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2025-10-02[ObjC] Add support for removing runtime calls that perform retain count ↵Mark Rowe
operations A new activity is added that will remove calls to `objc_retain`, `objc_release`, `objc_autorelease`, and related functions. It is disabled by default due to the fact it changes the semantics of the code. It can be enabled on a per-function basis via the Function Settings context menu or command palette entry. Alternatively, it can be enabled in Open with Options or in user settings if a user would prefer it be on for an entire file or for all files they open. For now the activity is only eligible within arm64 binaries. Supporting x86_64 will require matching some slightly different IL patterns.
2025-10-02[ObjC] Silence some more unnecessary loggingMark Rowe
2025-09-26[ObjC] Don't assume that all calls to objc_msgSend have parametersMark Rowe
2025-09-25[ObjC] Don't log when encountering an objc_msgSendSuper2 call from Swift codeMark Rowe
2025-09-17[ObjC] Propagate type information from calls to `[super init]`Mark Rowe
Calls to `objc_msgSendSuper2` with a selector in the `init` family are detected and their arguments are analyzed to determine the receiver class. A call type adjustment is added to update the return type. This handles most calls to `[super init]` from Objective-C code as the compiler generates a straightforward code sequence for these calls. Some calls from Swift are handled, but the Swift compiler generates more varied code so additional work is needed for complete coverage.
2025-08-27Rewrite Obj-C workflow in RustMark Rowe
This is functionally equivalent to the previous workflow_objc, with the following changes: 1. It mutates the `core.function.metaAnalysis` workflow rather than registering a new named workflow. The activities now all check for the presence of the Objective-C metadata added by `ObjCProcessor` to determine whether they should do work, rather than relying on `MachoView` to override the function workflow when Objective-C metadata is present. This fixes https://github.com/Vector35/binaryninja-api/issues/6779. 2. The auto-inlining of `objc_msgSend` selector stub functions is performed in a separate activity from the processing of `objc_msgSend` call sites. The selector stub inlining activity is configured so that it does not run in `DSCView` as the shared cache needs different behavior for stub functions more generally that `SharedCacheWorkflow` already provides. 3. The way that types like `id` and `SEL` are referenced is fixed so that they show up as `id` rather than `objc_struct*`. This also replaces the Objective-C portion of the shared cache's workflow, and incorporates several bug fixes that had been applied to it but not the standalone Objective-C workflow.
2025-08-20Deprecate Workflow::Instance in favor of Workflow::Get and Workflow::GetOrCreateMark Rowe
Calls to `Workflow::Instance` that were looking up a built-in workflow name are updated to use `Workflow::Get`. Others use `Workflow::GetOrCreate`.
2025-08-14[Mac] Consistently specify rpaths for plug-insMark Rowe
C++ plug-ins now consistently use the `plugin_rpath` or `ui_plugin_rpath` macros to ensure they have `SKIP_BUILD_RPATH` set when building on Mac (i.e., no `LC_RPATH` is added). Rust plug-ins have their build.rs updated to only specify `-Wl,-rpath` when building for Linux. It is not needed on macOS. On macOS we instead explicitly specify an `@rpath`-relative install name. This doesn't change any behavior, but avoids leaving an absolute path as the library's install name and is consistent with CMake's behavior for C++ plug-ins.
2025-08-08Update remaining projects to C++20Mark Rowe
2025-07-14Revert "Update Objective-C Workflow to use the meta workflow."Brian Potchik
This reverts commit 5bafe5c7bdb0b56037a0b5c573236f9c6367353a.
2025-07-14Update Objective-C Workflow to use the meta workflow.Brian Potchik
2025-07-13[ObjC] Handle LLIL_TAILCALL instructions when ↵Mark Rowe
analysis.objectiveC.resolveDynamicDispatch is enabled
2025-07-13[ObjC] Handle tail calls to objc_msgSend when applying call type adjustmentsMark Rowe
2025-07-13[ObjC] Fix an off-by-one error that would skip inlining of the first ↵Mark Rowe
objc_msgSend stub
2025-07-02Fix Objective-C dynamic dispatch setting.Brian Potchik
2025-06-23Move workflow_objc to API repo, remove CFString & relptr rendererskat