[lwip-devel] more slow code

[Christiaan Simons]

Hi,

I've found some more cycle consuming code
(besides pbuf_alloc()/_free()).

It's etharp_ip_input(), which in turn calls
update_arp_entry() and find_entry() for
each incomping IP packet.

I think the linear search in find_entry()
over the ARP table is the culprit.

I guess lot off subsequent (burst) IP packets can come from the same
source,
without much use for updating the table.
So update_arp_entry() should return as quickly as possible for that case.

Christiaan Simons

Hardware Designer
Axon Digital Design

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