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HeaderInclude
config/i386/i386-opts.h
; Bit flags that specify the ISA we are compiling for.
Variable
HOST_WIDE_INT ix86_isa_flags = TARGET_64BIT_DEFAULT | TARGET_SUBTARGET_ISA_DEFAULT
Variable
HOST_WIDE_INT ix86_isa_flags2 = 0
; A mask of ix86_isa_flags that includes bit X if X was set or cleared
; on the command line.
Variable
HOST_WIDE_INT ix86_isa_flags_explicit
Variable
HOST_WIDE_INT ix86_isa_flags2_explicit
; Additional target flags
Variable
int ix86_target_flags
TargetVariable
int recip_mask = RECIP_MASK_DEFAULT
Variable
int recip_mask_explicit
TargetSave
int x_recip_mask_explicit
;; A copy of flag_excess_precision as a target variable that should
;; force a different DECL_FUNCTION_SPECIFIC_TARGET upon
;; flag_excess_precision changes.
TargetVariable
enum excess_precision ix86_excess_precision = EXCESS_PRECISION_DEFAULT
;; Similarly for flag_unsafe_math_optimizations.
TargetVariable
bool ix86_unsafe_math_optimizations = false
;; Definitions to add to the cl_target_option structure
;; -march= processor
TargetSave
unsigned char arch
;; -mtune= processor
TargetSave
unsigned char tune
;; -march= processor-string
TargetSave
const char *x_ix86_arch_string
;; -mtune= processor-string
TargetSave
const char *x_ix86_tune_string
;; CPU schedule model
TargetSave
unsigned char schedule
;; True if processor has SSE prefetch instruction.
TargetSave
unsigned char prefetch_sse
;; branch cost
TargetSave
unsigned char branch_cost
;; which flags were passed by the user
TargetSave
HOST_WIDE_INT x_ix86_isa_flags2_explicit
;; which flags were passed by the user
TargetSave
HOST_WIDE_INT x_ix86_isa_flags_explicit
;; whether -mtune was not specified
TargetSave
unsigned char tune_defaulted
;; whether -march was specified
TargetSave
unsigned char arch_specified
;; -mcmodel= model
TargetVariable
enum cmodel ix86_cmodel = CM_32
;; -mabi=
TargetSave
enum calling_abi x_ix86_abi
;; -masm=
TargetSave
enum asm_dialect x_ix86_asm_dialect
;; -mbranch-cost=
TargetSave
int x_ix86_branch_cost
;; -mdump-tune-features=
TargetSave
int x_ix86_dump_tunes
;; -mstackrealign=
TargetSave
int x_ix86_force_align_arg_pointer
;; -mforce-drap=
TargetSave
int x_ix86_force_drap
;; -mincoming-stack-boundary=
TargetVariable
int ix86_incoming_stack_boundary_arg
;; -maddress-mode=
TargetVariable
enum pmode ix86_pmode = PMODE_SI
;; -mpreferred-stack-boundary=
TargetVariable
int ix86_preferred_stack_boundary_arg
;; -mrecip=
TargetSave
const char *x_ix86_recip_name
;; -mregparm=
TargetVariable
int ix86_regparm
;; -mlarge-data-threshold=
TargetSave
int x_ix86_section_threshold
;; -msse2avx=
TargetSave
int x_ix86_sse2avx
;; -mstack-protector-guard=
TargetSave
enum stack_protector_guard x_ix86_stack_protector_guard
;; -mstringop-strategy=
TargetSave
enum stringop_alg x_ix86_stringop_alg
;; -mtls-dialect=
TargetSave
enum tls_dialect x_ix86_tls_dialect
;; -mtune-ctrl=
TargetSave
const char *x_ix86_tune_ctrl_string
;; -mmemcpy-strategy=
TargetSave
const char *x_ix86_tune_memcpy_strategy
;; -mmemset-strategy=
TargetSave
const char *x_ix86_tune_memset_strategy
;; -mno-default=
TargetSave
int x_ix86_tune_no_default
;; -mveclibabi=
TargetVariable
enum ix86_veclibabi ix86_veclibabi_type = ix86_veclibabi_type_none
;; x86 options
m128bit-long-double
Target RejectNegative Mask(128BIT_LONG_DOUBLE) Save
sizeof(long double) is 16.
m80387
Target Mask(80387) Save
Use hardware fp.
m96bit-long-double
Target RejectNegative InverseMask(128BIT_LONG_DOUBLE) Save
sizeof(long double) is 12.
mlong-double-80
Target RejectNegative Negative(mlong-double-64) InverseMask(LONG_DOUBLE_64) Save
Use 80-bit long double.
