From cac9227a6af947b52dc510ce89ba2d1b1419062c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Evandro Fonseca Junior <asemlk54@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 17:38:51 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Revert "perf: avoid heap allocs during token detokenization"

This reverts commit 5269f43e522ed03bfd888723c2ba492c51cf41b1.
---
 crates/inference-core/src/session.rs | 40 +++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/inference-core/src/session.rs b/crates/inference-core/src/session.rs
index f6a9566..a0defd6 100644
--- a/crates/inference-core/src/session.rs
+++ b/crates/inference-core/src/session.rs
@@ -297,30 +297,22 @@ fn decode_token_piece_with<F>(mut call: F) -> String
 where
     F: FnMut(*mut std::ffi::c_char, i32) -> i32,
 {
-    let mut stack_buffer = [0u8; 256];
-    let written = call(
-        stack_buffer.as_mut_ptr() as *mut std::ffi::c_char,
-        stack_buffer.len() as i32,
-    );
-
-    if written >= 0 {
-        return String::from_utf8_lossy(&stack_buffer[..written as usize]).into_owned();
-    }
-
-    let mut heap_buffer = vec![0u8; (-written) as usize];
+    let mut capacity = 64usize;
 
     loop {
+        let mut buffer = vec![0u8; capacity];
         let written = call(
-            heap_buffer.as_mut_ptr() as *mut std::ffi::c_char,
-            heap_buffer.len() as i32,
+            buffer.as_mut_ptr() as *mut std::ffi::c_char,
+            capacity as i32,
         );
 
         if written < 0 {
-            heap_buffer.resize((-written) as usize, 0);
+            capacity = (-written) as usize;
             continue;
         }
 
-        return String::from_utf8_lossy(&heap_buffer[..written as usize]).into_owned();
+        let written = written as usize;
+        return String::from_utf8_lossy(&buffer[..written]).into_owned();
     }
 }
 
@@ -329,14 +321,17 @@ mod tests {
     use super::decode_token_piece_with;
 
     #[test]
-    fn uses_stack_buffer_when_piece_fits() {
+    fn retries_when_piece_buffer_is_too_small() {
         let mut calls = 0;
 
         let decoded = decode_token_piece_with(|buf, len| {
             calls += 1;
 
+            if len < 17 {
+                return -17;
+            }
+
             let bytes = b" Quantum computer";
-            assert!(len >= bytes.len() as i32);
             unsafe {
                 std::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(bytes.as_ptr(), buf as *mut u8, bytes.len());
             }
@@ -355,21 +350,18 @@ mod tests {
             calls += 1;
 
             if calls == 1 {
-                return -300;
+                return -18;
             }
 
-            let bytes = b" Quantum computer rendered from a resized heap buffer";
-            assert!(len >= bytes.len() as i32);
+            assert!(len >= 18);
+            let bytes = b" Quantum computer";
             unsafe {
                 std::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(bytes.as_ptr(), buf as *mut u8, bytes.len());
             }
             bytes.len() as i32
         });
 
-        assert_eq!(
-            decoded,
-            " Quantum computer rendered from a resized heap buffer"
-        );
+        assert_eq!(decoded, " Quantum computer");
         assert_eq!(calls, 2);
     }
 }