handler/meter/meter.go

@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ var gzipPool = sync.Pool{
 	},
 }
 
+var bufPool = sync.Pool{
+	New: func() interface{} {
+		return bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
+	},
+}
+
 // guard to fail early
 var _ MeterServiceServer = (*Handler)(nil)
 
@@ -78,7 +84,11 @@ func (h *Handler) Metrics(ctx context.Context, req *codecpb.Frame, rsp *codecpb.
 	if !ok {
 		log = logger.DefaultLogger()
 	}
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
+
+	buf := bufPool.Get().(*bytes.Buffer)
+	defer bufPool.Put(buf)
+	buf.Reset()
+
 	w := io.Writer(buf)
 
 	if md, ok := metadata.FromContext(ctx); gzipAccepted(md) && ok {
@@ -97,7 +107,7 @@ func (h *Handler) Metrics(ctx context.Context, req *codecpb.Frame, rsp *codecpb.
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	rsp.Data = buf.Bytes()
+	w.Write(rsp.Data)
 
 	return nil
 }