devguide/internals: kickstart packet pipeline chapter - v1 #8793
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| The pipeline either runs in a single thread (runmode *single* or *workers*) or | ||
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| A pipeline is created by Suricata's ``RunMode`` and stored in per thread |
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runmodes are defined by the capture method (e.g. runmode-af-packet.c), but generally implement only 3 predefined modes: workers, autofp, single
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| - Packet Pool | ||
| - Packet Capture Module |
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| - Packet Decode Module |
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decodes the packet, starting with a capture method specific decoder, then calling into the generic suricata packet decoders like decode-ethernet.c and decode-ipv4.c
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| - Packet Pool | ||
| - Packet Capture Module | ||
| - Packet Decode Module | ||
| - Flow Worker Module (check the *Engines* chapter for more) |
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runs the main tracking, detection and logging loop:
- flow handling
- TCP stream
- app-layer parsing
- detect
- output / logging
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Work continues in #8813 |
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Link to redmine ticket:
https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/6030
Describe changes:
TODO:
-- add references to related modules once names are defined