Writing a plugin for dead code detection...

[Nihilus]

...is it a good idea? The thing is that I want to hide dead code when not using the debugger and figure out obvious dead code; hence making more decent output from Hex-rays.

Any more suggestions? It will be my first python-"program", so I guess it will take some time to finish, I am also building NJMC in SML with isssues for generating a MIPS disassembler for boomerang atm.

 

[Storm Shadow]

Mmh i may know some that can help you on the way. Maybe Buckie from the forum.
I only tried boomerang for dissasemple powerpc .it does an very good jobb.by the way have you played with qemu and ida
http://techbliss.org/threads/many-debuggers-for-ida-remote-gdb-with-qemu.94/
Also i know there is a ild plugin that removes dead code from pe files i can dig it up again

 

[Nihilus]

Cool... The PPC-backend is very stable in boomerang (contrary to the program itself), I hope to get rid of boehm-gc and use smart pointers instead from boost. I usually use and eat borsch ;-) I will try QEMU when I got time. I don't need an old PE-specific plugin, I must come up with a generic solution