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authorvan Hauser <vh@thc.org>2020-05-06 11:51:28 +0200
committervan Hauser <vh@thc.org>2020-05-06 11:51:28 +0200
commit80ddb484deb82aefc9ba35c766ffca313d74e377 (patch)
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added InsTrimLTO :-)
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-rw-r--r--docs/Changelog.md1
-rw-r--r--docs/env_variables.md11
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/Changelog.md b/docs/Changelog.md
index 54564a5d..a5b761be 100644
--- a/docs/Changelog.md
+++ b/docs/Changelog.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ sending a mail to <afl-users+subscribe@googlegroups.com>.
      - if LLVM 11 is installed the posix shm_open+mmap is used and a fixed
        address for the shared memory map is used as this increases the
        fuzzing speed
+     - InsTrim now has an LTO version! :-) That is the best and fastest mode!
      - fixes to LTO mode if instrumented edges > MAP_SIZE
      - CTX and NGRAM can now be used together
      - CTX and NGRAM are now also supported in CFG/INSTRIM mode
diff --git a/docs/env_variables.md b/docs/env_variables.md
index ed81c8a3..f5d28981 100644
--- a/docs/env_variables.md
+++ b/docs/env_variables.md
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ Then there are a few specific features that are only available in llvm_mode:
     afl-clang-lto/afl-clang-lto++ instead of afl-clang-fast, but is only
     built if LLVM 11 or newer is used.
 
+   - AFL_LLVM_INSTRUMENT=CFG will use Control Flow Graph instrumentation.
+     (recommended)
+
    - AFL_LLVM_LTO_AUTODICTIONARY will generate a dictionary in the target
      binary based on string compare and memory compare functions.
      afl-fuzz will automatically get these transmitted when starting to
@@ -139,7 +142,13 @@ Then there are a few specific features that are only available in llvm_mode:
 
 ### INSTRIM
 
-    This feature increases the speed by ~15% without any disadvantages.
+    This feature increases the speed by ~15% without any disadvantages to the
+    classic instrumentation.
+
+    Note that there is also an LTO version (if you have llvm 11 or higher) -
+    that is the best instrumentation we have. Use `afl-clang-lto` to activate.
+    The InsTrim LTO version additionally has all the options and features of
+    LTO (see above).
 
     - Setting AFL_LLVM_INSTRIM or AFL_LLVM_INSTRUMENT=CFG to activates this mode