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fix(snort): limit CPU thread and queue count to a maximum of 16 #1431

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6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions packages/ns-api/files/ns.snort
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Expand Up @@ -128,8 +128,10 @@ def __setup(enabled, set_home_net=False, include_vpn=False, ns_policy='balanced'

# always set the number of threads to the number of CPUs
# if the hardware changes, a new setup is required
uci.set('snort', 'nfq', 'queue_count', str(os.cpu_count()))
uci.set('snort', 'nfq', 'thread_count', str(os.cpu_count()))
# limit to 16 cores if more than 16 CPUs are available
cpu_count = min(os.cpu_count(), 16)
uci.set('snort', 'nfq', 'queue_count', str(cpu_count))
uci.set('snort', 'nfq', 'thread_count', str(cpu_count))

if set_home_net:
uci.set('snort', 'snort', 'home_net', get_snort_homenet(uci, include_vpn))
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