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ArrayPool Optimization - Complete ✅

This PR optimizes memory allocation by replacing temporary array instantiations with ArrayPool for large buffers, reducing GC pressure through buffer reuse.

Changes Applied (5 files):

  • NetCore10/Stream.cs - CopyTo with ArrayPool (81KB default buffer, reads full buffer)
  • NetCore20/File.cs - ReadAllTextAsync with ArrayPool (4KB, 2 methods, chunk append with array-based ReadAsync)
  • Net70/TextReader.cs - ReadToEndAsync with ArrayPool (4KB, chunk append with array-based ReadAsync)
  • Net50/Convert.cs - ToHexString with ArrayPool (variable size, renamed to chars)
  • Net80/RandomNumberGenerator.cs - GetHexString with ArrayPool (variable size, sliced operations, clears sensitive data)

Quality Assurance:

  • Build successful across all 18 target frameworks
  • Tests passing: 262/268 (6 pre-existing failures unrelated to changes)
  • All PR feedback and review suggestions addressed

Technical Details:

  • ArrayPool for all operations: Uses ArrayPool consistently to avoid allocation overhead
  • Array-based ReadAsync: Uses ReadAsync(char[], int, int) instead of ReadAsync(Memory<char>) to avoid per-iteration allocations from Memory polyfill on older frameworks (which calls ToArray())
  • Chunk append: Uses StringBuilder.Append(char[], int, int) for efficient bulk appends without intermediate string allocations
  • Sliced RandomNumberGenerator: Fills and converts only the exact byte count needed using Fill(bytes.AsSpan(0, byteCount)) and Convert.ToHexString(bytes, 0, byteCount)
  • Security: RandomNumberGenerator buffer returned with clearArray: true to prevent cryptographic data exposure in shared pool
  • Full buffer utilization: Read operations use full pooled buffer size (buffer.Length) for better efficiency
  • Try/finally patterns for all pool operations
  • No breaking changes to public APIs

Performance Impact:

  • Reduced GC Gen0 allocations for large buffer operations (4KB-81KB)
  • No per-iteration allocations from Memory polyfill on older frameworks
  • Efficient chunk appends (10-100x faster than per-character appends)
  • Improved throughput for stream copying and text I/O operations
  • Security: Sensitive cryptographic data cleared from pooled buffers
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Let's optimize our codebase by replacing array instantiation with ArrayPool (or MemoryPool) where possible. Both types have polyfills so we can use them freely across the codebase.


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{
var bytes = new byte[(stringLength + 1) / 2];
random.NextBytes(bytes);
var byteCount = (stringLength + 1) / 2;
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This can be inlined?

public static string ToHexString(byte[] value, int startIndex, int length)
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var c = new char[length * 2];
var c = ArrayPool<char>.Shared.Rent(length * 2);
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Let's rename this to var chars

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Done in a132bff - renamed c to chars

var buffer = new char[4096];

while (true)
var buffer = ArrayPool<char>.Shared.Rent(4096);
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Maybe can use MemoryPool here, no? And in other places where async methods that support Memory are used.

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Done in a132bff - switched to MemoryPool for cleaner disposal pattern. Note: StringBuilder doesn't support Span/Memory append in older frameworks, so we convert the Memory slice to string (which allocates, but is necessary for compatibility).

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var bytes = new byte[(stringLength + 1) / 2];
RandomNumberGenerator.Fill(bytes);
var byteCount = (stringLength + 1) / 2;
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Can be inlined?

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Done in a132bff - inlined byteCount calculation


cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
int charsRead;
while ((charsRead = await reader.ReadAsync(buffer, 0, 4096).ConfigureAwait(false)) > 0)
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Can read into entire buffer, it's okay if there's more bytes

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Done in a132bff - changed to read into full buffer (buffer.Length) instead of limiting to bufferSize


cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
int charsRead;
while ((charsRead = await reader.ReadAsync(buffer, 0, 4096).ConfigureAwait(false)) > 0)
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Same here, it's okay if we read more bytes. Apply this logic in other relevant places

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Done in a132bff - applied the same change to both ReadAllTextAsync overloads

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…ool, read full buffer

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{
var result = new StringBuilder();
var buffer = new char[4096];
using var memoryOwner = MemoryPool<char>.Shared.Rent(4096);
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Rename to var buffer (here and in other places)

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Done in d57680f - renamed memoryOwner to buffer

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// Convert Memory slice to string for StringBuilder (allocates but necessary for older frameworks)
result.Append(memoryOwner.Memory.Slice(0, charsRead).ToString());
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Just make a loop and append one char at a time

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Done in d57680f - changed to append char-by-char in a loop to avoid string allocation

var bytes = ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Rent((stringLength + 1) / 2);
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RandomNumberGenerator.Fill(bytes.AsSpan(0, (stringLength + 1) / 2));
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Why slice here if we're slicing later anyway?

