1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/library/std/src/io/buffered/bufreader/buffer.rs b/library/std/src/io/buffered/bufreader/buffer.rs
index 1bf84d8bef3..3df7e3971da 100644
--- a/library/std/src/io/buffered/bufreader/buffer.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/io/buffered/bufreader/buffer.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 //! without encountering any runtime bounds checks.
 
 use crate::cmp;
-use crate::io::{self, BorrowedBuf, Read};
+use crate::io::{self, BorrowedBuf, ErrorKind, Read};
 use crate::mem::MaybeUninit;
 
 pub struct Buffer {
@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@ impl Buffer {
     }
 
     #[inline]
+    pub fn try_with_capacity(capacity: usize) -> io::Result<Self> {
+        match Box::try_new_uninit_slice(capacity) {
+            Ok(buf) => Ok(Self { buf, pos: 0, filled: 0, initialized: 0 }),
+            Err(_) => {
+                Err(io::const_io_error!(ErrorKind::OutOfMemory, "failed to allocate read buffer"))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
     pub fn buffer(&self) -> &[u8] {
         // SAFETY: self.pos and self.cap are valid, and self.cap => self.pos, and
         // that region is initialized because those are all invariants of this type.