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-rw-r--r--src/afl-analyze.c2
-rw-r--r--src/afl-as.c2
-rw-r--r--src/afl-cc.c841
-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.c10
-rw-r--r--src/afl-fuzz-stats.c40
-rw-r--r--src/afl-fuzz.c42
-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
24 files changed, 1296 insertions, 353 deletions
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 f39dfdcc..e9564277 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 {
 
@@ -167,11 +167,14 @@ typedef struct aflcc_state {
 
   u8 cmplog_mode;
 
-  u8 have_instr_env, have_gcc, have_llvm, have_gcc_plugin, have_lto,
+  u8 have_instr_env, have_gcc, have_clang, have_llvm, have_gcc_plugin, have_lto,
       have_optimized_pcguard, have_instr_list;
 
-  u8 fortify_set, asan_set, x_set, bit_mode, preprocessor_only, have_unroll,
-      have_o, have_pic, have_c, shared_linking, partial_linking, non_dash;
+  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_rust_asanrt, have_asan, have_msan, have_ubsan, have_lsan, have_tsan,
+      have_cfisan;
 
   // u8 *march_opt;
   u8  need_aflpplib;
@@ -184,25 +187,27 @@ 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 *);
 
-static inline void limit_params(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, u32 add) {
+/* 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 (aflcc->cc_par_cnt + add >= MAX_PARAMS_NUM)
+  if (unlikely(aflcc->cc_par_cnt + 1 >= MAX_PARAMS_NUM))
     FATAL("Too many command line parameters, please increase MAX_PARAMS_NUM.");
 
-}
-
-static inline void insert_param(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, u8 *param) {
-
   aflcc->cc_params[aflcc->cc_par_cnt++] = 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) {
 
@@ -232,6 +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 */
@@ -292,8 +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
@@ -353,7 +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
@@ -367,7 +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;
@@ -500,17 +509,28 @@ 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;
 
+#if defined(__x86_64__)
   if ((ptr = find_object(aflcc, "as")) != NULL) {
 
+  #ifndef __APPLE__
+    // on OSX clang masquerades as GCC
     aflcc->have_gcc = 1;
+  #endif
+    aflcc->have_clang = 1;
     ck_free(ptr);
 
   }
 
+#endif
+
   if ((ptr = find_object(aflcc, "SanitizerCoveragePCGUARD.so")) != NULL) {
 
     aflcc->have_optimized_pcguard = 1;
@@ -565,8 +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) {
@@ -620,6 +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")) {
@@ -676,7 +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;
@@ -769,6 +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") ||
@@ -828,7 +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; }
@@ -1052,6 +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") ||
@@ -1075,6 +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) &&
@@ -1110,6 +1160,11 @@ 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 &&
@@ -1130,12 +1185,9 @@ void mode_final_checkout(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, int argc, char **argv) {
     else if (aflcc->have_gcc_plugin)
       aflcc->compiler_mode = GCC_PLUGIN;
     else if (aflcc->have_gcc)
-#ifdef __APPLE__
-      // on OSX clang masquerades as GCC
-      aflcc->compiler_mode = CLANG;
-#else
       aflcc->compiler_mode = GCC;
-#endif
+    else if (aflcc->have_clang)
+      aflcc->compiler_mode = CLANG;
     else if (aflcc->have_lto)
       aflcc->compiler_mode = LTO;
     else
@@ -1143,6 +1195,38 @@ void mode_final_checkout(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, int argc, char **argv) {
 
   }
 
+  switch (aflcc->compiler_mode) {
+
+    case GCC:
+      if (!aflcc->have_gcc) FATAL("afl-gcc is not available on your platform!");
+      break;
+    case CLANG:
+      if (!aflcc->have_clang)
+        FATAL("afl-clang is not available on your platform!");
+      break;
+    case LLVM:
+      if (!aflcc->have_llvm)
+        FATAL(
+            "LLVM mode is not available, please install LLVM 13+ and recompile "
+            "AFL++");
+      break;
+    case GCC_PLUGIN:
+      if (!aflcc->have_gcc_plugin)
+        FATAL(
+            "GCC_PLUGIN mode is not available, install gcc plugin support and "
+            "recompile AFL++");
+      break;
+    case LTO:
+      if (!aflcc->have_lto)
+        FATAL(
+            "LTO mode is not available, please install LLVM 13+ and lld of the "
+            "same version and recompile AFL++");
+      break;
+    default:
+      FATAL("no compiler mode available");
+
+  }
+
   if (aflcc->compiler_mode == GCC) { aflcc->instrument_mode = INSTRUMENT_GCC; }
 
