Packet processing computations utilizing a pre-allocated memory function

A system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
• receive packet data at a network device that comprises an application that processes the packet data;
• in response to receiving the packet data, generate a memory heap within shared memory blocks based on the packet data, wherein the shared memory blocks are accessible by multiple applications;
• generate allocation metadata for each block of the shared memory blocks;
• perform packet processing operations on the packet data across the shared memory blocks based on the allocation metadata;
• and
• perform enumeration operations across the shared memory blocks based on the allocation metadata, wherein both the packet processing operations and the enumeration operations are performed across multiple CPU data threads utilizing the shared memory blocks.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a computing device to:

• receive packet data at a network device that comprises an application that processes the packet data;
• in response to receiving the packet data, generate a memory heap within shared memory blocks based on the packet data, wherein the shared memory blocks are accessible by multiple applications;
• generate allocation metadata for each block of the shared memory blocks;
• perform packet processing operations on the packet data across the shared memory blocks based on the allocation metadata;
• and
• perform enumeration operations across the shared memory blocks based on the allocation metadata, wherein both the packet processing operations and the enumeration operations are performed across multiple CPU data threads utilizing the shared memory blocks.