From b1aff1a80d40dd8425586b81bbb813ac38298dbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: alistairjevans <alistair@betterstack.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:36:18 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Don't over-allocate

---
 ext/hyper_ruby/src/request.rs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ext/hyper_ruby/src/request.rs b/ext/hyper_ruby/src/request.rs
index 461c3d9..9239f2b 100644
--- a/ext/hyper_ruby/src/request.rs
+++ b/ext/hyper_ruby/src/request.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ trait FillBuffer {
             let existing_capacity = rb_str_capacity(inner) as i64;
 
             if existing_capacity < body_len {
-                rb_str_modify_expand(inner, body_len);
+                rb_str_modify_expand(inner, body_len - existing_capacity);
             } else {
                 rb_str_modify(inner);
             }