https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=103438
--- Comment #3 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> --- Oh the "enabled" thing when doing --help is confusing in the case of -fprefetch-loop-arrays: fprefetch-loop-arrays Common Var(flag_prefetch_loop_arrays) Init(-1) Optimization Generate prefetch instructions, if available, for arrays in loops. -1 in this case is auto.