[llvm-dev] How to add custom instrumentation?

[ORiordan, Martin via llvm-dev]

Sorry, a typo:

  The two parameters are the address of the function into which
  the instrumentation is inserted, and the address of the call
  site to the instrumented function.

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Subject: Re: [llvm-dev] How to add custom instrumentation?

The '-finstrument-functions' option may already be sufficient for your needs.

When selected this inserts the following two calls on entry-to and exit-from a function:

  __cyg_profile_func_enter(void* this_fn, void* call_site)
  __cyg_profile_func_exit(void* this_fn, void* call_site)

You can then provide a custom implementation of these calls to perform the analysis tasks that you require.

The two parameters are the address of the function into which the instrumentation is inserted, and the address of the call site to the instrumentation function.

There is an "Execution Trace" implementation of these instrumentation hooks on GitHub called 'eTrace' that may guide you, though I can't recall the link.

All the best,

  MartinO

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From: llvm-dev [mailto:llvm-dev-bounces at lists.llvm.org] On Behalf Of Alex Denisov via llvm-dev
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2017 8:57 AM
To: llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org>
Subject: [llvm-dev] How to add custom instrumentation?

Hi everyone,

I run some functions using ORC JIT, now I need to add custom instrumentation.
I want to add two callbacks to each function: ‘enterFunction' at the beginning and ‘leaveFunction' at the end.
Intuition says that I could ‘just' insert CallInst's to the first and the last basic blocks in the function.

Am I correct? Are there any other/better way to do this? Is there anything special I need to be aware of?

Thank you.
--
AlexDenisov
Software Engineer, https://lowlevelbits.org

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