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7=====================================
8Clang command line argument reference
9=====================================
10.. contents::
11   :local:
12
13Introduction
14============
15
16This page lists the command line arguments currently supported by the
17GCC-compatible ``clang`` and ``clang++`` drivers.
18
19
20.. program:: clang
21.. option:: -B<dir>, --prefix <arg>, --prefix=<arg>
22
23Add <dir> to search path for binaries and object files used implicitly
24
25.. option:: -F<arg>
26
27Add directory to framework include search path
28
29.. option:: -ObjC
30
31Treat source input files as Objective-C inputs
32
33.. program:: clang1
34.. option:: -ObjC++
35.. program:: clang
36
37Treat source input files as Objective-C++ inputs
38
39.. option:: -Qunused-arguments
40
41Don't emit warning for unused driver arguments
42
43.. option:: -Wa,<arg>,<arg2>...
44
45Pass the comma separated arguments in <arg> to the assembler
46
47.. option:: -Wlarge-by-value-copy=<arg>
48
49.. option:: -Xarch\_<arg1> <arg2>
50
51.. option:: -Xcuda-fatbinary <arg>
52
53Pass <arg> to fatbinary invocation
54
55.. option:: -Xcuda-ptxas <arg>
56
57Pass <arg> to the ptxas assembler
58
59.. option:: -Xopenmp-target <arg>
60
61Pass <arg> to the target offloading toolchain.
62
63.. program:: clang1
64.. option:: -Xopenmp-target=<arg> <arg2>
65.. program:: clang
66
67Pass <arg> to the specified target offloading toolchain. The triple that identifies the toolchain must be provided after the equals sign.
68
69.. option:: -Z<arg>
70
71.. option:: -a<arg>, --profile-blocks
72
73.. option:: -all\_load
74
75.. option:: -allowable\_client <arg>
76
77.. option:: --analyze
78
79Run the static analyzer
80
81.. option:: --analyze-auto
82
83.. option:: --analyzer-no-default-checks
84
85.. option:: --analyzer-output<arg>
86
87Static analyzer report output format (html\|plist\|plist-multi-file\|plist-html\|text).
88
89.. option:: -ansi, --ansi
90
91.. option:: -arch <arg>
92
93.. program:: clang1
94.. option:: -arch\_errors\_fatal
95.. program:: clang
96
97.. program:: clang2
98.. option:: -arch\_only <arg>
99.. program:: clang
100
101.. option:: -arcmt-migrate-emit-errors
102
103Emit ARC errors even if the migrator can fix them
104
105.. option:: -arcmt-migrate-report-output <arg>
106
107Output path for the plist report
108
109.. option:: --autocomplete=<arg>
110
111.. option:: -bind\_at\_load
112
113.. option:: -bundle
114
115.. program:: clang1
116.. option:: -bundle\_loader <arg>
117.. program:: clang
118
119.. option:: -client\_name<arg>
120
121.. option:: -compatibility\_version<arg>
122
123.. option:: --constant-cfstrings
124
125.. option:: -coverage, --coverage
126
127.. option:: --cuda-compile-host-device
128
129Compile CUDA code for both host and device (default).  Has no effect on non-CUDA compilations.
130
131.. option:: --cuda-device-only
132
133Compile CUDA code for device only
134
135.. option:: --cuda-gpu-arch=<arg>, --no-cuda-gpu-arch=<arg>
136
137CUDA GPU architecture (e.g. sm\_35).  May be specified more than once.
138
139.. option:: --cuda-host-only
140
141Compile CUDA code for host only.  Has no effect on non-CUDA compilations.
142
143.. option:: --cuda-noopt-device-debug, --no-cuda-noopt-device-debug
144
145Enable device-side debug info generation. Disables ptxas optimizations.
146
147.. option:: -current\_version<arg>
148
149.. option:: -dead\_strip
150
151.. option:: -dependency-dot <arg>
152
153Filename to write DOT-formatted header dependencies to
154
155.. option:: -dependency-file <arg>
156
157Filename (or -) to write dependency output to
158
159.. option:: -dumpmachine
160
161.. option:: -dumpversion
162
163.. option:: --dyld-prefix=<arg>, --dyld-prefix <arg>
164
165.. option:: -dylib\_file <arg>
166
167.. option:: -dylinker
168
169.. program:: clang1
170.. option:: -dylinker\_install\_name<arg>
171.. program:: clang
172
173.. option:: -dynamic
174
175.. option:: -dynamiclib
176
177.. option:: -emit-ast
178
179Emit Clang AST files for source inputs
180
181.. option:: -exported\_symbols\_list <arg>
182
183.. option:: -faligned-new=<arg>
184
185.. option:: -fcuda-approx-transcendentals, -fno-cuda-approx-transcendentals
186
187Use approximate transcendental functions
188
189.. option:: -fcuda-flush-denormals-to-zero, -fno-cuda-flush-denormals-to-zero
190
191Flush denormal floating point values to zero in CUDA device mode.
192
193.. option:: -fheinous-gnu-extensions
194
195.. option:: -flat\_namespace
196
197.. option:: -fopenmp-targets=<arg1>,<arg2>...
198
199Specify comma-separated list of triples OpenMP offloading targets to be supported
200
201.. option:: -force\_cpusubtype\_ALL
202
203.. program:: clang1
204.. option:: -force\_flat\_namespace
205.. program:: clang
206
207.. program:: clang2
208.. option:: -force\_load <arg>
209.. program:: clang
210
211.. option:: -framework <arg>
212
213.. option:: -frtlib-add-rpath, -fno-rtlib-add-rpath
214
215Add -rpath with architecture-specific resource directory to the linker flags
216
217.. option:: --gcc-toolchain=<arg>, -gcc-toolchain <arg>
218
219Use the gcc toolchain at the given directory
220
221.. option:: -gcodeview
222
223Generate CodeView debug information
224
225.. option:: -headerpad\_max\_install\_names<arg>
226
227.. option:: -help, --help
228
229Display available options
230
231.. option:: --help-hidden
232
233.. option:: -image\_base <arg>
234
235.. option:: -index-header-map
236
237Make the next included directory (-I or -F) an indexer header map
238
239.. option:: -init <arg>
240
241.. option:: -install\_name <arg>
242
243.. option:: -keep\_private\_externs
244
245.. option:: -lazy\_framework <arg>
246
247.. program:: clang1
248.. option:: -lazy\_library <arg>
249.. program:: clang
250
251.. option:: -mbig-endian, -EB
252
253.. option:: --migrate
254
255Run the migrator
256
257.. option:: -mios-simulator-version-min=<arg>, -miphonesimulator-version-min=<arg>
258
259.. option:: -mlinker-version=<arg>
260
261.. option:: -mlittle-endian, -EL
262
263.. option:: -mllvm <arg>
264
265Additional arguments to forward to LLVM's option processing
266
267.. option:: -module-dependency-dir <arg>
268
269Directory to dump module dependencies to
270
271.. option:: -mtvos-simulator-version-min=<arg>, -mappletvsimulator-version-min=<arg>
272
273.. option:: -multi\_module
274
275.. option:: -multiply\_defined <arg>
276
277.. program:: clang1
278.. option:: -multiply\_defined\_unused <arg>
279.. program:: clang
280
281.. option:: -mwatchos-simulator-version-min=<arg>, -mwatchsimulator-version-min=<arg>
282
283.. option:: --no-cuda-version-check
284
285Don't error out if the detected version of the CUDA install is too low for the requested CUDA gpu architecture.
286
287.. option:: -no-integrated-cpp, --no-integrated-cpp
288
289.. option:: -no\_dead\_strip\_inits\_and\_terms
290
291.. option:: -nobuiltininc
292
293Disable builtin #include directories
294
295.. option:: -nocudainc
296
297.. option:: -nocudalib
298
299.. option:: -nodefaultlibs
300
301.. option:: -nofixprebinding
302
303.. option:: -nolibc
304
305.. option:: -nomultidefs
306
307.. option:: -nopie, -no-pie
308
309.. option:: -noprebind
310
311.. option:: -noseglinkedit
312
313.. option:: -nostartfiles
314
315.. option:: -nostdinc, --no-standard-includes
316
317.. program:: clang1
318.. option:: -nostdinc++
319.. program:: clang
320
321Disable standard #include directories for the C++ standard library
322
323.. option:: -nostdlib, --no-standard-libraries
324
325.. program:: clang1
326.. option:: -nostdlib++
327.. program:: clang
328
329.. option:: -nostdlibinc
330
331.. option:: -o<file>, --output <arg>, --output=<arg>
332
333Write output to <file>
334
335.. option:: -objcmt-atomic-property
336
337Make migration to 'atomic' properties
338
339.. option:: -objcmt-migrate-all
340
341Enable migration to modern ObjC
342
343.. option:: -objcmt-migrate-annotation
344
345Enable migration to property and method annotations
346
347.. option:: -objcmt-migrate-designated-init
348
349Enable migration to infer NS\_DESIGNATED\_INITIALIZER for initializer methods
350
351.. option:: -objcmt-migrate-instancetype
352
353Enable migration to infer instancetype for method result type
354
355.. option:: -objcmt-migrate-literals
356
357Enable migration to modern ObjC literals
358
359.. option:: -objcmt-migrate-ns-macros
360
361Enable migration to NS\_ENUM/NS\_OPTIONS macros
362
363.. option:: -objcmt-migrate-property
364
365Enable migration to modern ObjC property
366
367.. option:: -objcmt-migrate-property-dot-syntax
368
369Enable migration of setter/getter messages to property-dot syntax
370
371.. option:: -objcmt-migrate-protocol-conformance
372
373Enable migration to add protocol conformance on classes
374
375.. option:: -objcmt-migrate-readonly-property
376
377Enable migration to modern ObjC readonly property
378
379.. option:: -objcmt-migrate-readwrite-property
380
381Enable migration to modern ObjC readwrite property
382
383.. option:: -objcmt-migrate-subscripting
384
385Enable migration to modern ObjC subscripting
386
387.. option:: -objcmt-ns-nonatomic-iosonly
388
389Enable migration to use NS\_NONATOMIC\_IOSONLY macro for setting property's 'atomic' attribute
390
391.. option:: -objcmt-returns-innerpointer-property
392
393Enable migration to annotate property with NS\_RETURNS\_INNER\_POINTER
394
395.. option:: -objcmt-whitelist-dir-path=<arg>, -objcmt-white-list-dir-path=<arg>
396
397Only modify files with a filename contained in the provided directory path
398
399.. option:: -object
400
401.. option:: -p, --profile
402
403.. option:: -pagezero\_size<arg>
404
405.. option:: -pg
406
407Enable mcount instrumentation
408
409.. option:: -pie
410
411.. option:: -pipe, --pipe
412
413Use pipes between commands, when possible
414
415.. option:: -prebind
416
417.. program:: clang1
418.. option:: -prebind\_all\_twolevel\_modules
419.. program:: clang
420
421.. option:: -preload
422
423.. option:: --print-diagnostic-categories
424
425.. option:: -print-file-name=<file>, --print-file-name=<file>, --print-file-name <arg>
426
427Print the full library path of <file>
428
429.. option:: -print-ivar-layout
430
431Enable Objective-C Ivar layout bitmap print trace
432
433.. option:: -print-libgcc-file-name, --print-libgcc-file-name
434
435Print the library path for the currently used compiler runtime library ("libgcc.a" or "libclang\_rt.builtins.\*.a")
436
437.. option:: -print-multi-directory, --print-multi-directory
438
439.. option:: -print-multi-lib, --print-multi-lib
440
441.. option:: -print-prog-name=<name>, --print-prog-name=<name>, --print-prog-name <arg>
442
443Print the full program path of <name>
444
445.. option:: -print-resource-dir, --print-resource-dir
446
447Print the resource directory pathname
448
449.. option:: -print-search-dirs, --print-search-dirs
450
451Print the paths used for finding libraries and programs
452
453.. option:: -private\_bundle
454
455.. option:: -pthread, -no-pthread
456
457Support POSIX threads in generated code
458
459.. option:: -pthreads
460
461.. option:: -rdynamic
462
463.. option:: -read\_only\_relocs <arg>
464
465.. option:: -relocatable-pch, --relocatable-pch
466
467Whether to build a relocatable precompiled header
468
469.. option:: -remap
470
471.. option:: -rewrite-legacy-objc
472
473Rewrite Legacy Objective-C source to C++
474
475.. option:: -rtlib=<arg>, --rtlib=<arg>, --rtlib <arg>
476
477Compiler runtime library to use
478
479.. option:: -save-stats=<arg>, --save-stats=<arg>, -save-stats (equivalent to -save-stats=cwd), --save-stats (equivalent to -save-stats=cwd)
480
481Save llvm statistics.
482
483.. option:: -save-temps=<arg>, --save-temps=<arg>, -save-temps (equivalent to -save-temps=cwd), --save-temps (equivalent to -save-temps=cwd)
484
485Save intermediate compilation results.
486
487.. option:: -sectalign <arg1> <arg2> <arg3>
488
489.. option:: -sectcreate <arg1> <arg2> <arg3>
490
491.. option:: -sectobjectsymbols <arg1> <arg2>
492
493.. option:: -sectorder <arg1> <arg2> <arg3>
494
495.. option:: -seg1addr<arg>
496
497.. option:: -seg\_addr\_table <arg>
498
499.. program:: clang1
500.. option:: -seg\_addr\_table\_filename <arg>
501.. program:: clang
502
503.. option:: -segaddr <arg1> <arg2>
504
505.. option:: -segcreate <arg1> <arg2> <arg3>
506
507.. option:: -seglinkedit
508
509.. option:: -segprot <arg1> <arg2> <arg3>
510
511.. option:: -segs\_read\_<arg>
512
513.. program:: clang1
514.. option:: -segs\_read\_only\_addr <arg>
515.. program:: clang
516
517.. program:: clang2
518.. option:: -segs\_read\_write\_addr <arg>
519.. program:: clang
520
521.. option:: -serialize-diagnostics <arg>, --serialize-diagnostics <arg>
522
523Serialize compiler diagnostics to a file
524
525.. option:: -shared, --shared
526
527.. option:: -shared-libgcc
528
529.. option:: -shared-libsan, -shared-libasan
530
531.. option:: -single\_module
532
533.. option:: -specs=<arg>, --specs=<arg>
534
535.. option:: -static, --static
536
537.. option:: -static-libgcc
538
539.. option:: -static-libsan
540
541.. option:: -static-libstdc++
542
543.. option:: -std-default=<arg>
544
545.. option:: -stdlib=<arg>, --stdlib=<arg>, --stdlib <arg>
546
547C++ standard library to use
548
549.. option:: -sub\_library<arg>
550
551.. program:: clang1
552.. option:: -sub\_umbrella<arg>
553.. program:: clang
554
555.. option:: --sysroot=<arg>, --sysroot <arg>
556
557.. option:: --target-help
558
559.. option:: --target=<arg>, -target <arg>
560
561Generate code for the given target
562
563.. option:: -time
564
565Time individual commands
566
567.. option:: -traditional, --traditional
568
569.. option:: -traditional-cpp, --traditional-cpp
570
571Enable some traditional CPP emulation
572
573.. option:: -twolevel\_namespace
574
575.. program:: clang1
576.. option:: -twolevel\_namespace\_hints
577.. program:: clang
578
579.. option:: -umbrella <arg>
580
581.. option:: -unexported\_symbols\_list <arg>
582
583.. option:: -v, --verbose
584
585Show commands to run and use verbose output
586
587.. option:: --verify-debug-info
588
589Verify the binary representation of debug output
590
591.. option:: --version
592
593Print version information
594
595.. option:: -w, --no-warnings
596
597Suppress all warnings
598
599.. option:: -weak-l<arg>
600
601.. option:: -weak\_framework <arg>
602
603.. program:: clang1
604.. option:: -weak\_library <arg>
605.. program:: clang
606
607.. program:: clang2
608.. option:: -weak\_reference\_mismatches <arg>
609.. program:: clang
610
611.. option:: -whatsloaded
612
613.. option:: -whyload
614
615.. option:: -working-directory<arg>, -working-directory=<arg>
616
617Resolve file paths relative to the specified directory
618
619.. option:: -x<language>, --language <arg>, --language=<arg>
620
621Treat subsequent input files as having type <language>
622
623.. option:: -y<arg>
624
625Actions
626=======
627The action to perform on the input.
628
629.. option:: -E, --preprocess
630
631Only run the preprocessor
632
633.. option:: -S, --assemble
634
635Only run preprocess and compilation steps
636
637.. option:: -c, --compile
638
639Only run preprocess, compile, and assemble steps
640
641.. option:: -emit-llvm
642
643Use the LLVM representation for assembler and object files
644
645.. option:: -fsyntax-only
646
647.. option:: -module-file-info
648
649Provide information about a particular module file
650
651.. option:: --precompile
652
653Only precompile the input
654
655.. option:: -rewrite-objc
656
657Rewrite Objective-C source to C++
658
659.. option:: -verify-pch
660
661Load and verify that a pre-compiled header file is not stale
662
663Compilation flags
664=================
665
666Flags controlling the behavior of Clang during compilation. These flags have
667no effect during actions that do not perform compilation.
668
669.. option:: -Xassembler <arg>
670
671Pass <arg> to the assembler
672
673.. option:: -Xclang <arg>
674
675Pass <arg> to the clang compiler
676
677.. option:: -fclang-abi-compat=<version>
678
679Attempt to match the ABI of Clang <version>
680
681.. option:: -fcomment-block-commands=<arg>,<arg2>...
682
683Treat each comma separated argument in <arg> as a documentation comment block command
684
685.. option:: -fdeclspec, -fno-declspec
686
687Allow \_\_declspec as a keyword
688
689.. option:: -fdepfile-entry=<arg>
690
691.. option:: -fdiagnostics-fixit-info, -fno-diagnostics-fixit-info
692
693.. option:: -fdiagnostics-format=<arg>
694
695.. option:: -fdiagnostics-parseable-fixits
696
697Print fix-its in machine parseable form
698
699.. option:: -fdiagnostics-print-source-range-info
700
701Print source range spans in numeric form
702
703.. option:: -fdiagnostics-show-category=<arg>
704
705.. option:: -fexperimental-new-pass-manager, -fno-experimental-new-pass-manager
706
707Enables an experimental new pass manager in LLVM.
708
709.. option:: -ffine-grained-bitfield-accesses, -fno-fine-grained-bitfield-accesses
710
711Use separate accesses for bitfields with legal widths and alignments.
712
713.. option:: -finline-functions, -fno-inline-functions
714
715Inline suitable functions
716
717.. option:: -finline-hint-functions
718
719Inline functions which are (explicitly or implicitly) marked inline
720
721.. option:: -fno-crash-diagnostics
722
723Disable auto-generation of preprocessed source files and a script for reproduction during a clang crash
724
725.. option:: -fno-sanitize-blacklist
726
727Don't use blacklist file for sanitizers
728
729.. option:: -fparse-all-comments
730
731.. option:: -fsanitize-address-field-padding=<arg>
732
733Level of field padding for AddressSanitizer
734
735.. option:: -fsanitize-address-globals-dead-stripping
736
737Enable linker dead stripping of globals in AddressSanitizer
738
739.. option:: -fsanitize-address-use-after-scope, -fno-sanitize-address-use-after-scope
740
741Enable use-after-scope detection in AddressSanitizer
742
743.. option:: -fsanitize-blacklist=<arg>
744
745Path to blacklist file for sanitizers
746
747.. option:: -fsanitize-cfi-cross-dso, -fno-sanitize-cfi-cross-dso
748
749Enable control flow integrity (CFI) checks for cross-DSO calls.
750
751.. option:: -fsanitize-cfi-icall-generalize-pointers
752
753Generalize pointers in CFI indirect call type signature checks
754
755.. option:: -fsanitize-coverage=<arg1>,<arg2>..., -fno-sanitize-coverage=<arg1>,<arg2>...
756
757Specify the type of coverage instrumentation for Sanitizers
758
759.. option:: -fsanitize-link-c++-runtime
760
761.. option:: -fsanitize-memory-track-origins, -fno-sanitize-memory-track-origins
762
763Enable origins tracking in MemorySanitizer
764
765.. program:: clang1
766.. option:: -fsanitize-memory-track-origins=<arg>
767.. program:: clang
768
769Enable origins tracking in MemorySanitizer
770
771.. option:: -fsanitize-memory-use-after-dtor, -fno-sanitize-memory-use-after-dtor
772
773Enable use-after-destroy detection in MemorySanitizer
774
775.. option:: -fsanitize-minimal-runtime, -fno-sanitize-minimal-runtime
776
777.. option:: -fsanitize-recover, -fno-sanitize-recover
778
779.. program:: clang1
780.. option:: -fsanitize-recover=<arg1>,<arg2>..., -fno-sanitize-recover=<arg1>,<arg2>...
