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diff --git a/llvm/docs/LibFuzzer.rst b/llvm/docs/LibFuzzer.rst index a467e010d3d..ddabee476bc 100644 --- a/llvm/docs/LibFuzzer.rst +++ b/llvm/docs/LibFuzzer.rst @@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ Some important things to remember about fuzz targets: * The fuzzing engine will execute the fuzz target many times with different inputs in the same process. * It must tolerate any kind of input (empty, huge, malformed, etc). * It must not `exit()` on any input. -* It may use multiple threads but ideally all threads should be joined at the end of the function. +* It may use threads but ideally all threads should be joined at the end of the function. +* It must be as deterministic as possible. Non-determinism (e.g. random decisions not based on the input byte) will make fuzzing inefficient. +* It must be fast. Try avoiding cubic or greater complexity. * Ideally, it should not modify any global state (although that's not strict). |