mlong-double-64
Target RejectNegative Negative(mlong-double-128) Mask(LONG_DOUBLE_64) InverseMask(LONG_DOUBLE_128) Save
Use 64-bit long double.
mlong-double-128
Target RejectNegative Negative(mlong-double-80) Mask(LONG_DOUBLE_128) InverseMask(LONG_DOUBLE_64) Save
Use 128-bit long double.
maccumulate-outgoing-args
Target Mask(ACCUMULATE_OUTGOING_ARGS) Save
Reserve space for outgoing arguments in the function prologue.
malign-double
Target Mask(ALIGN_DOUBLE) Save
Align some doubles on dword boundary.
malign-functions=
Target RejectNegative Joined UInteger
Function starts are aligned to this power of 2.
malign-jumps=
Target RejectNegative Joined UInteger
Jump targets are aligned to this power of 2.
malign-loops=
Target RejectNegative Joined UInteger
Loop code aligned to this power of 2.
malign-stringops
Target RejectNegative InverseMask(NO_ALIGN_STRINGOPS, ALIGN_STRINGOPS) Save
Align destination of the string operations.
malign-data=
Target RejectNegative Joined Var(ix86_align_data_type) Enum(ix86_align_data) Init(ix86_align_data_type_compat)
Use the given data alignment.
Enum
Name(ix86_align_data) Type(enum ix86_align_data)
Known data alignment choices (for use with the -malign-data= option):
EnumValue
Enum(ix86_align_data) String(compat) Value(ix86_align_data_type_compat)
EnumValue
Enum(ix86_align_data) String(abi) Value(ix86_align_data_type_abi)
EnumValue
Enum(ix86_align_data) String(cacheline) Value(ix86_align_data_type_cacheline)
march=
Target RejectNegative Negative(march=) Joined Var(ix86_arch_string)
Generate code for given CPU.
masm=
Target RejectNegative Joined Enum(asm_dialect) Var(ix86_asm_dialect) Init(ASM_ATT)
Use given assembler dialect.
Enum
Name(asm_dialect) Type(enum asm_dialect)
Known assembler dialects (for use with the -masm= option):
EnumValue
Enum(asm_dialect) String(intel) Value(ASM_INTEL)
EnumValue
Enum(asm_dialect) String(att) Value(ASM_ATT)
mbranch-cost=
Target RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(ix86_branch_cost) IntegerRange(0, 5)
Branches are this expensive (arbitrary units).
mlarge-data-threshold=
Target RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(ix86_section_threshold) Init(DEFAULT_LARGE_SECTION_THRESHOLD)
-mlarge-data-threshold= Data greater than given threshold will go into .ldata section in x86-64 medium model.
mcmodel=
Target RejectNegative Joined Enum(cmodel) Var(ix86_cmodel) Init(CM_32)
Use given x86-64 code model.
Enum
Name(cmodel) Type(enum cmodel)
Known code models (for use with the -mcmodel= option):
EnumValue
Enum(cmodel) String(small) Value(CM_SMALL)
EnumValue
Enum(cmodel) String(medium) Value(CM_MEDIUM)
EnumValue
Enum(cmodel) String(large) Value(CM_LARGE)
EnumValue
Enum(cmodel) String(32) Value(CM_32)
EnumValue
Enum(cmodel) String(kernel) Value(CM_KERNEL)
maddress-mode=
Target RejectNegative Joined Enum(pmode) Var(ix86_pmode) Init(PMODE_SI)
Use given address mode.
Enum
Name(pmode) Type(enum pmode)
Known address mode (for use with the -maddress-mode= option):
EnumValue
Enum(pmode) String(short) Value(PMODE_SI)
EnumValue
Enum(pmode) String(long) Value(PMODE_DI)
mcpu=
Target RejectNegative Joined Undocumented Alias(mtune=) Warn(%<-mcpu=%> is deprecated; use %<-mtune=%> or %<-march=%> instead)
mfancy-math-387
Target RejectNegative InverseMask(NO_FANCY_MATH_387, USE_FANCY_MATH_387) Save
Generate sin, cos, sqrt for FPU.
mforce-drap
Target Var(ix86_force_drap)
Always use Dynamic Realigned Argument Pointer (DRAP) to realign stack.
mfp-ret-in-387
Target Mask(FLOAT_RETURNS) Save
Return values of functions in FPU registers.
mfpmath=
Target RejectNegative Joined Var(ix86_fpmath) Enum(fpmath_unit) Init(FPMATH_387) Save
Generate floating point mathematics using given instruction set.
