A Static Instrumentation Method for ELF Binary

Binary instrumentation is a process of inserting other code into an executable to observe or modify the binary execution. However, current instrumentation tools depend on platform strongly and the execution efficiency is low, which make it difficult to be used in embedded devices. In this paper, we propose a static instrumentation method using the trampoline technology to perform the binary instrumentation on the Linux OS, which can support CISC and RISC instruction sets. The experiment showed that the file size and execution time of the binary are less affected after instrumentation by comparing with other dynamic and static instrumentation tools.