Use hiredis::pack_command to serialized the commands.

CHANGES

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+    * Use hiredis-py pack_command if available.
     * Support `.unlink()` in ClusterPipeline
     * Simplify synchronous SocketBuffer state management
     * Fix string cleanse in Redis Graph

redis/connection.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import io
 import os
 import socket
+import sys
 import threading
 import weakref
 from io import SEEK_END
@@ -32,7 +33,12 @@
     TimeoutError,
 )
 from redis.retry import Retry
-from redis.utils import CRYPTOGRAPHY_AVAILABLE, HIREDIS_AVAILABLE, str_if_bytes
+from redis.utils import (
+    CRYPTOGRAPHY_AVAILABLE,
+    HIREDIS_AVAILABLE,
+    HIREDIS_PACK_AVAILABLE,
+    str_if_bytes,
+)
 
 try:
     import ssl
@@ -509,6 +515,75 @@ def read_response(self, disable_decoding=False):
     DefaultParser = PythonParser
 
 
+class HiredisRespSerializer:
+    def pack(self, *args):
+        """Pack a series of arguments into the Redis protocol"""
+        output = []
+
+        if isinstance(args[0], str):
+            args = tuple(args[0].encode().split()) + args[1:]
+        elif b" " in args[0]:
+            args = tuple(args[0].split()) + args[1:]
+        try:
+            output.append(hiredis.pack_command(args))
+        except TypeError:
+            _, value, traceback = sys.exc_info()
+            raise DataError(value).with_traceback(traceback)
+
+        return output
+
+
+class PythonRespSerializer:
+    def __init__(self, buffer_cutoff, encode) -> None:
+        self._buffer_cutoff = buffer_cutoff
+        self.encode = encode
+
+    def pack(self, *args):
+        """Pack a series of arguments into the Redis protocol"""
+        output = []
+        # the client might have included 1 or more literal arguments in
+        # the command name, e.g., 'CONFIG GET'. The Redis server expects these
+        # arguments to be sent separately, so split the first argument
+        # manually. These arguments should be bytestrings so that they are
+        # not encoded.
+        if isinstance(args[0], str):
+            args = tuple(args[0].encode().split()) + args[1:]
+        elif b" " in args[0]:
+            args = tuple(args[0].split()) + args[1:]
+
+        buff = SYM_EMPTY.join((SYM_STAR, str(len(args)).encode(), SYM_CRLF))
+
+        buffer_cutoff = self._buffer_cutoff
+        for arg in map(self.encode, args):
+            # to avoid large string mallocs, chunk the command into the
+            # output list if we're sending large values or memoryviews
+            arg_length = len(arg)
+            if (
+                len(buff) > buffer_cutoff
+                or arg_length > buffer_cutoff
+                or isinstance(arg, memoryview)
+            ):
+                buff = SYM_EMPTY.join(
+                    (buff, SYM_DOLLAR, str(arg_length).encode(), SYM_CRLF)
+                )
+                output.append(buff)
+                output.append(arg)
+                buff = SYM_CRLF
+            else:
+                buff = SYM_EMPTY.join(
+                    (
+                        buff,
+                        SYM_DOLLAR,
+                        str(arg_length).encode(),
+                        SYM_CRLF,
+                        arg,
+                        SYM_CRLF,
+                    )
+                )
+        output.append(buff)
+        return output
+
+
 class Connection:
     "Manages TCP communication to and from a Redis server"
 
@@ -536,6 +611,7 @@ def __init__(
         retry=None,
         redis_connect_func=None,
         credential_provider: Optional[CredentialProvider] = None,
+        command_packer=None,
     ):
         """
         Initialize a new Connection.
@@ -590,6 +666,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.set_parser(parser_class)
         self._connect_callbacks = []
         self._buffer_cutoff = 6000
+        self._command_packer = self._construct_command_packer(command_packer)
 
     def __repr__(self):
         repr_args = ",".join([f"{k}={v}" for k, v in self.repr_pieces()])
@@ -607,6 +684,14 @@ def __del__(self):
         except Exception:
             pass
 
