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HeaderInclude config/rs6000/rs6000-opts.h ;; ISA flag bits (on/off) Variable HOST_WIDE_INT rs6000_isa_flags = TARGET_DEFAULT TargetSave HOST_WIDE_INT x_rs6000_isa_flags ;; Miscellaneous flag bits that were set explicitly by the user Variable HOST_WIDE_INT rs6000_isa_flags_explicit TargetSave HOST_WIDE_INT x_rs6000_isa_flags_explicit ;; Current processor TargetVariable enum processor_type rs6000_cpu = PROCESSOR_PPC603 ;; Current tuning TargetVariable enum processor_type rs6000_tune = PROCESSOR_PPC603 ;; Always emit branch hint bits. TargetVariable unsigned char rs6000_always_hint ;; Schedule instructions for group formation. TargetVariable unsigned char rs6000_sched_groups ;; Align branch targets. TargetVariable unsigned char rs6000_align_branch_targets ;; Support for -msched-costly-dep option. TargetVariable enum rs6000_dependence_cost rs6000_sched_costly_dep = no_dep_costly ;; Support for -minsert-sched-nops option. TargetVariable enum rs6000_nop_insertion rs6000_sched_insert_nops = sched_finish_none ;; Non-zero to allow overriding loop alignment. TargetVariable unsigned char can_override_loop_align ;; Which small data model to use (for System V targets only) TargetVariable enum rs6000_sdata_type rs6000_sdata = SDATA_DATA ;; Bit size of immediate TLS offsets and string from which it is decoded. TargetVariable int rs6000_tls_size = 32 ;; ABI enumeration available for subtarget to use. TargetVariable enum rs6000_abi rs6000_current_abi = ABI_NONE ;; Type of traceback to use. TargetVariable enum rs6000_traceback_type rs6000_traceback = traceback_default ;; Control alignment for fields within structures. TargetVariable unsigned char rs6000_alignment_flags ;; Code model for 64-bit linux. TargetVariable enum rs6000_cmodel rs6000_current_cmodel = CMODEL_SMALL ;; What type of reciprocal estimation instructions to generate TargetVariable unsigned int rs6000_recip_control ;; Mask of what builtin functions are allowed TargetVariable HOST_WIDE_INT rs6000_builtin_mask ;; Debug flags TargetVariable unsigned int rs6000_debug ;; Whether to enable the -mfloat128 stuff without necessarily enabling the ;; __float128 keyword. TargetSave unsigned char x_TARGET_FLOAT128_TYPE Variable unsigned char TARGET_FLOAT128_TYPE ;; This option existed in the past, but now is always on. mpowerpc Target RejectNegative Undocumented Ignore mpowerpc64 Target Mask(POWERPC64) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Use PowerPC-64 instruction set. mpowerpc-gpopt Target Mask(PPC_GPOPT) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Use PowerPC General Purpose group optional instructions. mpowerpc-gfxopt Target Mask(PPC_GFXOPT) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Use PowerPC Graphics group optional instructions. mmfcrf Target Mask(MFCRF) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Use PowerPC V2.01 single field mfcr instruction. mpopcntb Target Mask(POPCNTB) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Use PowerPC V2.02 popcntb instruction. mfprnd Target Mask(FPRND) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Use PowerPC V2.02 floating point rounding instructions. mcmpb Target Mask(CMPB) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Use PowerPC V2.05 compare bytes instruction. ;; This option existed in the past, but now is always off. mno-mfpgpr Target RejectNegative Undocumented Ignore mmfpgpr Target RejectNegative Undocumented WarnRemoved maltivec Target Mask(ALTIVEC) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Use AltiVec instructions. mhard-dfp Target Mask(DFP) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Use decimal floating point instructions. mmulhw Target Mask(MULHW) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Use 4xx half-word multiply instructions. mdlmzb Target Mask(DLMZB) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Use 4xx string-search dlmzb instruction. mmultiple Target Mask(MULTIPLE) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Generate load/store multiple instructions. ;; This option existed in the past, but now is always off. mno-string Target RejectNegative Undocumented Ignore mstring Target RejectNegative Undocumented WarnRemoved