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ppsspp/headless/ReverseEngineer.h
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Henrik RydgårdandClaude Opus 5 386ff2fc3d headless: add --re-module, a static reverse-engineering dump for one PRX
Loads a single module standalone - no game, no boot - and writes a report:
module header and segments, the export and import tables with NIDs resolved to
names through the HLE tables, one annotated disassembly file per function, and
a call graph as JSON.

Reuses the emulator's own loader rather than parsing PRXes a second time, so
decryption, decompression, relocation and import resolution can't drift from
what actually runs. Only enough of the system is brought up to load a module:
memory map, timing, HLE tables and the kernel allocators. Nothing executes.

Two things beyond a plain disassembly, both aimed at the questions that come up
when reading unfamiliar MIPS:

- lui/addiu (and lui/load) pairs are folded and reported as the address they
  form, which is how every global and constant table gets reached.
- Per function, a register evidence block instead of a guessed signature. A
  MIPS function that takes two arguments and passes the second one down often
  never reads it, so 'never read but live across a call' is reported as
  forwarded rather than quietly dropped from the signature.

SetForceRealModuleLoads() is needed because modules like sceAudiocodec_Driver
have no DisableHLEFlags bit and so can't be turned off the normal way - they'd
fake-load and there would be nothing to look at.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <[email protected]>
2026-09-08 15:32:14 -06:00

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// Copyright (c) 2026- PPSSPP Project.
// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
// the Free Software Foundation, version 2.0 or later versions.
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
// GNU General Public License 2.0 for more details.
// A copy of the GPL 2.0 should have been included with the program.
// If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/
// Official git repository and contact information can be found at
// https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp and http://www.ppsspp.org/.
#pragma once
#include <string>
struct ReverseEngineerOptions {
// PRX/ELF to load. A host path, or a PSP path like "flash0:/kd/libmp3.prx" (resolved
// against the configured NAND directory).
std::string modulePath;
// Where to write the report. Created if missing.
std::string outDir;
// If set, only this function is disassembled (by name, or "0x08801234").
std::string funcFilter;
// Optional .syms file applied before dumping, so names show up in every caller.
std::string symsFile;
bool verbose = false;
};
// Loads a module standalone (no game), analyzes it, and writes a report. Returns a process
// exit code.
int RunReverseEngineer(const ReverseEngineerOptions &opts);