   if (aflcc->compiler_mode == CLANG) {
@@ -1285,6 +1369,10 @@ 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);
@@ -1323,6 +1411,17 @@ 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];
@@ -1389,7 +1488,9 @@ 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) {
 
@@ -1398,8 +1499,11 @@ 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) {
@@ -1433,9 +1537,11 @@ 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;
@@ -1486,7 +1592,7 @@ 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\"); "
@@ -1514,9 +1620,15 @@ 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; }
+
   switch (action) {
 
     case 1:
@@ -1533,8 +1645,11 @@ void add_defs_fortify(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, u8 action) {
 
   }
 
+  aflcc->have_fortify = 1;
+
 }
 
+/* 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");
@@ -1547,7 +1662,9 @@ 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:
 
@@ -1618,8 +1735,6 @@ static u8 fsanitize_fuzzer_comma(char *string) {
   } while (!ende);
 
   strcpy(string, new);
-  // fprintf(stderr, "string: %s\n", string);
-  // fprintf(stderr, "new: %s\n", new);
 
   ck_free(tmp);
   ck_free(new);
@@ -1628,26 +1743,59 @@ 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;
 
-  if (!strncmp(cur_argv, "-fsanitize-coverage-", 20) &&
-      strstr(cur_argv, "list=")) {
-
-    if (scan) {
-
-      aflcc->have_instr_list = 1;
-      final_ = PARAM_SCAN;
+// MACRO START
+#define HAVE_SANITIZER_SCAN_KEEP(v, k)        \
+  do {                                        \
+                                              \
+    if (strstr(cur_argv, "=" STRINGIFY(k)) || \
+        strstr(cur_argv, "," STRINGIFY(k))) { \
+                                              \
+      if (scan) {                             \
+                                              \
+        aflcc->have_##v = 1;                  \
+        final_ = PARAM_SCAN;                  \
+                                              \
+      } else {                                \
+                                              \
+        final_ = PARAM_KEEP;                  \
+                                              \
+      }                                       \
+                                              \
+    }                                         \
+                                              \
+  } while (0)
 
-    } else {
+  // MACRO END
 
-      final_ = PARAM_KEEP;  // may be set to DROP next
+  if (!strncmp(cur_argv, "-fsanitize=", strlen("-fsanitize="))) {
 
-    }
+    HAVE_SANITIZER_SCAN_KEEP(asan, address);
+    HAVE_SANITIZER_SCAN_KEEP(msan, memory);
+    HAVE_SANITIZER_SCAN_KEEP(ubsan, undefined);
+    HAVE_SANITIZER_SCAN_KEEP(tsan, thread);
+    HAVE_SANITIZER_SCAN_KEEP(lsan, leak);
+    HAVE_SANITIZER_SCAN_KEEP(cfisan, cfi);
 
   }
 
+#undef HAVE_SANITIZER_SCAN_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) {
@@ -1687,44 +1835,27 @@ 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 (!strcmp(cur_argv, "-fsanitize=address") ||
-      !strcmp(cur_argv, "-fsanitize=memory")) {
+      if (aflcc->instrument_mode != INSTRUMENT_LLVMNATIVE) {
 
-    if (scan) {
+        if (!be_quiet) { WARNF("Found '%s' - stripping!", cur_argv); }
+        final_ = PARAM_DROP;
 
-      // "-fsanitize=undefined,address" may be un-treated, but it's OK.
-      aflcc->asan_set = 1;
-      final_ = PARAM_SCAN;
+      } else {
 
-    } else {
+        final_ = PARAM_KEEP;
 
