Pin switches should appear after the pin command, but before the -t <tool> option. The following Pin switches are supported:
-follow_execv Execute all processes spawned by the execv class system calls with Pin. -help Print the help message. -pause_tool <n> Pause and print the PID so the debugger can be attached after the tool is loaded. Processing will resume after "n" seconds. -logfile Indicates the path and name of the log file. The default path is the current working directory. The default name is pin.log. -unique_logfile Appends the pid to the log file name. -injection <mode> Where <mode> is one of dynamic, self, child, parent. UNIX-only. See @ref INJECTION. -inline Inline simple analysis routines. -limit_code_cache Max (in bytes) code cache size (0==unlimited, default). -mt_tool Tool creates threads. -pid <pid #> Attach Pin and the Pintool to an already running executable with the given process id. -pin_memory_range Restrict pin to a memory range, 0x80000000:0x90000000 or size: 0:0x10000000. -separate_memory Redirect pin and tool memory allocation to separate area. -t <toolname> Specifies the Pintool to use. If you are running a 32-bit application in an IA-32 architecture, or a 64-bit application on an IA-64 architecture, only -t <toolname> is needed.If you are running an application on an Intel(R) 64 architecture, where all of the components in the chain are either 32-bit or 64-bit, but not both, only -t <toolname> is needed. -t64 <toolname> Specify 64-bit tool binary for Intel(R) 64 architecture. See @ref MIXED-MODE -p32 <toolname> Specify Pin binary for IA-32 architecture. See @ref MIXED-MODE -p64 <toolname> Specify Pin binary for Intel(R) 64 architecture. See @ref MIXED-MODE -smc_support [1][0] Enable (1) or disable (0) support for self-modifying code (SMC) in the application. This option is enabled by default. -smc_strict [0][1] Enable (1) or disable (0) support for SMC inside basic blocks. By default (0), pin assumes that basic blocks do not modify their own code.
Pin also supports the following tool switches. Tool switches should be placed after the tool name, but before the double dash ("--").
-logfile Indicates the path and name of the log file. The default path is the current working directory. The default name is pintool.log. -unique_logfile Appends the pid to the log file name. -discard_line_info <module name> Discard line information for specific module. Module name should be a short name without path, and not a symbolic link -discard_line_info_all Discard line information for all modules. -help Print the help message. -short_name Use the shortest name for the RTN. Names with version substrings are preferred over the same name without the substring. -use_dynsym Include dynamic symbols when finding function names.
If you want to add your own command line options to your tool, please see KNOBS.