Enum
Name(fpmath_unit) Type(enum fpmath_unit)
Valid arguments to -mfpmath=:
EnumValue
Enum(fpmath_unit) String(387) Value(FPMATH_387)
EnumValue
Enum(fpmath_unit) String(sse) Value(FPMATH_SSE)
EnumValue
Enum(fpmath_unit) String(387,sse) Value({(enum fpmath_unit) (FPMATH_SSE | FPMATH_387)})
EnumValue
Enum(fpmath_unit) String(387+sse) Value({(enum fpmath_unit) (FPMATH_SSE | FPMATH_387)})
EnumValue
Enum(fpmath_unit) String(sse,387) Value({(enum fpmath_unit) (FPMATH_SSE | FPMATH_387)})
EnumValue
Enum(fpmath_unit) String(sse+387) Value({(enum fpmath_unit) (FPMATH_SSE | FPMATH_387)})
EnumValue
Enum(fpmath_unit) String(both) Value({(enum fpmath_unit) (FPMATH_SSE | FPMATH_387)})
mhard-float
Target RejectNegative Mask(80387) Save
Use hardware fp.
mieee-fp
Target Mask(IEEE_FP) Save
Use IEEE math for fp comparisons.
minline-all-stringops
Target Mask(INLINE_ALL_STRINGOPS) Save
Inline all known string operations.
minline-stringops-dynamically
Target Mask(INLINE_STRINGOPS_DYNAMICALLY) Save
Inline memset/memcpy string operations, but perform inline version only for small blocks.
mintel-syntax
Target Undocumented Alias(masm=, intel, att) Warn(%<-mintel-syntax%> and %<-mno-intel-syntax%> are deprecated; use %<-masm=intel%> and %<-masm=att%> instead)
mms-bitfields
Target Mask(MS_BITFIELD_LAYOUT) Save
Use native (MS) bitfield layout.
mno-align-stringops
Target RejectNegative Mask(NO_ALIGN_STRINGOPS) Undocumented Save
mno-fancy-math-387
Target RejectNegative Mask(NO_FANCY_MATH_387) Undocumented Save
mno-push-args
Target RejectNegative Mask(NO_PUSH_ARGS) Undocumented Save
mno-red-zone
Target RejectNegative Mask(NO_RED_ZONE) Undocumented Save
momit-leaf-frame-pointer
Target Mask(OMIT_LEAF_FRAME_POINTER) Save
Omit the frame pointer in leaf functions.
mrelax-cmpxchg-loop
Target Mask(RELAX_CMPXCHG_LOOP) Save
Relax cmpxchg loop for atomic_fetch_{or,xor,and,nand} by adding load and cmp before cmpxchg, execute pause and loop back to load and compare if load value is not expected.
mpc32
Target RejectNegative
Set 80387 floating-point precision to 32-bit.
mpc64
Target RejectNegative
Set 80387 floating-point precision to 64-bit.
mpc80
Target RejectNegative
Set 80387 floating-point precision to 80-bit.
mpreferred-stack-boundary=
Target RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(ix86_preferred_stack_boundary_arg)
Attempt to keep stack aligned to this power of 2.
mincoming-stack-boundary=
Target RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(ix86_incoming_stack_boundary_arg)
Assume incoming stack aligned to this power of 2.
mpush-args
Target InverseMask(NO_PUSH_ARGS, PUSH_ARGS) Save
Use push instructions to save outgoing arguments.
mred-zone
Target RejectNegative InverseMask(NO_RED_ZONE, RED_ZONE) Save
Use red-zone in the x86-64 code.
mregparm=
Target RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(ix86_regparm)
Number of registers used to pass integer arguments.
mrtd
Target Mask(RTD) Save
Alternate calling convention.
msoft-float
Target InverseMask(80387) Save
Do not use hardware fp.
msseregparm
Target RejectNegative Mask(SSEREGPARM) Save
Use SSE register passing conventions for SF and DF mode.
mstackrealign
Target Var(ix86_force_align_arg_pointer)
Realign stack in prologue.
mstack-arg-probe
Target Mask(STACK_PROBE) Save
Enable stack probing.
mmemcpy-strategy=
Target RejectNegative Joined Var(ix86_tune_memcpy_strategy)
Specify memcpy expansion strategy when expected size is known.
mmemset-strategy=
Target RejectNegative Joined Var(ix86_tune_memset_strategy)
Specify memset expansion strategy when expected size is known.
mstringop-strategy=
Target RejectNegative Joined Enum(stringop_alg) Var(ix86_stringop_alg) Init(no_stringop)
Chose strategy to generate stringop using.
