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-rw-r--r--docs/Changelog.md10
-rw-r--r--docs/env_variables.md62
-rw-r--r--llvm_mode/GNUmakefile29
-rw-r--r--llvm_mode/README.instrim.md7
-rw-r--r--llvm_mode/README.ngram.md5
-rw-r--r--llvm_mode/afl-clang-fast.c337
-rw-r--r--llvm_mode/afl-llvm-pass.so.cc6
-rw-r--r--llvm_mode/afl-llvm-rt.o.c8
-rw-r--r--llvm_mode/llvm-ngram-coverage.h2
-rw-r--r--llvm_mode/split-compares-pass.so.cc4
-rw-r--r--src/afl-common.c15
11 files changed, 294 insertions, 191 deletions
diff --git a/docs/Changelog.md b/docs/Changelog.md
index 72336b11..31a9b69a 100644
--- a/docs/Changelog.md
+++ b/docs/Changelog.md
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ sending a mail to <afl-users+subscribe@googlegroups.com>.
                the last 5 queue entries
       - rare: puts focus on queue entries that hits rare branches, also ignores
               runtime
-  - llvm_mode: added Control Flow Integrity sanitizer (AFL_USE_CFISAN)
+  - llvm_mode: 
+    - added Control Flow Integrity sanitizer (AFL_USE_CFISAN)
+    - added AFL_LLVM_INSTRUMENT option to control the instrumentation type
+      easier: DEFAULT, CFG (INSTRIM), LTO, CTX, NGRAM-x (x=2-16)
+    - made USE_TRACE_PC compile obsolete
   - LTO collision free instrumented added in llvm_mode with afl-clang-lto -
     note that this mode is amazing, but quite some targets won't compile
   - Added llvm_mode NGRAM prev_loc coverage by Adrean Herrera
@@ -43,7 +47,7 @@ sending a mail to <afl-users+subscribe@googlegroups.com>.
   - llvm_mode InsTrim mode:
     - removed workaround for bug where paths were not instrumented and
       imported fix by author
-    - made skipping 1 block functions an option and is disable by default,
+    - made skipping 1 block functions an option and is disabled by default,
       set AFL_LLVM_INSTRIM_SKIPSINGLEBLOCK=1 to re-enable this
   - qemu_mode:
     - qemu_mode now uses solely the internal capstone version to fix builds
@@ -53,6 +57,8 @@ sending a mail to <afl-users+subscribe@googlegroups.com>.
     - now supports hang mode `-H` to minimize hangs
     - fixed potential afl-tmin missbehavior for targets with multiple hangs
   - Pressing Control-c in afl-cmin did not terminate it for some OS
+  - the custom API was rewritten and is now the same for Python and shared
+    libraries.
 
 
 ### Version ++2.62c (release):
diff --git a/docs/env_variables.md b/docs/env_variables.md
index ae283b1c..10a17a99 100644
--- a/docs/env_variables.md
+++ b/docs/env_variables.md
@@ -93,6 +93,17 @@ of the settings discussed in section #1, with the exception of:
 
 Then there are a few specific features that are only available in llvm_mode:
 
+### Select the instrumentation mode
+
+    - AFL_LLVM_INSTRUMENT - this configures the instrumentation mode. 
+      Available options:
+        DEFAULT - classic AFL (map[cur_loc ^ prev_loc >> 1]++)
+        CFG - InsTrim instrumentation (see below)
+        LTO - LTO instrumentation (see below)
+        CTX - context sensitive instrumentation (see below)
+        NGRAM-x - deeper previous location coverage (from NGRAM-2 up to NGRAM-16)
+      Only one can be used.
+
 ### LTO
 
     This is a different kind way of instrumentation: first it compiles all
@@ -112,9 +123,32 @@ Then there are a few specific features that are only available in llvm_mode:
    - AFL_LLVM_LTO_DONTWRITEID prevents that the highest location ID written
      into the instrumentation is set in a global variable
 
-    Instrim, LTO and ngram modes can not be used together.
     See llvm_mode/README.LTO.md for more information.
 
+### INSTRIM
+
+    This feature increases the speed by ~15% without any disadvantages.
+
+    - Setting AFL_LLVM_INSTRIM or AFL_LLVM_INSTRUMENT=CFG to 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 it is a complex loop).
+
+    - Setting AFL_LLVM_INSTRIM_SKIPSINGLEBLOCK=1 will skip instrumenting
+      functions with a single basic block. This is useful for most C and
+      some C++ targets.
+
+    See llvm_mode/README.instrim.md
+
+### NGRAM
+
+    - Setting AFL_LLVM_NGRAM_SIZE or AFL_LLVM_INSTRUMENT=NGRAM-{value}
+      activates ngram prev_loc coverage, good values are 2, 4 or 8
+      (any value between 2 and 16 is valid).
+
+    See llvm_mode/README.ngram.md
+
 ### LAF-INTEL
 
     This great feature will split compares to series of single byte comparisons
@@ -139,32 +173,6 @@ Then there are a few specific features that are only available in llvm_mode:
 
     See llvm_mode/README.whitelist.md for more information.
 
