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@@ -188,6 +188,15 @@ There are several OS-level factors that may affect fuzzing speed:
SCHED_RR - can usually speed things up, too, but needs to be done with
care.
+ - Disable all the spectre, meltdown etc. security countermeasures in the
+ kernel if your machine is properly seperated:
+ "ibpb=off ibrs=off kpti=off l1tf=off mds=off mitigations=off
+ no_stf_barrier noibpb noibrs nopcid nopti nospec_store_bypass_disable
+ nospectre_v1 nospectre_v2 pcid=off pti=off spec_store_bypass_disable=off
+ spectre_v2=off stf_barrier=off"
+ In most Linux distributions you can put this into a /etc/default/grub
+ variable.
+
9) If all other options fail, use -d
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