Enum
Name(stringop_alg) Type(enum stringop_alg)
Valid arguments to -mstringop-strategy=:
EnumValue
Enum(stringop_alg) String(rep_byte) Value(rep_prefix_1_byte)
EnumValue
Enum(stringop_alg) String(libcall) Value(libcall)
EnumValue
Enum(stringop_alg) String(rep_4byte) Value(rep_prefix_4_byte)
EnumValue
Enum(stringop_alg) String(rep_8byte) Value(rep_prefix_8_byte)
EnumValue
Enum(stringop_alg) String(byte_loop) Value(loop_1_byte)
EnumValue
Enum(stringop_alg) String(loop) Value(loop)
EnumValue
Enum(stringop_alg) String(unrolled_loop) Value(unrolled_loop)
EnumValue
Enum(stringop_alg) String(vector_loop) Value(vector_loop)
mtls-dialect=
Target RejectNegative Joined Var(ix86_tls_dialect) Enum(tls_dialect) Init(TLS_DIALECT_GNU)
Use given thread-local storage dialect.
Enum
Name(tls_dialect) Type(enum tls_dialect)
Known TLS dialects (for use with the -mtls-dialect= option):
EnumValue
Enum(tls_dialect) String(gnu) Value(TLS_DIALECT_GNU)
EnumValue
Enum(tls_dialect) String(gnu2) Value(TLS_DIALECT_GNU2)
mtls-direct-seg-refs
Target Mask(TLS_DIRECT_SEG_REFS)
Use direct references against %gs when accessing tls data.
mtune=
Target RejectNegative Negative(mtune=) Joined Var(ix86_tune_string)
Schedule code for given CPU.
mtune-ctrl=
Target RejectNegative Joined Var(ix86_tune_ctrl_string)
Fine grain control of tune features.
mno-default
Target RejectNegative Var(ix86_tune_no_default)
Clear all tune features.
mdump-tune-features
Target RejectNegative Var(ix86_dump_tunes)
miamcu
Target Mask(IAMCU)
Generate code that conforms to Intel MCU psABI.
mabi=
Target RejectNegative Joined Var(ix86_abi) Enum(calling_abi) Init(SYSV_ABI)
Generate code that conforms to the given ABI.
Enum
Name(calling_abi) Type(enum calling_abi)
Known ABIs (for use with the -mabi= option):
EnumValue
Enum(calling_abi) String(sysv) Value(SYSV_ABI)
EnumValue
Enum(calling_abi) String(ms) Value(MS_ABI)
mcall-ms2sysv-xlogues
Target Mask(CALL_MS2SYSV_XLOGUES) Save
Use libgcc stubs to save and restore registers clobbered by 64-bit Microsoft to System V ABI calls.
mveclibabi=
Target RejectNegative Joined Var(ix86_veclibabi_type) Enum(ix86_veclibabi) Init(ix86_veclibabi_type_none)
Vector library ABI to use.
Enum
Name(ix86_veclibabi) Type(enum ix86_veclibabi)
Known vectorization library ABIs (for use with the -mveclibabi= option):
EnumValue
Enum(ix86_veclibabi) String(svml) Value(ix86_veclibabi_type_svml)
EnumValue
Enum(ix86_veclibabi) String(acml) Value(ix86_veclibabi_type_acml)
mvect8-ret-in-mem
Target Mask(VECT8_RETURNS) Save
Return 8-byte vectors in memory.
mrecip
Target Mask(RECIP) Save
Generate reciprocals instead of divss and sqrtss.
mrecip=
Target RejectNegative Joined Var(ix86_recip_name)
Control generation of reciprocal estimates.
mcld
Target Mask(CLD) Save
Generate cld instruction in the function prologue.
mvzeroupper
Target Mask(VZEROUPPER) Save
Generate vzeroupper instruction before a transfer of control flow out of
the function.
mstv
Target Mask(STV) Save
Disable Scalar to Vector optimization pass transforming 64-bit integer
computations into a vector ones.
mdispatch-scheduler
Target RejectNegative Var(flag_dispatch_scheduler)
Do dispatch scheduling if processor is bdver1, bdver2, bdver3, bdver4
or znver1 and Haifa scheduling is selected.
mprefer-avx128
Target Alias(mprefer-vector-width=, 128, 256)
Use 128-bit AVX instructions instead of 256-bit AVX instructions in the auto-vectorizer.
mprefer-vector-width=
Target RejectNegative Joined Var(prefer_vector_width_type) Enum(prefer_vector_width) Init(PVW_NONE) Save
Use given register vector width instructions instead of maximum register width in the auto-vectorizer.
Enum
Name(prefer_vector_width) Type(enum prefer_vector_width)
Known preferred register vector length (to use with the -mprefer-vector-width= option):
EnumValue
Enum(prefer_vector_width) String(none) Value(PVW_NONE)
EnumValue
Enum(prefer_vector_width) String(128) Value(PVW_AVX128)
EnumValue
Enum(prefer_vector_width) String(256) Value(PVW_AVX256)
EnumValue
Enum(prefer_vector_width) String(512) Value(PVW_AVX512)
mmove-max=
Target RejectNegative Joined Var(ix86_move_max) Enum(prefer_vector_width) Init(PVW_NONE) Save
Maximum number of bits that can be moved from memory to memory efficiently.
mstore-max=
Target RejectNegative Joined Var(ix86_store_max) Enum(prefer_vector_width) Init(PVW_NONE) Save
Maximum number of bits that can be stored to memory efficiently.
