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fomit-frame-pointer
, Oy

Determines whether EBP is used as a general-purpose register in optimizations.
Architecture Restrictions
Option
/Oy[-]
 is only available on IA-32 architecture. IA-32 architecture is only supported for C++.

Syntax

Linux:
-fomit-frame-pointer
-fno-omit-frame-pointer
Windows:
/Oy
(C++ only)
/Oy-
(C++ only)
Arguments
None
Default
-fomit-frame-pointer
C++: or
/Oy
EBP is used as a general-purpose register in optimizations. However, on Linux* systems, the default is
-fno-omit-frame-pointer
 if option
-O0
 or
-g
 is specified.
C++: On Windows* systems, the default is
/Oy-
 if option
/Od
 is specified.
Description
These options determine whether EBP is used as a general-purpose register in optimizations. Option
-fomit-frame-pointer
and option
/Oy
 allows this use. Option
-fno-omit-frame-pointer
and option
/Oy-
 disallows it.
Some debuggers expect EBP to be used as a stack frame pointer, and cannot produce a stack backtrace unless this is so. The
-fno-omit-frame-pointer
and the
/Oy-
 option directs the compiler to generate code that maintains and uses EBP as a stack frame pointer for all functions so that a debugger can still produce a stack backtrace without doing the following:
  • For
    -fno-omit-frame-pointer
    : turning off optimizations with
    -O0
  • This content is specific to C++; it does not apply to
    DPC++
    .
    For
    /Oy-
    : turning off
    /O1
    ,
    /O2
    , or
    /O3
     optimizations
The
-fno-omit-frame-pointer
 option is set when you specify option
-O0
 or the
-g
 option. The
-fomit-frame-pointer
 option is set when you specify option
-O1
,
-O2
, or
-O3
.
This content is specific to C++; it does not apply to
DPC++
.
The
/Oy
 option is set when you specify the
/O1
,
/O2
, or
/O3
 option. Option
/Oy-
 is set when you specify the
/Od
 option.
Using the
-fno-omit-frame-pointer
or
/Oy-
 option reduces the number of available general-purpose registers by 1, and can result in slightly less efficient code.
For Linux* systems:
There is currently an issue with GCC 3.2 exception handling. Therefore, the compiler ignores this option when GCC 3.2 is installed for C++ and exception handling is turned on (the default).
IDE Equivalent
Visual Studio:
Optimization > Omit Frame Pointers
Eclipse:
Optimization > Provide Frame Pointer
Alternate Options
Linux:
-fp
(this is a deprecated option)
Windows: None

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