAX> or larger.
727
728 Wstrict-aliasing
729 Common Warning
730 Warn about code which might break strict aliasing rules.
731
732 Wstrict-aliasing=
733 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_strict_aliasing) Warning
734 Warn about code which might break strict aliasing rules.
735
736 Wstrict-overflow
737 Common Warning
738 Warn about optimizations that assume that signed overflow is undefined.
739
740 Wstrict-overflow=
741 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(warn_strict_overflow) Warning
742 Warn about optimizations that assume that signed overflow is undefined.
743
744 Wsuggest-attribute=cold
745 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_cold) Warning
746 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((cold)).
747
748 Wsuggest-attribute=const
749 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_const) Warning
750 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((const)).
751
752 Wsuggest-attribute=pure
753 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_pure) Warning
754 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((pure)).
755
756 Wsuggest-attribute=noreturn
757 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_noreturn) Warning
758 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((noreturn)).
759
760 Wsuggest-attribute=malloc
761 Common Var(warn_suggest_attribute_malloc) Warning
762 Warn about functions which might be candidates for __attribute__((malloc)).
763
764 Wsuggest-final-types
765 Common Var(warn_suggest_final_types) Warning
766 Warn about C++ polymorphic types where adding final keyword would improve code quality.
767
768 Wsuggest-final-methods
769 Common Var(warn_suggest_final_methods) Warning
770 Warn about C++ virtual methods where adding final keyword would improve code quality.
771
772 Wswitch-unreachable
773 Common Var(warn_switch_unreachable) Warning Init(1)
774 Warn about statements between switch's controlling expression and the first
775 case.
776
777 Wsystem-headers
778 Common Var(warn_system_headers) Warning
779 Do not suppress warnings from system headers.
780
781 Wtrampolines
782 Common Var(warn_trampolines) Warning
783 Warn whenever a trampoline is generated.
784
785 Wtype-limits
786 Common Var(warn_type_limits) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
787 Warn if a comparison is always true or always false due to the limited range of the data type.
788
789 Wuninitialized
790 Common Var(warn_uninitialized) Warning EnabledBy(Wextra)
791 Warn about uninitialized automatic variables.
792
793 Wmaybe-uninitialized
794 Common Var(warn_maybe_uninitialized) Warning EnabledBy(Wuninitialized)
795 Warn about maybe uninitialized automatic variables.
796
797 Wunreachable-code
798 Common Ignore Warning
799 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
800
801 Wunused
802 Common Var(warn_unused) Init(0) Warning
803 Enable all -Wunused- warnings.
804
805 Wunused-but-set-parameter
806 Common Var(warn_unused_but_set_parameter) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused && Wextra)
807 Warn when a function parameter is only set, otherwise unused.
808
809 Wunused-but-set-variable
810 Common Var(warn_unused_but_set_variable) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
811 Warn when a variable is only set, otherwise unused.
812
813 Wunused-function
814 Common Var(warn_unused_function) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
815 Warn when a function is unused.
816
817 Wunused-label
818 Common Var(warn_unused_label) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
819 Warn when a label is unused.
820
821 Wunused-parameter
822 Common Var(warn_unused_parameter) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused && Wextra)
823 Warn when a function parameter is unused.
824
825 Wunused-value
826 Common Var(warn_unused_value) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
827 Warn when an expression value is unused.
828
829 Wunused-variable
830 Common Var(warn_unused_variable) Warning EnabledBy(Wunused)
831 Warn when a variable is unused.
832
833 Wcoverage-mismatch
834 Common Var(warn_coverage_mismatch) Init(1) Warning
835 Warn in case profiles in -fprofile-use do not match.
836
837 Wmissing-profile
838 Common Var(warn_missing_profile) Init(1) Warning
839 Warn in case profiles in -fprofile-use do not exist.
840
841 Wvector-operation-performance
842 Common Var(warn_vector_operation_performance) Warning
843 Warn when a vector operation is compiled outside the SIMD.
844
845 Xassembler
846 Driver Separate
847
848 Xlinker
849 Driver Separate
850
851 Xpreprocessor
852 Driver Separate
853
854 Z
855 Driver
856
857 aux-info
858 Common Separate Var(aux_info_file_name)
859 -aux-info <file> Emit declaration information into <file>.
860
861 aux-info=
862 Common Joined Alias(aux-info)
863
864 coverage
865 Driver
866
867 c
868 Driver
869
870 d
871 Common Joined
872 -d<letters> Enable dumps from specific passes of the compiler.
873
874 dumpbase
875 Driver Common Separate Var(dump_base_name)
876 -dumpbase <file> Set the file basename to be used for dumps.
877
878 dumpbase-ext
879 Driver Common Separate Var(dump_base_ext)
880 -dumpbase-ext .<ext> Drop a trailing .<ext> from the dump basename to name auxiliary output files.
881
882 dumpdir
883 Driver Common Separate Var(dump_dir_name)
884 -dumpdir <dir> Set the directory name to be used for dumps.
885
886 dumpmachine
887 Driver
888
889 dumpspecs
890 Driver
891
892 dumpversion
893 Driver
894
895 dumpfullversion
896 Driver
897
898 e
899 Driver Joined Separate
900
901 ; This option has historically been passed down to the linker by an
902 ; accident of a %{e*} spec, so ensure it continues to be passed down
903 ; as a single option. The supported option for this purpose is
904 ; -rdynamic. See PR 47390.
905 export-dynamic
906 Driver Undocumented
907
908 ; The version of the C++ ABI in use. The following values are allowed:
909 ;
910 ; 0: The version of the ABI believed most conformant with the C++ ABI
911 ; specification. This ABI may change as bugs are discovered and fixed.
912 ; Therefore, 0 will not necessarily indicate the same ABI in different
913 ; versions of G++.
914 ;
915 ; 1: The version of the ABI first used in G++ 3.2. No longer selectable.
916 ;
917 ; 2: The version of the ABI first used in G++ 3.4, and the default
918 ; until GCC 4.9.
919 ;
920 ; 3: The version of the ABI that fixes the missing underscore
921 ; in template non-type arguments of pointer type.
922 ;
923 ; 4: The version of the ABI that introduces unambiguous mangling of
924 ; vector types. First selectable in G++ 4.5.
925 ;
926 ; 5: The version of the ABI that ignores attribute const/noreturn
927 ; in function pointer mangling, and corrects mangling of decltype and
928 ; function parameters used in other parameters and the return type.
929 ; First selectable in G++ 4.6.
930 ;
931 ; 6: The version of the ABI that doesn't promote scoped enums to int and
932 ; changes the mangling of template argument packs, const/static_cast,
933 ; prefix ++ and --, and a class scope function used as a template
934 ; argument.
935 ; First selectable in G++ 4.7.
936 ;
937 ; 7: The version of the ABI that treats nullptr_t as a builtin type and
938 ; corrects the mangling of lambdas in default argument scope.
939 ; First selectable in G++ 4.8.
940 ;
941 ; 8: The version of the ABI that corrects the substitution behavior of
942 ; function types with function-cv-qualifiers.
943 ; First selectable in G++ 4.9 and default in G++ 5.
944 ;
945 ; 9: The version of the ABI that corrects the alignment of nullptr_t.
946 ; First selectable and default in G++ 5.2.
947 ;
948 ; 10: The version of the ABI that mangles attributes that affect type
949 ; identity, such as ia32 calling convention attributes (stdcall, etc.)
950 ; Default in G++ 6 (set in c_common_post_options).
951 ;
952 ; 11: The version of the ABI that corrects mangling of sizeof... expressions
953 ; and introduces new inheriting constructor handling.
954 ; Default in G++ 7.
955 ;
956 ; 12: Corrects the calling convention for classes with only deleted copy/move
957 ; constructors and changes passing/returning of empty records.
958 ; Default in G++ 8.1.
959 ;
960 ; 13: Fixes the accidental change in 12 to the calling convention for classes
961 ; with deleted copy constructor and trivial move constructor.
962 ; Default in G++ 8.2.
963 ; 14: Corrects the mangling of nullptr expression.
964 ; Default in G++ 10.
965 ;
966 ; Additional positive integers will be assigned as new versions of
967 ; the ABI become the default version of the ABI.
968 fabi-version=
969 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_abi_version) Init(0)
970 The version of the C++ ABI in use.
971
972 faggressive-loop-optimizations
973 Common Report Var(flag_aggressive_loop_optimizations) Optimization Init(1)
974 Aggressively optimize loops using language constraints.
975
976 falign-functions
977 Common Report Var(flag_align_functions) Optimization
978 Align the start of functions.
979
980 falign-functions=
981 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(str_align_functions) Optimization
982
983 flimit-function-alignment
984 Common Report Var(flag_limit_function_alignment) Optimization Init(0)
985
986 falign-jumps
987 Common Report Var(flag_align_jumps) Optimization
988 Align labels which are only reached by jumping.
989
990 falign-jumps=
991 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(str_align_jumps) Optimization
992
993 falign-labels
994 Common Report Var(flag_align_labels) Optimization
995 Align all labels.
996
997 falign-labels=
998 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(str_align_labels) Optimization
999
1000 falign-loops
1001 Common Report Var(flag_align_loops) Optimization
1002 Align the start of loops.
1003
1004 falign-loops=
1005 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(str_align_loops) Optimization
1006
1007 fallow-store-data-races
1008 Common Report Var(flag_store_data_races) Optimization
1009 Allow the compiler to introduce new data races on stores.
1010
1011 fanalyzer
1012 Common Var(flag_analyzer)
1013 Enable static analysis pass.
1014
1015 fargument-alias
1016 Common Ignore
1017 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1018
1019 fargument-noalias
1020 Common Ignore
1021 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1022
1023 fargument-noalias-global
1024 Common Ignore
1025 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1026
1027 fargument-noalias-anything
1028 Common Ignore
1029 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1030
1031 fsanitize=
1032 Common Driver Report Joined
1033 Select what to sanitize.
1034
1035 fsanitize-coverage=
1036 Common Report Joined
1037 Select type of coverage sanitization.
1038
1039 fasan-shadow-offset=
1040 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1041 -fasan-shadow-offset=<number> Use custom shadow memory offset.
1042
1043 fsanitize-sections=
1044 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1045 -fsanitize-sections=<sec1,sec2,...> Sanitize global variables
1046 in user-defined sections.
1047
1048 fsanitize-recover=
1049 Common Report Joined
1050 After diagnosing undefined behavior attempt to continue execution.
1051
1052 fsanitize-recover
1053 Common Report
1054 This switch is deprecated; use -fsanitize-recover= instead.
1055
1056 fsanitize-address-use-after-scope
1057 Common Driver Report Var(flag_sanitize_address_use_after_scope) Init(0)
1058
1059 fsanitize-undefined-trap-on-error
1060 Common Driver Report Var(flag_sanitize_undefined_trap_on_error) Init(0)
1061 Use trap instead of a library function for undefined behavior sanitization.
1062
1063 fasynchronous-unwind-tables
1064 Common Report Var(flag_asynchronous_unwind_tables) Optimization
1065 Generate unwind tables that are exact at each instruction boundary.
1066
1067 fauto-inc-dec
1068 Common Report Var(flag_auto_inc_dec) Init(1) Optimization
1069 Generate auto-inc/dec instructions.
1070
1071 fauto-profile
1072 Common Report Var(flag_auto_profile)
1073 Use sample profile information for call graph node weights. The default
1074 profile file is fbdata.afdo in 'pwd'.
1075
1076 fauto-profile=
1077 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(auto_profile_file)
1078 Use sample profile information for call graph node weights. The profile
1079 file is specified in the argument.
1080
1081 ; -fcheck-bounds causes gcc to generate array bounds checks.
1082 ; For C, C++ and ObjC: defaults off.
1083 ; For Java: defaults to on.
1084 ; For Fortran: defaults to off.
1085 fbounds-check
1086 Common Report Var(flag_bounds_check)
1087 Generate code to check bounds before indexing arrays.
1088
1089 fbranch-count-reg
1090 Common Report Var(flag_branch_on_count_reg) Optimization
1091 Replace add, compare, branch with branch on count register.
1092
1093 fbranch-probabilities
1094 Common Report Var(flag_branch_probabilities) Optimization
1095 Use profiling information for branch probabilities.
1096
1097 fbranch-target-load-optimize
1098 Common Ignore
1099 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1100
1101 fbranch-target-load-optimize2
1102 Common Ignore
1103 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1104
1105 fbtr-bb-exclusive
1106 Common Ignore
1107 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1108
1109 fcallgraph-info
1110 Common Report RejectNegative Var(flag_callgraph_info) Init(NO_CALLGRAPH_INFO);
1111 Output callgraph information on a per-file basis.
1112
1113 fcallgraph-info=
1114 Common Report RejectNegative Joined
1115 Output callgraph information on a per-file basis with decorations.
1116
1117 fcall-saved-
1118 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1119 -fcall-saved-<register> Mark <register> as being preserved across functions.
1120
1121 fcall-used-
1122 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1123 -fcall-used-<register> Mark <register> as being corrupted by function calls.
1124
1125 ; Nonzero for -fcaller-saves: allocate values in regs that need to
1126 ; be saved across function calls, if that produces overall better code.
1127 ; Optional now, so people can test it.
1128 fcaller-saves
1129 Common Report Var(flag_caller_saves) Optimization
1130 Save registers around function calls.
1131
1132 fcheck-data-deps
1133 Common Ignore
1134 This switch is deprecated; do not use.
1135
1136 fcheck-new
1137 Common Var(flag_check_new)
1138 Check the return value of new in C++.
1139
1140 fchecking
1141 Common Var(flag_checking) Init(CHECKING_P ? ENABLE_EXTRA_CHECKING ? 2 : 1 : 0)
1142 Perform internal consistency checkings.
1143
1144 fchecking=
1145 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_checking)
1146 Perform internal consistency checkings.
1147
1148 fcode-hoisting
1149 Common Report Var(flag_code_hoisting) Optimization
1150 Enable code hoisting.
1151
1152 fcombine-stack-adjustments
1153 Common Report Var(flag_combine_stack_adjustments) Optimization
1154 Looks for opportunities to reduce stack adjustments and stack references.
1155
1156 fcommon
1157 Common Report Var(flag_no_common,0) Init(1)
1158 Put uninitialized globals in the common section.
1159
1160 fcompare-debug
1161 Driver
1162 ; Converted by the driver to -fcompare-debug= options.
1163
1164 fcompare-debug=
1165 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing RejectNegative Var(flag_compare_debug_opt)
1166 -fcompare-debug[=<opts>] Compile with and without e.g. -gtoggle, and compare the final-insns dump.
1167
1168 fcompare-debug-second
1169 Common Driver RejectNegative Var(flag_compare_debug)
1170 Run only the second compilation of -fcompare-debug.
1171
1172 fcompare-elim
1173 Common Report Var(flag_compare_elim_after_reload) Optimization
1174 Perform comparison elimination after register allocation has finished.
1175
1176 fconserve-stack
1177 Common Var(flag_conserve_stack) Optimization
1178 Do not perform optimizations increasing noticeably stack usage.
1179
1180 fcprop-registers
1181 Common Report Var(flag_cprop_registers) Optimization
1182 Perform a register copy-propagation optimization pass.
1183
1184 fcrossjumping
1185 Common Report Var(flag_crossjumping) Optimization
1186 Perform cross-jumping optimization.
1187
1188 fcse-follow-jumps
1189 Common Report Var(flag_cse_follow_jumps) Optimization
1190 When running CSE, follow jumps to their targets.
1191
1192 fcse-skip-blocks
1193 Common Ignore
1194 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1195
1196 fcx-limited-range
1197 Common Report Var(flag_cx_limited_range) Optimization SetByCombined
1198 Omit range reduction step when performing complex division.
1199
1200 fcx-fortran-rules
1201 Common Report Var(flag_cx_fortran_rules) Optimization
1202 Complex multiplication and division follow Fortran rules.
1203
1204 fdata-sections
1205 Common Report Var(flag_data_sections)
1206 Place data items into their own section.
1207
1208 fdbg-cnt-list
1209 Common Report Var(flag_dbg_cnt_list)
1210 List all available debugging counters with their limits and counts.
1211
1212 fdbg-cnt=
1213 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1214 -fdbg-cnt=<counter>[:<lower_limit1>-]<upper_limit1>[:<lower_limit2>-<upper_limit2>:...][,<counter>:...] Set the debug counter limit.
1215
1216 fdebug-prefix-map=
1217 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1218 -fdebug-prefix-map=<old>=<new> Map one directory name to another in debug information.
1219
1220 ffile-prefix-map=
1221 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1222 -ffile-prefix-map=<old>=<new> Map one directory name to another in compilation result.
1223
1224 fdebug-types-section
1225 Common Report Var(flag_debug_types_section) Init(0)
1226 Output .debug_types section when using DWARF v4 debuginfo.
1227
1228 ; Nonzero for -fdefer-pop: don't pop args after each function call
1229 ; instead save them up to pop many calls' args with one insns.
1230 fdefer-pop
1231 Common Report Var(flag_defer_pop) Optimization
1232 Defer popping functions args from stack until later.
1233
1234 fdelayed-branch
1235 Common Report Var(flag_delayed_branch) Optimization
1236 Attempt to fill delay slots of branch instructions.
1237
1238 fdelete-dead-exceptions
1239 Common Report Var(flag_delete_dead_exceptions) Init(0) Optimization
1240 Delete dead instructions that may throw exceptions.
1241
1242 fdelete-null-pointer-checks
1243 Common Report Var(flag_delete_null_pointer_checks) Init(-1) Optimization
1244 Delete useless null pointer checks.
1245
1246 fdevirtualize-at-ltrans
1247 Common Report Var(flag_ltrans_devirtualize)
1248 Stream extra data to support more aggressive devirtualization in LTO local transformation mode.
1249
1250 fdevirtualize-speculatively
1251 Common Report Var(flag_devirtualize_speculatively) Optimization
1252 Perform speculative devirtualization.
1253
1254 fdevirtualize
1255 Common Report Var(flag_devirtualize) Optimization
1256 Try to convert virtual calls to direct ones.
1257
1258 fdiagnostics-show-location=
1259 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule)
1260 -fdiagnostics-show-location=[once|every-line] How often to emit source location at the beginning of line-wrapped diagnostics.
1261
1262 ; Required for these enum values.
1263 SourceInclude
1264 pretty-print.h
1265
1266 Enum
1267 Name(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) Type(int)
1268
1269 EnumValue
1270 Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) String(once) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_SHOW_PREFIX_ONCE)
1271
1272 EnumValue
1273 Enum(diagnostic_prefixing_rule) String(every-line) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_SHOW_PREFIX_EVERY_LINE)
1274
1275 fdiagnostics-show-caret
1276 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_caret) Init(1)
1277 Show the source line with a caret indicating the column.
1278
1279 fdiagnostics-show-labels
1280 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_labels) Init(1)
1281 Show labels annotating ranges of source code when showing source.
1282
1283 fdiagnostics-show-line-numbers
1284 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_line_numbers) Init(1)
1285 Show line numbers in the left margin when showing source.
1286
1287 fdiagnostics-color
1288 Common Alias(fdiagnostics-color=,always,never)
1289 ;
1290
1291 fdiagnostics-color=
1292 Driver Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_diagnostics_show_color) Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) Init(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_NO)
1293 -fdiagnostics-color=[never|always|auto] Colorize diagnostics.
1294
1295 ; Required for these enum values.
1296 SourceInclude
1297 diagnostic-color.h
1298
1299 Enum
1300 Name(diagnostic_color_rule) Type(int)
1301
1302 EnumValue
1303 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(never) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_NO)
1304
1305 EnumValue
1306 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(always) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_YES)
1307
1308 EnumValue
1309 Enum(diagnostic_color_rule) String(auto) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLOR_AUTO)
1310
1311 fdiagnostics-urls=
1312 Driver Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_diagnostics_show_urls) Enum(diagnostic_url_rule) Init(DIAGNOSTICS_URL_AUTO)
1313 -fdiagnostics-urls=[never|always|auto] Embed URLs in diagnostics.
1314
1315 ; Required for these enum values.
1316 SourceInclude
1317 diagnostic-url.h
1318
1319 Enum
1320 Name(diagnostic_url_rule) Type(int)
1321
1322 EnumValue
1323 Enum(diagnostic_url_rule) String(never) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_URL_NO)
1324
1325 EnumValue
1326 Enum(diagnostic_url_rule) String(always) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_URL_YES)
1327
1328 EnumValue
1329 Enum(diagnostic_url_rule) String(auto) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_URL_AUTO)
1330
1331 fdiagnostics-column-unit=
1332 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(diagnostics_column_unit)
1333 -fdiagnostics-column-unit=[display|byte] Select whether column numbers are output as display columns (default) or raw bytes.
1334
1335 fdiagnostics-column-origin=
1336 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger
1337 -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.
1338
1339 fdiagnostics-format=
1340 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(diagnostics_output_format)
1341 -fdiagnostics-format=[text|json] Select output format.
1342
1343 ; Required for these enum values.
1344 SourceInclude
1345 diagnostic.h
1346
1347 Enum
1348 Name(diagnostics_column_unit) Type(int)
1349
1350 EnumValue
1351 Enum(diagnostics_column_unit) String(display) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLUMN_UNIT_DISPLAY)
1352
1353 EnumValue
1354 Enum(diagnostics_column_unit) String(byte) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_COLUMN_UNIT_BYTE)
1355
1356 Enum
1357 Name(diagnostics_output_format) Type(int)
1358
1359 EnumValue
1360 Enum(diagnostics_output_format) String(text) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_OUTPUT_FORMAT_TEXT)
1361
1362 EnumValue
1363 Enum(diagnostics_output_format) String(json) Value(DIAGNOSTICS_OUTPUT_FORMAT_JSON)
1364
1365 fdiagnostics-parseable-fixits
1366 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_parseable_fixits)
1367 Print fix-it hints in machine-readable form.
1368
1369 fdiagnostics-generate-patch
1370 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_generate_patch)
1371 Print fix-it hints to stderr in unified diff format.
1372
1373 fdiagnostics-show-option
1374 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_option) Init(1)
1375 Amend appropriate diagnostic messages with the command line option that controls them.
1376
1377 fdiagnostics-show-cwe
1378 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_cwe) Init(1)
1379 Print CWE identifiers for diagnostic messages, where available.
1380
1381 fdiagnostics-path-format=
1382 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_diagnostics_path_format) Enum(diagnostic_path_format) Init(DPF_INLINE_EVENTS)
1383 Specify how to print any control-flow path associated with a diagnostic.
1384
1385 fdiagnostics-plain-output
1386 Driver Common RejectNegative
1387 Turn off any diagnostics features that complicate the output, such as line numbers, color, and warning URLs.
1388
1389 ftabstop=
1390 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger
1391 -ftabstop=<number> Distance between tab stops for column reporting.
1392
1393 Enum
1394 Name(diagnostic_path_format) Type(int)
1395
1396 EnumValue
1397 Enum(diagnostic_path_format) String(none) Value(DPF_NONE)
1398
1399 EnumValue
1400 Enum(diagnostic_path_format) String(separate-events) Value(DPF_SEPARATE_EVENTS)
1401
1402 EnumValue
1403 Enum(diagnostic_path_format) String(inline-events) Value(DPF_INLINE_EVENTS)
1404
1405 fdiagnostics-show-path-depths
1406 Common Var(flag_diagnostics_show_path_depths) Init(0)
1407 Show stack depths of events in paths.
1408
1409 fdiagnostics-minimum-margin-width=
1410 Common Joined UInteger Var(diagnostics_minimum_margin_width) Init(6)
1411 Set minimum width of left margin of source code when showing source.
1412
1413 fdisable-
1414 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1415 -fdisable-[tree|rtl|ipa]-<pass>=range1+range2 Disable an optimization pass.
1416
1417 fenable-
1418 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1419 -fenable-[tree|rtl|ipa]-<pass>=range1+range2 Enable an optimization pass.
1420
1421 fdump-
1422 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1423 -fdump-<type> Dump various compiler internals to a file.
1424
1425 fdump-final-insns
1426 Driver RejectNegative
1427
1428 fdump-final-insns=
1429 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_dump_final_insns)
1430 -fdump-final-insns=filename Dump to filename the insns at the end of translation.
1431
1432 fdump-go-spec=
1433 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_dump_go_spec)
1434 -fdump-go-spec=filename Write all declarations to file as Go code.
1435
1436 fdump-noaddr
1437 Common Report Var(flag_dump_noaddr)
1438 Suppress output of addresses in debugging dumps.
1439
1440 freport-bug
1441 Common Driver Var(flag_report_bug)
1442 Collect and dump debug information into temporary file if ICE in C/C++
1443 compiler occurred.
1444
1445 fdump-internal-locations
1446 Common Var(flag_dump_locations) Init(0)
1447 Dump detailed information on GCC's internal representation of source code locations.
1448
1449 fdump-passes
1450 Common Var(flag_dump_passes) Init(0)
1451 Dump optimization passes.
1452
1453 fdump-unnumbered
1454 Common Report Var(flag_dump_unnumbered)
1455 Suppress output of instruction numbers, line number notes and addresses in debugging dumps.
1456
1457 fdump-unnumbered-links
1458 Common Report Var(flag_dump_unnumbered_links)
1459 Suppress output of previous and next insn numbers in debugging dumps.
1460
1461 fdwarf2-cfi-asm
1462 Common Report Var(flag_dwarf2_cfi_asm) Init(HAVE_GAS_CFI_DIRECTIVE)
1463 Enable CFI tables via GAS assembler directives.
1464
1465 fearly-inlining
1466 Common Report Var(flag_early_inlining) Init(1) Optimization
1467 Perform early inlining.
1468
1469 feliminate-dwarf2-dups
1470 Common Ignore
1471 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1472
1473 fipa-sra
1474 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_sra) Init(0) Optimization
1475 Perform interprocedural reduction of aggregates.
1476
1477 feliminate-unused-debug-symbols
1478 Common Report Var(flag_debug_only_used_symbols) Init(1)
1479 Perform unused symbol elimination in debug info.
1480
1481 feliminate-unused-debug-types
1482 Common Report Var(flag_eliminate_unused_debug_types) Init(1)
1483 Perform unused type elimination in debug info.
1484
1485 femit-class-debug-always
1486 Common Report Var(flag_emit_class_debug_always) Init(0)
1487 Do not suppress C++ class debug information.
1488
1489 fexceptions
1490 Common Report Var(flag_exceptions) Optimization
1491 Enable exception handling.
1492
1493 fexpensive-optimizations
1494 Common Report Var(flag_expensive_optimizations) Optimization
1495 Perform a number of minor, expensive optimizations.
1496
1497 fexcess-precision=
1498 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(excess_precision) Var(flag_excess_precision) Init(EXCESS_PRECISION_DEFAULT) Optimization SetByCombined
1499 -fexcess-precision=[fast|standard] Specify handling of excess floating-point precision.
1500
1501 Enum
1502 Name(excess_precision) Type(enum excess_precision) UnknownError(unknown excess precision style %qs)
1503
1504 EnumValue
1505 Enum(excess_precision) String(fast) Value(EXCESS_PRECISION_FAST)
1506
1507 EnumValue
1508 Enum(excess_precision) String(standard) Value(EXCESS_PRECISION_STANDARD)
1509
1510 ; Whether we permit the extended set of values for FLT_EVAL_METHOD
1511 ; introduced in ISO/IEC TS 18661-3, or limit ourselves to those in C99/C11.
1512 fpermitted-flt-eval-methods=
1513 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(permitted_flt_eval_methods) Var(flag_permitted_flt_eval_methods) Init(PERMITTED_FLT_EVAL_METHODS_DEFAULT)
1514 -fpermitted-flt-eval-methods=[c11|ts-18661] Specify which values of FLT_EVAL_METHOD are permitted.
1515
1516 Enum
1517 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)
1518
1519 EnumValue
1520 Enum(permitted_flt_eval_methods) String(c11) Value(PERMITTED_FLT_EVAL_METHODS_C11)
1521
1522 EnumValue
1523 Enum(permitted_flt_eval_methods) String(ts-18661-3) Value(PERMITTED_FLT_EVAL_METHODS_TS_18661)
1524
1525 ffast-math
1526 Common Optimization
1527
1528 ffat-lto-objects
1529 Common Var(flag_fat_lto_objects)
1530 Output lto objects containing both the intermediate language and binary output.
1531
1532 ffinite-math-only
1533 Common Report Var(flag_finite_math_only) Optimization SetByCombined
1534 Assume no NaNs or infinities are generated.
1535
1536 ffinite-loops
1537 Common Report Var(flag_finite_loops) Optimization Init(0)
1538 Assume that loops with an exit will terminate and not loop indefinitely.
1539
1540 ffixed-
1541 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
1542 -ffixed-<register> Mark <register> as being unavailable to the compiler.
1543
1544 ffloat-store
1545 Common Report Var(flag_float_store) Optimization
1546 Don't allocate floats and doubles in extended-precision registers.
1547
1548 fforce-addr
1549 Common Ignore
1550 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1551
1552 fforward-propagate
1553 Common Report Var(flag_forward_propagate) Optimization
1554 Perform a forward propagation pass on RTL.
1555
1556 ffp-contract=
1557 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(fp_contract_mode) Var(flag_fp_contract_mode) Init(FP_CONTRACT_FAST) Optimization
1558 -ffp-contract=[off|on|fast] Perform floating-point expression contraction.
1559
1560 Enum
1561 Name(fp_contract_mode) Type(enum fp_contract_mode) UnknownError(unknown floating point contraction style %qs)
1562
1563 EnumValue
1564 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(off) Value(FP_CONTRACT_OFF)
1565
1566 ; Not implemented, fall back to conservative FP_CONTRACT_OFF.
1567 EnumValue
1568 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(on) Value(FP_CONTRACT_OFF)
1569
1570 EnumValue
1571 Enum(fp_contract_mode) String(fast) Value(FP_CONTRACT_FAST)
1572
1573 ffp-int-builtin-inexact
1574 Common Report Var(flag_fp_int_builtin_inexact) Init(1) Optimization
1575 Allow built-in functions ceil, floor, round, trunc to raise \"inexact\" exceptions.
1576
1577 ; Nonzero means don't put addresses of constant functions in registers.
1578 ; Used for compiling the Unix kernel, where strange substitutions are
1579 ; done on the assembly output.
1580 ffunction-cse
1581 Common Report Var(flag_no_function_cse,0) Optimization
1582 Allow function addresses to be held in registers.
1583
1584 ffunction-sections
1585 Common Report Var(flag_function_sections)
1586 Place each function into its own section.
1587
1588 fgcse
1589 Common Report Var(flag_gcse) Optimization
1590 Perform global common subexpression elimination.
1591
1592 fgcse-lm
1593 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_lm) Init(1) Optimization
1594 Perform enhanced load motion during global common subexpression elimination.
1595
1596 fgcse-sm
1597 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_sm) Init(0) Optimization
1598 Perform store motion after global common subexpression elimination.
1599
1600 fgcse-las
1601 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_las) Init(0) Optimization
1602 Perform redundant load after store elimination in global common subexpression
1603 elimination.
1604
1605 fgcse-after-reload
1606 Common Report Var(flag_gcse_after_reload) Optimization
1607 Perform global common subexpression elimination after register allocation has
1608 finished.
1609
1610 Enum
1611 Name(dwarf_gnat_encodings) Type(int)
1612
1613 EnumValue
1614 Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) String(all) Value(DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_ALL)
1615
1616 EnumValue
1617 Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) String(gdb) Value(DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_GDB)
1618
1619 EnumValue
1620 Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) String(minimal) Value(DWARF_GNAT_ENCODINGS_MINIMAL)
1621
1622 fgnat-encodings=
1623 Common Enum(dwarf_gnat_encodings) Joined RejectNegative Report Undocumented Var(gnat_encodings)
1624 -fgnat-encodings=[all|gdb|minimal] Select the balance between GNAT encodings and standard DWARF emitted in the debug information.
1625
1626 ; This option is not documented yet as its semantics will change.
1627 fgraphite
1628 Common Report Var(flag_graphite) Optimization
1629 Enable in and out of Graphite representation.
1630
1631 fgraphite-identity
1632 Common Report Var(flag_graphite_identity) Optimization
1633 Enable Graphite Identity transformation.
1634
1635 fhoist-adjacent-loads
1636 Common Report Var(flag_hoist_adjacent_loads) Optimization
1637 Enable hoisting adjacent loads to encourage generating conditional move
1638 instructions.
1639
1640 fkeep-gc-roots-live
1641 Common Undocumented Report Var(flag_keep_gc_roots_live) Optimization
1642 ; Always keep a pointer to a live memory block
1643
1644 flarge-source-files
1645 Common Report Var(flag_large_source_files) Init(0)
1646 Improve GCC's ability to track column numbers in large source files,
1647 at the expense of slower compilation.
1648
1649 floop-parallelize-all
1650 Common Report Var(flag_loop_parallelize_all) Optimization
1651 Mark all loops as parallel.
1652
1653 floop-strip-mine
1654 Common Alias(floop-nest-optimize)
1655 Enable loop nest transforms. Same as -floop-nest-optimize.
1656
1657 floop-interchange
1658 Common Report Var(flag_loop_interchange) Optimization
1659 Enable loop interchange on trees.
1660
1661 floop-block
1662 Common Alias(floop-nest-optimize)
1663 Enable loop nest transforms. Same as -floop-nest-optimize.
1664
1665 floop-unroll-and-jam
1666 Common Report Var(flag_unroll_jam) Optimization
1667 Perform unroll-and-jam on loops.
1668
1669 fgnu-tm
1670 Common Report Var(flag_tm)
1671 Enable support for GNU transactional memory.
1672
1673 fgnu-unique
1674 Common Report Var(flag_gnu_unique) Init(1)
1675 Use STB_GNU_UNIQUE if supported by the assembler.
1676
1677 floop-flatten
1678 Common Ignore
1679 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1680
1681 floop-nest-optimize
1682 Common Report Var(flag_loop_nest_optimize) Optimization
1683 Enable the loop nest optimizer.
1684
1685 fstrict-volatile-bitfields
1686 Common Report Var(flag_strict_volatile_bitfields) Init(-1) Optimization
1687 Force bitfield accesses to match their type width.
1688
1689 fstore-merging
1690 Common Report Var(flag_store_merging) Optimization
1691 Merge adjacent stores.
1692
1693 fguess-branch-probability
1694 Common Report Var(flag_guess_branch_prob) Optimization
1695 Enable guessing of branch probabilities.
1696
1697 ; Nonzero means ignore `#ident' directives. 0 means handle them.
1698 ; Generate position-independent code for executables if possible
1699 ; On SVR4 targets, it also controls whether or not to emit a
1700 ; string identifying the compiler.
1701 fident
1702 Common Report Var(flag_no_ident,0)
1703 Process #ident directives.
1704
1705 fif-conversion
1706 Common Report Var(flag_if_conversion) Optimization
1707 Perform conversion of conditional jumps to branchless equivalents.
1708
1709 fif-conversion2
1710 Common Report Var(flag_if_conversion2) Optimization
1711 Perform conversion of conditional jumps to conditional execution.
1712
1713 fstack-reuse=
1714 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(stack_reuse_level) Var(flag_stack_reuse) Init(SR_ALL) Optimization
1715 -fstack-reuse=[all|named_vars|none] Set stack reuse level for local variables.
1716
1717 Enum
1718 Name(stack_reuse_level) Type(enum stack_reuse_level) UnknownError(unknown Stack Reuse Level %qs)
1719
1720 EnumValue
1721 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(all) Value(SR_ALL)
1722
1723 EnumValue
1724 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(named_vars) Value(SR_NAMED_VARS)
1725
1726 EnumValue
1727 Enum(stack_reuse_level) String(none) Value(SR_NONE)
1728
1729 ftree-loop-if-convert
1730 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_if_convert) Init(-1) Optimization
1731 Convert conditional jumps in innermost loops to branchless equivalents.
1732
1733 ftree-loop-if-convert-stores
1734 Common Ignore
1735 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1736
1737 ; -finhibit-size-directive inhibits output of .size for ELF.
1738 ; This is used only for compiling crtstuff.c,
1739 ; and it may be extended to other effects
1740 ; needed for crtstuff.c on other systems.
1741 finhibit-size-directive
1742 Common Report Var(flag_inhibit_size_directive)
1743 Do not generate .size directives.
1744
1745 findirect-inlining
1746 Common Report Var(flag_indirect_inlining) Optimization
1747 Perform indirect inlining.
1748
1749 ; General flag to enable inlining. Specifying -fno-inline will disable
1750 ; all inlining apart from always-inline functions.
1751 finline
1752 Common Report Var(flag_no_inline,0) Init(0) Optimization
1753 Enable inlining of function declared \"inline\", disabling disables all inlining.
1754
1755 finline-small-functions
1756 Common Report Var(flag_inline_small_functions) Optimization
1757 Integrate functions into their callers when code size is known not to grow.
1758
1759 finline-functions
1760 Common Report Var(flag_inline_functions) Optimization
1761 Integrate functions not declared \"inline\" into their callers when profitable.
1762
1763 finline-functions-called-once
1764 Common Report Var(flag_inline_functions_called_once) Optimization
1765 Integrate functions only required by their single caller.
1766
1767 finline-limit-
1768 Common RejectNegative Joined Alias(finline-limit=)
1769
1770 finline-limit=
1771 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
1772 -finline-limit=<number> Limit the size of inlined functions to <number>.