-### INSTRIM
-
-    This feature increases the speed by whopping 20% but at the cost of a
-    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 it is a complex loop).
-
-    - Setting AFL_LLVM_INSTRIM_SKIPSINGLEBLOCK=1 will skip instrumenting
-      functions with a single basic block. This is useful for most C and
-      some C++ targets.
-
-    Instrim, LTO and ngram modes can not be used together.
-    See llvm_mode/README.instrim.md
-
-### NGRAM
-
-    - Setting AFL_LLVM_NGRAM_SIZE activates ngram prev_loc coverage, good
-      values are 2, 4 or 8.
-
-    Instrim, LTO and ngram modes can not be used together.
-    See llvm_mode/README.ngram.md
-
 ### NOT_ZERO
 
     - Setting AFL_LLVM_NOT_ZERO=1 during compilation will use counters
diff --git a/llvm_mode/GNUmakefile b/llvm_mode/GNUmakefile
index 006d115d..e3708efa 100644
--- a/llvm_mode/GNUmakefile
+++ b/llvm_mode/GNUmakefile
@@ -134,15 +134,22 @@ ifeq "$(AFL_REAL_LD)" ""
 endif
 endif
 
+AFL_CLANG_FUSELD=
+ifneq "$(AFL_CLANG_FLTO)" ""
+ifeq "$(shell echo 'int main() {return 0; }' | $(CC) -x c - -fuse-ld=`command -v ld` -o .test 2>/dev/null && echo 1 || echo 0 ; rm -f .test )" "1"
+  AFL_CLANG_FUSELD=1
+endif
+endif
+
 CFLAGS          ?= -O3 -funroll-loops -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2
 override CFLAGS = -Wall \
                -g -Wno-pointer-sign -I ../include/ \
                -DAFL_PATH=\"$(HELPER_PATH)\" -DBIN_PATH=\"$(BIN_PATH)\" \
                -DLLVM_BINDIR=\"$(LLVM_BINDIR)\" -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\" \
                -DLLVM_VERSION=\"$(LLVMVER)\"  -DAFL_CLANG_FLTO=\"$(AFL_CLANG_FLTO)\" \
-               -DAFL_REAL_LD=\"$(AFL_REAL_LD)\" -Wno-unused-function
+               -DAFL_REAL_LD=\"$(AFL_REAL_LD)\" -DAFL_CLANG_FUSELD=\"$(AFL_CLANG_FUSELD)\" -Wno-unused-function
 ifdef AFL_TRACE_PC
-  CFLAGS    += -DUSE_TRACE_PC=1
+  $(info Compile option AFL_TRACE_PC is deprecated, just set AFL_LLVM_INSTRUMENT=PCGUARD to activate when compiling targets )
 endif
 
 CXXFLAGS          ?= -O3 -funroll-loops -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2
@@ -162,10 +169,6 @@ ifeq "$(shell uname)" "OpenBSD"
   CLANG_LFL += `$(LLVM_CONFIG) --libdir`/libLLVM.so
 endif
 
-ifeq "$(shell echo 'int main() {return 0; }' | $(CC) -x c - -fuse-ld=`command -v ld` -o .test 2>/dev/null && echo 1 || echo 0 ; rm -f .test )" "1"
-  CFLAGS += -DAFL_CLANG_FUSELD=1
-endif
-
 ifeq "$(shell echo '$(HASH)include <sys/ipc.h>@$(HASH)include <sys/shm.h>@int main() { int _id = shmget(IPC_PRIVATE, 65536, IPC_CREAT | IPC_EXCL | 0600); shmctl(_id, IPC_RMID, 0); return 0;}' | tr @ '\n' | $(CC) -x c - -o .test2 2>/dev/null && echo 1 || echo 0 ; rm -f .test2 )" "1"
         SHMAT_OK=1
 else
@@ -180,11 +183,7 @@ ifeq "$(TEST_MMAP)" "1"
         LDFLAGS += -lrt
 endif
 
-ifndef AFL_TRACE_PC
   PROGS      = ../afl-clang-fast ../afl-ld ../afl-llvm-pass.so ../afl-llvm-lto-whitelist.so ../afl-llvm-lto-instrumentation.so ../libLLVMInsTrim.so ../afl-llvm-rt.o ../afl-llvm-rt-32.o ../afl-llvm-rt-64.o ../compare-transform-pass.so ../split-compares-pass.so ../split-switches-pass.so ../cmplog-routines-pass.so ../cmplog-instructions-pass.so
-else
-  PROGS      = ../afl-clang-fast ../afl-llvm-rt.o ../afl-llvm-rt-32.o ../afl-llvm-rt-64.o ../compare-transform-pass.so ../split-compares-pass.so ../split-switches-pass.so ../cmplog-routines-pass.so ../cmplog-instructions-pass.so
-endif
 
 # If prerequisites are not given, warn, do not build anything, and exit with code 0
 ifeq "$(LLVMVER)" ""
@@ -222,14 +221,10 @@ no_build:
 	@printf "%b\\n" "\\033[0;31mPrerequisites are not met, skipping build llvm_mode\\033[0m"
 
 test_deps:
-ifndef AFL_TRACE_PC
 	@echo "[*] Checking for working 'llvm-config'..."
  ifneq "$(LLVM_APPLE)" "1"
 	@type $(LLVM_CONFIG) >/dev/null 2>&1 || ( echo "[-] Oops, can't find 'llvm-config'. Install clang or set \$$LLVM_CONFIG or \$$PATH beforehand."; echo "    (Sometimes, the binary will be named llvm-config-3.5 or something like that.)"; exit 1 )
  endif
-else
-	@echo "[!] Note: using -fsanitize=trace-pc mode (this will fail with older LLVM)."
-endif
 	@echo "[*] Checking for working '$(CC)'..."
 	@type $(CC) >/dev/null 2>&1 || ( echo "[-] Oops, can't find '$(CC)'. Make sure that it's in your \$$PATH (or set \$$CC and \$$CXX)."; exit 1 )
 	@echo "[*] Checking for matching versions of '$(CC)' and '$(LLVM_CONFIG)'"
@@ -327,12 +322,8 @@ all_done: test_build
 
