Benchmarks:
name          old time/op    new time/op    delta
CopyNSmall-4    5.09µs ± 1%    2.25µs ±86%  -55.91%  (p=0.000 n=11+14)
CopyNLarge-4     114µs ±73%     121µs ±72%     ~     (p=0.701 n=14+14)

name          old alloc/op   new alloc/op   delta
CopyNSmall-4    34.6kB ± 0%     1.9kB ±19%  -94.60%  (p=0.000 n=12+14)
CopyNLarge-4     129kB ± 8%     127kB ±18%   -2.00%  (p=0.007 n=14+14)

name          old allocs/op  new allocs/op  delta
CopyNSmall-4      2.00 ± 0%      1.00 ± 0%  -50.00%  (p=0.000 n=14+14)
CopyNLarge-4      2.00 ± 0%      1.00 ± 0%  -50.00%  (p=0.000 n=14+14)

Benchmark code:
type Buffer struct {
	bytes.Buffer
	io.ReaderFrom
}

func BenchmarkCopyNSmall(b *testing.B) {
	bs := bytes.Repeat([]byte{0}, 1024)
	rd := bytes.NewReader(bs)
	buf := new(Buffer)
	b.ResetTimer()

	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
		io.CopyN(buf, rd, 512)
		rd.Reset(bs)
	}
}

func BenchmarkCopyNLarge(b *testing.B) {
	bs := bytes.Repeat([]byte{0}, 64*1024)
	rd := bytes.NewReader(bs)
	buf := new(Buffer)
	b.ResetTimer()

	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
		io.CopyN(buf, rd, (32*1024)+1)
		rd.Reset(bs)
	}
}

Change-Id: Id8d29e55758452c870cf372db640f07baec05849
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/60630
Run-TryBot: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
TryBot-Result: Gobot Gobot <gobot@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>