Base Compiler Invocation
C benchmarks
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- gcc
![[user]](https://www.spec.org/auto/cpu2017/images/user.png)
- CC, LD
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Invokes the GNU C compiler.
C++ benchmarks
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- g++
- CXX, LD
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Invokes the GNU C++ compiler.
Fortran benchmarks
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- gfortran
- FC, LD
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Invokes the GNU Fortran compiler.
Note: The GNU Compiler Collection provides a wide array of compiler options, described in detail and readily available at https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Option-Index.html#Option-Index and https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gfortran/. This SPEC CPU flags file contains excerpts from and brief summaries of portions of that documentation.
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Invokes the GNU C compiler.
Invokes the GNU C++ compiler.
Invokes the GNU Fortran compiler.
Invokes the GNU C compiler.
Invokes the GNU C++ compiler.
Invokes the GNU Fortran compiler.
![[benchmark]](https://www.spec.org/auto/cpu2017/images/benchmark.png)
This macro indicates that the benchmark is being compiled on an ARM system running the Linux operating system in the AArch64 execution environment.
This macro specifies that the target system uses the LP64 data model; specifically, that integers are 32 bits, while longs and pointers are 64 bits.
![[suite]](https://www.spec.org/auto/cpu2017/images/suite.png)
This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers are 32-bits wide, and longs and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers are 32-bits wide, and longs and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers are 32-bits wide, and longs and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
This flag can be set for SPEC compilation for LINUX using default compiler.
This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers are 32-bits wide, and longs and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers are 32-bits wide, and longs and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers are 32-bits wide, and longs and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers are 32-bits wide, and longs and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers are 32-bits wide, and longs and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers are 32-bits wide, and longs and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
This macro indicates that the benchmark is being compiled on an ARM system running the Linux operating system in the AArch64 execution environment.
This macro specifies that the target system uses the LP64 data model; specifically, that integers are 32 bits, while longs and pointers are 64 bits.
This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers are 32-bits wide, and longs and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers are 32-bits wide, and longs and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers are 32-bits wide, and longs and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
This flag can be set for SPEC compilation for LINUX using default compiler.
This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers are 32-bits wide, and longs and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers are 32-bits wide, and longs and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers are 32-bits wide, and longs and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers are 32-bits wide, and longs and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers are 32-bits wide, and longs and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers are 32-bits wide, and longs and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
Generate code for lp64. With ilp32, int, long int and pointer are 32-bit; with lp64, int is 32-bit, but long int and pointer are 64-bit.
Sets the language dialect to include syntax from the C99 standard, such as bool and other features used in CPU 2017 benchmarks.
Produce debugging information.
Disregard strict standards compliance. -Ofast enables all -O3 optimizations. It also enables optimizations that are not valid for all standard-compliant programs. It turns on -ffast-math, -fallow-store-data-races (as of GCC 10), and the Fortran-specific -fstack-arrays unless -fmax-stack-var-size is specified, and -fno-protect-parens.
On aarch64 systems, mcpu sets the what kind of instructions can be used (as if by -march) and how to
tune for performance (as if by -mtune).
On x86 systems, mcpu is a deprecated synonym for mtune.
On SPARC systems, mcpu sets the available instruction set.
Enable Link Time Optimization When invoked with source code, it generates GIMPLE (one of GCC's internal representations) and writes it to special ELF sections in the object file. When the object files are linked together, all the function bodies are read from these ELF sections and instantiated as if they had been part of the same translation unit.
The language standards set aliasing requirements: programmers are expected to follow conventions so that the compiler can keep track of memory. If a program violates the requirements (for example, using pointer arithmetic), programs may crash, or (worse) wrong answers may be silently produced.
Unfortunately, the aliasing requirements from the standards are not always well understood.
Sometimes, the aliasing requirements are understood and nevertheless intentionally violated by smart programmers who know what they are doing, such as the programmer responsible for the inner workings of Perl storage allocation and variable handling.
