Determines whether EBP is used as a general-purpose register in optimizations.
Linux: | -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-omit-frame-pointer |
None
-fomit-frame-pointer |
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. |
These options determine whether EBP is used as a general-purpose register in optimizations. Option -fomit-frame-pointer allows this use. Option -fno-omit-frame-pointer 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 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
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.
Using the -fno-omit-frame-pointer 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).
Visual Studio: Optimization > Omit Frame Pointers
Eclipse: Optimization > Provide Frame Pointer
Linux: -fp
Windows: None