[Bug-Candidate]: Maximize CPU output when running fuzzer
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- Haskell
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Description
### Describe the issue:
When deployed on a 16 core machine, with 15 workers, the CPU usage seems to be maxed at about 40-50%. When deployed on an 8 core machine, with 7 workers, CPU usage has only ever hit a max of around 65%.
### Code example to reproduce the issue:
Follow instructions for reproduction here, and if testing on cloudexec, then run `make ec` (for echidna-cloud) or `make el` (echidna-local).
https://github.com/curvance/Curvance-CantinaCompetition/tree/CodeFAQAndAdjustments/tests/fuzzing
### Version:
Echidna 2.23 & previous
### Relevant log output:
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Contributor guide
Research direction
Follow the linked Curvance-CantinaCompetition fuzzing reproduction and run it with `make ec` or `make el`, comparing CPU usage on the stated worker and core counts. Read the relevant Echidna execution path to identify why utilization remains below the available CPU capacity; done means the fuzzer uses substantially more of the available cores under these reproductions.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- haskell, solidity
- Domain
- performance, testing-qa
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100