OVERVIEW: LLVM Linker
USAGE: /usr/bin/lld-link [options] file...
OPTIONS:
/align:<value> Section alignment
/aligncomm:<value> Set common symbol alignment
/allowbind:no Disable DLL binding
/allowbind Enable DLL binding (default)
/allowisolation:no Disable DLL isolation
/allowisolation Enable DLL isolation (default)
/alternatename:<value> Define weak alias
/appcontainer:no Image can run outside an app container (default)
/appcontainer Image can only be run in an app container
/base:<value> Base address of the program
/Brepro Use a hash of the executable as the PE header timestamp
/call-graph-ordering-file:<value>
Layout sections to optimize the given callgraph
/call-graph-profile-sort:no
Do not reorder sections with call graph profile
/call-graph-profile-sort
Reorder sections with call graph profile (default)
/cetcompat:no Don't mark executable image as compatible with Control-flow Enforcement Technology (CET) Shadow Stack (default)
/cetcompat Mark executable image as compatible with Control-flow Enforcement Technology (CET) Shadow Stack
--color-diagnostics=[auto,always,never]
Use colors in diagnostics (default: auto)
--color-diagnostics Alias for --color-diagnostics=always
/debug:<value> Embed a symbol table in the image with option
/debugtype:<value> Debug Info Options
/debug Embed a symbol table in the image
/def:<value> Use module-definition file
/defaultlib:<value> Add the library to the list of input files
/delayload:<value> Delay loaded DLL name
/demangle:no Do not demangle symbols in output
/demangle Demangle symbols in output (default)
/diasdkdir:<value> Set the location of the DIA SDK
/dll Create a DLL
/driver:uponly Set IMAGE_DLL_CHARACTERISTICS_WDM_DRIVER bit in PE header
/driver:wdm Set IMAGE_FILE_UP_SYSTEM_ONLY bit in PE header
/driver Generate a Windows NT Kernel Mode Driver
/dynamicbase:no Disable ASLR (default when /fixed)
/dynamicbase Enable ASLR (default unless /fixed)
/end-lib End group of objects treated as if they were in a library
/entry:<value> Name of entry point symbol
/errorlimit:<value> Maximum number of errors to emit before stopping (0 = no limit)
/exclude-symbols:<symbol[,symbol,...]>
Exclude symbols from automatic export
/export:<value> Export a function
/filealign:<value> Section alignment in the output file
/fixed:no Enable base relocations (default)
/fixed Disable base relocations
/force:multipleres Allow multiply defined resources when creating executables
/force:multiple Allow multiply defined symbols when creating executables
/force:unresolved Allow undefined symbols when creating executables
/force Allow undefined and multiply defined symbols
/functionpadmin:<value> Prepares an image for hotpatching
/guard:<value> Control flow guard
/heap:<value> Size of the heap
/highentropyva:no Disable 64-bit ASLR
/highentropyva Enable 64-bit ASLR (default on 64-bit)
/ignore:<value> Specify warning codes to ignore
/implib:<value> Import library name
/include:<value> Force symbol to be added to symbol table as undefined one
/includeoptional:<value>
Add symbol as undefined, but allow it to remain undefined
/incremental:no Overwrite import library even if contents are unchanged
/incremental Keep original import library if contents are unchanged
/inferasanlibs:no No effect (default)
/inferasanlibs Unused, generates a warning
/integritycheck:no No effect (default)
/integritycheck Set FORCE_INTEGRITY bit in PE header
/largeaddressaware:no Disable large addresses (default on 32-bit)
/largeaddressaware Enable large addresses (default on 64-bit)
/libpath:<value> Additional library search path
/lib Act like lib.exe; must be first argument if present
/linkrepro:directory Write repro.tar containing inputs and command to reproduce link
/lldignoreenv Ignore environment variables like %LIB%
/lldltocache:<value> Path to ThinLTO cached object file directory
/lldltocachepolicy:<value>
Pruning policy for the ThinLTO cache
/lldsavetemps Save intermediate LTO compilation results
/lto-cs-profile-file:<value>
Context sensitive profile file path
/lto-cs-profile-generate
Perform context sensitive PGO instrumentation
/lto-obj-path:<value> output native object for merged LTO unit to this path
/lto-pgo-warn-mismatch:no
turn off warnings about profile cfg mismatch
