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authorHeiko Eißfeldt <heikoi@hexco.de>2019-07-19 11:17:30 +0200
committerHeiko Eißfeldt <heikoi@hexco.de>2019-07-19 11:17:30 +0200
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several documentation fixes
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@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ Then there are a few specific features that are only available in llvm_mode:
LAF-INTEL
=========
This great feature will split compares to series of single byte comparisons
- to allow afl-fuzz to find otherwise rather impossible paths.
+ to allow afl-fuzz to find otherwise rather impossible paths. It is not
+ restricted to Intel CPUs ;-)
- Setting AFL_LLVM_LAF_SPLIT_SWITCHES will split switch()es
@@ -105,20 +106,20 @@ Then there are a few specific features that are only available in llvm_mode:
This feature allows selectively instrumentation of the source
- Setting AFL_LLVM_WHITELIST with a filename will only instrument those
- files that match these names.
+ files that match the names listed in this file.
See llvm_mode/README.whitelist for more information.
INSTRIM
=======
This feature increases the speed by whopping 20% but at the cost of a
- lower path discovery and thefore coverage.
+ lower path discovery and therefore coverage.
- Setting AFL_LLVM_INSTRIM activates this mode
- Setting AFL_LLVM_INSTRIM_LOOPHEAD=1 expands on INSTRIM to optimize loops.
afl-fuzz will only be able to see the path the loop took, but not how
- many times it was called (unless its a complex loop).
+ many times it was called (unless it is a complex loop).
See llvm_mode/README.instrim