2006/8/10, Paolo Bonzini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
jeff jeff wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm doing an experiment with gcc. I need to modify gcc so that a NOP > instruction will be inserted into each basic block in binary code that > gcc generates. I know this sounds weird but it is part of my > experiment. As I'm unfamiliar with gcc, is there someone willing to > help me out and do a quick hack for me?You can probably do so much more easily by modifying the assembly language. That is, instead of letting the compiler produce a .o, you produce a .s file (using the -S option), run some perl or awk script on the assembly, and compile it again (gcc accepts .s as well as .c). If you care, you can write a shell script that does these three steps automatically, and receives the same command line as gcc (or a suitable subset). Otherwise, you can use the "-B" option to replace "as" with your own executable or shell script. This shell script would run the perl or awk script on the input, and call the system "as" with the output. To understand what's going on (i.e. debugging), in turn, the "-###" option shows you which commands the gcc driver is executing ("cc1" is the compiler proper, "as" is the assembler", etc.). What's in the perl or awk script? To find basic block boundaries, search for things like "L123". If you need the nop at the beginning, you need to look for jump tables and not insert the nop there. If you need the nop at the end, you can blindly insert one at the end of a jump table, but on the other hand you will have to insert it before jump instructions. If you need more information, please ask on a Perl/awk/shell-scripting newsgroups or mailing lists. Paolo
Paolo, Thanks a lot for your reply. You provided a good alternative. I need to use gcc to compile a big project in my experiment. In the makefile, some source code are compiled to .o files and others are compiled to .S file. I'm wondering how much effort I need, provided I have the script. I'll look into further. It would be cleaner if I know how to modify the gcc source code and let it insert a nop to each basic block. This shouldn't be a hard job for an experienced gcc developer, should this? Jeff