781.. program:: clang
782
783Enable recovery for specified sanitizers
784
785.. option:: -fsanitize-stats, -fno-sanitize-stats
786
787Enable sanitizer statistics gathering.
788
789.. option:: -fsanitize-thread-atomics, -fno-sanitize-thread-atomics
790
791Enable atomic operations instrumentation in ThreadSanitizer (default)
792
793.. option:: -fsanitize-thread-func-entry-exit, -fno-sanitize-thread-func-entry-exit
794
795Enable function entry/exit instrumentation in ThreadSanitizer (default)
796
797.. option:: -fsanitize-thread-memory-access, -fno-sanitize-thread-memory-access
798
799Enable memory access instrumentation in ThreadSanitizer (default)
800
801.. option:: -fsanitize-trap=<arg1>,<arg2>..., -fno-sanitize-trap=<arg1>,<arg2>...
802
803Enable trapping for specified sanitizers
804
805.. option:: -fsanitize-undefined-strip-path-components=<number>
806
807Strip (or keep only, if negative) a given number of path components when emitting check metadata.
808
809.. option:: -fsanitize-undefined-trap-on-error, -fno-sanitize-undefined-trap-on-error
810
811.. option:: -fsanitize=<check>,<arg2>..., -fno-sanitize=<arg1>,<arg2>...
812
813Turn on runtime checks for various forms of undefined or suspicious behavior. See user manual for available checks
814
815.. option:: --param <arg>, --param=<arg>
816
817.. option:: -std=<arg>, --std=<arg>, --std <arg>
818
819Language standard to compile for
820
821Preprocessor flags
822~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
823
824Flags controlling the behavior of the Clang preprocessor.
825
826.. option:: -C, --comments
827
828Include comments in preprocessed output
829
830.. option:: -CC, --comments-in-macros
831
832Include comments from within macros in preprocessed output
833
834.. option:: -D<macro>=<value>, --define-macro <arg>, --define-macro=<arg>
835
836Define <macro> to <value> (or 1 if <value> omitted)
837
838.. option:: -H, --trace-includes
839
840Show header includes and nesting depth
841
842.. option:: -P, --no-line-commands
843
844Disable linemarker output in -E mode
845
846.. option:: -U<macro>, --undefine-macro <arg>, --undefine-macro=<arg>
847
848Undefine macro <macro>
849
850.. option:: -Wp,<arg>,<arg2>...
851
852Pass the comma separated arguments in <arg> to the preprocessor
853
854.. option:: -Xpreprocessor <arg>
855
856Pass <arg> to the preprocessor
857
858Include path management
859-----------------------
860
861Flags controlling how ``#include``\s are resolved to files.
862
863.. option:: -I<dir>, --include-directory <arg>, --include-directory=<arg>
864
865Add directory to include search path
866
867.. option:: -I-, --include-barrier
868
869Restrict all prior -I flags to double-quoted inclusion and remove current directory from include path
870
871.. option:: --cuda-path=<arg>
872
873CUDA installation path
874
875.. option:: -cxx-isystem<directory>
876
877Add directory to the C++ SYSTEM include search path
878
879.. option:: -fbuild-session-file=<file>
880
881Use the last modification time of <file> as the build session timestamp
882
883.. option:: -fbuild-session-timestamp=<time since Epoch in seconds>
884
885Time when the current build session started
886
887.. option:: -fmodule-file=\[<name>=\]<file>
888
889Specify the mapping of module name to precompiled module file, or load a module file if name is omitted.
890
891.. option:: -fmodules-cache-path=<directory>
892
893Specify the module cache path
894
895.. option:: -fmodules-disable-diagnostic-validation
896
897Disable validation of the diagnostic options when loading the module
898
899.. option:: -fmodules-prune-after=<seconds>
900
901Specify the interval (in seconds) after which a module file will be considered unused
902
903.. option:: -fmodules-prune-interval=<seconds>
904
905Specify the interval (in seconds) between attempts to prune the module cache
906
907.. option:: -fmodules-user-build-path <directory>
908
909Specify the module user build path
910
911.. option:: -fmodules-validate-once-per-build-session
912
913Don't verify input files for the modules if the module has been successfully validated or loaded during this build session
914
915.. option:: -fmodules-validate-system-headers
916
917Validate the system headers that a module depends on when loading the module
918
919.. option:: -fprebuilt-module-path=<directory>
920
921Specify the prebuilt module path
922
923.. option:: -i<arg>
924
925.. option:: -idirafter<arg>, --include-directory-after <arg>, --include-directory-after=<arg>
926
927Add directory to AFTER include search path
928
929.. option:: -iframework<arg>
930
931Add directory to SYSTEM framework search path
932
933.. option:: -iframeworkwithsysroot<directory>
934
935Add directory to SYSTEM framework search path, absolute paths are relative to -isysroot
936
937.. option:: -imacros<file>, --imacros<file>, --imacros=<arg>
938
939Include macros from file before parsing
940
941.. option:: -include<file>, --include<file>, --include=<arg>
942
943Include file before parsing
944
945.. option:: -include-pch <file>
946
947Include precompiled header file
948
949.. option:: -iprefix<dir>, --include-prefix <arg>, --include-prefix=<arg>
950
951Set the -iwithprefix/-iwithprefixbefore prefix
952
953.. option:: -iquote<directory>
954
955Add directory to QUOTE include search path
956
957.. option:: -isysroot<dir>
958
959Set the system root directory (usually /)
960
961.. option:: -isystem<directory>
962
963Add directory to SYSTEM include search path
964
965.. option:: -isystem-after<directory>
966
967Add directory to end of the SYSTEM include search path
968
969.. option:: -ivfsoverlay<arg>
970
971Overlay the virtual filesystem described by file over the real file system
972
973.. option:: -iwithprefix<dir>, --include-with-prefix <arg>, --include-with-prefix-after <arg>, --include-with-prefix-after=<arg>, --include-with-prefix=<arg>
974
975Set directory to SYSTEM include search path with prefix
976
977.. option:: -iwithprefixbefore<dir>, --include-with-prefix-before <arg>, --include-with-prefix-before=<arg>
978
979Set directory to include search path with prefix
980
981.. option:: -iwithsysroot<directory>
982
983Add directory to SYSTEM include search path, absolute paths are relative to -isysroot
984
985.. option:: --ptxas-path=<arg>
986
987Path to ptxas (used for compiling CUDA code)
988
989.. option:: --system-header-prefix=<prefix>, --no-system-header-prefix=<prefix>, --system-header-prefix <arg>
990
991Treat all #include paths starting with <prefix> as including a system header.
992
993Dependency file generation
994--------------------------
995
996Flags controlling generation of a dependency file for ``make``-like build
997systems.
998
999.. option:: -M, --dependencies
1000
1001Like -MD, but also implies -E and writes to stdout by default
1002
1003.. option:: -MD, --write-dependencies
1004
1005Write a depfile containing user and system headers
1006
1007.. option:: -MF<file>
1008
1009Write depfile output from -MMD, -MD, -MM, or -M to <file>
1010
1011.. option:: -MG, --print-missing-file-dependencies
1012
1013Add missing headers to depfile
1014
1015.. option:: -MJ<arg>
1016
1017Write a compilation database entry per input
1018
1019.. option:: -MM, --user-dependencies
1020
1021Like -MMD, but also implies -E and writes to stdout by default
1022
1023.. option:: -MMD, --write-user-dependencies
1024
1025Write a depfile containing user headers
1026
1027.. option:: -MP
1028
1029Create phony target for each dependency (other than main file)
1030
1031.. option:: -MQ<arg>
1032
1033Specify name of main file output to quote in depfile
1034
1035.. option:: -MT<arg>
1036
1037Specify name of main file output in depfile
1038
1039.. option:: -MV
1040
1041Use NMake/Jom format for the depfile
1042
1043Dumping preprocessor state
1044--------------------------
1045
1046Flags allowing the state of the preprocessor to be dumped in various ways.
1047
1048.. option:: -d
1049
1050.. program:: clang1
1051.. option:: -d<arg>
1052.. program:: clang
1053
1054.. option:: -dA
1055
1056.. option:: -dD
1057
1058Print macro definitions in -E mode in addition to normal output
1059
1060.. option:: -dI
1061
1062Print include directives in -E mode in addition to normal output
1063
1064.. option:: -dM
1065
1066Print macro definitions in -E mode instead of normal output
1067
1068Diagnostic flags
1069~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1070
1071Flags controlling which warnings, errors, and remarks Clang will generate.
1072See the :doc:`full list of warning and remark flags <DiagnosticsReference>`.