-      // It's impossible that final_ is PARAM_DROP before,
-      // so no checks are needed here.
-      final_ = PARAM_KEEP;
+      }
 
     }
 
@@ -1736,76 +1867,125 @@ 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 (!aflcc->asan_set) {
+  if (getenv("AFL_USE_ASAN") || aflcc->have_asan) {
+
+    if (getenv("AFL_USE_MSAN") || aflcc->have_msan)
+      FATAL("ASAN and MSAN are mutually exclusive");
 
-    if (getenv("AFL_USE_ASAN")) {
+    if (getenv("AFL_HARDEN"))
+      FATAL("ASAN and AFL_HARDEN are mutually exclusive");
 
-      if (getenv("AFL_USE_MSAN")) FATAL("ASAN and MSAN are mutually exclusive");
+    if (aflcc->compiler_mode == GCC_PLUGIN && !aflcc->have_staticasan) {
 
-      if (getenv("AFL_HARDEN"))
-        FATAL("ASAN and AFL_HARDEN are mutually exclusive");
+      insert_param(aflcc, "-static-libasan");
 
-      add_defs_fortify(aflcc, 0);
-      insert_param(aflcc, "-fsanitize=address");
+    }
 
-    } else if (getenv("AFL_USE_MSAN")) {
+    add_defs_fortify(aflcc, 0);
+    if (!aflcc->have_asan) { insert_param(aflcc, "-fsanitize=address"); }
+    aflcc->have_asan = 1;
 
-      if (getenv("AFL_USE_ASAN")) FATAL("ASAN and MSAN are mutually exclusive");
+  } else if (getenv("AFL_USE_MSAN") || aflcc->have_msan) {
 
-      if (getenv("AFL_HARDEN"))
-        FATAL("MSAN and AFL_HARDEN are mutually exclusive");
+    if (getenv("AFL_USE_ASAN") || aflcc->have_asan)
+      FATAL("ASAN and MSAN are mutually exclusive");
 
-      add_defs_fortify(aflcc, 0);
-      insert_param(aflcc, "-fsanitize=memory");
+    if (getenv("AFL_HARDEN"))
+      FATAL("MSAN and AFL_HARDEN are mutually exclusive");
 
-    }
+    add_defs_fortify(aflcc, 0);
+    if (!aflcc->have_msan) { insert_param(aflcc, "-fsanitize=memory"); }
+    aflcc->have_msan = 1;
 
   }
 
-  if (getenv("AFL_USE_UBSAN")) {
+  if (getenv("AFL_USE_UBSAN") || aflcc->have_ubsan) {
 
-    insert_param(aflcc, "-fsanitize=undefined");
-    insert_param(aflcc, "-fsanitize-undefined-trap-on-error");
-    insert_param(aflcc, "-fno-sanitize-recover=all");
-    insert_param(aflcc, "-fno-omit-frame-pointer");
+    if (!aflcc->have_ubsan) {
+
+      insert_param(aflcc, "-fsanitize=undefined");
+      insert_param(aflcc, "-fsanitize-undefined-trap-on-error");
+      insert_param(aflcc, "-fno-sanitize-recover=all");
+
+    }
+
+    if (!aflcc->have_fp) {
+
+      insert_param(aflcc, "-fno-omit-frame-pointer");
+      aflcc->have_fp = 1;
+
+    }
+
+    aflcc->have_ubsan = 1;
 
   }
 
-  if (getenv("AFL_USE_TSAN")) {
+  if (getenv("AFL_USE_TSAN") || aflcc->have_tsan) {
+
+    if (!aflcc->have_fp) {
+
+      insert_param(aflcc, "-fno-omit-frame-pointer");
+      aflcc->have_fp = 1;
 
-    insert_param(aflcc, "-fsanitize=thread");
-    insert_param(aflcc, "-fno-omit-frame-pointer");
+    }
+
+    if (!aflcc->have_tsan) { insert_param(aflcc, "-fsanitize=thread"); }
+    aflcc->have_tsan = 1;
 
