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+// Copyright 2017 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package pool
+
+import "sync"
+
+// BytesPool is a bucketed pool for variably sized byte slices.
+type BytesPool struct {
+	buckets []sync.Pool
+	sizes   []int
+}
+
+// NewBytesPool returns a new BytesPool with size buckets for minSize to maxSize
+// increasing by the given factor.
+func NewBytesPool(minSize, maxSize int, factor float64) *BytesPool {
+	if minSize < 1 {
+		panic("invalid minimum pool size")
+	}
+	if maxSize < 1 {
+		panic("invalid maximum pool size")
+	}
+	if factor < 1 {
+		panic("invalid factor")
+	}
+
+	var sizes []int
+
+	for s := minSize; s <= maxSize; s = int(float64(s) * factor) {
+		sizes = append(sizes, s)
+	}
+
+	p := &BytesPool{
+		buckets: make([]sync.Pool, len(sizes)),
+		sizes:   sizes,
+	}
+
+	return p
+}
+
+// Get returns a new byte slices that fits the given size.
+func (p *BytesPool) Get(sz int) []byte {
+	for i, bktSize := range p.sizes {
+		if sz > bktSize {
+			continue
+		}
+		b, ok := p.buckets[i].Get().([]byte)
+		if !ok {
+			b = make([]byte, 0, bktSize)
+		}
+		return b
+	}
+	return make([]byte, 0, sz)
+}
+
+// Put returns a byte slice to the right bucket in the pool.
+func (p *BytesPool) Put(b []byte) {
+	for i, bktSize := range p.sizes {
+		if cap(b) > bktSize {
+			continue
+		}
+		p.buckets[i].Put(b[:0])
+		return
+	}
+}