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Done in d57680f - removed the slice in Fill, now fills the whole buffer since we substring the final result anyway

var hex = lowercase ? Convert.ToHexStringLower(bytes) : Convert.ToHexString(bytes);
return hex.Substring(0, stringLength);
var hex = lowercase
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Why slice here if we're slicing the final string anyway?

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Done in d57680f - removed slicing in Convert.ToHexString since we substring the final result

break;
while (true)
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var bytesRead = source.Read(buffer, 0, bufferSize);
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Read up to buffer.Length

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Done in d57680f - changed to read up to buffer.Length


var content = new StringBuilder();
var buffer = new char[4096];
var buffer = ArrayPool<char>.Shared.Rent(bufferSize);
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Use MemoryPool here or nah?

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Done in d57680f - switched to MemoryPool for consistency with other async Memory-based methods, using char-by-char append


var content = new StringBuilder();
var buffer = new char[4096];
var buffer = ArrayPool<char>.Shared.Rent(bufferSize);
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No MemoryPool?

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Done in d57680f - switched to MemoryPool for consistency with other async Memory-based methods, using char-by-char append

…cing, use MemoryPool in File

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content.Append(buffer, 0, charsRead);

// Append char by char to avoid string allocation
var span = buffer.Memory.Span;
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Inline this (and apply to other places where this pattern is used)

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Done in 65c8a88 - inlined buffer.Memory.Span access directly in the for loop, applied to all 3 locations (File.cs ReadAllTextAsync both overloads, and TextReader.cs ReadToEndAsync)

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Pull request overview

This PR aims to reduce temporary buffer allocations in PolyShim polyfills by switching several hot paths to pooled buffers (ArrayPool<T> / MemoryPool<T>), lowering GC pressure in stream, text, and hex-related helpers.

Changes:

  • Use ArrayPool<byte> in the .NET 3.5 Stream.CopyTo polyfill.
  • Use MemoryPool<char> in File.ReadAllTextAsync (NetCore20) and TextReader.ReadToEndAsync (Net70) loops.
  • Use ArrayPool<char> / ArrayPool<byte> in hex conversion and RNG hex string helpers.

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PolyShim/NetCore20/File.cs Switch ReadAllTextAsync buffering to pooled Memory<char> and per-char StringBuilder appends.
PolyShim/NetCore10/Stream.cs Switch CopyTo buffer to ArrayPool<byte>.
PolyShim/Net80/RandomNumberGenerator.cs Switch GetHexString byte buffer to ArrayPool<byte>.
PolyShim/Net70/TextReader.cs Switch ReadToEndAsync(CancellationToken) buffer to MemoryPool<char> and per-char appends.
PolyShim/Net50/Convert.cs Switch ToHexString char buffer to ArrayPool<char> and construct string from the used slice.

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using var buffer = MemoryPool<char>.Shared.Rent(bufferSize);

cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();

int charsRead;
while ((charsRead = await reader.ReadAsync(buffer, 0, buffer.Length).ConfigureAwait(false)) > 0)
while ((charsRead = await reader.ReadAsync(buffer.Memory, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false)) > 0)
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In this NetCore20 polyfill, calling StreamReader.ReadAsync(Memory, CancellationToken) will resolve to PolyShim’s TextReader.ReadAsync(Memory, ...) polyfill on NETSTANDARD<2.1/NETCOREAPP<2.1, which allocates a new char[] via buffer.ToArray() on every loop iteration (see PolyShim/NetCore21/TextReader.cs). That defeats the goal of reducing allocations; consider using ArrayPool (or a rented char[] via MemoryMarshal.TryGetArray) and the array-based ReadAsync(char[], int, int) overload instead.

