[llvm-dev] Building LLVM's fuzzers

Kostya Serebryany via llvm-dev llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org
Thu Aug 24 15:38:29 PDT 2017


On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 3:35 PM, Peter Collingbourne <peter at pcc.me.uk>
wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 3:21 PM, Kostya Serebryany via llvm-dev <
> llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 3:20 PM, Justin Bogner <mail at justinbogner.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I think the simplest fix is something like this:
>>>
>>> diff --git a/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/SanitizerCoverage.cpp
>>> b/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/SanitizerCoverage.cpp
>>> index c6f0d17f8fe..e81957ab80a 100644
>>> --- a/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/SanitizerCoverage.cpp
>>> +++ b/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/SanitizerCoverage.cpp
>>> @@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ SanitizerCoverageModule::CreateSecStartEnd(Module
>>> &M, const char *Section,
>>>        new GlobalVariable(M, Ty, false, GlobalVariable::ExternalLinkage,
>>>                           nullptr, getSectionEnd(Section));
>>>    SecEnd->setVisibility(GlobalValue::HiddenVisibility);
>>> +  appendToUsed(M, {SecStart, SecEnd});
>>>
>>>    return std::make_pair(SecStart, SecEnd);
>>>  }
>>>
>>> I'm trying it out now.
>>>
>>
>> LGTM (if this works), thanks!
>>
>
> I wouldn't expect that to work because for ELF targets llvm.used has no
> effect on the object file (only on the optimizer).
>
> Is there a simple way to reproduce the link failure?
>


ninja compiler-rt
echo 'extern "C" int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const unsigned char *a,
unsigned long b){return 0; } ' > test.cc
clang -O3 test.cc   -fsanitize=fuzzer # works
clang -O3 test.cc  -Wl,-gc-sections -fsanitize=fuzzer # fails





>
> Peter
>
>
>>
>>>
>>> Kostya Serebryany <kcc at google.com> writes:
>>> > With -Wl,-gc-sections I get this:
>>> > SimpleTest.cpp:(.text.sancov.module_ctor[sancov.module_ctor]+0x1b):
>>> > undefined reference to `__start___sancov_pcs'
>>> > SimpleTest.cpp:(.text.sancov.module_ctor[sancov.module_ctor]+0x20):
>>> > undefined reference to `__stop___sancov_pcs'
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 3:07 PM, George Karpenkov <
>>> ekarpenkov at apple.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >
>>> >>
>>> >> On Aug 24, 2017, at 2:55 PM, Kostya Serebryany <kcc at google.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Interesting.
>>> >> This is a relatively new addition (fsanitize-coverage=pc-tables,
>>> which is
>>> >> now a part of -fsanitize=fuzzer).
>>> >> The tests worked (did they? On Mac?) so I thought everything is ok.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> For tests we never compile the tested target with -O3 (and that
>>> wouldn’t
>>> >> be sufficient),
>>> >> and for testing fuzzers I was always building them in debug
>>> >>
>>> >> Yea, we need to make sure the pc-tables are not stripped (this is a
>>> >> separate section with globals).
>>> >> (I still haven't documented pc-tables, will do soon)
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Do you know what's the analog of Wl,-dead_strip on Linux?
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Apparently -Wl,—gc-sections.
>>> >> For some reason LLVM does not do it for gold, even though it seems to
>>> >> support this flag as well.
>>> >> (that could be another reason why you don’t see the failure on Linux)
>>> >>
>>> >>  1 *if*(NOT LLVM_NO_DEAD_STRIP)
>>> >>  2   *if*(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Darwin")
>>> >>  3     # ld64's implementation of -dead_strip breaks tools that use
>>> >> plugins.
>>> >>  4     set_property(TARGET ${target_name} APPEND_STRING PROPERTY
>>> >>  5                  LINK_FLAGS " -Wl,-dead_strip")
>>> >>  6   *elseif*(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "SunOS")
>>> >>  7     set_property(TARGET ${target_name} APPEND_STRING PROPERTY
>>> >>  8                  LINK_FLAGS " -Wl,-z -Wl,discard-unused=sections")
>>> >>  9   *elseif*(NOT WIN32 AND NOT LLVM_LINKER_IS_GOLD)
>>> >> 10     # Object files are compiled with -ffunction-data-sections.
>>> >> 11     # Versions of bfd ld < 2.23.1 have a bug in --gc-sections that
>>> >> breaks
>>> >> 12     # tools that use plugins. Always pass --gc-sections once we
>>> require
>>> >> 13     # a newer linker.
>>> >> 14     set_property(TARGET ${target_name} APPEND_STRING PROPERTY
>>> >> 15                  LINK_FLAGS " -Wl,--gc-sections")
>>> >> 16   *endif*()
>>> >> 17 *endif*()
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> --kcc
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 2:49 PM, Justin Bogner <mail at justinbogner.com
>>> >
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> George Karpenkov <ekarpenkov at apple.com> writes:
>>> >>> > OK so with Kuba’s help I’ve found the error: with optimization,
>>> dead
>>> >>> > stripping of produced libraries is enabled,
>>> >>> > which removes coverage instrumentation.
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > However, this has nothing to do with the move to compiler-rt, so
>>> I’m
>>> >>> > quite skeptical on whether it has worked
>>> >>> > beforehand.
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > A trivial fix is to do:
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > diff --git a/cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake
>>> >>> b/cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake
>>> >>> > index 04596a6ff63..5465d8d95ba 100644
>>> >>> > --- a/cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake
>>> >>> > +++ b/cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake
>>> >>> > @@ -665,6 +665,9 @@ if(LLVM_USE_SANITIZER)
>>> >>> >    endif()
>>> >>> >    if (LLVM_USE_SANITIZE_COVERAGE)
>>> >>> >      append("-fsanitize=fuzzer-no-link" CMAKE_C_FLAGS
>>> CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS)
>>> >>> > +
>>> >>> > +    # Dead stripping messes up coverage instrumentation.
>>> >>> > +    set(LLVM_NO_DEAD_STRIP ON)
>>> >>> >    endif()
>>> >>> >  endif()
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > Any arguments against that?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> We shouldn't do this. We really only want to prevent dead stripping
>>> of
>>> >>> the counters themselves - disabling it completely isn't very nice.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> > Apparently, a better way is to follow ASAN instrumentation pass,
>>> >>> > which uses some magic to protect against dead-stripping.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I thought this was already being done - how else did it work before?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> >> On Aug 24, 2017, at 11:29 AM, Justin Bogner <
>>> mail at justinbogner.com>
>>> >>> wrote:
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> (kcc, george: sorry for the re-send, the first was from a non-list
>>> >>> email
>>> >>> >> address)
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> My configuration for building the fuzzers in the LLVM tree doesn't
>>> >>> seem to
>>> >>> >> work any more (possibly as of moving libFuzzer to compiler-rt, but
>>> >>> there
>>> >>> >> have been a few other changes in the last week or so that may be
>>> >>> related).
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> I'm building with a fresh top-of-tree clang and setting
>>> >>> >> -DLLVM_USE_SANITIZER=Address and -DLLVM_USE_SANITIZE_COVERAGE=On,
>>> >>> which
>>> >>> >> was working before:
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >>  % cmake -GNinja \
>>> >>> >>          -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DLLVM_ENABLE_ASSERTIONS=On \
>>> >>> >>          -DLLVM_ENABLE_WERROR=On \
>>> >>> >>          -DLLVM_USE_SANITIZER=Address
>>> -DLLVM_USE_SANITIZE_COVERAGE=On
>>> >>> \
>>> >>> >>          -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=$HOME/llvm-lkgc/bin/clang \
>>> >>> >>          $HOME/code/llvm-src
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> But when I run any of the fuzzers, it looks like the sanitizer
>>> coverage
>>> >>> >> hasn't been set up correctly:
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >>  % ./bin/llvm-as-fuzzer
>>> >>>                                    2017-08-24 11:14:33
>>> >>> >>  INFO: Seed: 4089166883 <(408)%20916-6883>
>>> >>> >>  INFO: Loaded 1 modules   (50607 guards): 50607 [0x10e14ef80,
>>> >>> 0x10e18063c),
>>> >>> >>  INFO: Loaded 1 PC tables (0 PCs): 0 [0x10e2870a8,0x10e2870a8),
>>> >>> >>  ERROR: The size of coverage PC tables does not match the number
>>> of
>>> >>> instrumented PCs. This might be a bug in the compiler, please
>>> contact the
>>> >>> libFuzzer developers.
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> From the build logs, it looks like we're now building objects with
>>> >>> these
>>> >>> >> sanitizer flags:
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >>  -fsanitize=address
>>> >>> >>  -fsanitize-address-use-after-scope
>>> >>> >>  -fsanitize=fuzzer-no-link
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> We're then linking the fuzzer binaries with these:
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >>  -fsanitize=address
>>> >>> >>  -fsanitize-address-use-after-scope
>>> >>> >>  -fsanitize=fuzzer-no-link
>>> >>> >>  -fsanitize=fuzzer
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> Any idea what's wrong or where to start looking?
>>> >>>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>>
>>
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