 install: all
 	install -d -m 755 $${DESTDIR}$(BIN_PATH) $${DESTDIR}$(HELPER_PATH) $${DESTDIR}$(DOC_PATH) $${DESTDIR}$(MISC_PATH)
-ifndef AFL_TRACE_PC
 	if [ -f ../afl-clang-fast -a -f ../libLLVMInsTrim.so -a -f ../afl-llvm-rt.o ]; then set -e; install -m 755 ../afl-clang-fast $${DESTDIR}$(BIN_PATH); ln -sf afl-clang-fast $${DESTDIR}$(BIN_PATH)/afl-clang-fast++; install -m 755 ../libLLVMInsTrim.so ../afl-llvm-pass.so ../afl-llvm-rt.o $${DESTDIR}$(HELPER_PATH); fi
-	if [ -f afl-clang-lto -a -f afl-ld ]; then set -e; install -m 755 afl-clang-lto $${DESTDIR}$(BIN_PATH); ln -sf afl-clang-fast $${DESTDIR}$(BIN_PATH)/afl-clang-lto++; install -m 755 afl-ld $${DESTDIR}$(HELPER_PATH); ln -sf afl-ld $${DESTDIR}$(HELPER_PATH)/ld; install -m 755 afl-llvm-lto-instrumentation.so $${DESTDIR}$(HELPER_PATH); install -m 755 afl-llvm-lto-whitelist.so $${DESTDIR}$(HELPER_PATH); fi
-else
-	if [ -f ../afl-clang-fast -a -f ../afl-llvm-rt.o ]; then set -e; install -m 755 ../afl-clang-fast $${DESTDIR}$(BIN_PATH); ln -sf afl-clang-fast $${DESTDIR}$(BIN_PATH)/afl-clang-fast++; install -m 755 ../afl-llvm-rt.o $${DESTDIR}$(HELPER_PATH); fi
-endif
+	if [ -f ../afl-clang-lto -a -f ../afl-ld ]; then set -e; ln -sf afl-clang-fast $${DESTDIR}$(BIN_PATH)/afl-clang-lto; ln -sf afl-clang-fast $${DESTDIR}$(BIN_PATH)/afl-clang-lto++; install -m 755 ../afl-ld $${DESTDIR}$(HELPER_PATH); ln -sf afl-ld $${DESTDIR}$(HELPER_PATH)/ld; install -m 755 ../afl-llvm-lto-instrumentation.so $${DESTDIR}$(HELPER_PATH); install -m 755 ../afl-llvm-lto-whitelist.so $${DESTDIR}$(HELPER_PATH); fi
 	if [ -f ../afl-llvm-rt-32.o ]; then set -e; install -m 755 ../afl-llvm-rt-32.o $${DESTDIR}$(HELPER_PATH); fi
 	if [ -f ../afl-llvm-rt-64.o ]; then set -e; install -m 755 ../afl-llvm-rt-64.o $${DESTDIR}$(HELPER_PATH); fi
 	if [ -f ../compare-transform-pass.so ]; then set -e; install -m 755 ../compare-transform-pass.so $${DESTDIR}$(HELPER_PATH); fi
diff --git a/llvm_mode/README.instrim.md b/llvm_mode/README.instrim.md
index 5c3f32c8..b905af11 100644
--- a/llvm_mode/README.instrim.md
+++ b/llvm_mode/README.instrim.md
@@ -5,13 +5,12 @@ InsTrim: Lightweight Instrumentation for Coverage-guided Fuzzing
 ## Introduction
 
 InsTrim uses CFG and markers to instrument just what is necessary in the
-binary in llvm_mode. It is about 20-25% faster but as a cost has a lower
-path discovery.
+binary in llvm_mode. It is about 10-15% faster without disadvantages.
 
 ## Usage
 
-Set the environment variable `AFL_LLVM_INSTRIM=1` during compilation of
-the target.
+Set the environment variable `AFL_LLVM_INSTRUMENT=CFG` or `AFL_LLVM_INSTRIM=1`
+during compilation of the target.
 
 There is also an advanced mode which instruments loops in a way so that
 afl-fuzz can see which loop path has been selected but not being able to
diff --git a/llvm_mode/README.ngram.md b/llvm_mode/README.ngram.md
index ef248198..3540ada0 100644
--- a/llvm_mode/README.ngram.md
+++ b/llvm_mode/README.ngram.md
@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@ the same results when compiling source code.
 ## Usage
 
 The size of `n` (i.e., the number of branches to remember) is an option
-that is specified in the `AFL_LLVM_NGRAM_SIZE` environment variable.
-Good values are 2, 4 or 8.
+that is specified either in the `AFL_LLVM_INSTRUMENT=NGRAM-{value}` or the
+`AFL_LLVM_NGRAM_SIZE` environment variable.
+Good values are 2, 4 or 8, valid are 2-16.
diff --git a/llvm_mode/afl-clang-fast.c b/llvm_mode/afl-clang-fast.c
index 5fc09252..0e388cf4 100644
--- a/llvm_mode/afl-clang-fast.c
+++ b/llvm_mode/afl-clang-fast.c
@@ -29,11 +29,13 @@
 #include "types.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "alloc-inl.h"
+#include "llvm-ngram-coverage.h"
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <strings.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <assert.h>
 
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ static u8 * obj_path;                  /* Path to runtime libraries         */
 static u8 **cc_params;                 /* Parameters passed to the real CC  */
 static u32  cc_par_cnt = 1;            /* Param count, including argv0      */
 static u8   llvm_fullpath[PATH_MAX];
-static u8   lto_mode;
+static u8   instrument_mode;
 static u8 * lto_flag = AFL_CLANG_FLTO;
 static u8 * march_opt = CFLAGS_OPT;
 static u8   debug;
@@ -49,6 +51,26 @@ static u8   cwd[4096];
 static u8   cmplog_mode;
 u8          use_stdin = 0;                                         /* dummy */
 
+enum {
+
+  INSTRUMENT_CLASSIC = 0,
+  INSTRUMENT_AFL = 0,
+  INSTRUMENT_DEFAULT = 0,
+  INSTRUMENT_PCGUARD = 1,
+  INSTRUMENT_INSTRIM = 2,
+  INSTRUMENT_CFG = 2,
+  INSTRUMENT_LTO = 3,
+  INSTRUMENT_CTX = 4,
+  INSTRUMENT_NGRAM = 5  // + ngram value of 2-16 = 7 - 21
+
+};
+
+char instrument_mode_string[6][16] = {
+
+    "DEFAULT", "PCGUARD", "CFG", "LTO", "CTX",
+
+};
+
 u8 *getthecwd() {
 
   static u8 fail[] = "";
@@ -150,26 +172,11 @@ static void edit_params(u32 argc, char **argv, char **envp) {
 
   has_llvm_config = (strlen(LLVM_BINDIR) > 0);
 
-  if (!strncmp(name, "afl-clang-lto", strlen("afl-clang-lto"))) {
-
-#ifdef USE_TRACE_PC
-    FATAL("afl-clang-lto does not work with TRACE_PC mode");
-#endif
+  if (instrument_mode == INSTRUMENT_LTO)
     if (lto_flag[0] != '-')
       FATAL(
           "Using afl-clang-lto is not possible because Makefile magic did not "
           "identify the correct -flto flag");
-    if (getenv("AFL_LLVM_INSTRIM") != NULL)
-      FATAL("afl-clang-lto does not work with InsTrim mode");
-    if (getenv("AFL_LLVM_NGRAM_SIZE") != NULL)
-      FATAL("afl-clang-lto does not work with ngram coverage mode");
-    lto_mode = 1;
-
-  }
-
-  if (getenv("AFL_LLVM_NGRAM_SIZE") != NULL &&
-      getenv("AFL_LLVM_INSTRIM") != NULL)
-    FATAL("AFL_LLVM_NGRAM_SIZE and AFL_LLVM_INSTRIM cannot be used together");
 
   if (!strcmp(name, "afl-clang-fast++") || !strcmp(name, "afl-clang-lto++")) {
 
@@ -260,17 +267,7 @@ static void edit_params(u32 argc, char **argv, char **envp) {
 
   }
 
-#ifdef USE_TRACE_PC
-
-  cc_params[cc_par_cnt++] =
-      "-fsanitize-coverage=trace-pc-guard";  // edge coverage by default
-  // cc_params[cc_par_cnt++] = "-mllvm";
-  // cc_params[cc_par_cnt++] =
-  // "-fsanitize-coverage=trace-cmp,trace-div,trace-gep";
-  // cc_params[cc_par_cnt++] = "-sanitizer-coverage-block-threshold=0";
-#else
-
-  if (lto_mode) {
+  if (instrument_mode == INSTRUMENT_LTO) {
 
     char *old_path = getenv("PATH");
     char *new_path = alloc_printf("%s:%s", AFL_PATH, old_path);
@@ -299,8 +296,7 @@ static void edit_params(u32 argc, char **argv, char **envp) {
 
   } else
 
-      if (getenv("USE_TRACE_PC") || getenv("AFL_USE_TRACE_PC") ||
-          getenv("AFL_LLVM_USE_TRACE_PC") || getenv("AFL_TRACE_PC")) {
+      if (instrument_mode == INSTRUMENT_PCGUARD) {
 
     cc_params[cc_par_cnt++] =
         "-fsanitize-coverage=trace-pc-guard";  // edge coverage by default
@@ -310,15 +306,13 @@ static void edit_params(u32 argc, char **argv, char **envp) {
     cc_params[cc_par_cnt++] = "-Xclang";
     cc_params[cc_par_cnt++] = "-load";
     cc_params[cc_par_cnt++] = "-Xclang";
-    if (getenv("AFL_LLVM_INSTRIM") != NULL || getenv("INSTRIM_LIB") != NULL)
+    if (instrument_mode == INSTRUMENT_CFG)
       cc_params[cc_par_cnt++] = alloc_printf("%s/libLLVMInsTrim.so", obj_path);
     else
       cc_params[cc_par_cnt++] = alloc_printf("%s/afl-llvm-pass.so", obj_path);
 
   }
 
-#endif                                                     /* ^USE_TRACE_PC */
-
   cc_params[cc_par_cnt++] = "-Qunused-arguments";
 
   /* Detect stray -v calls from ./configure scripts. */
@@ -389,7 +383,7 @@ static void edit_params(u32 argc, char **argv, char **envp) {
 
   if (getenv("AFL_USE_CFISAN")) {
 
-    if (!lto_mode) {
+    if (instrument_mode != INSTRUMENT_LTO) {
 
       uint32_t i = 0, found = 0;
       while (envp[i] != NULL && !found)
@@ -403,15 +397,6 @@ static void edit_params(u32 argc, char **argv, char **envp) {
 
   }
 
-#ifdef USE_TRACE_PC
-
-  if (getenv("USE_TRACE_PC") || getenv("AFL_USE_TRACE_PC") ||
-      getenv("AFL_LLVM_USE_TRACE_PC") || getenv("AFL_TRACE_PC"))
-    if (getenv("AFL_INST_RATIO"))
-      FATAL("AFL_INST_RATIO not available at compile time with 'trace-pc'.");
-
-#endif                                                      /* USE_TRACE_PC */
-
   if (!getenv("AFL_DONT_OPTIMIZE")) {
 
     cc_params[cc_par_cnt++] = "-g";
@@ -534,7 +519,7 @@ static void edit_params(u32 argc, char **argv, char **envp) {
 int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp) {
 
   int   i;
-  char *callname = "afl-clang-fast";
+  char *callname = "afl-clang-fast", *ptr;
 
   if (getenv("AFL_DEBUG")) {
 
@@ -545,83 +530,200 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp) {
 
     be_quiet = 1;
 
-  if (strstr(argv[0], "afl-clang-lto") != NULL) callname = "afl-clang-lto";
+#ifdef USE_TRACE_PC
+  instrument_mode = INSTRUMENT_PCGUARD;
+#endif
 
-  if (argc < 2 || strcmp(argv[1], "-h") == 0) {
+  if ((ptr = getenv("AFL_LLVM_INSTRUMENT")) != NULL) {
+
+    if (strncasecmp(ptr, "cfg", strlen("cfg")) == 0 ||
+        strncasecmp(ptr, "instrim", strlen("instrim")) == 0)
+      instrument_mode = INSTRUMENT_CFG;
+    else if (strncasecmp(ptr, "pc-guard", strlen("pc-guard")) == 0 ||
+             strncasecmp(ptr, "pcguard", strlen("pcgard")) == 0)
+      instrument_mode = INSTRUMENT_PCGUARD;
+    else if (strncasecmp(ptr, "lto", strlen("lto")) == 0)
+      instrument_mode = INSTRUMENT_LTO;
+    else if (strncasecmp(ptr, "ctx", strlen("ctx")) == 0)
+      instrument_mode = INSTRUMENT_CTX;
+    else if (strncasecmp(ptr, "ngram", strlen("ngram")) == 0) {
+
+      ptr += strlen("ngram");
+      while (*ptr && (*ptr < '0' || *ptr > '9'))
+        ptr++;
+      if (!*ptr)
+        if ((ptr = getenv("AFL_LLVM_NGRAM_SIZE")) != NULL)
+          FATAL(
+              "you must set the NGRAM size with (e.g. for value 2) "
+              "AFL_LLVM_INSTRUMENT=ngram-2");
+      instrument_mode = INSTRUMENT_NGRAM + atoi(ptr);
+      if (instrument_mode < INSTRUMENT_NGRAM + 2 ||
+          instrument_mode > INSTRUMENT_NGRAM + NGRAM_SIZE_MAX)
+        FATAL(
+            "NGRAM instrumentation mode must be between 2 and NGRAM_SIZE_MAX "
+            "(%u)",
+            NGRAM_SIZE_MAX);
+
+      ptr = alloc_printf("%u", instrument_mode - INSTRUMENT_NGRAM);
+      setenv("AFL_LLVM_NGRAM_SIZE", ptr, 1);
+
+    } else if (strncasecmp(ptr, "classic", strlen("classic")) != 0 ||
+
+               strncasecmp(ptr, "default", strlen("default")) != 0 ||
+               strncasecmp(ptr, "afl", strlen("afl")) != 0)
+      FATAL("unknown AFL_LLVM_INSTRUMENT value: %s", ptr);
 
-#ifdef USE_TRACE_PC
-    printf(cCYA "afl-clang-fast" VERSION cRST
-                " [tpcg] by <lszekeres@google.com>\n")
-#else
-    if (strstr(argv[0], "afl-clang-lto") == NULL)
+  }
 
-      printf("afl-clang-fast" VERSION " by <lszekeres@google.com>\n");
+  if (getenv("USE_TRACE_PC") || getenv("AFL_USE_TRACE_PC") ||
+      getenv("AFL_LLVM_USE_TRACE_PC") || getenv("AFL_TRACE_PC")) {
 
-    else {
+    if (instrument_mode == 0)
+      instrument_mode = INSTRUMENT_PCGUARD;
+    else if (instrument_mode != INSTRUMENT_PCGUARD)
+      FATAL("you can not set AFL_LLVM_INSTRUMENT and AFL_TRACE_PC together");
 
-      printf("afl-clang-lto" VERSION
-             "  by Marc \"vanHauser\" Heuse <mh@mh-sec.de>\n");
+  }
+
+  if (getenv("AFL_LLVM_INSTRIM") || getenv("INSTRIM") ||
+      getenv("INSTRIM_LIB")) {
+
+    if (instrument_mode == 0)
+      instrument_mode = INSTRUMENT_CFG;
+    else if (instrument_mode != INSTRUMENT_CFG)
+      FATAL(
+          "you can not set AFL_LLVM_INSTRUMENT and AFL_LLVM_INSTRIM together");
+
+  }
+
+  if (getenv("AFL_LLVM_CTX")) {
+
+    if (instrument_mode == 0)
+      instrument_mode = INSTRUMENT_CTX;
+    else if (instrument_mode != INSTRUMENT_CTX)
+      FATAL("you can not set AFL_LLVM_INSTRUMENT and AFL_LLVM_CTX together");
+
+  }
+
+  if (getenv("AFL_LLVM_NGRAM_SIZE")) {
+
+    if (instrument_mode == 0) {
+
+      instrument_mode = INSTRUMENT_NGRAM + atoi(getenv("AFL_LLVM_NGRAM_SIZE"));
+      if (instrument_mode < INSTRUMENT_NGRAM + 2 ||
+          instrument_mode > INSTRUMENT_NGRAM + NGRAM_SIZE_MAX)
+        FATAL(
+            "NGRAM instrumentation mode must be between 2 and NGRAM_SIZE_MAX "
+            "(%u)",
+            NGRAM_SIZE_MAX);
+
+    } else if (instrument_mode != INSTRUMENT_NGRAM)
+
+      FATAL(
+          "you can not set AFL_LLVM_INSTRUMENT and AFL_LLVM_NGRAM_SIZE "
+          "together");
+
+  }
+
+  if (instrument_mode < INSTRUMENT_NGRAM)
+    ptr = instrument_mode_string[instrument_mode];
+  else
+    ptr = alloc_printf("NGRAM-%u", instrument_mode - INSTRUMENT_NGRAM);
+
+  if (strstr(argv[0], "afl-clang-lto") != NULL) {
+
+    if (instrument_mode == 0 || instrument_mode == INSTRUMENT_LTO) {
+
+      callname = "afl-clang-lto";
+      instrument_mode = INSTRUMENT_LTO;
+      ptr = instrument_mode_string[instrument_mode];
+
+    } else {
+
+      if (!be_quiet)
+        WARNF("afl-clang-lto called with mode %s, using that mode instead",
+              ptr);
 
     }
 
-#endif                                                     /* ^USE_TRACE_PC */
-
-        SAYF(
-            "\n"
-            "%s[++] [options]\n"
-            "\n"
-            "This is a helper application for afl-fuzz. It serves as a drop-in "
-            "replacement\n"
-            "for clang, letting you recompile third-party code with the "
-            "required "
-            "runtime\n"
-            "instrumentation. A common use pattern would be one of the "
-            "following:\n\n"
-
-            "  CC=%s/afl-clang-fast ./configure\n"
-            "  CXX=%s/afl-clang-fast++ ./configure\n\n"
-
-            "In contrast to the traditional afl-clang tool, this version is "
-            "implemented as\n"
-            "an LLVM pass and tends to offer improved performance with slow "
-            "programs.\n\n"
-
-            "Environment variables used:\n"
-            "AFL_CC: path to the C compiler to use\n"
-            "AFL_CXX: path to the C++ compiler to use\n"
-            "AFL_PATH: path to instrumenting pass and runtime "
-            "(afl-llvm-rt.*o)\n"
-            "AFL_DONT_OPTIMIZE: disable optimization instead of -O3\n"
-            "AFL_NO_BUILTIN: compile for use with libtokencap.so\n"
-            "AFL_INST_RATIO: percentage of branches to instrument\n"
-            "AFL_QUIET: suppress verbose output\n"
-            "AFL_DEBUG: enable developer debugging output\n"
-            "AFL_HARDEN: adds code hardening to catch memory bugs\n"
-            "AFL_USE_ASAN: activate address sanitizer\n"
-            "AFL_USE_MSAN: activate memory sanitizer\n"
-            "AFL_USE_UBSAN: activate undefined behaviour sanitizer\n"
-            "AFL_USE_CFISAN: activate control flow sanitizer\n"
-            "AFL_LLVM_WHITELIST: enable whitelisting (selective "
-            "instrumentation)\n"
-            "AFL_LLVM_NOT_ZERO: use cycling trace counters that skip zero\n"
-            "AFL_LLVM_USE_TRACE_PC: use LLVM trace-pc-guard instrumentation\n"
-            "AFL_LLVM_LAF_SPLIT_COMPARES: enable cascaded comparisons\n"
-            "AFL_LLVM_LAF_SPLIT_SWITCHES: casc. comp. in 'switch'\n"
-            "AFL_LLVM_LAF_TRANSFORM_COMPARES: transform library comparison "
-            "function calls\n"
-            " to cascaded comparisons\n"
-            "AFL_LLVM_LAF_SPLIT_FLOATS: transform floating point comp. to "
-            "cascaded "
-            "comp.\n"
-            "AFL_LLVM_LAF_SPLIT_COMPARES_BITW: size limit (default 8)\n",
-            callname, BIN_PATH, BIN_PATH);
+  }
+
+#ifndef AFL_CLANG_FLTO
+  if (instrument_mode == INSTRUMENT_LTO)
+    FATAL("instrumentation mode LTO specified but LLVM support not available");
+#endif
+
+  if (argc < 2 || strcmp(argv[1], "-h") == 0) {
+
+    if (instrument_mode != INSTRUMENT_LTO)
+      printf("afl-clang-fast" VERSION " by <lszekeres@google.com> in %s mode\n",
+             ptr);
+    else
+      printf("afl-clang-lto" VERSION
+             "  by Marc \"vanHauser\" Heuse <mh@mh-sec.de> in %s mode\n",
+             ptr);
+
+    SAYF(
+        "\n"
+        "%s[++] [options]\n"
+        "\n"
+        "This is a helper application for afl-fuzz. It serves as a drop-in "
+        "replacement\n"
+        "for clang, letting you recompile third-party code with the "
+        "required "
+        "runtime\n"
+        "instrumentation. A common use pattern would be one of the "
+        "following:\n\n"
+
+        "  CC=%s/afl-clang-fast ./configure\n"
+        "  CXX=%s/afl-clang-fast++ ./configure\n\n"
+
+        "In contrast to the traditional afl-clang tool, this version is "
+        "implemented as\n"
+        "an LLVM pass and tends to offer improved performance with slow "
+        "programs.\n\n"
+
+        "Environment variables used:\n"
+        "AFL_CC: path to the C compiler to use\n"
+        "AFL_CXX: path to the C++ compiler to use\n"
+        "AFL_PATH: path to instrumenting pass and runtime "
+        "(afl-llvm-rt.*o)\n"
+        "AFL_DONT_OPTIMIZE: disable optimization instead of -O3\n"
+        "AFL_NO_BUILTIN: compile for use with libtokencap.so\n"
+        "AFL_INST_RATIO: percentage of branches to instrument\n"
+        "AFL_QUIET: suppress verbose output\n"
+        "AFL_DEBUG: enable developer debugging output\n"
+        "AFL_HARDEN: adds code hardening to catch memory bugs\n"
+        "AFL_USE_ASAN: activate address sanitizer\n"
+        "AFL_USE_MSAN: activate memory sanitizer\n"
+        "AFL_USE_UBSAN: activate undefined behaviour sanitizer\n"
+        "AFL_USE_CFISAN: activate control flow sanitizer\n"
+        "AFL_LLVM_WHITELIST: enable whitelisting (selective "
+        "instrumentation)\n"
+        "AFL_LLVM_NOT_ZERO: use cycling trace counters that skip zero\n"
+        "AFL_LLVM_LAF_SPLIT_COMPARES: enable cascaded comparisons\n"
+        "AFL_LLVM_LAF_SPLIT_SWITCHES: casc. comp. in 'switch'\n"
+        "AFL_LLVM_LAF_TRANSFORM_COMPARES: transform library comparison "
+        "function calls\n"
+        " to cascaded comparisons\n"
+        "AFL_LLVM_LAF_SPLIT_FLOATS: transform floating point comp. to "
+        "cascaded "
+        "comp.\n"
+        "AFL_LLVM_LAF_SPLIT_COMPARES_BITW: size limit (default 8)\n",
+        callname, BIN_PATH, BIN_PATH);
 
