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diff --git a/qemu_mode/README.md b/qemu_mode/README.md index ccfd50e3..95b75e9c 100644 --- a/qemu_mode/README.md +++ b/qemu_mode/README.md @@ -71,31 +71,11 @@ must be an address of a basic block. ## 4) Bonus feature #2: persistent mode -QEMU mode supports also persistent mode for x86 and x86_64 targets. -The environment variable to enable it is AFL_QEMU_PERSISTENT_ADDR=`start addr`. -In this variable you must specify the address of the function that -has to be the body of the persistent loop. -The code in this function must be stateless like in the LLVM persistent mode. -The return address on stack is patched like in WinAFL in order to repeat the -execution of such function. -Another modality to execute the persistent loop is to specify also the -AFL_QEMU_PERSISTENT_RET=`end addr` env variable. -With this variable assigned, instead of patching the return address, the -specified instruction is transformed to a jump towards `start addr`. -Note that the format of the addresses in such variables is hex. - -Note that the base address of PIE binaries in QEMU user mode is 0x4000000000. - -With the env variable AFL_QEMU_PERSISTENT_GPR you can tell QEMU to save the -original value of general purpose registers and restore them in each cycle. -This allows to use as persistent loop functions that make use of arguments on -x86_64. - -With AFL_QEMU_PERSISTENT_RETADDR_OFFSET you can specify the offset from the -stack pointer in which QEMU can find the return address when `start addr` is -hitted. - -Use this mode with caution, probably it will not work at the first shot. +AFL++'s QEMU mode now supports also persistent mode for x86 and x86_64 targets. +This increases the speed by several factors, however it is a bit of work to set +up - but worth the effort. + +Please see the extra documentation for it: [README.persistent.md](README.persistent.md) ## 5) Bonus feature #3: CompareCoverage |