Re: [lwip-users] sys_timeout firing too often.

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Nick Thomas wrote:
> Hi, Well I made some progress.
> I added the array of task structs, and an array of struct sys_timeouts as
> suggested to sys_arch.c. This has improved things immensely.
>   
Gald to hear that.
> But, there is still an anomaly.
>
> The first sys_timeout() call is done from the 'root' thread, which isn't
> created by any of the task_create functions in sys_arch.c.
> So, when sys_arch_timeouts() loops through to find the appropriate task
> struct, it doesn't find one!
>
> For now, if it fails to find the right array, it simply defaults to the
> first in the list. This is better than returning NULL as the timeout
> handlers would never be called for that timer.
>
> There must be a better way though!
>   
That better way would be to find out why sys_timeout is called from the 
root thread. This shouldn't normally be the case (although if you are 
using ppp, I cannot say for sure - however this is wrong). If it is an 
init function, you should try to call it from tcpip_thread.

Simon