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Bug #382

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Suricata uses 100% of CPU on some virtual system

Added by Eric Leblond about 13 years ago. Updated almost 13 years ago.

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Description

Due to some call to usleep with low value, suricata causes an important load on some virtual system.

The attached patch fixes the issue but should have some severe implication on performance. Thus it only indicate where to look at.


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Actions #1

Updated by Eric Leblond about 13 years ago

  • Assignee set to Eric Leblond
Actions #2

Updated by Peter Manev about 13 years ago

Eric,

When does this occur? Any specific situation ?
What is your VM setup ? (mem,cpu,os).

Thanks

Actions #3

Updated by Eric Leblond about 13 years ago

Peter,

The problem can be reproduced on a VirtualBox system (Host is a debian sid).

This is linked with a usleep(10) call in the flow manager. I've proposed a patch to Victor and Anoop which are currently reviewing it. The patch is attached to this comment.

Actions #4

Updated by Anoop Saldanha about 13 years ago

has the current master fixed this issue?

Actions #5

Updated by Eric Leblond almost 13 years ago

  • % Done changed from 80 to 90

Current master does not show the issue on my VM.

Actions #6

Updated by Victor Julien almost 13 years ago

  • Status changed from Assigned to Closed
  • Target version set to 1.2beta1
  • % Done changed from 90 to 100
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