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author | practicalswift <practicalswift@users.noreply.github.com> | 2017-05-18 21:37:31 +0200 |
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committer | practicalswift <practicalswift@users.noreply.github.com> | 2017-05-19 07:28:46 +0200 |
commit | 693247b82bbccada37f7bc61380ddac799100eb8 (patch) | |
tree | 3230dc0129a9ad2ef2a8aa472b1edbf8b737932d /doc | |
parent | 95546c859b71bd73ddd33552ac216086a9adf7c9 (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
```
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/fuzzing.md | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/fuzzing.md b/doc/fuzzing.md index bf3ad17861..5dedcb51c8 100644 --- a/doc/fuzzing.md +++ b/doc/fuzzing.md @@ -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. - |