Bochs Call Log Formatter

Introduction

This script can add the corresponding function names to Bochs call logs with the Linux nm command and a provided executable module.

Usage

Suppose we have an executable module called kernel.bin which is running in Bochs.

After enabling call logging with the show call command, Bochs can generate call logs such as:

00016253385: call 0008:c0003dba (0xc0003dba) (phy: 0x000000003dba) unk. ctxt
00016253389: call 0008:c0001566 (0xc0001566) (phy: 0x000000001566) unk. ctxt
00016253399: call 0008:c0003dec (0xc0003dec) (phy: 0x000000003dec) unk. ctxt

It is inconvenient for users because Bochs does not display function names.

To match each function address and its name, we can copy call logs to a file call.log and run:

PS> .\Format-CallLog.ps1 -ModulePath 'kernel.bin' -LogPath 'call.log'

The formatted logs will be written to the pipeline.

00016253385: call 0008:c0003dba (0xc0003dba) (phy: 0x000000003dba) unk. ctxt [_function1]
00016253389: call 0008:c0001566 (0xc0001566) (phy: 0x000000001566) unk. ctxt [_function2]
00016253399: call 0008:c0003dec (0xc0003dec) (phy: 0x000000003dec) unk. ctxt [_function3]

License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.