K. I. Ramachandran

49 papers A 1C 2Journal 31Unranked 15
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
IEEE Access
George Varghese, P. Krishnakumar, K. I. Ramachandran
2025 J jnl
Comput. Biol. Medicine
Pooja Muralidharan, C. Santhosh Kumar, Ravi Sankaran, K. I. Ramachandran
2024 J jnl
IEEE Access
K. T. Sreekumar, C. Santhosh Kumar, K. I. Ramachandran
2022 J jnl
Int. J. Robotics Autom.
S. Adarsh, K. I. Ramachandran, Binoy B. Nair
2021 conf
ICCCSP
Saksham Srivastava, S. Adarsh, Binoy B. Nair, K. I. Ramachandran
2020 conf
ICCCNT
Selvamani Chandrasekaran, K. I. Ramachandran, S. Adarsh, Ashish Kumar Puranik
2020 conf
ICCCNT
Aravind H, Sivraj P, K. I. Ramachandran
2020 conf
ICCCNT
Karthika K, S. Adarsh, K. I. Ramachandran
2020 conf
ICCCNT
Manjula P. M, S. Adarsh, K. I. Ramachandran
2020 J jnl
Intell. Decis. Technol.
S. Adarsh, K. I. Ramachandran
2019 conf
SoCPaR
N. Kirthika, K. I. Ramachandran, Sasi K. Kottayil
2019 J jnl
Comput. Methods Programs Biomed.
Rolant Gini John, K. I. Ramachandran
2018 J jnl
Int. J. Comput. Intell. Appl.
P. Krishnakumar, K. Rameshkumar, K. I. Ramachandran
2018 J jnl
Pattern Recognit. Lett.
Kuruvachan K. George, C. Santhosh Kumar, Sunil Sivadas, K. I. Ramachandran, Ashish Panda
2018 J jnl
Autom. Control. Comput. Sci.
S. Adarsh, K. I. Ramachandran
2018 J jnl
Intell. Decis. Technol.
P. Krishnakumar, K. Rameshkumar, K. I. Ramachandran
2017 conf
ICACCI
K. V. Geedhu, K. I. Ramachandran, S. Adarsh
2017 conf
ICACCI
Aniket D. Adhvaryu, S. Adarsh, K. I. Ramachandran
2017 conf
ICACCI
Alpha Tamrakar, S. Adasrh, K. I. Ramachandran
2017 C conf
ISDA
Rolant Gini John, Ponmozhy Deepan Chakravarthy, K. I. Ramachandran, Pooja Anand
2017 conf
SIRS
Jeffy Joseph, Rolant Gini John, K. I. Ramachandran
2016 conf
ICACCI
R. Anusree, R. Ranjith, K. I. Ramachandran
2016 conf
Odyssey
Kuruvachan K. George, Santhosh Kumar C, K. I. Ramachandran, Ashish Panda
2016 C conf
ICMLA
Aparna S. Raghunath, K. T. Sreekumar, C. Santhosh Kumar, K. I. Ramachandran
2016 J jnl
Expert Syst. Appl.
R. Gopinath, C. Santhosh Kumar, K. I. Ramachandran, V. Upendranath, P. V. R. Sai Kiran
2016 J jnl
Int. J. Intell. Syst. Technol. Appl.
R. Gopinath, C. Santhosh Kumar, K. I. Ramachandran
2015 A conf
INTERSPEECH
Kuruvachan K. George, C. Santhosh Kumar, K. I. Ramachandran, Ashish Panda
2015 conf
NCC
V. Nivitha Varghees, K. I. Ramachandran
2014 J jnl
Int. J. Data Anal. Tech. Strateg.
M. Saimurugan, K. I. Ramachandran
2014 J jnl
Biomed. Signal Process. Control.
V. Nivitha Varghees, K. I. Ramachandran
2014 conf
NCC
V. Nivitha Varghees, K. I. Ramachandran
2012 J jnl
Int. J. Green Comput.
S. Babu Devasenapati, K. I. Ramachandran
2011 J jnl
Expert Syst. Appl.
M. Elangovan, V. Sugumaran, K. I. Ramachandran, S. Ravikumar
2011 J jnl
Expert Syst. Appl.
V. Sugumaran, K. I. Ramachandran
2011 J jnl
Expert Syst. Appl.
M. Elangovan, S. Babu Devasenapati, N. R. Sakthivel, K. I. Ramachandran
2011 J jnl
Expert Syst. Appl.
V. Sugumaran, K. I. Ramachandran
2011 J jnl
Expert Syst. Appl.
S. Ravikumar, K. I. Ramachandran, V. Sugumaran
2011 J jnl
Expert Syst. Appl.
M. Saimurugan, K. I. Ramachandran, V. Sugumaran, N. R. Sakthivel
2011 J jnl
Int. J. Green Comput.
C. N. Arunaa, S. Babu Devasenapati, K. I. Ramachandran, K. Vishnuprasad, C. Surendra
2010 J jnl
Appl. Soft Comput.
N. Saravanan, V. N. S. Kumar Siddabattuni, K. I. Ramachandran
2010 J jnl
Expert Syst. Appl.
N. Saravanan, K. I. Ramachandran
2010 J jnl
Expert Syst. Appl.
S. Babu Devasenapati, V. Sugumaran, K. I. Ramachandran
2010 J jnl
Expert Syst. Appl.
M. Elangovan, K. I. Ramachandran, V. Sugumaran
2009 J jnl
Expert Syst. Appl.
N. Saravanan, K. I. Ramachandran
2009 J jnl
Expert Syst. Appl.
N. Saravanan, K. I. Ramachandran
2009 conf
ARTCom
P. Premkumar, P. K. Krishnan Namboori, M. Sathishkumar, K. I. Ramachandran, Deepa Gopakumar, Rajasree P. M
2009 J jnl
Expert Syst. Appl.
N. Saravanan, S. Cholairajan, K. I. Ramachandran
2008 J jnl
Expert Syst. Appl.
N. Saravanan, V. N. S. Kumar Siddabattuni, K. I. Ramachandran
2008 J jnl
Expert Syst. Appl.
V. Sugumaran, G. R. Sabareesh, K. I. Ramachandran
tests/unit/test_smali_normalization.py
← Index tests/unit/test_smali_normalization.py python
"""Unit tests for smali semantic normalization.