1773
1774 finline-atomics
1775 Common Report Var(flag_inline_atomics) Init(1) Optimization
1776 Inline __atomic operations when a lock free instruction sequence is available.
1777
1778 fcf-protection
1779 Common RejectNegative Alias(fcf-protection=,full)
1780
1781 fcf-protection=
1782 Common Report Joined RejectNegative Enum(cf_protection_level) Var(flag_cf_protection) Init(CF_NONE)
1783 -fcf-protection=[full|branch|return|none|check] Instrument functions with checks to verify jump/call/return control-flow transfer
1784 instructions have valid targets.
1785
1786 Enum
1787 Name(cf_protection_level) Type(enum cf_protection_level) UnknownError(unknown Control-Flow Protection Level %qs)
1788
1789 EnumValue
1790 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(full) Value(CF_FULL)
1791
1792 EnumValue
1793 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(branch) Value(CF_BRANCH)
1794
1795 EnumValue
1796 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(return) Value(CF_RETURN)
1797
1798 EnumValue
1799 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(check) Value(CF_CHECK)
1800
1801 EnumValue
1802 Enum(cf_protection_level) String(none) Value(CF_NONE)
1803
1804 finstrument-functions
1805 Common Report Var(flag_instrument_function_entry_exit)
1806 Instrument function entry and exit with profiling calls.
1807
1808 finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list=
1809 Common RejectNegative Joined
1810 -finstrument-functions-exclude-function-list=name,... Do not instrument listed functions.
1811
1812 finstrument-functions-exclude-file-list=
1813 Common RejectNegative Joined
1814 -finstrument-functions-exclude-file-list=filename,... Do not instrument functions listed in files.
1815
1816 fipa-cp
1817 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_cp) Optimization
1818 Perform interprocedural constant propagation.
1819
1820 fipa-cp-clone
1821 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_cp_clone) Optimization
1822 Perform cloning to make Interprocedural constant propagation stronger.
1823
1824 fipa-cp-alignment
1825 Common Ignore
1826 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1827
1828 fipa-bit-cp
1829 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_bit_cp) Optimization
1830 Perform interprocedural bitwise constant propagation.
1831
1832 fipa-modref
1833 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_modref) Optimization
1834 Perform interprocedural modref analysis.
1835
1836 fipa-profile
1837 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_profile) Init(0) Optimization
1838 Perform interprocedural profile propagation.
1839
1840 fipa-pta
1841 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_pta) Init(0) Optimization
1842 Perform interprocedural points-to analysis.
1843
1844 fipa-pure-const
1845 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_pure_const) Init(0) Optimization
1846 Discover pure and const functions.
1847
1848 fipa-icf
1849 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_icf) Optimization
1850 Perform Identical Code Folding for functions and read-only variables.
1851
1852 fipa-icf-functions
1853 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_icf_functions) Optimization
1854 Perform Identical Code Folding for functions.
1855
1856 fipa-icf-variables
1857 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_icf_variables) Optimization
1858 Perform Identical Code Folding for variables.
1859
1860 fipa-reference
1861 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_reference) Init(0) Optimization
1862 Discover read-only and non addressable static variables.
1863
1864 fipa-reference-addressable
1865 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_reference_addressable) Init(0) Optimization
1866 Discover read-only, write-only and non-addressable static variables.
1867
1868 fipa-stack-alignment
1869 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_stack_alignment) Init(1) Optimization
1870 Reduce stack alignment on call sites if possible.
1871
1872 fipa-matrix-reorg
1873 Common Ignore
1874 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1875
1876 fipa-struct-reorg
1877 Common Ignore
1878 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1879
1880 fipa-vrp
1881 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_vrp) Optimization
1882 Perform IPA Value Range Propagation.
1883
1884 fira-algorithm=
1885 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(ira_algorithm) Var(flag_ira_algorithm) Init(IRA_ALGORITHM_CB) Optimization
1886 -fira-algorithm=[CB|priority] Set the used IRA algorithm.
1887
1888 Enum
1889 Name(ira_algorithm) Type(enum ira_algorithm) UnknownError(unknown IRA algorithm %qs)
1890
1891 EnumValue
1892 Enum(ira_algorithm) String(CB) Value(IRA_ALGORITHM_CB)
1893
1894 EnumValue
1895 Enum(ira_algorithm) String(priority) Value(IRA_ALGORITHM_PRIORITY)
1896
1897 fira-region=
1898 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(ira_region) Var(flag_ira_region) Init(IRA_REGION_AUTODETECT) Optimization
1899 -fira-region=[one|all|mixed] Set regions for IRA.
1900
1901 Enum
1902 Name(ira_region) Type(enum ira_region) UnknownError(unknown IRA region %qs)
1903
1904 EnumValue
1905 Enum(ira_region) String(one) Value(IRA_REGION_ONE)
1906
1907 EnumValue
1908 Enum(ira_region) String(all) Value(IRA_REGION_ALL)
1909
1910 EnumValue
1911 Enum(ira_region) String(mixed) Value(IRA_REGION_MIXED)
1912
1913 fira-hoist-pressure
1914 Common Report Var(flag_ira_hoist_pressure) Init(1) Optimization
1915 Use IRA based register pressure calculation
1916 in RTL hoist optimizations.
1917
1918 fira-loop-pressure
1919 Common Report Var(flag_ira_loop_pressure) Optimization
1920 Use IRA based register pressure calculation
1921 in RTL loop optimizations.
1922
1923 fira-share-save-slots
1924 Common Report Var(flag_ira_share_save_slots) Init(1) Optimization
1925 Share slots for saving different hard registers.
1926
1927 fira-share-spill-slots
1928 Common Report Var(flag_ira_share_spill_slots) Init(1) Optimization
1929 Share stack slots for spilled pseudo-registers.
1930
1931 fira-verbose=
1932 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(flag_ira_verbose) Init(5)
1933 -fira-verbose=<number> Control IRA's level of diagnostic messages.
1934
1935 fivopts
1936 Common Report Var(flag_ivopts) Init(1) Optimization
1937 Optimize induction variables on trees.
1938
1939 fjump-tables
1940 Common Var(flag_jump_tables) Init(1) Optimization
1941 Use jump tables for sufficiently large switch statements.
1942
1943 fkeep-inline-functions
1944 Common Report Var(flag_keep_inline_functions)
1945 Generate code for functions even if they are fully inlined.
1946
1947 fkeep-static-functions
1948 Common Report Var(flag_keep_static_functions)
1949 Generate code for static functions even if they are never called.
1950
1951 fkeep-static-consts
1952 Common Report Var(flag_keep_static_consts) Init(1)
1953 Emit static const variables even if they are not used.
1954
1955 fleading-underscore
1956 Common Report Var(flag_leading_underscore) Init(-1)
1957 Give external symbols a leading underscore.
1958
1959 floop-optimize
1960 Common Ignore
1961 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
1962
1963 flra-remat
1964 Common Report Var(flag_lra_remat) Optimization
1965 Do CFG-sensitive rematerialization in LRA.
1966
1967 flto
1968 Common
1969 Enable link-time optimization.
1970
1971 flto=
1972 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(flag_lto)
1973 Link-time optimization with number of parallel jobs or jobserver.
1974
1975 Enum
1976 Name(lto_partition_model) Type(enum lto_partition_model) UnknownError(unknown LTO partitioning model %qs)
1977
1978 EnumValue
1979 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(none) Value(LTO_PARTITION_NONE)
1980
1981 EnumValue
1982 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(one) Value(LTO_PARTITION_ONE)
1983
1984 EnumValue
1985 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(balanced) Value(LTO_PARTITION_BALANCED)
1986
1987 EnumValue
1988 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(1to1) Value(LTO_PARTITION_1TO1)
1989
1990 EnumValue
1991 Enum(lto_partition_model) String(max) Value(LTO_PARTITION_MAX)
1992
1993 flto-partition=
1994 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(lto_partition_model) Var(flag_lto_partition) Init(LTO_PARTITION_BALANCED)
1995 Specify the algorithm to partition symbols and vars at linktime.
1996
1997 ; The initial value of -1 comes from Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION in zlib.h.
1998 flto-compression-level=
1999 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_lto_compression_level) Init(-1) IntegerRange(0, 19)
2000 -flto-compression-level=<number> Use zlib/zstd compression level <number> for IL.
2001
2002 flto-odr-type-merging
2003 Common Ignore
2004 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2005
2006 flto-report
2007 Common Report Var(flag_lto_report) Init(0)
2008 Report various link-time optimization statistics.
2009
2010 flto-report-wpa
2011 Common Report Var(flag_lto_report_wpa) Init(0)
2012 Report various link-time optimization statistics for WPA only.
2013
2014 fmath-errno
2015 Common Report Var(flag_errno_math) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
2016 Set errno after built-in math functions.
2017
2018 fmax-errors=
2019 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_max_errors)
2020 -fmax-errors=<number> Maximum number of errors to report.
2021
2022 fmem-report
2023 Common Report Var(mem_report)
2024 Report on permanent memory allocation.
2025
2026 fmem-report-wpa
2027 Common Report Var(mem_report_wpa)
2028 Report on permanent memory allocation in WPA only.
2029
2030 ; This will attempt to merge constant section constants, if 1 only
2031 ; string constants and constants from constant pool, if 2 also constant
2032 ; variables.
2033 fmerge-all-constants
2034 Common Report Var(flag_merge_constants,2) Init(1)
2035 Attempt to merge identical constants and constant variables.
2036
2037 fmerge-constants
2038 Common Report Var(flag_merge_constants,1)
2039 Attempt to merge identical constants across compilation units.
2040
2041 fmerge-debug-strings
2042 Common Report Var(flag_merge_debug_strings) Init(1)
2043 Attempt to merge identical debug strings across compilation units.
2044
2045 fmessage-length=
2046 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger
2047 -fmessage-length=<number> Limit diagnostics to <number> characters per line. 0 suppresses line-wrapping.
2048
2049 fmodulo-sched
2050 Common Report Var(flag_modulo_sched) Optimization
2051 Perform SMS based modulo scheduling before the first scheduling pass.
2052
2053 fmodulo-sched-allow-regmoves
2054 Common Report Var(flag_modulo_sched_allow_regmoves) Optimization
2055 Perform SMS based modulo scheduling with register moves allowed.
2056
2057 fmove-loop-invariants
2058 Common Report Var(flag_move_loop_invariants) Optimization
2059 Move loop invariant computations out of loops.
2060
2061 fdce
2062 Common Var(flag_dce) Init(1) Optimization
2063 Use the RTL dead code elimination pass.
2064
2065 fdse
2066 Common Var(flag_dse) Init(0) Optimization
2067 Use the RTL dead store elimination pass.
2068
2069 freschedule-modulo-scheduled-loops
2070 Common Report Var(flag_resched_modulo_sched) Optimization
2071 Enable/Disable the traditional scheduling in loops that already passed modulo scheduling.
2072
2073 fnon-call-exceptions
2074 Common Report Var(flag_non_call_exceptions) Optimization
2075 Support synchronous non-call exceptions.
2076
2077 foffload=
2078 Common Driver Joined MissingArgError(options or targets missing after %qs)
2079 -foffload=<targets>=<options> Specify offloading targets and options for them.
2080
2081 foffload-abi=
2082 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(offload_abi) Var(flag_offload_abi) Init(OFFLOAD_ABI_UNSET)
2083 -foffload-abi=[lp64|ilp32] Set the ABI to use in an offload compiler.
2084
2085 Enum
2086 Name(offload_abi) Type(enum offload_abi) UnknownError(unknown offload ABI %qs)
2087
2088 EnumValue
2089 Enum(offload_abi) String(ilp32) Value(OFFLOAD_ABI_ILP32)
2090
2091 EnumValue
2092 Enum(offload_abi) String(lp64) Value(OFFLOAD_ABI_LP64)
2093
2094 fomit-frame-pointer
2095 Common Report Var(flag_omit_frame_pointer) Optimization
2096 When possible do not generate stack frames.
2097
2098 fopt-info
2099 Common Report Var(flag_opt_info) Optimization
2100 Enable all optimization info dumps on stderr.
2101
2102 fopt-info-
2103 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2104 -fopt-info[-<type>=filename] Dump compiler optimization details.
2105
2106 fsave-optimization-record
2107 Common Report Var(flag_save_optimization_record) Optimization
2108 Write a SRCFILE.opt-record.json file detailing what optimizations were performed.
2109
2110 foptimize-register-move
2111 Common Ignore
2112 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2113
2114 foptimize-sibling-calls
2115 Common Report Var(flag_optimize_sibling_calls) Optimization
2116 Optimize sibling and tail recursive calls.
2117
2118 fpartial-inlining
2119 Common Report Var(flag_partial_inlining) Optimization
2120 Perform partial inlining.
2121
2122 fpre-ipa-mem-report
2123 Common Report Var(pre_ipa_mem_report)
2124 Report on memory allocation before interprocedural optimization.
2125
2126 fpost-ipa-mem-report
2127 Common Report Var(post_ipa_mem_report)
2128 Report on memory allocation before interprocedural optimization.
2129
2130 fpack-struct
2131 Common Report Var(flag_pack_struct) Optimization
2132 Pack structure members together without holes.
2133
2134 fpack-struct=
2135 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
2136 -fpack-struct=<number> Set initial maximum structure member alignment.
2137
2138 fpcc-struct-return
2139 Common Report Var(flag_pcc_struct_return,1) Init(DEFAULT_PCC_STRUCT_RETURN)
2140 Return small aggregates in memory, not registers.
2141
2142 fpeel-loops
2143 Common Report Var(flag_peel_loops) Optimization
2144 Perform loop peeling.
2145
2146 fpeephole
2147 Common Report Var(flag_no_peephole,0) Optimization
2148 Enable machine specific peephole optimizations.
2149
2150 fpeephole2
2151 Common Report Var(flag_peephole2) Optimization
2152 Enable an RTL peephole pass before sched2.
2153
2154 fPIC
2155 Common Report Var(flag_pic,2) Negative(fPIE) Init(-1)
2156 Generate position-independent code if possible (large mode).
2157
2158 fPIE
2159 Common Report Var(flag_pie,2) Negative(fpic) Init(-1)
2160 Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (large mode).
2161
2162 fpic
2163 Common Report Var(flag_pic,1) Negative(fpie) Init(-1)
2164 Generate position-independent code if possible (small mode).
2165
2166 fpie
2167 Common Report Var(flag_pie,1) Negative(fPIC) Init(-1)
2168 Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (small mode).
2169
2170 fplt
2171 Common Report Var(flag_plt) Init(1) Optimization
2172 Use PLT for PIC calls (-fno-plt: load the address from GOT at call site).
2173
2174 fplugin=
2175 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2176 Specify a plugin to load.
2177
2178 fplugin-arg-
2179 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2180 -fplugin-arg-<name>-<key>[=<value>] Specify argument <key>=<value> for plugin <name>.
2181
2182 fpredictive-commoning
2183 Common Report Var(flag_predictive_commoning) Optimization
2184 Run predictive commoning optimization.
2185
2186 fprefetch-loop-arrays
2187 Common Report Var(flag_prefetch_loop_arrays) Init(-1) Optimization
2188 Generate prefetch instructions, if available, for arrays in loops.
2189
2190 fprofile
2191 Common Report Var(profile_flag)
2192 Enable basic program profiling code.
2193
2194 fprofile-abs-path
2195 Common Report Var(profile_abs_path_flag)
2196 Generate absolute source path names for gcov.
2197
2198 fprofile-arcs
2199 Common Report Var(profile_arc_flag)
2200 Insert arc-based program profiling code.
2201
2202 fprofile-dir=
2203 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_data_prefix)
2204 Set the top-level directory for storing the profile data.
2205 The default is 'pwd'.
2206
2207 fprofile-note=
2208 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_note_location)
2209 Select the name for storing the profile note file.
2210
2211 fprofile-correction
2212 Common Report Var(flag_profile_correction)
2213 Enable correction of flow inconsistent profile data input.
2214
2215 fprofile-update=
2216 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(profile_update) Var(flag_profile_update) Init(PROFILE_UPDATE_SINGLE)
2217 -fprofile-update=[single|atomic|prefer-atomic] Set the profile update method.
2218
2219 fprofile-filter-files=
2220 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_profile_filter_files)
2221 Instrument only functions from files whose name matches any of the regular expressions (separated by semi-colons).
2222
2223 fprofile-exclude-files=
2224 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_profile_exclude_files)
2225 Instrument only functions from files whose name does not match any of the regular expressions (separated by semi-colons).
2226
2227 Enum
2228 Name(profile_reproducibility) Type(enum profile_reproducibility) UnknownError(unknown profile reproducibility method %qs)
2229
2230 EnumValue
2231 Enum(profile_reproducibility) String(serial) Value(PROFILE_REPRODUCIBILITY_SERIAL)
2232
2233 EnumValue
2234 Enum(profile_reproducibility) String(parallel-runs) Value(PROFILE_REPRODUCIBILITY_PARALLEL_RUNS)
2235
2236 EnumValue
2237 Enum(profile_reproducibility) String(multithreaded) Value(PROFILE_REPRODUCIBILITY_MULTITHREADED)
2238
2239 fprofile-reproducible
2240 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(flag_profile_reproducible) Enum(profile_reproducibility) Init(PROFILE_REPRODUCIBILITY_SERIAL)
2241 -fprofile-reproducible=[serial|parallel-runs|multithreaded] Control level of reproducibility of profile gathered by -fprofile-generate.
2242
2243 Enum
2244 Name(profile_update) Type(enum profile_update) UnknownError(unknown profile update method %qs)
2245
2246 EnumValue
2247 Enum(profile_update) String(single) Value(PROFILE_UPDATE_SINGLE)
2248
2249 EnumValue
2250 Enum(profile_update) String(atomic) Value(PROFILE_UPDATE_ATOMIC)
2251
2252 EnumValue
2253 Enum(profile_update) String(prefer-atomic) Value(PROFILE_UPDATE_PREFER_ATOMIC)
2254
2255 fprofile-prefix-path=
2256 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(profile_prefix_path)
2257 Remove prefix from absolute path before mangling name for -fprofile-generate= and -fprofile-use=.
2258
2259 fprofile-generate
2260 Common
2261 Enable common options for generating profile info for profile feedback directed optimizations.
2262
2263 fprofile-generate=
2264 Common Joined RejectNegative
2265 Enable common options for generating profile info for profile feedback directed optimizations, and set -fprofile-dir=.
2266
2267 fprofile-partial-training
2268 Common Report Var(flag_profile_partial_training) Optimization
2269 Do not assume that functions never executed during the train run are cold.
2270
2271 fprofile-use
2272 Common Var(flag_profile_use)
2273 Enable common options for performing profile feedback directed optimizations.
2274
2275 fprofile-use=
2276 Common Joined RejectNegative
2277 Enable common options for performing profile feedback directed optimizations, and set -fprofile-dir=.
2278
2279 fprofile-values
2280 Common Report Var(flag_profile_values)
2281 Insert code to profile values of expressions.
2282
2283 fprofile-report
2284 Common Report Var(profile_report)
2285 Report on consistency of profile.
2286
2287 fprofile-reorder-functions
2288 Common Report Var(flag_profile_reorder_functions) Optimization
2289 Enable function reordering that improves code placement.
2290
2291 fpatchable-function-entry=
2292 Common Joined Optimization
2293 Insert NOP instructions at each function entry.
2294
2295 frandom-seed
2296 Common Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2297
2298 frandom-seed=
2299 Common Joined RejectNegative Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2300 -frandom-seed=<string> Make compile reproducible using <string>.
2301
2302 ; This switch causes the command line that was used to create an
2303 ; object file to be recorded into the object file. The exact format
2304 ; of this recording is target and binary file format dependent.
2305 ; It is related to the -fverbose-asm switch, but that switch only
2306 ; records information in the assembler output file as comments, so
2307 ; they never reach the object file.
2308 frecord-gcc-switches
2309 Common Report Var(flag_record_gcc_switches)
2310 Record gcc command line switches in the object file.
2311
2312 freg-struct-return
2313 Common Report Var(flag_pcc_struct_return,0) Optimization
2314 Return small aggregates in registers.
2315
2316 fregmove
2317 Common Ignore
2318 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2319
2320 flifetime-dse
2321 Common Report Var(flag_lifetime_dse,2) Init(2) Optimization
2322 Tell DSE that the storage for a C++ object is dead when the constructor
2323 starts and when the destructor finishes.
2324
2325 flifetime-dse=
2326 Common Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_lifetime_dse) Optimization IntegerRange(0, 2)
2327
2328 flive-patching
2329 Common RejectNegative Alias(flive-patching=,inline-clone) Optimization
2330
2331 flive-patching=
2332 Common Report Joined RejectNegative Enum(live_patching_level) Var(flag_live_patching) Init(LIVE_PATCHING_NONE) Optimization
2333 -flive-patching=[inline-only-static|inline-clone] Control IPA
2334 optimizations to provide a safe compilation for live-patching. At the same
2335 time, provides multiple-level control on the enabled IPA optimizations.
2336
2337 Enum
2338 Name(live_patching_level) Type(enum live_patching_level) UnknownError(unknown Live-Patching Level %qs)
2339
2340 EnumValue
2341 Enum(live_patching_level) String(inline-only-static) Value(LIVE_PATCHING_INLINE_ONLY_STATIC)
2342
2343 EnumValue
2344 Enum(live_patching_level) String(inline-clone) Value(LIVE_PATCHING_INLINE_CLONE)
2345
2346 fallocation-dce
2347 Common Report Var(flag_allocation_dce) Init(1) Optimization
2348 Tell DCE to remove unused C++ allocations.
2349
2350 flive-range-shrinkage
2351 Common Report Var(flag_live_range_shrinkage) Init(0) Optimization
2352 Relief of register pressure through live range shrinkage.
2353
2354 frename-registers
2355 Common Report Var(flag_rename_registers) Init(2) Optimization
2356 Perform a register renaming optimization pass.
2357
2358 fschedule-fusion
2359 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_fusion) Init(2) Optimization
2360 Perform a target dependent instruction fusion optimization pass.
2361
2362 freorder-blocks
2363 Common Report Var(flag_reorder_blocks) Optimization
2364 Reorder basic blocks to improve code placement.
2365
2366 freorder-blocks-algorithm=
2367 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(reorder_blocks_algorithm) Var(flag_reorder_blocks_algorithm) Init(REORDER_BLOCKS_ALGORITHM_SIMPLE) Optimization
2368 -freorder-blocks-algorithm=[simple|stc] Set the used basic block reordering algorithm.
2369
2370 Enum
2371 Name(reorder_blocks_algorithm) Type(enum reorder_blocks_algorithm) UnknownError(unknown basic block reordering algorithm %qs)
2372
2373 EnumValue
2374 Enum(reorder_blocks_algorithm) String(simple) Value(REORDER_BLOCKS_ALGORITHM_SIMPLE)
2375
2376 EnumValue
2377 Enum(reorder_blocks_algorithm) String(stc) Value(REORDER_BLOCKS_ALGORITHM_STC)
2378
2379 freorder-blocks-and-partition
2380 Common Report Var(flag_reorder_blocks_and_partition) Optimization
2381 Reorder basic blocks and partition into hot and cold sections.
2382
2383 freorder-functions
2384 Common Report Var(flag_reorder_functions) Optimization
2385 Reorder functions to improve code placement.
2386
2387 frerun-cse-after-loop
2388 Common Report Var(flag_rerun_cse_after_loop) Optimization
2389 Add a common subexpression elimination pass after loop optimizations.
2390
2391 frerun-loop-opt
2392 Common Ignore
2393 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2394
2395 frounding-math
2396 Common Report Var(flag_rounding_math) Optimization SetByCombined
2397 Disable optimizations that assume default FP rounding behavior.
2398
2399 fsched-interblock
2400 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_interblock) Init(1) Optimization
2401 Enable scheduling across basic blocks.
2402
2403 fsched-pressure
2404 Common Report Var(flag_sched_pressure) Init(0) Optimization
2405 Enable register pressure sensitive insn scheduling.
2406
2407 fsched-spec
2408 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_speculative) Init(1) Optimization
2409 Allow speculative motion of non-loads.
2410
2411 fsched-spec-load
2412 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_speculative_load) Optimization
2413 Allow speculative motion of some loads.
2414
2415 fsched-spec-load-dangerous
2416 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_speculative_load_dangerous) Optimization
2417 Allow speculative motion of more loads.
2418
2419 fsched-verbose=
2420 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(sched_verbose_param) Init(1)
2421 -fsched-verbose=<number> Set the verbosity level of the scheduler.
2422
2423 fsched2-use-superblocks
2424 Common Report Var(flag_sched2_use_superblocks) Optimization
2425 If scheduling post reload, do superblock scheduling.
2426
2427 fsched2-use-traces
2428 Common Ignore
2429 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2430
2431 fschedule-insns
2432 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_insns) Optimization
2433 Reschedule instructions before register allocation.
2434
2435 fschedule-insns2
2436 Common Report Var(flag_schedule_insns_after_reload) Optimization
2437 Reschedule instructions after register allocation.
2438
2439 ; This flag should be on when a target implements non-trivial
2440 ; scheduling hooks, maybe saving some information for its own sake.
2441 ; On IA64, for example, this is used for correct bundling.
2442 fselective-scheduling
2443 Common Report Var(flag_selective_scheduling) Optimization
2444 Schedule instructions using selective scheduling algorithm.
2445
2446 fselective-scheduling2
2447 Common Report Var(flag_selective_scheduling2) Optimization
2448 Run selective scheduling after reload.
2449
2450 fself-test=
2451 Common Undocumented Joined Var(flag_self_test)
2452 Run self-tests, using the given path to locate test files.
2453
2454 fsel-sched-pipelining
2455 Common Report Var(flag_sel_sched_pipelining) Init(0) Optimization
2456 Perform software pipelining of inner loops during selective scheduling.
2457
2458 fsel-sched-pipelining-outer-loops
2459 Common Report Var(flag_sel_sched_pipelining_outer_loops) Init(0) Optimization
2460 Perform software pipelining of outer loops during selective scheduling.
2461
2462 fsel-sched-reschedule-pipelined
2463 Common Report Var(flag_sel_sched_reschedule_pipelined) Init(0) Optimization
2464 Reschedule pipelined regions without pipelining.
2465
2466 fsemantic-interposition
2467 Common Report Var(flag_semantic_interposition) Init(1)
2468 Allow interposing function (or variables) by ones with different semantics (or initializer) respectively by dynamic linker.
2469
2470 ; sched_stalled_insns means that insns can be moved prematurely from the queue
2471 ; of stalled insns into the ready list.
2472 fsched-stalled-insns
2473 Common Report Var(flag_sched_stalled_insns) Optimization UInteger
2474 Allow premature scheduling of queued insns.
2475
2476 fsched-stalled-insns=
2477 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
2478 -fsched-stalled-insns=<number> Set number of queued insns that can be prematurely scheduled.
2479
2480 ; sched_stalled_insns_dep controls how many recently scheduled cycles will
2481 ; be examined for a dependency on a stalled insn that is candidate for
2482 ; premature removal from the queue of stalled insns into the ready list (has
2483 ; an effect only if the flag 'sched_stalled_insns' is set).
2484 fsched-stalled-insns-dep
2485 Common Report Var(flag_sched_stalled_insns_dep,1) Init(1) Optimization UInteger
2486 Set dependence distance checking in premature scheduling of queued insns.
2487
2488 fsched-stalled-insns-dep=
2489 Common RejectNegative Joined UInteger Optimization
2490 -fsched-stalled-insns-dep=<number> Set dependence distance checking in premature scheduling of queued insns.
2491
2492 fsched-group-heuristic
2493 Common Report Var(flag_sched_group_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2494 Enable the group heuristic in the scheduler.
2495
2496 fsched-critical-path-heuristic
2497 Common Report Var(flag_sched_critical_path_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2498 Enable the critical path heuristic in the scheduler.
2499
2500 fsched-spec-insn-heuristic
2501 Common Report Var(flag_sched_spec_insn_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2502 Enable the speculative instruction heuristic in the scheduler.
2503
2504 fsched-rank-heuristic
2505 Common Report Var(flag_sched_rank_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2506 Enable the rank heuristic in the scheduler.
2507
2508 fsched-last-insn-heuristic
2509 Common Report Var(flag_sched_last_insn_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2510 Enable the last instruction heuristic in the scheduler.
2511
2512 fsched-dep-count-heuristic
2513 Common Report Var(flag_sched_dep_count_heuristic) Init(1) Optimization
2514 Enable the dependent count heuristic in the scheduler.
2515
2516 fsection-anchors
2517 Common Report Var(flag_section_anchors) Optimization
2518 Access data in the same section from shared anchor points.
2519
2520 fsee
2521 Common Ignore
2522 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2523
2524 fzee
2525 Common Ignore
2526 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2527
2528 free
2529 Common Report Var(flag_ree) Init(0) Optimization
2530 Turn on Redundant Extensions Elimination pass.
2531
2532 fshow-column
2533 Common Report Var(flag_show_column) Init(1)
2534 Show column numbers in diagnostics, when available. Default on.
2535
2536 fshrink-wrap
2537 Common Report Var(flag_shrink_wrap) Optimization
2538 Emit function prologues only before parts of the function that need it,
2539 rather than at the top of the function.
2540
2541 fshrink-wrap-separate
2542 Common Report Var(flag_shrink_wrap_separate) Init(1) Optimization
2543 Shrink-wrap parts of the prologue and epilogue separately.
2544
2545 fsignaling-nans
2546 Common Report Var(flag_signaling_nans) Optimization SetByCombined
2547 Disable optimizations observable by IEEE signaling NaNs.
2548
2549 fsigned-zeros
2550 Common Report Var(flag_signed_zeros) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
2551 Disable floating point optimizations that ignore the IEEE signedness of zero.
2552
2553 fsingle-precision-constant
2554 Common Report Var(flag_single_precision_constant) Optimization
2555 Convert floating point constants to single precision constants.
2556
2557 fsplit-ivs-in-unroller
2558 Common Report Var(flag_split_ivs_in_unroller) Init(1) Optimization
2559 Split lifetimes of induction variables when loops are unrolled.
2560
2561 fsplit-stack
2562 Common Report Var(flag_split_stack) Init(-1)
2563 Generate discontiguous stack frames.
2564
2565 fsplit-wide-types
2566 Common Report Var(flag_split_wide_types) Optimization
2567 Split wide types into independent registers.
2568
2569 fsplit-wide-types-early
2570 Common Report Var(flag_split_wide_types_early) Optimization
2571 Split wide types into independent registers earlier.
2572
2573 fssa-backprop
2574 Common Report Var(flag_ssa_backprop) Init(1) Optimization
2575 Enable backward propagation of use properties at the SSA level.
2576
2577 fssa-phiopt
2578 Common Report Var(flag_ssa_phiopt) Optimization
2579 Optimize conditional patterns using SSA PHI nodes.
2580
2581 fstdarg-opt
2582 Common Report Var(flag_stdarg_opt) Init(1) Optimization
2583 Optimize amount of stdarg registers saved to stack at start of function.
2584
2585 fvariable-expansion-in-unroller
2586 Common Report Var(flag_variable_expansion_in_unroller) Optimization
2587 Apply variable expansion when loops are unrolled.
2588
2589 fstack-check=
2590 Common Report RejectNegative Joined Optimization
2591 -fstack-check=[no|generic|specific] Insert stack checking code into the program.
2592
2593 fstack-check
2594 Common Alias(fstack-check=, specific, no)
2595 Insert stack checking code into the program. Same as -fstack-check=specific.
2596
2597 fstack-clash-protection
2598 Common Report Var(flag_stack_clash_protection) Optimization
2599 Insert code to probe each page of stack space as it is allocated to protect
2600 from stack-clash style attacks.
2601
2602 fstack-limit
2603 Common Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2604
2605 fstack-limit-register=
2606 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2607 -fstack-limit-register=<register> Trap if the stack goes past <register>.
2608
2609 fstack-limit-symbol=
2610 Common RejectNegative Joined Var(common_deferred_options) Defer
2611 -fstack-limit-symbol=<name> Trap if the stack goes past symbol <name>.
2612
2613 fstack-protector
2614 Common Report Var(flag_stack_protect, 1) Init(-1) Optimization
2615 Use propolice as a stack protection method.
2616
2617 fstack-protector-all
2618 Common Report RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 2) Init(-1) Optimization
2619 Use a stack protection method for every function.
2620
2621 fstack-protector-strong
2622 Common Report RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 3) Init(-1) Optimization
2623 Use a smart stack protection method for certain functions.
2624
2625 fstack-protector-explicit
2626 Common Report RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_protect, 4) Optimization
2627 Use stack protection method only for functions with the stack_protect attribute.
2628
2629 fstack-usage
2630 Common RejectNegative Var(flag_stack_usage)
2631 Output stack usage information on a per-function basis.
2632
2633 fstrength-reduce
2634 Common Ignore
2635 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2636
2637 ; Nonzero if we should do (language-dependent) alias analysis.
2638 ; Typically, this analysis will assume that expressions of certain
2639 ; types do not alias expressions of certain other types. Only used
2640 ; if alias analysis (in general) is enabled.
2641 fstrict-aliasing
2642 Common Report Var(flag_strict_aliasing) Optimization
2643 Assume strict aliasing rules apply.
2644
2645 fstrict-overflow
2646 Common Report
2647 Treat signed overflow as undefined. Negated as -fwrapv -fwrapv-pointer.
2648
2649 fsync-libcalls
2650 Common Report Var(flag_sync_libcalls) Init(1)
2651 Implement __atomic operations via libcalls to legacy __sync functions.
2652
2653 fsyntax-only
2654 Common Report Var(flag_syntax_only)
2655 Check for syntax errors, then stop.
2656
2657 ftest-coverage
2658 Common Report Var(flag_test_coverage)
2659 Create data files needed by \"gcov\".
2660
2661 fthread-jumps
2662 Common Report Var(flag_thread_jumps) Optimization
2663 Perform jump threading optimizations.
2664
2665 ftime-report
2666 Common Report Var(time_report)
2667 Report the time taken by each compiler pass.
2668
2669 ftime-report-details
2670 Common Report Var(time_report_details)
2671 Record times taken by sub-phases separately.
2672
2673 ftls-model=
2674 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(tls_model) Var(flag_tls_default) Init(TLS_MODEL_GLOBAL_DYNAMIC)
2675 -ftls-model=[global-dynamic|local-dynamic|initial-exec|local-exec] Set the default thread-local storage code generation model.
2676
2677 Enum
2678 Name(tls_model) Type(enum tls_model) UnknownError(unknown TLS model %qs)
2679
2680 EnumValue
2681 Enum(tls_model) String(global-dynamic) Value(TLS_MODEL_GLOBAL_DYNAMIC)
2682
2683 EnumValue
2684 Enum(tls_model) String(local-dynamic) Value(TLS_MODEL_LOCAL_DYNAMIC)
2685
2686 EnumValue
2687 Enum(tls_model) String(initial-exec) Value(TLS_MODEL_INITIAL_EXEC)
2688
2689 EnumValue
2690 Enum(tls_model) String(local-exec) Value(TLS_MODEL_LOCAL_EXEC)
2691
2692 ftoplevel-reorder
2693 Common Report Var(flag_toplevel_reorder) Init(2) Optimization
2694 Reorder top level functions, variables, and asms.
2695
2696 ftracer
2697 Common Report Var(flag_tracer) Optimization
2698 Perform superblock formation via tail duplication.
2699
2700 ftrampolines
2701 Common Report Var(flag_trampolines) Init(0)
2702 For targets that normally need trampolines for nested functions, always
2703 generate them instead of using descriptors.
2704
2705 ; Zero means that floating-point math operations cannot generate a
2706 ; (user-visible) trap. This is the case, for example, in nonstop
2707 ; IEEE 754 arithmetic.