     SAYF(
         "\nafl-clang-fast specific environment variables:\n"
+        "AFL_LLVM_CMPLOG: log operands of comparisons (RedQueen mutator)\n"
+        "AFL_LLVM_INSTRUMENT: set instrumentation mode: DEFAULT, CFG "
+        "(INSTRIM), LTO, CTX, NGRAM-2 ... NGRAM-16\n"
+        "You can also use the old environment variables:"
+        "AFL_LLVM_CTX: use context sensitive coverage\n"
+        "AFL_LLVM_USE_TRACE_PC: use LLVM trace-pc-guard instrumentation\n"
+        "AFL_LLVM_NGRAM_SIZE: use ngram prev_loc count coverage\n"
         "AFL_LLVM_INSTRIM: use light weight instrumentation InsTrim\n"
-        "AFL_LLVM_INSTRIM_LOOPHEAD: optimize loop tracing for speed\n"
-        "AFL_LLVM_NGRAM_SIZE: use ngram prev_loc coverage\n"
-        "AFL_LLVM_CMPLOG: log operands of comparisons (RedQueen mutator)\n");
+        "AFL_LLVM_INSTRIM_LOOPHEAD: optimize loop tracing for speed (sub "
+        "option to INSTRIM)\n");
 
 #ifdef AFL_CLANG_FLTO
     SAYF(
@@ -652,22 +754,17 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp) {
 
              getenv("AFL_DEBUG") != NULL) {
 
-#ifdef USE_TRACE_PC
-    SAYF(cCYA "afl-clang-fast" VERSION cRST
-              " [tpcg] by <lszekeres@google.com>\n");
-#warning \
-    "You do not need to specifically compile with USE_TRACE_PC anymore, setting the environment variable AFL_LLVM_USE_TRACE_PC is enough."
-#else
-    if (strstr(argv[0], "afl-clang-lto") == NULL)
+    if (instrument_mode != INSTRUMENT_LTO)
 
-      SAYF(cCYA "afl-clang-fast" VERSION cRST " by <lszekeres@google.com>\n");
+      SAYF(cCYA "afl-clang-fast" VERSION cRST
+                " by <lszekeres@google.com> in %s mode\n",
+           ptr);
 
     else
 
       SAYF(cCYA "afl-clang-lto" VERSION cRST
-                " by Marc \"vanHauser\" Heuse <mh@mh-sec.de>\n");
-
-#endif                                                     /* ^USE_TRACE_PC */
+                " by Marc \"vanHauser\" Heuse <mh@mh-sec.de> in mode %s\n",
+           ptr);
 
   }
 
diff --git a/llvm_mode/afl-llvm-pass.so.cc b/llvm_mode/afl-llvm-pass.so.cc
index 5fe98d8b..56f9ffe2 100644
--- a/llvm_mode/afl-llvm-pass.so.cc
+++ b/llvm_mode/afl-llvm-pass.so.cc
@@ -216,11 +216,11 @@ bool AFLCoverage::runOnModule(Module &M) {
 
   if (ngram_size_str)
     if (sscanf(ngram_size_str, "%u", &ngram_size) != 1 || ngram_size < 2 ||
-        ngram_size > MAX_NGRAM_SIZE)
+        ngram_size > NGRAM_SIZE_MAX)
       FATAL(
-          "Bad value of AFL_NGRAM_SIZE (must be between 2 and MAX_NGRAM_SIZE "
+          "Bad value of AFL_NGRAM_SIZE (must be between 2 and NGRAM_SIZE_MAX "
           "(%u))",
-          MAX_NGRAM_SIZE);
+          NGRAM_SIZE_MAX);
 
   if (ngram_size == 1) ngram_size = 0;
   if (ngram_size)
diff --git a/llvm_mode/afl-llvm-rt.o.c b/llvm_mode/afl-llvm-rt.o.c
index 8fad0fbb..ade9eeef 100644
--- a/llvm_mode/afl-llvm-rt.o.c
+++ b/llvm_mode/afl-llvm-rt.o.c
@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ u8  __afl_area_initial[MAP_SIZE];
 u8 *__afl_area_ptr = __afl_area_initial;
 
 #ifdef __ANDROID__
-PREV_LOC_T __afl_prev_loc[MAX_NGRAM_SIZE];
+PREV_LOC_T __afl_prev_loc[NGRAM_SIZE_MAX];
 u32        __afl_final_loc;
 #else
-__thread PREV_LOC_T __afl_prev_loc[MAX_NGRAM_SIZE];
+__thread PREV_LOC_T __afl_prev_loc[NGRAM_SIZE_MAX];
 __thread u32        __afl_final_loc;
 #endif
 
