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:

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  apt-get install libtcmalloc-minimal4

On Fedora, install the gperftools-libs package:

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  yum install gperftools-libs

Usage
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Use the tcmalloc by preloading it:

Ubuntu:

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  LD_PRELOAD="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtcmalloc_minimal.so.4" suricata -c suricata.yaml -i eth0

Fedora:

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  LD_PRELOAD="/usr/lib64/libtcmalloc_minimal.so.4" suricata -c suricata.yaml -i eth0