From ada6916da8066969d9de1f720b70cead20778d7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Nagy <ronagy@icloud.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 19:39:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] stream: sync resume on drain

Inside drain context we are already async and don't need
to defer resume.
---
 benchmark/streams/pipe-backpressure.js | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 lib/internal/streams/readable.js       | 25 ++++++++++++++-----------
 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 benchmark/streams/pipe-backpressure.js

diff --git a/benchmark/streams/pipe-backpressure.js b/benchmark/streams/pipe-backpressure.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..07d87ec7565545
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/streams/pipe-backpressure.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const { Readable, Writable } = require('stream');
+
+const bench = common.createBenchmark(main, {
+  n: [5e6],
+});
+
+function main({ n }) {
+  const b = Buffer.alloc(1024);
+  const r = new Readable();
+  const w = new Writable();
+
+  let i = 0;
+
+  r._read = () => r.push(i++ === n ? null : b);
+  w._write = (data, enc, cb) => queueMicrotask(cb);
+
+  bench.start();
+
+  r.pipe(w);
+  w.on('finish', () => bench.end(n));
+}
diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/readable.js b/lib/internal/streams/readable.js
index 97fe9dc6f60c2f..d76a0e191def62 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/readable.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/readable.js
@@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@ function pipeOnDrain(src, dest) {
 
     if ((!state.awaitDrainWriters || state.awaitDrainWriters.size === 0) &&
       (state[kState] & kDataListening) !== 0) {
-      src.resume();
+      resume(stream, state, dest.listenerCount('drain') <= 1);
     }
   };
 }
@@ -1232,7 +1232,10 @@ function nReadingNextTick(self) {
 // pause() and resume() are remnants of the legacy readable stream API
 // If the user uses them, then switch into old mode.
 Readable.prototype.resume = function() {
-  const state = this._readableState;
+  return resume(this, this._readableState, false);
+};
+
+function resume(stream, state, sync) {
   if ((state[kState] & kFlowing) === 0) {
     debug('resume');
     // We flow only if there is no one listening
@@ -1244,18 +1247,18 @@ Readable.prototype.resume = function() {
     } else {
       state[kState] &= ~kFlowing;
     }
-    resume(this, state);
+    if ((state[kState] & kResumeScheduled) === 0) {
+      if (sync) {
+        resume_(stream, state, false);
+      } else {
+        state[kState] |= kResumeScheduled;
+        process.nextTick(resume_, stream, state);
+      }
+    }
   }
   state[kState] |= kHasPaused;
   state[kState] &= ~kPaused;
-  return this;
-};
-
-function resume(stream, state) {
-  if ((state[kState] & kResumeScheduled) === 0) {
-    state[kState] |= kResumeScheduled;
-    process.nextTick(resume_, stream, state);
-  }
+  return stream;
 }
 
 function resume_(stream, state) {