1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libbutl/fdstream.hxx b/libbutl/fdstream.hxx
index 4dc89a3..730d4dd 100644
--- a/libbutl/fdstream.hxx
+++ b/libbutl/fdstream.hxx
@@ -137,6 +137,11 @@ namespace butl
   class LIBBUTL_SYMEXPORT fdstreambuf: public bufstreambuf
   {
   public:
+    // Reasonable (for stack allocation) buffer size that provides decent
+    // performance.
+    //
+    static const std::size_t buffer_size = 8192;
+
     fdstreambuf () = default;
 
     // Unless specified, the current read/write position is assumed to
@@ -174,6 +179,9 @@ namespace butl
     bool
     blocking (bool);
 
+    bool
+    blocking () const {return !non_blocking_;}
+
   public:
     using base = bufstreambuf;
 
@@ -238,7 +246,7 @@ namespace butl
 
   private:
     auto_fd fd_;
-    char buf_[8192];
+    char buf_[buffer_size];
     bool non_blocking_ = false;
   };
 
@@ -311,6 +319,9 @@ namespace butl
     int
     fd () const {return buf_.fd ();}
 
+    bool
+    blocking () const {return buf_.blocking ();}
+
   protected:
     fdstreambuf buf_;
   };