The -fno-strict-aliasing switch instructs the optimizer that it must not assume that the aliasing requirements from the standard are met by the current program. You will probably need it for 500.perlbench_r and 600.perlbench_s. Note that this is an optimization switch, not a portability switch. When running SPECint2017_rate_base or SPECint2017_speed_base, you must use the same optimization switches for all the C modules in base; see https://www.spec.org/cpu2017/Docs/runrules.html#BaseFlags and https://www.spec.org/cpu2017/Docs/runrules.html#MustValidate.
The switch -funsafe-math-optimizations allows the compiler to make certain(*) aggressive assumptions, such as disregarding the programmer's intended order of operations. The run rules allow such re-ordering https://www.spec.org/cpu2017/Docs/runrules.html#reordering. The rules also point out that you must get answers that pass SPEC's validation requirements. In some cases, that will mean that some optimizations must be turned off.
-fno-unsafe-math-optimizations turns off these(*) optimizations. You may need to use this flag in order to get certain benchmarks to validate. Note that this is an optimization switch, not a portability switch. If it is needed, then in base you will need to use it consistently. See: https://www.spec.org/cpu2017/Docs/runrules.html#BaseFlags and https://www.spec.org/cpu2017/Docs/runrules.html#MustValidate.
(*) Much more detail about which optimizations is available.
ffinite-math-only, which is implied by -fast-math and -Ofast, allows optimizations for floating-point arithmetic that assume that arguments and results are not NaNs or +-Infs. Setting -fno-finite-math-only does the opposite: the compiler must prepare for the possible presence of NaNs and infinities.
Tells GCC to use the GNU semantics for "inline" functions, that is, the behavior prior to the C99 standard. This switch may resolve duplicate symbol errors, as noted in the 502.gcc_r benchmark description.
Enable handling of OpenMP directives and generate parallel code.
Definition of this macro indicates that compilation for parallel operation is enabled, and that any OpenMP directives or pragmas will be visible to the compiler. The behavior of this macro is overridden if -DSPEC_SUPPRESS_OPENMP also appears in the list of compilation flags.
Add the specified path to the list of paths that the linker will search for archive libraries and control scripts.
Link with libjemalloc, a fast, arena-based memory allocator.
Generate code for lp64. With ilp32, int, long int and pointer are 32-bit; with lp64, int is 32-bit, but long int and pointer are 64-bit.
Sets the language dialect to include syntax from the 1998 ISO C++ standard plus the 2003 technical corrigendum.
Produce debugging information.
Disregard strict standards compliance. -Ofast enables all -O3 optimizations. It also enables optimizations that are not valid for all standard-compliant programs. It turns on -ffast-math, -fallow-store-data-races (as of GCC 10), and the Fortran-specific -fstack-arrays unless -fmax-stack-var-size is specified, and -fno-protect-parens.
On aarch64 systems, mcpu sets the what kind of instructions can be used (as if by -march) and how to
tune for performance (as if by -mtune).
On x86 systems, mcpu is a deprecated synonym for mtune.
On SPARC systems, mcpu sets the available instruction set.
Enable Link Time Optimization When invoked with source code, it generates GIMPLE (one of GCC's internal representations) and writes it to special ELF sections in the object file. When the object files are linked together, all the function bodies are read from these ELF sections and instantiated as if they had been part of the same translation unit.
Enable handling of OpenMP directives and generate parallel code.
Definition of this macro indicates that compilation for parallel operation is enabled, and that any OpenMP directives or pragmas will be visible to the compiler. The behavior of this macro is overridden if -DSPEC_SUPPRESS_OPENMP also appears in the list of compilation flags.
Add the specified path to the list of paths that the linker will search for archive libraries and control scripts.
Link with libjemalloc, a fast, arena-based memory allocator.
Generate code for lp64. With ilp32, int, long int and pointer are 32-bit; with lp64, int is 32-bit, but long int and pointer are 64-bit.
Produce debugging information.
Disregard strict standards compliance. -Ofast enables all -O3 optimizations. It also enables optimizations that are not valid for all standard-compliant programs. It turns on -ffast-math, -fallow-store-data-races (as of GCC 10), and the Fortran-specific -fstack-arrays unless -fmax-stack-var-size is specified, and -fno-protect-parens.
