diff --git a/scripts/oss-fuzz/minimize_qtest_trace.py b/scripts/oss-fuzz/minimize_qtest_trace.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+"""
+This takes a crashing qtest trace and tries to remove superflous operations
+"""
+
+import sys
+import os
+import subprocess
+import time
+import struct
+
+QEMU_ARGS = None
+QEMU_PATH = None
+TIMEOUT = 5
+CRASH_TOKEN = None
+
+write_suffix_lookup = {"b": (1, "B"),
+                       "w": (2, "H"),
+                       "l": (4, "L"),
+                       "q": (8, "Q")}
+
+def usage():
+    sys.exit("""\
+Usage: QEMU_PATH="/path/to/qemu" QEMU_ARGS="args" {} input_trace output_trace
+By default, will try to use the second-to-last line in the output to identify
+whether the crash occred. Optionally, manually set a string that idenitifes the
+crash by setting CRASH_TOKEN=
+""".format((sys.argv[0])))
+
+def check_if_trace_crashes(trace, path):
+    global CRASH_TOKEN
+    with open(path, "w") as tracefile:
+        tracefile.write("".join(trace))
+
+    rc = subprocess.Popen("timeout -s 9 {timeout}s {qemu_path} {qemu_args} 2>&1\
+    < {trace_path}".format(timeout=TIMEOUT,
+                           qemu_path=QEMU_PATH,
+                           qemu_args=QEMU_ARGS,
+                           trace_path=path),
+                          shell=True,
+                          stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
+                          stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    stdo = rc.communicate()[0]
+    output = stdo.decode('unicode_escape')
+    if rc.returncode == 137:    # Timed Out
+        return False
+    if len(output.splitlines()) < 2:
+        return False
+
+    if CRASH_TOKEN is None:
+        CRASH_TOKEN = output.splitlines()[-2]
+
+    return CRASH_TOKEN in output
+
+
+def minimize_trace(inpath, outpath):
+    global TIMEOUT
+    with open(inpath) as f:
+        trace = f.readlines()
+    start = time.time()
+    if not check_if_trace_crashes(trace, outpath):
+        sys.exit("The input qtest trace didn't cause a crash...")
+    end = time.time()
+    print("Crashed in {} seconds".format(end-start))
+    TIMEOUT = (end-start)*5
+    print("Setting the timeout for {} seconds".format(TIMEOUT))
+    print("Identifying Crashes by this string: {}".format(CRASH_TOKEN))
+
+    i = 0
+    newtrace = trace[:]
+    # For each line
+    while i < len(newtrace):
+        # 1.) Try to remove it completely and reproduce the crash. If it works,
+        # we're done.
+        prior = newtrace[i]
+        print("Trying to remove {}".format(newtrace[i]))
+        # Try to remove the line completely
+        newtrace[i] = ""
+        if check_if_trace_crashes(newtrace, outpath):
+            i += 1
+            continue
+        newtrace[i] = prior
+
+        # 2.) Try to replace write{bwlq} commands with a write addr, len
+        # command. Since this can require swapping endianness, try both LE and
+        # BE options. We do this, so we can "trim" the writes in (3)
+        if (newtrace[i].startswith("write") and not
+            newtrace[i].startswith("write ")):
+            suffix = newtrace[i].split()[0][-1]
+            assert(suffix in write_suffix_lookup)
+            addr = int(newtrace[i].split()[1], 16)
+            value = int(newtrace[i].split()[2], 16)
+            for endianness in ['<', '>']:
+                data = struct.pack("{end}{size}".format(end=endianness,
+                                   size=write_suffix_lookup[suffix][1]),
+                                   value)
+                newtrace[i] = "write {addr} {size} 0x{data}\n".format(
+                    addr=hex(addr),
+                    size=hex(write_suffix_lookup[suffix][0]),
+                    data=data.hex())
+                if(check_if_trace_crashes(newtrace, outpath)):
+                    break
+            else:
+                newtrace[i] = prior
+
+        # 3.) If it is a qtest write command: write addr len data, try to split
+        # it into two separate write commands. If splitting the write down the
+        # middle does not work, try to move the pivot "left" and retry, until
+        # there is no space left. The idea is to prune unneccessary bytes from
+        # long writes, while accommodating arbitrary MemoryRegion access sizes
+        # and alignments.
+        if newtrace[i].startswith("write "):
+            addr = int(newtrace[i].split()[1], 16)
+            length = int(newtrace[i].split()[2], 16)
+            data = newtrace[i].split()[3][2:]
+            if length > 1:
+                leftlength = int(length/2)
+                rightlength = length - leftlength
+                newtrace.insert(i+1, "")
+                while leftlength > 0:
+                    newtrace[i] = "write {} {} 0x{}\n".format(
+                            hex(addr),
+                            hex(leftlength),
+                            data[:leftlength*2])
+                    newtrace[i+1] = "write {} {} 0x{}\n".format(
+                            hex(addr+leftlength),
+                            hex(rightlength),
+                            data[leftlength*2:])
+                    if check_if_trace_crashes(newtrace, outpath):
+                        break
+                    else:
+                        leftlength -= 1
+                        rightlength += 1
+                if check_if_trace_crashes(newtrace, outpath):
+                    i -= 1
+                else:
+                    newtrace[i] = prior
+                    del newtrace[i+1]
+        i += 1
+    check_if_trace_crashes(newtrace, outpath)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    if len(sys.argv) < 3:
+        usage()
+
+    QEMU_PATH = os.getenv("QEMU_PATH")
+    QEMU_ARGS = os.getenv("QEMU_ARGS")
+    if QEMU_PATH is None or QEMU_ARGS is None:
+        usage()
+    # if "accel" not in QEMU_ARGS:
+    #     QEMU_ARGS += " -accel qtest"
+    CRASH_TOKEN = os.getenv("CRASH_TOKEN")
+    QEMU_ARGS += " -qtest stdio -monitor none -serial none "
+    minimize_trace(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2])
