[DynInst_API:] Release of Dyninst 6.1, SymtabAPI 6.1, StackwalkerAPI 1.1, InstructionAPI 1.1, DepgraphAPI 1.0

[Barton Miller <bart@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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                          ANNOUNCEMENT
                     Dyninst 6.1 Release
                    SymtabAPI 6.1 Release
                  StackwalkerAPI 1.1 Release
                  InstructionAPI 1.1 Release
                   DepgraphAPI 1.0 Release
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We are pleased to announce a new release of Dyninst 6.1 and its component tool kits. This release includes SymtabAPI 6.1, StackwalkerAPI 1.1, InstructionAPI 1.1, and DepGraphAPI 1.0

Highlights of this release:

** Dyninst 6.1 - A library for dynamic instrumentation and binary rewriting
- Major performance improvements in Dyninst generated instrumentation code
- Binary rewriter support for shared libraries
- Improvements to code parsing with stripped binaries
- Full integration with InstructionAPI on x86-based platforms
- Assorted bug fixes

** SymtabAPI 6.1 - A library for parsing and writing object files
- Support for modifying constructor and finalizer sections on ELF platforms.
- BlueGene/P support
- Library rewriting improvements and bug fixes

** StackwalkerAPI 1.1 - A library for walking call stacks
- BlueGene/P support
- Support for accessing local variables in stack frames

** InstructionAPI 1.1 - A library for instruction abstraction and decoding
- Improvements in decoding interface
- Significant optimizations (10x faster decodes than in v1.0)

** DepgraphAPI 1.0 - A library for program dependence analysis
- Provides data dependence graph, control dependence graph and program
  dependence graph (union of data and control flow dependence)
- Provides def-use and use-def chains
- Provides forward and backward program slicing

Note that all Dyninst code is now open source, released under the GNU LGPL.

For information about these software releases and manuals, please visit
        http://www.paradyn.org/
Downloads: http://www.paradyn.org/html/downloads.html
Manuals: http://www.paradyn.org/html/manuals.html