1073
1074.. option:: -R<remark>
1075
1076Enable the specified remark
1077
1078.. option:: -Rpass-analysis=<arg>
1079
1080Report transformation analysis from optimization passes whose name matches the given POSIX regular expression
1081
1082.. option:: -Rpass-missed=<arg>
1083
1084Report missed transformations by optimization passes whose name matches the given POSIX regular expression
1085
1086.. option:: -Rpass=<arg>
1087
1088Report transformations performed by optimization passes whose name matches the given POSIX regular expression
1089
1090.. option:: -W<warning>, --extra-warnings, --warn-<arg>, --warn-=<arg>
1091
1092Enable the specified warning
1093
1094.. option:: -Wdeprecated, -Wno-deprecated
1095
1096Enable warnings for deprecated constructs and define \_\_DEPRECATED
1097
1098.. option:: -Wnonportable-cfstrings<arg>, -Wno-nonportable-cfstrings<arg>
1099
1100Target-independent compilation options
1101~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1102.. option:: -Wframe-larger-than=<arg>
1103
1104.. option:: -fPIC, -fno-PIC
1105
1106.. option:: -fPIE, -fno-PIE
1107
1108.. option:: -faccess-control, -fno-access-control
1109
1110.. program:: clang1
1111.. option:: -faligned-allocation, -faligned-new, -fno-aligned-allocation
1112.. program:: clang
1113
1114Enable C++17 aligned allocation functions
1115
1116.. option:: -fallow-editor-placeholders, -fno-allow-editor-placeholders
1117
1118Treat editor placeholders as valid source code
1119
1120.. option:: -fallow-unsupported
1121
1122.. option:: -faltivec, -fno-altivec
1123
1124.. option:: -fansi-escape-codes
1125
1126Use ANSI escape codes for diagnostics
1127
1128.. option:: -fapple-kext, -findirect-virtual-calls, -fterminated-vtables
1129
1130Use Apple's kernel extensions ABI
1131
1132.. option:: -fapple-pragma-pack, -fno-apple-pragma-pack
1133
1134Enable Apple gcc-compatible #pragma pack handling
1135
1136.. option:: -fapplication-extension, -fno-application-extension
1137
1138Restrict code to those available for App Extensions
1139
1140.. option:: -fasm, -fno-asm
1141
1142.. option:: -fasm-blocks, -fno-asm-blocks
1143
1144.. option:: -fassociative-math, -fno-associative-math
1145
1146.. option:: -fassume-sane-operator-new, -fno-assume-sane-operator-new
1147
1148.. option:: -fast
1149
1150.. option:: -fastcp
1151
1152.. option:: -fastf
1153
1154.. option:: -fasynchronous-unwind-tables, -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables
1155
1156.. option:: -fautolink, -fno-autolink
1157
1158.. option:: -fblocks, -fno-blocks
1159
1160Enable the 'blocks' language feature
1161
1162.. option:: -fbootclasspath=<arg>, --bootclasspath <arg>, --bootclasspath=<arg>
1163
1164.. option:: -fborland-extensions, -fno-borland-extensions
1165
1166Accept non-standard constructs supported by the Borland compiler
1167
1168.. option:: -fbracket-depth=<arg>
1169
1170.. option:: -fbuiltin, -fno-builtin
1171
1172.. option:: -fbuiltin-module-map
1173
1174Load the clang builtins module map file.
1175
1176.. option:: -fcaret-diagnostics, -fno-caret-diagnostics
1177
1178.. option:: -fclasspath=<arg>, --CLASSPATH <arg>, --CLASSPATH=<arg>, --classpath <arg>, --classpath=<arg>
1179
1180.. option:: -fcolor-diagnostics, -fno-color-diagnostics
1181
1182Use colors in diagnostics
1183
1184.. option:: -fcommon, -fno-common
1185
1186.. option:: -fcompile-resource=<arg>, --resource <arg>, --resource=<arg>
1187
1188.. option:: -fconstant-cfstrings, -fno-constant-cfstrings
1189
1190.. option:: -fconstant-string-class=<arg>
1191
1192.. option:: -fconstexpr-backtrace-limit=<arg>
1193
1194.. option:: -fconstexpr-depth=<arg>
1195
1196.. option:: -fconstexpr-steps=<arg>
1197
1198.. option:: -fcoroutines-ts, -fno-coroutines-ts
1199
1200Enable support for the C++ Coroutines TS
1201
1202.. option:: -fcoverage-mapping, -fno-coverage-mapping
1203
1204Generate coverage mapping to enable code coverage analysis
1205
1206.. option:: -fcreate-profile
1207
1208.. option:: -fcxx-exceptions, -fno-cxx-exceptions
1209
1210Enable C++ exceptions
1211
1212.. option:: -fcxx-modules, -fno-cxx-modules
1213
1214.. option:: -fdata-sections, -fno-data-sections
1215
1216Place each data in its own section (ELF Only)
1217
1218.. option:: -fdebug-info-for-profiling, -fno-debug-info-for-profiling
1219
1220Emit extra debug info to make sample profile more accurate.
1221
1222.. option:: -fdebug-macro, -fno-debug-macro
1223
1224Emit macro debug information
1225
1226.. option:: -fdebug-pass-arguments
1227
1228.. option:: -fdebug-pass-structure
1229
1230.. option:: -fdebug-prefix-map=<arg>
1231
1232remap file source paths in debug info
1233
1234.. option:: -fdebug-types-section, -fno-debug-types-section
1235
1236Place debug types in their own section (ELF Only)
1237
1238.. option:: -fdelayed-template-parsing, -fno-delayed-template-parsing
1239
1240Parse templated function definitions at the end of the translation unit
1241
1242.. option:: -fdenormal-fp-math=<arg>
1243
1244.. option:: -fdiagnostics-absolute-paths
1245
1246Print absolute paths in diagnostics
1247
1248.. option:: -fdiagnostics-color, -fno-diagnostics-color
1249
1250.. program:: clang1
1251.. option:: -fdiagnostics-color=<arg>
1252.. program:: clang
1253
1254.. option:: -fdiagnostics-hotness-threshold=<number>
1255
1256Prevent optimization remarks from being output if they do not have at least this profile count
1257
1258.. option:: -fdiagnostics-show-hotness, -fno-diagnostics-show-hotness
1259
1260Enable profile hotness information in diagnostic line
1261
1262.. option:: -fdiagnostics-show-note-include-stack, -fno-diagnostics-show-note-include-stack
1263
1264Display include stacks for diagnostic notes
1265
1266.. option:: -fdiagnostics-show-option, -fno-diagnostics-show-option
1267
1268Print option name with mappable diagnostics
1269
1270.. option:: -fdiagnostics-show-template-tree
1271
1272Print a template comparison tree for differing templates
1273
1274.. option:: -fdollars-in-identifiers, -fno-dollars-in-identifiers
1275
1276Allow '$' in identifiers
1277
1278.. option:: -fdouble-square-bracket-attributes, -fno-double-square-bracket-attributes
1279
1280Enable '\[\[\]\]' attributes in all C and C++ language modes
1281
1282.. option:: -fdwarf-directory-asm, -fno-dwarf-directory-asm
1283
1284.. option:: -felide-constructors, -fno-elide-constructors
1285
1286.. option:: -feliminate-unused-debug-symbols, -fno-eliminate-unused-debug-symbols
1287
1288.. option:: -fembed-bitcode=<option>, -fembed-bitcode (equivalent to -fembed-bitcode=all), -fembed-bitcode-marker (equivalent to -fembed-bitcode=marker)
1289
1290Embed LLVM bitcode (option: off, all, bitcode, marker)
1291
1292.. option:: -femit-all-decls
1293
1294Emit all declarations, even if unused
1295
1296.. option:: -femulated-tls, -fno-emulated-tls
1297
1298Use emutls functions to access thread\_local variables
1299
1300.. option:: -fencoding=<arg>, --encoding <arg>, --encoding=<arg>
1301
1302.. option:: -ferror-limit=<arg>
1303
1304.. option:: -fexceptions, -fno-exceptions
1305
1306Enable support for exception handling
1307
1308.. option:: -fexec-charset=<arg>
1309
1310.. option:: -fextdirs=<arg>, --extdirs <arg>, --extdirs=<arg>
1311
1312.. option:: -ffast-math, -fno-fast-math
1313
1314Allow aggressive, lossy floating-point optimizations
1315
1316.. option:: -ffinite-math-only, -fno-finite-math-only
1317
1318.. option:: -ffor-scope, -fno-for-scope
1319
1320.. option:: -ffp-contract=<arg>
1321
1322Form fused FP ops (e.g. FMAs): fast (everywhere) \| on (according to FP\_CONTRACT pragma, default) \| off (never fuse)
1323
1324.. option:: -ffreestanding
1325
1326Assert that the compilation takes place in a freestanding environment
1327
1328.. option:: -ffunction-sections, -fno-function-sections
1329
1330Place each function in its own section (ELF Only)
1331
1332.. option:: -fgnu-inline-asm, -fno-gnu-inline-asm
1333
1334.. option:: -fgnu-keywords, -fno-gnu-keywords
1335
1336Allow GNU-extension keywords regardless of language standard
1337
1338.. option:: -fgnu-runtime
1339
1340Generate output compatible with the standard GNU Objective-C runtime
1341
1342.. option:: -fgnu89-inline, -fno-gnu89-inline
1343
1344Use the gnu89 inline semantics
1345
1346.. option:: -fhonor-infinities, -fhonor-infinites, -fno-honor-infinities
1347
1348.. option:: -fhonor-nans, -fno-honor-nans
1349
1350.. option:: -fhosted
1351
1352.. option:: -fimplicit-module-maps, -fmodule-maps, -fno-implicit-module-maps
1353
1354Implicitly search the file system for module map files.
1355
1356.. option:: -fimplicit-modules, -fno-implicit-modules
1357
1358.. option:: -finput-charset=<arg>
1359
1360.. option:: -finstrument-functions
1361
1362Generate calls to instrument function entry and exit
1363
1364.. option:: -finstrument-functions-after-inlining
1365
1366Like -finstrument-functions, but insert the calls after inlining
1367
1368.. option:: -fintegrated-as, -fno-integrated-as, -integrated-as
1369
1370Enable the integrated assembler
1371
1372.. option:: -fjump-tables, -fno-jump-tables
1373
1374.. option:: -flax-vector-conversions, -fno-lax-vector-conversions
1375
1376.. option:: -flimited-precision=<arg>
1377
1378.. option:: -flto, -fno-lto
1379
1380Enable LTO in 'full' mode
1381
1382.. option:: -flto-jobs=<arg>
1383
1384Controls the backend parallelism of -flto=thin (default of 0 means the number of threads will be derived from the number of CPUs detected)
1385
1386.. program:: clang1
1387.. option:: -flto=<arg>
1388.. program:: clang
1389
1390Set LTO mode to either 'full' or 'thin'
1391
1392.. option:: -fmacro-backtrace-limit=<arg>
1393
1394.. option:: -fmath-errno, -fno-math-errno
1395
1396Require math functions to indicate errors by setting errno
1397
1398.. option:: -fmax-type-align=<arg>
1399
1400Specify the maximum alignment to enforce on pointers lacking an explicit alignment
1401
1402.. option:: -fmerge-all-constants, -fno-merge-all-constants
1403
1404.. option:: -fmessage-length=<arg>
1405
1406.. option:: -fmodule-file-deps, -fno-module-file-deps
1407
1408.. option:: -fmodule-map-file=<file>
1409
1410Load this module map file
1411
1412.. option:: -fmodule-name=<name>, -fmodule-implementation-of <arg>, -fmodule-name <arg>
1413
1414Specify the name of the module to build
1415
1416.. option:: -fmodules, -fno-modules
1417
1418Enable the 'modules' language feature
1419
1420.. option:: -fmodules-decluse, -fno-modules-decluse
1421
1422Require declaration of modules used within a module
1423
1424.. option:: -fmodules-ignore-macro=<arg>
1425
1426Ignore the definition of the given macro when building and loading modules
1427
1428.. option:: -fmodules-search-all, -fno-modules-search-all
1429
1430Search even non-imported modules to resolve references
1431
1432.. option:: -fmodules-strict-decluse
1433
1434Like -fmodules-decluse but requires all headers to be in modules
1435
1436.. option:: -fmodules-ts
1437
1438Enable support for the C++ Modules TS
1439
1440.. option:: -fms-compatibility, -fno-ms-compatibility
1441
1442Enable full Microsoft Visual C++ compatibility
1443
1444.. option:: -fms-compatibility-version=<arg>
1445
1446Dot-separated value representing the Microsoft compiler version number to report in \_MSC\_VER (0 = don't define it (default))
1447
1448.. option:: -fms-extensions, -fno-ms-extensions
1449
1450Accept some non-standard constructs supported by the Microsoft compiler
1451
1452.. option:: -fms-memptr-rep=<arg>
1453
1454.. option:: -fms-volatile<arg>
1455
1456.. option:: -fmsc-version=<arg>
1457
1458Microsoft compiler version number to report in \_MSC\_VER (0 = don't define it (default))
1459
1460.. option:: -fmudflap
1461
1462.. option:: -fmudflapth
1463
1464.. option:: -fnested-functions
1465
1466.. option:: -fnew-alignment=<align>, -fnew-alignment <arg>
1467
1468Specifies the largest alignment guaranteed by '::operator new(size\_t)'
1469
1470.. option:: -fnext-runtime
1471
1472.. option:: -fno-builtin-<arg>
1473
1474Disable implicit builtin knowledge of a specific function
1475
1476.. option:: -fno-elide-type
1477
1478Do not elide types when printing diagnostics
1479
1480.. option:: -fno-max-type-align
1481
1482.. option:: -fno-operator-names
1483
1484Do not treat C++ operator name keywords as synonyms for operators
1485
1486.. option:: -fno-strict-modules-decluse
1487
1488.. option:: -fno-working-directory
1489
1490.. option:: -fnoopenmp-relocatable-target
1491
1492Do not compile OpenMP target code as relocatable.
1493
1494.. option:: -fnoopenmp-use-tls
1495
1496.. option:: -fobjc-abi-version=<arg>
1497
1498.. option:: -fobjc-arc, -fno-objc-arc
1499
1500Synthesize retain and release calls for Objective-C pointers
1501
1502.. option:: -fobjc-arc-exceptions, -fno-objc-arc-exceptions
1503
1504Use EH-safe code when synthesizing retains and releases in -fobjc-arc
1505
1506.. option:: -fobjc-exceptions, -fno-objc-exceptions
1507
1508Enable Objective-C exceptions
1509
1510.. option:: -fobjc-infer-related-result-type, -fno-objc-infer-related-result-type
1511
1512.. option:: -fobjc-legacy-dispatch, -fno-objc-legacy-dispatch
1513
1514.. option:: -fobjc-link-runtime
1515
1516.. option:: -fobjc-nonfragile-abi, -fno-objc-nonfragile-abi
1517
1518.. option:: -fobjc-nonfragile-abi-version=<arg>
1519
1520.. option:: -fobjc-runtime=<arg>
1521
1522Specify the target Objective-C runtime kind and version
1523
1524.. option:: -fobjc-sender-dependent-dispatch
1525
1526.. option:: -fobjc-weak, -fno-objc-weak
1527
1528Enable ARC-style weak references in Objective-C
1529
1530.. option:: -fomit-frame-pointer, -fno-omit-frame-pointer
1531
1532.. option:: -fopenmp, -fno-openmp
1533
1534.. option:: -fopenmp-dump-offload-linker-script
1535
1536.. option:: -fopenmp-relocatable-target
1537
1538OpenMP target code is compiled as relocatable using the -c flag. For OpenMP targets the code is relocatable by default.
1539
1540.. option:: -fopenmp-use-tls
1541
1542.. option:: -fopenmp-version=<arg>
1543
1544.. program:: clang1
1545.. option:: -fopenmp=<arg>
1546.. program:: clang
1547
1548.. option:: -foperator-arrow-depth=<arg>
1549
1550.. option:: -foptimization-record-file=<arg>
1551
1552Specify the file name of any generated YAML optimization record
1553
1554.. option:: -foptimize-sibling-calls, -fno-optimize-sibling-calls
1555
1556.. option:: -foutput-class-dir=<arg>, --output-class-directory <arg>, --output-class-directory=<arg>
1557
1558.. option:: -fpack-struct, -fno-pack-struct
1559
1560.. program:: clang1
1561.. option:: -fpack-struct=<arg>
1562.. program:: clang
1563
1564Specify the default maximum struct packing alignment
1565
1566.. option:: -fpascal-strings, -fno-pascal-strings, -mpascal-strings
1567
1568Recognize and construct Pascal-style string literals
1569
1570.. option:: -fpcc-struct-return
1571
1572Override the default ABI to return all structs on the stack
1573
1574.. option:: -fpch-preprocess
1575
1576.. option:: -fpic, -fno-pic
1577
1578.. option:: -fpie, -fno-pie
1579
1580.. option:: -fplt, -fno-plt
1581
1582Use the PLT to make function calls
1583
1584.. option:: -fplugin=<dsopath>
1585
1586Load the named plugin (dynamic shared object)
1587
1588.. option:: -fpreserve-as-comments, -fno-preserve-as-comments
1589
1590.. option:: -fprofile-arcs, -fno-profile-arcs
1591
1592.. option:: -fprofile-dir=<arg>
1593
1594.. option:: -fprofile-generate, -fno-profile-generate
1595
1596Generate instrumented code to collect execution counts into default.profraw (overridden by LLVM\_PROFILE\_FILE env var)
1597
1598.. program:: clang1
1599.. option:: -fprofile-generate=<directory>
1600.. program:: clang
1601
1602Generate instrumented code to collect execution counts into <directory>/default.profraw (overridden by LLVM\_PROFILE\_FILE env var)
1603
1604.. option:: -fprofile-instr-generate, -fno-profile-instr-generate
1605
1606Generate instrumented code to collect execution counts into default.profraw file (overridden by '=' form of option or LLVM\_PROFILE\_FILE env var)
1607
1608.. program:: clang1
1609.. option:: -fprofile-instr-generate=<file>
1610.. program:: clang
1611
1612Generate instrumented code to collect execution counts into <file> (overridden by LLVM\_PROFILE\_FILE env var)
1613
1614.. option:: -fprofile-instr-use, -fno-profile-instr-use, -fprofile-use
1615
1616.. program:: clang1
1617.. option:: -fprofile-instr-use=<arg>
1618.. program:: clang
1619
1620Use instrumentation data for profile-guided optimization
1621
1622.. option:: -fprofile-sample-accurate, -fauto-profile-accurate, -fno-profile-sample-accurate
1623
1624Specifies that the sample profile is accurate. If the sample
1625               profile is accurate, callsites without profile samples are marked
1626               as cold. Otherwise, treat callsites without profile samples as if
1627               we have no profile
1628
1629.. option:: -fprofile-sample-use, -fauto-profile, -fno-profile-sample-use
1630
1631.. program:: clang1
1632.. option:: -fprofile-sample-use=<arg>, -fauto-profile=<arg>
1633.. program:: clang
1634
1635Enable sample-based profile guided optimizations
1636
1637.. program:: clang1
1638.. option:: -fprofile-use=<pathname>
1639.. program:: clang
1640
1641Use instrumentation data for profile-guided optimization. If pathname is a directory, it reads from <pathname>/default.profdata. Otherwise, it reads from file <pathname>.