;; ISA support
m32
Target RejectNegative Negative(m64) InverseMask(ISA_64BIT) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Generate 32bit i386 code.
m64
Target RejectNegative Negative(mx32) Mask(ABI_64) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Generate 64bit x86-64 code.
mx32
Target RejectNegative Negative(m16) Mask(ABI_X32) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Generate 32bit x86-64 code.
m16
Target RejectNegative Negative(m32) Mask(CODE16) InverseMask(ISA_64BIT) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Generate 16bit i386 code.
mmmx
Target Mask(ISA_MMX) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support MMX built-in functions.
m3dnow
Target Mask(ISA_3DNOW) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support 3DNow! built-in functions.
m3dnowa
Target Mask(ISA_3DNOW_A) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support Athlon 3Dnow! built-in functions.
msse
Target Mask(ISA_SSE) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support MMX and SSE built-in functions and code generation.
msse2
Target Mask(ISA_SSE2) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support MMX, SSE and SSE2 built-in functions and code generation.
msse3
Target Mask(ISA_SSE3) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support MMX, SSE, SSE2 and SSE3 built-in functions and code generation.
mssse3
Target Mask(ISA_SSSE3) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3 and SSSE3 built-in functions and code generation.
msse4.1
Target Mask(ISA_SSE4_1) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3 and SSE4.1 built-in functions and code generation.
msse4.2
Target Mask(ISA_SSE4_2) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1 and SSE4.2 built-in functions and code generation.
msse4
Target RejectNegative Mask(ISA_SSE4_2) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1 and SSE4.2 built-in functions and code generation.
mno-sse4
Target RejectNegative InverseMask(ISA_SSE4_1) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Do not support SSE4.1 and SSE4.2 built-in functions and code generation.
msse5
Target Undocumented Alias(mavx) Warn(%<-msse5%> was removed)
;; Deprecated
mavx
Target Mask(ISA_AVX) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2 and AVX built-in functions and code generation.
mavx2
Target Mask(ISA_AVX2) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX and AVX2 built-in functions and code generation.
mavx512f
Target Mask(ISA_AVX512F) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2 and AVX512F built-in functions and code generation.
mavx512pf
Target Mask(ISA_AVX512PF) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2 and AVX512F and AVX512PF built-in functions and code generation.
mavx512er
Target Mask(ISA_AVX512ER) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2 and AVX512F and AVX512ER built-in functions and code generation.
mavx512cd
Target Mask(ISA_AVX512CD) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2 and AVX512F and AVX512CD built-in functions and code generation.
mavx512dq
Target Mask(ISA_AVX512DQ) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2 and AVX512F and AVX512DQ built-in functions and code generation.
mavx512bw
Target Mask(ISA_AVX512BW) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2 and AVX512F and AVX512BW built-in functions and code generation.
mavx512vl
Target Mask(ISA_AVX512VL) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2 and AVX512F and AVX512VL built-in functions and code generation.
mavx512ifma
Target Mask(ISA_AVX512IFMA) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2 and AVX512F and AVX512IFMA built-in functions and code generation.
mavx512vbmi
Target Mask(ISA_AVX512VBMI) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2 and AVX512F and AVX512VBMI built-in functions and code generation.
mavx5124fmaps
Target Mask(ISA2_AVX5124FMAPS) Var(ix86_isa_flags2) Save
Support MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX512F and AVX5124FMAPS built-in functions and code generation.
mavx5124vnniw
Target Mask(ISA2_AVX5124VNNIW) Var(ix86_isa_flags2) Save
Support MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX512F and AVX5124VNNIW built-in functions and code generation.
mavx512vpopcntdq
Target Mask(ISA_AVX512VPOPCNTDQ) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX512F and AVX512VPOPCNTDQ built-in functions and code generation.
mavx512vbmi2
Target Mask(ISA_AVX512VBMI2) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX512F and AVX512VBMI2 built-in functions and code generation.
mavx512vnni
Target Mask(ISA_AVX512VNNI) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support AVX512VNNI built-in functions and code generation.
mavx512bitalg
Target Mask(ISA_AVX512BITALG) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX512F and AVX512BITALG built-in functions and code generation.
mavx512vp2intersect
Target Mask(ISA2_AVX512VP2INTERSECT) Var(ix86_isa_flags2) Save
Support AVX512VP2INTERSECT built-in functions and code generation.
