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-rw-r--r--.github/workflows/ci.yml10
-rw-r--r--.gitmodules6
-rw-r--r--Dockerfile6
-rw-r--r--GNUmakefile20
-rw-r--r--GNUmakefile.gcc_plugin2
-rw-r--r--GNUmakefile.llvm2
-rw-r--r--README.md4
-rw-r--r--TODO.md19
-rwxr-xr-xafl-cmin.bash2
-rwxr-xr-xafl-whatsup2
-rw-r--r--docs/Changelog.md19
-rw-r--r--docs/INSTALL.md4
-rw-r--r--frida_mode/Scripting.md2
-rw-r--r--frida_mode/test/cmplog/cmplog.c2
-rw-r--r--frida_mode/test/deferred/testinstr.c2
-rw-r--r--frida_mode/test/dynamic/testinstr.c2
-rw-r--r--frida_mode/test/entry_point/testinstr.c2
-rw-r--r--frida_mode/test/exe/testinstr.c2
-rw-r--r--frida_mode/test/js/test.c2
-rw-r--r--frida_mode/test/js/test2.c2
-rw-r--r--frida_mode/test/output/testinstr.c2
-rw-r--r--frida_mode/test/perf/perf.c2
-rw-r--r--frida_mode/test/persistent_ret/testinstr.c2
-rw-r--r--frida_mode/test/testinstr/testinstr.c2
-rw-r--r--frida_mode/test/unstable/unstable.c2
-rwxr-xr-xfrida_mode/util/frida_get_symbol_addr.sh2
-rw-r--r--include/afl-as.h2
-rw-r--r--include/afl-fuzz.h60
-rw-r--r--include/afl-prealloc.h2
-rw-r--r--include/alloc-inl.h2
-rw-r--r--include/cmplog.h2
-rw-r--r--include/common.h2
-rw-r--r--include/config.h16
-rw-r--r--include/debug.h2
-rw-r--r--include/forkserver.h5
-rw-r--r--include/hash.h2
-rw-r--r--include/list.h2
-rw-r--r--include/sharedmem.h2
-rw-r--r--include/snapshot-inl.h2
-rw-r--r--include/types.h2
-rw-r--r--include/xxhash.h2
-rw-r--r--instrumentation/afl-compiler-rt.o.c281
-rw-r--r--instrumentation/afl-gcc-cmplog-pass.so.cc2
-rw-r--r--instrumentation/afl-gcc-cmptrs-pass.so.cc2
-rw-r--r--instrumentation/afl-gcc-common.h2
-rw-r--r--instrumentation/afl-gcc-pass.so.cc2
-rw-r--r--instrumentation/afl-llvm-dict2file.so.cc2
-rw-r--r--instrumentation/afl-llvm-lto-instrumentlist.so.cc2
-rw-r--r--instrumentation/afl-llvm-pass.so.cc2
-rw-r--r--instrumentation/cmplog-instructions-pass.cc2
-rw-r--r--instrumentation/cmplog-routines-pass.cc2
-rw-r--r--instrumentation/cmplog-switches-pass.cc2
-rw-r--r--instrumentation/injection-pass.cc2
m---------nyx_mode/QEMU-Nyx0
-rw-r--r--nyx_mode/QEMU_NYX_VERSION2
-rw-r--r--nyx_mode/README.md22
-rwxr-xr-xnyx_mode/build_nyx_support.sh77
-rwxr-xr-xnyx_mode/update_ref.sh6
-rwxr-xr-xqemu_mode/build_qemu_support.sh2
-rw-r--r--qemu_mode/fastexit/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--qemu_mode/libcompcov/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--qemu_mode/libcompcov/compcovtest.cc2
-rw-r--r--qemu_mode/libcompcov/libcompcov.so.c2
-rw-r--r--qemu_mode/libqasan/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--qemu_mode/libqasan/hooks.c2
-rw-r--r--qemu_mode/libqasan/libqasan.c2
-rw-r--r--qemu_mode/libqasan/libqasan.h2
-rw-r--r--qemu_mode/libqasan/malloc.c2
-rw-r--r--qemu_mode/libqasan/patch.c2
-rw-r--r--qemu_mode/libqasan/string.c2
-rw-r--r--qemu_mode/libqasan/uninstrument.c2
-rw-r--r--qemu_mode/unsigaction/Makefile2
-rwxr-xr-xqemu_mode/util/qemu_get_symbol_addr.sh2
-rw-r--r--src/afl-analyze.c2
-rw-r--r--src/afl-as.c2
-rw-r--r--src/afl-cc.c540
-rw-r--r--src/afl-common.c2
-rw-r--r--src/afl-forkserver.c10
-rw-r--r--src/afl-fuzz-bitmap.c2
-rw-r--r--src/afl-fuzz-cmplog.c2
-rw-r--r--src/afl-fuzz-extras.c2
-rw-r--r--src/afl-fuzz-init.c23
-rw-r--r--src/afl-fuzz-mutators.c2
-rw-r--r--src/afl-fuzz-one.c237
-rw-r--r--src/afl-fuzz-python.c2
-rw-r--r--src/afl-fuzz-queue.c13
-rw-r--r--src/afl-fuzz-redqueen.c2
-rw-r--r--src/afl-fuzz-run.c2
-rw-r--r--src/afl-fuzz-skipdet.c403
-rw-r--r--src/afl-fuzz-state.c12
-rw-r--r--src/afl-fuzz-stats.c40
-rw-r--r--src/afl-fuzz.c33
-rw-r--r--src/afl-gotcpu.c2
-rw-r--r--src/afl-ld-lto.c2
-rw-r--r--src/afl-sharedmem.c2
-rw-r--r--src/afl-showmap.c2
-rw-r--r--src/afl-tmin.c2
-rw-r--r--test-instr.c2
-rwxr-xr-xtest/test-all.sh2
-rwxr-xr-xtest/test-custom-mutators.sh4
-rwxr-xr-xtest/test-nyx-mode.sh79
-rwxr-xr-xtest/test-pre.sh2
-rwxr-xr-xunicorn_mode/build_unicorn_support.sh2
-rw-r--r--utils/afl_network_proxy/afl-network-client.c2
-rw-r--r--utils/afl_network_proxy/afl-network-server.c2
-rw-r--r--utils/afl_proxy/afl-proxy.c2
-rw-r--r--utils/afl_untracer/afl-untracer.c2
-rw-r--r--utils/afl_untracer/libtestinstr.c2
-rw-r--r--utils/argv_fuzzing/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--utils/argv_fuzzing/argvfuzz.c2
-rwxr-xr-xutils/distributed_fuzzing/sync_script.sh2
-rw-r--r--utils/dynamic_covfilter/README.md60
-rw-r--r--utils/dynamic_covfilter/make_symbol_list.py73
-rw-r--r--utils/libdislocator/libdislocator.so.c2
-rw-r--r--utils/libtokencap/libtokencap.so.c2
-rw-r--r--utils/persistent_mode/test-instr.c2
116 files changed, 1796 insertions, 460 deletions
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index fdf618b9..ed382fbb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -20,20 +20,18 @@ jobs:
       AFL_I_DONT_CARE_ABOUT_MISSING_CRASHES: 1
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: update
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y
       - name: debug
         run: apt-cache search plugin-dev | grep gcc-; echo; apt-cache search clang-format- | grep clang-format-
-      - name: update
-        run: sudo apt-get update
-        # && sudo apt-get upgrade -y
       - name: install packages
-        #run: sudo apt-get install -y -m -f --install-suggests build-essential git libtool libtool-bin automake bison libglib2.0-0 clang llvm-dev libc++-dev findutils libcmocka-dev python3-dev python3-setuptools ninja-build python3-pip
-        run: sudo apt-get install -y -m -f build-essential git libtool libtool-bin automake flex bison libglib2.0-0 clang llvm-dev libc++-dev findutils libcmocka-dev python3-dev python3-setuptools ninja-build python3-pip
+        run: sudo apt-get install -y -m -f build-essential gcc-10 g++-10 git libtool libtool-bin automake flex bison libglib2.0-0 clang-12 llvm-12-dev libc++-dev findutils libcmocka-dev python3-dev python3-setuptools ninja-build python3-pip gcc-10-plugin-dev
       - name: compiler installed
         run: gcc -v; echo; clang -v
       - name: install gcc plugin
         run: sudo apt-get install -y -m -f --install-suggests $(readlink /usr/bin/gcc)-plugin-dev
       - name: build afl++
-        run: make distrib ASAN_BUILD=1 NO_NYX=1
+        run: export NO_NYX=1; export ASAN_BUILD=1; export LLVM_CONFIG=llvm-config-12; make ASAN_BUILD=1 NO_NYX=1 LLVM_CONFIG=llvm-config-12 distrib
       - name: run tests
         run: sudo -E ./afl-system-config; make tests
  # macos:
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 18fda27e..7fce4460 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 [submodule "nyx_mode/libnyx"]
 	path = nyx_mode/libnyx
 	url = https://github.com/nyx-fuzz/libnyx.git
-[submodule "nyx_mode/QEMU-Nyx"]
-	path = nyx_mode/QEMU-Nyx
-	url = https://github.com/nyx-fuzz/qemu-nyx.git
 [submodule "nyx_mode/packer"]
 	path = nyx_mode/packer
 	url = https://github.com/nyx-fuzz/packer.git
+[submodule "nyx_mode/QEMU-Nyx"]
+	path = nyx_mode/QEMU-Nyx
+	url = https://github.com/nyx-fuzz/QEMU-Nyx
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e1616198..99998a61 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ ENV NO_CORESIGHT=1
 ENV NO_NYX=1
 
 ### Only change these if you know what you are doing:
-# LLVM 15 does not look good so we stay at 14 to still have LTO
-ENV LLVM_VERSION=14
+# Current recommended LLVM version is 16
+ENV LLVM_VERSION=16
 # GCC 12 is producing compile errors for some targets so we stay at GCC 11
 ENV GCC_VERSION=11
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ ARG TEST_BUILD
 
 RUN sed -i.bak 's/^	-/	/g' GNUmakefile && \
     make clean && make distrib && \
-    ([ "${TEST_BUILD}" ] || (make install && make clean)) && \
+    ([ "${TEST_BUILD}" ] || (make install)) && \
     mv GNUmakefile.bak GNUmakefile
 
 RUN echo "set encoding=utf-8" > /root/.vimrc && \
diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index b67f9c15..283c57c2 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ ifdef MSAN_BUILD
   override LDFLAGS += -fsanitize=memory
 endif
 
+ifdef CODE_COVERAGE
+  override CFLAGS += -D__AFL_CODE_COVERAGE=1
+endif
+
 ifeq "$(findstring android, $(shell $(CC) --version 2>/dev/null))" ""
 ifeq "$(shell echo 'int main() {return 0; }' | $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -Werror -x c - -flto=full -o .test 2>/dev/null && echo 1 || echo 0 ; rm -f .test )" "1"
 	CFLAGS_FLTO ?= -flto=full
@@ -395,7 +399,7 @@ help:
 	@echo INTROSPECTION - compile afl-fuzz with mutation introspection
 	@echo NO_PYTHON - disable python support
 	@echo NO_SPLICING - disables splicing mutation in afl-fuzz, not recommended for normal fuzzing
-	@echo NO_UTF - do not use UTF-8 for line rendering in status screen (fallback to G1 box drawing, of vanilla AFL)
+	@echo "NO_UTF - do not use UTF-8 for line rendering in status screen (fallback to G1 box drawing, of vanilla AFL)"
 	@echo NO_NYX - disable building nyx mode dependencies
 	@echo "NO_CORESIGHT - disable building coresight (arm64 only)"
 	@echo NO_UNICORN_ARM64 - disable building unicorn on arm64
@@ -649,16 +653,16 @@ endif
 	# -$(MAKE) -C utils/plot_ui
 	-$(MAKE) -C frida_mode
 ifneq "$(SYS)" "Darwin"
-  ifeq "$(ARCH)" "aarch64"
-    ifndef NO_CORESIGHT
+ifeq "$(ARCH)" "aarch64"
+  ifndef NO_CORESIGHT
 	-$(MAKE) -C coresight_mode
-    endif
   endif
-  ifeq "$(SYS)" "Linux"
-    ifndef NO_NYX
+endif
+ifeq "$(SYS)" "Linux"
+ifndef NO_NYX
 	-cd nyx_mode && ./build_nyx_support.sh
-    endif
-  endif
+endif
+endif
 	-cd qemu_mode && sh ./build_qemu_support.sh
   ifeq "$(ARCH)" "aarch64"
     ifndef NO_UNICORN_ARM64
diff --git a/GNUmakefile.gcc_plugin b/GNUmakefile.gcc_plugin
index 16c98399..8f06792d 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile.gcc_plugin
+++ b/GNUmakefile.gcc_plugin
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # from Laszlo Szekeres.
 #
 # Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-# Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/GNUmakefile.llvm b/GNUmakefile.llvm
index 7437130d..ec8fefe4 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile.llvm
+++ b/GNUmakefile.llvm
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ endif
 LLVMVER  = $(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --version 2>/dev/null | sed 's/git//' | sed 's/svn//' )
 LLVM_MAJOR = $(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --version 2>/dev/null | sed 's/\..*//' )
 LLVM_MINOR = $(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --version 2>/dev/null | sed 's/.*\.//' | sed 's/git//' | sed 's/svn//' | sed 's/ .*//' )
-LLVM_UNSUPPORTED = $(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --version 2>/dev/null | grep -E -q '^[0-2]\.|^3.[0-7]\.' && echo 1 || echo 0 )
+LLVM_UNSUPPORTED = $(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --version 2>/dev/null | grep -E -q '^[0-2]\.|^3.[0-8]\.' && echo 1 || echo 0 )
 LLVM_TOO_NEW = $(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --version 2>/dev/null | grep -E -q '^1[8-9]|^2[0-9]' && echo 1 || echo 0 )
 LLVM_TOO_OLD = $(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --version 2>/dev/null | grep -E -q '^[1-9]\.|^1[012]\.' && echo 1 || echo 0 )
 LLVM_NEW_API = $(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG) --version 2>/dev/null | grep -E -q '^1[0-9]' && echo 1 || echo 0 )
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fd48cb14..f713e971 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 <img align="right" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AFLplusplus/Website/main/static/aflpp_bg.svg" alt="AFL++ logo" width="250" heigh="250">
 
-Release version: [4.09c](https://github.com/AFLplusplus/AFLplusplus/releases)
+Release version: [4.10c](https://github.com/AFLplusplus/AFLplusplus/releases)
 
-GitHub version: 4.10a
+GitHub version: 4.10c
 
 Repository:
 [https://github.com/AFLplusplus/AFLplusplus](https://github.com/AFLplusplus/AFLplusplus)
diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 7cab71e8..f2e3963f 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -2,26 +2,21 @@
 
 ## Must
 
+ - UI revamp
+ - hardened_usercopy=0 page_alloc.shuffle=0
+ - add value_profile but only enable after 15 minutes without finds
+ - cmplog max len, cmplog max items envs?
  - adapt MOpt to new mutation engine
- - Update afl->pending_not_fuzzed for MOpt
- - cmplog rtn sanity check on fixed length? + no length 1
+   - Update afl->pending_not_fuzzed for MOpt
+ - cmplog rtn sanity check on fixed length? currently we ignore the length
  - afl-showmap -f support
  - afl-fuzz multicore wrapper script
  - when trimming then perform crash detection
- - either -L0 and/or -p mmopt results in zero new coverage
+ - problem: either -L0 and/or -p mmopt results in zero new coverage
 
 
 ## Should
 
-<<<<<<< Updated upstream
- - add value_profile but only enable after 15 minutes without finds?
-=======
- - afl-showmap -f support
- - afl-fuzz multicore wrapper script
- - UI revamp
- - hardened_usercopy=0 page_alloc.shuffle=0
- - add value_profile but only enable after 15 minutes without finds
->>>>>>> Stashed changes
  - afl-crash-analysis
  - support persistent and deferred fork server in afl-showmap?
  - better autodetection of shifting runtime timeout values
diff --git a/afl-cmin.bash b/afl-cmin.bash
index fda48fb4..6c271220 100755
--- a/afl-cmin.bash
+++ b/afl-cmin.bash
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #
 # Copyright 2014, 2015 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
 #
-# Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus
+# Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/afl-whatsup b/afl-whatsup
index 5b7cbcd6..aa081e41 100755
--- a/afl-whatsup
+++ b/afl-whatsup
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # Originally written by Michal Zalewski
 #
 # Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-# Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/docs/Changelog.md b/docs/Changelog.md
index 9accb9da..2f0fba33 100644
--- a/docs/Changelog.md
+++ b/docs/Changelog.md
@@ -3,32 +3,41 @@
   This is the list of all noteworthy changes made in every public
   release of the tool. See README.md for the general instruction manual.
 
-### Version ++4.10a (dev)
+### Version ++4.20a (dev)
+  - afl-fuzz:
+    - the new deterministic fuzzing feature is now activated by default,
+      deactivate with -z. Parameters -d and -D are ignored.
+
+### Version ++4.10c (release)
   - afl-fuzz:
     - default power schedule is now EXPLORE, due a fix in fast schedules
       explore is slightly better now.
     - fixed minor issues in the mutation engine, thanks to @futhewo for
       reporting!
+    - better deterministic fuzzing is now available, benchmarks have shown
+      to improve fuzzing. Enable with -D. Thanks to @kdsjZh for the PR!
   - afl-cc:
     - large rewrite by @SonicStark which fixes a few corner cases, thanks!
     - LTO mode now requires llvm 12+
+    - workaround for ASAN with gcc_plugin mode
   - instrumentation:
     - LLVM 18 support, thanks to @devnexen!
-    - Injection (SQL, LDAP, XSS) feature now available, see
+    - Injection (SQL, LDAP, XSS) fuzzing feature now available, see
       `instrumentation/README.injections.md` how to activate/use/expand.
     - compcov/LAF-intel:
       - floating point splitting bug fix by @hexcoder
       - due a bug in LLVM 17 integer splitting is disabled there!
       - when splitting floats was selected, integers were always split as well,
         fixed to require AFL_LLVM_LAF_SPLIT_COMPARES or _ALL as it should
+    - dynamic instrumentation filtering for LLVM NATIVE, thanks @Mozilla!
+      see utils/dynamic_covfilter/README.md
   - qemu_mode:
     - plugins are now activated by default and a new module is included that
       produces drcov compatible traces for lighthouse/lightkeeper/...
       thanks to @JRomainG to submitting!
-  - updated Nyx checkout (fixes a bug)
+  - updated Nyx checkout (fixes a bug) and some QOL
   - updated the custom grammar mutator
-  - document afl-cmin does not work on macOS
-
+  - document afl-cmin does not work on macOS (but afl-cmin.bash does)
 
 ### Version ++4.09c (release)
   - afl-fuzz:
diff --git a/docs/INSTALL.md b/docs/INSTALL.md
index 1379df0a..84bbe3ea 100644
--- a/docs/INSTALL.md
+++ b/docs/INSTALL.md
@@ -114,10 +114,10 @@ freshly installed clang, clang++, llvm-config, gmake and coreutils, e.g.:
 # Depending on your MacOS system + brew version it is either
 export PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/llvm/bin:$PATH"
 # or
-export PATH="/usr/local/opt/llvm/bin:$PATH"
+export PATH="/usr/local/opt/llvm/bin:/usr/local/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin:$PATH"
 # you can check with "brew info llvm"
 
-export PATH="/usr/local/opt/coreutils/libexec/gnubin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH"
+export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"
 export CC=clang
 export CXX=clang++
 gmake
diff --git a/frida_mode/Scripting.md b/frida_mode/Scripting.md
index dfd09e7b..653687f0 100644
--- a/frida_mode/Scripting.md
+++ b/frida_mode/Scripting.md
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ Consider the [following](test/js/test2.c) test code...
    --------------------------------------------------------
    Originally written by Michal Zalewski
    Copyright 2014 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    You may obtain a copy of the License at:
diff --git a/frida_mode/test/cmplog/cmplog.c b/frida_mode/test/cmplog/cmplog.c
index 2565b35c..d397f36e 100644
--- a/frida_mode/test/cmplog/cmplog.c
+++ b/frida_mode/test/cmplog/cmplog.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 //
 // Author: Mateusz Jurczyk (mjurczyk@google.com)
 //
-// Copyright 2019-2023 Google LLC
+// Copyright 2019-2024 Google LLC
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/frida_mode/test/deferred/testinstr.c b/frida_mode/test/deferred/testinstr.c
index 0ab44582..4e5124ed 100644
--- a/frida_mode/test/deferred/testinstr.c
+++ b/frida_mode/test/deferred/testinstr.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
    --------------------------------------------------------
    Originally written by Michal Zalewski
    Copyright 2014 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    You may obtain a copy of the License at:
diff --git a/frida_mode/test/dynamic/testinstr.c b/frida_mode/test/dynamic/testinstr.c
index 8b285f6d..0abc61fd 100644
--- a/frida_mode/test/dynamic/testinstr.c
+++ b/frida_mode/test/dynamic/testinstr.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
    --------------------------------------------------------
    Originally written by Michal Zalewski
    Copyright 2014 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    You may obtain a copy of the License at:
diff --git a/frida_mode/test/entry_point/testinstr.c b/frida_mode/test/entry_point/testinstr.c
index 24d9a615..75e71bda 100644
--- a/frida_mode/test/entry_point/testinstr.c
+++ b/frida_mode/test/entry_point/testinstr.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
    --------------------------------------------------------
    Originally written by Michal Zalewski
    Copyright 2014 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    You may obtain a copy of the License at:
diff --git a/frida_mode/test/exe/testinstr.c b/frida_mode/test/exe/testinstr.c
index d965502e..7b603659 100644
--- a/frida_mode/test/exe/testinstr.c
+++ b/frida_mode/test/exe/testinstr.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
    --------------------------------------------------------
    Originally written by Michal Zalewski
    Copyright 2014 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    You may obtain a copy of the License at:
diff --git a/frida_mode/test/js/test.c b/frida_mode/test/js/test.c
index 87c9cdf6..9799bf3b 100644
--- a/frida_mode/test/js/test.c
+++ b/frida_mode/test/js/test.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
    --------------------------------------------------------
    Originally written by Michal Zalewski
    Copyright 2014 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    You may obtain a copy of the License at:
diff --git a/frida_mode/test/js/test2.c b/frida_mode/test/js/test2.c
index 6b680a24..60b30eb5 100644
--- a/frida_mode/test/js/test2.c
+++ b/frida_mode/test/js/test2.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
    --------------------------------------------------------
    Originally written by Michal Zalewski
    Copyright 2014 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    You may obtain a copy of the License at:
diff --git a/frida_mode/test/output/testinstr.c b/frida_mode/test/output/testinstr.c
index d965502e..7b603659 100644
--- a/frida_mode/test/output/testinstr.c
+++ b/frida_mode/test/output/testinstr.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
    --------------------------------------------------------
    Originally written by Michal Zalewski
    Copyright 2014 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    You may obtain a copy of the License at:
diff --git a/frida_mode/test/perf/perf.c b/frida_mode/test/perf/perf.c
index d9626974..55efba26 100644
--- a/frida_mode/test/perf/perf.c
+++ b/frida_mode/test/perf/perf.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
    --------------------------------------------------------
    Originally written by Michal Zalewski
    Copyright 2014 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    You may obtain a copy of the License at:
diff --git a/frida_mode/test/persistent_ret/testinstr.c b/frida_mode/test/persistent_ret/testinstr.c
index 12365ceb..85aa2b80 100644
--- a/frida_mode/test/persistent_ret/testinstr.c
+++ b/frida_mode/test/persistent_ret/testinstr.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
    --------------------------------------------------------
    Originally written by Michal Zalewski
    Copyright 2014 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    You may obtain a copy of the License at:
diff --git a/frida_mode/test/testinstr/testinstr.c b/frida_mode/test/testinstr/testinstr.c
index d965502e..7b603659 100644
--- a/frida_mode/test/testinstr/testinstr.c
+++ b/frida_mode/test/testinstr/testinstr.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
    --------------------------------------------------------
    Originally written by Michal Zalewski
    Copyright 2014 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    You may obtain a copy of the License at:
diff --git a/frida_mode/test/unstable/unstable.c b/frida_mode/test/unstable/unstable.c
index a87b6c74..16978e7e 100644
--- a/frida_mode/test/unstable/unstable.c
+++ b/frida_mode/test/unstable/unstable.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
    --------------------------------------------------------
    Originally written by Michal Zalewski
    Copyright 2014 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    You may obtain a copy of the License at:
diff --git a/frida_mode/util/frida_get_symbol_addr.sh b/frida_mode/util/frida_get_symbol_addr.sh
index 2e682255..53d5b802 100755
--- a/frida_mode/util/frida_get_symbol_addr.sh
+++ b/frida_mode/util/frida_get_symbol_addr.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Copyright 2023 AFLplusplus
+# Copyright 2024 AFLplusplus
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/include/afl-as.h b/include/afl-as.h
index 486314e2..612f34f4 100644
--- a/include/afl-as.h
+++ b/include/afl-as.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
                      Dominik Maier <mail@dmnk.co>
 
    Copyright 2016, 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/include/afl-fuzz.h b/include/afl-fuzz.h
index f1813df6..c24f39e2 100644
--- a/include/afl-fuzz.h
+++ b/include/afl-fuzz.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
                      Dominik Maier <mail@dmnk.co>
 
    Copyright 2016, 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -149,6 +149,48 @@ struct tainted {
 
 };
 
+struct inf_profile {
+
+  u32 inf_skipped_bytes;               /* Inference Stage Profiling         */
+  u64 inf_execs_cost, inf_time_cost;
+
+};
+
+/* ToDo: add cmplog profile as well */
+struct havoc_profile {
+
+  u32 queued_det_stage,                 /* Det/Havoc Stage Profiling        */
+      queued_havoc_stage, total_queued_det, edge_det_stage, edge_havoc_stage,
+      total_det_edge;
+
+  u64 det_stage_time, havoc_stage_time, total_det_time;
+
+};
+
+struct skipdet_entry {
+
+  u8  continue_inf, done_eff;
+  u32 undet_bits, quick_eff_bytes;
+
+  u8 *skip_eff_map,                     /* we'v finish the eff_map          */
+      *done_inf_map;                    /* some bytes are not done yet      */
+
+};
+
+struct skipdet_global {
+
+  u8 use_skip_havoc;
+
+  u32 undet_bits_threshold;
+
+  u64 last_cov_undet;
+
+  u8 *virgin_det_bits;                  /* global fuzzed bits               */
+
+  struct inf_profile *inf_prof;
+
+};
+
 struct queue_entry {
 
   u8 *fname;                            /* File name for the test case      */
@@ -203,6 +245,8 @@ struct queue_entry {
 
   struct queue_entry *mother;           /* queue entry this based on        */
 
+  struct skipdet_entry *skipdet_e;
+
 };
 
 struct extra_data {
@@ -247,6 +291,8 @@ enum {
   /* 19 */ STAGE_CUSTOM_MUTATOR,
   /* 20 */ STAGE_COLORIZATION,
   /* 21 */ STAGE_ITS,
+  /* 22 */ STAGE_INF,
+  /* 23 */ STAGE_QUICK,
 
   STAGE_NUM_MAX
 
@@ -782,6 +828,11 @@ typedef struct afl_state {
    * is too large) */
   struct queue_entry **q_testcase_cache;
 
+  /* Global Profile Data for deterministic/havoc-splice stage */
+  struct havoc_profile *havoc_prof;
+
+  struct skipdet_global *skipdet_g;
+
 #ifdef INTROSPECTION
   char  mutation[8072];
   char  m_tmp[4096];
@@ -1232,6 +1283,13 @@ AFL_RAND_RETURN rand_next(afl_state_t *afl);
 /* probability between 0.0 and 1.0 */
 double rand_next_percent(afl_state_t *afl);
 
+/* SkipDet Functions */
+
+u8 skip_deterministic_stage(afl_state_t *, u8 *, u8 *, u32, u64);
+u8 is_det_timeout(u64, u8);
+
+void plot_profile_data(afl_state_t *, struct queue_entry *);
+
 /**** Inline routines ****/
 
 /* Generate a random number (from 0 to limit - 1). This may
diff --git a/include/afl-prealloc.h b/include/afl-prealloc.h
index d19a7b52..3c621d79 100644
--- a/include/afl-prealloc.h
+++ b/include/afl-prealloc.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
                      Dominik Maier <mail@dmnk.co>
 
    Copyright 2016, 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/include/alloc-inl.h b/include/alloc-inl.h
index cff808b2..0aa417be 100644
--- a/include/alloc-inl.h
+++ b/include/alloc-inl.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
                      Dominik Maier <mail@dmnk.co>
 
    Copyright 2016, 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/include/cmplog.h b/include/cmplog.h
index e4821444..6bfc146b 100644
--- a/include/cmplog.h
+++ b/include/cmplog.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
                      Dominik Maier <mail@dmnk.co>
 
    Copyright 2016, 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/include/common.h b/include/common.h
index a9739a7d..0df07dee 100644
--- a/include/common.h
+++ b/include/common.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
                      Dominik Maier <mail@dmnk.co>
 
    Copyright 2016, 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/include/config.h b/include/config.h
index 63340650..9349828f 100644
--- a/include/config.h
+++ b/include/config.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
                      Heiko Eissfeldt <heiko.eissfeldt@hexco.de>,
 
    Copyright 2016, 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 /* Version string: */
 
 // c = release, a = volatile github dev, e = experimental branch
-#define VERSION "++4.10a"
+#define VERSION "++4.10c"
 
 /******************************************************
  *                                                    *
@@ -52,6 +52,18 @@
 /* Default file permission umode when creating files (default: 0600) */
 #define DEFAULT_PERMISSION 0600
 
+/* SkipDet's global configuration */
+
+#define MINIMAL_BLOCK_SIZE 64
+#define SMALL_DET_TIME (60 * 1000 * 1000U)
+#define MAXIMUM_INF_EXECS (16 * 1024U)
+#define MAXIMUM_QUICK_EFF_EXECS (64 * 1024U)
+#define THRESHOLD_DEC_TIME (20 * 60 * 1000U)
+
+/* Set the Prob of selecting eff_bytes 3 times more than original,
+   Now disabled */
+#define EFF_HAVOC_RATE 3
+
 /* CMPLOG/REDQUEEN TUNING
  *
  * Here you can modify tuning and solving options for CMPLOG.
diff --git a/include/debug.h b/include/debug.h
index 234d8fc4..4b812f8e 100644
--- a/include/debug.h
+++ b/include/debug.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
                      Dominik Maier <mail@dmnk.co>
 
    Copyright 2016, 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/include/forkserver.h b/include/forkserver.h
index f6230fe8..be7f9e8d 100644
--- a/include/forkserver.h
+++ b/include/forkserver.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
                      Dominik Maier <mail@dmnk.co>>
 
    Copyright 2016, 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ typedef struct afl_forkserver {
   u8 *out_file,                         /* File to fuzz, if any             */
       *target_path;                     /* Path of the target               */
 
-  FILE *plot_file;                      /* Gnuplot output file              */
+  FILE *plot_file,                      /* Gnuplot output file              */
+      *det_plot_file;
 
   /* Note: last_run_timed_out is u32 to send it to the child as 4 byte array */
   u32 last_run_timed_out;               /* Traced process timed out?        */
diff --git a/include/hash.h b/include/hash.h
index 0243c5b7..5d56a108 100644
--- a/include/hash.h
+++ b/include/hash.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
    Other code written by Michal Zalewski
 
    Copyright 2016 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/include/list.h b/include/list.h
index 283bf035..441eccd3 100644
--- a/include/list.h
+++ b/include/list.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
                      Dominik Maier <mail@dmnk.co>
 
    Copyright 2016, 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/include/sharedmem.h b/include/sharedmem.h
index d32bd845..4484066e 100644
--- a/include/sharedmem.h
+++ b/include/sharedmem.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
                      Dominik Maier <mail@dmnk.co>
 
    Copyright 2016, 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/include/snapshot-inl.h b/include/snapshot-inl.h
index 3864e473..b2c81402 100644
--- a/include/snapshot-inl.h
+++ b/include/snapshot-inl.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
                      Dominik Maier <mail@dmnk.co>
 
    Copyright 2016, 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/include/types.h b/include/types.h
index d6476d82..22332135 100644
--- a/include/types.h
+++ b/include/types.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
                      Dominik Maier <mail@dmnk.co>
 
    Copyright 2016, 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/include/xxhash.h b/include/xxhash.h
index a8bd6f27..9a880470 100644
--- a/include/xxhash.h
+++ b/include/xxhash.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * xxHash - Extremely Fast Hash algorithm
  * Header File
- * Copyright (C) 2012-2023 Yann Collet
+ * Copyright (C) 2012-2024 Yann Collet
  *
  * BSD 2-Clause License (https://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php)
  *
diff --git a/instrumentation/afl-compiler-rt.o.c b/instrumentation/afl-compiler-rt.o.c
index 39a762b6..caa3c3a8 100644
--- a/instrumentation/afl-compiler-rt.o.c
+++ b/instrumentation/afl-compiler-rt.o.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
    ------------------------------------------------
 
    Copyright 2015, 2016 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
     #define __USE_GNU
   #endif
   #include <dlfcn.h>
+
+__attribute__((weak)) void __sanitizer_symbolize_pc(void *, const char *fmt,
+                                                    char  *out_buf,
+                                                    size_t out_buf_size);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __ANDROID__
@@ -124,8 +128,8 @@ struct afl_module_info_t {
   uintptr_t base_address;
 
   // PC Guard start/stop
-  u32 start;
-  u32 stop;
+  u32 *start;
+  u32 *stop;
 
   // PC Table begin/end
   const uintptr_t *pcs_beg;
@@ -147,6 +151,18 @@ afl_module_info_t *__afl_module_info = NULL;
 
 u32        __afl_pcmap_size = 0;
 uintptr_t *__afl_pcmap_ptr = NULL;
+
+typedef struct {
+
+  uintptr_t start;
+  u32       len;
+
+} FilterPCEntry;
+
+u32            __afl_filter_pcs_size = 0;
+FilterPCEntry *__afl_filter_pcs = NULL;
+u8            *__afl_filter_pcs_module = NULL;
+
 #endif  // __AFL_CODE_COVERAGE
 
 /* 1 if we are running in afl, and the forkserver was started, else 0 */
@@ -1587,15 +1603,116 @@ void __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc_guard(uint32_t *guard) {
 }
 
 #ifdef __AFL_CODE_COVERAGE
-void __sanitizer_cov_pcs_init(const uintptr_t *pcs_beg,
-                              const uintptr_t *pcs_end) {
+void afl_read_pc_filter_file(const char *filter_file) {
 
-  if (__afl_debug) {
+  FILE *file;
+  char  ch;
+
+  file = fopen(filter_file, "r");
+  if (file == NULL) {
+
+    perror("Error opening file");
+    return;
+
+  }
+
+  // Check how many PCs we expect to read
+  while ((ch = fgetc(file)) != EOF) {
+
+    if (ch == '\n') { __afl_filter_pcs_size++; }
+
+  }
+
+  // Rewind to actually read the PCs
+  fseek(file, 0, SEEK_SET);
+
+  __afl_filter_pcs = malloc(__afl_filter_pcs_size * sizeof(FilterPCEntry));
+  if (!__afl_filter_pcs) {
+
+    perror("Error allocating PC array");
+    return;
+
+  }
+
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < __afl_filter_pcs_size; i++) {
+
+    fscanf(file, "%lx", &(__afl_filter_pcs[i].start));
+    ch = fgetc(file);  // Read tab
+    fscanf(file, "%u", &(__afl_filter_pcs[i].len));
+    ch = fgetc(file);  // Read tab
+
+    if (!__afl_filter_pcs_module) {
+
+      // Read the module name and store it.
+      // TODO: We only support one module here right now although
+      // there is technically no reason to support multiple modules
+      // in one go.
+      size_t max_module_len = 255;
+      size_t i = 0;
+      __afl_filter_pcs_module = malloc(max_module_len);
+      while (i < max_module_len - 1 &&
+             (__afl_filter_pcs_module[i] = fgetc(file)) != '\t') {
+
+        ++i;
+
+      }
 
-    fprintf(stderr, "DEBUG: __sanitizer_cov_pcs_init called\n");
+      __afl_filter_pcs_module[i] = '\0';
+      fprintf(stderr, "DEBUGXXX: Read module name %s\n",
+              __afl_filter_pcs_module);
+
+    }
+
+    while ((ch = fgetc(file)) != '\n' && ch != EOF)
+      ;
+
+  }
+
+  fclose(file);
+
+}
+
+u32 locate_in_pcs(uintptr_t needle, u32 *index) {
+
+  size_t lower_bound = 0;
+  size_t upper_bound = __afl_filter_pcs_size - 1;
+
+  while (lower_bound < __afl_filter_pcs_size && lower_bound <= upper_bound) {
+
+    size_t current_index = lower_bound + (upper_bound - lower_bound) / 2;
+
+    if (__afl_filter_pcs[current_index].start <= needle) {
+
+      if (__afl_filter_pcs[current_index].start +
+              __afl_filter_pcs[current_index].len >
+          needle) {
+
+        // Hit
+        *index = current_index;
+        return 1;
+
+      } else {
+
+        lower_bound = current_index + 1;
+
+      }
+
+    } else {
+
+      if (!current_index) { break; }
+      upper_bound = current_index - 1;
+
+    }
 
   }
 
+  return 0;
+
+}
+
+void __sanitizer_cov_pcs_init(const uintptr_t *pcs_beg,
+                              const uintptr_t *pcs_end) {
+
   // If for whatever reason, we cannot get dlinfo here, then pc_guard_init also
   // couldn't get it and we'd end up attributing to the wrong module.
   Dl_info dlinfo;
@@ -1608,6 +1725,16 @@ void __sanitizer_cov_pcs_init(const uintptr_t *pcs_beg,
 
   }
 
+  if (__afl_debug) {
+
+    fprintf(
+        stderr,
+        "DEBUG: (%u) __sanitizer_cov_pcs_init called for module %s with %ld "
+        "PCs\n",
+        getpid(), dlinfo.dli_fname, pcs_end - pcs_beg);
+
+  }
+
   afl_module_info_t *last_module_info = __afl_module_info;
   while (last_module_info && last_module_info->next) {
 
@@ -1623,34 +1750,78 @@ void __sanitizer_cov_pcs_init(const uintptr_t *pcs_beg,
 
   }
 
+  if (strcmp(dlinfo.dli_fname, last_module_info->name)) {
+
+    // This can happen with modules being loaded after the forkserver
+    // where we decide to not track the module. In that case we must
+    // not track it here either.
+    fprintf(
+        stderr,
+        "WARNING: __sanitizer_cov_pcs_init module info mismatch: %s vs %s\n",
+        dlinfo.dli_fname, last_module_info->name);
+    return;
+
+  }
+
   last_module_info->pcs_beg = pcs_beg;
   last_module_info->pcs_end = pcs_end;
 
+  // This is a direct filter based on symbolizing inside the runtime.
+  // It should only be used with smaller binaries to avoid long startup
+  // times. Currently, this only supports a single token to scan for.
+  const char *pc_filter = getenv("AFL_PC_FILTER");
+
+  // This is a much faster PC filter based on pre-symbolized input data
+  // that is sorted for fast lookup through binary search. This method
+  // of filtering is suitable even for very large binaries.
+  const char *pc_filter_file = getenv("AFL_PC_FILTER_FILE");
+  if (pc_filter_file && !__afl_filter_pcs) {
+
+    afl_read_pc_filter_file(pc_filter_file);
+
+  }
+
   // Now update the pcmap. If this is the last module coming in, after all
   // pre-loaded code, then this will also map all of our delayed previous
   // modules.
-
-  if (!__afl_pcmap_ptr) { return; }
-
+  //
   for (afl_module_info_t *mod_info = __afl_module_info; mod_info;
        mod_info = mod_info->next) {
 
     if (mod_info->mapped) { continue; }
 
+    if (!mod_info->start) {
+
+      fprintf(stderr,
+              "ERROR: __sanitizer_cov_pcs_init called with mod_info->start == "
+              "NULL (%s)\n",
+              mod_info->name);
+      abort();
+
+    }
+
     PCTableEntry *start = (PCTableEntry *)(mod_info->pcs_beg);
     PCTableEntry *end = (PCTableEntry *)(mod_info->pcs_end);
 
