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diff --git a/llvm_mode/README.lto.md b/llvm_mode/README.lto.md index f930c560..fa5b8665 100644 --- a/llvm_mode/README.lto.md +++ b/llvm_mode/README.lto.md @@ -145,16 +145,21 @@ Known issues: Hence if building a target with afl-clang-lto fails try to build it with llvm11 and LTO enabled (`CC=clang-11` `CXX=clang++-11` `CFLAGS=-flto=full` and `CXXFLAGS=-flto=full`). + +An example that does not build with llvm 11 and LTO is ffmpeg. + If this succeeeds then there is an issue with afl-clang-lto. Please report at [https://github.com/AFLplusplus/AFLplusplus/issues/226](https://github.com/AFLplusplus/AFLplusplus/issues/226) ### Target crashes immediately -If the target is using early constructors (values smaller than 6) or have their -own _init/.init functions and these are instrumented then the target will -likely crash when started. This can be avoided by compiling with +If the target is using early constructors (priority values smaller than 6) +or have their own _init/.init functions and these are instrumented then the +target will likely crash when started. This can be avoided by compiling with `AFL_LLVM_MAP_DYNAMIC=1` . +This can e.g. happen with OpenSSL. + ## Upcoming Work 1. Currently the LTO whitelist feature does not allow to instrument main, |