Source File
	iobufpool.go

Belonging Package
	github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/internal/iobufpool

// Package iobufpool implements a global segregated-fit pool of buffers for IO.
//
// It uses *[]byte instead of []byte to avoid the sync.Pool allocation with Put. Unfortunately, using a pointer to avoid
// an allocation is purposely not documented. https://github.com/golang/go/issues/16323
package iobufpool

import (
	"math/bits"
	"sync"
)

const minPoolExpOf2 = 8

var pools [18]*sync.Pool

func init() {
	for i := range pools {
		bufLen := 1 << (minPoolExpOf2 + i)
		pools[i] = &sync.Pool{
			New: func() any {
				buf := make([]byte, bufLen)
				return &buf
			},
		}
	}
}

// Get gets a []byte of len size with cap <= size*2.
func Get(size int) *[]byte {
	i := getPoolIdx(size)
	if i >= len(pools) {
		buf := make([]byte, size)
		return &buf
	}

	ptrBuf := (pools[i].Get().(*[]byte))
	*ptrBuf = (*ptrBuf)[:size]

	return ptrBuf
}

func getPoolIdx(size int) int {
	if size < 2 {
		return 0
	}
	idx := bits.Len(uint(size-1)) - minPoolExpOf2
	if idx < 0 {
		return 0
	}
	return idx
}

// Put returns buf to the pool.
func Put(buf *[]byte) {
	i := putPoolIdx(cap(*buf))
	if i < 0 {
		return
	}

	pools[i].Put(buf)
}

func putPoolIdx(size int) int {
	// Only exact power-of-2 sizes match pool buckets
	if size&(size-1) != 0 {
		return -1
	}

	// Calculate log2(size) using trailing zeros count
	exp := bits.TrailingZeros(uint(size))
	idx := exp - minPoolExpOf2

	if idx < 0 || idx >= len(pools) {
		return -1
	}

	return idx
}

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