Statically linked code is not removed when decompiling through the IDA plugin

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Since Sep 16, 2019.

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Description

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When the attached PE binary file is decompiled through the IDA plugin, statically linked code is not removed, but when I decompile it directly through decompile.sh, it is removed.

Input and output files

The input and both output C files can be downloaded here.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Decompile the input binary file hello-world.exe through the IDA plugin via run-ida-decompilation.sh: 
    $ run-ida-decompilation.sh hello-world.exe -o hello-world.idpalugin.c
  2. Decompile the same file directly through decompile.sh: 
    $ decompile.sh hello-world.exe -o hello-world.decompile-sh.c

Expected output

The input binary file hello-world.exe contains just main() with printf("Hello, world!");. This is exactly what decompile.sh produces in hello-world.decompile-sh.c (just a single main() function and nothing more).

However, hello-world.idaplugin.c contains not only _main() but also 47 other functions that come from statically linked code. I would expect them to be removed, just like when the file is decompiled directly through decompile.sh.

Configuration

  • retdec commit: 8c4b23d (current master)
  • retdec-idaplugin commit: e249927a86c4ebd3b8d5c19de72cdf9f364bef3d (current master)
  • 64b Arch Linux, GCC 7.2.1, Debug builds of both RetDec and IDA plugin
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