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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+sub parse_objdump_file {
+ my ($filename) = @_;
+ my @result;
+ open (INPUT, $filename) or die "$filename: $!\n";
+ while () {
+ if (/\s*([0-9a-f]*):\t(([0-9a-f]{2} )+) *\t(.*)$/) {
+ my ($addr, $bytes, $instr) = ($1, $2, $4);
+ $addr = "0x" . $addr;
+ $bytes =~ s/\s*(.*\S)\s*/$1/; # trim any remaining whitespace
+ $instr =~ s/\s*(.*\S)\s*/$1/;
+ push (@result, {'addr' => $addr, 'bytes' => $bytes, 'instr' => $instr});
+ }
+ }
+ close INPUT;
+ return @result;
+}
+
+sub parse_gdb_file {
+ my ($filename) = @_;
+ my @result;
+ my $got_addr;
+ open (INPUT, $filename) or die "$filename: $!\n";
+ while () {
+ if (/^(0x[0-9a-f]*):\t([^\t]*)\t[^:]*:\t((0x[0-9a-f]{2}\s*)+)\s*$/) {
+ my ($addr, $bytes, $instr) = ($1, $3, $2);
+ $bytes =~ s/0x//g;
+ $bytes =~ s/\s+/ /g; # regularize whitespace
+ $bytes =~ s/\s*(.*\S)\s*/$1/; # trim any remaining whitespace
+ $instr =~ s/\s*(.*\S)\s*/$1/;
+ push (@result, {'addr' => $addr, 'bytes' => $bytes, 'instr' => $instr});
+ } elsif (/^(0x[0-9a-f]*):\t$/) { # deal with gdb's line breaker
+ $got_addr = $1;
+ } elsif ($got_addr && /^ ([^\t]*)\t[^:]*:\t((0x[0-9a-f]{2}\s*)+)\s*$/) {
+ my ($addr, $bytes, $instr) = ($got_addr, $2, $1);
+ $bytes =~ s/0x//g;
+ $bytes =~ s/\s+/ /g; # regularize whitespace
+ $bytes =~ s/\s*(.*\S)\s*/$1/; # trim any remaining whitespace
+ $instr =~ s/\s*(.*\S)\s*/$1/;
+ push (@result, {'addr' => $addr, 'bytes' => $bytes, 'instr' => $instr});
+ undef $got_addr;
+ }
+ }
+ close INPUT;
+ return @result;
+}
+
+sub binary_diffs {
+ my ($objdump_file, $gdb_file) = @_;
+ my @file1 = parse_objdump_file ($objdump_file);
+ my @file2 = parse_gdb_file ($gdb_file);
+ my $lastrecord = ($#file1 >= $#file2) ? ($#file1) : ($#file2);
+ for (my $i = 0; $i <= $lastrecord; ++$i) {
+ my $d1 = $file1[$i];
+ my $d2 = $file2[$i];
+ if ($d1->{'bytes'} ne $d2->{'bytes'}) {
+ printf "0x%08x:\t%30s \t%s\n", 0+$d1->{'addr'}, $d1->{'bytes'}, $d1->{'instr'};
+ printf "0x%08x:\t%30s \t%s\n\n", 0+$d2->{'addr'}, $d2->{'bytes'}, $d2->{'instr'};
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+$objdump_file = $ARGV[0];
+$gdb_file = $ARGV[1];
+binary_diffs ($objdump_file, $gdb_file);
+exit (0);
+__END__
+=pod
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+codegen-diff
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+codegen-diff I I
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+B is a program that tries to show you the differences
+between the code that B generated and the code that B generated.
+
+The way you use it is as follows: first, you create I
+by running B on the B compiled and linked binary. You need to
+trim down the result so it contains only the function of interest.
+
+Second, you create I by running B, with my patch
+to print out hex bytes in the B command output, on
+B. Set a breakpoint in C and wait until
+the function you want is compiled. Then use the B command
+to print out the assembly dump of the function B just compiled.
+(Use C to find out where the function starts and ends in memory.)
+It's easiest to save this output by using B