By default, Rust plugin is enabled if one of the following condition is true
String literal analysis
Rust plugin walks to all addresses in segment with name ending in "__const", ".rodata" or ".rdata" and creates string literals on xref
To force the string literal detection:
Demangling name
Rust plugin also offers the possibility to configure a demangler library for rust. By default the plugin will use the librustdemangle library that is shipped with IDA. You can disable this feature in 'Edit>Plugin>Rust language helper' or specify another library to use.
See cfg/rust.cfg for the possible options
List of '-Orust' options
Example
This disable the plugin for this session of IDA.
- one address is named 'rust_begin_unwind'
- the string 'rustc-' can be found somewhere in the program
If the segment '.rodata' exists, the search is limited to this segment
- on dref, the string literal is set up to the next dref
- on cref, Rust tries to retrieve length from nearby instructions
Arm, Risc-V and pc proc module benefit from this
idaapi.load_and_run_plugin("rust", 1)
- on : enable rust plugin for this session of IDA
- off : disable rust plugin for this session of IDA