1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/bufio/bufio.go b/src/bufio/bufio.go
index ec928e7ad6..506b84f6ba 100644
--- a/src/bufio/bufio.go
+++ b/src/bufio/bufio.go
@@ -68,7 +68,12 @@ func (b *Reader) Size() int { return len(b.buf) }
 
 // Reset discards any buffered data, resets all state, and switches
 // the buffered reader to read from r.
+// Calling Reset on the zero value of Reader initializes the internal buffer
+// to the default size.
 func (b *Reader) Reset(r io.Reader) {
+	if b.buf == nil {
+		b.buf = make([]byte, defaultBufSize)
+	}
 	b.reset(b.buf, r)
 }
 
@@ -590,7 +595,12 @@ func (b *Writer) Size() int { return len(b.buf) }
 
 // Reset discards any unflushed buffered data, clears any error, and
 // resets b to write its output to w.
+// Calling Reset on the zero value of Writer initializes the internal buffer
+// to the default size.
 func (b *Writer) Reset(w io.Writer) {
+	if b.buf == nil {
+		b.buf = make([]byte, defaultBufSize)
+	}
 	b.err = nil
 	b.n = 0
 	b.wr = w
@@ -623,6 +633,14 @@ func (b *Writer) Flush() error {
 // Available returns how many bytes are unused in the buffer.
 func (b *Writer) Available() int { return len(b.buf) - b.n }
 
+// AvailableBuffer returns an empty buffer with b.Available() capacity.
+// This buffer is intended to be appended to and
+// passed to an immediately succeeding Write call.
+// The buffer is only valid until the next write operation on b.
+func (b *Writer) AvailableBuffer() []byte {
+	return b.buf[b.n:][:0]
+}
+
 // Buffered returns the number of bytes that have been written into the current buffer.
 func (b *Writer) Buffered() int { return b.n }