Method MakeContiguous

internal/gather/gather_write_buffer.go:38–63

MakeContiguous ensures the write buffer consists of exactly one contiguous single slice of the provided length and returns the slice.

(length int)

// MakeContiguous ensures the write buffer consists of exactly one contiguous single slice of the provided length
// and returns the slice.
func (b *WriteBuffer) MakeContiguous(length int) []byte {
	b.Reset()

	b.mu.Lock()
	defer b.mu.Unlock()

	var v []byte

	switch {
	case length <= typicalContiguousAllocator.chunkSize:
		// most commonly used allocator for default chunk size with max 8MB
		b.alloc = typicalContiguousAllocator
		v = b.allocChunk()[0:length]

	case length <= maxContiguousAllocator.chunkSize:
		b.alloc = maxContiguousAllocator
		v = b.allocChunk()[0:length]

	default:
		v = make([]byte, length)
	}

	b.inner.Slices = [][]byte{v}

	return v
}

// Reset resets buffer back to empty.
func (b *WriteBuffer) Reset() {