stream: avoid drain for sync streams

Previously a sync writable receiving chunks
larger than highwatermark would unecessarily
ping pong needDrain.

PR-URL: #32887
Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <matteo.collina@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>

Author: ronag

benchmark/streams/writable-manywrites.js

@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@ const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
   n: [2e6],
   sync: ['yes', 'no'],
   writev: ['yes', 'no'],
-  callback: ['yes', 'no']
+  callback: ['yes', 'no'],
+  len: [1024, 32 * 1024]
 });
 
-function main({ n, sync, writev, callback }) {
-  const b = Buffer.allocUnsafe(1024);
+function main({ n, sync, writev, callback, len }) {
+  const b = Buffer.allocUnsafe(len);
   const s = new Writable();
   sync = sync === 'yes';
 

lib/_stream_writable.js

@@ -337,11 +337,6 @@ function writeOrBuffer(stream, state, chunk, encoding, callback) {
 
   state.length += len;
 
-  const ret = state.length < state.highWaterMark;
-  // We must ensure that previous needDrain will not be reset to false.
-  if (!ret)
-    state.needDrain = true;
-
   if (state.writing || state.corked || state.errored) {
     state.buffered.push({ chunk, encoding, callback });
     if (state.allBuffers && encoding !== 'buffer') {
@@ -359,6 +354,12 @@ function writeOrBuffer(stream, state, chunk, encoding, callback) {
     state.sync = false;
   }
 
+  const ret = state.length < state.highWaterMark;
+
+  // We must ensure that previous needDrain will not be reset to false.
+  if (!ret)
+    state.needDrain = true;
+
   // Return false if errored or destroyed in order to break
   // any synchronous while(stream.write(data)) loops.
   return ret && !state.errored && !state.destroyed;

test/parallel/test-stream-big-packet.js

@@ -36,7 +36,11 @@ class TestStream extends stream.Transform {
   }
 }
 
-const s1 = new stream.PassThrough();
+const s1 = new stream.Transform({
+  transform(chunk, encoding, cb) {
+    process.nextTick(cb, null, chunk);
+  }
+});
 const s2 = new stream.PassThrough();
 const s3 = new TestStream();
 s1.pipe(s3);

test/parallel/test-stream-catch-rejections.js

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const assert = require('assert');
     captureRejections: true,
     highWaterMark: 1,
     write(chunk, enc, cb) {
-      cb();
+      process.nextTick(cb);
     }
   });
 

test/parallel/test-stream-pipe-await-drain-push-while-write.js

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const writable = new stream.Writable({
       });
     }
 
-    cb();
+    process.nextTick(cb);
   }, 3)
 });
 

test/parallel/test-stream-pipe-await-drain.js

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ reader._read = () => {};
 
 writer1._write = common.mustCall(function(chunk, encoding, cb) {
   this.emit('chunk-received');
-  cb();
+  process.nextTick(cb);
 }, 1);
 
 writer1.once('chunk-received', () => {
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ writer2._write = common.mustCall((chunk, encoding, cb) => {
     reader._readableState.awaitDrainWriters.size,
     1,
     'awaitDrain should be 1 after first push, actual is ' +
-    reader._readableState.awaitDrainWriters
+    reader._readableState.awaitDrainWriters.size
   );
   // Not calling cb here to "simulate" slow stream.
   // This should be called exactly once, since the first .write() call
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ writer3._write = common.mustCall((chunk, encoding, cb) => {
     reader._readableState.awaitDrainWriters.size,
     2,
     'awaitDrain should be 2 after second push, actual is ' +
-    reader._readableState.awaitDrainWriters
+    reader._readableState.awaitDrainWriters.size
   );
   // Not calling cb here to "simulate" slow stream.
   // This should be called exactly once, since the first .write() call

test/parallel/test-stream-writable-needdrain-state.js

@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ const transform = new stream.Transform({
 });
 
 function _transform(chunk, encoding, cb) {
-  assert.strictEqual(transform._writableState.needDrain, true);
-  cb();
+  process.nextTick(() => {
+    assert.strictEqual(transform._writableState.needDrain, true);
+    cb();
+  });
 }
 
 assert.strictEqual(transform._writableState.needDrain, false);

test/parallel/test-stream2-finish-pipe.js

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ r._read = function(size) {
 
 const w = new stream.Writable();
 w._write = function(data, encoding, cb) {
-  cb(null);
+  process.nextTick(cb, null);
 };
 
 r.pipe(w);