On aarch64 systems, mcpu sets the what kind of instructions can be used (as if by -march) and how to
tune for performance (as if by -mtune).
On x86 systems, mcpu is a deprecated synonym for mtune.
On SPARC systems, mcpu sets the available instruction set.
Enable Link Time Optimization When invoked with source code, it generates GIMPLE (one of GCC's internal representations) and writes it to special ELF sections in the object file. When the object files are linked together, all the function bodies are read from these ELF sections and instantiated as if they had been part of the same translation unit.
Definition of this macro indicates that compilation for parallel operation is enabled, and that any OpenMP directives or pragmas will be visible to the compiler. The behavior of this macro is overridden if -DSPEC_SUPPRESS_OPENMP also appears in the list of compilation flags.
Enable handling of OpenMP directives and generate parallel code.
Add the specified path to the list of paths that the linker will search for archive libraries and control scripts.
Link with libjemalloc, a fast, arena-based memory allocator.
Generate code for lp64. With ilp32, int, long int and pointer are 32-bit; with lp64, int is 32-bit, but long int and pointer are 64-bit.
Sets the language dialect to include syntax from the C99 standard, such as bool and other features used in CPU 2017 benchmarks.
Instruments code to collect information for profile-driven feedback. Information is collected regarding both code paths and data values.
Applies information from a profile run in order to improve optimization. Several optimizations are improved when profile data is available, including branch probabilities, loop peeling, and loop unrolling.
Produce debugging information.
Disregard strict standards compliance. -Ofast enables all -O3 optimizations. It also enables optimizations that are not valid for all standard-compliant programs. It turns on -ffast-math, -fallow-store-data-races (as of GCC 10), and the Fortran-specific -fstack-arrays unless -fmax-stack-var-size is specified, and -fno-protect-parens.
On aarch64 systems, mcpu sets the what kind of instructions can be used (as if by -march) and how to
tune for performance (as if by -mtune).
On x86 systems, mcpu is a deprecated synonym for mtune.
On SPARC systems, mcpu sets the available instruction set.
Enable Link Time Optimization When invoked with source code, it generates GIMPLE (one of GCC's internal representations) and writes it to special ELF sections in the object file. When the object files are linked together, all the function bodies are read from these ELF sections and instantiated as if they had been part of the same translation unit.
The language standards set aliasing requirements: programmers are expected to follow conventions so that the compiler can keep track of memory. If a program violates the requirements (for example, using pointer arithmetic), programs may crash, or (worse) wrong answers may be silently produced.
Unfortunately, the aliasing requirements from the standards are not always well understood.
Sometimes, the aliasing requirements are understood and nevertheless intentionally violated by smart programmers who know what they are doing, such as the programmer responsible for the inner workings of Perl storage allocation and variable handling.
The -fno-strict-aliasing switch instructs the optimizer that it must not assume that the aliasing requirements from the standard are met by the current program. You will probably need it for 500.perlbench_r and 600.perlbench_s. Note that this is an optimization switch, not a portability switch. When running SPECint2017_rate_base or SPECint2017_speed_base, you must use the same optimization switches for all the C modules in base; see https://www.spec.org/cpu2017/Docs/runrules.html#BaseFlags and https://www.spec.org/cpu2017/Docs/runrules.html#MustValidate.
The switch -funsafe-math-optimizations allows the compiler to make certain(*) aggressive assumptions, such as disregarding the programmer's intended order of operations. The run rules allow such re-ordering https://www.spec.org/cpu2017/Docs/runrules.html#reordering. The rules also point out that you must get answers that pass SPEC's validation requirements. In some cases, that will mean that some optimizations must be turned off.
-fno-unsafe-math-optimizations turns off these(*) optimizations. You may need to use this flag in order to get certain benchmarks to validate. Note that this is an optimization switch, not a portability switch. If it is needed, then in base you will need to use it consistently. See: https://www.spec.org/cpu2017/Docs/runrules.html#BaseFlags and https://www.spec.org/cpu2017/Docs/runrules.html#MustValidate.
(*) Much more detail about which optimizations is available.
ffinite-math-only, which is implied by -fast-math and -Ofast, allows optimizations for floating-point arithmetic that assume that arguments and results are not NaNs or +-Infs. Setting -fno-finite-math-only does the opposite: the compiler must prepare for the possible presence of NaNs and infinities.
Enable handling of OpenMP directives and generate parallel code.
Definition of this macro indicates that compilation for parallel operation is enabled, and that any OpenMP directives or pragmas will be visible to the compiler. The behavior of this macro is overridden if -DSPEC_SUPPRESS_OPENMP also appears in the list of compilation flags.
Add the specified path to the list of paths that the linker will search for archive libraries and control scripts.
Link with libjemalloc, a fast, arena-based memory allocator.
Generate code for lp64. With ilp32, int, long int and pointer are 32-bit; with lp64, int is 32-bit, but long int and pointer are 64-bit.
Sets the language dialect to include syntax from the C99 standard, such as bool and other features used in CPU 2017 benchmarks.
Instruments code to collect information for profile-driven feedback. Information is collected regarding both code paths and data values.
Applies information from a profile run in order to improve optimization. Several optimizations are improved when profile data is available, including branch probabilities, loop peeling, and loop unrolling.
Produce debugging information.
Disregard strict standards compliance. -Ofast enables all -O3 optimizations. It also enables optimizations that are not valid for all standard-compliant programs. It turns on -ffast-math, -fallow-store-data-races (as of GCC 10), and the Fortran-specific -fstack-arrays unless -fmax-stack-var-size is specified, and -fno-protect-parens.
On aarch64 systems, mcpu sets the what kind of instructions can be used (as if by -march) and how to
tune for performance (as if by -mtune).
On x86 systems, mcpu is a deprecated synonym for mtune.
On SPARC systems, mcpu sets the available instruction set.
Enable Link Time Optimization When invoked with source code, it generates GIMPLE (one of GCC's internal representations) and writes it to special ELF sections in the object file. When the object files are linked together, all the function bodies are read from these ELF sections and instantiated as if they had been part of the same translation unit.
The language standards set aliasing requirements: programmers are expected to follow conventions so that the compiler can keep track of memory. If a program violates the requirements (for example, using pointer arithmetic), programs may crash, or (worse) wrong answers may be silently produced.
Unfortunately, the aliasing requirements from the standards are not always well understood.
Sometimes, the aliasing requirements are understood and nevertheless intentionally violated by smart programmers who know what they are doing, such as the programmer responsible for the inner workings of Perl storage allocation and variable handling.
The -fno-strict-aliasing switch instructs the optimizer that it must not assume that the aliasing requirements from the standard are met by the current program. You will probably need it for 500.perlbench_r and 600.perlbench_s. Note that this is an optimization switch, not a portability switch. When running SPECint2017_rate_base or SPECint2017_speed_base, you must use the same optimization switches for all the C modules in base; see https://www.spec.org/cpu2017/Docs/runrules.html#BaseFlags and https://www.spec.org/cpu2017/Docs/runrules.html#MustValidate.
Tells GCC to use the GNU semantics for "inline" functions, that is, the behavior prior to the C99 standard. This switch may resolve duplicate symbol errors, as noted in the 502.gcc_r benchmark description.
Enable handling of OpenMP directives and generate parallel code.
Definition of this macro indicates that compilation for parallel operation is enabled, and that any OpenMP directives or pragmas will be visible to the compiler. The behavior of this macro is overridden if -DSPEC_SUPPRESS_OPENMP also appears in the list of compilation flags.
Add the specified path to the list of paths that the linker will search for archive libraries and control scripts.
Link with libjemalloc, a fast, arena-based memory allocator.
Generate code for lp64. With ilp32, int, long int and pointer are 32-bit; with lp64, int is 32-bit, but long int and pointer are 64-bit.
Sets the language dialect to include syntax from the C99 standard, such as bool and other features used in CPU 2017 benchmarks.