mfma
Target Mask(ISA_FMA) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX and FMA built-in functions and code generation.
msse4a
Target Mask(ISA_SSE4A) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3 and SSE4A built-in functions and code generation.
mfma4
Target Mask(ISA_FMA4) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support FMA4 built-in functions and code generation.
mxop
Target Mask(ISA_XOP) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support XOP built-in functions and code generation.
mlwp
Target Mask(ISA_LWP) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support LWP built-in functions and code generation.
mabm
Target Mask(ISA_ABM) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support code generation of Advanced Bit Manipulation (ABM) instructions.
mpopcnt
Target Mask(ISA_POPCNT) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support code generation of popcnt instruction.
mpconfig
Target Mask(ISA2_PCONFIG) Var(ix86_isa_flags2) Save
Support PCONFIG built-in functions and code generation.
mwbnoinvd
Target Mask(ISA2_WBNOINVD) Var(ix86_isa_flags2) Save
Support WBNOINVD built-in functions and code generation.
mptwrite
Target Mask(ISA2_PTWRITE) Var(ix86_isa_flags2) Save
Support PTWRITE built-in functions and code generation.
muintr
Target Mask(ISA2_UINTR) Var(ix86_isa_flags2) Save
Support UINTR built-in functions and code generation.
msgx
Target Mask(ISA2_SGX) Var(ix86_isa_flags2) Save
Support SGX built-in functions and code generation.
mrdpid
Target Mask(ISA2_RDPID) Var(ix86_isa_flags2) Save
Support RDPID built-in functions and code generation.
mgfni
Target Mask(ISA_GFNI) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support GFNI built-in functions and code generation.
mvaes
Target Mask(ISA2_VAES) Var(ix86_isa_flags2) Save
Support VAES built-in functions and code generation.
mvpclmulqdq
Target Mask(ISA_VPCLMULQDQ) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support VPCLMULQDQ built-in functions and code generation.
mbmi
Target Mask(ISA_BMI) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support BMI built-in functions and code generation.
mbmi2
Target Mask(ISA_BMI2) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support BMI2 built-in functions and code generation.
mlzcnt
Target Mask(ISA_LZCNT) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support LZCNT built-in function and code generation.
mhle
Target Mask(ISA2_HLE) Var(ix86_isa_flags2) Save
Support Hardware Lock Elision prefixes.
mrdseed
Target Mask(ISA_RDSEED) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support RDSEED instruction.
mprfchw
Target Mask(ISA_PRFCHW) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support PREFETCHW instruction.
madx
Target Mask(ISA_ADX) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support flag-preserving add-carry instructions.
mclflushopt
Target Mask(ISA_CLFLUSHOPT) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support CLFLUSHOPT instructions.
mclwb
Target Mask(ISA_CLWB) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support CLWB instruction.
mpcommit
Target WarnRemoved
mfxsr
Target Mask(ISA_FXSR) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support FXSAVE and FXRSTOR instructions.
mxsave
Target Mask(ISA_XSAVE) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support XSAVE and XRSTOR instructions.
mxsaveopt
Target Mask(ISA_XSAVEOPT) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support XSAVEOPT instruction.
mxsavec
Target Mask(ISA_XSAVEC) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support XSAVEC instructions.
mxsaves
Target Mask(ISA_XSAVES) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support XSAVES and XRSTORS instructions.
mtbm
Target Mask(ISA_TBM) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support TBM built-in functions and code generation.
mcx16
Target Mask(ISA2_CX16) Var(ix86_isa_flags2) Save
Support code generation of cmpxchg16b instruction.
msahf
Target Mask(ISA_SAHF) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support code generation of sahf instruction in 64bit x86-64 code.
mmovbe
Target Mask(ISA2_MOVBE) Var(ix86_isa_flags2) Save
Support code generation of movbe instruction.
mcrc32
Target Mask(ISA_CRC32) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support code generation of crc32 instruction.
maes
Target Mask(ISA_AES) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support AES built-in functions and code generation.
msha
Target Mask(ISA_SHA) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support SHA1 and SHA256 built-in functions and code generation.
mpclmul
Target Mask(ISA_PCLMUL) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support PCLMUL built-in functions and code generation.
msse2avx
Target Var(ix86_sse2avx)
Encode SSE instructions with VEX prefix.
mfsgsbase
Target Mask(ISA_FSGSBASE) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support FSGSBASE built-in functions and code generation.
mrdrnd
Target Mask(ISA_RDRND) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support RDRND built-in functions and code generation.
mf16c
Target Mask(ISA_F16C) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support F16C built-in functions and code generation.
mprefetchwt1
Target Mask(ISA_PREFETCHWT1) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support PREFETCHWT1 built-in functions and code generation.
