From a0aa2307322cd47bbf416810ac0292925e03be87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 19:39:49 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 1:7.0.3. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- doc/userguide/performance/tcmalloc.rst | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/userguide/performance/tcmalloc.rst (limited to 'doc/userguide/performance/tcmalloc.rst') diff --git a/doc/userguide/performance/tcmalloc.rst b/doc/userguide/performance/tcmalloc.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b5f559f --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/userguide/performance/tcmalloc.rst @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +Tcmalloc +======== + +'tcmalloc' is a library Google created as part of the google-perftools +suite for improving memory handling in a threaded program. It's very +simple to use and does work fine with Suricata. It leads to minor +speed ups and also reduces memory usage quite a bit. + +Installation +~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +On Ubuntu, install the libtcmalloc-minimal4 package: + +:: + + apt-get install libtcmalloc-minimal4 + +On Fedora, install the gperftools-libs package: + +:: + + yum install gperftools-libs + +Usage +~~~~~ + +Use the tcmalloc by preloading it: + +Ubuntu: + +:: + + LD_PRELOAD="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtcmalloc_minimal.so.4" suricata -c suricata.yaml -i eth0 + +Fedora: + +:: + + LD_PRELOAD="/usr/lib64/libtcmalloc_minimal.so.4" suricata -c suricata.yaml -i eth0 -- cgit v1.2.3