bpo-36785: PEP 574 implementation (GH-7076)

2 files changed, 604 insertions, 135 deletions

diff --git a/Modules/_pickle.c b/Modules/_pickle.c
index 24a5d22..a3f02ae 100644
--- a/Modules/_pickle.c
+++ b/Modules/_pickle.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class _pickle.UnpicklerMemoProxy "UnpicklerMemoProxyObject *" "&UnpicklerMemoPro
    Bump DEFAULT_PROTOCOL only when the oldest still supported version of Python
    already includes it. */
 enum {
-    HIGHEST_PROTOCOL = 4,
+    HIGHEST_PROTOCOL = 5,
     DEFAULT_PROTOCOL = 4
 };
 
@@ -104,7 +104,12 @@ enum opcode {
     NEWOBJ_EX        = '\x92',
     STACK_GLOBAL     = '\x93',
     MEMOIZE          = '\x94',
-    FRAME            = '\x95'
+    FRAME            = '\x95',
+
+    /* Protocol 5 */
+    BYTEARRAY8       = '\x96',
+    NEXT_BUFFER      = '\x97',
+    READONLY_BUFFER  = '\x98'
 };
 
 enum {
@@ -643,6 +648,7 @@ typedef struct PicklerObject {
     int fix_imports;            /* Indicate whether Pickler should fix
                                    the name of globals for Python 2.x. */
     PyObject *fast_memo;
+    PyObject *buffer_callback;  /* Callback for out-of-band buffers, or NULL */
 } PicklerObject;
 
 typedef struct UnpicklerObject {
@@ -667,8 +673,10 @@ typedef struct UnpicklerObject {
     Py_ssize_t prefetched_idx;  /* index of first prefetched byte */
 
     PyObject *read;             /* read() method of the input stream. */
+    PyObject *readinto;         /* readinto() method of the input stream. */
     PyObject *readline;         /* readline() method of the input stream. */
     PyObject *peek;             /* peek() method of the input stream, or NULL */
+    PyObject *buffers;          /* iterable of out-of-band buffers, or NULL */
 
     char *encoding;             /* Name of the encoding to be used for
                                    decoding strings pickled using Python
@@ -1102,6 +1110,7 @@ _Pickler_New(void)
 
     self->pers_func = NULL;
     self->dispatch_table = NULL;
+    self->buffer_callback = NULL;
     self->write = NULL;
     self->proto = 0;
     self->bin = 0;
@@ -1174,6 +1183,23 @@ _Pickler_SetOutputStream(PicklerObject *self, PyObject *file)
     return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+_Pickler_SetBufferCallback(PicklerObject *self, PyObject *buffer_callback)
+{
+    if (buffer_callback == Py_None) {
+        buffer_callback = NULL;
+    }
+    if (buffer_callback != NULL && self->proto < 5) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
+                        "buffer_callback needs protocol >= 5");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    Py_XINCREF(buffer_callback);
+    self->buffer_callback = buffer_callback;
+    return 0;
+}
+
 /* Returns the size of the input on success, -1 on failure. This takes its
    own reference to `input`. */
 static Py_ssize_t
@@ -1198,6 +1224,7 @@ bad_readline(void)
     return -1;
 }
 
+/* Skip any consumed data that was only prefetched using peek() */
 static int
 _Unpickler_SkipConsumed(UnpicklerObject *self)
 {
@@ -1305,6 +1332,7 @@ _Unpickler_ReadImpl(UnpicklerObject *self, char **s, Py_ssize_t n)
     if (!self->read)
         return bad_readline();
 
+    /* Extend the buffer to satisfy desired size */
     num_read = _Unpickler_ReadFromFile(self, n);
     if (num_read < 0)
         return -1;
@@ -1315,6 +1343,66 @@ _Unpickler_ReadImpl(UnpicklerObject *self, char **s, Py_ssize_t n)
     return n;
 }
 
+/* Read `n` bytes from the unpickler's data source, storing the result in `buf`.
+ *
+ * This should only be used for non-small data reads where potentially
+ * avoiding a copy is beneficial.  This method does not try to prefetch
+ * more data into the input buffer.
+ *
+ * _Unpickler_Read() is recommended in most cases.
+ */
+static Py_ssize_t
+_Unpickler_ReadInto(UnpicklerObject *self, char *buf, Py_ssize_t n)
+{
+    assert(n != READ_WHOLE_LINE);
+
+    /* Read from available buffer data, if any */
+    Py_ssize_t in_buffer = self->input_len - self->next_read_idx;
+    if (in_buffer > 0) {
+        Py_ssize_t to_read = Py_MIN(in_buffer, n);
+        memcpy(buf, self->input_buffer + self->next_read_idx, to_read);
+        self->next_read_idx += to_read;
+        buf += to_read;
+        n -= to_read;
+        if (n == 0) {
+            /* Entire read was satisfied from buffer */
+            return n;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* Read from file */
+    if (!self->readinto) {
+        return bad_readline();
+    }
+    if (_Unpickler_SkipConsumed(self) < 0) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    /* Call readinto() into user buffer */
+    PyObject *buf_obj = PyMemoryView_FromMemory(buf, n, PyBUF_WRITE);
+    if (buf_obj == NULL) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+    PyObject *read_size_obj = _Pickle_FastCall(self->readinto, buf_obj);
+    if (read_size_obj == NULL) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+    Py_ssize_t read_size = PyLong_AsSsize_t(read_size_obj);
+    Py_DECREF(read_size_obj);
+
+    if (read_size < 0) {
+        if (!PyErr_Occurred()) {
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
+                            "readinto() returned negative size");
+        }
+        return -1;
+    }
+    if (read_size < n) {
+        return bad_readline();
+    }
+    return n;
+}
+
 /* Read `n` bytes from the unpickler's data source, storing the result in `*s`.
 
    This should be used for all data reads, rather than accessing the unpickler's
@@ -1482,8 +1570,10 @@ _Unpickler_New(void)
     self->next_read_idx = 0;
     self->prefetched_idx = 0;
     self->read = NULL;
+    self->readinto = NULL;
     self->readline = NULL;
     self->peek = NULL;
+    self->buffers = NULL;
     self->encoding = NULL;
     self->errors = NULL;
     self->marks = NULL;
@@ -1507,25 +1597,29 @@ _Unpickler_New(void)
 }
 
 /* Returns -1 (with an exception set) on failure, 0 on success. This may
-   be called once on a freshly created Pickler. */
+   be called once on a freshly created Unpickler. */
 static int
 _Unpickler_SetInputStream(UnpicklerObject *self, PyObject *file)
 {
     _Py_IDENTIFIER(peek);
     _Py_IDENTIFIER(read);
+    _Py_IDENTIFIER(readinto);
     _Py_IDENTIFIER(readline);
 
     if (_PyObject_LookupAttrId(file, &PyId_peek, &self->peek) < 0) {
         return -1;
     }
     (void)_PyObject_LookupAttrId(file, &PyId_read, &self->read);
+    (void)_PyObject_LookupAttrId(file, &PyId_readinto, &self->readinto);
     (void)_PyObject_LookupAttrId(file, &PyId_readline, &self->readline);
-    if (self->readline == NULL || self->read == NULL) {
+    if (!self->readline || !self->readinto || !self->read) {
         if (!PyErr_Occurred()) {
             PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
-                            "file must have 'read' and 'readline' attributes");
+                            "file must have 'read', 'readinto' and "
+                            "'readline' attributes");
         }
         Py_CLEAR(self->read);
+        Py_CLEAR(self->readinto);
         Py_CLEAR(self->readline);
         Py_CLEAR(self->peek);
         return -1;
@@ -1534,7 +1628,7 @@ _Unpickler_SetInputStream(UnpicklerObject *self, PyObject *file)
 }
 
 /* Returns -1 (with an exception set) on failure, 0 on success. This may
-   be called once on a freshly created Pickler. */
+   be called once on a freshly created Unpickler. */
 static int
 _Unpickler_SetInputEncoding(UnpicklerObject *self,
                             const char *encoding,
@@ -1554,6 +1648,23 @@ _Unpickler_SetInputEncoding(UnpicklerObject *self,
     return 0;
 }
 
