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CFG improvements #4

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Fuzz-introspector relies on extracting control-flow graphs to determine reachability of the code under analysis. In addition to this, fuzz-introspector extracts more data than what is in a pure CFG and we use that data to do fine-grained analysis. However, relying on LTO and using a somewhat homegrown approach to CFG extraction may not be ideal. Other alternatives could be considered:

  • Non LTO-based
  • Extract analysis from runtime to improve CFG extraction. For example, if we run a fuzzer and observe coverage in a function that is not included in the reachability graph, then this should be included.
  • use other implementations of reachability/callgraph extraction: https://groups.google.com/g/llvm-dev/c/SWIiEBWaJVg/m/Jmf_8jVoAQAJ

The benefit of using our own is that it enables fast development (until technical debt grows too large), and this is of fairly high priority atm.

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