SPEC CPU2006 Flag Description for the Intel(R) C++ Compiler 9.1 and the Intel(R) Fortran Compiler 9.1 for IPF Linux64

IPF_intel91_flags SPEC CPU2006 Flag Description for the Intel(R) C++ Compiler 9.1 and the Intel(R) Fortran Compiler 9.1 for IPF Linux64

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maxcpus=0
Linux boot-time kernel parameter. A command-line option of nosmp or maxcpus=0 will disable SMP activation entirely; maxcpus=N limits the maximum number of CPUs activated in SMP mode to N. See bootparam(7).

Additional Notes on partitions and local memory:
The HP Integrity rx7640, rx8640, and Superdome systems may be configured as one large system or as multiple independent smaller systems via hard parititions (nPars). Each hard partition consists of one or more cells with their associated processors, memory, and I/O chassis, and is isolated from events in other partitions. The memory within a partition can either be assigned to local memory pools for each cell, or assigned to an interleaved pool that is distributed by cache line across the cells. Partitions and their attributes can be created and modified via the support management station, or via the nPartition (par*) commands running on an os instance in a system partition.

]]> Invoke the Intel C++ compiler for IPF Linux64 to compile C applications

]]> Invoke the Intel C++ compiler for IPF Linux64 to compiler C++ applications

]]> Invoke the Intel Fortran compiler for IPF Linux64 Invoke the Intel C++ compiler in C99 mode for IPF Linux64 Disable all warnings. Display error messages only. For mixed-language benchmarks, tell the compiler that the main program is not written in Fortran

]]> Enables optimizations for speed and disables some optimizations that
increase code size and affect speed.
To limit code size, this option:
- Enables global optimization; this includes data-flow analysis, code motion, strength reduction and test replacement, split-lifetime analysis, and instruction scheduling.
- Disables intrinsic recognition and intrinsics inlining.
The O1 option may improve performance for applications with very large code size, many branches, and execution time not dominated by code within loops.
On IPF Linux64 platforms, -O1 disable software pipelining and global code scheduling. On Intel Itanium processors, this option also enables optimizations for server applications
(straight-line and branch-like code with a flat profile).

-unroll0, -fbuiltin, -mno-ieee-fp, -fomit-frame-pointer (same as -fp), -ffunction-sections

]]> Enables optimizations for speed. This is the generally recommended optimization level. This option also enables:
- Inlining of intrinsics
- Intra-file interprocedural optimizations, which include:
- inlining
- constant propagation
- forward substitution
- routine attribute propagation
- variable address-taken analysis
- dead static function elimination
- removal of unreferenced variables
- The following capabilities for performance gain:
- constant propagation
- copy propagation
- dead-code elimination
- global register allocation
- global instruction scheduling and control speculation
- loop unrolling
- optimized code selection
- partial redundancy elimination
- strength reduction/induction variable simplification
- variable renaming
- exception handling optimizations
- tail recursions
- peephole optimizations
- structure assignment lowering and optimizations
- dead store elimination

]]> Enables O2 optimizations plus more aggressive optimizations, such as prefetching, scalar replacement, and loop and memory access transformations. Enables optimizations for maximum speed, such as:
- Loop unrolling, including instruction scheduling
- Code replication to eliminate branches
- Padding the size of certain power-of-two arrays to allow more efficient cache use.
On Intel Itanium processors, the O3 option enables optimizations for technical computing applications (loop-intensive code):
loop optimizations and data prefetch. The O3 optimizations may not cause higher performance unless loop and memory access transformations take place. The optimizations may slow down code in some cases compared to O2 optimizations.
The O3 option is recommended for applications that have loops that heavily use floating-point calculations and process large data sets.

]]> This option enables additional interprocedural optimizations for single file compilation. These optimizations are a subset of full intra-file interprocedural optimizations. One of these optimizations enables the compiler to perform inline function expansion for calls to functions defined within the current source file. Multi-file ip optimizations that includes:
- inline function expansion
- interprocedural constant propogation
- dead code elimination
- propagation of function characteristics
- passing arguments in registers
- loop-invariant code motion

]]> The -fast option enhances execution speed across the entire program by including the following options that can improve run-time performance:

-O3 (maximum speed and high-level optimizations)

-ipo (enables interprocedural optimizations across files)

-static (link libraries statically)

To override one of the options set by /fast, specify that option after the -fast option on the command line. The options set by /fast may change from release to release.

]]> Instrument program for profiling for the first phase of two-phase profile guided otimization. This instrumentation gathers information about a program's execution paths and data values but does not gather information from hardware performance counters. The profile instrumentation also gathers data for optimizations which are unique to profile-feedback optimization.

]]> Instructs the compiler to produce a profile-optimized executable and merges available dynamic information (.dyn) files into a pgopti.dpi file. If you perform multiple executions of the instrumented program, -Qprof_use merges the dynamic information files again and overwrites the previous pgopti.dpi file.
Without any other options, the current directory is searched for .dyn files

]]> Tells the compiler the maximum number of times (n) to unroll loops. Enables inline expansion of all intrinsic functions. Disables conformance to the ANSI C and IEEE 754 standards for floating-point arithmetic.

]]> Allows use of EBP as a general-purpose register in optimizations. Places each function in its own COMDAT section.

]]> Specifies the level of inline function expansion.

Ob0 - Disables inlining of user-defined functions. Note that statement functions are always inlined.

Ob1 - Enables inlining when an inline keyword or an inline attribute is specified. Also enables inlining according to the C++ language.

Ob2 - Enables inlining of any function at the compiler's discretion.

]]> -static prevents linking with shared libraries.

]]> This option enables read only string-pooling optimization. This option enables read/write string-pooling optimization. This option disables stack-checking for routines with 4096 bytes of local variables and compiler temporaries.

]]> Enable SmartHeap library usage by forcing the linker to ignore multiple definitions Enable SmartHeap library usage by forcing the linker to ignore multiple definitions -inline-factor=n Specifies the percentage multiplier that should be applied to all inlining options that define upper limits: -inline-max-size, -inline-max-total-size, -inline-max-per-routine, and -inline-max-per-compile. This option takes the default value for each of the above options and multiplies it by n divided by 100. For example, if 200 is specified, all inlining options that define upper limits are multiplied by a factor of 2. n is a positive integer specifying the percentage value. The default value is 100 (a factor of 1). Disables the insertion of software prefetching by the compiler. Enables use of faster but slightly less accurate code sequences for math functions, including sqrt, reciprocal sqrt, divide and reciprocal. When compared to strict IEEE* precision, this option slightly reduces the accuracy of floating-point calculations performed by these functions, usually limited to the least significant digit.

This option also performs reassociation transformations, which can alter the order of operations, over a larger scope. The increased reasssociation enables generation of more optimal sequences of Floating point Multiply Add instructions than not using this option. Note that use of Floating point Multiply Add can cause programs to produce different numerical results due to changes in rounding.

]]> Tells the compiler to assume the program does adhere to to the Fortran 95 Standard type aliasability rules (default). Specifies that aliasing should not be assumed in the program. Do not assume arguments may be aliased. Tells the compiler to assume the program does adhere to the rules defined in the ISO C Standard. The default is to not assume such adherence. If your C/C++ program adheres to these rules, then -ansi-alias will allow the compiler to optimize more aggressively. If it doesn't adhere to these rules, then assuming so can cause the compiler to generate incorrect code. The -Wl option directs the compiler to pass a list of arguments to the linker. In this case, "-z muldefs" is passed to the linker. For the Gnu linker (ld), the "-z keyword" option accepts several recognized keywords. Keyword "muldefs" allows multiple definitions. The muldefs keyword will enable, for example, linking with third party libraries like SmartHeap from Microquill. MicroQuill SmartHeap Library available from http://www.microquill.com/ MicroQuill SmartHeap Library for C++ (must be linked with libsmartheap64.a). available from http://www.microquill.com/ Specifies that the application should run within a 32-bit address space. Also tells the compiler to use 32-bit pointers whenever possible. To use this option, you must specify -ipo. Enable the auto-parallelizer to generate multi-threaded code for loops that can be safely executed in parallel. The -parallel option enables the auto-parallelizer if either the -O2 or -O3 optimization option is also on (the default is -O2). -opt-mem-bandwidth n Enables or disables performance tuning and heuristics that control memory bandwidth use among processors. It allows the compiler to be less aggres- sive with optimizations that might consume more bandwidth, so that the band- width can be well-shared among multiple processors for a parallel program. For values of n greater than 0, the option tells the compiler to enable a set of performance tuning and heuristics in compiler optimizations such as prefetching, privatization, aggressive code motion, and so forth, for reduc- ing memory bandwidth pressure and balancing memory bandwidth traffic among threads. The n value is the level of optimizing for memory bandwidth usage. You can specify one of the following values for n: 0 -- Disables a set of performance tuning and heuristics in compiler opti- mizations for parallel code. This is the default for serial code. 1 -- Enables a set of performance tuning and heuristics in compiler opti- mizations for multithreaded code generated by the compiler. This is the default if compiler option -parallel or -openmp is specified, or Cluster OpenMP option -cluster-openmp is specified (see the Cluster OpenMP documen- tation). 2 -- Enables a set of performance tuning and heuristics in compiler opti- mizations for parallel code such as Windows Threads, pthreads, and MPI code, besides multithreaded code generated by the compiler.