   }
 
-  if (getenv("AFL_USE_LSAN")) {
+  if (getenv("AFL_USE_LSAN") && !aflcc->have_lsan) {
 
     insert_param(aflcc, "-fsanitize=leak");
     add_defs_lsan_ctrl(aflcc);
+    aflcc->have_lsan = 1;
 
   }
 
-  if (getenv("AFL_USE_CFISAN")) {
+  if (getenv("AFL_USE_CFISAN") || aflcc->have_cfisan) {
 
     if (aflcc->compiler_mode == GCC_PLUGIN || aflcc->compiler_mode == GCC) {
 
-      insert_param(aflcc, "-fcf-protection=full");
+      if (!aflcc->have_fcf) { insert_param(aflcc, "-fcf-protection=full"); }
 
     } else {
 
-      if (!aflcc->lto_mode) {
+      if (!aflcc->lto_mode && !aflcc->have_flto) {
 
         uint32_t i = 0, found = 0;
-        while (envp[i] != NULL && !found)
+        while (envp[i] != NULL && !found) {
+
           if (strncmp("-flto", envp[i++], 5) == 0) found = 1;
-        if (!found) insert_param(aflcc, "-flto");
+
+        }
+
+        if (!found) { insert_param(aflcc, "-flto"); }
+        aflcc->have_flto = 1;
 
       }
 
-      insert_param(aflcc, "-fsanitize=cfi");
-      insert_param(aflcc, "-fvisibility=hidden");
+      if (!aflcc->have_cfisan) { insert_param(aflcc, "-fsanitize=cfi"); }
+
+      if (!aflcc->have_hidden) {
+
+        insert_param(aflcc, "-fvisibility=hidden");
+        aflcc->have_hidden = 1;
+
+      }
+
+      aflcc->have_cfisan = 1;
 
     }
 
@@ -1813,42 +1993,48 @@ 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
@@ -1865,7 +2051,7 @@ 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;
@@ -1900,8 +2086,14 @@ 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) {
 
@@ -1962,6 +2154,7 @@ param_st parse_linking_params(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, u8 *cur_argv, u8 scan,
     }
 
   } else if (!strcmp(cur_argv, "-Wl,-z,defs") ||
+
              !strcmp(cur_argv, "-Wl,--no-undefined") ||
              !strcmp(cur_argv, "-Wl,-no-undefined") ||
              !strcmp(cur_argv, "--no-undefined") ||
@@ -1981,7 +2174,7 @@ param_st parse_linking_params(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, u8 *cur_argv, u8 scan,
   } else if (!strcmp(cur_argv, "-z") || !strcmp(cur_argv, "-Wl,-z")) {
 
     u8 *param = *(argv + 1);
-    if (!strcmp(param, "defs") || !strcmp(param, "-Wl,defs")) {
+    if (param && (!strcmp(param, "defs") || !strcmp(param, "-Wl,defs"))) {
 
       *skip_next = 1;
 
@@ -1999,12 +2192,71 @@ param_st parse_linking_params(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, u8 *cur_argv, u8 scan,
 
   }
 
+  // Try to warn user for some unsupported cases
+  if (scan && final_ == PARAM_MISS) {
+
+    u8 *ptr_ = NULL;
+
+    if (!strcmp(cur_argv, "-Xlinker") && (ptr_ = *(argv + 1))) {
+
+      if (!strcmp(ptr_, "defs")) {
+
+        WARNF("'-Xlinker' 'defs' detected. This may result in a bad link.");
+
+      } else if (strstr(ptr_, "-no-undefined")) {
+
+        WARNF(
+            "'-Xlinker' '%s' detected. The latter option may be dropped and "
+            "result in a bad link.",
+            ptr_);
+
+      }
+
+    } else if (!strncmp(cur_argv, "-Wl,", 4) &&
+
+               (u8 *)strrchr(cur_argv, ',') != (cur_argv + 3)) {
+
+      ptr_ = cur_argv + 4;
+
+      if (strstr(ptr_, "-shared") || strstr(ptr_, "-dynamiclib")) {
+
+        WARNF(
+            "'%s': multiple link options after '-Wl,' may break shared "
+            "linking.",
+            ptr_);
+
+      }
+
+      if (strstr(ptr_, "-r,") || strstr(ptr_, "-i,") || strstr(ptr_, ",-r") ||
+          strstr(ptr_, ",-i") || strstr(ptr_, "--relocatable")) {
+
+        WARNF(
+            "'%s': multiple link options after '-Wl,' may break partial "
+            "linking.",
+            ptr_);
+
+      }
+
+      if (strstr(ptr_, "defs") || strstr(ptr_, "no-undefined")) {
+
+        WARNF(
+            "'%s': multiple link options after '-Wl,' may enable report "
+            "unresolved symbol references and result in a bad link.",
+            ptr_);
+
+      }
+
+    }
+
+  }
+
   if (final_ == PARAM_KEEP) insert_param(aflcc, cur_argv);
 
