The DynamoRIO Collaboration

Dynamo from Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
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RIO Runtime Introspection and Optimization from MIT's Laboratory for Computer Science

About the DynamoRIO Release

The DynamoRIO dynamic code modification system, joint work between Hewlett-Packard and MIT, is being released as a binary package with an interface for both dynamic instrumentation and optimization. The system is based on Dynamo from Hewlett-Packard Laboratories. It operates on unmodified native binaries and requires no special hardware or operating system support. It is implemented for both IA-32 Windows and Linux, and is capable of running large desktop applications.

The system's release was announced at a PLDI tutorial on June 16, 2002, titled "On the Run - Building Dynamic Program Modifiers for Optimization, Introspection and Security." Here is the tutorial abstract:

In the new world of software, which heavily utilizes dynamic class loading, DLLs and interconnected components, the power and reach of static analysis is diminishing. An exciting new paradigm of dynamic program optimization, improving the performance of a program while it is being executed, is emerging. In this tutorial, we will describe intricacies of building a dynamic optimizer, explore novel application areas such as program introspection and security, and provide details of building your own dynamic code modifier using DynamoRIO. DynamoRIO, a joint development between HP Labs and MIT, is a powerful dynamic code modification infrastructure capable of running existing binaries such as Microsoft Office Suite. It runs on both Windows and Linux environments. We are offering a free release of DynamoRIO for non-commercial use. A copy of the DynamoRIO release, which includes the binary and a powerful API, will be provided to the attendees.

We have also given tutorials at ASPLOS on October 6, 2002 and at CGO on March 23, 2003.

Version 0.9.4 Beta Release

Click here to download our latest release, version 0.9.4.

Documentation:

• HTML files (identical to those that come with the release)
• Version history
• DynamoRIO-users email list archives

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People

• Derek Bruening
  MIT graduate student
• Vladimir Kiriansky
  MIT graduate student
• Timothy Garnett
  MIT student
• Evelyn Duesterwald
  Senior Research Scientist at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
• Saman Amarasinghe
  Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology