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libsuricata: document initialization requirements for pre-fork applications

Documentation #9376: libsuricata: document initialization requirements for pre-fork applications

Added by Jason Ish 3 days ago. Updated 3 days ago.

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Document that pre-fork applications should initialize libsuricata independently in each worker after forking, rather than inherit an initialized engine. Clarify that SuricataInit() starts background threads, and that workers should be forked from a single-threaded parent or exec before engine initialization.

Reported integration pitfall: https://forum.suricata.io/t/6357/17


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