+    if (!*mod_info->stop) { continue; }
+
     u32 in_module_index = 0;
 
     while (start < end) {
 
-      if (mod_info->start + in_module_index >= __afl_map_size) {
+      if (*mod_info->start + in_module_index >= __afl_map_size) {
 
-        fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: __sanitizer_cov_pcs_init out of bounds?!\n");
+        fprintf(stderr,
+                "ERROR: __sanitizer_cov_pcs_init out of bounds?! Start: %u "
+                "Stop: %u Map Size: %u (%s)\n",
+                *mod_info->start, *mod_info->stop, __afl_map_size,
+                mod_info->name);
         abort();
 
       }
 
+      u32 orig_start_index = *mod_info->start;
+
       uintptr_t PC = start->PC;
 
       // This is what `GetPreviousInstructionPc` in sanitizer runtime does
@@ -1660,7 +1831,58 @@ void __sanitizer_cov_pcs_init(const uintptr_t *pcs_beg,
       // Calculate relative offset in module
       PC = PC - mod_info->base_address;
 
-      __afl_pcmap_ptr[mod_info->start + in_module_index] = PC;
+      if (__afl_pcmap_ptr) {
+
+        __afl_pcmap_ptr[orig_start_index + in_module_index] = PC;
+
+      }
+
+      if (pc_filter) {
+
+        char PcDescr[1024];
+        // This function is a part of the sanitizer run-time.
+        // To use it, link with AddressSanitizer or other sanitizer.
+        __sanitizer_symbolize_pc((void *)start->PC, "%p %F %L", PcDescr,
+                                 sizeof(PcDescr));
+
+        if (strstr(PcDescr, pc_filter)) {
+
+          if (__afl_debug)
+            fprintf(
+                stderr,
+                "DEBUG: Selective instrumentation match: %s (PC %p Index %u)\n",
+                PcDescr, (void *)start->PC,
+                *(mod_info->start + in_module_index));
+          // No change to guard needed
+
+        } else {
+
+          // Null out the guard to disable this edge
+          *(mod_info->start + in_module_index) = 0;
+
+        }
+
+      }
+
+      if (__afl_filter_pcs && strstr(mod_info->name, __afl_filter_pcs_module)) {
+
+        u32 result_index;
+        if (locate_in_pcs(PC, &result_index)) {
+
+          if (__afl_debug)
+            fprintf(stderr,
+                    "DEBUG: Selective instrumentation match: (PC %lx File "
+                    "Index %u PC Index %u)\n",
+                    PC, result_index, in_module_index);
+
+        } else {
+
+          // Null out the guard to disable this edge
+          *(mod_info->start + in_module_index) = 0;
+
+        }
+
+      }
 
       start++;
       in_module_index++;
@@ -1671,8 +1893,10 @@ void __sanitizer_cov_pcs_init(const uintptr_t *pcs_beg,
 
     if (__afl_debug) {
 
-      fprintf(stderr, "DEBUG: __sanitizer_cov_pcs_init initialized %u PCs\n",
-              in_module_index);
+      fprintf(stderr,
+              "DEBUG: __sanitizer_cov_pcs_init successfully mapped %s with %u "
+              "PCs\n",
+              mod_info->name, in_module_index);
 
     }
 
@@ -1706,9 +1930,9 @@ void __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc_guard_init(uint32_t *start, uint32_t *stop) {
     fprintf(
         stderr,
         "DEBUG: Running __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc_guard_init: %p-%p (%lu edges) "
-        "after_fs=%u\n",
+        "after_fs=%u *start=%u\n",
         start, stop, (unsigned long)(stop - start),
-        __afl_already_initialized_forkserver);
+        __afl_already_initialized_forkserver, *start);
 
   }
 
@@ -1740,8 +1964,8 @@ void __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc_guard_init(uint32_t *start, uint32_t *stop) {
       mod_info->id = last_module_info ? last_module_info->id + 1 : 0;
       mod_info->name = strdup(dlinfo.dli_fname);
       mod_info->base_address = (uintptr_t)dlinfo.dli_fbase;
-      mod_info->start = 0;
-      mod_info->stop = 0;
+      mod_info->start = NULL;
+      mod_info->stop = NULL;
       mod_info->pcs_beg = NULL;
       mod_info->pcs_end = NULL;
       mod_info->mapped = 0;
@@ -1757,8 +1981,12 @@ void __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc_guard_init(uint32_t *start, uint32_t *stop) {
 
       }
 
-      fprintf(stderr, "[pcmap] Module: %s Base Address: %p\n", dlinfo.dli_fname,
-              dlinfo.dli_fbase);
+      if (__afl_debug) {
+
+        fprintf(stderr, "[pcmap] Module: %s Base Address: %p\n",
+                dlinfo.dli_fname, dlinfo.dli_fbase);
+
+      }
 
     }
 
@@ -1861,12 +2089,17 @@ void __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc_guard_init(uint32_t *start, uint32_t *stop) {
 #ifdef __AFL_CODE_COVERAGE
   if (mod_info) {
 
-    mod_info->start = *orig_start;
-    mod_info->stop = *(stop - 1);
+    if (!mod_info->start) {
+
+      mod_info->start = orig_start;
+      mod_info->stop = stop - 1;
+
+    }
+
     if (__afl_debug) {
 
       fprintf(stderr, "DEBUG: [pcmap] Start Index: %u Stop Index: %u\n",
-              mod_info->start, mod_info->stop);
+              *(mod_info->start), *(mod_info->stop));
 
     }
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/afl-gcc-cmplog-pass.so.cc b/instrumentation/afl-gcc-cmplog-pass.so.cc
index b4e6fda9..774dd5fd 100644
--- a/instrumentation/afl-gcc-cmplog-pass.so.cc
+++ b/instrumentation/afl-gcc-cmplog-pass.so.cc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
    Copyright 2014-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc
    Copyright 2015, 2016 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
    Copyright 2019-2020 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AdaCore
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AdaCore
 
    Written by Alexandre Oliva <oliva@adacore.com>, based on the AFL++
    LLVM CmpLog pass by Andrea Fioraldi <andreafioraldi@gmail.com>, and
diff --git a/instrumentation/afl-gcc-cmptrs-pass.so.cc b/instrumentation/afl-gcc-cmptrs-pass.so.cc
index c56263dd..929a9d7a 100644
--- a/instrumentation/afl-gcc-cmptrs-pass.so.cc
+++ b/instrumentation/afl-gcc-cmptrs-pass.so.cc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
    Copyright 2014-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc
    Copyright 2015, 2016 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
    Copyright 2019-2020 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AdaCore
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AdaCore
 
    Written by Alexandre Oliva <oliva@adacore.com>, based on the AFL++
    LLVM CmpLog Routines pass by Andrea Fioraldi
diff --git a/instrumentation/afl-gcc-common.h b/instrumentation/afl-gcc-common.h
index 1d5eb466..80ded57d 100644
--- a/instrumentation/afl-gcc-common.h
+++ b/instrumentation/afl-gcc-common.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
    Copyright 2014-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc
    Copyright 2015, 2016 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AdaCore
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AdaCore
 
    Written by Alexandre Oliva <oliva@adacore.com>, based on the AFL++
    GCC plugin.
diff --git a/instrumentation/afl-gcc-pass.so.cc b/instrumentation/afl-gcc-pass.so.cc
index 4d7fd0ef..41b1e5af 100644
--- a/instrumentation/afl-gcc-pass.so.cc
+++ b/instrumentation/afl-gcc-pass.so.cc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
    Copyright 2014-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc
    Copyright 2015, 2016 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AdaCore
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AdaCore
 
    Written by Alexandre Oliva <oliva@adacore.com>, based on the AFL
    LLVM pass by Laszlo Szekeres <lszekeres@google.com> and Michal
diff --git a/instrumentation/afl-llvm-dict2file.so.cc b/instrumentation/afl-llvm-dict2file.so.cc
index c60f3e06..ac497b5b 100644
--- a/instrumentation/afl-llvm-dict2file.so.cc
+++ b/instrumentation/afl-llvm-dict2file.so.cc
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
    Written by Marc Heuse <mh@mh-sec.de>
 
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/instrumentation/afl-llvm-lto-instrumentlist.so.cc b/instrumentation/afl-llvm-lto-instrumentlist.so.cc
index 61f97d77..e0899cd3 100644
--- a/instrumentation/afl-llvm-lto-instrumentlist.so.cc
+++ b/instrumentation/afl-llvm-lto-instrumentlist.so.cc
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
    from afl-as.c are Michal's fault.
 
    Copyright 2015, 2016 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/instrumentation/afl-llvm-pass.so.cc b/instrumentation/afl-llvm-pass.so.cc
index 052488a9..62f5023d 100644
--- a/instrumentation/afl-llvm-pass.so.cc
+++ b/instrumentation/afl-llvm-pass.so.cc
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
    NGRAM previous location coverage comes from Adrian Herrera.
 
    Copyright 2015, 2016 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/instrumentation/cmplog-instructions-pass.cc b/instrumentation/cmplog-instructions-pass.cc
index 8be8c294..dc60221e 100644
--- a/instrumentation/cmplog-instructions-pass.cc
+++ b/instrumentation/cmplog-instructions-pass.cc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
    Written by Andrea Fioraldi <andreafioraldi@gmail.com>
 
    Copyright 2015, 2016 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/instrumentation/cmplog-routines-pass.cc b/instrumentation/cmplog-routines-pass.cc
index b27e06e0..78317d5d 100644
--- a/instrumentation/cmplog-routines-pass.cc
+++ b/instrumentation/cmplog-routines-pass.cc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
    Written by Andrea Fioraldi <andreafioraldi@gmail.com>
 
    Copyright 2015, 2016 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/instrumentation/cmplog-switches-pass.cc b/instrumentation/cmplog-switches-pass.cc
index 01da6da7..3e05c13d 100644
--- a/instrumentation/cmplog-switches-pass.cc
+++ b/instrumentation/cmplog-switches-pass.cc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
    Written by Andrea Fioraldi <andreafioraldi@gmail.com>
 
    Copyright 2015, 2016 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/instrumentation/injection-pass.cc b/instrumentation/injection-pass.cc
index 971b103b..2280208b 100644
--- a/instrumentation/injection-pass.cc
+++ b/instrumentation/injection-pass.cc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
    Written by Marc Heuse <mh@mh-sec.de>
 
    Copyright 2015, 2016 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/nyx_mode/QEMU-Nyx b/nyx_mode/QEMU-Nyx
-Subproject 1def26f83e83556d767754581fa52081ffb54b0
+Subproject e5e1c4c21ff9c4dc80e6409d4eab47146c6024c
diff --git a/nyx_mode/QEMU_NYX_VERSION b/nyx_mode/QEMU_NYX_VERSION
index cac32d41..c6ed0c6a 100644
--- a/nyx_mode/QEMU_NYX_VERSION
+++ b/nyx_mode/QEMU_NYX_VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1def26f83e
+e5e1c4c21ff9c4dc80e6409d4eab47146c6024cd
diff --git a/nyx_mode/README.md b/nyx_mode/README.md
index aee9879e..7a2a8e6c 100644
--- a/nyx_mode/README.md
+++ b/nyx_mode/README.md
@@ -84,9 +84,17 @@ Then the final step: we generate the Nyx package configuration:
 python3 nyx_mode/packer/packer/nyx_config_gen.py PACKAGE-DIRECTORY Kernel
 ```
 
-
 ## Fuzzing with Nyx mode
 
+Note that you need to load the kvm kernel modules for Nyx:
+```
+sudo modprobe -r kvm-intel
+sudo modprobe -r kvm
+sudo modprobe  kvm enable_vmware_backdoor=y
+sudo modprobe  kvm-intel
+cat /sys/module/kvm/parameters/enable_vmware_backdoor | grep -q Y && echi OK || echo KVM module problem
+```
+
 All the hard parts are done, fuzzing with Nyx mode is easy - just supply the
 `PACKAGE-DIRECTORY` as fuzzing target and specify the `-X` option to afl-fuzz:
 
@@ -94,16 +102,8 @@ All the hard parts are done, fuzzing with Nyx mode is easy - just supply the
 afl-fuzz -i in -o out -X -- ./PACKAGE-DIRECTORY
 ```
 
-Most likely your first run will fail because the Linux modules have to be
-specially set up, but afl-fuzz will tell you this on startup and how to rectify
-the situation:
-
-```
-sudo modprobe -r kvm-intel # or kvm-amd for AMD processors
-sudo modprobe -r kvm
-sudo modprobe kvm enable_vmware_backdoor=y
-sudo modprobe kvm-intel # or kvm-amd for AMD processors
-```
+If you get a forkserver error upon starting then you did not load the Linux
+kvm kernel modules, see above.
 
 If you want to fuzz in parallel (and you should!), then this has to be done in a
 special way:
diff --git a/nyx_mode/build_nyx_support.sh b/nyx_mode/build_nyx_support.sh
index 581a8292..fda4ec12 100755
--- a/nyx_mode/build_nyx_support.sh
+++ b/nyx_mode/build_nyx_support.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,21 @@ echo
 
 echo "[*] Performing basic sanity checks..."
 
+if [ "$CI" = "true" ]; then
+
+  echo "[-] Error: nyx_mode cannot be tested in the Github CI, skipping ..."
+  exit 0
+
+fi
+
+
+if [ -n "$NO_NYX" ]; then
+
+  echo "[-] Error: the NO_NYX environment variable is set, please unset."
+  exit 0
+
+fi
+
 if [ ! "$(uname -s)" = "Linux" ]; then
 
   echo "[-] Error: Nyx mode is only available on Linux."
@@ -23,11 +38,17 @@ if [ ! "$(uname -m)" = "x86_64" ]; then
 
 fi
 
+cargo help > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
+   echo "[-] Error: Rust is not installed."
+   exit 0
+}
+
 echo "[*] Making sure all Nyx is checked out"
 
 
 if git status 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
 
+  set +e
   git submodule init
   echo "[*] initializing QEMU-Nyx submodule"
   git submodule update ./QEMU-Nyx 2>/dev/null # ignore errors
@@ -35,6 +56,7 @@ if git status 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
   git submodule update ./packer 2>/dev/null # ignore errors
   echo "[*] initializing libnyx submodule"
   git submodule update ./libnyx 2>/dev/null # ignore errors
+  set -e
 
 else
 
@@ -48,20 +70,57 @@ test -e packer/.git || { echo "[-] packer not checked out, please install git or
 test -e libnyx/.git || { echo "[-] libnyx not checked out, please install git or check your internet connection." ; exit 1 ; }
 test -e QEMU-Nyx/.git || { echo "[-] QEMU-Nyx not checked out, please install git or check your internet connection." ; exit 1 ; }
 
-echo "[*] checking packer init.cpio.gz ..."
-if [ ! -f "packer/linux_initramfs/init.cpio.gz" ]; then
-    (cd packer/linux_initramfs/ && sh pack.sh)
+
+QEMU_NYX_VERSION="$(cat ./QEMU_NYX_VERSION)"
+cd "./QEMU-Nyx" || exit 1
+if [ -n "$NO_CHECKOUT" ]; then
+  echo "[*] Skipping checkout to $QEMU_NYX_VERSION"
+else
+  echo "[*] Checking out $QEMU_NYX_VERSION"
+  set +e
+  sh -c 'git stash' 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null
+  git pull 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null
+  git checkout "$QEMU_NYX_VERSION" || echo Warning: could not check out to commit $QEMU_NYX_VERSION
+  set -e
 fi
+cd - > /dev/null
 
-echo "[*] Checking libnyx ..."
-if [ ! -f "libnyx/libnyx/target/release/liblibnyx.a" ]; then
-    (cd libnyx/libnyx && cargo build --release)
+PACKER_VERSION="$(cat ./PACKER_VERSION)"
+cd "./packer" || exit 1
+if [ -n "$NO_CHECKOUT" ]; then
+  echo "[*] Skipping checkout to $PACKER_VERSION"
+else
+  echo "[*] Checking out $PACKER_VERSION"
+  set +e
+  sh -c 'git stash' 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null
+  git pull 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null
+  git checkout "$PACKER_VERSION" || echo Warning: could not check out to commit $PACKER_VERSION
+  set -e
 fi
+cd - > /dev/null
 
-echo "[*] Checking QEMU-Nyx ..."
-if [ ! -f "QEMU-Nyx/x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64" ]; then
-    (cd QEMU-Nyx && ./compile_qemu_nyx.sh static)
+LIBNYX_VERSION="$(cat ./LIBNYX_VERSION)"
+cd "./libnyx/" || exit 1
+if [ -n "$NO_CHECKOUT" ]; then
+  echo "[*] Skipping checkout to $LIBNYX_VERSION"
+else
+  echo "[*] Checking out $LIBNYX_VERSION"
+  set +e
+  sh -c 'git stash' 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null
+  git pull 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null
+  git checkout "$LIBNYX_VERSION" || echo Warning: could not check out to commit $LIBNYX_VERSION
+  set -e
 fi
+cd - > /dev/null
+
+echo "[*] checking packer init.cpio.gz ..."
+(cd packer/linux_initramfs/ && sh pack.sh)
+
+echo "[*] Checking libnyx ..."
+(cd libnyx/libnyx && cargo build --release)
+
+echo "[*] Checking QEMU-Nyx ..."
+(cd QEMU-Nyx && ./compile_qemu_nyx.sh static )
 
 echo "[*] Checking libnyx.so ..."
 cp libnyx/libnyx/target/release/liblibnyx.so ../libnyx.so
diff --git a/nyx_mode/update_ref.sh b/nyx_mode/update_ref.sh
index 898a803f..146a1255 100755
--- a/nyx_mode/update_ref.sh
+++ b/nyx_mode/update_ref.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ cd ..
 rm "$UC_VERSION_FILE"
 echo "$NEW_VERSION" > "$UC_VERSION_FILE"
 
-echo "Done. New XXX version is $NEW_VERSION."
+echo "Done. New libnyx version is $NEW_VERSION."
 
 
 UC_VERSION_FILE='./PACKER_VERSION'
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ cd ..
 rm "$UC_VERSION_FILE"
 echo "$NEW_VERSION" > "$UC_VERSION_FILE"
 
-echo "Done. New XXX version is $NEW_VERSION."
+echo "Done. New packer version is $NEW_VERSION."
 
 
 UC_VERSION_FILE='./QEMU_NYX_VERSION'
@@ -95,5 +95,5 @@ cd ..
 rm "$UC_VERSION_FILE"
 echo "$NEW_VERSION" > "$UC_VERSION_FILE"
 
-echo "Done. New XXX version is $NEW_VERSION."
+echo "Done. New QEMU-Nyx version is $NEW_VERSION."
 
diff --git a/qemu_mode/build_qemu_support.sh b/qemu_mode/build_qemu_support.sh
index 3f8a88f2..45019cc8 100755
--- a/qemu_mode/build_qemu_support.sh
+++ b/qemu_mode/build_qemu_support.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # counters by Andrea Fioraldi <andreafioraldi@gmail.com>
 #
 # Copyright 2015, 2016, 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-# Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/qemu_mode/fastexit/Makefile b/qemu_mode/fastexit/Makefile
index c7b79277..be80207d 100644
--- a/qemu_mode/fastexit/Makefile
+++ b/qemu_mode/fastexit/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 # Written by Andrea Fioraldi <andreafioraldi@gmail.com>
 #
-# Copyright 2019-2023 Andrea Fioraldi. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright 2019-2024 Andrea Fioraldi. All rights reserved.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/qemu_mode/libcompcov/Makefile b/qemu_mode/libcompcov/Makefile
index 7260df87..4761ac02 100644
--- a/qemu_mode/libcompcov/Makefile
+++ b/qemu_mode/libcompcov/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 # Written by Andrea Fioraldi <andreafioraldi@gmail.com>
 #
-# Copyright 2019-2023 Andrea Fioraldi. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright 2019-2024 Andrea Fioraldi. All rights reserved.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/qemu_mode/libcompcov/compcovtest.cc b/qemu_mode/libcompcov/compcovtest.cc
index 23215013..11797091 100644
--- a/qemu_mode/libcompcov/compcovtest.cc
+++ b/qemu_mode/libcompcov/compcovtest.cc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 //
 // Author: Mateusz Jurczyk (mjurczyk@google.com)
 //
-// Copyright 2019-2023 Google LLC
+// Copyright 2019-2024 Google LLC
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/qemu_mode/libcompcov/libcompcov.so.c b/qemu_mode/libcompcov/libcompcov.so.c
index b57e9701..36f7b2e2 100644
--- a/qemu_mode/libcompcov/libcompcov.so.c
+++ b/qemu_mode/libcompcov/libcompcov.so.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
    Written and maintained by Andrea Fioraldi <andreafioraldi@gmail.com>
 
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/qemu_mode/libqasan/Makefile b/qemu_mode/libqasan/Makefile
index 61782894..7366d6f6 100644
--- a/qemu_mode/libqasan/Makefile
+++ b/qemu_mode/libqasan/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 # Written by Andrea Fioraldi <andreafioraldi@gmail.com>
 #
-# Copyright 2019-2023 Andrea Fioraldi. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright 2019-2024 Andrea Fioraldi. All rights reserved.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/qemu_mode/libqasan/hooks.c b/qemu_mode/libqasan/hooks.c
index a9fd0ce9..cf1b0820 100644
--- a/qemu_mode/libqasan/hooks.c
+++ b/qemu_mode/libqasan/hooks.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
-Copyright (c) 2019-2023, Andrea Fioraldi
+Copyright (c) 2019-2024, Andrea Fioraldi
 
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
diff --git a/qemu_mode/libqasan/libqasan.c b/qemu_mode/libqasan/libqasan.c
index 12be7778..45f47d5a 100644
--- a/qemu_mode/libqasan/libqasan.c
+++ b/qemu_mode/libqasan/libqasan.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
-Copyright (c) 2019-2023, Andrea Fioraldi
+Copyright (c) 2019-2024, Andrea Fioraldi
 
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
diff --git a/qemu_mode/libqasan/libqasan.h b/qemu_mode/libqasan/libqasan.h
index a430c868..f0844e23 100644
--- a/qemu_mode/libqasan/libqasan.h
+++ b/qemu_mode/libqasan/libqasan.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
-Copyright (c) 2019-2023, Andrea Fioraldi
+Copyright (c) 2019-2024, Andrea Fioraldi
 
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
diff --git a/qemu_mode/libqasan/malloc.c b/qemu_mode/libqasan/malloc.c
index 4448f480..ae470b56 100644
--- a/qemu_mode/libqasan/malloc.c
+++ b/qemu_mode/libqasan/malloc.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
-Copyright (c) 2019-2023, Andrea Fioraldi
+Copyright (c) 2019-2024, Andrea Fioraldi
 
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
diff --git a/qemu_mode/libqasan/patch.c b/qemu_mode/libqasan/patch.c
index 38e0903b..4ce8c3d8 100644
--- a/qemu_mode/libqasan/patch.c
+++ b/qemu_mode/libqasan/patch.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
-Copyright (c) 2019-2023, Andrea Fioraldi
+Copyright (c) 2019-2024, Andrea Fioraldi
 
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
diff --git a/qemu_mode/libqasan/string.c b/qemu_mode/libqasan/string.c
index e17cff4b..cd14d57b 100644
--- a/qemu_mode/libqasan/string.c
+++ b/qemu_mode/libqasan/string.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
-Copyright (c) 2019-2023, Andrea Fioraldi
+Copyright (c) 2019-2024, Andrea Fioraldi
 
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
diff --git a/qemu_mode/libqasan/uninstrument.c b/qemu_mode/libqasan/uninstrument.c
index e37a9b46..996f2a74 100644
--- a/qemu_mode/libqasan/uninstrument.c
+++ b/qemu_mode/libqasan/uninstrument.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ for some strange reason.
 */
 
 /*******************************************************************************
-Copyright (c) 2019-2023, Andrea Fioraldi
+Copyright (c) 2019-2024, Andrea Fioraldi
 
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
diff --git a/qemu_mode/unsigaction/Makefile b/qemu_mode/unsigaction/Makefile
index c1a7397f..d5e807d8 100644
--- a/qemu_mode/unsigaction/Makefile
+++ b/qemu_mode/unsigaction/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 # Written by Andrea Fioraldi <andreafioraldi@gmail.com>
 #
-# Copyright 2019-2023 Andrea Fioraldi. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright 2019-2024 Andrea Fioraldi. All rights reserved.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/qemu_mode/util/qemu_get_symbol_addr.sh b/qemu_mode/util/qemu_get_symbol_addr.sh
index e0a7ae80..5e00f1b2 100755
--- a/qemu_mode/util/qemu_get_symbol_addr.sh
+++ b/qemu_mode/util/qemu_get_symbol_addr.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Copyright 2023 AFLplusplus
+# Copyright 2024 AFLplusplus
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/src/afl-analyze.c b/src/afl-analyze.c
index 5b122741..95f32fee 100644
--- a/src/afl-analyze.c
+++ b/src/afl-analyze.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
                         Andrea Fioraldi <andreafioraldi@gmail.com>
 
    Copyright 2016, 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/src/afl-as.c b/src/afl-as.c
index 772e31b3..09ba75bf 100644
--- a/src/afl-as.c
+++ b/src/afl-as.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
                         Andrea Fioraldi <andreafioraldi@gmail.com>
 
    Copyright 2016, 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/src/afl-cc.c b/src/afl-cc.c
index fd466541..7d33b9f5 100644
--- a/src/afl-cc.c
+++ b/src/afl-cc.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
    Written by Michal Zalewski, Laszlo Szekeres and Marc Heuse
 
    Copyright 2015, 2016 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
   #define MAX_PARAMS_NUM 2048
 #endif
 
-/* Global declarations */
+/** Global declarations -----BEGIN----- **/
 
 typedef enum {
 
@@ -173,7 +173,8 @@ typedef struct aflcc_state {
   u8 fortify_set, x_set, bit_mode, preprocessor_only, have_unroll, have_o,
       have_pic, have_c, shared_linking, partial_linking, non_dash, have_fp,
       have_flto, have_hidden, have_fortify, have_fcf, have_staticasan,
-      have_asan, have_msan, have_ubsan, have_lsan, have_tsan, have_cfisan;
+      have_rust_asanrt, have_asan, have_msan, have_ubsan, have_lsan, have_tsan,
+      have_cfisan;
 
   // u8 *march_opt;
   u8  need_aflpplib;
@@ -186,12 +187,11 @@ typedef struct aflcc_state {
 
 void aflcc_state_init(aflcc_state_t *, u8 *argv0);
 
-/* Try to find a specific runtime we need, the path to obj would be
-   allocated and returned. Otherwise it returns NULL on fail. */
 u8 *find_object(aflcc_state_t *, u8 *obj);
 
 void find_built_deps(aflcc_state_t *);
 
+/* Insert param into the new argv, raise error if MAX_PARAMS_NUM exceeded. */
 static inline void insert_param(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, u8 *param) {
 
   if (unlikely(aflcc->cc_par_cnt + 1 >= MAX_PARAMS_NUM))
@@ -201,6 +201,13 @@ static inline void insert_param(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, u8 *param) {
 
 }
 
+/*
+  Insert a param which contains path to the object file. It uses find_object to
+  get the path based on the name `obj`, and then uses a sprintf like method to
+  format it with `fmt`. If `fmt` is NULL, the inserted arg is same as the path.
+  If `msg` provided, it should be an error msg raised if the path can't be
+  found. `obj` must not be NULL.
+*/
 static inline void insert_object(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, u8 *obj, u8 *fmt,
                                  u8 *msg) {
 
@@ -230,6 +237,7 @@ static inline void insert_object(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, u8 *obj, u8 *fmt,
 
 }
 
+/* Insert params into the new argv, make clang load the pass. */
 static inline void load_llvm_pass(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, u8 *pass) {
 
 #if LLVM_MAJOR >= 11                                /* use new pass manager */
@@ -290,8 +298,12 @@ void add_lto_linker(aflcc_state_t *);
 void add_lto_passes(aflcc_state_t *);
 void add_runtime(aflcc_state_t *);
 
-/* Working state */
+/** Global declarations -----END----- **/
 
+/*
+  Init global state struct. We also extract the callname,
+  check debug options and if in C++ mode here.
+*/
 void aflcc_state_init(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, u8 *argv0) {
 
   // Default NULL/0 is a good start
@@ -351,7 +363,7 @@ void aflcc_state_init(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, u8 *argv0) {
 }
 
 /*
-  in find_object() we look here:
+  Try to find a specific runtime we need, in here:
 
   1. firstly we check the $AFL_PATH environment variable location if set
   2. next we check argv[0] if it has path information and use it
@@ -365,7 +377,6 @@ void aflcc_state_init(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, u8 *argv0) {
   if all these attempts fail - we return NULL and the caller has to decide
   what to do. Otherwise the path to obj would be allocated and returned.
 */
-
 u8 *find_object(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, u8 *obj) {
 
   u8 *argv0 = aflcc->argv0;
@@ -498,6 +509,10 @@ u8 *find_object(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, u8 *obj) {
 
 }
 
+/*
+  Deduce some info about compiler toolchains in current system,
+  from the building results of AFL++
+*/
 void find_built_deps(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
   char *ptr = NULL;
@@ -570,8 +585,9 @@ void find_built_deps(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
 }
 
-/* compiler_mode & instrument_mode selecting */
+/** compiler_mode & instrument_mode selecting -----BEGIN----- **/
 
+/* Select compiler_mode by callname, such as "afl-clang-fast", etc. */
 void compiler_mode_by_callname(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
   if (strncmp(aflcc->callname, "afl-clang-fast", 14) == 0) {
@@ -625,6 +641,10 @@ void compiler_mode_by_callname(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
 }
 
+/*
+  Select compiler_mode by env AFL_CC_COMPILER. And passthrough mode can be
+  regarded as a special compiler_mode, so we check for it here, too.
+*/
 void compiler_mode_by_environ(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
   if (getenv("AFL_PASSTHROUGH") || getenv("AFL_NOOPT")) {
@@ -681,7 +701,13 @@ void compiler_mode_by_environ(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
 }
 
-// If it can be inferred, instrument_mode would also be set
+/*
+  Select compiler_mode by command line options --afl-...
+  If it can be inferred, instrument_mode would also be set.
+  This can supersedes previous result based on callname
+  or AFL_CC_COMPILER. And "--afl_noopt"/"--afl-noopt" will
+  be overwritten by "-g".
+*/
 void compiler_mode_by_cmdline(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, int argc, char **argv) {
 
   char *ptr = NULL;
@@ -774,6 +800,12 @@ void compiler_mode_by_cmdline(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, int argc, char **argv) {
 
 }
 
+/*
+  Select instrument_mode by those envs in old style:
+  - USE_TRACE_PC, AFL_USE_TRACE_PC, AFL_LLVM_USE_TRACE_PC, AFL_TRACE_PC
+  - AFL_LLVM_CALLER, AFL_LLVM_CTX, AFL_LLVM_CTX_K
+  - AFL_LLVM_NGRAM_SIZE
+*/
 static void instrument_mode_old_environ(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
   if (getenv("AFL_LLVM_INSTRIM") || getenv("INSTRIM") ||
@@ -833,7 +865,11 @@ static void instrument_mode_old_environ(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
 }
 
-// compiler_mode would also be set if depended by the instrument_mode
+/*
+  Select instrument_mode by env 'AFL_LLVM_INSTRUMENT'.
+  Previous compiler_mode will be superseded, if required by some
+  values of instrument_mode.
+*/
 static void instrument_mode_new_environ(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
   if (!getenv("AFL_LLVM_INSTRUMENT")) { return; }
@@ -1057,6 +1093,11 @@ static void instrument_mode_new_environ(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
 }
 
+/*
+  Select instrument_mode by envs, the top wrapper. We check
+  have_instr_env firstly, then call instrument_mode_old_environ
+  and instrument_mode_new_environ sequentially.
+*/
 void instrument_mode_by_environ(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
   if (getenv("AFL_LLVM_INSTRUMENT_FILE") || getenv("AFL_LLVM_WHITELIST") ||
@@ -1080,6 +1121,10 @@ void instrument_mode_by_environ(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
 }
 
+/*
+  Workaround to ensure CALLER, CTX, K-CTX and NGRAM
+  instrumentation were used correctly.
+*/
 static void instrument_opt_mode_exclude(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
   if ((aflcc->instrument_opt_mode & INSTRUMENT_OPT_CTX) &&
@@ -1119,6 +1164,11 @@ static void instrument_opt_mode_exclude(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
 }
 
+/*
+  Last step of compiler_mode & instrument_mode selecting.
+  We have a few of workarounds here, to check any corner cases,
+  prepare for a series of fallbacks, and raise warnings or errors.
+*/
 void mode_final_checkout(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, int argc, char **argv) {
 
   if (aflcc->instrument_opt_mode &&
@@ -1323,6 +1373,10 @@ void mode_final_checkout(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, int argc, char **argv) {
 
 }
 
+/*
+  Print welcome message on screen, giving brief notes about
+  compiler_mode and instrument_mode.
+*/
 void mode_notification(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
   char *ptr2 = alloc_printf(" + NGRAM-%u", aflcc->ngram_size);
@@ -1361,6 +1415,17 @@ void mode_notification(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
 }
 
+/*
+  Set argv[0] required by execvp. It can be
+  - specified by env AFL_CXX
+  - g++ or clang++
+  - CLANGPP_BIN or LLVM_BINDIR/clang++
+  when in C++ mode, or
+  - specified by env AFL_CC
+  - gcc or clang
+  - CLANG_BIN or LLVM_BINDIR/clang
+  otherwise.
+*/
 void add_real_argv0(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
   static u8 llvm_fullpath[PATH_MAX];
@@ -1427,7 +1492,9 @@ void add_real_argv0(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
 }
 
-/* Macro defs for the preprocessor */
+/** compiler_mode & instrument_mode selecting -----END----- **/
+
+/** Macro defs for the preprocessor -----BEGIN----- **/
 
 void add_defs_common(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
@@ -1436,8 +1503,11 @@ void add_defs_common(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
 }
 
-/* See instrumentation/README.instrument_list.md#
-    2-selective-instrumentation-with-_afl_coverage-directives */
+/*
+  __afl_coverage macro defs. See
+  instrumentation/README.instrument_list.md#
+  2-selective-instrumentation-with-_afl_coverage-directives
+*/
 void add_defs_selective_instr(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
   if (aflcc->plusplus_mode) {
@@ -1471,9 +1541,11 @@ void add_defs_selective_instr(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
 }
 
-/* As documented in instrumentation/README.persistent_mode.md, deferred
-    forkserver initialization and persistent mode are not available in afl-gcc
-    and afl-clang. */
+/*
+  Macro defs for persistent mode. As documented in
+  instrumentation/README.persistent_mode.md, deferred forkserver initialization
+  and persistent mode are not available in afl-gcc and afl-clang.
+*/
 void add_defs_persistent_mode(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
   if (aflcc->compiler_mode == GCC || aflcc->compiler_mode == CLANG) return;
@@ -1524,7 +1596,7 @@ void add_defs_persistent_mode(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
       "({ static volatile const char *_B __attribute__((used,unused)); "
       " _B = (const char*)\"" PERSIST_SIG
       "\"; "
-      "extern int __afl_connected;"
+      "extern __attribute__((visibility(\"default\"))) int __afl_connected;"
 #ifdef __APPLE__
       "__attribute__((visibility(\"default\"))) "
       "int _L(unsigned int) __asm__(\"___afl_persistent_loop\"); "
@@ -1552,7 +1624,11 @@ void add_defs_persistent_mode(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
 }
 
-/* Control  _FORTIFY_SOURCE */
+/*
+  Control macro def of _FORTIFY_SOURCE. It will do nothing
+  if we detect this routine has been called previously, or
+  the macro already here in these existing args.
+*/
 void add_defs_fortify(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, u8 action) {
 
   if (aflcc->have_fortify) { return; }
@@ -1577,6 +1653,7 @@ void add_defs_fortify(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, u8 action) {
 
 }
 
+/* Macro defs of __AFL_LEAK_CHECK, __AFL_LSAN_ON and __AFL_LSAN_OFF */
 void add_defs_lsan_ctrl(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
   insert_param(aflcc, "-includesanitizer/lsan_interface.h");
@@ -1589,7 +1666,9 @@ void add_defs_lsan_ctrl(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
 }
 
-/* About fsanitize (including PCGUARD features) */
+/** Macro defs for the preprocessor -----END----- **/
+
+/** About -fsanitize -----BEGIN----- **/
 
 /* For input "-fsanitize=...", it:
 
@@ -1668,6 +1747,16 @@ static u8 fsanitize_fuzzer_comma(char *string) {
 
 }
 
+/*
+  Parse and process possible -fsanitize related args, return PARAM_MISS
+  if nothing matched. We have 3 main tasks here for these args:
+  - Check which one of those sanitizers present here.
+  - Check if libfuzzer present. We need to block the request of enable
+    libfuzzer, and link harness with our libAFLDriver.a later.
+  - Check if SanCov allow/denylist options present. We need to try switching
+    to LLVMNATIVE instead of using our optimized PCGUARD anyway. If we
+    can't make it finally for various reasons, just drop these options.
+*/
 param_st parse_fsanitize(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, u8 *cur_argv, u8 scan) {
 
   param_st final_ = PARAM_MISS;
@@ -1709,22 +1798,8 @@ param_st parse_fsanitize(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, u8 *cur_argv, u8 scan) {
 
 #undef HAVE_SANITIZER_SCAN_KEEP
 
-  if (!strncmp(cur_argv, "-fsanitize-coverage-", 20) &&
-      strstr(cur_argv, "list=")) {
-
-    if (scan) {
-
-      aflcc->have_instr_list = 1;
-      final_ = PARAM_SCAN;
-
-    } else {
-
-      final_ = PARAM_KEEP;
-
-    }
-
-  }
-
+  // We can't use a "else if" there, because some of the following
+  // matching rules overlap with those in the if-statement above.
   if (!strcmp(cur_argv, "-fsanitize=fuzzer")) {
 
     if (scan) {
@@ -1764,25 +1839,27 @@ param_st parse_fsanitize(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, u8 *cur_argv, u8 scan) {
 
     }
 
-  } else if ((!strncmp(cur_argv, "-fsanitize=fuzzer-",
+  } else if (!strncmp(cur_argv, "-fsanitize-coverage-", 20) &&
 
-                       strlen("-fsanitize=fuzzer-")) ||
-              !strncmp(cur_argv, "-fsanitize-coverage",
-                       strlen("-fsanitize-coverage"))) &&
-             (strncmp(cur_argv, "sanitize-coverage-allow",
-                      strlen("sanitize-coverage-allow")) &&
-              strncmp(cur_argv, "sanitize-coverage-deny",
-                      strlen("sanitize-coverage-deny")) &&
-              aflcc->instrument_mode != INSTRUMENT_LLVMNATIVE)) {
+             strstr(cur_argv, "list=")) {
 
     if (scan) {
 
+      aflcc->have_instr_list = 1;
       final_ = PARAM_SCAN;
 
     } else {
 
-      if (!be_quiet) { WARNF("Found '%s' - stripping!", cur_argv); }
-      final_ = PARAM_DROP;
+      if (aflcc->instrument_mode != INSTRUMENT_LLVMNATIVE) {
+
+        if (!be_quiet) { WARNF("Found '%s' - stripping!", cur_argv); }
+        final_ = PARAM_DROP;
+
+      } else {
+
+        final_ = PARAM_KEEP;
+
+      }
 
     }
 
@@ -1794,6 +1871,16 @@ param_st parse_fsanitize(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, u8 *cur_argv, u8 scan) {
 
 }
 
+/*
+  Add params for sanitizers. Here we need to consider:
+  - Use static runtime for asan, as much as possible.
+  - ASAN, MSAN, AFL_HARDEN are mutually exclusive.
+  - Add options if not found there, on request of AFL_USE_ASAN, AFL_USE_MSAN,
+  etc.
+  - Update have_* so that functions called after this can have correct context.
+    However this also means any functions called before should NOT depend on
+  these have_*, otherwise they may not work as expected.
+*/
 void add_sanitizers(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, char **envp) {
 
   if (getenv("AFL_USE_ASAN") || aflcc->have_asan) {
@@ -1823,7 +1910,7 @@ void add_sanitizers(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, char **envp) {
       FATAL("MSAN and AFL_HARDEN are mutually exclusive");
 
     add_defs_fortify(aflcc, 0);
-    insert_param(aflcc, "-fsanitize=memory");
+    if (!aflcc->have_msan) { insert_param(aflcc, "-fsanitize=memory"); }
     aflcc->have_msan = 1;
 
   }
@@ -1910,42 +1997,48 @@ void add_sanitizers(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, char **envp) {
 
 }
 
+/* Add params to enable LLVM SanCov, the native PCGUARD */
 void add_native_pcguard(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
+  /* If there is a rust ASan runtime on the command line, it is likely we're
+   * linking from rust and adding native flags requiring the sanitizer runtime
+   * will trigger native clang to add yet another runtime, causing linker
+   * errors. For now we shouldn't add instrumentation here, we're linking
+   * anyway.
+   */
+  if (aflcc->have_rust_asanrt) { return; }
+
   /* If llvm-config doesn't figure out LLVM_MAJOR, just
    go on anyway and let compiler complain if doesn't work. */
 
-  if (aflcc->instrument_opt_mode & INSTRUMENT_OPT_CODECOV) {
-
 #if LLVM_MAJOR > 0 && LLVM_MAJOR < 6
-    FATAL("pcguard instrumentation with pc-table requires LLVM 6.0.1+");
+  FATAL("pcguard instrumentation with pc-table requires LLVM 6.0.1+");
 #else
   #if LLVM_MAJOR == 0
-    WARNF(
-        "pcguard instrumentation with pc-table requires LLVM 6.0.1+"
-        " otherwise the compiler will fail");
+  WARNF(
+      "pcguard instrumentation with pc-table requires LLVM 6.0.1+"
+      " otherwise the compiler will fail");
   #endif
+  if (aflcc->instrument_opt_mode & INSTRUMENT_OPT_CODECOV) {
+
     insert_param(aflcc,
                  "-fsanitize-coverage=trace-pc-guard,bb,no-prune,pc-table");
-#endif
 
   } else {
 
-#if LLVM_MAJOR > 0 && LLVM_MAJOR < 4
-    FATAL("pcguard instrumentation requires LLVM 4.0.1+");
-#else
-  #if LLVM_MAJOR == 0
-    WARNF(
-        "pcguard instrumentation requires LLVM 4.0.1+"
-        " otherwise the compiler will fail");
-  #endif
-    insert_param(aflcc, "-fsanitize-coverage=trace-pc-guard");
-#endif
+    insert_param(aflcc, "-fsanitize-coverage=trace-pc-guard,pc-table");
 
   }
 
+#endif
+
 }
 
+/*
+  Add params to launch our optimized PCGUARD on request.
+  It will fallback to use the native PCGUARD in some cases. If so, plz
+  bear in mind that instrument_mode will be set to INSTRUMENT_LLVMNATIVE.
+*/
 void add_optimized_pcguard(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
 #if LLVM_MAJOR >= 13
@@ -1962,7 +2055,7 @@ void add_optimized_pcguard(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
       SAYF(
           "Using unoptimized trace-pc-guard, due usage of "
           "-fsanitize-coverage-allow/denylist, you can use "
-          "AFL_LLVM_ALLOWLIST/AFL_LLMV_DENYLIST instead.\n");
+          "AFL_LLVM_ALLOWLIST/AFL_LLVM_DENYLIST instead.\n");
 
     insert_param(aflcc, "-fsanitize-coverage=trace-pc-guard");
     aflcc->instrument_mode = INSTRUMENT_LLVMNATIVE;
@@ -1997,8 +2090,14 @@ void add_optimized_pcguard(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
 }
 
-/* Linking behaviors */
+/** About -fsanitize -----END----- **/
+
+/** Linking behaviors -----BEGIN----- **/
 
+/*
+  Parse and process possible linking stage related args,
+  return PARAM_MISS if nothing matched.
+*/
 param_st parse_linking_params(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, u8 *cur_argv, u8 scan,
                               u8 *skip_next, char **argv) {
 
@@ -2161,6 +2260,7 @@ param_st parse_linking_params(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, u8 *cur_argv, u8 scan,
 
 }
 
+/* Add params to specify the linker used in LTO */
 void add_lto_linker(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
   unsetenv("AFL_LD");
@@ -2200,6 +2300,7 @@ void add_lto_linker(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
 }
 
+/* Add params to launch SanitizerCoverageLTO.so when linking  */
 void add_lto_passes(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
 #if defined(AFL_CLANG_LDPATH) && LLVM_MAJOR >= 15
@@ -2218,6 +2319,7 @@ void add_lto_passes(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
 }
 
+/* Add params to link with libAFLDriver.a on request */
 static void add_aflpplib(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
   if (!aflcc->need_aflpplib) return;
@@ -2253,6 +2355,7 @@ static void add_aflpplib(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
 }
 
+/* Add params to link with runtimes depended by our instrumentation */
 void add_runtime(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
   if (aflcc->preprocessor_only || aflcc->have_c || !aflcc->non_dash) {
@@ -2314,6 +2417,11 @@ void add_runtime(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
     }
 
+  #if __AFL_CODE_COVERAGE
+    // Required for dladdr used in afl-compiler-rt.o
+    insert_param(aflcc, "-ldl");
+  #endif
+
   #if !defined(__APPLE__) && !defined(__sun)
     if (!aflcc->shared_linking && !aflcc->partial_linking)
       insert_object(aflcc, "dynamic_list.txt", "-Wl,--dynamic-list=%s", 0);
@@ -2343,8 +2451,14 @@ void add_runtime(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
 }
 
-/* Misc */
+/** Linking behaviors -----END----- **/
+
+/** Miscellaneous routines -----BEGIN----- **/
 
+/*
+  Add params to make compiler driver use our afl-as
+  as assembler, required by the vanilla instrumentation.
+*/
 void add_assembler(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
   u8 *afl_as = find_object(aflcc, "as");
@@ -2361,6 +2475,7 @@ void add_assembler(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
 }
 
+/* Add params to launch the gcc plugins for instrumentation. */
 void add_gcc_plugin(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
   if (aflcc->cmplog_mode) {
@@ -2377,6 +2492,7 @@ void add_gcc_plugin(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
 }
 
+/* Add some miscellaneous params required by our instrumentation. */
 void add_misc_params(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
   if (getenv("AFL_NO_BUILTIN") || getenv("AFL_LLVM_LAF_TRANSFORM_COMPARES") ||
@@ -2423,6 +2539,10 @@ void add_misc_params(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
 }
 
+/*
+  Parse and process a variety of args under our matching rules,
+  return PARAM_MISS if nothing matched.
+*/
 param_st parse_misc_params(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, u8 *cur_argv, u8 scan) {
 
   param_st final_ = PARAM_MISS;
@@ -2484,6 +2604,10 @@ param_st parse_misc_params(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, u8 *cur_argv, u8 scan) {
 
     SCAN_KEEP(aflcc->have_staticasan, 1);
 
+  } else if (strstr(cur_argv, "librustc") && strstr(cur_argv, "_rt.asan.a")) {
+
+    SCAN_KEEP(aflcc->have_rust_asanrt, 1);
+
   } else if (!strcmp(cur_argv, "-fno-omit-frame-pointer")) {
 
     SCAN_KEEP(aflcc->have_fp, 1);
@@ -2569,6 +2693,9 @@ param_st parse_misc_params(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, u8 *cur_argv, u8 scan) {
 
 }
 
+/** Miscellaneous routines -----END----- **/
+
+/* Print help message on request */
 static void maybe_usage(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, int argc, char **argv) {
 
   if (argc < 2 || strncmp(argv[1], "-h", 2) == 0) {
@@ -2707,7 +2834,7 @@ static void maybe_usage(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, int argc, char **argv) {
           "  AFL_DONT_OPTIMIZE: disable optimization instead of -O3\n"
           "  AFL_NO_BUILTIN: no builtins for string compare functions (for "
           "libtokencap.so)\n"
-          "  AFL_NOOP: behave like a normal compiler (to pass configure "
+          "  AFL_NOOPT: behave like a normal compiler (to pass configure "
           "tests)\n"
           "  AFL_PATH: path to instrumenting pass and runtime  "
           "(afl-compiler-rt.*o)\n"
@@ -2864,6 +2991,24 @@ static void maybe_usage(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, int argc, char **argv) {
 
 }
 
+/*
+  Process params passed to afl-cc.
+
+  We have two working modes, *scan* and *non-scan*. In scan mode,
+  the main task is to set some variables in aflcc according to current argv[i],
+  while in non-scan mode, is to choose keep or drop current argv[i].
+
+  We have several matching routines being called sequentially in the while-loop,
+  and each of them try to parse and match current argv[i] according to their own
+  rules. If one miss match, the next will then take over. In non-scan mode, each
+  argv[i] mis-matched by all the routines will be kept.
+
+  These routines are:
+  1. parse_misc_params
+  2. parse_fsanitize
+  3. parse_linking_params
+  4. `if (*cur == '@') {...}`, i.e., parse response files
+*/
 static void process_params(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, u8 scan, u32 argc,
                            char **argv) {
 
@@ -2890,134 +3035,249 @@ static void process_params(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, u8 scan, u32 argc,
     if (PARAM_MISS != parse_linking_params(aflcc, cur, scan, &skip_next, argv))
       continue;
 
+    /* Response file support -----BEGIN-----
+      We have two choices - move everything to the command line or
+      rewrite the response files to temporary files and delete them
+      afterwards. We choose the first for easiness.
+      For clang, llvm::cl::ExpandResponseFiles does this, however it
+      only has C++ interface. And for gcc there is expandargv in libiberty,
+      written in C, but we can't simply copy-paste since its LGPL licensed.
+      So here we use an equivalent FSM as alternative, and try to be compatible
+      with the two above. See:
+        - https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Overall-Options.html
+        - driver::expand_at_files in gcc.git/gcc/gcc.c
+        - expandargv in gcc.git/libiberty/argv.c
+        - llvm-project.git/clang/tools/driver/driver.cpp
+        - ExpandResponseFiles in
+          llvm-project.git/llvm/lib/Support/CommandLine.cpp
+    */
     if (*cur == '@') {
 
-      // response file support.
-      // we have two choices - move everything to the command line or
-      // rewrite the response files to temporary files and delete them
-      // afterwards. We choose the first for easiness.
-      // We do *not* support quotes in the rsp files to cope with spaces in
-      // filenames etc! If you need that then send a patch!
       u8 *filename = cur + 1;
       if (aflcc->debug) { DEBUGF("response file=%s\n", filename); }
-      FILE       *f = fopen(filename, "r");
-      struct stat st;
 
       // Check not found or empty? let the compiler complain if so.
-      if (!f || fstat(fileno(f), &st) < 0 || st.st_size < 1) {
+      FILE *f = fopen(filename, "r");
+      if (!f) {
 
         if (!scan) insert_param(aflcc, cur);
         continue;
 
       }
 
-      u8    *tmpbuf = malloc(st.st_size + 2), *ptr;
-      char **args = malloc(sizeof(char *) * (st.st_size >> 1));
-      int    count = 1, cont = 0, cont_act = 0;
+      struct stat st;
+      if (fstat(fileno(f), &st) || !S_ISREG(st.st_mode) || st.st_size < 1) {
 
-      while (fgets(tmpbuf, st.st_size + 1, f)) {
+        fclose(f);
+        if (!scan) insert_param(aflcc, cur);
+        continue;
 
-        ptr = tmpbuf;
-        // fprintf(stderr, "1: %s\n", ptr);
-        //  no leading whitespace
-        while (isspace(*ptr)) {
+      }
 
-          ++ptr;
-          cont_act = 0;
+      // Limit the number of response files, the max value
+      // just keep consistent with expandargv. Only do this in
+      // scan mode, and not touch rsp_count anymore in the next.
+      static u32 rsp_count = 2000;
+      if (scan) {
 
-        }
+        if (rsp_count == 0) FATAL("Too many response files provided!");
 
-        // no comments, no empty lines
-        if (*ptr == '#' || *ptr == '\n' || !*ptr) { continue; }
-        // remove LF
-        if (ptr[strlen(ptr) - 1] == '\n') { ptr[strlen(ptr) - 1] = 0; }
-        // remove CR
-        if (*ptr && ptr[strlen(ptr) - 1] == '\r') { ptr[strlen(ptr) - 1] = 0; }
-        // handle \ at end of line
-        if (*ptr && ptr[strlen(ptr) - 1] == '\\') {
+        --rsp_count;
 
-          cont = 1;
-          ptr[strlen(ptr) - 1] = 0;
+      }
 
-        }
+      // argc, argv acquired from this rsp file. Note that
+      // process_params ignores argv[0], we need to put a const "" here.
+      u32    argc_read = 1;
+      char **argv_read = ck_alloc(sizeof(char *));
+      argv_read[0] = "";
+
+      char *arg_buf = NULL;
+      u64   arg_len = 0;
+
+      enum fsm_state {
+
+        fsm_whitespace,    // whitespace seen so far
+        fsm_double_quote,  // have unpaired double quote
+        fsm_single_quote,  // have unpaired single quote
+        fsm_backslash,     // a backslash is seen with no unpaired quote
+        fsm_normal         // a normal char is seen
+
+      };
+
+      // Workaround to append c to arg buffer, and append the buffer to argv
+#define ARG_ALLOC(c)                                             \
+  do {                                                           \
+                                                                 \
+    ++arg_len;                                                   \
+    arg_buf = ck_realloc(arg_buf, (arg_len + 1) * sizeof(char)); \
+    arg_buf[arg_len] = '\0';                                     \
+    arg_buf[arg_len - 1] = (char)c;                              \
+                                                                 \
+  } while (0)
 
-        // fprintf(stderr, "2: %s\n", ptr);
+#define ARG_STORE()                                                \
+  do {                                                             \
+                                                                   \
+    ++argc_read;                                                   \
+    argv_read = ck_realloc(argv_read, argc_read * sizeof(char *)); \
+    argv_read[argc_read - 1] = arg_buf;                            \
+    arg_buf = NULL;                                                \
+    arg_len = 0;                                                   \
+                                                                   \
+  } while (0)
 
-        // remove whitespace at end
-        while (*ptr && isspace(ptr[strlen(ptr) - 1])) {
+      int cur_chr = (int)' ';  // init as whitespace, as a good start :)
+      enum fsm_state state_ = fsm_whitespace;
 
-          ptr[strlen(ptr) - 1] = 0;
-          cont = 0;
+      while (cur_chr != EOF) {
 
-        }
+        switch (state_) {
+
+          case fsm_whitespace:
+
+            if (arg_buf) {
+
+              ARG_STORE();
+              break;
+
+            }
+
+            if (isspace(cur_chr)) {
+
+              cur_chr = fgetc(f);
+
+            } else if (cur_chr == (int)'\'') {
 
-        // fprintf(stderr, "3: %s\n", ptr);
-        if (*ptr) {
+              state_ = fsm_single_quote;
+              cur_chr = fgetc(f);
 
-          do {
+            } else if (cur_chr == (int)'"') {
 
-            u8 *value = ptr;
-            while (*ptr && !isspace(*ptr)) {
+              state_ = fsm_double_quote;
+              cur_chr = fgetc(f);
 
-              ++ptr;
+            } else if (cur_chr == (int)'\\') {
+
+              state_ = fsm_backslash;
+              cur_chr = fgetc(f);
+
+            } else {
+
+              state_ = fsm_normal;
 
             }
 
-            while (*ptr && isspace(*ptr)) {
+            break;
+
+          case fsm_normal:
+
+            if (isspace(cur_chr)) {
+
+              state_ = fsm_whitespace;
+
+            } else if (cur_chr == (int)'\'') {
+
+              state_ = fsm_single_quote;
+              cur_chr = fgetc(f);
+
+            } else if (cur_chr == (int)'\"') {
 
-              *ptr++ = 0;
+              state_ = fsm_double_quote;
+              cur_chr = fgetc(f);
+
+            } else if (cur_chr == (int)'\\') {
+
+              state_ = fsm_backslash;
+              cur_chr = fgetc(f);
+
+            } else {
+
+              ARG_ALLOC(cur_chr);
+              cur_chr = fgetc(f);
 
             }
 
-            if (cont_act) {
+            break;
+
+          case fsm_backslash:
+
+            ARG_ALLOC(cur_chr);
+            cur_chr = fgetc(f);
+            state_ = fsm_normal;
+
+            break;
+
+          case fsm_single_quote:
 
-              u32 len = strlen(args[count - 1]) + strlen(value) + 1;
-              u8 *tmp = malloc(len);
-              snprintf(tmp, len, "%s%s", args[count - 1], value);
-              free(args[count - 1]);
-              args[count - 1] = tmp;
-              cont_act = 0;
+            if (cur_chr == (int)'\\') {
+
+              cur_chr = fgetc(f);
+              if (cur_chr == EOF) break;
+              ARG_ALLOC(cur_chr);
+
+            } else if (cur_chr == (int)'\'') {
+
+              state_ = fsm_normal;
 
             } else {
 
-              args[count++] = strdup(value);
+              ARG_ALLOC(cur_chr);
 
             }
 
-          } while (*ptr);
+            cur_chr = fgetc(f);
+            break;
 
-        }
+          case fsm_double_quote:
+
+            if (cur_chr == (int)'\\') {
 
-        if (cont) {
+              cur_chr = fgetc(f);
+              if (cur_chr == EOF) break;
+              ARG_ALLOC(cur_chr);
 
-          cont_act = 1;
-          cont = 0;
+            } else if (cur_chr == (int)'"') {
+
+              state_ = fsm_normal;
+
+            } else {
+
+              ARG_ALLOC(cur_chr);
+
+            }
+
+            cur_chr = fgetc(f);
+            break;
+
+          default:
+            break;
 
         }
 
       }
 
-      if (count) { process_params(aflcc, scan, count, args); }
+      if (arg_buf) { ARG_STORE(); }  // save the pending arg after EOF
 
-      // we cannot free args[] unless we don't need
-      // to keep any reference in cc_params
-      if (scan) {
+#undef ARG_ALLOC
+#undef ARG_STORE
 
-        if (count) do {
+      if (argc_read > 1) { process_params(aflcc, scan, argc_read, argv_read); }
 
-            free(args[--count]);
+      // We cannot free argv_read[] unless we don't need to keep any
+      // reference in cc_params. Never free argv[0], the const "".
+      if (scan) {
 
-          } while (count);
+        while (argc_read > 1)
+          ck_free(argv_read[--argc_read]);
 
-        free(args);
+        ck_free(argv_read);
 
       }
 
-      free(tmpbuf);
-
       continue;
 
-    }
+    }                                /* Response file support -----END----- */
 
     if (!scan) insert_param(aflcc, cur);
 
@@ -3025,8 +3285,7 @@ static void process_params(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, u8 scan, u32 argc,
 
 }
 
-/* Copy argv to cc_params, making the necessary edits. */
-
+/* Process each of the existing argv, also add a few new args. */
 static void edit_params(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, u32 argc, char **argv,
                         char **envp) {
 
@@ -3167,7 +3426,6 @@ static void edit_params(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, u32 argc, char **argv,
 }
 
 /* Main entry point */
-
 int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp) {
 
   aflcc_state_t *aflcc = malloc(sizeof(aflcc_state_t));
diff --git a/src/afl-common.c b/src/afl-common.c
index ba498b3b..87003b03 100644
--- a/src/afl-common.c
+++ b/src/afl-common.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
                         Andrea Fioraldi <andreafioraldi@gmail.com>
 
    Copyright 2016, 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/src/afl-forkserver.c b/src/afl-forkserver.c
index 3f9bfa72..0a77d61c 100644
--- a/src/afl-forkserver.c
+++ b/src/afl-forkserver.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 
    Copyright 2016, 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -1017,6 +1017,14 @@ void afl_fsrv_start(afl_forkserver_t *fsrv, char **argv,
 
   if (rlen == 4) {
 
+    if (status >= 0x41464c00 && status <= 0x41464cff) {
+
+      FATAL(
+          "Target uses the new forkserver model, you need to switch to a newer "
+          "afl-fuzz too!");
+
+    }
+
     if (!be_quiet) { OKF("All right - fork server is up."); }
 
     if (getenv("AFL_DEBUG")) {
diff --git a/src/afl-fuzz-bitmap.c b/src/afl-fuzz-bitmap.c
index 5f67347c..d056ac9f 100644
--- a/src/afl-fuzz-bitmap.c
+++ b/src/afl-fuzz-bitmap.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
                         Andrea Fioraldi <andreafioraldi@gmail.com>
 
    Copyright 2016, 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/src/afl-fuzz-cmplog.c b/src/afl-fuzz-cmplog.c
index 3e6432ca..21f34e12 100644
--- a/src/afl-fuzz-cmplog.c
+++ b/src/afl-fuzz-cmplog.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
                         Andrea Fioraldi <andreafioraldi@gmail.com>
 
    Copyright 2016, 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/src/afl-fuzz-extras.c b/src/afl-fuzz-extras.c
index 905431d1..3b1d13f1 100644
--- a/src/afl-fuzz-extras.c
+++ b/src/afl-fuzz-extras.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
                         Andrea Fioraldi <andreafioraldi@gmail.com>
 
    Copyright 2016, 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/src/afl-fuzz-init.c b/src/afl-fuzz-init.c
index 35932913..76291cc4 100644
--- a/src/afl-fuzz-init.c
+++ b/src/afl-fuzz-init.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
                         Andrea Fioraldi <andreafioraldi@gmail.com>
 
    Copyright 2016, 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ void bind_to_free_cpu(afl_state_t *afl) {
     }
 
     WARNF("Not binding to a CPU core (AFL_NO_AFFINITY set).");
+  #ifdef __linux__
+    if (afl->fsrv.nyx_mode) { afl->fsrv.nyx_bind_cpu_id = 0; }
+  #endif
     return;
 
   }
@@ -151,6 +154,9 @@ void bind_to_free_cpu(afl_state_t *afl) {
     } else {
 
       OKF("CPU binding request using -b %d successful.", afl->cpu_to_bind);
+  #ifdef __linux__
+      if (afl->fsrv.nyx_mode) { afl->fsrv.nyx_bind_cpu_id = afl->cpu_to_bind; }
+  #endif
 
     }
 
@@ -2230,6 +2236,21 @@ void setup_dirs_fds(afl_state_t *afl) {
 
   fflush(afl->fsrv.plot_file);
 
+#ifdef INTROSPECTION
+
+  tmp = alloc_printf("%s/plot_det_data", afl->out_dir);
+
+  int fd = open(tmp, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT, DEFAULT_PERMISSION);
+  if (fd < 0) { PFATAL("Unable to create '%s'", tmp); }
+  ck_free(tmp);
+
+  afl->fsrv.det_plot_file = fdopen(fd, "w");
+  if (!afl->fsrv.det_plot_file) { PFATAL("fdopen() failed"); }
+
+  if (afl->in_place_resume) { fseek(afl->fsrv.det_plot_file, 0, SEEK_END); }
+
+#endif
+
   /* ignore errors */
 
 }
diff --git a/src/afl-fuzz-mutators.c b/src/afl-fuzz-mutators.c
index 17fb9368..ae4d6668 100644
--- a/src/afl-fuzz-mutators.c
+++ b/src/afl-fuzz-mutators.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
                         Dominik Maier <mail@dmnk.co>
 
    Copyright 2016, 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/src/afl-fuzz-one.c b/src/afl-fuzz-one.c
index 01e34b69..d9c074ec 100644
--- a/src/afl-fuzz-one.c
+++ b/src/afl-fuzz-one.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
                         Andrea Fioraldi <andreafioraldi@gmail.com>
 
    Copyright 2016, 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -329,9 +329,9 @@ u8 fuzz_one_original(afl_state_t *afl) {
   u32 len, temp_len;
   u32 j;
   u32 i;
-  u8 *in_buf, *out_buf, *orig_in, *ex_tmp, *eff_map = 0;
+  u8 *in_buf, *out_buf, *orig_in, *ex_tmp;
   u64 havoc_queued = 0, orig_hit_cnt, new_hit_cnt = 0, prev_cksum, _prev_cksum;
-  u32 splice_cycle = 0, perf_score = 100, orig_perf, eff_cnt = 1;
+  u32 splice_cycle = 0, perf_score = 100, orig_perf;
 
   u8 ret_val = 1, doing_det = 0;
 
@@ -545,12 +545,37 @@ u8 fuzz_one_original(afl_state_t *afl) {
 
   }
 
+  u64 before_det_time = get_cur_time();
+#ifdef INTROSPECTION
+
+  u64 before_havoc_time;
+  u32 before_det_findings = afl->queued_items,
+      before_det_edges = count_non_255_bytes(afl, afl->virgin_bits),
+      before_havoc_findings, before_havoc_edges;
+  u8 is_logged = 0;
+
+#endif
+  if (!afl->skip_deterministic) {
+
+    if (!skip_deterministic_stage(afl, in_buf, out_buf, len, before_det_time)) {
+
+      goto abandon_entry;
+
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  u8 *skip_eff_map = afl->queue_cur->skipdet_e->skip_eff_map;
+
   /* Skip right away if -d is given, if it has not been chosen sufficiently
      often to warrant the expensive deterministic stage (fuzz_level), or
      if it has gone through deterministic testing in earlier, resumed runs
      (passed_det). */
+  /* if skipdet decide to skip the seed or no interesting bytes found,
+     we skip the whole deterministic stage as well */
 
   if (likely(afl->skip_deterministic) || likely(afl->queue_cur->passed_det) ||
+      likely(!afl->queue_cur->skipdet_e->quick_eff_bytes) ||
       likely(perf_score <
              (afl->queue_cur->depth * 30 <= afl->havoc_max_mult * 100
                   ? afl->queue_cur->depth * 30
@@ -609,6 +634,10 @@ u8 fuzz_one_original(afl_state_t *afl) {
 
     afl->stage_cur_byte = afl->stage_cur >> 3;
 
+    if (!skip_eff_map[afl->stage_cur_byte]) continue;
+
+    if (is_det_timeout(before_det_time, 0)) { goto custom_mutator_stage; }
+
     FLIP_BIT(out_buf, afl->stage_cur);
 
 #ifdef INTROSPECTION
@@ -725,6 +754,10 @@ u8 fuzz_one_original(afl_state_t *afl) {
 
     afl->stage_cur_byte = afl->stage_cur >> 3;
 
+    if (!skip_eff_map[afl->stage_cur_byte]) continue;
+
+    if (is_det_timeout(before_det_time, 0)) { goto custom_mutator_stage; }
+
     FLIP_BIT(out_buf, afl->stage_cur);
     FLIP_BIT(out_buf, afl->stage_cur + 1);
 
@@ -760,6 +793,10 @@ u8 fuzz_one_original(afl_state_t *afl) {
 
     afl->stage_cur_byte = afl->stage_cur >> 3;
 
+    if (!skip_eff_map[afl->stage_cur_byte]) continue;
+
+    if (is_det_timeout(before_det_time, 0)) { goto custom_mutator_stage; }
+
     FLIP_BIT(out_buf, afl->stage_cur);
     FLIP_BIT(out_buf, afl->stage_cur + 1);
     FLIP_BIT(out_buf, afl->stage_cur + 2);
@@ -787,34 +824,6 @@ u8 fuzz_one_original(afl_state_t *afl) {
   afl->queue_cur->stats_mutated += afl->stage_max;
 #endif
 
-  /* Effector map setup. These macros calculate:
-
-     EFF_APOS      - position of a particular file offset in the map.
-     EFF_ALEN      - length of a map with a particular number of bytes.
-     EFF_SPAN_ALEN - map span for a sequence of bytes.
-
-   */
-
-#define EFF_APOS(_p) ((_p) >> EFF_MAP_SCALE2)
-#define EFF_REM(_x) ((_x) & ((1 << EFF_MAP_SCALE2) - 1))
-#define EFF_ALEN(_l) (EFF_APOS(_l) + !!EFF_REM(_l))
-#define EFF_SPAN_ALEN(_p, _l) (EFF_APOS((_p) + (_l)-1) - EFF_APOS(_p) + 1)
-
-  /* Initialize effector map for the next step (see comments below). Always
-     flag first and last byte as doing something. */
-
-  eff_map = afl_realloc(AFL_BUF_PARAM(eff), EFF_ALEN(len));
-  if (unlikely(!eff_map)) { PFATAL("alloc"); }
-  memset(eff_map, 0, EFF_ALEN(len));
-  eff_map[0] = 1;
-
-  if (EFF_APOS(len - 1) != 0) {
-
-    eff_map[EFF_APOS(len - 1)] = 1;
-    ++eff_cnt;
-
-  }
-
   /* Walking byte. */
 
   afl->stage_name = "bitflip 8/8";
@@ -828,6 +837,10 @@ u8 fuzz_one_original(afl_state_t *afl) {
 
     afl->stage_cur_byte = afl->stage_cur;
 
+    if (!skip_eff_map[afl->stage_cur_byte]) continue;
+
+    if (is_det_timeout(before_det_time, 0)) { goto custom_mutator_stage; }
+
     out_buf[afl->stage_cur] ^= 0xFF;
 
 #ifdef INTROSPECTION
@@ -837,59 +850,19 @@ u8 fuzz_one_original(afl_state_t *afl) {
 
     if (common_fuzz_stuff(afl, out_buf, len)) { goto abandon_entry; }
 
-    /* We also use this stage to pull off a simple trick: we identify
-       bytes that seem to have no effect on the current execution path
-       even when fully flipped - and we skip them during more expensive
-       deterministic stages, such as arithmetics or known ints. */
-
-    if (!eff_map[EFF_APOS(afl->stage_cur)]) {
-
-      u64 cksum;
-
-      /* If in non-instrumented mode or if the file is very short, just flag
-         everything without wasting time on checksums. */
-
-      if (!afl->non_instrumented_mode && len >= EFF_MIN_LEN) {
-
-        cksum = hash64(afl->fsrv.trace_bits, afl->fsrv.map_size, HASH_CONST);
-
-      } else {
-
-        cksum = ~prev_cksum;
-
-      }
-
-      if (cksum != prev_cksum) {
-
-        eff_map[EFF_APOS(afl->stage_cur)] = 1;
-        ++eff_cnt;
-
-      }
-
-    }
-
     out_buf[afl->stage_cur] ^= 0xFF;
 
   }
 
-  /* If the effector map is more than EFF_MAX_PERC dense, just flag the
-     whole thing as worth fuzzing, since we wouldn't be saving much time
-     anyway. */
-
-  if (eff_cnt != (u32)EFF_ALEN(len) &&
-      eff_cnt * 100 / EFF_ALEN(len) > EFF_MAX_PERC) {
+  /* New effective bytes calculation. */
 
-    memset(eff_map, 1, EFF_ALEN(len));
+  for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
 
-    afl->blocks_eff_select += EFF_ALEN(len);
-
-  } else {
-
-    afl->blocks_eff_select += eff_cnt;
+    if (skip_eff_map[i]) afl->blocks_eff_select += 1;
 
   }
 
-  afl->blocks_eff_total += EFF_ALEN(len);
+  afl->blocks_eff_total += len;
 
   new_hit_cnt = afl->queued_items + afl->saved_crashes;
 
@@ -914,12 +887,9 @@ u8 fuzz_one_original(afl_state_t *afl) {
 
     /* Let's consult the effector map... */
 
-    if (!eff_map[EFF_APOS(i)] && !eff_map[EFF_APOS(i + 1)]) {
-
-      --afl->stage_max;
-      continue;
+    if (!skip_eff_map[i]) continue;
 
-    }
+    if (is_det_timeout(before_det_time, 0)) { goto custom_mutator_stage; }
 
     afl->stage_cur_byte = i;
 
@@ -959,13 +929,10 @@ u8 fuzz_one_original(afl_state_t *afl) {
   for (i = 0; i < len - 3; ++i) {
 
     /* Let's consult the effector map... */
-    if (!eff_map[EFF_APOS(i)] && !eff_map[EFF_APOS(i + 1)] &&
-        !eff_map[EFF_APOS(i + 2)] && !eff_map[EFF_APOS(i + 3)]) {
 
-      --afl->stage_max;
-      continue;
+    if (!skip_eff_map[i]) continue;
 
-    }
+    if (is_det_timeout(before_det_time, 0)) { goto custom_mutator_stage; }
 
     afl->stage_cur_byte = i;
 
@@ -1016,12 +983,9 @@ skip_bitflip:
 
     /* Let's consult the effector map... */
 
-    if (!eff_map[EFF_APOS(i)]) {
-
-      afl->stage_max -= 2 * ARITH_MAX;
-      continue;
+    if (!skip_eff_map[i]) continue;
 
-    }
+    if (is_det_timeout(before_det_time, 0)) { goto custom_mutator_stage; }
 
     afl->stage_cur_byte = i;
 
@@ -1103,12 +1067,9 @@ skip_bitflip:
 
     /* Let's consult the effector map... */
 
-    if (!eff_map[EFF_APOS(i)] && !eff_map[EFF_APOS(i + 1)]) {
-
-      afl->stage_max -= 4 * ARITH_MAX;
-      continue;
+    if (!skip_eff_map[i]) continue;
 
-    }
+    if (is_det_timeout(before_det_time, 0)) { goto custom_mutator_stage; }
 
     afl->stage_cur_byte = i;
 
@@ -1236,13 +1197,9 @@ skip_bitflip:
 
     /* Let's consult the effector map... */
 
-    if (!eff_map[EFF_APOS(i)] && !eff_map[EFF_APOS(i + 1)] &&
-        !eff_map[EFF_APOS(i + 2)] && !eff_map[EFF_APOS(i + 3)]) {
-
-      afl->stage_max -= 4 * ARITH_MAX;
-      continue;
+    if (!skip_eff_map[i]) continue;
 
-    }
+    if (is_det_timeout(before_det_time, 0)) { goto custom_mutator_stage; }
 
     afl->stage_cur_byte = i;
 
@@ -1374,12 +1331,9 @@ skip_arith:
 
     /* Let's consult the effector map... */
 
-    if (!eff_map[EFF_APOS(i)]) {
-
-      afl->stage_max -= sizeof(interesting_8);
-      continue;
+    if (!skip_eff_map[i]) continue;
 
-    }
+    if (is_det_timeout(before_det_time, 0)) { goto custom_mutator_stage; }
 
     afl->stage_cur_byte = i;
 
@@ -1437,12 +1391,9 @@ skip_arith:
 
     /* Let's consult the effector map... */
 
-    if (!eff_map[EFF_APOS(i)] && !eff_map[EFF_APOS(i + 1)]) {
+    if (!skip_eff_map[i]) continue;
 
-      afl->stage_max -= sizeof(interesting_16);
-      continue;
-
-    }
+    if (is_det_timeout(before_det_time, 0)) { goto custom_mutator_stage; }
 
     afl->stage_cur_byte = i;
 
@@ -1528,13 +1479,9 @@ skip_arith:
 
     /* Let's consult the effector map... */
 
-    if (!eff_map[EFF_APOS(i)] && !eff_map[EFF_APOS(i + 1)] &&
-        !eff_map[EFF_APOS(i + 2)] && !eff_map[EFF_APOS(i + 3)]) {
+    if (!skip_eff_map[i]) continue;
 
-      afl->stage_max -= sizeof(interesting_32) >> 1;
-      continue;
-
-    }
+    if (is_det_timeout(before_det_time, 0)) { goto custom_mutator_stage; }
 
     afl->stage_cur_byte = i;
 
@@ -1626,6 +1573,10 @@ skip_interest:
 
     u32 last_len = 0;
 
+    if (!skip_eff_map[i]) continue;
+
+    if (is_det_timeout(before_det_time, 0)) { goto custom_mutator_stage; }
+
     afl->stage_cur_byte = i;
 
     /* Extras are sorted by size, from smallest to largest. This means
@@ -1643,9 +1594,7 @@ skip_interest:
       if ((afl->extras_cnt > afl->max_det_extras &&
            rand_below(afl, afl->extras_cnt) >= afl->max_det_extras) ||
           afl->extras[j].len > len - i ||
-          !memcmp(afl->extras[j].data, out_buf + i, afl->extras[j].len) ||
-          !memchr(eff_map + EFF_APOS(i), 1,
-                  EFF_SPAN_ALEN(i, afl->extras[j].len))) {
+          !memcmp(afl->extras[j].data, out_buf + i, afl->extras[j].len)) {
 
         --afl->stage_max;
         continue;
@@ -1693,6 +1642,10 @@ skip_interest:
 
   for (i = 0; i <= (u32)len; ++i) {
 
+    if (!skip_eff_map[i % len]) continue;
+
+    if (is_det_timeout(before_det_time, 0)) { goto custom_mutator_stage; }
+
     afl->stage_cur_byte = i;
 
     for (j = 0; j < afl->extras_cnt; ++j) {
@@ -1755,6 +1708,10 @@ skip_user_extras:
 
     u32 last_len = 0;
 
+    if (!skip_eff_map[i]) continue;
+
+    if (is_det_timeout(before_det_time, 0)) { goto custom_mutator_stage; }
+
     afl->stage_cur_byte = i;
 
     u32 min_extra_len = MIN(afl->a_extras_cnt, (u32)USE_AUTO_EXTRAS);
@@ -1763,9 +1720,7 @@ skip_user_extras:
       /* See the comment in the earlier code; extras are sorted by size. */
 
       if (afl->a_extras[j].len > len - i ||
-          !memcmp(afl->a_extras[j].data, out_buf + i, afl->a_extras[j].len) ||
-          !memchr(eff_map + EFF_APOS(i), 1,
-                  EFF_SPAN_ALEN(i, afl->a_extras[j].len))) {
+          !memcmp(afl->a_extras[j].data, out_buf + i, afl->a_extras[j].len)) {
 
         --afl->stage_max;
         continue;
@@ -1813,6 +1768,10 @@ skip_user_extras:
 
   for (i = 0; i <= (u32)len; ++i) {
 
+    if (!skip_eff_map[i % len]) continue;
+
+    if (is_det_timeout(before_det_time, 0)) { goto custom_mutator_stage; }
+
     afl->stage_cur_byte = i;
 
     for (j = 0; j < afl->a_extras_cnt; ++j) {
@@ -2020,6 +1979,19 @@ custom_mutator_stage:
 
 havoc_stage:
 
+#ifdef INTROSPECTION
+
+  if (!is_logged) {
+
+    is_logged = 1;
+    before_havoc_findings = afl->queued_items;
+    before_havoc_edges = count_non_255_bytes(afl, afl->virgin_bits);
+    before_havoc_time = get_cur_time();
+
+  }
+
+#endif
+
   if (unlikely(afl->custom_only)) {
 
     /* Force UI update */
@@ -3430,6 +3402,25 @@ retry_splicing:
 
   ret_val = 0;
 
+#ifdef INTROSPECTION
+
+  afl->havoc_prof->queued_det_stage =
+      before_havoc_findings - before_det_findings;
+  afl->havoc_prof->queued_havoc_stage =
+      afl->queued_items - before_havoc_findings;
+  afl->havoc_prof->total_queued_det += afl->havoc_prof->queued_det_stage;
+  afl->havoc_prof->edge_det_stage = before_havoc_edges - before_det_edges;
+  afl->havoc_prof->edge_havoc_stage =
+      count_non_255_bytes(afl, afl->virgin_bits) - before_havoc_edges;
+  afl->havoc_prof->total_det_edge += afl->havoc_prof->edge_det_stage;
+  afl->havoc_prof->det_stage_time = before_havoc_time - before_det_time;
+  afl->havoc_prof->havoc_stage_time = get_cur_time() - before_havoc_time;
+  afl->havoc_prof->total_det_time += afl->havoc_prof->det_stage_time;
+
+  plot_profile_data(afl, afl->queue_cur);
+
+#endif
+
 /* we are through with this queue entry - for this iteration */
 abandon_entry:
 
diff --git a/src/afl-fuzz-python.c b/src/afl-fuzz-python.c
index 4c7da774..16a398fd 100644
--- a/src/afl-fuzz-python.c
+++ b/src/afl-fuzz-python.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
                         Andrea Fioraldi <andreafioraldi@gmail.com>
 
    Copyright 2016, 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/src/afl-fuzz-queue.c b/src/afl-fuzz-queue.c
index 4b9627f7..1ea50418 100644
--- a/src/afl-fuzz-queue.c
+++ b/src/afl-fuzz-queue.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
                         Andrea Fioraldi <andreafioraldi@gmail.com>
 
    Copyright 2016, 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    You may obtain a copy of the License at:
@@ -664,6 +664,8 @@ void add_to_queue(afl_state_t *afl, u8 *fname, u32 len, u8 passed_det) {
 
   }
 
+  q->skipdet_e = (struct skipdet_entry *)ck_alloc(sizeof(struct skipdet_entry));
+
 }
 
 /* Destroy the entire queue. */
@@ -679,6 +681,15 @@ void destroy_queue(afl_state_t *afl) {
     q = afl->queue_buf[i];
     ck_free(q->fname);
     ck_free(q->trace_mini);
+    if (q->skipdet_e) {
+
+      if (q->skipdet_e->done_inf_map) ck_free(q->skipdet_e->done_inf_map);
+      if (q->skipdet_e->skip_eff_map) ck_free(q->skipdet_e->skip_eff_map);
+
+      ck_free(q->skipdet_e);
+
+    }
+
     ck_free(q);
 
   }
diff --git a/src/afl-fuzz-redqueen.c b/src/afl-fuzz-redqueen.c
index 9e9b3822..eead7a8b 100644
--- a/src/afl-fuzz-redqueen.c
+++ b/src/afl-fuzz-redqueen.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
                         Andrea Fioraldi <andreafioraldi@gmail.com>
 
    Copyright 2016, 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/src/afl-fuzz-run.c b/src/afl-fuzz-run.c
index 1ee8ebe7..d764952c 100644
--- a/src/afl-fuzz-run.c
+++ b/src/afl-fuzz-run.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
                         Dominik Maier <mail@dmnk.co>
 
    Copyright 2016, 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/src/afl-fuzz-skipdet.c b/src/afl-fuzz-skipdet.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e52d59a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/afl-fuzz-skipdet.c
@@ -0,0 +1,403 @@
+
+
+#include "afl-fuzz.h"
+
+void flip_range(u8 *input, u32 pos, u32 size) {
+
+  for (u32 i = 0; i < size; i++)
+    input[pos + i] ^= 0xFF;
+
+  return;
+
+}
+
+#define MAX_EFF_TIMEOUT (10 * 60 * 1000)
+#define MAX_DET_TIMEOUT (15 * 60 * 1000)
+u8 is_det_timeout(u64 cur_ms, u8 is_flip) {
+
+  if (is_flip) {
+
+    if (unlikely(get_cur_time() - cur_ms > MAX_EFF_TIMEOUT)) return 1;
+
+  } else {
+
+    if (unlikely(get_cur_time() - cur_ms > MAX_DET_TIMEOUT)) return 1;
+
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+
+}
+
+/* decide if the seed should be deterministically fuzzed */
+
+u8 should_det_fuzz(afl_state_t *afl, struct queue_entry *q) {
+
+  if (!afl->skipdet_g->virgin_det_bits) {
+
+    afl->skipdet_g->virgin_det_bits =
+        (u8 *)ck_alloc(sizeof(u8) * afl->fsrv.map_size);
+
+  }
+
+  if (!q->favored || q->passed_det) return 0;
+  if (!q->trace_mini) return 0;
+
+  if (!afl->skipdet_g->last_cov_undet)
+    afl->skipdet_g->last_cov_undet = get_cur_time();
+
+  if (get_cur_time() - afl->skipdet_g->last_cov_undet >= THRESHOLD_DEC_TIME) {
+
+    if (afl->skipdet_g->undet_bits_threshold >= 2) {
+
+      afl->skipdet_g->undet_bits_threshold *= 0.75;
+      afl->skipdet_g->last_cov_undet = get_cur_time();
+
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  u32 new_det_bits = 0;
+
+  for (u32 i = 0; i < afl->fsrv.map_size; i++) {
+
+    if (unlikely(q->trace_mini[i >> 3] & (1 << (i & 7)))) {
+
+      if (!afl->skipdet_g->virgin_det_bits[i]) { new_det_bits++; }
+
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  if (!afl->skipdet_g->undet_bits_threshold)
+    afl->skipdet_g->undet_bits_threshold = new_det_bits * 0.05;
+
+  if (new_det_bits >= afl->skipdet_g->undet_bits_threshold) {
+
+    afl->skipdet_g->last_cov_undet = get_cur_time();
+    q->skipdet_e->undet_bits = new_det_bits;
+
+    for (u32 i = 0; i < afl->fsrv.map_size; i++) {
+
+      if (unlikely(q->trace_mini[i >> 3] & (1 << (i & 7)))) {
+
+        if (!afl->skipdet_g->virgin_det_bits[i])
+          afl->skipdet_g->virgin_det_bits[i] = 1;
+
+      }
+
+    }
+
+    return 1;
+
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+
+}
+
+/*
+  consists of two stages that
+  return 0 if exec failed.
+*/
+
+u8 skip_deterministic_stage(afl_state_t *afl, u8 *orig_buf, u8 *out_buf,
+                            u32 len, u64 before_det_time) {
+
+  u64 orig_hit_cnt, new_hit_cnt;
+
+  if (afl->queue_cur->skipdet_e->done_eff) return 1;
+
+  if (!should_det_fuzz(afl, afl->queue_cur)) return 1;
+
+  /* Add check to make sure that for seeds without too much undet bits,
+     we ignore them */
+
+  /******************
+   * SKIP INFERENCE *
+   ******************/
+
+  afl->stage_short = "inf";
+  afl->stage_name = "inference";
+  afl->stage_cur = 0;
+  orig_hit_cnt = afl->queued_items + afl->saved_crashes;
+
+  u8 *inf_eff_map = (u8 *)ck_alloc(sizeof(u8) * len);
+  memset(inf_eff_map, 1, sizeof(u8) * len);
+
+  if (common_fuzz_stuff(afl, orig_buf, len)) { return 0; }
+
+  u64 prev_cksum = hash64(afl->fsrv.trace_bits, afl->fsrv.map_size, HASH_CONST);
+  u64 _prev_cksum = prev_cksum;
+
+  if (MINIMAL_BLOCK_SIZE * 8 < len) {
+
+    // u64 size_skiped = 0, quick_skip_exec = total_execs, quick_skip_time =
+    // get_cur_time();
+    u64 pre_inf_exec = afl->fsrv.total_execs, pre_inf_time = get_cur_time();
+
+    /* if determine stage time / input size is too small, just go ahead */
+
+    u32 pos = 0, cur_block_size = MINIMAL_BLOCK_SIZE, max_block_size = len / 8;
+
+    while (pos < len - 1) {
+
+      cur_block_size = MINIMAL_BLOCK_SIZE;
+
+      while (cur_block_size < max_block_size) {
+
+        u32 flip_block_size =
+            (cur_block_size + pos < len) ? cur_block_size : len - 1 - pos;
+
+        afl->stage_cur += 1;
+
+        flip_range(out_buf, pos, flip_block_size);
+
+        if (common_fuzz_stuff(afl, out_buf, len)) return 0;
+
+        flip_range(out_buf, pos, flip_block_size);
+
+        u64 cksum =
+            hash64(afl->fsrv.trace_bits, afl->fsrv.map_size, HASH_CONST);
+
+        // printf("Now trying range %d with %d, %s.\n", pos, cur_block_size,
+        //     (cksum == prev_cksum) ? (u8*)"Yes" : (u8*) "Not");
+
+        /* continue until we fail or exceed length */
+        if (cksum == _prev_cksum) {
+
+          cur_block_size *= 2;
+
+          if (cur_block_size >= len - 1 - pos) break;
+
+        } else {
+
+          break;
+
+        }
+
+      }
+
+      if (cur_block_size == MINIMAL_BLOCK_SIZE) {
+
+        /* we failed early on*/
+
+        pos += cur_block_size;
+
+      } else {
+
+        u32 cur_skip_len = (cur_block_size / 2 + pos < len)
+                               ? (cur_block_size / 2)
+                               : (len - pos - 1);
+
+        memset(inf_eff_map + pos, 0, cur_skip_len);
+
+        afl->skipdet_g->inf_prof->inf_skipped_bytes += cur_skip_len;
+
+        pos += cur_skip_len;
+
+      }
+
+    }
+
+    afl->skipdet_g->inf_prof->inf_execs_cost +=
+        (afl->fsrv.total_execs - pre_inf_exec);
+    afl->skipdet_g->inf_prof->inf_time_cost += (get_cur_time() - pre_inf_time);
+    // PFATAL("Done, now have %d bytes skipped, with exec %lld, time %lld.\n",
+    // afl->inf_skipped_bytes, afl->inf_execs_cost, afl->inf_time_cost);
+
+  } else
+
+    memset(inf_eff_map, 1, len);
+
+  new_hit_cnt = afl->queued_items + afl->saved_crashes;
+
+  afl->stage_finds[STAGE_INF] += new_hit_cnt - orig_hit_cnt;
+  afl->stage_cycles[STAGE_INF] += afl->stage_cur;
+
+  /****************************
+   * Quick Skip Effective Map *
+   ****************************/
+
+  /* Quick Effective Map Calculation */
+
+  afl->stage_short = "quick";
+  afl->stage_name = "quick eff";
+  afl->stage_cur = 0;
+  afl->stage_max = 32 * 1024;
+
+  orig_hit_cnt = afl->queued_items + afl->saved_crashes;
+
+  u32 before_skip_inf = afl->queued_items;
+
+  /* clean all the eff bytes, since previous eff bytes are already fuzzed */
+  u8 *skip_eff_map = afl->queue_cur->skipdet_e->skip_eff_map,
+     *done_inf_map = afl->queue_cur->skipdet_e->done_inf_map;
+
+  if (!skip_eff_map) {
+
+    skip_eff_map = (u8 *)ck_alloc(sizeof(u8) * len);
+    afl->queue_cur->skipdet_e->skip_eff_map = skip_eff_map;
+
+  } else {
+
+    memset(skip_eff_map, 0, sizeof(u8) * len);
+
+  }
+
+  /* restore the starting point */
+  if (!done_inf_map) {
+
+    done_inf_map = (u8 *)ck_alloc(sizeof(u8) * len);
+    afl->queue_cur->skipdet_e->done_inf_map = done_inf_map;
+
+  } else {
+
+    for (afl->stage_cur = 0; afl->stage_cur < len; afl->stage_cur++) {
+
+      if (done_inf_map[afl->stage_cur] == 0) break;
+
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  /* depending on the seed's performance, we could search eff bytes
+     for multiple rounds */
+
+  u8 eff_round_continue = 1, eff_round_done = 0, done_eff = 0, repeat_eff = 0,
+     fuzz_nearby = 0, *non_eff_bytes = 0;
+
+  u64 before_eff_execs = afl->fsrv.total_execs;
+
+  if (getenv("REPEAT_EFF")) repeat_eff = 1;
+  if (getenv("FUZZ_NEARBY")) fuzz_nearby = 1;
+
+  if (fuzz_nearby) {
+
+    non_eff_bytes = (u8 *)ck_alloc(sizeof(u8) * len);
+
+    // clean exec cksum
+    if (common_fuzz_stuff(afl, out_buf, len)) { return 0; }
+    prev_cksum = hash64(afl->fsrv.trace_bits, afl->fsrv.map_size, HASH_CONST);
+
+  }
+
+  do {
+
+    eff_round_continue = 0;
+    afl->stage_max = 32 * 1024;
+
+    for (; afl->stage_cur < afl->stage_max && afl->stage_cur < len;
+         ++afl->stage_cur) {
+
+      afl->stage_cur_byte = afl->stage_cur;
+
+      if (!inf_eff_map[afl->stage_cur_byte] ||
+          skip_eff_map[afl->stage_cur_byte])
+        continue;
+
+      if (is_det_timeout(before_det_time, 1)) { goto cleanup_skipdet; }
+
+      u8 orig = out_buf[afl->stage_cur_byte], replace = rand_below(afl, 256);
+
+      while (replace == orig) {
+
+        replace = rand_below(afl, 256);
+
+      }
+
+      out_buf[afl->stage_cur_byte] = replace;
+
+      before_skip_inf = afl->queued_items;
+
+      if (common_fuzz_stuff(afl, out_buf, len)) { return 0; }
+
+      out_buf[afl->stage_cur_byte] = orig;
+
+      if (fuzz_nearby) {
+
+        if (prev_cksum ==
+            hash64(afl->fsrv.trace_bits, afl->fsrv.map_size, HASH_CONST)) {
+
+          non_eff_bytes[afl->stage_cur_byte] = 1;
+
+        }
+
+      }
+
+      if (afl->queued_items != before_skip_inf) {
+
+        skip_eff_map[afl->stage_cur_byte] = 1;
+        afl->queue_cur->skipdet_e->quick_eff_bytes += 1;
+
+        if (afl->stage_max < MAXIMUM_QUICK_EFF_EXECS) { afl->stage_max *= 2; }
+
+        if (afl->stage_max == MAXIMUM_QUICK_EFF_EXECS && repeat_eff)
+          eff_round_continue = 1;
+
+      }
+
+      done_inf_map[afl->stage_cur_byte] = 1;
+
+    }
+
+    afl->stage_cur = 0;
+    done_eff = 1;
+
+    if (++eff_round_done >= 8) break;
+
+  } while (eff_round_continue);
+
+  new_hit_cnt = afl->queued_items + afl->saved_crashes;
+
+  afl->stage_finds[STAGE_QUICK] += new_hit_cnt - orig_hit_cnt;
+  afl->stage_cycles[STAGE_QUICK] += (afl->fsrv.total_execs - before_eff_execs);
+
+cleanup_skipdet:
+
+  if (fuzz_nearby) {
+
+    u8 *nearby_bytes = (u8 *)ck_alloc(sizeof(u8) * len);
+
+    u32 i = 3;
+    while (i < len) {
+
+      // assume DWORD size, from i - 3 -> i + 3
+      if (skip_eff_map[i]) {
+
+        u32 fill_length = (i + 3 < len) ? 7 : len - i + 2;
+        memset(nearby_bytes + i - 3, 1, fill_length);
+        i += 3;
+
+      } else
+
+        i += 1;
+
+    }
+
+    for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+
+      if (nearby_bytes[i] && !non_eff_bytes[i]) skip_eff_map[i] = 1;
+
+    }
+
+    ck_free(nearby_bytes);
+    ck_free(non_eff_bytes);
+
+  }
+
+  if (done_eff) {
+
+    afl->queue_cur->skipdet_e->continue_inf = 0;
+    afl->queue_cur->skipdet_e->done_eff = 1;
+
+  } else {
+
+    afl->queue_cur->skipdet_e->continue_inf = 1;
+
+  }
+
+  return 1;
+
+}
+
diff --git a/src/afl-fuzz-state.c b/src/afl-fuzz-state.c
index 7d6fdfb9..ae327117 100644
--- a/src/afl-fuzz-state.c
+++ b/src/afl-fuzz-state.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
                         Andrea Fioraldi <andreafioraldi@gmail.com>
 
    Copyright 2016, 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ void afl_state_init(afl_state_t *afl, uint32_t map_size) {
   afl->stats_update_freq = 1;
   afl->stats_file_update_freq_msecs = STATS_UPDATE_SEC * 1000;
   afl->stats_avg_exec = 0;
-  afl->skip_deterministic = 1;
+  afl->skip_deterministic = 0;
   afl->sync_time = SYNC_TIME;
   afl->cmplog_lvl = 2;
   afl->min_length = 1;
@@ -140,6 +140,14 @@ void afl_state_init(afl_state_t *afl, uint32_t map_size) {
   afl->fsrv.child_pid = -1;
   afl->fsrv.out_dir_fd = -1;
 
+  /* Init SkipDet */
+  afl->skipdet_g =
+      (struct skipdet_global *)ck_alloc(sizeof(struct skipdet_global));
+  afl->skipdet_g->inf_prof =
+      (struct inf_profile *)ck_alloc(sizeof(struct inf_profile));
+  afl->havoc_prof =
+      (struct havoc_profile *)ck_alloc(sizeof(struct havoc_profile));
+
   init_mopt_globals(afl);
 
   list_append(&afl_states, afl);
diff --git a/src/afl-fuzz-stats.c b/src/afl-fuzz-stats.c
index deb28b7a..76577081 100644
--- a/src/afl-fuzz-stats.c
+++ b/src/afl-fuzz-stats.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
                         Andrea Fioraldi <andreafioraldi@gmail.com>
 
    Copyright 2016, 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -502,6 +502,44 @@ void maybe_update_plot_file(afl_state_t *afl, u32 t_bytes, double bitmap_cvg,
 
 }
 
+/* Log deterministic stage efficiency */
+
+void plot_profile_data(afl_state_t *afl, struct queue_entry *q) {
+
+  u64 current_ms = get_cur_time() - afl->start_time;
+
+  u32    current_edges = count_non_255_bytes(afl, afl->virgin_bits);
+  double det_finding_rate = (double)afl->havoc_prof->total_det_edge * 100.0 /
+                            (double)current_edges,
+         det_time_rate = (double)afl->havoc_prof->total_det_time * 100.0 /
+                         (double)current_ms;
+
+  u32 ndet_bits = 0;
+  for (u32 i = 0; i < afl->fsrv.map_size; i++) {
+
+    if (afl->skipdet_g->virgin_det_bits[i]) ndet_bits += 1;
+
+  }
+
+  double det_fuzzed_rate = (double)ndet_bits * 100.0 / (double)current_edges;
+
+  fprintf(afl->fsrv.det_plot_file,
+          "[%02lld:%02lld:%02lld] fuzz %d (%d), find %d/%d among %d(%02.2f) "
+          "and spend %lld/%lld(%02.2f), cover %02.2f yet, %d/%d undet bits, "
+          "continue %d.\n",
+          current_ms / 1000 / 3600, (current_ms / 1000 / 60) % 60,
+          (current_ms / 1000) % 60, afl->current_entry, q->fuzz_level,
+          afl->havoc_prof->edge_det_stage, afl->havoc_prof->edge_havoc_stage,
+          current_edges, det_finding_rate,
+          afl->havoc_prof->det_stage_time / 1000,
+          afl->havoc_prof->havoc_stage_time / 1000, det_time_rate,
+          det_fuzzed_rate, q->skipdet_e->undet_bits,
+          afl->skipdet_g->undet_bits_threshold, q->skipdet_e->continue_inf);
+
+  fflush(afl->fsrv.det_plot_file);
+
+}
+
 /* Check terminal dimensions after resize. */
 
 static void check_term_size(afl_state_t *afl) {
diff --git a/src/afl-fuzz.c b/src/afl-fuzz.c
index 5aec072e..b556b4b6 100644
--- a/src/afl-fuzz.c
+++ b/src/afl-fuzz.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
                         Andrea Fioraldi <andreafioraldi@gmail.com>
 
    Copyright 2016, 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ static void usage(u8 *argv0, int more_help) {
       "  -g minlength  - set min length of generated fuzz input (default: 1)\n"
       "  -G maxlength  - set max length of generated fuzz input (default: "
       "%lu)\n"
-      "  -D            - enable deterministic fuzzing (once per queue entry)\n"
       "  -L minutes    - use MOpt(imize) mode and set the time limit for "
       "entering the\n"
       "                  pacemaker mode (minutes of no new finds). 0 = "
@@ -213,7 +212,8 @@ static void usage(u8 *argv0, int more_help) {
       "  -F path       - sync to a foreign fuzzer queue directory (requires "
       "-M, can\n"
       "                  be specified up to %u times)\n"
-      // "  -d            - skip deterministic fuzzing in -M mode\n"
+      "  -z            - skip the enhanced deterministic fuzzing\n"
+      "                  (note that the old -d and -D flags are ignored.)\n"
       "  -T text       - text banner to show on the screen\n"
       "  -I command    - execute this command/script when a new crash is "
       "found\n"
@@ -955,12 +955,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv_orig, char **envp) {
 
       break;
 
-      case 'D':                                    /* enforce deterministic */
+      case 'd':
+      case 'D':                                    /* old deterministic */
 
-        afl->skip_deterministic = 0;
+        WARNF("Parameters -d and -D are deprecated, a new enhanced deterministic fuzzing is active by default, to disable it use -z");
         break;
 
-      case 'd':                                       /* skip deterministic */
+      case 'z':                                         /* no deterministic */
 
         afl->skip_deterministic = 1;
         break;
@@ -1424,11 +1425,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv_orig, char **envp) {
   }
 
   #endif
+
+  // silently disable deterministic mutation if custom mutators are used
   if (!afl->skip_deterministic && afl->afl_env.afl_custom_mutator_only) {
 
-    FATAL(
-        "Using -D determinstic fuzzing is incompatible with "
-        "AFL_CUSTOM_MUTATOR_ONLY!");
+    afl->skip_deterministic = 1;
 
   }
 
@@ -1915,6 +1916,15 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv_orig, char **envp) {
   bind_to_free_cpu(afl);
   #endif                                                   /* HAVE_AFFINITY */
 
+  #ifdef __linux__
+  if (afl->fsrv.nyx_mode && afl->fsrv.nyx_bind_cpu_id == 0xFFFFFFFF) {
+
+    afl->fsrv.nyx_bind_cpu_id = 0;
+
+  }
+
+  #endif
+
   #ifdef __HAIKU__
   /* Prioritizes performance over power saving */
   set_scheduler_mode(SCHEDULER_MODE_LOW_LATENCY);
@@ -3022,6 +3032,11 @@ stop_fuzzing:
   if (frida_afl_preload) { ck_free(frida_afl_preload); }
 
   fclose(afl->fsrv.plot_file);
+
+  #ifdef INTROSPECTION
+  fclose(afl->fsrv.det_plot_file);
+  #endif
+
   destroy_queue(afl);
   destroy_extras(afl);
   destroy_custom_mutators(afl);
diff --git a/src/afl-gotcpu.c b/src/afl-gotcpu.c
index 4f851099..7aee2985 100644
--- a/src/afl-gotcpu.c
+++ b/src/afl-gotcpu.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
                         Andrea Fioraldi <andreafioraldi@gmail.com>
 
    Copyright 2016, 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/src/afl-ld-lto.c b/src/afl-ld-lto.c
index 7ce5de41..513c1ae9 100644
--- a/src/afl-ld-lto.c
+++ b/src/afl-ld-lto.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
                 Andrea Fioraldi <andreafioraldi@gmail.com>
                 Dominik Maier <domenukk@gmail.com>
 
-  Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+  Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/src/afl-sharedmem.c b/src/afl-sharedmem.c
index a2c81586..daea8f46 100644
--- a/src/afl-sharedmem.c
+++ b/src/afl-sharedmem.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
                         Andrea Fioraldi <andreafioraldi@gmail.com>
 
    Copyright 2016, 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/src/afl-showmap.c b/src/afl-showmap.c
index 7a639cf6..20ba5a5e 100644
--- a/src/afl-showmap.c
+++ b/src/afl-showmap.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
                         Dominik Maier <mail@dmnk.co>
 
    Copyright 2016, 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/src/afl-tmin.c b/src/afl-tmin.c
index e7442d1d..4e5dab41 100644
--- a/src/afl-tmin.c
+++ b/src/afl-tmin.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
                         Dominik Maier <mail@dmnk.co>
 
    Copyright 2016, 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/test-instr.c b/test-instr.c
index eda5189c..28552893 100644
--- a/test-instr.c
+++ b/test-instr.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
    --------------------------------------------------------
    Originally written by Michal Zalewski
    Copyright 2014 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    You may obtain a copy of the License at:
diff --git a/test/test-all.sh b/test/test-all.sh
index 3cb692ca..65cfb812 100755
--- a/test/test-all.sh
+++ b/test/test-all.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 . ./test-frida-mode.sh
 
+. ./test-nyx-mode.sh
+
 . ./test-unicorn-mode.sh
 
 . ./test-custom-mutators.sh
diff --git a/test/test-custom-mutators.sh b/test/test-custom-mutators.sh
index 49feedc0..8c8b0ad3 100755
--- a/test/test-custom-mutators.sh
+++ b/test/test-custom-mutators.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ test -e test-custom-mutator.c -a -e ${CUSTOM_MUTATOR_PATH}/example.c -a -e ${CUS
     # Run afl-fuzz w/ the C mutator
     $ECHO "$GREY[*] running afl-fuzz for the C mutator, this will take approx 10 seconds"
     {
-      AFL_CUSTOM_MUTATOR_LIBRARY=./libexamplemutator.so AFL_CUSTOM_MUTATOR_ONLY=1 ../afl-fuzz -V07 -m ${MEM_LIMIT} -i in -o out -- ./test-custom-mutator >>errors 2>&1
+      AFL_CUSTOM_MUTATOR_LIBRARY=./libexamplemutator.so AFL_CUSTOM_MUTATOR_ONLY=1 ../afl-fuzz -V07 -m ${MEM_LIMIT} -i in -o out -d -- ./test-custom-mutator >>errors 2>&1
     } >>errors 2>&1
 
     # Check results
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ test -e test-custom-mutator.c -a -e ${CUSTOM_MUTATOR_PATH}/example.c -a -e ${CUS
     # Run afl-fuzz w/ multiple C mutators
     $ECHO "$GREY[*] running afl-fuzz with multiple custom C mutators, this will take approx 10 seconds"
     {
-      AFL_CUSTOM_MUTATOR_LIBRARY="./libexamplemutator.so;./libexamplemutator2.so" AFL_CUSTOM_MUTATOR_ONLY=1 ../afl-fuzz -V07 -m ${MEM_LIMIT} -i in -o out -- ./test-multiple-mutators >>errors 2>&1
+      AFL_CUSTOM_MUTATOR_LIBRARY="./libexamplemutator.so;./libexamplemutator2.so" AFL_CUSTOM_MUTATOR_ONLY=1 ../afl-fuzz -V07 -m ${MEM_LIMIT} -i in -o out -d -- ./test-multiple-mutators >>errors 2>&1
     } >>errors 2>&1
 
     test -n "$( ls out/default/crashes/id:000000* 2>/dev/null )" && {  # TODO: update here
diff --git a/test/test-nyx-mode.sh b/test/test-nyx-mode.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..6de63f1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-nyx-mode.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. ./test-pre.sh
+
+$ECHO "$BLUE[*] Testing: nyx_mode"
+
+test "$CI" = "true" && {
+  $ECHO "$YELLOW[-] nyx_mode cannot be tested in the Github CI, skipping ..."
+  exit 0
+}
+
+unset AFL_CC
+
+test -e ../libnyx.so && {
+  ../afl-cc -o test-instr ../test-instr.c > errors 2>&1
+  test -e test-instr && {
+    {
+      rm -rf nyx-test in out
+      $ECHO "$GREY[*] running nyx_packer"
+      python3 ../nyx_mode/packer/packer/nyx_packer.py \
+        ./test-instr \
+        nyx-test \
+        afl \
+        instrumentation \
+        --fast_reload_mode \
+        --purge > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+      test -e nyx-test/test-instr && {
+
+        $ECHO "$GREY[*] running nyx_config_gen"
+        python3 ../nyx_mode/packer/packer/nyx_config_gen.py nyx-test Kernel > /dev/null 2>&1
+        
+        test -e nyx-test/config.ron && {
+          sudo modprobe -r kvm-intel
+          sudo modprobe -r kvm
+          sudo modprobe  kvm enable_vmware_backdoor=y
+          sudo modprobe  kvm-intel
+          #cat /sys/module/kvm/parameters/enable_vmware_backdoor 
+
+          mkdir -p in
+          echo 00000 > in/in
+          $ECHO "$GREY[*] running afl-fuzz for nyx_mode, this will take approx 10 seconds"
+          {
+            AFL_DEBUG=1 ../afl-fuzz -i in -o out -V05 -X -- ./nyx-test >>errors 2>&1
+          } >>errors 2>&1
+          test -n "$( ls out/default/queue/id:000002* 2>/dev/null )" && {
+            $ECHO "$GREEN[+] afl-fuzz is working correctly with nyx_mode"
+            RUNTIME=`grep execs_done out/default/fuzzer_stats | awk '{print$3}'`
+            rm -rf errors nyx-test test-instr in out
+          } || {
+            echo CUT------------------------------------------------------------------CUT
+            cat errors
+            echo CUT------------------------------------------------------------------CUT
+            $ECHO "$RED[!] afl-fuzz is not working correctly with nyx_mode"
+            CODE=1
+          }
+        } || {
+          $ECHO "$RED[!] nyx_packer failed, likely install requirements not met."
+          CODE=1
+        }
+      } || {
+       $ECHO "$RED[!] nyx_packer failed, likely install requirements not met."
+       CODE=1
+      }
+      #rm -rf test-instr in out errors nyx-test
+    }
+  } || {
+    echo CUT------------------------------------------------------------------CUT
+    cat errors
+    echo CUT------------------------------------------------------------------CUT
+    $ECHO "$RED[!] afl-cc compilation of test targets failed - what is going on??"
+    CODE=1
+  }
+} || {
+  $ECHO "$YELLOW[-] nyx_mode is not compiled, cannot test"
+  INCOMPLETE=1
+}
+
+. ./test-post.sh
diff --git a/test/test-pre.sh b/test/test-pre.sh
index 1ca9dfb5..ce996415 100755
--- a/test/test-pre.sh
+++ b/test/test-pre.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ echo foobar | grep -qE 'asd|oob' 2>/dev/null || { echo Error: grep command does
 test -e ./test-all.sh || cd $(dirname $0) || exit 1
 test -e ./test-all.sh || { echo Error: you must be in the test/ directory ; exit 1 ; }
 export AFL_PATH=`pwd`/..
-export AFL_NO_AFFINITY=1 # workaround for travis that fails for no avail cores 
+export AFL_TRY_AFFINITY=1 # workaround for travis that fails for no avail cores
 
 echo 1 > test.1
 echo 1 > test.2
diff --git a/unicorn_mode/build_unicorn_support.sh b/unicorn_mode/build_unicorn_support.sh
index d3d16ad5..baca2171 100755
--- a/unicorn_mode/build_unicorn_support.sh
+++ b/unicorn_mode/build_unicorn_support.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #                                <andreafioraldi@gmail.com>
 #
 # Copyright 2017 Battelle Memorial Institute. All rights reserved.
-# Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/utils/afl_network_proxy/afl-network-client.c b/utils/afl_network_proxy/afl-network-client.c
index 0416f0f9..1f04dd87 100644
--- a/utils/afl_network_proxy/afl-network-client.c
+++ b/utils/afl_network_proxy/afl-network-client.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
    Written by Marc Heuse <mh@mh-sec.de>
 
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/utils/afl_network_proxy/afl-network-server.c b/utils/afl_network_proxy/afl-network-server.c
index 95b0a551..c4a700f4 100644
--- a/utils/afl_network_proxy/afl-network-server.c
+++ b/utils/afl_network_proxy/afl-network-server.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
                         Dominik Maier <mail@dmnk.co>
 
    Copyright 2016, 2017 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/utils/afl_proxy/afl-proxy.c b/utils/afl_proxy/afl-proxy.c
index 531a97a2..6cf47636 100644
--- a/utils/afl_proxy/afl-proxy.c
+++ b/utils/afl_proxy/afl-proxy.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
    Written by Marc Heuse <mh@mh-sec.de>
 
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/utils/afl_untracer/afl-untracer.c b/utils/afl_untracer/afl-untracer.c
index 0e3f8a45..e6a74518 100644
--- a/utils/afl_untracer/afl-untracer.c
+++ b/utils/afl_untracer/afl-untracer.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
    Written by Marc Heuse <mh@mh-sec.de>
 
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/utils/afl_untracer/libtestinstr.c b/utils/afl_untracer/libtestinstr.c
index b7afc325..0a98778a 100644
--- a/utils/afl_untracer/libtestinstr.c
+++ b/utils/afl_untracer/libtestinstr.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
    --------------------------------------------------------
    Originally written by Michal Zalewski
    Copyright 2014 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    You may obtain a copy of the License at:
diff --git a/utils/argv_fuzzing/Makefile b/utils/argv_fuzzing/Makefile
index 6786467a..ba977e5f 100644
--- a/utils/argv_fuzzing/Makefile
+++ b/utils/argv_fuzzing/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # american fuzzy lop++ - argvfuzz
 # --------------------------------
 #
-# Copyright 2019-2023 Kjell Braden <afflux@pentabarf.de>
+# Copyright 2019-2024 Kjell Braden <afflux@pentabarf.de>
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/utils/argv_fuzzing/argvfuzz.c b/utils/argv_fuzzing/argvfuzz.c
index 41eead0c..47383138 100644
--- a/utils/argv_fuzzing/argvfuzz.c
+++ b/utils/argv_fuzzing/argvfuzz.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
    american fuzzy lop++ - LD_PRELOAD for fuzzing argv in binaries
    ------------------------------------------------------------
 
-   Copyright 2019-2023 Kjell Braden <afflux@pentabarf.de>
+   Copyright 2019-2024 Kjell Braden <afflux@pentabarf.de>
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/utils/distributed_fuzzing/sync_script.sh b/utils/distributed_fuzzing/sync_script.sh
index b22816f1..861b65c8 100755
--- a/utils/distributed_fuzzing/sync_script.sh
+++ b/utils/distributed_fuzzing/sync_script.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # Originally written by Michal Zalewski
 #
 # Copyright 2014 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-# Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/utils/dynamic_covfilter/README.md b/utils/dynamic_covfilter/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..381e0855
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/dynamic_covfilter/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# Dynamic Instrumentation Filter
+
+Sometimes it can be beneficial to limit the instrumentation feedback to
+specific code locations. It is possible to do so at compile-time by simply
+not instrumenting any undesired locations. However, there are situations
+where doing this dynamically without requiring a new build can be beneficial.
+Especially when dealing with larger builds, it is much more convenient to
+select the target code locations at runtime instead of doing so at build time.
+
+There are two ways of doing this in AFL++. Both approaches require a build of
+AFL++ with `CODE_COVERAGE=1`, so make sure to build AFL++ first by invoking
+
+`CODE_COVERAGE=1 make`
+
+Once you have built AFL++, you can choose out of two approaches:
+
+## Simple Selection with `AFL_PC_FILTER`
+
+This approach requires a build with `AFL_INSTRUMENTATION=llvmnative` or
+`llvmcodecov` as well as an AddressSanitizer build with debug information.
+
+By setting the environment variable `AFL_PC_FILTER` to a string, the runtime
+symbolizer is enabled in the AFL++ runtime. At startup, the runtime will call
+the `__sanitizer_symbolize_pc` API to resolve every PC in every loaded module.
+The runtime then matches the result using `strstr` and disables the PC guard
+if the symbolized PC does not contain the specified string.
+
+This approach has the benefit of being very easy to use. The downside is that
+it causes significant startup delays with large binaries and that it requires
+an AddressSanitizer build.
+
+This method has no additional runtime overhead after startup.
+
+## Selection using pre-symbolized data file with `AFL_PC_FILTER_FILE`
+
+To avoid large startup time delays, a specific module can be pre-symbolized
+using the `make_symbol_list.py` script. This script outputs a sorted list of
+functions with their respective relative offsets and lengths in the target
+binary:
+
+`python3 make_symbol_list.py libxul.so > libxul.symbols.txt`
+
+The resulting list can be filtered, e.g. using grep:
+
+`grep -i "webgl" libxul.symbols.txt > libxul.webgl.symbols.txt`
+
+Finally, you can run with `AFL_PC_FILTER_FILE=libxul.webgl.symbols.txt` to
+restrict instrumentation feedback to the given locations. This approach only
+has a minimal startup time delay due to the implementation only using binary
+search on the given file per PC rather than reading debug information for every
+PC. It also works well with Nyx, where symbolizing is usually disabled for the
+target process to avoid delays with frequent crashes.
+
+Similar to the previous method, This approach requires a build with 
+`AFL_INSTRUMENTATION=llvmnative` or `llvmcodecov` as well debug information.
+However, it does not require the ASan runtime as it doesn't do the symbolizing
+in process. Due to the way it maps PCs to symbols, it is less accurate when it
+comes to includes and inlines (it assumes all PCs within a function belong to
+that function and originate from the same file). For most purposes, this should
+be a reasonable simplification to quickly process even the largest binaries.
diff --git a/utils/dynamic_covfilter/make_symbol_list.py b/utils/dynamic_covfilter/make_symbol_list.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d1dd6ab3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/dynamic_covfilter/make_symbol_list.py
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+#
+# Written by Christian Holler <decoder at mozilla dot com>
+
+import json
+import os
+import sys
+import subprocess
+
+if len(sys.argv) != 2:
+    print("Usage: %s binfile" % os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]))
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+binfile = sys.argv[1]
+
+addr2len = {}
+addrs = []
+
+output = subprocess.check_output(["objdump", "-t", binfile]).decode("utf-8")
+for line in output.splitlines():
+    line = line.replace("\t", " ")
+    components = [x for x in line.split(" ") if x]
+    if not components:
+        continue
+    try:
+        start_addr = int(components[0], 16)
+    except ValueError:
+        continue
+
+    # Length has variable position in objdump output
+    length = None
+    for comp in components[1:]:
+        if len(comp) == 16:
+            try:
+                length = int(comp, 16)
+                break
+            except:
+                continue
+
+    if length is None:
+        print("ERROR: Couldn't determine function section length: %s" % line)
+
+    func = components[-1]
+    
+    addrs.append(start_addr)
+    addr2len[str(hex(start_addr))] = str(length)
+
+# The search implementation in the AFL runtime expects everything sorted.
+addrs.sort()
+addrs = [str(hex(addr)) for addr in addrs]
+
+# We symbolize in one go to speed things up with large binaries.
+output = subprocess.check_output([
+    "llvm-addr2line",
+    "--output-style=JSON",
+    "-f", "-C", "-a", "-e",
+    binfile],
+    input="\n".join(addrs).encode("utf-8")).decode("utf-8")
+
+output = output.strip().splitlines()
+for line in output:
+    output = json.loads(line)
+    if "Symbol" in output and output["Address"] in addr2len:
+        final_output = [
+            output["Address"],
+            addr2len[output["Address"]],
+            os.path.basename(output["ModuleName"]),
+            output["Symbol"][0]["FileName"],
+            output["Symbol"][0]["FunctionName"]
+        ]
+        print("\t".join(final_output))
diff --git a/utils/libdislocator/libdislocator.so.c b/utils/libdislocator/libdislocator.so.c
index 1cd7abc6..b80be1a1 100644
--- a/utils/libdislocator/libdislocator.so.c
+++ b/utils/libdislocator/libdislocator.so.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
    Originally written by Michal Zalewski
 
    Copyright 2016 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/utils/libtokencap/libtokencap.so.c b/utils/libtokencap/libtokencap.so.c
index f4024799..cc499150 100644
--- a/utils/libtokencap/libtokencap.so.c
+++ b/utils/libtokencap/libtokencap.so.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
    Originally written by Michal Zalewski
 
    Copyright 2016 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/utils/persistent_mode/test-instr.c b/utils/persistent_mode/test-instr.c
index 4ead6577..72e26e93 100644
--- a/utils/persistent_mode/test-instr.c
+++ b/utils/persistent_mode/test-instr.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
    --------------------------------------------------------
    Originally written by Michal Zalewski
    Copyright 2014 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
-   Copyright 2019-2023 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
+   Copyright 2019-2024 AFLplusplus Project. All rights reserved.
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    You may obtain a copy of the License at: