[llvm-dev] RFC: Comprehensive Static Instrumentation

[Tyler Denniston via llvm-dev]

Hi Christian,

While not yet merged into LLVM trunk, the CSI implementation is
available for download from our public GitHub organization. You're
welcome to download CSI and start trying it out now.

To clone CSI, execute these commands:

   git clone --recursive git at github.com:csi-llvm/llvm.git
   cd llvm/csi
   ./build.sh

This will clone and build the modified version of LLVM trunk that
contains the modifications to implement CSI.

In the 'llvm/csi' directory, you'll see several example tools in the
'toolkit' directory, and a sample program and Makefile in the
'example' directory to illustrate how a CSI-instrumented executable is
created.

We've so far only tested on Ubuntu 14.04 x64_64. Please let us know of
any feedback you may have!

Tyler

On Mon Jun 20 06:02:26 PDT 2016, Christian Convey via llvm-dev
<llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:

 > I think the CSI framework, or something like it, could be helpful for 
some
 > work I'm trying to do regarding dynamic memory analysis: given a C/C++
 > program in which certain l-value expressions are marked as "interesting",
 > invoke my analysis callback every time that memory is written.
 >
 > Of the options I've looked at for implementing this, it sounds like CSI
 > might be my best bet.  (Factors include license terms, performance of the
 > instrumented app, and how much time it would take me to create such a 
tool.)
 >
 > - Christian