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+# Copyright (C) 2024 Mandiant, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at: [package root]/LICENSE.txt
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
+#  is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+
+import sys
+import json
+import time
+import logging
+import argparse
+import contextlib
+import statistics
+import subprocess
+import multiprocessing
+from typing import Set, Dict, List, Optional
+from pathlib import Path
+from collections import Counter
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from multiprocessing import Pool
+
+import rich
+import rich.box
+import rich.table
+
+import capa.main
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("capa.compare-backends")
+
+BACKENDS = ("vivisect", "ida", "binja")
+
+
+@dataclass
+class CapaInvocation:
+    path: Path
+    backend: str
+    duration: float
+    returncode: int
+    stdout: Optional[str]
+    stderr: Optional[str]
+    err: Optional[str]
+
+
+def invoke_capa(file: Path, backend: str) -> CapaInvocation:
+    stdout = None
+    stderr = None
+    err = None
+    returncode: int
+    try:
+        logger.debug("run capa: %s: %s", backend, file.name)
+        t1 = time.time()
+        child = subprocess.run(
+            ["python", "-m", "capa.main", "--json", "--backend=" + backend, str(file)],
+            capture_output=True,
+            check=True,
+            text=True,
+            encoding="utf-8",
+        )
+        returncode = child.returncode
+        stdout = child.stdout
+        stderr = child.stderr
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        returncode = e.returncode
+        stdout = e.stdout
+        stderr = e.stderr
+
+        logger.debug("%s:%s: error", backend, file.name)
+        err = str(e)
+    else:
+        pass
+    finally:
+        t2 = time.time()
+
+    return CapaInvocation(
+        path=file,
+        backend=backend,
+        duration=t2 - t1,
+        returncode=returncode,
+        stdout=stdout,
+        stderr=stderr,
+        err=err,
+    )
+
+
+def wrapper_invoke_capa(args):
+    file, backend = args
+    return invoke_capa(file, backend)
+
+
+def collect(args):
+    results_path = args.results_path
+    if not results_path.is_file():
+        default_doc = {backend: {} for backend in BACKENDS}  # type: ignore
+        results_path.write_text(json.dumps(default_doc), encoding="utf-8")
+
+    testfiles = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "tests" / "data"
+
+    for file in sorted(p for p in testfiles.glob("*")):
+        # remove leftover analysis files
+        # because IDA doesn't cleanup after itself, currently.
+        if file.suffix in (".til", ".id0", ".id1", ".id2", ".nam", ".viv"):
+            logger.debug("removing: %s", file)
+            with contextlib.suppress(IOError):
+                file.unlink()
+
+    doc = json.loads(results_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+
+    plan = []
+    for file in sorted(p for p in testfiles.glob("*")):
+        if not file.is_file():
+            continue
+
+        if file.is_dir():
+            continue
+
+        if file.name.startswith("."):
+            continue
+
+        if file.suffix not in (".exe_", ".dll_", ".elf_", ""):
+            continue
+
+        logger.debug("%s", file.name)
+        key = str(file)
+
+        for backend in BACKENDS:
+
+            if (backend, file.name) in {
+                ("binja", "0953cc3b77ed2974b09e3a00708f88de931d681e2d0cb64afbaf714610beabe6.exe_")
+            }:
+                # this file takes 38GB+ and 20hrs+
+                # https://github.com/Vector35/binaryninja-api/issues/5951
+                continue
+
+            if key in doc[backend]:
+                if not args.retry_failures:
+                    continue
+
+                if not doc[backend][key]["err"]:
+                    # didn't previously fail, don't repeat work
+                    continue
+
+                else:
+                    # want to retry this previous failure
+                    pass
+
+            plan.append((file, backend))
+
+    pool_size = multiprocessing.cpu_count() // 2
+    logger.info("work pool size: %d", pool_size)
+    with Pool(processes=pool_size) as pool:
+        for i, result in enumerate(pool.imap_unordered(wrapper_invoke_capa, plan)):
+            doc[result.backend][str(result.path)] = {
+                "path": str(result.path),
+                "returncode": result.returncode,
+                "stdout": result.stdout,
+                "stderr": result.stderr,
+                "err": result.err,
+                "duration": result.duration,
+            }
+
+            if i % 8 == 0:
+                logger.info("syncing output database")
+                results_path.write_text(json.dumps(doc))
+
+            logger.info(
+                "%.1f\t%s %s %s",
+                result.duration,
+                "(err)" if result.err else "     ",
+                result.backend.ljust(8),
+                result.path.name,
+            )
+