mfentry
Target Save Var(flag_fentry)
Emit profiling counter call at function entry before prologue.
mrecord-mcount
Target Var(flag_record_mcount)
Generate __mcount_loc section with all mcount or __fentry__ calls.
mnop-mcount
Target Var(flag_nop_mcount)
Generate mcount/__fentry__ calls as nops. To activate they need to be
patched in.
mfentry-name=
Target RejectNegative Joined Var(fentry_name)
Set name of __fentry__ symbol called at function entry.
mfentry-section=
Target RejectNegative Joined Var(fentry_section)
Set name of section to record mrecord-mcount calls.
mskip-rax-setup
Target Var(flag_skip_rax_setup)
Skip setting up RAX register when passing variable arguments.
m8bit-idiv
Target Mask(USE_8BIT_IDIV) Save
Expand 32bit/64bit integer divide into 8bit unsigned integer divide with run-time check.
mavx256-split-unaligned-load
Target Mask(AVX256_SPLIT_UNALIGNED_LOAD) Save
Split 32-byte AVX unaligned load.
mavx256-split-unaligned-store
Target Mask(AVX256_SPLIT_UNALIGNED_STORE) Save
Split 32-byte AVX unaligned store.
mrtm
Target Mask(ISA_RTM) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support RTM built-in functions and code generation.
mmpx
Target WarnRemoved
Removed in GCC 9. This switch has no effect.
mmwaitx
Target Mask(ISA2_MWAITX) Var(ix86_isa_flags2) Save
Support MWAITX and MONITORX built-in functions and code generation.
mclzero
Target Mask(ISA2_CLZERO) Var(ix86_isa_flags2) Save
Support CLZERO built-in functions and code generation.
mpku
Target Mask(ISA_PKU) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support PKU built-in functions and code generation.
mstack-protector-guard=
Target RejectNegative Joined Enum(stack_protector_guard) Var(ix86_stack_protector_guard) Init(SSP_TLS)
Use given stack-protector guard.
Enum
Name(stack_protector_guard) Type(enum stack_protector_guard)
Known stack protector guard (for use with the -mstack-protector-guard= option):
EnumValue
Enum(stack_protector_guard) String(tls) Value(SSP_TLS)
EnumValue
Enum(stack_protector_guard) String(global) Value(SSP_GLOBAL)
mstack-protector-guard-reg=
Target Save RejectNegative Joined Var(ix86_stack_protector_guard_reg_str)
Use the given base register for addressing the stack-protector guard.
TargetVariable
addr_space_t ix86_stack_protector_guard_reg = ADDR_SPACE_GENERIC
mstack-protector-guard-offset=
Target Save RejectNegative Joined Integer Var(ix86_stack_protector_guard_offset_str)
Use the given offset for addressing the stack-protector guard.
TargetVariable
HOST_WIDE_INT ix86_stack_protector_guard_offset = 0
mstack-protector-guard-symbol=
Target Save RejectNegative Joined Integer Var(ix86_stack_protector_guard_symbol_str)
Use the given symbol for addressing the stack-protector guard.
mmitigate-rop
Target WarnRemoved
mgeneral-regs-only
Target RejectNegative Mask(GENERAL_REGS_ONLY) Var(ix86_target_flags) Save
Generate code which uses only the general registers.
mshstk
Target Mask(ISA_SHSTK) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Enable shadow stack built-in functions from Control-flow Enforcement
Technology (CET).
mcet-switch
Target Undocumented Var(flag_cet_switch) Init(0)
Turn on CET instrumentation for switch statements that use a jump table and
an indirect jump.
mmanual-endbr
Target Var(flag_manual_endbr) Init(0)
Insert ENDBR instruction at function entry only via cf_check attribute
for CET instrumentation.
mforce-indirect-call
Target Var(flag_force_indirect_call) Init(0)
Make all function calls indirect.
mindirect-branch=
Target RejectNegative Joined Enum(indirect_branch) Var(ix86_indirect_branch) Init(indirect_branch_keep)
Convert indirect call and jump to call and return thunks.
mfunction-return=
Target RejectNegative Joined Enum(indirect_branch) Var(ix86_function_return) Init(indirect_branch_keep)
Convert function return to call and return thunk.