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ int __afl_persistent_loop(unsigned int max_cnt) {
 
       memset(__afl_area_ptr, 0, MAP_SIZE);
       __afl_area_ptr[0] = 1;
-      memset(__afl_prev_loc, 0, MAX_NGRAM_SIZE * sizeof(PREV_LOC_T));
+      memset(__afl_prev_loc, 0, NGRAM_SIZE_MAX * sizeof(PREV_LOC_T));
 
     }
 
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ int __afl_persistent_loop(unsigned int max_cnt) {
       raise(SIGSTOP);
 
       __afl_area_ptr[0] = 1;
-      memset(__afl_prev_loc, 0, MAX_NGRAM_SIZE * sizeof(PREV_LOC_T));
+      memset(__afl_prev_loc, 0, NGRAM_SIZE_MAX * sizeof(PREV_LOC_T));
 
       return 1;
 
diff --git a/llvm_mode/llvm-ngram-coverage.h b/llvm_mode/llvm-ngram-coverage.h
index 488b4fe7..12b666e9 100644
--- a/llvm_mode/llvm-ngram-coverage.h
+++ b/llvm_mode/llvm-ngram-coverage.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ typedef u64 PREV_LOC_T;
 #endif
 
 /* Maximum ngram size */
-#define MAX_NGRAM_SIZE 128U
+#define NGRAM_SIZE_MAX 16U
 
 #endif
 
diff --git a/llvm_mode/split-compares-pass.so.cc b/llvm_mode/split-compares-pass.so.cc
index d296ba3d..f0615f85 100644
--- a/llvm_mode/split-compares-pass.so.cc
+++ b/llvm_mode/split-compares-pass.so.cc
@@ -1235,8 +1235,8 @@ bool SplitComparesTransform::runOnModule(Module &M) {
 
   int bitw = 64;
 
-  char *bitw_env = getenv("LAF_SPLIT_COMPARES_BITW");
-  if (!bitw_env) bitw_env = getenv("AFL_LLVM_LAF_SPLIT_COMPARES_BITW");
+  char *bitw_env = getenv("AFL_LLVM_LAF_SPLIT_COMPARES_BITW");
+  if (!bitw_env) bitw_env = getenv("LAF_SPLIT_COMPARES_BITW");
   if (bitw_env) { bitw = atoi(bitw_env); }
 
   enableFPSplit = getenv("AFL_LLVM_LAF_SPLIT_FLOATS") != NULL;
diff --git a/src/afl-common.c b/src/afl-common.c
index 920c7dfd..c1adefeb 100644
--- a/src/afl-common.c
+++ b/src/afl-common.c
@@ -57,13 +57,14 @@ char *afl_environment_variables[] = {
     "AFL_INST_LIBS", "AFL_INST_RATIO", "AFL_KEEP_TRACES", "AFL_KEEP_ASSEMBLY",
     "AFL_LD_HARD_FAIL", "AFL_LD_LIMIT_MB", "AFL_LD_NO_CALLOC_OVER",
     "AFL_LD_PRELOAD", "AFL_LD_VERBOSE", "AFL_LLVM_CMPLOG", "AFL_LLVM_INSTRIM",
-    "AFL_LLVM_INSTRIM_LOOPHEAD", "AFL_LLVM_INSTRIM_SKIPSINGLEBLOCK",
-    "AFL_LLVM_LAF_SPLIT_COMPARES", "AFL_LLVM_LAF_SPLIT_COMPARES_BITW",
-    "AFL_LLVM_LAF_SPLIT_FLOATS", "AFL_LLVM_LAF_SPLIT_SWITCHES",
-    "AFL_LLVM_LAF_TRANSFORM_COMPARES", "AFL_LLVM_NGRAM_SIZE", "AFL_NGRAM_SIZE",
-    "AFL_LLVM_NOT_ZERO", "AFL_LLVM_WHITELIST", "AFL_NO_AFFINITY",
-    "AFL_LLVM_LTO_STARTID", "AFL_LLVM_LTO_DONTWRITEID", "AFL_NO_ARITH",
-    "AFL_NO_BUILTIN", "AFL_NO_CPU_RED", "AFL_NO_FORKSRV", "AFL_NO_UI",
+    "AFL_LLVM_INSTRUMENT", "AFL_LLVM_INSTRIM_LOOPHEAD",
+    "AFL_LLVM_INSTRIM_SKIPSINGLEBLOCK", "AFL_LLVM_LAF_SPLIT_COMPARES",
+    "AFL_LLVM_LAF_SPLIT_COMPARES_BITW", "AFL_LLVM_LAF_SPLIT_FLOATS",
+    "AFL_LLVM_LAF_SPLIT_SWITCHES", "AFL_LLVM_LAF_TRANSFORM_COMPARES",
+    "AFL_LLVM_NGRAM_SIZE", "AFL_NGRAM_SIZE", "AFL_LLVM_NOT_ZERO",
+    "AFL_LLVM_WHITELIST", "AFL_NO_AFFINITY", "AFL_LLVM_LTO_STARTID",
+    "AFL_LLVM_LTO_DONTWRITEID", "AFL_NO_ARITH", "AFL_NO_BUILTIN",
+    "AFL_NO_CPU_RED", "AFL_NO_FORKSRV", "AFL_NO_UI",
     "AFL_NO_X86",  // not really an env but we dont want to warn on it
     "AFL_PATH", "AFL_PERFORMANCE_FILE",
     //"AFL_PERSISTENT", // not implemented anymore, so warn additionally