msoft-float Target RejectNegative Mask(SOFT_FLOAT) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Do not use hardware floating point. mhard-float Target RejectNegative InverseMask(SOFT_FLOAT, HARD_FLOAT) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Use hardware floating point. mpopcntd Target Mask(POPCNTD) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Use PowerPC V2.06 popcntd instruction. mfriz Target Var(TARGET_FRIZ) Init(-1) Save Under -ffast-math, generate a FRIZ instruction for (double)(long long) conversions. mveclibabi= Target RejectNegative Joined Var(rs6000_veclibabi_name) Vector library ABI to use. mvsx Target Mask(VSX) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Use vector/scalar (VSX) instructions. mvsx-align-128 Target Undocumented Var(TARGET_VSX_ALIGN_128) Save ; If -mvsx, set alignment to 128 bits instead of 32/64 mallow-movmisalign Target Undocumented Var(TARGET_ALLOW_MOVMISALIGN) Init(-1) Save ; Allow the movmisalign in DF/DI vectors mefficient-unaligned-vsx Target Undocumented Mask(EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_VSX) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) ; Consider unaligned VSX vector and fp accesses to be efficient msched-groups Target Undocumented Var(TARGET_SCHED_GROUPS) Init(-1) Save ; Explicitly set rs6000_sched_groups malways-hint Target Undocumented Var(TARGET_ALWAYS_HINT) Init(-1) Save ; Explicitly set rs6000_always_hint malign-branch-targets Target Undocumented Var(TARGET_ALIGN_BRANCH_TARGETS) Init(-1) Save ; Explicitly set rs6000_align_branch_targets mno-update Target RejectNegative Mask(NO_UPDATE) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Do not generate load/store with update instructions. mupdate Target RejectNegative InverseMask(NO_UPDATE, UPDATE) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Generate load/store with update instructions. msingle-pic-base Target Var(TARGET_SINGLE_PIC_BASE) Init(0) Do not load the PIC register in function prologues. mavoid-indexed-addresses Target Var(TARGET_AVOID_XFORM) Init(-1) Save Avoid generation of indexed load/store instructions when possible. msched-epilog Target Undocumented Var(TARGET_SCHED_PROLOG) Init(1) Save msched-prolog Target Var(TARGET_SCHED_PROLOG) Save Schedule the start and end of the procedure. maix-struct-return Target RejectNegative Var(aix_struct_return) Save Return all structures in memory (AIX default). msvr4-struct-return Target RejectNegative Var(aix_struct_return,0) Save Return small structures in registers (SVR4 default). mxl-compat Target Var(TARGET_XL_COMPAT) Save Conform more closely to IBM XLC semantics. mrecip Target Generate software reciprocal divide and square root for better throughput. mrecip= Target RejectNegative Joined Var(rs6000_recip_name) Generate software reciprocal divide and square root for better throughput. mrecip-precision Target Mask(RECIP_PRECISION) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Assume that the reciprocal estimate instructions provide more accuracy. mno-fp-in-toc Target RejectNegative Var(TARGET_NO_FP_IN_TOC) Save Do not place floating point constants in TOC. mfp-in-toc Target RejectNegative Var(TARGET_NO_FP_IN_TOC,0) Save Place floating point constants in TOC. mno-sum-in-toc Target RejectNegative Var(TARGET_NO_SUM_IN_TOC) Save Do not place symbol+offset constants in TOC. msum-in-toc Target RejectNegative Var(TARGET_NO_SUM_IN_TOC,0) Save Place symbol+offset constants in TOC. ; Output only one TOC entry per module. Normally linking fails if ; there are more than 16K unique variables/constants in an executable. With ; this option, linking fails only if there are more than 16K modules, or ; if there are more than 16K unique variables/constant in a single module. ; ; This is at the cost of having 2 extra loads and one extra store per ; function, and one less allocable register. mminimal-toc Target Mask(MINIMAL_TOC) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Use only one TOC entry per procedure. mfull-toc Target Put everything in the regular TOC. mvrsave Target Var(TARGET_ALTIVEC_VRSAVE) Save Generate VRSAVE instructions when generating AltiVec code. mvrsave=no Target RejectNegative Alias(mvrsave) NegativeAlias Warn(%<-mvrsave=no%> is