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Feature #5839

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dpdk: power saving mode

Added by Lukas Sismis about 1 year ago. Updated 2 months ago.

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Resolved
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Normal
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Description

In DPDK, Suricata keeps polling the NIC for new packets. This keeps CPU at 100% all the time even with low traffic.
Evaluate power-saving modes in DPDK to reduce power consumption of Suricata.

It should be possible through epoll
https://doc.dpdk.org/api/rte__epoll_8h.html


Subtasks 1 (1 open0 closed)

Feature #6696: dpdk: power saving mode (7.0.x backport)In ReviewLukas SismisActions
Actions #2

Updated by Lukas Sismis 5 months ago

  • Status changed from New to In Review
Actions #3

Updated by Lukas Sismis 5 months ago

tested on mlx5 and e1000 (VM virtual driver) - works

Actions #5

Updated by Lukas Sismis 2 months ago

  • Label Needs backport to 7.0 added
Actions #6

Updated by Lukas Sismis 2 months ago

  • Status changed from In Review to Resolved
Actions #7

Updated by OISF Ticketbot 2 months ago

  • Subtask #6696 added
Actions #8

Updated by OISF Ticketbot 2 months ago

  • Label deleted (Needs backport to 7.0)
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