   return final_;
 
 }
 
+/* Add params to specify the linker used in LTO */
 void add_lto_linker(aflcc_state_t *aflcc) {
 
   unsetenv("AFL_LD");
@@ -2044,6 +2296,7 @@ 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
@@ -2062,6 +2315,7 @@ 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;
@@ -2097,6 +2351,7 @@ 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) {
@@ -2158,6 +2413,11 @@ 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);
@@ -2187,8 +2447,14 @@ 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");
@@ -2205,6 +2471,7 @@ 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) {
@@ -2221,6 +2488,7 @@ 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") ||
@@ -2267,6 +2535,10 @@ 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;
@@ -2324,6 +2596,36 @@ param_st parse_misc_params(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, u8 *cur_argv, u8 scan) {
 
     SCAN_KEEP(aflcc->have_c, 1);
 
+  } else if (!strcmp(cur_argv, "-static-libasan")) {
+
+    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);
+
+  } else if (!strcmp(cur_argv, "-fvisibility=hidden")) {
+
+    SCAN_KEEP(aflcc->have_hidden, 1);
+
+  } else if (!strcmp(cur_argv, "-flto") || !strcmp(cur_argv, "-flto=full")) {
+
+    SCAN_KEEP(aflcc->have_flto, 1);
+
+  } else if (!strncmp(cur_argv, "-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE",
+
+                      strlen("-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE"))) {
+
+    SCAN_KEEP(aflcc->have_fortify, 1);
+
+  } else if (!strncmp(cur_argv, "-fcf-protection", strlen("-fcf-protection"))) {
+
+    SCAN_KEEP(aflcc->have_cfisan, 1);
+
   } else if (!strncmp(cur_argv, "-O", 2)) {
 
     SCAN_KEEP(aflcc->have_o, 1);
@@ -2387,6 +2689,9 @@ 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) {
@@ -2415,11 +2720,11 @@ static void maybe_usage(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, int argc, char **argv) {
         "MODES:                                  NCC PERSIST DICT   LAF "
         "CMPLOG SELECT\n"
         "  [LLVM] LLVM:             %s%s\n"
-        "      PCGUARD              %s      yes yes     module yes yes    "
+        "      PCGUARD              %s    yes yes     module yes yes    "
         "yes\n"
-        "      NATIVE               AVAILABLE      no  yes     no     no  "
+        "      NATIVE               AVAILABLE    no  yes     no     no  "
         "part.  yes\n"
-        "      CLASSIC              %s      no  yes     module yes yes    "
+        "      CLASSIC              %s    no  yes     module yes yes    "
         "yes\n"
         "        - NORMAL\n"
         "        - CALLER\n"
@@ -2444,7 +2749,11 @@ static void maybe_usage(aflcc_state_t *aflcc, int argc, char **argv) {
         aflcc->compiler_mode == LTO ? " [SELECTED]" : "",
         aflcc->have_gcc_plugin ? "AVAILABLE" : "unavailable!",
         aflcc->compiler_mode == GCC_PLUGIN ? " [SELECTED]" : "",
-        aflcc->have_gcc ? "AVAILABLE" : "unavailable!",
+        aflcc->have_gcc && aflcc->have_clang
+            ? "AVAILABLE"
+            : (aflcc->have_gcc
+                   ? "GCC ONLY "
+                   : (aflcc->have_clang ? "CLANG ONLY" : "unavailable!")),
         (aflcc->compiler_mode == GCC || aflcc->compiler_mode == CLANG)
             ? " [SELECTED]"
             : "");
@@ -2521,7 +2830,7 @@ 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"
@@ -2678,11 +2987,27 @@ 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) {
 
