Implementation of x86 binary-to-C translator by using GNU tools

Kirill Makankov; Seon Wook Kim

doi:10.1109/CIT.2010.245

Implementation of x86 binary-to-C translator by using GNU tools

Kirill Makankov^*
, Seon Wook Kim

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The binary-to-C translation becomes more and more important due to large amount of legacy binaries, since many different architectures including multicores become available to markets. In this paper, we propose the x86 binary-to-C code translator by using the GNU tools and discuss all the issues in detail occurring during the design. We tested our translator with EEMBC telecom suites, and achieved 2.6 times of performance degradation on the translated code in comparison with the original executable on average.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 10th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, CIT-2010, 7th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS-2010, ScalCom-2010
Pages	1370-1375
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CIT.2010.245
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	10th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, CIT-2010, 7th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS-2010, 10th IEEE Int. Conf. Scalable Computing and Communications, ScalCom-2010 - Bradford, United Kingdom Duration: 2010 Jun 29 → 2010 Jul 1

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Name	Proceedings - 10th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, CIT-2010, 7th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS-2010, ScalCom-2010

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Other	10th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, CIT-2010, 7th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS-2010, 10th IEEE Int. Conf. Scalable Computing and Communications, ScalCom-2010
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Bradford
Period	10/6/29 → 10/7/1

Keywords

Assembly
Binary translation
C language
Compiler

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computational Theory and Mathematics
Computer Networks and Communications
Software

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Makankov, K., & Kim, S. W. (2010). Implementation of x86 binary-to-C translator by using GNU tools. In Proceedings - 10th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, CIT-2010, 7th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS-2010, ScalCom-2010 (pp. 1370-1375). Article 5577847 (Proceedings - 10th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, CIT-2010, 7th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS-2010, ScalCom-2010). https://doi.org/10.1109/CIT.2010.245

Implementation of x86 binary-to-C translator by using GNU tools. / Makankov, Kirill; Kim, Seon Wook.
Proceedings - 10th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, CIT-2010, 7th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS-2010, ScalCom-2010. 2010. p. 1370-1375 5577847 (Proceedings - 10th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, CIT-2010, 7th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS-2010, ScalCom-2010).

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Makankov, K & Kim, SW 2010, Implementation of x86 binary-to-C translator by using GNU tools. in Proceedings - 10th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, CIT-2010, 7th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS-2010, ScalCom-2010., 5577847, Proceedings - 10th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, CIT-2010, 7th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS-2010, ScalCom-2010, pp. 1370-1375, 10th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, CIT-2010, 7th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS-2010, 10th IEEE Int. Conf. Scalable Computing and Communications, ScalCom-2010, Bradford, United Kingdom, 10/6/29. https://doi.org/10.1109/CIT.2010.245

Makankov K, Kim SW. Implementation of x86 binary-to-C translator by using GNU tools. In Proceedings - 10th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, CIT-2010, 7th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS-2010, ScalCom-2010. 2010. p. 1370-1375. 5577847. (Proceedings - 10th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, CIT-2010, 7th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS-2010, ScalCom-2010). doi: 10.1109/CIT.2010.245

Makankov, Kirill ; Kim, Seon Wook. / Implementation of x86 binary-to-C translator by using GNU tools. Proceedings - 10th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, CIT-2010, 7th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS-2010, ScalCom-2010. 2010. pp. 1370-1375 (Proceedings - 10th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, CIT-2010, 7th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS-2010, ScalCom-2010).

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