[PATCH] D140239: [llvm-stress] Add a mutation fuzzing mode

[Philip Reames via Phabricator via llvm-commits]

reames added a comment.

In D140239#4002268 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D140239#4002268>, @reames wrote:

> In D140239#4002246 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D140239#4002246>, @Peter wrote:
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>> I think another interesting thing you can all is "How much do you want to mutate". `mutateModule` will only change the module once, i.e. insert one instruction, add one function(may be no one is using it).
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>> Can we add a command line arg `--num-mutate=` and default to, say 100, so we mutate the module 100 times before we return it.
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>> Just a thought.
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> Good idea.  If you don't mind I'll leave that to a follow up commit.  I also want to add some command line control of which strategies to select from.  Again, in a separate commit.

After writing this, I wondered how we'd been testing the new mutation strategies.  The answer turned out to be, we weren't.  This will give a means to write tests for individual mutations going forward as well.


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