On Thu, Jul 9, 2026 at 3:27 PM Tomasz Kaminski <[email protected]> wrote:

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> On Thu, Jul 9, 2026 at 3:09 PM Tomasz Kaminski <[email protected]>
> wrote:
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>>
>> On Thu, Jul 9, 2026 at 1:18 PM Anlai Lu <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Introduce _Streambuf_sink that writes directly to basic_streambuf
>>> via sputn, preferring zero-copy writes into the streambuf put area
>>> (pptr/epptr/pbump) and falling back to the stack buffer and bulk
>>> sputn.
>>>
>>> libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog:
>>>
>>>         * include/bits/streambuf_iterator.h (ostreambuf_iterator):
>>>         Add internal _M_get_sbuf() member.
>>>         * include/std/format: Include <bits/streambuf_iterator.h>.
>>>         (__format::_Streambuf_sink): New class template.
>>>         * include/std/streambuf: Forward-declare
>>> __format::_Streambuf_sink,
>>>         add friend declaration to basic_streambuf.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Anlai Lu <[email protected]>
>>> ---
>>>  .../include/bits/streambuf_iterator.h         |   7 ++
>>>  libstdc++-v3/include/std/format               | 107 ++++++++++++++++++
>>>  libstdc++-v3/include/std/streambuf            |   4 +
>>>  3 files changed, 118 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/streambuf_iterator.h
>>> b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/streambuf_iterator.h
>>> index 095928ca4..564365934 100644
>>> --- a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/streambuf_iterator.h
>>> +++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/streambuf_iterator.h
>>> @@ -318,6 +318,13 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION
>>>        failed() const _GLIBCXX_USE_NOEXCEPT
>>>        { return _M_failed; }
>>>
>>> +      /// @cond internal
>>> +      _GLIBCXX_NODISCARD
>>> +      streambuf_type*
>>> +      _M_get_sbuf() const _GLIBCXX_USE_NOEXCEPT
>>> +      { return _M_sbuf; }
>>> +      /// @endcond
>>> +
>>>        ostreambuf_iterator&
>>>        _M_put(const _CharT* __ws, streamsize __len)
>>>        {
>>> diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/std/format
>>> b/libstdc++-v3/include/std/format
>>> index dd275b6b8..cb6cc4592 100644
>>> --- a/libstdc++-v3/include/std/format
>>> +++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/std/format
>>> @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
>>>  #include <bits/ranges_algobase.h> // ranges::copy
>>>  #include <bits/stl_iterator.h> // counted_iterator
>>>  #include <bits/stl_pair.h>     // __is_pair
>>> +#include <bits/streambuf_iterator.h> // ostreambuf_iterator,
>>> basic_streambuf
>>>  #include <bits/unicode.h>      // __is_scalar_value, _Utf_view, etc.
>>>  #include <bits/utility.h>      // tuple_size_v
>>>  #include <ext/numeric_traits.h> // __int_traits
>>> @@ -3531,6 +3532,112 @@ namespace __format
>>>        { }
>>>      };
>>>
>>> +  // A format sink that writes directly to a basic_streambuf.
>>> +  // Prefers zero-copy writes into the streambuf's put area
>>> +  // (pptr/epptr/pbump), falling back to the stack buffer
>>> +  // (_M_buf) and bulk sputn.
>>> +  template<typename _CharT, typename _Traits = char_traits<_CharT>>
>>> +    class _Streambuf_sink : public _Buf_sink<_CharT>
>>> +    {
>>> +      using _Buf_sink<_CharT>::_M_buf;
>>> +
>>> +    protected:
>>> +      enum class _Sink_state { _S_stack, _S_put_area };
>>>
>> I think I would restore the _S_failed state, becuse we could use it to
>> return true from _M_set_discarding. I was wondering about using this
>> stream directly to implement std::print to ostream, and _M_discarding
>> would be useful for that.
>>
>> However, I do not think we need _S_stack, _S_put_area state,
>> to see if we are using a stack buffer you could simply
>> compare _M_used.data()
>> with _M_buf, so single bool would be needed.
>>
> This is required, because nobody may call _M_overflow after _M_bump,
> so we should print the characters.
>
>> +
>>> +      basic_streambuf<_CharT, _Traits>* _M_sbuf;
>>> +      _Sink_state _M_state = _Sink_state::_S_stack;
>>> +
>>> +      // Switch to _M_buf when the streambuf has no put area
>>> +      // or we need to stop using it.
>>> +      void
>>> +      _M_use_stackbuf()
>>> +      {
>>> +       this->_M_reset(_M_buf);
>>> +       _M_state = _Sink_state::_S_stack;
>>> +      }
>>> +
>>> +      // Try to point our span directly into the streambuf's put
>>> +      // area for zero-copy writes.  Caller must fall back to
>>> +      // _M_use_stackbuf() on failure.
>>> +      bool
>>> +      _M_use_put_area(size_t __n = 0)
>>> +      {
>>> +       if (auto __p = _M_sbuf->pptr())
>>> +         {
>>> +           auto __e = _M_sbuf->epptr();
>>> +           if (__e && __e > __p
>>> +               && static_cast<size_t>(__e - __p) >= __n)
>>> +             {
>>> +               this->_M_reset(
>>> +                 span<_CharT>{__p, static_cast<size_t>(__e - __p)});
>>> +               _M_state = _Sink_state::_S_put_area;
>>> +               return true;
>>> +             }
>>> +         }
>>> +       return false;
>>> +      }
>>> +
>>> +      // Allow derived classes to commit to the put area
>>> +      // without needing friendship to basic_streambuf.
>>> +      void
>>> +      _M_pbump(streamsize __n)
>>> +      { _M_sbuf->__safe_pbump(__n); }
>>> +
>>> +      _GLIBCXX_CONSTEXPR_FORMAT void
>>> +      _M_overflow() override
>>> +      {
>>> +       auto __s = this->_M_used();
>>> +       if (__s.empty()) [[unlikely]]
>>> +         return;
>>> +
>>> +       switch (_M_state)
>>> +       {
>>> +         case _Sink_state::_S_stack:
>>> +           // _Iter_sink overrides _M_overflow and calls
>>> +           // _M_out._M_put(), which checks sputn's return
>>> +           // value and tracks failure on the iterator.
>>> +           _M_sbuf->sputn(__s.data(), __s.size());
>>> +           break;
>>> +         case _Sink_state::_S_put_area:
>>> +           _M_sbuf->__safe_pbump(__s.size());
>>> +           break;
>>> +       }
>>> +
>>> +       if (!_M_use_put_area())
>>> +         _M_use_stackbuf();
>>> +      }
>>> +
>>> +    public:
>>> +      [[__gnu__::__always_inline__]]
>>> +      constexpr explicit
>>> +      _Streambuf_sink(basic_streambuf<_CharT, _Traits>* __sbuf) noexcept
>>> +      : _M_sbuf(__sbuf)
>>> +      { }
>>> +
>>> +      using _Sink<_CharT>::out;
>>> +
>>> +      _GLIBCXX_CONSTEXPR_FORMAT typename _Sink<_CharT>::_Reservation
>>> +      _M_reserve(size_t __n) override
>>>
>> The reservation protocor works in two step, firstly the formatter calls
>> _M_reserve,
>> to get the stage area, and then after writting some characters _M_bump is
>> called
>> (without calling override). The default implementaiton increasments the
>> current _M_used
>> span pointer,
>>
>> We need to override to _M_bump for this sink, so if we are using
>> _S_put_area,
>> then we need to call pbump on _M_sbuf, and otehrwise call _M_bump on base,
>> and rebuild the buf.
>>
> After checking again, I think the current implementation of _M_bump is
valid,
but we could add a comment here explaining it.

> +      {
>>> +       if (__n <= this->_M_unused().size())
>>> +         return { this };
>>> +
>>> +       if (!this->_M_used().empty())
>>> +         _M_overflow();
>>> +
>>> +       // Try to write directly into the streambuf's put area.
>>> +       if (_M_use_put_area(__n))
>>> +         return { this };
>>> +
>>> +       // Otherwise reset to the stack buffer.
>>> +       _M_use_stackbuf();
>>> +       if (__n <= this->_M_unused().size())
>>> +         return { this };
>>> +
>>> +       return { nullptr };
>>> +      }
>>> +    };
>>> +
>>>    using _GLIBCXX_STD_C::vector;
>>>
>>>    // A sink that fills a sequence (e.g. std::string, std::vector,
>>> std::deque).
>>> diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/std/streambuf
>>> b/libstdc++-v3/include/std/streambuf
>>> index 616e44f74..22b505228 100644
>>> --- a/libstdc++-v3/include/std/streambuf
>>> +++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/std/streambuf
>>> @@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION
>>>      __copy_streambufs_eof(basic_streambuf<_CharT, _Traits>*,
>>>                           basic_streambuf<_CharT, _Traits>*, bool&);
>>>
>>> +  namespace __format { template<typename, typename> class
>>> _Streambuf_sink; }
>>> +
>>>    /**
>>>     *  @brief  The actual work of input and output (interface).
>>>     *  @ingroup io
>>> @@ -149,6 +151,8 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION
>>>        friend class basic_ostream<char_type, traits_type>;
>>>        friend class istreambuf_iterator<char_type, traits_type>;
>>>        friend class ostreambuf_iterator<char_type, traits_type>;
>>> +      template<typename, typename>
>>> +       friend class __format::_Streambuf_sink;
>>>
>>>        friend streamsize
>>>        __copy_streambufs_eof<>(basic_streambuf*, basic_streambuf*,
>>> bool&);
>>> --
>>> 2.34.1
>>>
>>>

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