deprecated; use %<-mno-vrsave%> instead) Deprecated option. Use -mno-vrsave instead. mvrsave=yes Target RejectNegative Alias(mvrsave) Warn(%<-mvrsave=yes%> is deprecated; use %<-mvrsave%> instead) Deprecated option. Use -mvrsave instead. mblock-move-inline-limit= Target Var(rs6000_block_move_inline_limit) Init(0) RejectNegative Joined UInteger Save Max number of bytes to move inline. mblock-ops-unaligned-vsx Target Mask(BLOCK_OPS_UNALIGNED_VSX) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Generate unaligned VSX load/store for inline expansion of memcpy/memmove. mblock-ops-vector-pair Target Undocumented Mask(BLOCK_OPS_VECTOR_PAIR) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Generate unaligned VSX vector pair load/store for inline expansion of memcpy/memmove. mblock-compare-inline-limit= Target Var(rs6000_block_compare_inline_limit) Init(63) RejectNegative Joined UInteger Save Max number of bytes to compare without loops. mblock-compare-inline-loop-limit= Target Var(rs6000_block_compare_inline_loop_limit) Init(-1) RejectNegative Joined UInteger Save Max number of bytes to compare with loops. mstring-compare-inline-limit= Target Var(rs6000_string_compare_inline_limit) Init(64) RejectNegative Joined UInteger Save Max number of bytes to compare. misel Target Mask(ISEL) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Generate isel instructions. mdebug= Target RejectNegative Joined -mdebug= Enable debug output. ; Altivec ABI mabi=altivec Target RejectNegative Var(rs6000_altivec_abi) Save Use the AltiVec ABI extensions. mabi=no-altivec Target RejectNegative Var(rs6000_altivec_abi, 0) Do not use the AltiVec ABI extensions. ; AIX Extended vector ABI mabi=vec-extabi Target RejectNegative Var(rs6000_aix_extabi, 1) Save Use the AIX Vector Extended ABI. mabi=vec-default Target RejectNegative Var(rs6000_aix_extabi, 0) Do not use the AIX Vector Extended ABI. ; PPC64 Linux ELF ABI mabi=elfv1 Target RejectNegative Var(rs6000_elf_abi, 1) Save Use the ELFv1 ABI. mabi=elfv2 Target RejectNegative Var(rs6000_elf_abi, 2) Use the ELFv2 ABI. ; These are here for testing during development only, do not document ; in the manual please. ; If we want Darwin's struct-by-value-in-regs ABI. mabi=d64 Target RejectNegative Undocumented Warn(using darwin64 ABI) Var(rs6000_darwin64_abi) Save mabi=d32 Target RejectNegative Undocumented Warn(using old darwin ABI) Var(rs6000_darwin64_abi, 0) mabi=ieeelongdouble Target RejectNegative Var(rs6000_ieeequad) Save mabi=ibmlongdouble Target RejectNegative Var(rs6000_ieeequad, 0) mcpu= Target RejectNegative Joined Var(rs6000_cpu_index) Init(-1) Enum(rs6000_cpu_opt_value) Save -mcpu= Use features of and schedule code for given CPU. mtune= Target RejectNegative Joined Var(rs6000_tune_index) Init(-1) Enum(rs6000_cpu_opt_value) Save -mtune= Schedule code for given CPU. mtraceback= Target RejectNegative Joined Enum(rs6000_traceback_type) Var(rs6000_traceback) -mtraceback=[full,part,no] Select type of traceback table. Enum Name(rs6000_traceback_type) Type(enum rs6000_traceback_type) EnumValue Enum(rs6000_traceback_type) String(full) Value(traceback_full) EnumValue Enum(rs6000_traceback_type) String(part) Value(traceback_part) EnumValue Enum(rs6000_traceback_type) String(no) Value(traceback_none) mlongcall Target Var(rs6000_default_long_calls) Save Avoid all range limits on call instructions. ; This option existed in the past, but now is always on. mgen-cell-microcode Target RejectNegative Undocumented Ignore mwarn-altivec-long Target Var(rs6000_warn_altivec_long) Init(1) Save Warn about deprecated 'vector long ...' AltiVec type usage. mlong-double- Target RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(rs6000_long_double_type_size) Save Use -mlong-double-64 for 64-bit IEEE floating point format. Use -mlong-double-128 for 128-bit floating point format (either IEEE or IBM). ; This option existed in the past, but now is always on. mlra Target RejectNegative Undocumented Ignore msched-costly-dep= Target RejectNegative Joined Var(rs6000_sched_costly_dep_str) Determine which dependences between insns are considered costly. minsert-sched-nops= Target RejectNegative Joined Var(rs6000_sched_insert_nops_str) Specify which post