How could I graphically display the memory layout from a .map file?
C++CLinkerC++ Problem Overview
My gcc build toolchain produces a .map file. How do I display the memory map graphically?
C++ Solutions
Solution 1 - C++
Here's the beginnings of a script in Python. It loads the map file into a list of Sections and Symbols (first half). It then renders the map using HTML (or do whatever you want with the sections and symbols lists).
You can control the script by modifying these lines:
with open('t.map') as f:
colors = ['9C9F84', 'A97D5D', 'F7DCB4', '5C755E']
total_height = 32.0
map2html.py
from __future__ import with_statement
import re
class Section:
def __init__(self, address, size, segment, section):
self.address = address
self.size = size
self.segment = segment
self.section = section
def __str__(self):
return self.section+""
class Symbol:
def __init__(self, address, size, file, name):
self.address = address
self.size = size
self.file = file
self.name = name
def __str__(self):
return self.name
#===============================
# Load the Sections and Symbols
#
sections = []
symbols = []
with open('t.map') as f:
in_sections = True
for line in f:
m = re.search('^([0-9A-Fx]+)\s+([0-9A-Fx]+)\s+((\[[ 0-9]+\])|\w+)\s+(.*?)\s*$', line)
if m:
if in_sections:
sections.append(Section(eval(m.group(1)), eval(m.group(2)), m.group(3), m.group(5)))
else:
symbols.append(Symbol(eval(m.group(1)), eval(m.group(2)), m.group(3), m.group(5)))
else:
if len(sections) > 0:
in_sections = False
#===============================
# Gererate the HTML File
#
colors = ['9C9F84', 'A97D5D', 'F7DCB4', '5C755E']
total_height = 32.0
segments = set()
for s in sections: segments.add(s.segment)
segment_colors = dict()
i = 0
for s in segments:
segment_colors[s] = colors[i % len(colors)]
i += 1
total_size = 0
for s in symbols:
total_size += s.size
sections.sort(lambda a,b: a.address - b.address)
symbols.sort(lambda a,b: a.address - b.address)
def section_from_address(addr):
for s in sections:
if addr >= s.address and addr < (s.address + s.size):
return s
return None
print "<html><head>"
print " <style>a { color: black; text-decoration: none; font-family:monospace }</style>"
print "<body>"
print "<table cellspacing='1px'>"
for sym in symbols:
section = section_from_address(sym.address)
height = (total_height/total_size) * sym.size
font_size = 1.0 if height > 1.0 else height
print "<tr style='background-color:#%s;height:%gem;line-height:%gem;font-size:%gem'><td style='overflow:hidden'>" % \
(segment_colors[section.segment], height, height, font_size)
print "<a href='#%s'>%s</a>" % (sym.name, sym.name)
print "</td></tr>"
print "</table>"
print "</body></html>"
And here's a bad rendering of the HTML it outputs:
Solution 2 - C++
I've written a C# program to display the information in a Map file along with information not usually present in the map file (like static symbols provided you can use binutils). The code is available here. In short it parses the map file and also uses BINUTILS (if available) to gather more information. To run it you need to download the code and run the project under visual studio, browse to the map file path and click Analyze.
Note: Only works for GCC/LD map files
Screenshot:
