Rachel Brown

12 papers B 1Journal 9Unranked 2
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Sasidharan Mahalingam, Rachel Brown, Atul Ingle
2023 J jnl
ACM Trans. Appl. Percept.
Rachel Brown, Vasha DuTell, Bruce Walter, Ruth Rosenholtz, Peter Shirley, Morgan McGuire, David Luebke
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Budmonde Duinkharjav, Benjamin Liang, Anjul Patney, Rachel Brown, Qi Sun
2023 J jnl
ACM Trans. Graph.
Budmonde Duinkharjav, Benjamin Liang, Anjul Patney, Rachel Brown, Qi Sun
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Budmonde Duinkharjav, Praneeth Chakravarthula, Rachel Brown, Anjul Patney, Qi Sun
2022 J jnl
ACM Trans. Graph.
Budmonde Duinkharjav, Praneeth Chakravarthula, Rachel Brown, Anjul Patney, Qi Sun
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Rachel Brown, Vasha DuTell, Bruce Walter, Ruth Rosenholtz, Peter Shirley, Morgan McGuire, David Luebke
2021 J jnl
NeuroImage
Michel Belyk, Rachel Brown, Deryk S. Beal, Alard Roebroeck, Carolyn McGettigan, Stella Guldner, Sonja A. Kotz
2021 conf
SSCI
Rachel Brown, Daniel A. Ashlock
2020 conf
SSCI
James Alexander Hughes, William Hannah, Peter Kikkert, Barry MacKenzie, Wendy Ashlock, Sheridan K. Houghten, Daniel A. Ashlock, Matthew Stoodley, Michael Dubé, Rachel Brown, Amanda Saunders
2019 B conf
CEC
Rachel Brown, Daniel A. Ashlock
2011 J jnl
NeuroImage
Penelope A. Lewis, Roozbeh Rezaie, Rachel Brown, Neil Roberts, Robin I. M. Dunbar
redb/extractors/decompiler/apk/smali_parser.py
← Index redb/extractors/decompiler/apk/smali_parser.py python
"""Smali file parser — extracts individual method bodies from apktool output.

Parses .smali files produced by apktool and extracts per-method bodies,
instruction counts, and register counts.
"""

import os
import re
from dataclasses import dataclass, field
from typing import Dict, List, Optional


@dataclass
class SmaliMethod:
    """Parsed smali method data."""
    class_name: str
    method_name: str
    method_signature: str
    body: str
    instruction_count: int = 0
    register_count: int = 0
    access_flags: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)


# Directives start with '.' — these are metadata, not instructions
_DIRECTIVE_RE = re.compile(r"^\s*\.")
# Labels start with ':'
_LABEL_RE = re.compile(r"^\s*:")
# Blank or comment lines
_BLANK_OR_COMMENT_RE = re.compile(r"^\s*(#.*)?$")
# Method declaration
_METHOD_START_RE = re.compile(
    r"^\.method\s+(.*?)\s+(\S+)\(([^)]*)\)(\S+)\s*$"
)
_METHOD_START_SIMPLE_RE = re.compile(
    r"^\.method\s+(.*)"
)
# .registers or .locals directive
_REGISTERS_RE = re.compile(r"^\s*\.registers\s+(\d+)")
_LOCALS_RE = re.compile(r"^\s*\.locals\s+(\d+)")
# .line directive
_LINE_RE = re.compile(r"^\s*\.line\s+\d+")


class SmaliParser:
    """Parser for apktool smali output files."""

    @staticmethod
    def parse_smali_file(filepath: str) -> List[SmaliMethod]:
        """Parse a single .smali file and return list of methods.

        Each .smali file contains one class with all its methods.
        """
        with open(filepath, "r", encoding="utf-8", errors="replace") as f:
            content = f.read()

        return SmaliParser._parse_smali_content(content, filepath)

    @staticmethod
    def _parse_smali_content(content: str, source: str = "") -> List[SmaliMethod]:
        """Parse smali text content and extract methods."""
        lines = content.split("\n")
        methods = []

        # Extract class name from .class directive
        class_name = ""
        for line in lines:
            if line.startswith(".class "):
                parts = line.split()
                class_name = parts[-1]  # Last token is the class descriptor
                break

        in_method = False
        method_lines = []
        method_header = ""
        access_flags = []
        skip_method = False

        for line in lines:
            if line.startswith(".method "):
                in_method = True
                method_lines = []
                method_header = line
                skip_method = False

