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authorpracticalswift <practicalswift@users.noreply.github.com>2017-05-18 21:37:31 +0200
committerpracticalswift <practicalswift@users.noreply.github.com>2017-05-19 07:28:46 +0200
commit693247b82bbccada37f7bc61380ddac799100eb8 (patch)
tree3230dc0129a9ad2ef2a8aa472b1edbf8b737932d /doc
parent95546c859b71bd73ddd33552ac216086a9adf7c9 (diff)
[test] Speed up fuzzing by ~200x when using afl-fuzz
Enable the `afl-clang-fast++` features deferred forkserver (`__AFL_INIT`) and persistent mode (`__AFL_LOOP(1000)`). Before this patch: ``` $ afl-fuzz -i input -o output -m512 -- src/test/test_bitcoin_fuzzy [*] Validating target binary... [!] WARNING: The target binary is pretty slow! See /usr/local/share/doc/afl/perf_tips.txt. [+] Here are some useful stats: Test case count : 1 favored, 0 variable, 1 total Bitmap range : 1072 to 1072 bits (average: 1072.00 bits) Exec timing : 20.4k to 20.4k us (average: 20.4k us) … exec speed : 57.58/sec (slow!) exec speed : 48.35/sec (slow!) exec speed : 53.78/sec (slow!) ``` After this patch: ``` $ afl-fuzz -i input -o output -m512 -- src/test/test_bitcoin_fuzzy [*] Validating target binary... [+] Persistent mode binary detected. [+] Deferred forkserver binary detected. [+] Here are some useful stats: Test case count : 1 favored, 0 variable, 1 total Bitmap range : 24 to 24 bits (average: 24.00 bits) Exec timing : 114 to 114 us (average: 114 us) … exec speed : 15.9k/sec exec speed : 13.1k/sec exec speed : 15.1k/sec ```
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diff --git a/doc/fuzzing.md b/doc/fuzzing.md
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@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ We disable ccache because we don't want to pollute the ccache with instrumented
objects, and similarly don't want to use non-instrumented cached objects linked
in.
+The fuzzing can be sped up significantly (~200x) by using `afl-clang-fast` and
+`afl-clang-fast++` in place of `afl-gcc` and `afl-g++` when compiling. When
+compiling using `afl-clang-fast`/`afl-clang-fast++` the resulting
+`test_bitcoin_fuzzy` binary will be instrumented in such a way that the AFL
+features "persistent mode" and "deferred forkserver" can be used. See
+https://github.com/mcarpenter/afl/tree/master/llvm_mode for details.
+
Preparing fuzzing
------------------
@@ -63,4 +70,3 @@ $AFLPATH/afl-fuzz -i ${AFLIN} -o ${AFLOUT} -m52 -- test/test_bitcoin_fuzzy
You may have to change a few kernel parameters to test optimally - `afl-fuzz`
will print an error and suggestion if so.
-