Use ringbuffers in the pcap live auto runmode as well.

src/runmodes.c

@@ -1900,7 +1900,7 @@ int RunModeIdsPcapAuto(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, char *iface) {
 
     TimeModeSetLive();
     /* create the threads */
-    ThreadVars *tv_receivepcap = TmThreadCreatePacketHandler("ReceivePcap","packetpool","packetpool","pickup-queue","simple","1slot");
+    ThreadVars *tv_receivepcap = TmThreadCreatePacketHandler("ReceivePcap","packetpool","packetpool","pickup-queue","ringbuffer","1slot");
     if (tv_receivepcap == NULL) {
         printf("ERROR: TmThreadsCreate failed\n");
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
@@ -1921,7 +1921,7 @@ int RunModeIdsPcapAuto(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, char *iface) {
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
-    ThreadVars *tv_decode1 = TmThreadCreatePacketHandler("Decode1","pickup-queue","simple","decode-queue1","simple","1slot");
+    ThreadVars *tv_decode1 = TmThreadCreatePacketHandler("Decode1","pickup-queue","ringbuffer","decode-queue1","ringbuffer","1slot");
     if (tv_decode1 == NULL) {
         printf("ERROR: TmThreadsCreate failed for Decode1\n");
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
@@ -1942,7 +1942,7 @@ int RunModeIdsPcapAuto(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, char *iface) {
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
-    ThreadVars *tv_stream1 = TmThreadCreatePacketHandler("Stream1","decode-queue1","simple","stream-queue1","simple","1slot");
+    ThreadVars *tv_stream1 = TmThreadCreatePacketHandler("Stream1","decode-queue1","ringbuffer","stream-queue1","ringbuffer","1slot");
     if (tv_stream1 == NULL) {
         printf("ERROR: TmThreadsCreate failed for Stream1\n");
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
@@ -1971,7 +1971,7 @@ int RunModeIdsPcapAuto(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, char *iface) {
         char *thread_name = SCStrdup(tname);
         SCLogDebug("Assigning %s affinity to cpu %u", thread_name, cpu);
 
-        ThreadVars *tv_detect_ncpu = TmThreadCreatePacketHandler(thread_name,"stream-queue1","simple","verdict-queue","simple","1slot");
+        ThreadVars *tv_detect_ncpu = TmThreadCreatePacketHandler(thread_name,"stream-queue1","ringbuffer","verdict-queue","ringbuffer","1slot");
         if (tv_detect_ncpu == NULL) {
             printf("ERROR: TmThreadsCreate failed\n");
             exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
@@ -2001,7 +2001,7 @@ int RunModeIdsPcapAuto(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, char *iface) {
         }
     }
 
-    ThreadVars *tv_rreject = TmThreadCreatePacketHandler("RespondReject","verdict-queue","simple","alert-queue","simple","1slot");
+    ThreadVars *tv_rreject = TmThreadCreatePacketHandler("RespondReject","verdict-queue","ringbuffer","alert-queue","ringbuffer","1slot");
     if (tv_rreject == NULL) {
         printf("ERROR: TmThreadsCreate failed\n");
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
@@ -2023,7 +2023,7 @@ int RunModeIdsPcapAuto(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, char *iface) {
     }
 
     ThreadVars *tv_outputs = TmThreadCreatePacketHandler("Outputs",
-        "alert-queue", "simple", "packetpool", "packetpool", "varslot");
+        "alert-queue", "ringbuffer", "packetpool", "packetpool", "varslot");
     SetupOutputs(tv_outputs);
 
     TmThreadSetCPUAffinity(tv_outputs, 0);

src/util-ringbuffer.c

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #include "suricata.h"
 #include "util-ringbuffer.h"
 
+#define USLEEP_TIME 5
+
 /* Multi Reader, Single Writer, 8 bits */
 
 RingBufferMrSw8 *RingBufferMrSw8Init(void) {
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ retry:
         if (rb->shutdown != 0)
             return NULL;
 
-        usleep(1);
+        usleep(USLEEP_TIME);
     }
 
     /* atomically update rb->read */
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ int RingBufferMrSw8Put(RingBufferMrSw8 *rb, void *ptr) {
         if (rb->shutdown != 0)
             return -1;
 
-        usleep(1);
+        usleep(USLEEP_TIME);
     }
 
     rb->array[rb->write] = ptr;
@@ -121,7 +123,7 @@ retry:
         if (rb->shutdown != 0)
             return NULL;
 
-        usleep(1);
+        usleep(USLEEP_TIME);
     }
 
     /* atomically update rb->read */
@@ -152,7 +154,7 @@ int RingBufferMrSwPut(RingBufferMrSw *rb, void *ptr) {
         if (rb->shutdown != 0)
             return -1;
 
-        usleep(1);
+        usleep(USLEEP_TIME);
     }
 
     rb->array[rb->write] = ptr;
@@ -188,7 +190,7 @@ void *RingBufferSrSwGet(RingBufferSrSw *rb) {
         if (rb->shutdown != 0)
             return NULL;
 
-        usleep(1);
+        usleep(USLEEP_TIME);
     }
 
     ptr = rb->array[rb->read];
@@ -204,7 +206,7 @@ int RingBufferSrSwPut(RingBufferSrSw *rb, void *ptr) {
         if (rb->shutdown != 0)
             return -1;
 
-        usleep(1);
+        usleep(USLEEP_TIME);
     }
 
     rb->array[rb->write] = ptr;
@@ -255,7 +257,7 @@ retry:
         if (rb->shutdown != 0)
             return NULL;
 
-        usleep(1);
+        usleep(USLEEP_TIME);
     }
 
     /* atomically update rb->read */
@@ -302,7 +304,7 @@ retry:
         if (rb->shutdown != 0)
             return -1;
 
-        usleep(1);
+        usleep(USLEEP_TIME);
     }
 
     /* get our lock */
@@ -366,7 +368,7 @@ retry:
         if (rb->shutdown != 0)
             return NULL;
 
-        usleep(1);
+        usleep(USLEEP_TIME);
     }
 
     /* atomically update rb->read */
@@ -413,7 +415,7 @@ retry:
         if (rb->shutdown != 0)
             return -1;
 
-        usleep(1);
+        usleep(USLEEP_TIME);
     }
 
     /* get our lock */