The DynamoRIO API

DynamoRIO is a runtime code manipulation system that supports code transformations on any part of a program, while it executes. DynamoRIO gives complete control over the runtime code stream and does not limit transformations to trampoline insertion. DynamoRIO exports an interface for building dynamic tools for a wide variety of uses: program analysis and understanding, profiling, instrumentation, optimization, translation, etc. DynamoRIO provides efficient, transparent, and comprehensive manipulation of an unmodified application running on a stock operating system (Windows or Linux) and commodity IA-32 and AMD64 hardware. See Platform Limitations for supported platforms.

This document describes the DynamoRIO system and the various API's that it exports for building custom tools. It is divided into the following sections:

• Usage Model for DynamoRIO
  How to deploy and make use of DynamoRIO.

• Code Manipulation API
  DynamoRIO's full runtime code manipulation interface.

• IA-32/AMD64 Disassembly Library
  DynamoRIO can be used as a standalone library for IA-32/AMD64 disassembly, decoding, encoding, and general instruction manipulation.

• API Usage Tutorial
  Gives a few short tutorials on using DynamoRIO.

• Sample Use Cases
  Shows some sample use cases and reference implementations.

• DynamoRIO System Details
  A description of the implementation of the DynamoRIO system.

• Release Notes for Version 2.0.0
  Release notes for this release, including changes since prior releases and plans for future releases .

• License