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author | Ruben ten Hove <git@rhtenhove.nl> | 2020-10-28 11:27:11 +0100 |
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committer | Ruben ten Hove <git@rhtenhove.nl> | 2020-10-28 11:27:11 +0100 |
commit | d4bf0c7db7943c20f32636798e223e649d758934 (patch) | |
tree | a770cd35fe5ad55c72d5da455604ec5101f5ec33 | |
parent | 90e04d49094c413eeb55483c62434e11ee0cd888 (diff) | |
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add suggestion for using a ramdisk in docker
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f09d9163..bbe16bc0 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1009,6 +1009,14 @@ tasks, fuzzing may put a strain on your hardware and on the OS. In particular: $ iostat -d 3 -x -k [...optional disk ID...] ``` + Using the `AFL_TMPDIR` environment variable and a RAM-disk you can have the + heavy writing done in RAM to prevent the aforementioned wear and tear. For + example the following line will run a Docker container with all this preset: + + ```shell + # docker run -ti --mount type=tmpfs,destination=/ramdisk -e AFL_TMPDIR=/ramdisk aflplusplus/aflplusplus + ``` + ## Known limitations & areas for improvement Here are some of the most important caveats for AFL: |