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-rw-r--r--examples/afl_untracer/README.md4
-rw-r--r--examples/afl_untracer/afl-untracer.c2
-rw-r--r--llvm_mode/README.lto.md11
-rw-r--r--llvm_mode/afl-llvm-lto-instrim.so.cc3
4 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/examples/afl_untracer/README.md b/examples/afl_untracer/README.md
index 29234889..05fd8776 100644
--- a/examples/afl_untracer/README.md
+++ b/examples/afl_untracer/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Supported is so far Intel (i386/x86_64) and AARCH64.
 ### Modify afl-untracer.c
 
 Read and modify afl-untracer.c then `make`.
-To adapt afl-untracer.c to your need read the header of the file and then
+To adapt afl-untracer.c to your needs, read the header of the file and then
 search and edit the `STEP 1`, `STEP 2` and `STEP 3` locations.
 
 ### Generate patches.txt file
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ To generate the `patches.txt` file for your target library use the
 `ida_get_patchpoints.py` script for IDA Pro or
 `ghidra_get_patchpoints.java` for Ghidra.
 
-The patches.txt file has to pointed to by `AFL_UNTRACER_FILE`.
+The patches.txt file has to be pointed to by `AFL_UNTRACER_FILE`.
 
 To easily run the scripts without needing to run the GUI with Ghidra:
 ```
diff --git a/examples/afl_untracer/afl-untracer.c b/examples/afl_untracer/afl-untracer.c
index 5dbc71bf..af16a6bf 100644
--- a/examples/afl_untracer/afl-untracer.c
+++ b/examples/afl_untracer/afl-untracer.c
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ library_list_t *find_library(char *name) {
 
 }
 
-/* for having an easy breakpoint after load the shared library */
+/* for having an easy breakpoint location after loading the shared library */
 // this seems to work for clang too. nice :) requires gcc 4.4+
 #pragma GCC push_options
 #pragma GCC optimize("O0")
diff --git a/llvm_mode/README.lto.md b/llvm_mode/README.lto.md
index f930c560..fa5b8665 100644
--- a/llvm_mode/README.lto.md
+++ b/llvm_mode/README.lto.md
@@ -145,16 +145,21 @@ Known issues:
 Hence if building a target with afl-clang-lto fails try to build it with llvm11
 and LTO enabled (`CC=clang-11` `CXX=clang++-11` `CFLAGS=-flto=full` and
 `CXXFLAGS=-flto=full`).
+
+An example that does not build with llvm 11 and LTO is ffmpeg.
+
 If this succeeeds then there is an issue with afl-clang-lto. Please report at
 [https://github.com/AFLplusplus/AFLplusplus/issues/226](https://github.com/AFLplusplus/AFLplusplus/issues/226)
 
 ### Target crashes immediately
 
-If the target is using early constructors (values smaller than 6) or have their
-own _init/.init functions and these are instrumented then the target will
-likely crash when started. This can be avoided by compiling with
+If the target is using early constructors (priority values smaller than 6)
+or have their own _init/.init functions and these are instrumented then the
+target will likely crash when started. This can be avoided by compiling with
 `AFL_LLVM_MAP_DYNAMIC=1` .
 
+This can e.g. happen with OpenSSL.
+
 ## Upcoming Work
 
 1. Currently the LTO whitelist feature does not allow to instrument main,
diff --git a/llvm_mode/afl-llvm-lto-instrim.so.cc b/llvm_mode/afl-llvm-lto-instrim.so.cc
index a686bb81..a7d9b756 100644
--- a/llvm_mode/afl-llvm-lto-instrim.so.cc
+++ b/llvm_mode/afl-llvm-lto-instrim.so.cc
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 
      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
-   This library is plugged into LLVM when invoking clang through afl-clang-fast.
+   This library is plugged into LLVM when invoking clang through afl-clang-fast
+   or afl-clang-lto with AFL_LLVM_INSTRUMENT=CFG or =INSTRIM
 
  */