Instruments code to collect information for profile-driven feedback. Information is collected regarding both code paths and data values.
Applies information from a profile run in order to improve optimization. Several optimizations are improved when profile data is available, including branch probabilities, loop peeling, and loop unrolling.
Produce debugging information.
Disregard strict standards compliance. -Ofast enables all -O3 optimizations. It also enables optimizations that are not valid for all standard-compliant programs. It turns on -ffast-math, -fallow-store-data-races (as of GCC 10), and the Fortran-specific -fstack-arrays unless -fmax-stack-var-size is specified, and -fno-protect-parens.
On aarch64 systems, mcpu sets the what kind of instructions can be used (as if by -march) and how to
tune for performance (as if by -mtune).
On x86 systems, mcpu is a deprecated synonym for mtune.
On SPARC systems, mcpu sets the available instruction set.
Enable Link Time Optimization When invoked with source code, it generates GIMPLE (one of GCC's internal representations) and writes it to special ELF sections in the object file. When the object files are linked together, all the function bodies are read from these ELF sections and instantiated as if they had been part of the same translation unit.
The language standards set aliasing requirements: programmers are expected to follow conventions so that the compiler can keep track of memory. If a program violates the requirements (for example, using pointer arithmetic), programs may crash, or (worse) wrong answers may be silently produced.
Unfortunately, the aliasing requirements from the standards are not always well understood.
Sometimes, the aliasing requirements are understood and nevertheless intentionally violated by smart programmers who know what they are doing, such as the programmer responsible for the inner workings of Perl storage allocation and variable handling.
The -fno-strict-aliasing switch instructs the optimizer that it must not assume that the aliasing requirements from the standard are met by the current program. You will probably need it for 500.perlbench_r and 600.perlbench_s. Note that this is an optimization switch, not a portability switch. When running SPECint2017_rate_base or SPECint2017_speed_base, you must use the same optimization switches for all the C modules in base; see https://www.spec.org/cpu2017/Docs/runrules.html#BaseFlags and https://www.spec.org/cpu2017/Docs/runrules.html#MustValidate.
Enable handling of OpenMP directives and generate parallel code.
Definition of this macro indicates that compilation for parallel operation is enabled, and that any OpenMP directives or pragmas will be visible to the compiler. The behavior of this macro is overridden if -DSPEC_SUPPRESS_OPENMP also appears in the list of compilation flags.
Add the specified path to the list of paths that the linker will search for archive libraries and control scripts.
Link with libjemalloc, a fast, arena-based memory allocator.
Generate code for lp64. With ilp32, int, long int and pointer are 32-bit; with lp64, int is 32-bit, but long int and pointer are 64-bit.
Sets the language dialect to include syntax from the C99 standard, such as bool and other features used in CPU 2017 benchmarks.
Instruments code to collect information for profile-driven feedback. Information is collected regarding both code paths and data values.
Applies information from a profile run in order to improve optimization. Several optimizations are improved when profile data is available, including branch probabilities, loop peeling, and loop unrolling.
Produce debugging information.
Disregard strict standards compliance. -Ofast enables all -O3 optimizations. It also enables optimizations that are not valid for all standard-compliant programs. It turns on -ffast-math, -fallow-store-data-races (as of GCC 10), and the Fortran-specific -fstack-arrays unless -fmax-stack-var-size is specified, and -fno-protect-parens.
On aarch64 systems, mcpu sets the what kind of instructions can be used (as if by -march) and how to
tune for performance (as if by -mtune).
On x86 systems, mcpu is a deprecated synonym for mtune.
On SPARC systems, mcpu sets the available instruction set.
Enable Link Time Optimization When invoked with source code, it generates GIMPLE (one of GCC's internal representations) and writes it to special ELF sections in the object file. When the object files are linked together, all the function bodies are read from these ELF sections and instantiated as if they had been part of the same translation unit.
Enable handling of OpenMP directives and generate parallel code.
