Update documentation to reflect target-dependent local reproduction steps.

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Arik Sosman 2020-04-10 17:15:12 -07:00
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@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ Fuzz tests generate a ton of random parameter arguments to the program and then
Typically, Travis CI will run `travis-fuzz.sh` on one of the environments the automated tests are configured for.
This is the most time-consuming component of the continuous integration workflow, so it is recommended that you detect
issues locally, and Travis merely acts as a sanity check.
issues locally, and Travis merely acts as a sanity check. Fuzzing is further only effective with
a lot of CPU time, indicating that if crash scenarios are discovered on Travis with its low
runtime constraints, the crash is caused relatively easily.
## How do I run fuzz tests locally?
@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ To install `honggfuzz`, simply run
```shell
cargo update
cargo install honggfuzz --force
cargo install --force honggfuzz
```
### Execution
@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ Seen a crash. Terminating all fuzzing threads
… # a lot of lines in between
<0x0000555555565559> [func:UNKNOWN file: line:0 module:/home/travis/build/rust-bitcoin/rust-lightning/fuzz/hfuzz_target/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/full_stack_target]
<0x0000000000000000> [func:UNKNOWN file: line:0 module:UNKNOWN]
=====================================================================
2d3136383734090101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101
@ -63,13 +66,18 @@ Seen a crash. Terminating all fuzzing threads
The command "if [ "$(rustup show | grep default | grep stable)" != "" ]; then cd fuzz && cargo test --verbose && ./travis-fuzz.sh; fi" exited with 1.
```
Simply copy the hex, and run the following from the `fuzz` directory:
Note that the penultimate stack trace line ends in `release/full_stack_target]`. That indicates that
the failing target was `full_stack`. To reproduce the error locally, simply copy the hex,
and run the following from the `fuzz` directory:
```shell
export TARGET="full_stack" # adjust for your output
export HEX="2d3136383734090101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101\
010101010100040101010101010101010101010103010101010100010101\
0069d07c319a4961" # adjust for your output
echo $HEX | xxd -r -p > ./test_cases/full_stack/your_test_case_name
mkdir -p ./test_cases/$TARGET
echo $HEX | xxd -r -p > ./test_cases/$TARGET/any_filename_works
export RUST_BACKTRACE=1
cargo test