Not allocating 64K buffers for reading

client.go

@@ -215,20 +215,29 @@ func (co *Conn) ReadMsg() (*Msg, error) {
 // Note that this function would not be able to report TSIG error or
 // check it got actual DNS payload.
 func (co *Conn) ReadMsgBytes(hdr *Header) ([]byte, error) {
-	var p []byte
+	var (
+		p   []byte
+		n   int
+		err error
+	)
 
-	if _, ok := co.Conn.(*net.TCPConn); ok {
-		// we got two byte
-		p = make([]byte, MaxMsgSize)
+	if t, ok := co.Conn.(*net.TCPConn); ok {
+		// we got two byte header to know how much to receive...
+		l, err := tcpMsgLen(t)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		p = make([]byte, l)
+		n, err = tcpRead(t, p)
 	} else {
 		if co.UDPSize > MinMsgSize {
 			p = make([]byte, co.UDPSize)
 		} else {
 			p = make([]byte, MinMsgSize)
 		}
+		n, err = co.Read(p)
 	}
 
-	n, err := co.Read(p)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	} else if n < _HBytes {
@@ -244,6 +253,38 @@ func (co *Conn) ReadMsgBytes(hdr *Header) ([]byte, error) {
 	return p, err
 }
 
+// tcpMsgLen - helper func to read first two bytes of stream as uint16 packet length
+func tcpMsgLen(t *net.TCPConn) (int, error) {
+	p := [2]byte{0, 0}
+	n, err := t.Read(p[:])
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	} else if n != 2 {
+		return 0, ErrShortRead
+	}
+	l, _ := unpackUint16(p[:], 0)
+	if l == 0 {
+		return 0, ErrShortRead
+	}
+	return int(l), nil
+}
+
+// tcpRead - calls TCPConn.Read enough times to fill allocated buffer
+func tcpRead(t *net.TCPConn, p []byte) (int, error) {
+	n, err := t.Read(p)
+	if err != nil {
+		return n, err
+	}
+	for n < len(p) {
+		j, err := t.Read(p[n:])
+		if err != nil {
+			return n, err
+		}
+		n += j
+	}
+	return n, err
+}
+
 // Read implements the net.Conn read method.
 func (co *Conn) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	if co.Conn == nil {
@@ -253,31 +294,14 @@ func (co *Conn) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 		return 0, io.ErrShortBuffer
 	}
 	if t, ok := co.Conn.(*net.TCPConn); ok {
-		n, err = t.Read(p[0:2])
-		if err != nil || n != 2 {
-			return n, err
+		l, err := tcpMsgLen(t)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, err
 		}
-		l, _ := unpackUint16(p[0:2], 0)
-		if l == 0 {
-			return 0, ErrShortRead
-		}
-		if int(l) > len(p) {
+		if l > len(p) {
 			return int(l), io.ErrShortBuffer
 		}
-		n, err = t.Read(p[:l])
-		if err != nil {
-			return n, err
-		}
-		i := n
-		for i < int(l) {
-			j, err := t.Read(p[i:int(l)])
-			if err != nil {
-				return i, err
-			}
-			i += j
-		}
-		n = i
-		return n, err
+		return tcpRead(t, p[:l])
 	}
 	// UDP connection
 	n, err = co.Conn.Read(p)