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XHTTP transport: Reduce memory allocations ~88% (68MB→~8MB per 10MB traffic)#5808

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XHTTP transport: Reduce memory allocations ~88% (68MB→~8MB per 10MB traffic)#5808
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Summary

  • Pre-allocate body read buffer in hub.go using known Content-Length instead of io.ReadAll grow-and-copy pattern — eliminates ~77% of allocations (1 alloc instead of ~7)
  • Skip slices.Concat when payload comes from a single source (90%+ of cases) — zero-copy fast path
  • Pre-size bytes.Buffer for HTTP/1.1 request serialization in client.go — eliminates buffer growth steps
  • Sweep dead entries from globalDialerMap in dialer.go + new HasActiveClients() in mux.go — prevents unbounded map growth over long sessions

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Relates to #5344. XHTTP transport allocates ~7x more memory than data volume (10MB traffic → ~68MB allocations). On iOS, the system kills VPN extensions at >50MB. These 4 targeted fixes bring
allocations down to ~8MB with a minimal 39-line diff.

Test plan

  • go build ./... passes
  • go vet ./transport/internet/splithttp/... — no new warnings
  • go test ./transport/internet/splithttp/... — all 13 tests pass

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Fixes excessive memory usage that causes iOS to kill VPN extensions (>50MB limit).
Four targeted optimizations with minimal code changes:

1. hub.go: Pre-allocate body read buffer using known Content-Length instead of
   io.ReadAll grow-and-copy (77% of allocations)
2. hub.go: Skip slices.Concat when payload comes from single source (90%+ cases)
3. client.go: Pre-size bytes.Buffer for HTTP/1.1 request serialization
4. mux.go+dialer.go: Sweep dead entries from globalDialerMap to prevent unbounded growth

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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dup

@Fangliding Fangliding closed this Mar 15, 2026
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Could you point to the existing PR? #5797 and #5801 were closed. This PR takes a different, minimal approach (39 lines vs larger diffs) focusing on pre-allocation with known Content-Length rather than pool-based rewriting.

RPRX pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Mar 21, 2026
#5801
#5808

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Co-authored-by: Sergei Ozeranskii <sergey.ozeranskiy@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: rufsieus <rufsieus@gmail.com>
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RPRX commented Mar 21, 2026

c1b67a9 加了 co-author

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