PIN - get process ID for the Binary being instrumented?

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Hi does anyone know how to get the process ID for the binary that is being instrumented by PIN? So for example if I have something like:

pin -t MyTool -- somebinary

How do I get the process ID for 'somebinary' inside the PINTool that I'm trying to write. I checked the documentation but there doesn't seem to be anything I can use, or maybe I've overlooked something? Thanks.

Why don't you attach to pid instead using `-pid `? – Lelouch Lamperouge Nov 05 '13 at 20:57 — Lelouch Lamperouge, Nov 05 '13 at 20:57

ZillGate · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-03T02:23:58.483

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I think you can directly use getpid()? This is how I do when making Pin tools.

http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/getpid.2.html

Pin also provides process related APIs

http://software.intel.com/sites/landingpage/pintool/docs/62732/Pin/html/group__PIN__PROCESS__API.html

edited Mar 03 '14 at 02:23

answered Mar 03 '14 at 01:55

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