1642
1643.. option:: -freciprocal-math, -fno-reciprocal-math
1644
1645Allow division operations to be reassociated
1646
1647.. option:: -freg-struct-return
1648
1649Override the default ABI to return small structs in registers
1650
1651.. option:: -frelaxed-template-template-args, -fno-relaxed-template-template-args
1652
1653Enable C++17 relaxed template template argument matching
1654
1655.. option:: -freroll-loops, -fno-reroll-loops
1656
1657Turn on loop reroller
1658
1659.. option:: -fretain-comments-from-system-headers
1660
1661.. option:: -frewrite-imports, -fno-rewrite-imports
1662
1663.. option:: -frewrite-includes, -fno-rewrite-includes
1664
1665.. option:: -frewrite-map-file <arg>
1666
1667.. program:: clang1
1668.. option:: -frewrite-map-file=<arg>
1669.. program:: clang
1670
1671.. option:: -fropi, -fno-ropi
1672
1673.. option:: -frtti, -fno-rtti
1674
1675.. option:: -frwpi, -fno-rwpi
1676
1677.. option:: -fsave-optimization-record, -fno-save-optimization-record
1678
1679Generate a YAML optimization record file
1680
1681.. option:: -fshort-enums, -fno-short-enums
1682
1683Allocate to an enum type only as many bytes as it needs for the declared range of possible values
1684
1685.. option:: -fshort-wchar, -fno-short-wchar
1686
1687Force wchar\_t to be a short unsigned int
1688
1689.. option:: -fshow-column, -fno-show-column
1690
1691.. option:: -fshow-overloads=<arg>
1692
1693Which overload candidates to show when overload resolution fails: best\|all; defaults to all
1694
1695.. option:: -fshow-source-location, -fno-show-source-location
1696
1697.. option:: -fsignaling-math, -fno-signaling-math
1698
1699.. option:: -fsigned-bitfields
1700
1701.. option:: -fsigned-char, -fno-signed-char, --signed-char
1702
1703.. option:: -fsigned-zeros, -fno-signed-zeros
1704
1705.. option:: -fsized-deallocation, -fno-sized-deallocation
1706
1707Enable C++14 sized global deallocation functions
1708
1709.. option:: -fdwarf-exceptions
1710
1711Use DWARF style exceptions
1712
1713.. option:: -fsjlj-exceptions
1714
1715Use SjLj style exceptions
1716
1717.. option:: -fseh-exceptions
1718
1719Use SEH style exceptions
1720
1721.. option:: -fslp-vectorize, -fno-slp-vectorize, -ftree-slp-vectorize
1722
1723Enable the superword-level parallelism vectorization passes
1724
1725.. option:: -fspell-checking, -fno-spell-checking
1726
1727.. option:: -fspell-checking-limit=<arg>
1728
1729.. option:: -fsplit-dwarf-inlining, -fno-split-dwarf-inlining
1730
1731Place debug types in their own section (ELF Only)
1732
1733.. option:: -fsplit-stack
1734
1735.. option:: -fstack-protector, -fno-stack-protector
1736
1737Enable stack protectors for functions potentially vulnerable to stack smashing
1738
1739.. option:: -fstack-protector-all
1740
1741Force the usage of stack protectors for all functions
1742
1743.. option:: -fstack-protector-strong
1744
1745Use a strong heuristic to apply stack protectors to functions
1746
1747.. option:: -fstandalone-debug, -fno-limit-debug-info, -fno-standalone-debug
1748
1749Emit full debug info for all types used by the program
1750
1751.. option:: -fstrict-aliasing, -fno-strict-aliasing
1752
1753.. option:: -fstrict-enums, -fno-strict-enums
1754
1755Enable optimizations based on the strict definition of an enum's value range
1756
1757.. option:: -fstrict-overflow, -fno-strict-overflow
1758
1759.. option:: -fstrict-return, -fno-strict-return
1760
1761Always treat control flow paths that fall off the end of a non-void function as unreachable
1762
1763.. option:: -fstrict-vtable-pointers, -fno-strict-vtable-pointers
1764
1765Enable optimizations based on the strict rules for overwriting polymorphic C++ objects
1766
1767.. option:: -fstruct-path-tbaa, -fno-struct-path-tbaa
1768
1769.. option:: -ftabstop=<arg>
1770
1771.. option:: -ftemplate-backtrace-limit=<arg>
1772
1773.. option:: -ftemplate-depth-<arg>
1774
1775.. option:: -ftemplate-depth=<arg>
1776
1777.. option:: -ftest-coverage
1778
1779.. option:: -fthinlto-index=<arg>
1780
1781Perform ThinLTO importing using provided function summary index
1782
1783.. option:: -fthreadsafe-statics, -fno-threadsafe-statics
1784
1785.. option:: -ftime-report
1786
1787.. option:: -ftls-model=<arg>
1788
1789.. option:: -ftrap-function=<arg>
1790
1791Issue call to specified function rather than a trap instruction
1792
1793.. option:: -ftrapping-math, -fno-trapping-math
1794
1795.. option:: -ftrapv
1796
1797Trap on integer overflow
1798
1799.. option:: -ftrapv-handler <arg>
1800
1801.. program:: clang1
1802.. option:: -ftrapv-handler=<function name>
1803.. program:: clang
1804
1805Specify the function to be called on overflow
1806
1807.. option:: -ftrigraphs, -fno-trigraphs, -trigraphs, --trigraphs
1808
1809Process trigraph sequences
1810
1811.. option:: -funique-section-names, -fno-unique-section-names
1812
1813Use unique names for text and data sections (ELF Only)
1814
1815.. option:: -funit-at-a-time, -fno-unit-at-a-time
1816
1817.. option:: -funroll-loops, -fno-unroll-loops
1818
1819Turn on loop unroller
1820
1821.. option:: -funsafe-math-optimizations, -fno-unsafe-math-optimizations
1822
1823.. option:: -funsigned-bitfields
1824
1825.. option:: -funsigned-char, -fno-unsigned-char, --unsigned-char
1826
1827.. option:: -funwind-tables, -fno-unwind-tables
1828
1829.. option:: -fuse-cxa-atexit, -fno-use-cxa-atexit
1830
1831.. option:: -fuse-init-array, -fno-use-init-array
1832
1833Use .init\_array instead of .ctors
1834
1835.. option:: -fuse-ld=<arg>
1836
1837.. option:: -fuse-line-directives, -fno-use-line-directives
1838
1839.. option:: -fveclib=<arg>
1840
1841Use the given vector functions library
1842
1843.. option:: -fvectorize, -fno-vectorize, -ftree-vectorize
1844
1845Enable the loop vectorization passes
1846
1847.. option:: -fverbose-asm, -fno-verbose-asm
1848
1849.. option:: -fvisibility-inlines-hidden
1850
1851Give inline C++ member functions default visibility by default
1852
1853.. option:: -fvisibility-ms-compat
1854
1855Give global types 'default' visibility and global functions and variables 'hidden' visibility by default
1856
1857.. option:: -fvisibility=<arg>
1858
1859Set the default symbol visibility for all global declarations
1860
1861.. option:: -fwhole-program-vtables, -fno-whole-program-vtables
1862
1863Enables whole-program vtable optimization. Requires -flto
1864
1865.. option:: -fwrapv, -fno-wrapv
1866
1867Treat signed integer overflow as two's complement
1868
1869.. option:: -fwritable-strings
1870
1871Store string literals as writable data
1872
1873.. option:: -fxray-always-instrument=<arg>
1874
1875Filename defining the whitelist for imbuing the 'always instrument' XRay attribute.
1876
1877.. option:: -fxray-instruction-threshold<arg>
1878
1879.. program:: clang1
1880.. option:: -fxray-instruction-threshold=<arg>
1881.. program:: clang
1882
1883Sets the minimum function size to instrument with XRay
1884
1885.. option:: -fxray-instrument, -fno-xray-instrument
1886
1887Generate XRay instrumentation sleds on function entry and exit
1888
1889.. option:: -fxray-never-instrument=<arg>
1890
1891Filename defining the whitelist for imbuing the 'never instrument' XRay attribute.
1892
1893.. option:: -fzero-initialized-in-bss, -fno-zero-initialized-in-bss
1894
1895.. option:: -fzvector, -fno-zvector, -mzvector
1896
1897Enable System z vector language extension
1898
1899.. option:: -pedantic, --pedantic, -no-pedantic, --no-pedantic
1900
1901.. option:: -pedantic-errors, --pedantic-errors
1902
1903OpenCL flags
1904------------
1905.. option:: -cl-denorms-are-zero
1906
1907OpenCL only. Allow denormals to be flushed to zero.
1908
1909.. option:: -cl-fast-relaxed-math
1910
1911OpenCL only. Sets -cl-finite-math-only and -cl-unsafe-math-optimizations, and defines \_\_FAST\_RELAXED\_MATH\_\_.
1912
1913.. option:: -cl-finite-math-only
1914
1915OpenCL only. Allow floating-point optimizations that assume arguments and results are not NaNs or +-Inf.
1916
1917.. option:: -cl-fp32-correctly-rounded-divide-sqrt
1918
1919OpenCL only. Specify that single precision floating-point divide and sqrt used in the program source are correctly rounded.
1920
1921.. option:: -cl-kernel-arg-info
1922
1923OpenCL only. Generate kernel argument metadata.
1924
1925.. option:: -cl-mad-enable
1926
1927OpenCL only. Allow use of less precise MAD computations in the generated binary.
1928
1929.. option:: -cl-no-signed-zeros
1930
1931OpenCL only. Allow use of less precise no signed zeros computations in the generated binary.
1932
1933.. option:: -cl-opt-disable
1934
1935OpenCL only. This option disables all optimizations. By default optimizations are enabled.
1936
1937.. option:: -cl-single-precision-constant
1938
1939OpenCL only. Treat double precision floating-point constant as single precision constant.
1940
1941.. option:: -cl-std=<arg>
1942
1943OpenCL language standard to compile for.
1944
1945.. option:: -cl-strict-aliasing
1946
1947OpenCL only. This option is added for compatibility with OpenCL 1.0.
1948
1949.. option:: -cl-unsafe-math-optimizations
1950
1951OpenCL only. Allow unsafe floating-point optimizations.  Also implies -cl-no-signed-zeros and -cl-mad-enable.
1952
1953Target-dependent compilation options
1954~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1955.. option:: -G<size>, -G=<arg>, -msmall-data-threshold=<arg>
1956
1957Put objects of at most <size> bytes into small data section (MIPS / Hexagon)
1958
1959.. option:: -m16
1960
1961.. option:: -m32
1962
1963.. option:: -m64
1964
1965.. option:: -mabi=<arg>
1966
1967.. option:: -mabicalls, -mno-abicalls
1968
1969Enable SVR4-style position-independent code (Mips only)
1970
1971.. option:: -mabs=<arg>
1972
1973.. option:: -malign-double
1974
1975Align doubles to two words in structs (x86 only)
1976
1977.. option:: -march=<arg>
1978
1979.. option:: -masm=<arg>
1980
1981.. option:: -mbackchain, -mno-backchain
1982
1983Link stack frames through backchain on System Z
1984
1985.. option:: -mcheck-zero-division, -mno-check-zero-division
1986
1987.. option:: -mcmodel=<arg>
1988
1989.. option:: -mcompact-branches=<arg>
1990
1991.. option:: -mconsole<arg>
1992
1993.. option:: -mcpu=<arg>, -mv4 (equivalent to -mcpu=hexagonv4), -mv5 (equivalent to -mcpu=hexagonv5), -mv55 (equivalent to -mcpu=hexagonv55), -mv60 (equivalent to -mcpu=hexagonv60), -mv62 (equivalent to -mcpu=hexagonv62)
1994
1995.. option:: -mdefault-build-attributes<arg>, -mno-default-build-attributes<arg>
1996
1997.. option:: -mdll<arg>
1998
1999.. option:: -mdouble-float
2000
2001.. option:: -mdsp, -mno-dsp
2002
2003.. option:: -mdspr2, -mno-dspr2
2004
2005.. option:: -mdynamic-no-pic<arg>
2006
2007.. option:: -meabi <arg>
2008
2009Set EABI type, e.g. 4, 5 or gnu (default depends on triple)
2010
2011.. option:: -membedded-data, -mno-embedded-data
2012
2013Place constants in the .rodata section instead of the .sdata section even if they meet the -G <size> threshold (MIPS)
2014
2015.. option:: -mextern-sdata, -mno-extern-sdata
2016
2017Assume that externally defined data is in the small data if it meets the -G <size> threshold (MIPS)
2018
2019.. option:: -mfentry
2020
2021Insert calls to fentry at function entry (x86 only)
2022
2023.. option:: -mfloat-abi=<arg>
2024
2025.. option:: -mfp32
2026
2027Use 32-bit floating point registers (MIPS only)
2028
2029.. option:: -mfp64
2030
2031Use 64-bit floating point registers (MIPS only)
2032
2033.. option:: -mfpmath=<arg>
2034
2035.. option:: -mfpu=<arg>
2036
2037.. option:: -mglobal-merge, -mno-global-merge
2038
2039Enable merging of globals
2040
2041.. option:: -mgpopt, -mno-gpopt
2042
2043Use GP relative accesses for symbols known to be in a small data section (MIPS)
2044
2045.. option:: -mhard-float
2046
2047.. option:: -mhwdiv=<arg>, --mhwdiv <arg>, --mhwdiv=<arg>
2048
2049.. option:: -miamcu, -mno-iamcu
2050
2051Use Intel MCU ABI
2052
2053.. option:: -mimplicit-float, -mno-implicit-float
2054
2055.. option:: -mimplicit-it=<arg>
2056
2057.. option:: -mincremental-linker-compatible, -mno-incremental-linker-compatible
2058
2059(integrated-as) Emit an object file which can be used with an incremental linker
2060
2061.. option:: -miphoneos-version-min=<arg>, -mios-version-min=<arg>
2062
2063.. option:: -mips16
2064
2065.. option:: -mkernel
2066
2067.. option:: -mldc1-sdc1, -mno-ldc1-sdc1
2068
2069.. option:: -mlocal-sdata, -mno-local-sdata
2070
2071Extend the -G behaviour to object local data (MIPS)
2072
2073.. option:: -mlong-calls, -mno-long-calls
2074
2075Generate branches with extended addressability, usually via indirect jumps.