                # Parse access flags and method signature
                remainder = line[len(".method "):].strip()
                tokens = remainder.split()
                access_flags = []
                method_sig_token = tokens[-1] if tokens else ""

                for t in tokens[:-1]:
                    access_flags.append(t)

                # Skip abstract and native methods (no body)
                if "abstract" in access_flags or "native" in access_flags:
                    skip_method = True

            elif line.startswith(".end method"):
                if in_method and not skip_method:
                    body = "\n".join(method_lines)
                    method_name, signature = SmaliParser._parse_method_sig(
                        method_header
                    )
                    instruction_count = SmaliParser.count_instructions(body)
                    register_count = SmaliParser._extract_register_count(body)

                    methods.append(
                        SmaliMethod(
                            class_name=class_name,
                            method_name=method_name,
                            method_signature=signature,
                            body=body,
                            instruction_count=instruction_count,
                            register_count=register_count,
                            access_flags=access_flags,
                        )
                    )
                in_method = False
                method_lines = []
                access_flags = []

            elif in_method and not skip_method:
                method_lines.append(line)

        return methods

    @staticmethod
    def parse_smali_directory(dirpath: str) -> Dict[str, SmaliMethod]:
        """Parse all .smali files in a directory tree.

        Returns dict keyed by 'ClassName->methodName(signature)ReturnType'.
        """
        result = {}
        for root, _dirs, files in os.walk(dirpath):
            for fname in files:
                if fname.endswith(".smali"):
                    fpath = os.path.join(root, fname)
                    try:
                        methods = SmaliParser.parse_smali_file(fpath)
                        for m in methods:
                            key = SmaliParser.make_method_key(
                                m.class_name, m.method_name, m.method_signature
                            )
                            result[key] = m
                    except Exception:
                        continue
        return result

    @staticmethod
    def normalize_smali_body(body: str) -> str:
        """Normalize smali body for consistent hashing.

        Strips comments, .line directives, normalizes whitespace.
        """
        lines = []
        for line in body.split("\n"):
            stripped = line.strip()
            # Skip empty lines, comments, and .line directives
            if not stripped or stripped.startswith("#"):
                continue
            if _LINE_RE.match(stripped):
                continue
            lines.append(stripped)
        return "\n".join(lines)

    @staticmethod
    def count_instructions(body: str) -> int:
        """Count actual Dalvik instructions (skip directives, labels, blanks)."""
        count = 0
        for line in body.split("\n"):
            stripped = line.strip()
            if not stripped:
                continue
            if _DIRECTIVE_RE.match(stripped):
                continue
            if _LABEL_RE.match(stripped):
                continue
            if _BLANK_OR_COMMENT_RE.match(stripped):
                continue
            count += 1
        return count

    @staticmethod
    def _extract_register_count(body: str) -> int:
        """Extract register count from .registers or .locals directive.

        apktool outputs .locals (local registers only) by default.
        .registers (total = locals + params) is used with --use-registers.
        We return whichever is present.
        """
        for line in body.split("\n"):
            stripped = line.strip()
            m = _REGISTERS_RE.match(stripped)
            if m:
                return int(m.group(1))
            m = _LOCALS_RE.match(stripped)
            if m:
                return int(m.group(1))
        return 0

    @staticmethod
    def _parse_method_sig(header_line: str) -> tuple:
        """Parse method name and signature from .method header line.

        Input: '.method public onCreate(Landroid/os/Bundle;)V'
        Returns: ('onCreate', '(Landroid/os/Bundle;)V')
        """
        remainder = header_line[len(".method "):].strip()
        tokens = remainder.split()
        if not tokens:
            return ("unknown", "()")

        # Last token contains methodName(params)returnType
        method_part = tokens[-1]

        paren_idx = method_part.find("(")
        if paren_idx == -1:
            return (method_part, "()")

        method_name = method_part[:paren_idx]
        signature = method_part[paren_idx:]

        return (method_name, signature)

    @staticmethod
    def make_method_key(class_name: str, method_name: str, signature: str) -> str:
        """Build a canonical method key for cross-tool matching.

        Format: 'Lcom/example/Foo;->methodName(params)ReturnType'
        """
        return f"{class_name}->{method_name}{signature}"