Enum
Name(indirect_branch) Type(enum indirect_branch)
Known indirect branch choices (for use with the -mindirect-branch=/-mfunction-return= options):
EnumValue
Enum(indirect_branch) String(keep) Value(indirect_branch_keep)
EnumValue
Enum(indirect_branch) String(thunk) Value(indirect_branch_thunk)
EnumValue
Enum(indirect_branch) String(thunk-inline) Value(indirect_branch_thunk_inline)
EnumValue
Enum(indirect_branch) String(thunk-extern) Value(indirect_branch_thunk_extern)
mindirect-branch-cs-prefix
Target Var(ix86_indirect_branch_cs_prefix) Init(0)
Add CS prefix to call and jmp to indirect thunk with branch target in r8-r15 registers.
mindirect-branch-register
Target Var(ix86_indirect_branch_register) Init(0)
Force indirect call and jump via register.
mmovdiri
Target Mask(ISA_MOVDIRI) Var(ix86_isa_flags) Save
Support MOVDIRI built-in functions and code generation.
mmovdir64b
Target Mask(ISA2_MOVDIR64B) Var(ix86_isa_flags2) Save
Support MOVDIR64B built-in functions and code generation.
mwaitpkg
Target Mask(ISA2_WAITPKG) Var(ix86_isa_flags2) Save
Support WAITPKG built-in functions and code generation.
mcldemote
Target Mask(ISA2_CLDEMOTE) Var(ix86_isa_flags2) Save
Support CLDEMOTE built-in functions and code generation.
minstrument-return=
Target RejectNegative Joined Enum(instrument_return) Var(ix86_instrument_return) Init(instrument_return_none)
Instrument function exit in instrumented functions with __fentry__.
Enum
Name(instrument_return) Type(enum instrument_return)
Known choices for return instrumentation with -minstrument-return=:
EnumValue
Enum(instrument_return) String(none) Value(instrument_return_none)
EnumValue
Enum(instrument_return) String(call) Value(instrument_return_call)
EnumValue
Enum(instrument_return) String(nop5) Value(instrument_return_nop5)
mrecord-return
Target Var(ix86_flag_record_return) Init(0)
Generate a __return_loc section pointing to all return instrumentation code.
mharden-sls=
Target RejectNegative Joined Enum(harden_sls) Var(ix86_harden_sls) Init(harden_sls_none)
Generate code to mitigate against straight line speculation.
Enum
Name(harden_sls) Type(enum harden_sls)
Known choices for mitigation against straight line speculation with -mharden-sls=:
EnumValue
Enum(harden_sls) String(none) Value(harden_sls_none)
EnumValue
Enum(harden_sls) String(return) Value(harden_sls_return)
EnumValue
Enum(harden_sls) String(indirect-jmp) Value(harden_sls_indirect_jmp)
EnumValue
Enum(harden_sls) String(all) Value(harden_sls_all)
mavx512bf16
Target Mask(ISA2_AVX512BF16) Var(ix86_isa_flags2) Save
Support MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX512F and
AVX512BF16 built-in functions and code generation.
menqcmd
Target Mask(ISA2_ENQCMD) Var(ix86_isa_flags2) Save
Support ENQCMD built-in functions and code generation.
mserialize
Target Mask(ISA2_SERIALIZE) Var(ix86_isa_flags2) Save
Support SERIALIZE built-in functions and code generation.
mtsxldtrk
Target Mask(ISA2_TSXLDTRK) Var(ix86_isa_flags2) Save
Support TSXLDTRK built-in functions and code generation.
mamx-tile
Target Mask(ISA2_AMX_TILE) Var(ix86_isa_flags2) Save
Support AMX-TILE built-in functions and code generation.
mamx-int8
Target Mask(ISA2_AMX_INT8) Var(ix86_isa_flags2) Save
Support AMX-INT8 built-in functions and code generation.
mamx-bf16
Target Mask(ISA2_AMX_BF16) Var(ix86_isa_flags2) Save
Support AMX-BF16 built-in functions and code generation.
mhreset
Target Mask(ISA2_HRESET) Var(ix86_isa_flags2) Save
Support HRESET built-in functions and code generation.
mkl
Target Mask(ISA2_KL) Var(ix86_isa_flags2) Save
Support KL built-in functions and code generation.
mwidekl
Target Mask(ISA2_WIDEKL) Var(ix86_isa_flags2) Save
Support WIDEKL built-in functions and code generation.
mavxvnni
Target Mask(ISA2_AVXVNNI) Var(ix86_isa_flags2) Save
Support MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, and
AVXVNNI built-in functions and code generation.
mneeded
Target Var(ix86_needed) Save
Emit GNU_PROPERTY_X86_ISA_1_NEEDED GNU property.
mmwait
Target Mask(ISA2_MWAIT) Var(ix86_isa_flags2) Save
Support MWAIT and MONITOR built-in functions and code generation.
mavx512fp16
Target Mask(ISA2_AVX512FP16) Var(ix86_isa_flags2) Save
Support MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX512F and AVX512FP16 built-in functions and code generation.
mdirect-extern-access
Target Var(ix86_direct_extern_access) Init(1)
Do not use GOT to access external symbols.