2708 ftrapping-math
2709 Common Report Var(flag_trapping_math) Init(1) Optimization SetByCombined
2710 Assume floating-point operations can trap.
2711
2712 ftrapv
2713 Common Report Var(flag_trapv) Optimization
2714 Trap for signed overflow in addition, subtraction and multiplication.
2715
2716 ftree-ccp
2717 Common Report Var(flag_tree_ccp) Optimization
2718 Enable SSA-CCP optimization on trees.
2719
2720 ftree-bit-ccp
2721 Common Report Var(flag_tree_bit_ccp) Optimization
2722 Enable SSA-BIT-CCP optimization on trees.
2723
2724 ftree-store-ccp
2725 Common Ignore
2726 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2727
2728 ftree-ch
2729 Common Report Var(flag_tree_ch) Optimization
2730 Enable loop header copying on trees.
2731
2732 ftree-coalesce-inlined-vars
2733 Common Ignore RejectNegative
2734 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2735
2736 ftree-coalesce-vars
2737 Common Report Var(flag_tree_coalesce_vars) Optimization
2738 Enable SSA coalescing of user variables.
2739
2740 ftree-copyrename
2741 Common Ignore
2742 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2743
2744 ftree-copy-prop
2745 Common Report Var(flag_tree_copy_prop) Optimization
2746 Enable copy propagation on trees.
2747
2748 ftree-store-copy-prop
2749 Common Ignore
2750 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2751
2752 ftree-cselim
2753 Common Report Var(flag_tree_cselim) Init(2) Optimization
2754 Transform condition stores into unconditional ones.
2755
2756 ftree-switch-conversion
2757 Common Report Var(flag_tree_switch_conversion) Optimization
2758 Perform conversions of switch initializations.
2759
2760 ftree-dce
2761 Common Report Var(flag_tree_dce) Optimization
2762 Enable SSA dead code elimination optimization on trees.
2763
2764 ftree-dominator-opts
2765 Common Report Var(flag_tree_dom) Optimization
2766 Enable dominator optimizations.
2767
2768 ftree-tail-merge
2769 Common Report Var(flag_tree_tail_merge) Optimization
2770 Enable tail merging on trees.
2771
2772 ftree-dse
2773 Common Report Var(flag_tree_dse) Optimization
2774 Enable dead store elimination.
2775
2776 ftree-forwprop
2777 Common Report Var(flag_tree_forwprop) Init(1) Optimization
2778 Enable forward propagation on trees.
2779
2780 ftree-fre
2781 Common Report Var(flag_tree_fre) Optimization
2782 Enable Full Redundancy Elimination (FRE) on trees.
2783
2784 foptimize-strlen
2785 Common Report Var(flag_optimize_strlen) Optimization
2786 Enable string length optimizations on trees.
2787
2788 fisolate-erroneous-paths-dereference
2789 Common Report Var(flag_isolate_erroneous_paths_dereference) Optimization
2790 Detect paths that trigger erroneous or undefined behavior due to
2791 dereferencing a null pointer. Isolate those paths from the main control
2792 flow and turn the statement with erroneous or undefined behavior into a trap.
2793
2794 fisolate-erroneous-paths-attribute
2795 Common Report Var(flag_isolate_erroneous_paths_attribute) Optimization
2796 Detect paths that trigger erroneous or undefined behavior due to a null value
2797 being used in a way forbidden by a returns_nonnull or nonnull
2798 attribute. Isolate those paths from the main control flow and turn the
2799 statement with erroneous or undefined behavior into a trap.
2800
2801 ftree-loop-distribution
2802 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_distribution) Optimization
2803 Enable loop distribution on trees.
2804
2805 ftree-loop-distribute-patterns
2806 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_distribute_patterns) Optimization
2807 Enable loop distribution for patterns transformed into a library call.
2808
2809 ftree-loop-im
2810 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_im) Init(1) Optimization
2811 Enable loop invariant motion on trees.
2812
2813 ftree-loop-linear
2814 Common Alias(floop-nest-optimize)
2815 Enable loop nest transforms. Same as -floop-nest-optimize.
2816
2817 ftree-loop-ivcanon
2818 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_ivcanon) Init(1) Optimization
2819 Create canonical induction variables in loops.
2820
2821 ftree-loop-optimize
2822 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_optimize) Init(1) Optimization
2823 Enable loop optimizations on tree level.
2824
2825 ftree-parallelize-loops=
2826 Common Report Joined RejectNegative UInteger Var(flag_tree_parallelize_loops) Init(1) Optimization
2827 -ftree-parallelize-loops=<number> Enable automatic parallelization of loops.
2828
2829 ftree-phiprop
2830 Common Report Var(flag_tree_phiprop) Init(1) Optimization
2831 Enable hoisting loads from conditional pointers.
2832
2833 ftree-pre
2834 Common Report Var(flag_tree_pre) Optimization
2835 Enable SSA-PRE optimization on trees.
2836
2837 ftree-partial-pre
2838 Common Report Var(flag_tree_partial_pre) Optimization
2839 In SSA-PRE optimization on trees, enable partial-partial redundancy elimination.
2840
2841 ftree-pta
2842 Common Report Var(flag_tree_pta) Optimization
2843 Perform function-local points-to analysis on trees.
2844
2845 ftree-reassoc
2846 Common Report Var(flag_tree_reassoc) Init(1) Optimization
2847 Enable reassociation on tree level.
2848
2849 ftree-salias
2850 Common Ignore
2851 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2852
2853 ftree-sink
2854 Common Report Var(flag_tree_sink) Optimization
2855 Enable SSA code sinking on trees.
2856
2857 ftree-slsr
2858 Common Report Var(flag_tree_slsr) Optimization
2859 Perform straight-line strength reduction.
2860
2861 ftree-sra
2862 Common Report Var(flag_tree_sra) Optimization
2863 Perform scalar replacement of aggregates.
2864
2865 ftree-ter
2866 Common Report Var(flag_tree_ter) Optimization
2867 Replace temporary expressions in the SSA->normal pass.
2868
2869 ftree-lrs
2870 Common Report Var(flag_tree_live_range_split) Optimization
2871 Perform live range splitting during the SSA->normal pass.
2872
2873 ftree-vrp
2874 Common Report Var(flag_tree_vrp) Init(0) Optimization
2875 Perform Value Range Propagation on trees.
2876
2877 fsplit-paths
2878 Common Report Var(flag_split_paths) Init(0) Optimization
2879 Split paths leading to loop backedges.
2880
2881 funconstrained-commons
2882 Common Var(flag_unconstrained_commons) Optimization
2883 Assume common declarations may be overridden with ones with a larger
2884 trailing array.
2885
2886 funit-at-a-time
2887 Common Report Var(flag_unit_at_a_time) Init(1)
2888 Compile whole compilation unit at a time.
2889
2890 funroll-loops
2891 Common Report Var(flag_unroll_loops) Optimization
2892 Perform loop unrolling when iteration count is known.
2893
2894 funroll-all-loops
2895 Common Report Var(flag_unroll_all_loops) Optimization
2896 Perform loop unrolling for all loops.
2897
2898 funroll-completely-grow-size
2899 Undocumented Var(flag_cunroll_grow_size) Optimization
2900 ; Internal undocumented flag, allow size growth during complete unrolling
2901
2902 ; Nonzero means that loop optimizer may assume that the induction variables
2903 ; that control loops do not overflow and that the loops with nontrivial
2904 ; exit condition are not infinite
2905 funsafe-loop-optimizations
2906 Common Ignore
2907 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2908
2909 fassociative-math
2910 Common Report Var(flag_associative_math) SetByCombined Optimization
2911 Allow optimization for floating-point arithmetic which may change the
2912 result of the operation due to rounding.
2913
2914 freciprocal-math
2915 Common Report Var(flag_reciprocal_math) SetByCombined Optimization
2916 Same as -fassociative-math for expressions which include division.
2917
2918 ; Nonzero means that unsafe floating-point math optimizations are allowed
2919 ; for the sake of speed. IEEE compliance is not guaranteed, and operations
2920 ; are allowed to assume that their arguments and results are "normal"
2921 ; (e.g., nonnegative for SQRT).
2922 funsafe-math-optimizations
2923 Common Report Var(flag_unsafe_math_optimizations) Optimization SetByCombined
2924 Allow math optimizations that may violate IEEE or ISO standards.
2925
2926 funswitch-loops
2927 Common Report Var(flag_unswitch_loops) Optimization
2928 Perform loop unswitching.
2929
2930 fsplit-loops
2931 Common Report Var(flag_split_loops) Optimization
2932 Perform loop splitting.
2933
2934 fversion-loops-for-strides
2935 Common Report Var(flag_version_loops_for_strides) Optimization
2936 Version loops based on whether indices have a stride of one.
2937
2938 funwind-tables
2939 Common Report Var(flag_unwind_tables) Optimization
2940 Just generate unwind tables for exception handling.
2941
2942 fuse-ld=bfd
2943 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=gold)
2944 Use the bfd linker instead of the default linker.
2945
2946 fuse-ld=gold
2947 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=bfd)
2948 Use the gold linker instead of the default linker.
2949
2950 fuse-ld=lld
2951 Common Driver Negative(fuse-ld=lld)
2952 Use the lld LLVM linker instead of the default linker.
2953
2954 fuse-linker-plugin
2955 Common Undocumented Var(flag_use_linker_plugin)
2956
2957 ; Positive if we should track variables, negative if we should run
2958 ; the var-tracking pass only to discard debug annotations, zero if
2959 ; we're not to run it. When flag_var_tracking == 2 (AUTODETECT_VALUE) it
2960 ; will be set according to optimize, debug_info_level and debug_hooks
2961 ; in process_options ().
2962 fvar-tracking
2963 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking) Init(2) PerFunction
2964 Perform variable tracking.
2965
2966 ; Positive if we should track variables at assignments, negative if
2967 ; we should run the var-tracking pass only to discard debug
2968 ; annotations. When flag_var_tracking_assignments ==
2969 ; AUTODETECT_VALUE it will be set according to flag_var_tracking.
2970 fvar-tracking-assignments
2971 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking_assignments) Init(2) PerFunction
2972 Perform variable tracking by annotating assignments.
2973
2974 ; Nonzero if we should toggle flag_var_tracking_assignments after
2975 ; processing options and computing its default. */
2976 fvar-tracking-assignments-toggle
2977 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking_assignments_toggle) PerFunction
2978 Toggle -fvar-tracking-assignments.
2979
2980 ; Positive if we should track uninitialized variables, negative if
2981 ; we should run the var-tracking pass only to discard debug
2982 ; annotations. When flag_var_tracking_uninit == AUTODETECT_VALUE it
2983 ; will be set according to flag_var_tracking.
2984 fvar-tracking-uninit
2985 Common Report Var(flag_var_tracking_uninit) PerFunction
2986 Perform variable tracking and also tag variables that are uninitialized.
2987
2988 ; Alias to enable both -ftree-loop-vectorize and -ftree-slp-vectorize.
2989 ftree-vectorize
2990 Common Report Optimization
2991 Enable vectorization on trees.
2992
2993 ftree-vectorizer-verbose=
2994 Common Joined RejectNegative Ignore
2995 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
2996
2997 ftree-loop-vectorize
2998 Common Report Var(flag_tree_loop_vectorize) Optimization EnabledBy(ftree-vectorize)
2999 Enable loop vectorization on trees.
3000
3001 ftree-slp-vectorize
3002 Common Report Var(flag_tree_slp_vectorize) Optimization EnabledBy(ftree-vectorize)
3003 Enable basic block vectorization (SLP) on trees.
3004
3005 fvect-cost-model=
3006 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vect_cost_model) Var(flag_vect_cost_model) Init(VECT_COST_MODEL_DEFAULT) Optimization
3007 -fvect-cost-model=[unlimited|dynamic|cheap] Specifies the cost model for vectorization.
3008
3009 fsimd-cost-model=
3010 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vect_cost_model) Var(flag_simd_cost_model) Init(VECT_COST_MODEL_UNLIMITED) Optimization
3011 -fsimd-cost-model=[unlimited|dynamic|cheap] Specifies the vectorization cost model for code marked with a simd directive.
3012
3013 Enum
3014 Name(vect_cost_model) Type(enum vect_cost_model) UnknownError(unknown vectorizer cost model %qs)
3015
3016 EnumValue
3017 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(unlimited) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_UNLIMITED)
3018
3019 EnumValue
3020 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(dynamic) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_DYNAMIC)
3021
3022 EnumValue
3023 Enum(vect_cost_model) String(cheap) Value(VECT_COST_MODEL_CHEAP)
3024
3025 fvect-cost-model
3026 Common Alias(fvect-cost-model=,dynamic,unlimited)
3027 Enables the dynamic vectorizer cost model. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3028
3029 ftree-vect-loop-version
3030 Common Ignore
3031 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3032
3033 ftree-scev-cprop
3034 Common Report Var(flag_tree_scev_cprop) Init(1) Optimization
3035 Enable copy propagation of scalar-evolution information.
3036
3037 ; -fverbose-asm causes extra commentary information to be produced in
3038 ; the generated assembly code (to make it more readable). This option
3039 ; is generally only of use to those who actually need to read the
3040 ; generated assembly code (perhaps while debugging the compiler itself).
3041 ; -fno-verbose-asm, the default, causes the extra information
3042 ; to not be added and is useful when comparing two assembler files.