scheduling nop insertion scheme to apply. malign- Target RejectNegative Joined Enum(rs6000_alignment_flags) Var(rs6000_alignment_flags) Specify alignment of structure fields default/natural. Enum Name(rs6000_alignment_flags) Type(unsigned char) Valid arguments to -malign-: EnumValue Enum(rs6000_alignment_flags) String(power) Value(MASK_ALIGN_POWER) EnumValue Enum(rs6000_alignment_flags) String(natural) Value(MASK_ALIGN_NATURAL) mprioritize-restricted-insns= Target RejectNegative Joined UInteger Var(rs6000_sched_restricted_insns_priority) Save Specify scheduling priority for dispatch slot restricted insns. mpointers-to-nested-functions Target Var(TARGET_POINTERS_TO_NESTED_FUNCTIONS) Init(1) Save Use r11 to hold the static link in calls to functions via pointers. msave-toc-indirect Target Mask(SAVE_TOC_INDIRECT) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Save the TOC in the prologue for indirect calls rather than inline. ; This option existed in the past, but now is always the same as -mvsx. mvsx-timode Target RejectNegative Undocumented Ignore mpower8-fusion Target Mask(P8_FUSION) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Fuse certain integer operations together for better performance on power8. mpower8-fusion-sign Target Undocumented Mask(P8_FUSION_SIGN) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Allow sign extension in fusion operations. mpower8-vector Target Mask(P8_VECTOR) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Use vector and scalar instructions added in ISA 2.07. mpower10-fusion Target Undocumented Mask(P10_FUSION) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Fuse certain integer operations together for better performance on power10. mcrypto Target Mask(CRYPTO) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Use ISA 2.07 Category:Vector.AES and Category:Vector.SHA2 instructions. mdirect-move Target Undocumented Mask(DIRECT_MOVE) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) WarnRemoved mhtm Target Mask(HTM) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Use ISA 2.07 transactional memory (HTM) instructions. mquad-memory Target Mask(QUAD_MEMORY) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Generate the quad word memory instructions (lq/stq). mquad-memory-atomic Target Mask(QUAD_MEMORY_ATOMIC) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Generate the quad word memory atomic instructions (lqarx/stqcx). mcompat-align-parm Target Var(rs6000_compat_align_parm) Init(0) Save Generate aggregate parameter passing code with at most 64-bit alignment. moptimize-swaps Target Undocumented Var(rs6000_optimize_swaps) Init(1) Save Analyze and remove doubleword swaps from VSX computations. munroll-only-small-loops Target Undocumented Var(unroll_only_small_loops) Init(0) Save ; Use conservative small loop unrolling. mpower9-misc Target Undocumented Mask(P9_MISC) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Use certain scalar instructions added in ISA 3.0. mpower9-vector Target Undocumented Mask(P9_VECTOR) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Use vector instructions added in ISA 3.0. mpower9-minmax Target Undocumented Mask(P9_MINMAX) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Use the new min/max instructions defined in ISA 3.0. mmodulo Target Undocumented Mask(MODULO) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Generate the integer modulo instructions. mfloat128 Target Mask(FLOAT128_KEYWORD) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Enable IEEE 128-bit floating point via the __float128 keyword. mfloat128-hardware Target Mask(FLOAT128_HW) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Enable using IEEE 128-bit floating point instructions. mfloat128-convert Target Undocumented Mask(FLOAT128_CVT) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Enable default conversions between __float128 & long double. mstack-protector-guard= Target RejectNegative Joined Enum(stack_protector_guard) Var(rs6000_stack_protector_guard) Init(SSP_TLS) Use given stack-protector guard. Enum Name(stack_protector_guard) Type(enum stack_protector_guard) Valid arguments to -mstack-protector-guard=: 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 RejectNegative Joined