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envelope-from=darren.kenny@oracle.com; helo=mx0a-00069f02.pphosted.com X-Spam_score_int: -27 X-Spam_score: -2.8 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org On Saturday, 2023-02-04 at 23:29:51 -05, Alexander Bulekov wrote: > Signed-off-by: Alexander Bulekov Reviewed-by: Darren Kenny Thanks, Darren. > --- > docs/devel/fuzzing.rst | 22 ++-------------------- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/docs/devel/fuzzing.rst b/docs/devel/fuzzing.rst > index 715330c856..3bfcb33fc4 100644 > --- a/docs/devel/fuzzing.rst > +++ b/docs/devel/fuzzing.rst > @@ -19,11 +19,6 @@ responsibility to ensure that state is reset between fuzzing-runs. > Building the fuzzers > -------------------- > > -*NOTE*: If possible, build a 32-bit binary. When forking, the 32-bit fuzzer is > -much faster, since the page-map has a smaller size. This is due to the fact that > -AddressSanitizer maps ~20TB of memory, as part of its detection. This results > -in a large page-map, and a much slower ``fork()``. > - > To build the fuzzers, install a recent version of clang: > Configure with (substitute the clang binaries with the version you installed). > Here, enable-sanitizers, is optional but it allows us to reliably detect bugs > @@ -296,10 +291,9 @@ input. It is also responsible for manually calling ``main_loop_wait`` to ensure > that bottom halves are executed and any cleanup required before the next input. > > Since the same process is reused for many fuzzing runs, QEMU state needs to > -be reset at the end of each run. There are currently two implemented > -options for resetting state: > +be reset at the end of each run. For example, this can be done by rebooting the > +VM, after each run. > > -- Reboot the guest between runs. > - *Pros*: Straightforward and fast for simple fuzz targets. > > - *Cons*: Depending on the device, does not reset all device state. If the > @@ -308,15 +302,3 @@ options for resetting state: > reboot. > > - *Example target*: ``i440fx-qtest-reboot-fuzz`` > - > -- Run each test case in a separate forked process and copy the coverage > - information back to the parent. This is fairly similar to AFL's "deferred" > - fork-server mode [3] > - > - - *Pros*: Relatively fast. Devices only need to be initialized once. No need to > - do slow reboots or vmloads. > - > - - *Cons*: Not officially supported by libfuzzer. Does not work well for > - devices that rely on dedicated threads. > - > - - *Example target*: ``virtio-net-fork-fuzz`` > -- > 2.39.0