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                        Instruction analysis program

                        Instruction analysis program

This application reads in a binary list of instructions, and analyses it with a

This application reads in a binary list of instructions, and analyses it with a

set of functions looking at various parameters in each instruction.

set of functions looking at various parameters in each instruction.

It has been designed so a different instruction set support can be added.

It has been designed so a different instruction set support can be added.

Right now it's not so user friendly. Everything is hardcoded, and only support

Right now it's not so user friendly. Everything is hardcoded, and only support

for the OR1K instruction set exists.

for the OR1K instruction set exists.

Compile the program with:

Compile the program with:

$ make all

$ make all

And run a test (it needs the or32-elf- toolchain) with:

And run a test (it needs the or32-elf- toolchain) with:

$ make test

$ make test

To run the program itself, just give it a binary blob of instructions (usually

To run the program itself, just give it a binary blob of instructions (usually

the output of objcopy -O binary).

the output of objcopy -O binary).

For instance the Linux kernel ELF can be prepared with the following command:

For instance the Linux kernel ELF can be prepared with the following command:

$ or32-elf-objcopy -O binary -j .text -S vmlinux vmlinux.text.bin

$ or32-elf-objcopy -O binary -j .text -S vmlinux vmlinux.text.bin

Run it in the program with

Run it in the program with

$ ./insnanalysis vmlinux.text.bin > vmlinux.insnanalysis

$ ./insnanalysis vmlinux.text.bin > vmlinux.insnanalysis

Currently the program will output all appropriate information for each

Currently the program will output all appropriate information for each

instruction (ie. only ones with rA, or immediate fields in the instructions will

instruction (ie. only ones with rA, or immediate fields in the instructions will

have reports on those fields.)

have reports on those fields.)

TODO:

TODO:

 o Add an easy way to switch between human readable and CSV output

 o Add an easy way to switch between human readable and CSV output

 o Figure out how to tack this thing onto a simulator (or1ksim maybe) to give

 o Figure out how to tack this thing onto a simulator (or1ksim maybe) to give

   results of execution when that finishes executing, or just how to get the

   results of execution when that finishes executing, or just how to get the

   simulator to output a binary dump of executed instructions to be fed through

   simulator to output a binary dump of executed instructions to be fed through

   this

   this