METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BURST BASED PACKET PROCESSING

In one embodiment, a method includes storing received packets at an electronic device in a plurality of packet buffers based on hashing the packets, where each of the plurality of packet buffers is implemented as a hash bucket of a hash table. The method includes identifying a packet buffer that has stored packets, selecting a first processing thread from a plurality of processing threads based on a load balancing mechanism, forwarding a plurality of packets from the identified packet buffer to the first processing thread, and setting an indication that the identified packet buffer is mapped to the first processing thread. The method includes determining that the first processing thread has completed processing the plurality of packets, selecting either the first processing thread or a second processing thread for processing subsequent packets from the identified packet buffer, and maintaining or updating the indication based on the selection.