add AFL_NO_STARTUP_CALIBRATION feature

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/docs/fuzzing_in_depth.md b/docs/fuzzing_in_depth.md
index 37889137..92c9910b 100644
--- a/docs/fuzzing_in_depth.md
+++ b/docs/fuzzing_in_depth.md
@@ -626,6 +626,9 @@ from other fuzzers in the campaign first.
 
 If you have a large corpus, a corpus from a previous run or are fuzzing in a CI,
 then also set `export AFL_CMPLOG_ONLY_NEW=1` and `export AFL_FAST_CAL=1`.
+If the queue in the CI is huge and/or the execution time is slow then you can
+also add `AFL_NO_STARTUP_CALIBRATION=1` to skip the initial queue calibration
+phase and start fuzzing at once.
 
 You can also use different fuzzers. If you are using AFL spinoffs or AFL
 conforming fuzzers, then just use the same -o directory and give it a unique
@@ -902,6 +905,10 @@ complex file formats.
 Some notes on continuous integration (CI) fuzzing - this fuzzing is different to
 normal fuzzing campaigns as these are much shorter runnings.
 
+If the queue in the CI is huge and/or the execution time is slow then you can
+also add `AFL_NO_STARTUP_CALIBRATION=1` to skip the initial queue calibration
+phase and start fuzzing at once.
+
 1. Always:
     * LTO has a much longer compile time which is diametrical to short fuzzing -
       hence use afl-clang-fast instead.