Fixed according to PR comment, moved cli flag to an env variable

docs/env_variables.md

@@ -584,6 +584,12 @@ checks or alter some of the more exotic semantics of the tool:
   - Set `AFL_PIZZA_MODE` to 1 to enable the April 1st stats menu, set to 0
     to disable although it is 1st of April.
 
+  - If you need a specific interval to update fuzzer_stats file, you can
+    set `AFL_FUZZER_STATS_UPDATE_INTERVAL` to the interval in seconds you'd
+    the file to be updated.
+    Note that will not be exact and with slow targets it can take seconds
+    until there is a slice for the time test.
+
 ## 5) Settings for afl-qemu-trace
 
 The QEMU wrapper used to instrument binary-only code supports several settings:

include/envs.h

@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ static char *afl_environment_variables[] = {
     "AFL_FRIDA_TRACEABLE",
     "AFL_FRIDA_VERBOSE",
     "AFL_FUZZER_ARGS",  // oss-fuzz
+    "AFL_FUZZER_STATS_UPDATE_INTERVAL",
     "AFL_GDB",
     "AFL_GCC_ALLOWLIST",
     "AFL_GCC_DENYLIST",

src/afl-fuzz-state.c

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <signal.h>
+#include <limits.h>
 #include "afl-fuzz.h"
 #include "envs.h"
 
@@ -566,6 +567,25 @@ void read_afl_environment(afl_state_t *afl, char **envp) {
 
             }
 
+          } else if (!strncmp(env, "AFL_FUZZER_STATS_UPDATE_INTERVAL",
+
+                              afl_environment_variable_len)) {
+
+            u64 stats_update_freq_sec =
+                strtoull(get_afl_env(afl_environment_variables[i]), NULL, 0);
+            if (ULLONG_MAX == stats_update_freq_sec ||
+                0 == stats_update_freq_sec) {
+
+              WARNF(
+                  "Incorrect value given to AFL_FUZZER_STATS_UPDATE_INTERVAL, "
+                  "using default of 60 seconds\n");
+
+            } else {
+
+              afl->stats_file_update_freq_msecs = stats_update_freq_sec * 1000;
+
+            }
+
           }
 
         } else {

src/afl-fuzz.c

@@ -211,8 +211,6 @@ static void usage(u8 *argv0, int more_help) {
       "(0-...)\n"
       "  -e ext        - file extension for the fuzz test input file (if "
       "needed)\n"
-      "  -u            - interval to update fuzzer_stats file in seconds, "
-      "defaults to 60 sec, minimum interval: 1 sec\n"
       "\n",
       argv0, EXEC_TIMEOUT, MEM_LIMIT, MAX_FILE, FOREIGN_SYNCS_MAX);
 
@@ -315,6 +313,8 @@ static void usage(u8 *argv0, int more_help) {
       "                      afl-clang-lto/afl-gcc-fast target\n"
       "AFL_PERSISTENT: enforce persistent mode (if __AFL_LOOP is in a shared lib\n"
       "AFL_DEFER_FORKSRV: enforced deferred forkserver (__AFL_INIT is in a .so)\n"
+      "AFL_FUZZER_STATS_UPDATE_INTERVAL: interval to update fuzzer_stats file in seconds, "
+      "(default: 60, minimum: 1)\n"
       "\n"
     );
 
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ fail:
 int main(int argc, char **argv_orig, char **envp) {
 
   s32 opt, auto_sync = 0 /*, user_set_cache = 0*/;
-  u64 prev_queued = 0, stats_update_freq_sec = 0;
+  u64 prev_queued = 0;
   u32 sync_interval_cnt = 0, seek_to = 0, show_help = 0, default_output = 1,
       map_size = get_map_size();
   u8 *extras_dir[4];
@@ -553,9 +553,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv_orig, char **envp) {
 
   afl->shmem_testcase_mode = 1;  // we always try to perform shmem fuzzing
 
-  while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv,
+  while (
-                       "+Ab:B:c:CdDe:E:hi:I:f:F:g:G:l:L:m:M:nNOo:p:RQs:S:t:T:u:"
+      (opt = getopt(
-                       "UV:WXx:YZ")) > 0) {
+           argc, argv,
+           "+Ab:B:c:CdDe:E:hi:I:f:F:g:G:l:L:m:M:nNOo:p:RQs:S:t:T:UV:WXx:YZ")) >
+      0) {
 
     switch (opt) {
 
@@ -666,18 +668,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv_orig, char **envp) {
 
         break;
 
-      case 'u':
-        if (sscanf(optarg, "%llu", &stats_update_freq_sec) < 1) {
-
-          FATAL("Bad syntax used for -u");
-
-        }
-
-        if (stats_update_freq_sec < 1) { FATAL("-u interval must be >= 1"); }
-
-        afl->stats_file_update_freq_msecs = stats_update_freq_sec * 1000;
-        break;
-
       case 'i':                                                /* input dir */
 
         if (afl->in_dir) { FATAL("Multiple -i options not supported"); }