-  limit_params(aflcc, argc);
-
   // for (u32 x = 0; x < argc; ++x) fprintf(stderr, "[%u] %s\n", x, argv[x]);
 
   /* Process the argument list. */
@@ -2706,134 +3031,249 @@ 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_) {
 
-        // fprintf(stderr, "3: %s\n", ptr);
-        if (*ptr) {
+          case fsm_whitespace:
 
-          do {
+            if (arg_buf) {
 
-            u8 *value = ptr;
-            while (*ptr && !isspace(*ptr)) {
+              ARG_STORE();
+              break;
 
-              ++ptr;
+            }
+
+            if (isspace(cur_chr)) {
+
+              cur_chr = fgetc(f);
+
+            } else if (cur_chr == (int)'\'') {
+
+              state_ = fsm_single_quote;
+              cur_chr = fgetc(f);
+
+            } else if (cur_chr == (int)'"') {
+
+              state_ = fsm_double_quote;
+              cur_chr = fgetc(f);
+
+            } 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)'\'') {
 
-              *ptr++ = 0;
+              state_ = fsm_single_quote;
+              cur_chr = fgetc(f);
+
+            } else if (cur_chr == (int)'\"') {
+
+              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:
 
-              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;
+            ARG_ALLOC(cur_chr);
+            cur_chr = fgetc(f);
+            state_ = fsm_normal;
+
+            break;
+
+          case fsm_single_quote:
+
+            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);
 
@@ -2841,8 +3281,7 @@ 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) {
 
@@ -2983,7 +3422,6 @@ 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));
@@ -3030,3 +3468,4 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp) {
   return 0;
 
 }
+
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 6b97f737..43b57b52 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 5b7dc4c1..54760744 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
 
     }
 
@@ -2236,6 +2242,21 @@ 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..4467cae8 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.
@@ -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 40c30472..ea8f1423 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.
@@ -165,12 +165,12 @@ static void usage(u8 *argv0, int more_help) {
       "\n"
 
       "Mutator settings:\n"
-      "  -a            - target input format, \"text\" or \"binary\" (default: "
+      "  -a type       - target input format, \"text\" or \"binary\" (default: "
       "generic)\n"
       "  -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"
+      "  -D            - enable (a new) effective deterministic fuzzing\n"
       "  -L minutes    - use MOpt(imize) mode and set the time limit for "
       "entering the\n"
       "                  pacemaker mode (minutes of no new finds). 0 = "
@@ -955,14 +955,20 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv_orig, char **envp) {
 
       break;
 
-      case 'D':                                    /* enforce deterministic */
+      case 'D':                                    /* partial deterministic */
 
         afl->skip_deterministic = 0;
         break;
 
-      case 'd':                                       /* skip deterministic */
+      case 'd':                                         /* no deterministic */
 
-        afl->skip_deterministic = 1;
+        // this is the default and currently a lot of infrastructure enforces
+        // it (e.g. clusterfuzz, fuzzbench) based on that this feature
+        // originally was bad performance wise. We now have a better
+        // implementation, hence if it is activated, we do not want to
+        // deactivate it by such setups.
+
+        // afl->skip_deterministic = 1;
         break;
 
       case 'B':                                              /* load bitmap */
@@ -1424,11 +1430,11 @@ 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;
 
   }
 
@@ -1812,6 +1818,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv_orig, char **envp) {
   check_cpu_governor(afl);
   #endif
 
+  #ifdef __APPLE__
+  setenv("DYLD_NO_PIE", "1", 0);
+  #endif
+
   if (getenv("LD_PRELOAD")) {
 
     WARNF(
@@ -1911,6 +1921,15 @@ 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);
@@ -3018,6 +3037,11 @@ 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.