+    results_path.write_text(json.dumps(doc))
+    return
+
+
+def report(args):
+    doc = json.loads(args.results_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+
+    samples = set()
+    for backend in BACKENDS:
+        samples.update(doc[backend].keys())
+
+    failures_by_backend: Dict[str, Set[str]] = {backend: set() for backend in BACKENDS}
+    durations_by_backend: Dict[str, List[float]] = {backend: [] for backend in BACKENDS}
+
+    console = rich.get_console()
+    for key in sorted(samples):
+        sample = Path(key).name
+        console.print(sample, style="bold")
+
+        seen_rules: Counter[str] = Counter()
+
+        rules_by_backend: Dict[str, Set[str]] = {backend: set() for backend in BACKENDS}
+
+        for backend in BACKENDS:
+            if key not in doc[backend]:
+                continue
+
+            entry = doc[backend][key]
+            duration = entry["duration"]
+
+            if not entry["err"]:
+                matches = json.loads(entry["stdout"])["rules"].keys()
+                seen_rules.update(matches)
+                rules_by_backend[backend].update(matches)
+                durations_by_backend[backend].append(duration)
+
+                console.print(f"  {backend: >8}: {duration: >6.1f}s   {len(matches): >3d} matches")
+
+            else:
+                failures_by_backend[backend].add(sample)
+                console.print(f"  {backend: >8}: {duration: >6.1f}s   (error)")
+
+        if not seen_rules:
+            console.print()
+            continue
+
+        t = rich.table.Table(box=rich.box.SIMPLE, header_style="default")
+        t.add_column("viv")
+        t.add_column("ida")
+        t.add_column("bn")
+        t.add_column("rule")
+
+        for rule, _ in seen_rules.most_common():
+            t.add_row(
+                "x" if rule in rules_by_backend["vivisect"] else " ",
+                "x" if rule in rules_by_backend["ida"] else " ",
+                "x" if rule in rules_by_backend["binja"] else " ",
+                rule,
+            )
+
+        console.print(t)
+
+    for backend in BACKENDS:
+        console.print(f"failures for {backend}:", style="bold")
+        for failure in sorted(failures_by_backend[backend]):
+            console.print(f"  - {failure}")
+
+        if not failures_by_backend[backend]:
+            console.print("  (none)", style="green")
+    console.print()
+
+    console.print("durations:", style="bold")
+    console.print("  (10-quantiles, in seconds)", style="grey37")
+    for backend in BACKENDS:
+        q = statistics.quantiles(durations_by_backend[backend], n=10)
+        console.print(f"  {backend: <8}: ", end="")
+        for i in range(9):
+            if i in (4, 8):
+                style = "bold"
+            else:
+                style = "default"
+            console.print(f"{q[i]: >6.1f}", style=style, end=" ")
+        console.print()
+    console.print("                ^-- 10% of samples took less than this                  ^", style="grey37")
+    console.print("                    10% of samples took more than this -----------------+", style="grey37")
+
+    console.print()
+    for backend in BACKENDS:
+        total = sum(durations_by_backend[backend])
+        successes = len(durations_by_backend[backend])
+        avg = statistics.mean(durations_by_backend[backend])
+        console.print(
+            f"  {backend: <8}: {total: >7.0f} seconds across {successes: >4d} successful runs, {avg: >4.1f} average"
+        )
+    console.print()
+
+    console.print("slowest samples:", style="bold")
+    for backend in BACKENDS:
+        console.print(backend)
+        for duration, path in list(sorted((d["duration"], d["path"]) for d in doc[backend].values(), reverse=True))[:5]:
+            path = Path(path).name
+            console.print(f"  - {duration: >6.1f} {path}")
+
+    return
+
+
+def main(argv=None):
+    if argv is None:
+        argv = sys.argv[1:]
+
+    default_samples_path = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent / "tests" / "data"
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Compare analysis backends.")
+    capa.main.install_common_args(
+        parser,
+        wanted=set(),
+    )
+
+    subparsers = parser.add_subparsers()
+    collect_parser = subparsers.add_parser("collect")
+    collect_parser.add_argument("results_path", type=Path, help="Path to output JSON file")
+    collect_parser.add_argument("--samples", type=Path, default=default_samples_path, help="Path to samples")
+    collect_parser.add_argument("--retry-failures", action="store_true", help="Retry previous failures")
+    collect_parser.set_defaults(func=collect)
+
+    report_parser = subparsers.add_parser("report")
+    report_parser.add_argument("results_path", type=Path, help="Path to JSON file")
+    report_parser.set_defaults(func=report)
+
+    args = parser.parse_args(args=argv)
+
+    try:
+        capa.main.handle_common_args(args)
+    except capa.main.ShouldExitError as e:
+        return e.status_code
+
+    args.func(args)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())