Tests the three normalization levels (category, opcode, opcode_api),
opcode categorization, ACFG feature index mapping, and integration
with MinHash computation.
"""
import pytest

pytestmark = [pytest.mark.unit, pytest.mark.apk, pytest.mark.decompile]


class TestCategorizeOpcode:
    """Tests for opcode -> semantic category mapping."""

    def test_arithmetic(self):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_normalization import categorize_opcode
        assert categorize_opcode("add-int") == "ALU"
        assert categorize_opcode("mul-long/2addr") == "ALU"
        assert categorize_opcode("neg-int") == "ALU"

    def test_data_movement(self):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_normalization import categorize_opcode
        assert categorize_opcode("move-result") == "MOV"
        assert categorize_opcode("const/4") == "CONST"
        assert categorize_opcode("const-string") == "CONST"

    def test_memory_access(self):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_normalization import categorize_opcode
        assert categorize_opcode("iget-object") == "LOAD"
        assert categorize_opcode("sput-wide") == "STORE"
        assert categorize_opcode("aget-byte") == "LOAD"

    def test_invocation(self):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_normalization import categorize_opcode
        assert categorize_opcode("invoke-virtual") == "CALL"
        assert categorize_opcode("invoke-static") == "CALL"
        assert categorize_opcode("invoke-direct") == "CALL"

    def test_control_flow(self):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_normalization import categorize_opcode
        assert categorize_opcode("if-eqz") == "BRANCH"
        assert categorize_opcode("goto") == "JMP"
        assert categorize_opcode("goto/16") == "JMP"
        assert categorize_opcode("return-void") == "RET"

    def test_comparison(self):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_normalization import categorize_opcode
        assert categorize_opcode("cmp-long") == "CMP"
        assert categorize_opcode("cmpl-float") == "CMP"
        assert categorize_opcode("cmpg-double") == "CMP"

    def test_conversion(self):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_normalization import categorize_opcode
        assert categorize_opcode("int-to-long") == "CONV"
        assert categorize_opcode("float-to-int") == "CONV"

    def test_object_type(self):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_normalization import categorize_opcode
        assert categorize_opcode("new-instance") == "ALLOC"
        assert categorize_opcode("check-cast") == "TYPE"
        assert categorize_opcode("instance-of") == "TYPE"

    def test_exception_sync(self):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_normalization import categorize_opcode
        assert categorize_opcode("throw") == "EXC"
        assert categorize_opcode("monitor-enter") == "SYNC"

    def test_unknown(self):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_normalization import categorize_opcode
        assert categorize_opcode("nop") == "OTHER"


class TestNormalizeInstruction:
    """Tests for single instruction normalization at various levels."""

    def test_category_level(self):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_normalization import normalize_instruction
        assert normalize_instruction("add-int v0, v1, v2", "category") == "ALU"
        assert normalize_instruction("invoke-virtual {p0}, Lcom/Foo;->bar()V", "category") == "CALL"
        assert normalize_instruction("return-void", "category") == "RET"

    def test_opcode_level_strips_width(self):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_normalization import normalize_instruction
        # Width variants collapse to same base
        assert normalize_instruction("add-int v0, v1, v2", "opcode") == "add"
        assert normalize_instruction("add-long v0, v2, v4", "opcode") == "add"
        assert normalize_instruction("add-float v0, v1, v2", "opcode") == "add"
        # Addressing modes collapse too
        assert normalize_instruction("add-int/2addr v0, v1", "opcode") == "add"

    def test_opcode_api_invoke(self):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_normalization import normalize_instruction
        result = normalize_instruction(
            "invoke-virtual {p0, v0}, Lcom/example/Foo;->bar(I)V"
        )
        assert result == "CALL Lcom/example/Foo;->bar(I)V"

    def test_opcode_api_invoke_no_ref(self):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_normalization import normalize_instruction
        # If somehow no method ref is found, fallback to CALL
        assert normalize_instruction("invoke-virtual {v0}") == "CALL"

    def test_opcode_api_field_load(self):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_normalization import normalize_instruction
        result = normalize_instruction(
            "iget-object v0, p0, Lcom/Foo;->mField:Ljava/lang/String;"
        )
        assert result == "LOAD Lcom/Foo;->mField:Ljava/lang/String;"

    def test_opcode_api_field_store(self):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_normalization import normalize_instruction
        result = normalize_instruction(
            "iput-object v0, p0, Lcom/Foo;->mField:Ljava/lang/String;"
        )
        assert result == "STORE Lcom/Foo;->mField:Ljava/lang/String;"

    def test_opcode_api_androguard_field_format(self):
        """androguard uses space instead of colon in field references."""
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_normalization import normalize_instruction
        result = normalize_instruction(
            "iget-object v0, p0, Lcom/Foo;->mField Ljava/lang/String;"
        )
        assert result.startswith("LOAD")
        assert "Lcom/Foo;->mField" in result

    def test_opcode_api_new_instance(self):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_normalization import normalize_instruction
        result = normalize_instruction(
            "new-instance v0, Lcom/example/MyClass;"
        )
        assert result == "ALLOC Lcom/example/MyClass;"

    def test_opcode_api_const_string(self):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_normalization import normalize_instruction
        result = normalize_instruction(
            'const-string v0, "hello world"'
        )
        assert result == 'CONST_STR "hello world"'

    def test_opcode_api_const_string_jumbo(self):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_normalization import normalize_instruction
        result = normalize_instruction(
            'const-string/jumbo v0, "large string"'
        )
        assert result == 'CONST_STR "large string"'

    def test_opcode_api_fallback_to_category(self):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_normalization import normalize_instruction
        # Non-special instructions fall back to category
        assert normalize_instruction("add-int v0, v1, v2") == "ALU"
        assert normalize_instruction("return-void") == "RET"
        assert normalize_instruction("nop") == "OTHER"

    def test_empty_input(self):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_normalization import normalize_instruction
        assert normalize_instruction("") == ""
        assert normalize_instruction("   ") == ""


class TestNormalizeMethodBody:
    """Tests for full method body normalization."""

    def test_filters_directives_labels_comments(self):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_normalization import normalize_method_body
        body = """\
.locals 2
# comment
:label_0
add-int v0, v1, v2
.line 42
invoke-virtual {p0}, Lcom/Foo;->bar()V
return-void
"""
        result = normalize_method_body(body, "category")
        assert result == ["ALU", "CALL", "RET"]

    def test_opcode_api_preserves_api_refs(self):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_normalization import normalize_method_body
        body = """\
const/4 v0, 0x0
invoke-virtual {p0, v0}, Lcom/Foo;->setX(I)V
iget-object v1, p0, Lcom/Foo;->name:Ljava/lang/String;
return-void
"""
        result = normalize_method_body(body, "opcode_api")
        assert result[0] == "CONST"
        assert result[1] == "CALL Lcom/Foo;->setX(I)V"
        assert result[2] == "LOAD Lcom/Foo;->name:Ljava/lang/String;"
        assert result[3] == "RET"

    def test_empty_body(self):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_normalization import normalize_method_body
        assert normalize_method_body("") == []
        assert normalize_method_body("\n\n") == []


class TestNormalizationWithMinHash:
    """Integration tests: normalization + MinHash computation."""

    def test_minhash_returns_signature(self):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.method_extractor import compute_minhash
        body = """\
const/4 v0, 0x0
invoke-virtual {p0, v0}, Lcom/Foo;->bar(I)V
iget-object v1, p0, Lcom/Foo;->name:Ljava/lang/String;
add-int v2, v0, v1
return-void
"""
        sig = compute_minhash(body)
        assert sig is not None
        assert len(sig) == 64
        assert all(0 <= v < 256 for v in sig)

    def test_minhash_register_invariance(self):
        """Same operations with different registers should produce identical signatures."""
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.method_extractor import compute_minhash
        body_a = """\
const/4 v0, 0x0
invoke-virtual {p0, v0}, Lcom/Foo;->bar(I)V
iget-object v1, p0, Lcom/Foo;->name:Ljava/lang/String;
add-int v2, v0, v1
return-void
"""
        body_b = """\
const/4 v3, 0x0
invoke-virtual {p1, v3}, Lcom/Foo;->bar(I)V
iget-object v4, p1, Lcom/Foo;->name:Ljava/lang/String;
add-int v5, v3, v4
return-void
"""
        sig_a = compute_minhash(body_a)
        sig_b = compute_minhash(body_b)
        assert sig_a == sig_b

    def test_minhash_width_invariance(self):
        """Width variants of same operations should produce identical signatures."""
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.method_extractor import compute_minhash
        body_int = """\
add-int v0, v1, v2
sub-int v3, v0, v1
mul-int v4, v0, v3
return v4
"""
        body_long = """\
add-long v0, v2, v4
sub-long v6, v0, v2
mul-long v8, v0, v6
return-wide v8
"""
        sig_int = compute_minhash(body_int)
        sig_long = compute_minhash(body_long)
        # Both normalize to ALU, ALU, ALU, RET -> identical
        assert sig_int == sig_long

    def test_minhash_different_apis_differ(self):
        """Methods calling different APIs should produce different signatures."""
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.method_extractor import compute_minhash
        body_a = """\
const/4 v0, 0x0
invoke-virtual {p0, v0}, Lcom/crypto/AES;->encrypt([B)[B
invoke-virtual {v0}, Ljava/io/OutputStream;->write([B)V
return-void
"""
        body_b = """\
const/4 v0, 0x0
invoke-virtual {p0, v0}, Ljava/lang/String;->length()I
invoke-virtual {v0}, Ljava/io/PrintStream;->println(I)V
return-void
"""
        sig_a = compute_minhash(body_a)
        sig_b = compute_minhash(body_b)
        assert sig_a != sig_b

    def test_minhash_too_few_instructions(self):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.method_extractor import compute_minhash
        assert compute_minhash("return-void\nnop") is None


class TestACFGBlockFeatures:
    """Tests for per-block ACFG feature extraction via smali_cfg."""

    def test_simple_linear_method(self):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_cfg import compute_cfg_metrics
        body = """\
add-int v0, v1, v2
invoke-virtual {p0}, Lcom/Foo;->bar()V
return-void
"""
        metrics = compute_cfg_metrics(body)
        assert metrics.block_count >= 1
        assert len(metrics.block_features) == metrics.block_count
        # Each feature vector has 8 elements
        for feat in metrics.block_features:
            assert len(feat) == 8

    def test_branching_method_has_multiple_blocks(self):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_cfg import compute_cfg_metrics
        body = """\
const/4 v0, 0x0
if-eqz v0, :cond_0
invoke-virtual {p0}, Lcom/Foo;->a()V
goto :goto_0
:cond_0
invoke-virtual {p0}, Lcom/Foo;->b()V
:goto_0
return-void
"""
        metrics = compute_cfg_metrics(body)
        assert metrics.block_count >= 3
        assert len(metrics.block_features) == metrics.block_count

    def test_feature_vector_arithmetic_count(self):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_cfg import compute_cfg_metrics
        body = """\
add-int v0, v1, v2
sub-int v3, v0, v1
mul-int v4, v0, v3
return v4
"""
        metrics = compute_cfg_metrics(body)
        assert len(metrics.block_features) == 1
        feat = metrics.block_features[0]
        # feat[0] = instr_count (4), feat[1] = arithmetic (3)
        assert feat[0] == 4
        assert feat[1] >= 3  # 3 ALU ops

    def test_feature_vector_call_count(self):
        from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_cfg import compute_cfg_metrics
        body = """\
invoke-virtual {p0}, Lcom/A;->a()V
invoke-static {v0}, Lcom/B;->b()V
return-void
"""
        metrics = compute_cfg_metrics(body)
        feat = metrics.block_features[0]
        # feat[4] = call count
        assert feat[4] == 2