3043 fverbose-asm
3044 Common Report Var(flag_verbose_asm)
3045 Add extra commentary to assembler output.
3046
3047 fvisibility=
3048 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(symbol_visibility) Var(default_visibility) Init(VISIBILITY_DEFAULT)
3049 -fvisibility=[default|internal|hidden|protected] Set the default symbol visibility.
3050
3051 Enum
3052 Name(symbol_visibility) Type(enum symbol_visibility) UnknownError(unrecognized visibility value %qs)
3053
3054 EnumValue
3055 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(default) Value(VISIBILITY_DEFAULT)
3056
3057 EnumValue
3058 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(internal) Value(VISIBILITY_INTERNAL)
3059
3060 EnumValue
3061 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(hidden) Value(VISIBILITY_HIDDEN)
3062
3063 EnumValue
3064 Enum(symbol_visibility) String(protected) Value(VISIBILITY_PROTECTED)
3065
3066 fvtable-verify=
3067 Common Joined RejectNegative Enum(vtv_priority) Var(flag_vtable_verify) Init(VTV_NO_PRIORITY)
3068 Validate vtable pointers before using them.
3069
3070 Enum
3071 Name(vtv_priority) Type(enum vtv_priority) UnknownError(unknown vtable verify initialization priority %qs)
3072
3073 EnumValue
3074 Enum(vtv_priority) String(none) Value(VTV_NO_PRIORITY)
3075
3076 EnumValue
3077 Enum(vtv_priority) String(std) Value(VTV_STANDARD_PRIORITY)
3078
3079 EnumValue
3080 Enum(vtv_priority) String(preinit) Value(VTV_PREINIT_PRIORITY)
3081
3082 fvtv-counts
3083 Common Var(flag_vtv_counts)
3084 Output vtable verification counters.
3085
3086 fvtv-debug
3087 Common Var(flag_vtv_debug)
3088 Output vtable verification pointer sets information.
3089
3090 fvpt
3091 Common Report Var(flag_value_profile_transformations) Optimization
3092 Use expression value profiles in optimizations.
3093
3094 fweb
3095 Common Report Var(flag_web) Init(2) Optimization
3096 Construct webs and split unrelated uses of single variable.
3097
3098 ftree-builtin-call-dce
3099 Common Report Var(flag_tree_builtin_call_dce) Init(0) Optimization
3100 Enable conditional dead code elimination for builtin calls.
3101
3102 fwhole-program
3103 Common Report Var(flag_whole_program) Init(0)
3104 Perform whole program optimizations.
3105
3106 fwrapv-pointer
3107 Common Report Var(flag_wrapv_pointer) Optimization
3108 Assume pointer overflow wraps around.
3109
3110 fwrapv
3111 Common Report Var(flag_wrapv) Optimization
3112 Assume signed arithmetic overflow wraps around.
3113
3114 fzero-initialized-in-bss
3115 Common Report Var(flag_zero_initialized_in_bss) Init(1)
3116 Put zero initialized data in the bss section.
3117
3118 fzero-call-used-regs=
3119 Common Report RejectNegative Joined
3120 Clear call-used registers upon function return.
3121
3122 g
3123 Common Driver RejectNegative JoinedOrMissing
3124 Generate debug information in default format.
3125
3126 gas-loc-support
3127 Common Driver Var(dwarf2out_as_loc_support) Init(2)
3128 Assume assembler support for (DWARF2+) .loc directives.
3129
3130 gas-locview-support
3131 Common Driver Var(dwarf2out_as_locview_support) Init(2)
3132 Assume assembler support for view in (DWARF2+) .loc directives.
3133
3134 gcoff
3135 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3136 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3137
3138 gcoff1
3139 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3140 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3141
3142 gcoff2
3143 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3144 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3145
3146 gcoff3
3147 Common Driver WarnRemoved
3148 Does nothing. Preserved for backward compatibility.
3149
3150 gcolumn-info
3151 Common Driver Var(debug_column_info,1) Init(1)
3152 Record DW_AT_decl_column and DW_AT_call_column in DWARF.
3153
3154 gdwarf
3155 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing Negative(gdwarf-)
3156 Generate debug information in default version of DWARF format.
3157
3158 gdwarf-
3159 Common Driver Joined UInteger Var(dwarf_version) Init(4) Negative(gstabs)
3160 Generate debug information in DWARF v2 (or later) format.
3161
3162 ggdb
3163 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing
3164 Generate debug information in default extended format.
3165
3166 ginline-points
3167 Common Driver Var(debug_inline_points) Init(2)
3168 Generate extended entry point information for inlined functions.
3169
3170 ginternal-reset-location-views
3171 Common Driver Var(debug_internal_reset_location_views) Init(2)
3172 Compute locview reset points based on insn length estimates.
3173
3174 gno-
3175 RejectNegative Joined Undocumented
3176 ; Catch the gno- prefix, so it doesn't backtrack to g<level>.
3177
3178 gno-pubnames
3179 Common Driver Negative(gpubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 0) Init(-1)
3180 Don't generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections.
3181
3182 gpubnames
3183 Common Driver Negative(ggnu-pubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 1)
3184 Generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections.
3185
3186 ggnu-pubnames
3187 Common Driver Negative(gno-pubnames) Var(debug_generate_pub_sections, 2)
3188 Generate DWARF pubnames and pubtypes sections with GNU extensions.
3189
3190 grecord-gcc-switches
3191 Common Driver Var(dwarf_record_gcc_switches) Init(1)
3192 Record gcc command line switches in DWARF DW_AT_producer.
3193
3194 gsplit-dwarf
3195 Common Driver Var(dwarf_split_debug_info) Init(0)
3196 Generate debug information in separate .dwo files.
3197
3198 gstabs
3199 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing Negative(gstabs+)
3200 Generate debug information in STABS format.
3201
3202 gstabs+
3203 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing Negative(gvms)
3204 Generate debug information in extended STABS format.
3205
3206 gstatement-frontiers
3207 Common Driver Var(debug_nonbind_markers_p) Init(2)
3208 Emit progressive recommended breakpoint locations.
3209
3210 gstrict-dwarf
3211 Common Driver Report Var(dwarf_strict) Init(0)
3212 Don't emit DWARF additions beyond selected version.
3213
3214 gdescribe-dies
3215 Common Driver Report Var(flag_describe_dies) Init(0)
3216 Add description attributes to some DWARF DIEs that have no name attribute.
3217
3218 gtoggle
3219 Common Driver Report Var(flag_gtoggle)
3220 Toggle debug information generation.
3221
3222 gvariable-location-views
3223 Common Driver Var(debug_variable_location_views, 1) Init(2)
3224 Augment variable location lists with progressive views.
3225
3226 gvariable-location-views=incompat5
3227 Common Driver RejectNegative Var(debug_variable_location_views, -1) Init(2)
3228
3229 gvms
3230 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing Negative(gxcoff)
3231 Generate debug information in VMS format.
3232
3233 gxcoff
3234 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing Negative(gxcoff+)
3235 Generate debug information in XCOFF format.
3236
3237 gxcoff+
3238 Common Driver JoinedOrMissing Negative(gdwarf)
3239 Generate debug information in extended XCOFF format.
3240
3241 Enum
3242 Name(compressed_debug_sections) Type(int)
3243
3244 ; Since -gz= is completely handled in specs, the values aren't used and we
3245 ; assign arbitrary constants.
3246 EnumValue
3247 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(none) Value(0)
3248
3249 EnumValue
3250 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(zlib) Value(1)
3251
3252 EnumValue
3253 Enum(compressed_debug_sections) String(zlib-gnu) Value(2)
3254
3255 gz
3256 Common Driver
3257 Generate compressed debug sections.
3258
3259 gz=
3260 Common Driver RejectNegative Joined Enum(compressed_debug_sections)
3261 -gz=<format> Generate compressed debug sections in format <format>.
3262
3263 h
3264 Driver Joined Separate
3265
3266 iplugindir=
3267 Common Joined Var(plugindir_string) Init(0)
3268 -iplugindir=<dir> Set <dir> to be the default plugin directory.
3269
3270 imultiarch
3271 Common Joined Separate RejectDriver Var(imultiarch) Init(0)
3272 -imultiarch <dir> Set <dir> to be the multiarch include subdirectory.
3273
3274 l
3275 Driver Joined Separate
3276
3277 n
3278 Driver
3279
3280 no-canonical-prefixes
3281 Driver
3282
3283 nodefaultlibs
3284 Driver
3285
3286 nostartfiles
3287 Driver
3288
3289 nolibc
3290 Driver
3291
3292 nostdlib
3293 Driver
3294
3295 o
3296 Common Driver Joined Separate Var(asm_file_name) MissingArgError(missing filename after %qs)
3297 -o <file> Place output into <file>.
3298
3299 p
3300 Common Var(profile_flag)
3301 Enable function profiling.
3302
3303 pass-exit-codes
3304 Driver Var(pass_exit_codes)
3305
3306 pedantic
3307 Common Alias(Wpedantic)
3308
3309 pedantic-errors
3310 Common Var(flag_pedantic_errors)
3311 Like -pedantic but issue them as errors.
3312
3313 pg
3314 Driver
3315
3316 pipe
3317 Driver Var(use_pipes)
3318
3319 print-file-name=
3320 Driver JoinedOrMissing Var(print_file_name)
3321
3322 print-libgcc-file-name
3323 Driver
3324
3325 print-multi-directory
3326 Driver Var(print_multi_directory)
3327
3328 print-multi-lib
3329 Driver Var(print_multi_lib)
3330
3331 print-multi-os-directory
3332 Driver Var(print_multi_os_directory)
3333
3334 print-multiarch
3335 Driver Var(print_multiarch)
3336
3337 print-prog-name=
3338 Driver JoinedOrMissing Var(print_prog_name)
3339
3340 print-search-dirs
3341 Driver Var(print_search_dirs)
3342
3343 print-sysroot
3344 Driver Var(print_sysroot)
3345
3346 print-sysroot-headers-suffix
3347 Driver Var(print_sysroot_headers_suffix)
3348
3349 quiet
3350 Common Var(quiet_flag) RejectDriver
3351 Do not display functions compiled or elapsed time.
3352
3353 r
3354 Driver
3355
3356 s
3357 Driver
3358
3359 save-temps
3360 Driver
3361
3362 save-temps=
3363 Driver Joined
3364
3365 t
3366 Driver
3367
3368 time
3369 Driver Var(report_times)
3370
3371 time=
3372 Driver JoinedOrMissing
3373
3374 u
3375 Driver Joined Separate
3376
3377 undef
3378 Driver
3379 ; C option, but driver must not handle as "-u ndef".
3380
3381 v
3382 Common Driver Var(verbose_flag)
3383 Enable verbose output.
3384
3385 version
3386 Common Var(version_flag) RejectDriver
3387 Display the compiler's version.
3388
3389 w
3390 Common Var(inhibit_warnings)
3391 Suppress warnings.
3392
3393 wrapper
3394 Driver Separate Var(wrapper_string)
3395
3396 x
3397 Driver Joined Separate
3398
3399 shared
3400 Driver RejectNegative Negative(static-pie)
3401 Create a shared library.
3402
3403 shared-libgcc
3404 Driver
3405
3406 specs
3407 Driver Separate Alias(specs=)
3408
3409 specs=
3410 Driver Joined
3411
3412 static
3413 Driver
3414
3415 static-libgcc
3416 Driver
3417
3418 static-libgfortran
3419 Driver
3420 ; Documented for Fortran, but always accepted by driver.
3421
3422 static-libstdc++
3423 Driver
3424
3425 static-libgo
3426 Driver
3427 ; Documented for Go, but always accepted by driver.
3428
3429 static-libasan
3430 Driver
3431
3432 static-libtsan
3433 Driver
3434
3435 static-liblsan
3436 Driver
3437
3438 static-libubsan
3439 Driver
3440
3441 symbolic
3442 Driver
3443
3444 no-pie
3445 Driver RejectNegative Negative(shared)
3446 Don't create a dynamically linked position independent executable.
3447
3448 pie
3449 Driver RejectNegative Negative(no-pie)
3450 Create a dynamically linked position independent executable.
3451
3452 static-pie
3453 Driver RejectNegative Negative(pie)
3454 Create a static position independent executable.
3455
3456 z
3457 Driver Joined Separate
3458
3459 fipa-ra
3460 Common Report Var(flag_ipa_ra) Optimization
3461 Use caller save register across calls if possible.
3462
3463 ; This comment is to ensure we retain the blank line above.