#!/usr/bin/env python2.7 from __future__ import print_function import argparse import difflib import os import subprocess import sys disassembler = 'objdump' def keep_line(line): """Returns true for lines that should be compared in the disassembly output.""" return "file format" not in line def disassemble(objfile): """Disassemble object to a file.""" p = subprocess.Popen([disassembler, '-d', objfile], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE) (out, err) = p.communicate() if p.returncode or err: print("Disassemble failed: {}".format(objfile)) sys.exit(1) return filter(keep_line, out.split(os.linesep)) def first_diff(a, b, fromfile, tofile): """Returns the first few lines of a difference, if there is one. Python diff can be very slow with large objects and the most interesting changes are the first ones. Truncate data before sending to difflib. Returns None is there is no difference.""" # Find first diff first_diff_idx = None for idx, val in enumerate(a): if val != b[idx]: first_diff_idx = idx break if first_diff_idx == None: # No difference return None # Diff to first line of diff plus some lines context = 3 diff = difflib.unified_diff(a[:first_diff_idx+context], b[:first_diff_idx+context], fromfile, tofile) difference = "\n".join(diff) if first_diff_idx + context < len(a): difference += "\n*** Diff truncated ***" return difference def compare_object_files(objfilea, objfileb): """Compare disassembly of two different files. Allowing unavoidable differences, such as filenames. Return the first difference if the disassembly differs, or None. """ disa = disassemble(objfilea) disb = disassemble(objfileb) return first_diff(disa, disb, objfilea, objfileb) if __name__ == '__main__': parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() parser.add_argument('objfilea', nargs=1) parser.add_argument('objfileb', nargs=1) parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', action='store_true') args = parser.parse_args() diff = compare_object_files(args.objfilea[0], args.objfileb[0]) if diff: print("Difference detected") if args.verbose: print(diff) sys.exit(1) else: print("The same")