Definition of this macro indicates that compilation for parallel operation is enabled, and that any OpenMP directives or pragmas will be visible to the compiler. The behavior of this macro is overridden if -DSPEC_SUPPRESS_OPENMP also appears in the list of compilation flags.
Add the specified path to the list of paths that the linker will search for archive libraries and control scripts.
Link with libjemalloc, a fast, arena-based memory allocator.
Generate code for lp64. With ilp32, int, long int and pointer are 32-bit; with lp64, int is 32-bit, but long int and pointer are 64-bit.
Sets the language dialect to include syntax from the 1998 ISO C++ standard plus the 2003 technical corrigendum.
Instruments code to collect information for profile-driven feedback. Information is collected regarding both code paths and data values.
Applies information from a profile run in order to improve optimization. Several optimizations are improved when profile data is available, including branch probabilities, loop peeling, and loop unrolling.
Produce debugging information.
Disregard strict standards compliance. -Ofast enables all -O3 optimizations. It also enables optimizations that are not valid for all standard-compliant programs. It turns on -ffast-math, -fallow-store-data-races (as of GCC 10), and the Fortran-specific -fstack-arrays unless -fmax-stack-var-size is specified, and -fno-protect-parens.
On aarch64 systems, mcpu sets the what kind of instructions can be used (as if by -march) and how to
tune for performance (as if by -mtune).
On x86 systems, mcpu is a deprecated synonym for mtune.
On SPARC systems, mcpu sets the available instruction set.
Enable Link Time Optimization When invoked with source code, it generates GIMPLE (one of GCC's internal representations) and writes it to special ELF sections in the object file. When the object files are linked together, all the function bodies are read from these ELF sections and instantiated as if they had been part of the same translation unit.
Enable handling of OpenMP directives and generate parallel code.
Definition of this macro indicates that compilation for parallel operation is enabled, and that any OpenMP directives or pragmas will be visible to the compiler. The behavior of this macro is overridden if -DSPEC_SUPPRESS_OPENMP also appears in the list of compilation flags.
Add the specified path to the list of paths that the linker will search for archive libraries and control scripts.
Link with libjemalloc, a fast, arena-based memory allocator.
Place uninitialized global variables in a common block. This allows the linker to resolve all tentative definitions of the same variable in different compilation units to the same object. See also https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-10/porting_to.html.
This option controls warnings when a declaration does not have a template body, as per the official FAQ.
Place uninitialized global variables in a common block. This allows the linker to resolve all tentative definitions of the same variable in different compilation units to the same object. See also https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-10/porting_to.html.
This option controls warnings when a declaration does not have a template body, as per the official FAQ.
SPECrate runs might use one of these methods to bind processes to specific processors, depending on the config file.
Linux systems: the numactl command is commonly used. Here is a brief guide to understanding the specific command which will be found in the config file:
Solaris systems: The pbind command is commonly used, via
submit=echo 'pbind -b...' > dobmk; sh dobmk
The specific command may be found in the config file; here is a brief guide to understanding that command:
pbind -b causes this copy's processes to be bound to the CPU specified by the expression that follows it. See the config file used in the run for the exact syntax, which tends to be cumbersome because of the need to carefully quote parts of the expression. When all expressions are evaluated, the jobs are typically distributed evenly across the system, with each chip running the same number of jobs as all other chips, and each core running the same number of jobs as all other cores.
The pbind expression may include various elements from the SPEC toolset and from standard Unix commands, such as:
No special commands are needed for feedback-directed optimization, other than the compiler profile flags.
One or more of the following may have been used in the run. If so, it will be listed in the notes sections. Here is a brief guide to understanding them:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=<directories> (set via config file preENV)
LD_LIBRARY_PATH controls the search order for libraries. Often, it can be defaulted. Sometimes, it is
explicitly set (as documented in the notes in the submission), in order to ensure that the correct versions of
libraries are picked up.
OMP_STACKSIZE=N (set via config file preENV)
Set the stack size for subordinate threads.
ulimit -s N
ulimit -s unlimited
'ulimit' is a Unix commands, entered prior to the run. It sets the stack size for the main process, either
to N kbytes or to no limit.
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