zp-unbuffered-io — unbuffered-io
Claim
Writer empty buffer (&{{}}) vs 4KiB buffer to /dev/null under Zig 0.17.0 -Ofast on this Linux machine shows a clear before/after wall-clock gap.
How measured
- Harness:
packages/zperf/examples/bench/evidence_fill.zig(rulezp-unbuffered-iocases) - Build:
zig build-exe -Ofast· optimize_mode=fast - Timing:
Io.Clockawake; warm=2; median of 9 rounds - before:
writer_empty_buf - after:
writer_4kib_buf - ops=50000
- Raw:
zp-unbuffered-io.jsonl
Runtime (this evidence file)
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| When | 2026-10-21 Asia/Shanghai (JSONL ts is UTC) |
| Zig | 0.17.0 · fast |
| Median before | ~7.29 ms |
| Median after | ~0.1487 ms |
| ratio before/after | ~49× |
Lint mapping
zperf-lint zp-unbuffered-io / unbuffered-io. Default severity in rules.zig is off (the CLI does not report the rule); see evidence-policy for keep/escalate. Evidence exists and agrees directionally.
Verdict
Agree ~49.0× wall; matches guide p19 (~50×).
Limits
One-shot writes / readVec-writeVec / tests skipped by lint.