Var(rs6000_stack_protector_guard_reg_str) Use the given base register for addressing the stack-protector guard. TargetVariable int rs6000_stack_protector_guard_reg = 0 mstack-protector-guard-offset= Target RejectNegative Joined Integer Var(rs6000_stack_protector_guard_offset_str) Use the given offset for addressing the stack-protector guard. TargetVariable long rs6000_stack_protector_guard_offset = 0 ;; -mno-speculate-indirect-jumps adds deliberate misprediction to indirect ;; branches via the CTR. mspeculate-indirect-jumps Target Undocumented Var(rs6000_speculate_indirect_jumps) Init(1) Save mpower10 Target Undocumented Mask(POWER10) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) WarnRemoved mprefixed Target Mask(PREFIXED) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Generate (do not generate) prefixed memory instructions. mpcrel Target Mask(PCREL) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Generate (do not generate) pc-relative memory addressing. mpcrel-opt Target Undocumented Mask(PCREL_OPT) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Generate (do not generate) pc-relative memory optimizations for externals. mmma Target Mask(MMA) Var(rs6000_isa_flags) Generate (do not generate) MMA instructions. mrelative-jumptables Target Undocumented Var(rs6000_relative_jumptables) Init(1) Save mrop-protect Target Var(rs6000_rop_protect) Init(0) Enable instructions that guard against return-oriented programming attacks. mprivileged Target Var(rs6000_privileged) Init(0) Generate code that will run in privileged state. msplat-word-constant Target Var(TARGET_SPLAT_WORD_CONSTANT) Init(1) Save Generate (do not generate) code that uses the XXSPLTIW instruction. msplat-float-constant Target Var(TARGET_SPLAT_FLOAT_CONSTANT) Init(1) Save Generate (do not generate) code that uses the XXSPLTIDP instruction. mieee128-constant Target Var(TARGET_IEEE128_CONSTANT) Init(1) Save Generate (do not generate) code that uses the LXVKQ instruction. -param=rs6000-density-pct-threshold= Target Undocumented Joined UInteger Var(rs6000_density_pct_threshold) Init(85) IntegerRange(0, 100) Param When costing for loop vectorization, we probably need to penalize the loop body cost if the existing cost model may not adequately reflect delays from unavailable vector resources. We collect the cost for vectorized statements and non-vectorized statements separately, check the proportion of vec_cost to total cost of vec_cost and non vec_cost, and penalize only if the proportion exceeds the threshold specified by this parameter. The default value is 85. -param=rs6000-density-size-threshold= Target Undocumented Joined UInteger Var(rs6000_density_size_threshold) Init(70) IntegerRange(0, 1000) Param Like parameter rs6000-density-pct-threshold, we also check the total sum of vec_cost and non vec_cost, and penalize only if the sum exceeds the threshold specified by this parameter. The default value is 70. -param=rs6000-density-penalty= Target Undocumented Joined UInteger Var(rs6000_density_penalty) Init(10) IntegerRange(0, 1000) Param When both heuristics with rs6000-density-pct-threshold and rs6000-density-size-threshold are satisfied, we decide to penalize the loop body cost by the value which is specified by this parameter. The default value is 10. -param=rs6000-density-load-pct-threshold= Target Undocumented Joined UInteger Var(rs6000_density_load_pct_threshold) Init(45) IntegerRange(0, 100) Param When costing for loop vectorization, we probably need to penalize the loop body cost by accounting for excess strided or elementwise loads. We collect the numbers for general statements and load statements according to the information for statements to be vectorized, check the proportion of load statements, and penalize only if the proportion exceeds the threshold specified by this parameter. The default value is 45. -param=rs6000-density-load-num-threshold= Target Undocumented Joined UInteger Var(rs6000_density_load_num_threshold) Init(20) IntegerRange(0, 1000) Param Like parameter rs6000-density-load-pct-threshold, we also check if the total number of load statements exceeds the threshold specified by this parameter, and penalize only if it's satisfied. The default value is 20.