| Index: third_party/afl/src/llvm_mode/README.llvm
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| diff --git a/third_party/afl/src/llvm_mode/README.llvm b/third_party/afl/src/llvm_mode/README.llvm
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| index f7d48c9129880eab4b3f27e48131a8e917290ede..d96d8c31d6400a9c2dc8625e147fef859f78a50d 100644
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| --- a/third_party/afl/src/llvm_mode/README.llvm
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| +++ b/third_party/afl/src/llvm_mode/README.llvm
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| @@ -166,14 +166,14 @@ PS. Because there are task switches still involved, the mode isn't as fast as
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| faster than the normal fork() model, and compared to in-process fuzzing,
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| should be a lot more robust.
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| -6) Bonus feature #3: new 'trace-pc' mode
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| -----------------------------------------
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| +6) Bonus feature #3: new 'trace-pc-guard' mode
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| +----------------------------------------------
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| Recent versions of LLVM are shipping with a built-in execution tracing feature
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| -that is fairly usable for AFL, without the need to post-process the assembly
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| -or install any compiler plugins. See:
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| +that provides AFL with the necessary tracing data without the need to
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| +post-process the assembly or install any compiler plugins. See:
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| - http://clang.llvm.org/docs/SanitizerCoverage.html#tracing-pcs
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| + http://clang.llvm.org/docs/SanitizerCoverage.html#tracing-pcs-with-guards
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| As of this writing, the feature is only available on SVN trunk, and is yet to
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| make it to an official release of LLVM. Nevertheless, if you have a
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| @@ -182,10 +182,7 @@ this way:
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| AFL_TRACE_PC=1 make clean all
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| -Since a form of 'trace-pc' is also supported in GCC, this mode may become a
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| -longer-term solution to all our needs.
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| +Note that this mode is currently about 20-30% slower than "vanilla"
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| +afl-clang-fast, and about 5-10% slower than afl-clang. I am not entirely sure
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| +why.
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| -Note that this mode supports AFL_INST_RATIO at run time, not at compilation
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| -time. This is somewhat similar to the behavior of the QEMU mode. Because of
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| -the need to support it at run time, the mode is also a tad slower than the
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| -plugin-based approach.
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