Suricata

Maybe related to https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/2227

The test machine is with 8 CPUs.

sudo suricata -S /dev/null  -vvv --pcap=eth0 --set pcap.0.threads=16 --runmode=autofp
[26940] 11/10/2017 -- 11:33:07 - (runmode-pcap.c:292) <Info> (RunModeIdsPcapAutoFp) -- RunModeIdsPcapAutoFp initialised
[26940] 11/10/2017 -- 11:33:07 - (flow-manager.c:828) <Config> (FlowManagerThreadSpawn) -- using 1 flow manager threads
[26940] 11/10/2017 -- 11:33:07 - (flow-manager.c:992) <Config> (FlowRecyclerThreadSpawn) -- using 1 flow recycler threads
[26940] 11/10/2017 -- 11:33:07 - (util-conf.c:109) <Info> (ConfUnixSocketIsEnable) -- Running in live mode, activating unix socket
[26940] 11/10/2017 -- 11:33:07 - (unix-manager.c:124) <Info> (UnixNew) -- Using unix socket file '/var/run/suricata/suricata-command.socket'
[26940] 11/10/2017 -- 11:33:07 - (tm-threads.c:2178) <Notice> (TmThreadWaitOnThreadInit) -- all 24 packet processing threads, 4 management threads initialized, engine started.

sudo suricata -S /dev/null  -vvv --pcap=eth0 --set pcap.0.threads=260 --runmode=autofp
...
[29246] 11/10/2017 -- 11:42:16 - (runmode-pcap.c:292) <Info> (RunModeIdsPcapAutoFp) -- RunModeIdsPcapAutoFp initialised
[29246] 11/10/2017 -- 11:42:16 - (flow-manager.c:828) <Config> (FlowManagerThreadSpawn) -- using 1 flow manager threads
[29246] 11/10/2017 -- 11:42:16 - (flow-manager.c:992) <Config> (FlowRecyclerThreadSpawn) -- using 1 flow recycler threads
[29246] 11/10/2017 -- 11:42:16 - (util-conf.c:109) <Info> (ConfUnixSocketIsEnable) -- Running in live mode, activating unix socket
[29246] 11/10/2017 -- 11:42:16 - (unix-manager.c:124) <Info> (UnixNew) -- Using unix socket file '/var/run/suricata/suricata-command.socket'
[29246] 11/10/2017 -- 11:42:16 - (tm-threads.c:2178) <Notice> (TmThreadWaitOnThreadInit) -- all 12 packet processing threads, 4 management threads initialized, engine started.

sudo suricata -S /dev/null  -vvv --pcap=eth0 --set pcap.0.threads=300 --runmode=autofp
...
[27711] 11/10/2017 -- 11:37:13 - (runmode-pcap.c:292) <Info> (RunModeIdsPcapAutoFp) -- RunModeIdsPcapAutoFp initialised
[27711] 11/10/2017 -- 11:37:13 - (flow-manager.c:828) <Config> (FlowManagerThreadSpawn) -- using 1 flow manager threads
[27711] 11/10/2017 -- 11:37:13 - (flow-manager.c:992) <Config> (FlowRecyclerThreadSpawn) -- using 1 flow recycler threads
[27711] 11/10/2017 -- 11:37:13 - (util-conf.c:109) <Info> (ConfUnixSocketIsEnable) -- Running in live mode, activating unix socket
[27711] 11/10/2017 -- 11:37:13 - (unix-manager.c:124) <Info> (UnixNew) -- Using unix socket file '/var/run/suricata/suricata-command.socket'
[27711] 11/10/2017 -- 11:37:13 - (tm-threads.c:2178) <Notice> (TmThreadWaitOnThreadInit) -- all 52 packet processing threads, 4 management threads initialized, engine started.

Suricata info -

This is Suricata version 4.0.0-dev (rev 11806875)
Features: PCAP_SET_BUFF AF_PACKET HAVE_PACKET_FANOUT LIBCAP_NG LIBNET1.1 HAVE_HTP_URI_NORMALIZE_HOOK PCRE_JIT HAVE_NSS HAVE_LUA HAVE_LUAJIT HAVE_LIBJANSSON TLS MAGIC 
SIMD support: SSE_4_2 SSE_4_1 SSE_3 
Atomic intrisics: 1 2 4 8 16 byte(s)
64-bits, Little-endian architecture
GCC version 6.3.0 20170516, C version 199901
compiled with _FORTIFY_SOURCE=0
L1 cache line size (CLS)=64
thread local storage method: __thread
compiled with LibHTP v0.5.25, linked against LibHTP v0.5.25

Suricata Configuration:
  AF_PACKET support:                       yes
  PF_RING support:                         no
  NFQueue support:                         no
  NFLOG support:                           no
  IPFW support:                            no
  Netmap support:                          no
  DAG enabled:                             no
  Napatech enabled:                        no

  Unix socket enabled:                     yes
  Detection enabled:                       yes

  Libmagic support:                        yes
  libnss support:                          yes
  libnspr support:                         yes
  libjansson support:                      yes
  hiredis support:                         no
  hiredis async with libevent:             no
  Prelude support:                         no
  PCRE jit:                                yes
  LUA support:                             yes, through luajit
  libluajit:                               yes
  libgeoip:                                yes
  Non-bundled htp:                         no
  Old barnyard2 support:                   no
  CUDA enabled:                            no
  Hyperscan support:                       no
  Libnet support:                          yes

  Rust support (experimental):             no
  Experimental Rust parsers:               no
  Rust strict mode:                        no

  Suricatasc install:                      yes

  Profiling enabled:                       no
  Profiling locks enabled:                 no

Development settings:
  Coccinelle / spatch:                     yes
  Unit tests enabled:                      no
  Debug output enabled:                    no
  Debug validation enabled:                no

Generic build parameters:
  Installation prefix:                     /usr
  Configuration directory:                 /etc/suricata/
  Log directory:                           /var/log/suricata/

  --prefix                                 /usr
  --sysconfdir                             /etc
  --localstatedir                          /var

  Host:                                    x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
  Compiler:                                gcc (exec name) / gcc (real)
  GCC Protect enabled:                     no
  GCC march native enabled:                yes
  GCC Profile enabled:                     no
  Position Independent Executable enabled: no
  CFLAGS                                   -g -O2 -march=native
  PCAP_CFLAGS                               -I/usr/include
  SECCFLAGS