2076
2077.. option:: -mmacosx-version-min=<arg>, -mmacos-version-min=<arg>
2078
2079Set Mac OS X deployment target
2080
2081.. option:: -mmadd4, -mno-madd4
2082
2083Enable the generation of 4-operand madd.s, madd.d and related instructions.
2084
2085.. option:: -mmcu=<arg>
2086
2087.. option:: -mmicromips, -mno-micromips
2088
2089.. option:: -mms-bitfields, -mno-ms-bitfields
2090
2091Set the default structure layout to be compatible with the Microsoft compiler standard
2092
2093.. option:: -mmsa, -mno-msa
2094
2095Enable MSA ASE (MIPS only)
2096
2097.. option:: -mmt, -mno-mt
2098
2099Enable MT ASE (MIPS only)
2100
2101.. option:: -mnan=<arg>
2102
2103.. option:: -mno-mips16
2104
2105.. option:: -momit-leaf-frame-pointer, -mno-omit-leaf-frame-pointer
2106
2107Omit frame pointer setup for leaf functions
2108
2109.. option:: -moslib=<arg>
2110
2111.. option:: -mpie-copy-relocations, -mno-pie-copy-relocations
2112
2113Use copy relocations support for PIE builds
2114
2115.. option:: -mqdsp6-compat
2116
2117Enable hexagon-qdsp6 backward compatibility
2118
2119.. option:: -mrecip
2120
2121.. program:: clang1
2122.. option:: -mrecip=<arg1>,<arg2>...
2123.. program:: clang
2124
2125.. option:: -mred-zone, -mno-red-zone
2126
2127.. option:: -mregparm=<arg>
2128
2129.. option:: -mrelax-all, -mno-relax-all
2130
2131(integrated-as) Relax all machine instructions
2132
2133.. option:: -mrtd, -mno-rtd
2134
2135Make StdCall calling convention the default
2136
2137.. option:: -msingle-float
2138
2139.. option:: -msoft-float, -mno-soft-float
2140
2141Use software floating point
2142
2143.. option:: -mstack-alignment=<arg>
2144
2145Set the stack alignment
2146
2147.. option:: -mstack-probe-size=<arg>
2148
2149Set the stack probe size
2150
2151.. option:: -mstackrealign, -mno-stackrealign
2152
2153Force realign the stack at entry to every function
2154
2155.. option:: -mthread-model <arg>
2156
2157The thread model to use, e.g. posix, single (posix by default)
2158
2159.. option:: -mthreads<arg>
2160
2161.. option:: -mthumb, -mno-thumb
2162
2163.. option:: -mtune=<arg>
2164
2165.. option:: -mtvos-version-min=<arg>, -mappletvos-version-min=<arg>
2166
2167.. option:: -municode<arg>
2168
2169.. option:: -mvx, -mno-vx
2170
2171.. option:: -mwarn-nonportable-cfstrings, -mno-warn-nonportable-cfstrings
2172
2173.. option:: -mwatchos-version-min=<arg>
2174
2175.. option:: -mwindows<arg>
2176
2177.. option:: -mx32
2178
2179.. option:: -mxgot, -mno-xgot
2180
2181AARCH64
2182-------
2183.. option:: -ffixed-x18
2184
2185Reserve the x18 register (AArch64 only)
2186
2187.. option:: -mfix-cortex-a53-835769, -mno-fix-cortex-a53-835769
2188
2189Workaround Cortex-A53 erratum 835769 (AArch64 only)
2190
2191.. option:: -mgeneral-regs-only
2192
2193Generate code which only uses the general purpose registers (AArch64 only)
2194
2195AMDGPU
2196------
2197.. option:: -mxnack, -mno-xnack
2198
2199Enable XNACK (AMDGPU only)
2200
2201ARM
2202---
2203.. option:: -ffixed-r9
2204
2205Reserve the r9 register (ARM only)
2206
2207.. option:: -mcrc
2208
2209Allow use of CRC instructions (ARM only)
2210
2211.. option:: -mexecute-only, -mno-execute-only, -mpure-code
2212
2213Disallow generation of data access to code sections (ARM only)
2214
2215.. option:: -mno-movt
2216
2217Disallow use of movt/movw pairs (ARM only)
2218
2219.. option:: -mno-neg-immediates
2220
2221Disallow converting instructions with negative immediates to their negation or inversion.
2222
2223.. option:: -mnocrc
2224
2225Disallow use of CRC instructions (ARM only)
2226
2227.. option:: -mrestrict-it, -mno-restrict-it
2228
2229Disallow generation of deprecated IT blocks for ARMv8. It is on by default for ARMv8 Thumb mode.
2230
2231.. option:: -mtp=<arg>
2232
2233Read thread pointer from coprocessor register (ARM only)
2234
2235.. option:: -munaligned-access, -mno-unaligned-access
2236
2237Allow memory accesses to be unaligned (AArch32/AArch64 only)
2238
2239Hexagon
2240-------
2241.. option:: -mieee-rnd-near
2242
2243Hexagon
2244-------
2245.. option:: -mhvx, -mno-hvx
2246
2247Enable Hexagon Vector eXtensions
2248
2249.. option:: -mhvx-double, -mno-hvx-double
2250
2251Enable Hexagon Double Vector eXtensions
2252
2253.. option:: -mhvx-length=<arg>
2254
2255Set Hexagon Vector Length
2256
2257.. program:: clang1
2258.. option:: -mhvx=<arg>
2259.. program:: clang
2260
2261Enable Hexagon Vector eXtensions
2262
2263PowerPC
2264-------
2265.. option:: -maltivec, -mno-altivec
2266
2267.. option:: -mcmpb, -mno-cmpb
2268
2269.. option:: -mcrbits, -mno-crbits
2270
2271.. option:: -mcrypto, -mno-crypto
2272
2273.. option:: -mdirect-move, -mno-direct-move
2274
2275.. option:: -mfloat128, -mno-float128
2276
2277.. option:: -mfprnd, -mno-fprnd
2278
2279.. option:: -mhtm, -mno-htm
2280
2281.. option:: -minvariant-function-descriptors, -mno-invariant-function-descriptors
2282
2283.. option:: -misel, -mno-isel
2284
2285.. option:: -mlongcall, -mno-longcall
2286
2287.. option:: -mmfocrf, -mmfcrf, -mno-mfocrf
2288
2289.. option:: -mpopcntd, -mno-popcntd
2290
2291.. option:: -mpower8-vector, -mno-power8-vector
2292
2293.. option:: -mpower9-vector, -mno-power9-vector
2294
2295.. option:: -mqpx, -mno-qpx
2296
2297.. option:: -mvsx, -mno-vsx
2298
2299WebAssembly
2300-----------
2301.. option:: -msimd128, -mno-simd128
2302
2303X86
2304---
2305.. option:: -m3dnow, -mno-3dnow
2306
2307.. option:: -m3dnowa, -mno-3dnowa
2308
2309.. option:: -madx, -mno-adx
2310
2311.. option:: -maes, -mno-aes
2312
2313.. option:: -mavx, -mno-avx
2314
2315.. option:: -mavx2, -mno-avx2
2316
2317.. option:: -mavx512bw, -mno-avx512bw
2318
2319.. option:: -mavx512cd, -mno-avx512cd
2320
2321.. option:: -mavx512dq, -mno-avx512dq
2322
2323.. option:: -mavx512er, -mno-avx512er
2324
2325.. option:: -mavx512f, -mno-avx512f
2326
2327.. option:: -mavx512ifma, -mno-avx512ifma
2328
2329.. option:: -mavx512pf, -mno-avx512pf
2330
2331.. option:: -mavx512vbmi, -mno-avx512vbmi
2332
2333.. option:: -mavx512vl, -mno-avx512vl
2334
2335.. option:: -mavx512vpopcntdq, -mno-avx512vpopcntdq
2336
2337.. option:: -mbmi, -mno-bmi
2338
2339.. option:: -mbmi2, -mno-bmi2
2340
2341.. option:: -mclflushopt, -mno-clflushopt
2342
2343.. option:: -mclwb, -mno-clwb
2344
2345.. option:: -mclzero, -mno-clzero
2346
2347.. option:: -mcx16, -mno-cx16
2348
2349.. option:: -mf16c, -mno-f16c
2350
2351.. option:: -mfma, -mno-fma
2352
2353.. option:: -mfma4, -mno-fma4
2354
2355.. option:: -mfsgsbase, -mno-fsgsbase
2356
2357.. option:: -mfxsr, -mno-fxsr
2358
2359.. option:: -mlwp, -mno-lwp
2360
2361.. option:: -mlzcnt, -mno-lzcnt
2362
2363.. option:: -mmmx, -mno-mmx
2364
2365.. option:: -mmovbe, -mno-movbe
2366
2367.. option:: -mmpx, -mno-mpx
2368
2369.. option:: -mmwaitx, -mno-mwaitx
2370
2371.. option:: -mpclmul, -mno-pclmul
2372
2373.. option:: -mpku, -mno-pku
2374
2375.. option:: -mpopcnt, -mno-popcnt
2376
2377.. option:: -mprefetchwt1, -mno-prefetchwt1
2378
2379.. option:: -mprfchw, -mno-prfchw
2380
2381.. option:: -mrdrnd, -mno-rdrnd
2382
2383.. option:: -mrdseed, -mno-rdseed
2384
2385.. option:: -mrtm, -mno-rtm
2386
2387.. option:: -msgx, -mno-sgx
2388
2389.. option:: -msha, -mno-sha
2390
2391.. option:: -msse, -mno-sse
2392
2393.. option:: -msse2, -mno-sse2
2394
2395.. option:: -msse3, -mno-sse3
2396
2397.. option:: -msse4.1, -mno-sse4.1
2398
2399.. program:: clang1
2400.. option:: -msse4.2, -mno-sse4.2, -msse4
2401.. program:: clang
2402
2403.. option:: -msse4a, -mno-sse4a
2404
2405.. option:: -mssse3, -mno-ssse3
2406
2407.. option:: -mtbm, -mno-tbm
2408
2409.. option:: -mx87, -m80387, -mno-x87
2410
2411.. option:: -mxop, -mno-xop
2412
2413.. option:: -mxsave, -mno-xsave
2414
2415.. option:: -mxsavec, -mno-xsavec
2416
2417.. option:: -mxsaveopt, -mno-xsaveopt
2418
2419.. option:: -mxsaves, -mno-xsaves
2420
2421Optimization level
2422~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2423
2424Flags controlling how much optimization should be performed.
