benching | ||
env | ||
shared | ||
src | ||
stack_walker | ||
stack_walker_libunwind | ||
stats | ||
tests | ||
.gitignore | ||
compare_sizes.py | ||
extract_pc.py | ||
generate_eh_elf.py | ||
LICENSE | ||
Makefile | ||
README.md | ||
shared_python.py |
Dwarf Assembly
A compiler from DWARF unwinding data to native x86_64 binaries.
This repository also contains various experiments, tools, benchmarking scripts, stats scripts, etc. to work on this compiler.
Dependencies
As of now, this project relies on the following libraries:
- libelf
- libdwarf
- libdwarfpp, itself depending on
These libraries are expected to be installed somewhere your compiler can find
them. If you are using Archlinux, you can check
these PKGBUILD
s.
Scripts and directories
-
./generate_eh_elf.py
: generate.eh_elf.so
files for a binary (and its dependencies if required) -
./compare_sizes.py
: compare the sizes of the.eh_frame
of a binary (and its dependencies) with the sizes of the.text
of the generated ELFs. -
./extract_pc.py
: extracts a list of valid program counters of an ELF and produce a file as read bydwarf-assembly
, deprecated. -
benching
: all about benchmarking -
env
: environment variables manager to ease the use of variouseh_elf
s in parallel, for experiments. -
shared
: code shared between various subprojects -
src
: the compiler code itself -
stack_walker
: a primitive stack walker usingeh_elf
s -
stack_walker_libunwind
: a primitive stack walker using vanillalibunwind
-
stats
: a statistics gathering module -
tests
: some tests regardingeh_elf
s, deprecated.
How to use
To compile eh_elf
s for a given ELF file, say foo.bin
, it is recommended to
use generate_eh_elf.py
. Help can be obtained with --help
. A standard
command is
./generate_eh_elf.py --deps --enable-deref-arg --global-switch -o eh_elfs foo.bin
This will compile foo.bin
and all the shared objects it relies on into
eh_elf
s, in the directory ./eh_elfs
, using a dereferencing argument (which
is necessary for perf-eh_elfs
).
Generate the intermediary C file
If you're curious about the intermediary C file generated for a given ELF file
foo.bin
, you must call dwarf-assembly
directly. A parameter --help
can be
passed; a standard command is
./dwarf-assembly --global-switch --enable-deref-arg foo.bin
Beware! This will generate the C code on the standard output.