/lto-pgo-warn-mismatch turn on warnings about profile cfg mismatch (default)>
/machine:<value> Specify target platform
/manifest:<value> NO disables manifest output; EMBED[,ID=#] embeds manifest as resource in the image
/manifestdependency:<value>
Attributes for <dependency> element in manifest file; implies /manifest
/manifestfile:<value> Manifest output path, with /manifest
/manifestinput:<value> Additional manifest inputs; only valid with /manifest:embed
/manifestuac:<value> User access control
/manifest Create .manifest file
/mapinfo:<value> Include the specified information in a map file
/merge:<value> Combine sections
/mllvm:<value> Options to pass to LLVM
/natvis:<value> Path to natvis file to embed in the PDB
--no-color-diagnostics Alias for --color-diagnostics=never
/nodefaultlib:<value> Remove a default library
/nodefaultlib Remove all default libraries
/noentry Don't add reference to DllMainCRTStartup; only valid with /dll
/noimplib Don't output an import lib
/nxcompat:no Disable data execution provention
/nxcompat Enable data execution prevention (default)
/opt:<value> Control optimizations
/order:<value> Put functions in order
/out:<value> Path to file to write output
/pdb:<value> PDB file path
/pdbaltpath:<value> PDB file path to embed in the image
/pdbpagesize:<value> PDB page size
/pdbsourcepath:<value> Base path used to make relative source file path absolute in PDB
/pdbstream:<name>=<file>
Embed the contents of <file> in the PDB as named stream <name>
/pdbstripped:<value> Stripped PDB file path
/print-symbol-order:<value>
Print a symbol order specified by /call-graph-ordering-file and /call-graph-profile-sort into the specified file
/release Set the Checksum in the header of an PE file
/reproduce:filename Write tar file containing inputs and command to reproduce link
--rsp-quoting=<value> Quoting style for response files, 'windows' (default) or 'posix'
/safeseh:no Don't produce an image with Safe Exception Handler
/safeseh Produce an image with Safe Exception Handler (only for x86)
/section:<value> Specify section attributes
/stack:<value> Size of the stack
/start-lib Start group of objects treated as if they were in a library
/stub:<value> Specify DOS stub file
/subsystem:<value> Specify subsystem
/swaprun:cd Make loader run output binary from swap instead of from CD
/swaprun:net Make loader run output binary from swap instead of from network
/swaprun:<value> Comma-separated list of 'cd' or 'net'
/thinlto-emit-imports-files
Emit .imports files with -thinlto-index-only
/thinlto-index-only:<value>
-thinlto-index-only and also write native module names to file
/thinlto-index-only Instead of linking, emit ThinLTO index files
/thinlto-object-suffix-replace:<value>
'old;new' replace old suffix with new suffix in ThinLTO index
/thinlto-prefix-replace:<value>
'old;new' replace old prefix with new prefix in ThinLTO outputs
/threads:<value> Number of threads. '1' disables multi-threading. By default all available hardware threads are used
/timestamp:<value> Specify the PE header timestamp
/tsaware:no Create non-Terminal Server aware executable
/tsaware Create Terminal Server aware executable (default)
/vctoolsdir:<value> Set the location of the VC tools
/vctoolsversion:<value> Specify which VC tools version to use
/version:<value> Specify a version number in the PE header
--version Display the version number and exit
/vfsoverlay:<value> Path to a vfsoverlay yaml file to optionally look for /defaultlib's in
/wholearchive:<value> Include all object files from this library
/wholearchive Include all object files from all libraries
/winsdkdir:<value> Set the location of the Windows SDK
/winsdkversion:<value> Specify which SDK version to use
/winsysroot:<value> Adds several subdirectories to the library search paths
/WX:no Don't treat warnings as errors (default)
/WX Treat warnings as errors
Options (4)
| Option | Description | Source |
|---|
--color-diagnostics auto | Use colors in diagnostics (default: auto) | help |
--no-color-diagnostics | Alias for --color-diagnostics=never | help |
--rsp-quoting value | Quoting style for response files, 'windows' (default) or 'posix' | help |
--version | Display the version number and exit | help |
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