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diff --git a/qemu_mode/README.md b/qemu_mode/README.md index 4ade93d7..b4b5e7bf 100644 --- a/qemu_mode/README.md +++ b/qemu_mode/README.md @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ The code in this directory allows you to build a standalone feature that leverages the QEMU "user emulation" mode and allows callers to obtain instrumentation output for black-box, closed-source binaries. This mechanism can be then used by afl-fuzz to stress-test targets that couldn't be built with -afl-gcc. +afl-cc. The usual performance cost is 2-5x, which is considerably better than seen so far in experiments with tools such as DynamoRIO and PIN. @@ -180,10 +180,10 @@ and instrument every basic block encountered. ## 11) Benchmarking If you want to compare the performance of the QEMU instrumentation with that of -afl-gcc compiled code against the same target, you need to build the +afl-clang-fast compiled code against the same target, you need to build the non-instrumented binary with the same optimization flags that are normally -injected by afl-gcc, and make sure that the bits to be tested are statically -linked into the binary. A common way to do this would be: +injected by afl-clang-fast, and make sure that the bits to be tested are +statically linked into the binary. A common way to do this would be: ``` CFLAGS="-O3 -funroll-loops" ./configure --disable-shared |