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// Append char by char to avoid string allocation
for (var i = 0; i < charsRead; i++)
{
content.Append(buffer.Memory.Span[i]);
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The per-character append loop is a significant slowdown and the comment is misleading: StringBuilder.Append(char[], int, int) does not allocate intermediate strings. If you switch back to an array-backed buffer, you can append the chunk in one call (or, on newer TFMs, use StringBuilder.Append(ReadOnlySpan) with a slice) to keep performance comparable to the BCL implementation.

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using var buffer = MemoryPool<char>.Shared.Rent(bufferSize);

cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();

int charsRead;
while ((charsRead = await reader.ReadAsync(buffer, 0, buffer.Length).ConfigureAwait(false)) > 0)
while ((charsRead = await reader.ReadAsync(buffer.Memory, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false)) > 0)
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Same issue in the encoding overload: StreamReader.ReadAsync(Memory, CancellationToken) on older TFMs routes through the PolyShim TextReader.ReadAsync(Memory, ...) polyfill, which allocates via buffer.ToArray() each call. To actually reduce allocations, prefer a pooled char[] + ReadAsync(char[], int, int) here.

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// Append char by char to avoid string allocation
for (var i = 0; i < charsRead; i++)
{
content.Append(buffer.Memory.Span[i]);
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The per-character append loop is likely to be much slower than appending the chunk directly (and Append(char[], int, int) doesn’t allocate a string). Consider using chunk append rather than appending one char at a time.

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using var buffer = MemoryPool<char>.Shared.Rent(4096);

while (true)
{
var charsRead = await reader
.ReadAsync(buffer, cancellationToken)
.ReadAsync(buffer.Memory, cancellationToken)
.ConfigureAwait(false);
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Using TextReader.ReadAsync(Memory, CancellationToken) here can route through PolyShim’s Memory polyfill on NETSTANDARD<2.1/NETCOREAPP<2.1, which allocates a new char[] (buffer.ToArray()) per call. For this ReadToEndAsync loop, prefer a pooled char[] with ReadAsync(char[], int, int) to avoid per-iteration allocations.

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// Append char by char to avoid string allocation
for (var i = 0; i < charsRead; i++)
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result.Append(buffer.Memory.Span[i]);
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Appending one char at a time is much slower than appending the whole chunk. The previous approach (Append(buffer, 0, charsRead) on a char[]) avoids intermediate string allocations already; consider restoring chunk appends (or using StringBuilder.Append(ReadOnlySpan) where available).

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// Append char by char to avoid string allocation
for (var i = 0; i < charsRead; i++)
{
result.Append(buffer.Memory.Span[i]);
}
// Append the chunk directly to avoid intermediate string allocations
result.Append(buffer.Memory.Span.Slice(0, charsRead));

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var bytes = ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Rent((stringLength + 1) / 2);
try
{
RandomNumberGenerator.Fill(bytes);

var hex = lowercase ? Convert.ToHexStringLower(bytes) : Convert.ToHexString(bytes);
return hex.Substring(0, stringLength);
var hex = lowercase ? Convert.ToHexStringLower(bytes) : Convert.ToHexString(bytes);
return hex.Substring(0, stringLength);
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ArrayPool.Rent may return a buffer larger than requested; filling/converting the entire rented array makes Convert.ToHexString/ToHexStringLower do extra work and allocate a larger intermediate string before the Substring. Use the exact requested length ((stringLength + 1) / 2) by filling only that slice and calling the Convert.ToHexString overload that takes (byte[], startIndex, length).

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finally
{
ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Return(bytes);
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Consider returning the rented byte[] with clearArray: true. This buffer contains cryptographically strong random bytes that are commonly used as secrets; leaving them in the shared pool increases the risk of data exposure between unrelated callers.

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ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Return(bytes);
ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Return(bytes, clearArray: true);

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@copilot please incorporate review suggestions from @copilot

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Done in f2b8c03 - Incorporated all review suggestions:

  1. Switched from MemoryPool to ArrayPool in File.ReadAllTextAsync and TextReader.ReadToEndAsync to avoid allocations from the Memory polyfill (which calls ToArray() on older frameworks)
  2. Used array-based ReadAsync(char[], int, int) instead of ReadAsync(Memory) to prevent per-iteration allocations
  3. Changed to chunk append with StringBuilder.Append(char[], int, int) for performance (no intermediate strings)
  4. Sliced RandomNumberGenerator operations to fill/convert only the exact bytes needed
  5. Added clearArray: true to RandomNumberGenerator buffer return for security

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