+    def _construct_command_packer(self, packer):
+        if packer is not None:
+            return packer
+        elif HIREDIS_PACK_AVAILABLE:
+            return HiredisRespSerializer()
+        else:
+            return PythonRespSerializer(self._buffer_cutoff, self.encoder.encode)
+
     def register_connect_callback(self, callback):
         self._connect_callbacks.append(weakref.WeakMethod(callback))
 
@@ -827,7 +912,8 @@ def send_packed_command(self, command, check_health=True):
     def send_command(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """Pack and send a command to the Redis server"""
         self.send_packed_command(
-            self.pack_command(*args), check_health=kwargs.get("check_health", True)
+            self._command_packer.pack(*args),
+            check_health=kwargs.get("check_health", True),
         )
 
     def can_read(self, timeout=0):
@@ -872,48 +958,7 @@ def read_response(self, disable_decoding=False):
 
     def pack_command(self, *args):
         """Pack a series of arguments into the Redis protocol"""
-        output = []
-        # the client might have included 1 or more literal arguments in
-        # the command name, e.g., 'CONFIG GET'. The Redis server expects these
-        # arguments to be sent separately, so split the first argument
-        # manually. These arguments should be bytestrings so that they are
-        # not encoded.
-        if isinstance(args[0], str):
-            args = tuple(args[0].encode().split()) + args[1:]
-        elif b" " in args[0]:
-            args = tuple(args[0].split()) + args[1:]
-
-        buff = SYM_EMPTY.join((SYM_STAR, str(len(args)).encode(), SYM_CRLF))
-
-        buffer_cutoff = self._buffer_cutoff
-        for arg in map(self.encoder.encode, args):
-            # to avoid large string mallocs, chunk the command into the
-            # output list if we're sending large values or memoryviews
-            arg_length = len(arg)
-            if (
-                len(buff) > buffer_cutoff
-                or arg_length > buffer_cutoff
-                or isinstance(arg, memoryview)
-            ):
-                buff = SYM_EMPTY.join(
-                    (buff, SYM_DOLLAR, str(arg_length).encode(), SYM_CRLF)
-                )
-                output.append(buff)
-                output.append(arg)
-                buff = SYM_CRLF
-            else:
-                buff = SYM_EMPTY.join(
-                    (
-                        buff,
-                        SYM_DOLLAR,
-                        str(arg_length).encode(),
-                        SYM_CRLF,
-                        arg,
-                        SYM_CRLF,
-                    )
-                )
-        output.append(buff)
-        return output
+        return self._command_packer.pack(*args)
 
     def pack_commands(self, commands):
         """Pack multiple commands into the Redis protocol"""
@@ -923,7 +968,7 @@ def pack_commands(self, commands):
         buffer_cutoff = self._buffer_cutoff
 
         for cmd in commands:
-            for chunk in self.pack_command(*cmd):
+            for chunk in self._command_packer.pack(*cmd):
                 chunklen = len(chunk)
                 if (
                     buffer_length > buffer_cutoff

redis/utils.py

@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@
 
     # Only support Hiredis >= 1.0:
     HIREDIS_AVAILABLE = not hiredis.__version__.startswith("0.")
+    HIREDIS_PACK_AVAILABLE = hasattr(hiredis, "pack_command")
 except ImportError:
     HIREDIS_AVAILABLE = False
+    HIREDIS_PACK_AVAILABLE = False
 
 try:
     import cryptography  # noqa

tests/test_encoding.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import redis
 from redis.connection import Connection
+from redis.utils import HIREDIS_PACK_AVAILABLE
 
 from .conftest import _get_client
 
@@ -75,6 +76,10 @@ def test_replace(self, request):
         assert r.get("a") == "foo\ufffd"
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    HIREDIS_PACK_AVAILABLE,
+    reason="Packing via hiredis does not preserve memoryviews",
+)
 class TestMemoryviewsAreNotPacked:
     def test_memoryviews_are_not_packed(self):
         c = Connection()