ME Buffer reuse + Bytes Len over Full + Seq-no over Wrap-add

Co-Authored-By: brekotis <93345790+brekotis@users.noreply.github.com>

src/crypto/random.rs

@@ -49,19 +49,32 @@ impl SecureRandom {
         }
     }
     
-    /// Generate random bytes
-    pub fn bytes(&self, len: usize) -> Vec<u8> {
+    /// Fill a caller-provided buffer with random bytes.
+    pub fn fill(&self, out: &mut [u8]) {
         let mut inner = self.inner.lock();
         const CHUNK_SIZE: usize = 512;
 
-        while inner.buffer.len() < len {
+        let mut written = 0usize;
+        while written < out.len() {
+            if inner.buffer.is_empty() {
                 let mut chunk = vec![0u8; CHUNK_SIZE];
                 inner.rng.fill_bytes(&mut chunk);
                 inner.cipher.apply(&mut chunk);
                 inner.buffer.extend_from_slice(&chunk);
             }
 
-        inner.buffer.drain(..len).collect()
+            let take = (out.len() - written).min(inner.buffer.len());
+            out[written..written + take].copy_from_slice(&inner.buffer[..take]);
+            inner.buffer.drain(..take);
+            written += take;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Generate random bytes
+    pub fn bytes(&self, len: usize) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let mut out = vec![0u8; len];
+        self.fill(&mut out);
+        out
     }
     
     /// Generate random number in range [0, max)

src/proxy/middle_relay.rs

@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ where
     let user_clone = user.clone();
     let me_writer = tokio::spawn(async move {
         let mut writer = crypto_writer;
+        let mut frame_buf = Vec::with_capacity(16 * 1024);
         loop {
             tokio::select! {
                 msg = me_rx_task.recv() => {
@@ -102,7 +103,15 @@ where
                         Some(MeResponse::Data { flags, data }) => {
                             trace!(conn_id, bytes = data.len(), flags, "ME->C data");
                             stats_clone.add_user_octets_to(&user_clone, data.len() as u64);
-                            write_client_payload(&mut writer, proto_tag, flags, &data, rng_clone.as_ref()).await?;
+                            write_client_payload(
+                                &mut writer,
+                                proto_tag,
+                                flags,
+                                &data,
+                                rng_clone.as_ref(),
+                                &mut frame_buf,
+                            )
+                            .await?;
 
                             // Drain all immediately queued ME responses and flush once.
                             while let Ok(next) = me_rx_task.try_recv() {
@@ -116,6 +125,7 @@ where
                                             flags,
                                             &data,
                                             rng_clone.as_ref(),
+                                            &mut frame_buf,
                                         ).await?;
                                     }
                                     MeResponse::Ack(confirm) => {
@@ -363,6 +373,7 @@ async fn write_client_payload<W>(
     flags: u32,
     data: &[u8],
     rng: &SecureRandom,
+    frame_buf: &mut Vec<u8>,
 ) -> Result<()>
 where
     W: AsyncWrite + Unpin + Send + 'static,
@@ -384,7 +395,8 @@ where
                 if quickack {
                     first |= 0x80;
                 }
-                let mut frame_buf = Vec::with_capacity(1 + data.len());
+                frame_buf.clear();
+                frame_buf.reserve(1 + data.len());
                 frame_buf.push(first);
                 frame_buf.extend_from_slice(data);
                 client_writer
@@ -397,7 +409,8 @@ where
                     first |= 0x80;
                 }
                 let lw = (len_words as u32).to_le_bytes();
-                let mut frame_buf = Vec::with_capacity(4 + data.len());
+                frame_buf.clear();
+                frame_buf.reserve(4 + data.len());
                 frame_buf.extend_from_slice(&[first, lw[0], lw[1], lw[2]]);
                 frame_buf.extend_from_slice(data);
                 client_writer
@@ -428,11 +441,14 @@ where
                 len_val |= 0x8000_0000;
             }
             let total = 4 + data.len() + padding_len;
-            let mut frame_buf = Vec::with_capacity(total);
+            frame_buf.clear();
+            frame_buf.reserve(total);
             frame_buf.extend_from_slice(&len_val.to_le_bytes());
             frame_buf.extend_from_slice(data);
             if padding_len > 0 {
-                frame_buf.extend_from_slice(&rng.bytes(padding_len));
+                let start = frame_buf.len();
+                frame_buf.resize(start + padding_len, 0);
+                rng.fill(&mut frame_buf[start..]);
             }
             client_writer
                 .write_all(&frame_buf)

src/transport/middle_proxy/codec.rs

@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ pub(crate) struct RpcWriter {
 impl RpcWriter {
     pub(crate) async fn send(&mut self, payload: &[u8]) -> Result<()> {
         let frame = build_rpc_frame(self.seq_no, payload, self.crc_mode);
-        self.seq_no += 1;
+        self.seq_no = self.seq_no.wrapping_add(1);
 
         let pad = (16 - (frame.len() % 16)) % 16;
         let mut buf = frame;