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testing: clarify fuzzing terms in documentation #49185

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katiehockman opened this issue Oct 27, 2021 · 4 comments
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testing: clarify fuzzing terms in documentation #49185

katiehockman opened this issue Oct 27, 2021 · 4 comments
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katiehockman commented Oct 27, 2021 •
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We need to clarify our docs and code to be clear about all of the terms we use for fuzzing.

I propose these changes:

  • “fuzz test” is the function in *_test.go which accepts a *testing.F, e.g. func FuzzFoo(f *testing.F)
  • “fuzz target” should be the function that is being fuzzed, i.e. the fn passed to f.Fuzz. This is a term that's used outside the context of Go (e.g. [1], [2]), and across the board it refers to the function that is being fuzzed. We previously called what we are now calling the "fuzz test" the "fuzz target", but we should change this to be more consistent with the wider fuzzing community.
  • “crasher” is slightly less important to get 100% consistent, but would be nice to rethink. Perhaps “failure” or “failing input” feels more natural and less jargony, so those are decent options.
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Change https://golang.org/cl/362794 mentions this issue: all: update terminology for fuzzing

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This change doesn't modify any functionality.
It also doesn't update all of the comments and
variable names of the internal code, but everything
user facing should be correct.

Updates #49185

Change-Id: Ia8b2c94b89ba45897c4085ea0c17a3d8896f7ec7
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Change https://golang.org/cl/363514 mentions this issue: go.dev/_content/blog: update fuzzing terminology

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Change https://golang.org/cl/363515 mentions this issue: design/draft-fuzzing.md: update terminology

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design/draft-fuzzing.md: update terminology
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This change doesn't include a full review of
the text, nor make any attempts to get it fully
up-to-date with reality today. However, it's
important that our documents, including
historical ones, are consistent in their
terminology.

Updates golang/go#49185

Change-Id: I194d518e10a46e6e3378a381fb3549846f8bca9e
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/proposal/+/363515
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go.dev/_content/blog: update fuzzing terminology
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Updates golang/go#49185

Change-Id: I9b07c0e0a1c034dc49f86c28a9e336458be18bab
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This has now been updated in the docs for the testing and cmd/go package, the blog post, and the original design draft.

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go.dev/_content/blog: update fuzzing terminology
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Updates golang/go#49185

Change-Id: I9b07c0e0a1c034dc49f86c28a9e336458be18bab
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/website/+/363514
Trust: Katie Hockman <katie@golang.org>
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TryBot-Result: Go Bot <gobot@golang.org>
Website-Publish: DO NOT USE <dmitshur@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Dmitri Shuralyov <dmitshur@golang.org>
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