Re: [DynInst_API:] Dyninst and Windows

[Bill Williams <bill@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/05/2012 03:42 PM, Pansy Arafa wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is Dyninst compatible with Windows 64-bits?
>
> Thanks,
> Pansy
At present, no(*). In the future, it may become so if there is 
sufficient demand.
The bulk of the pieces are there for such a port. Stuff that would need 
to happen, off the top of my head:
* create new project files that set all of the (compiler and Dyninst) 
x86_64 flags (arch_x86_64)
* fix up any of the obvious corner cases where we use combined 
architecture/OS #defines or we assume that x86_64 == linux
* fix up the various Windows system-level interfaces where we assume 
32-bit (ProcControl, Symtab, and address translation are the three that 
first spring to mind)
* (optional) fix any linux-isms in our 32-bit mutatee/64-bit mutator 
support (and provide Windows equivalents where needed); if you're 
willing to not mix address widths between tool and target, this can be 
skipped
* debug the remaining annoying problems that inevitably result from 
porting dyninst to what is (functionally) a new OS and set of standard 
libraries
What sort of tool do you have in mind?

(*) Dyninst does work fine for 32-bit applications on a 64-bit Windows 
installation.
--bw

Bill Williams
Paradyn Project
bill@xxxxxxxxxxx