2425
2426.. option:: -O<arg>, -O (equivalent to -O2), --optimize, --optimize=<arg>
2427
2428.. option:: -Ofast<arg>
2429
2430Debug information generation
2431~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2432
2433Flags controlling how much and what kind of debug information should be
2434generated.
2435
2436Kind and level of debug information
2437-----------------------------------
2438.. option:: -g, --debug, --debug=<arg>
2439
2440Generate source-level debug information
2441
2442.. option:: -gdwarf-2
2443
2444Generate source-level debug information with dwarf version 2
2445
2446.. option:: -gdwarf-3
2447
2448Generate source-level debug information with dwarf version 3
2449
2450.. option:: -gdwarf-4, -gdwarf
2451
2452Generate source-level debug information with dwarf version 4
2453
2454.. option:: -gdwarf-5
2455
2456Generate source-level debug information with dwarf version 5
2457
2458.. option:: -gfull
2459
2460.. option:: -gused
2461
2462Debug level
2463___________
2464.. option:: -g0
2465
2466.. option:: -g2
2467
2468.. option:: -g3
2469
2470.. option:: -ggdb0
2471
2472.. option:: -ggdb1
2473
2474.. option:: -ggdb2
2475
2476.. option:: -ggdb3
2477
2478.. option:: -gline-tables-only, -g1, -gmlt
2479
2480Emit debug line number tables only
2481
2482.. option:: -gmodules
2483
2484Generate debug info with external references to clang modules or precompiled headers
2485
2486Debugger to tune debug information for
2487______________________________________
2488.. option:: -ggdb
2489
2490.. option:: -glldb
2491
2492.. option:: -gsce
2493
2494Debug information flags
2495-----------------------
2496.. option:: -gcolumn-info, -gno-column-info
2497
2498.. option:: -gdwarf-aranges
2499
2500.. option:: -ggnu-pubnames
2501
2502.. option:: -grecord-gcc-switches, -gno-record-gcc-switches
2503
2504.. option:: -gsplit-dwarf
2505
2506.. option:: -gstrict-dwarf, -gno-strict-dwarf
2507
2508.. option:: -gz
2509
2510DWARF debug sections compression type
2511
2512.. program:: clang1
2513.. option:: -gz=<arg>
2514.. program:: clang
2515
2516DWARF debug sections compression type
2517
2518Static analyzer flags
2519=====================
2520
2521Flags controlling the behavior of the Clang Static Analyzer.
2522
2523.. option:: -Xanalyzer <arg>
2524
2525Pass <arg> to the static analyzer
2526
2527Fortran compilation flags
2528=========================
2529
2530Flags that will be passed onto the ``gfortran`` compiler when Clang is given
2531a Fortran input.
2532
2533.. option:: -A<arg>, --assert <arg>, --assert=<arg>
2534
2535.. option:: -A-<arg>
2536
2537.. option:: -J<arg>
2538
2539.. option:: -cpp
2540
2541.. option:: -faggressive-function-elimination, -fno-aggressive-function-elimination
2542
2543.. option:: -falign-commons, -fno-align-commons
2544
2545.. option:: -fall-intrinsics, -fno-all-intrinsics
2546
2547.. option:: -fautomatic, -fno-automatic
2548
2549.. option:: -fbackslash, -fno-backslash
2550
2551.. option:: -fbacktrace, -fno-backtrace
2552
2553.. option:: -fblas-matmul-limit=<arg>
2554
2555.. option:: -fbounds-check, -fno-bounds-check
2556
2557.. option:: -fcheck-array-temporaries, -fno-check-array-temporaries
2558
2559.. option:: -fcheck=<arg>
2560
2561.. option:: -fcoarray=<arg>
2562
2563.. option:: -fconvert=<arg>
2564
2565.. option:: -fcray-pointer, -fno-cray-pointer
2566
2567.. option:: -fd-lines-as-code, -fno-d-lines-as-code
2568
2569.. option:: -fd-lines-as-comments, -fno-d-lines-as-comments
2570
2571.. option:: -fdefault-double-8, -fno-default-double-8
2572
2573.. option:: -fdefault-integer-8, -fno-default-integer-8
2574
2575.. option:: -fdefault-real-8, -fno-default-real-8
2576
2577.. option:: -fdollar-ok, -fno-dollar-ok
2578
2579.. option:: -fdump-fortran-optimized, -fno-dump-fortran-optimized
2580
2581.. option:: -fdump-fortran-original, -fno-dump-fortran-original
2582
2583.. option:: -fdump-parse-tree, -fno-dump-parse-tree
2584
2585.. option:: -fexternal-blas, -fno-external-blas
2586
2587.. option:: -ff2c, -fno-f2c
2588
2589.. option:: -ffixed-form, -fno-fixed-form
2590
2591.. option:: -ffixed-line-length-<arg>
2592
2593.. option:: -ffpe-trap=<arg>
2594
2595.. option:: -ffree-form, -fno-free-form
2596
2597.. option:: -ffree-line-length-<arg>
2598
2599.. option:: -ffrontend-optimize, -fno-frontend-optimize
2600
2601.. option:: -fimplicit-none, -fno-implicit-none
2602
2603.. option:: -finit-character=<arg>
2604
2605.. option:: -finit-integer=<arg>
2606
2607.. option:: -finit-local-zero, -fno-init-local-zero
2608
2609.. option:: -finit-logical=<arg>
2610
2611.. option:: -finit-real=<arg>
2612
2613.. option:: -finteger-4-integer-8, -fno-integer-4-integer-8
2614
2615.. option:: -fintrinsic-modules-path, -fno-intrinsic-modules-path
2616
2617.. option:: -fmax-array-constructor=<arg>
2618
2619.. option:: -fmax-errors=<arg>
2620
2621.. option:: -fmax-identifier-length, -fno-max-identifier-length
2622
2623.. option:: -fmax-stack-var-size=<arg>
2624
2625.. option:: -fmax-subrecord-length=<arg>
2626
2627.. option:: -fmodule-private, -fno-module-private
2628
2629.. option:: -fpack-derived, -fno-pack-derived
2630
2631.. option:: -fprotect-parens, -fno-protect-parens
2632
2633.. option:: -frange-check, -fno-range-check
2634
2635.. option:: -freal-4-real-10, -fno-real-4-real-10
2636
2637.. option:: -freal-4-real-16, -fno-real-4-real-16
2638
2639.. option:: -freal-4-real-8, -fno-real-4-real-8
2640
2641.. option:: -freal-8-real-10, -fno-real-8-real-10
2642
2643.. option:: -freal-8-real-16, -fno-real-8-real-16
2644
2645.. option:: -freal-8-real-4, -fno-real-8-real-4
2646
2647.. option:: -frealloc-lhs, -fno-realloc-lhs
2648
2649.. option:: -frecord-marker=<arg>
2650
2651.. option:: -frecursive, -fno-recursive
2652
2653.. option:: -frepack-arrays, -fno-repack-arrays
2654
2655.. option:: -fsecond-underscore, -fno-second-underscore
2656
2657.. option:: -fsign-zero, -fno-sign-zero
2658
2659.. option:: -fstack-arrays, -fno-stack-arrays
2660
2661.. option:: -funderscoring, -fno-underscoring
2662
2663.. option:: -fwhole-file, -fno-whole-file
2664
2665.. option:: -nocpp
2666
2667.. option:: -static-libgfortran
2668
2669Linker flags
2670============
2671Flags that are passed on to the linker
2672
2673.. option:: -L<dir>, --library-directory <arg>, --library-directory=<arg>
2674
2675Add directory to library search path
2676
2677.. option:: -Mach
2678
2679.. option:: -T<script>
2680
2681Specify <script> as linker script
2682
2683.. option:: -Tbss<addr>
2684
2685Set starting address of BSS to <addr>
2686
2687.. option:: -Tdata<addr>
2688
2689Set starting address of BSS to <addr>
2690
2691.. option:: -Ttext<addr>
2692
2693Set starting address of BSS to <addr>
2694
2695.. option:: -Wl,<arg>,<arg2>...
2696
2697Pass the comma separated arguments in <arg> to the linker
2698
2699.. option:: -X
2700
2701.. option:: -Xlinker <arg>, --for-linker <arg>, --for-linker=<arg>
2702
2703Pass <arg> to the linker
2704
2705.. program:: clang1
2706.. option:: -Z
2707.. program:: clang
2708
2709.. option:: -e<arg>, --entry
2710
2711.. option:: -filelist <arg>
2712
2713.. option:: -l<arg>
2714
2715.. option:: -r
2716
2717.. option:: -rpath <arg>
2718
2719.. option:: -s
2720
2721.. option:: -t
2722
2723.. option:: -u<arg>, --force-link <arg>, --force-link=<arg>
2724
2725.. option:: -undef
2726
2727undef all system defines
2728
2729.. option:: -undefined<arg>, --no-undefined
2730
2731.. option:: -z <arg>
2732
2733Pass -z <arg> to the linker
2734
2735