Intel® C++ Compiler 16.0 User and Reference Guide
Tells the compiler to use a specific memory model to generate code and store data.
Only available on Intel® 64 architecture
Linux: | -mcmodel=mem_model |
OS X: | None |
Windows: | None |
mem_model |
Is the memory model to use. Possible values are:
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-mcmodel=small |
On systems using Intel® 64 architecture, the compiler restricts code and data to the first 2GB of address space. Instruction Pointer (IP)-relative addressing can be used to access code and data. |
This option tells the compiler to use a specific memory model to generate code and store data. It can affect code size and performance. If your program has global and static data with a total size smaller than 2GB, -mcmodel=small is sufficient. Global and static data larger than 2GB requires -mcmodel=medium or -mcmodel=large. Allocation of memory larger than 2GB can be done with any setting of -mcmodel.
IP-relative addressing requires only 32 bits, whereas absolute addressing requires 64-bits. IP-relative addressing is somewhat faster. So, the small memory model has the least impact on performance.
When you specify option -mcmodel=medium or -mcmodel=large, it sets option -shared-intel. This ensures that the correct dynamic versions of the Intel run-time libraries are used.
If you specify option -static-intel while -mcmodel=medium or -mcmodel=large is set, an error will be displayed.
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