+/* Returns -1 (with an exception set) on failure, 0 on success. This may
+   be called once on a freshly created Unpickler. */
+static int
+_Unpickler_SetBuffers(UnpicklerObject *self, PyObject *buffers)
+{
+    if (buffers == NULL) {
+        self->buffers = NULL;
+    }
+    else {
+        self->buffers = PyObject_GetIter(buffers);
+        if (self->buffers == NULL) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
 /* Generate a GET opcode for an object stored in the memo. */
 static int
 memo_get(PicklerObject *self, PyObject *key)
@@ -2210,6 +2321,54 @@ _Pickler_write_bytes(PicklerObject *self,
 }
 
 static int
+_save_bytes_data(PicklerObject *self, PyObject *obj, const char *data,
+                 Py_ssize_t size)
+{
+    assert(self->proto >= 3);
+
+    char header[9];
+    Py_ssize_t len;
+
+    if (size < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    if (size <= 0xff) {
+        header[0] = SHORT_BINBYTES;
+        header[1] = (unsigned char)size;
+        len = 2;
+    }
+    else if ((size_t)size <= 0xffffffffUL) {
+        header[0] = BINBYTES;
+        header[1] = (unsigned char)(size & 0xff);
+        header[2] = (unsigned char)((size >> 8) & 0xff);
+        header[3] = (unsigned char)((size >> 16) & 0xff);
+        header[4] = (unsigned char)((size >> 24) & 0xff);
+        len = 5;
+    }
+    else if (self->proto >= 4) {
+        header[0] = BINBYTES8;
+        _write_size64(header + 1, size);
+        len = 9;
+    }
+    else {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError,
+                        "serializing a bytes object larger than 4 GiB "
+                        "requires pickle protocol 4 or higher");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (_Pickler_write_bytes(self, header, len, data, size, obj) < 0) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (memo_put(self, obj) < 0) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int
 save_bytes(PicklerObject *self, PyObject *obj)
 {
     if (self->proto < 3) {
@@ -2255,49 +2414,132 @@ save_bytes(PicklerObject *self, PyObject *obj)
         return status;
     }
     else {
-        Py_ssize_t size;
-        char header[9];
-        Py_ssize_t len;
+        return _save_bytes_data(self, obj, PyBytes_AS_STRING(obj),
+                                PyBytes_GET_SIZE(obj));
+    }
+}
 
-        size = PyBytes_GET_SIZE(obj);
-        if (size < 0)
+static int
+_save_bytearray_data(PicklerObject *self, PyObject *obj, const char *data,
+                     Py_ssize_t size)
+{
+    assert(self->proto >= 5);
+
+    char header[9];
+    Py_ssize_t len;
+
+    if (size < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    header[0] = BYTEARRAY8;
+    _write_size64(header + 1, size);
+    len = 9;
+
+    if (_Pickler_write_bytes(self, header, len, data, size, obj) < 0) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (memo_put(self, obj) < 0) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+save_bytearray(PicklerObject *self, PyObject *obj)
+{
+    if (self->proto < 5) {
+        /* Older pickle protocols do not have an opcode for pickling
+         * bytearrays. */
+        PyObject *reduce_value = NULL;
+        int status;
+
+        if (PyByteArray_GET_SIZE(obj) == 0) {
+            reduce_value = Py_BuildValue("(O())",
+                                         (PyObject *) &PyByteArray_Type);
+        }
+        else {
+            PyObject *bytes_obj = PyBytes_FromObject(obj);
+            if (bytes_obj != NULL) {
+                reduce_value = Py_BuildValue("(O(O))",
+                                             (PyObject *) &PyByteArray_Type,
+                                             bytes_obj);
+                Py_DECREF(bytes_obj);
+            }
+        }
+        if (reduce_value == NULL)
             return -1;
 
-        if (size <= 0xff) {
-            header[0] = SHORT_BINBYTES;
-            header[1] = (unsigned char)size;
-            len = 2;
+        /* save_reduce() will memoize the object automatically. */
+        status = save_reduce(self, reduce_value, obj);
+        Py_DECREF(reduce_value);
+        return status;
+    }
+    else {
+        return _save_bytearray_data(self, obj, PyByteArray_AS_STRING(obj),
+                                    PyByteArray_GET_SIZE(obj));
+    }
+}
+
+static int
+save_picklebuffer(PicklerObject *self, PyObject *obj)
+{
+    if (self->proto < 5) {
+        PickleState *st = _Pickle_GetGlobalState();
+        PyErr_SetString(st->PicklingError,
+                        "PickleBuffer can only pickled with protocol >= 5");
+        return -1;
+    }
+    const Py_buffer* view = PyPickleBuffer_GetBuffer(obj);
+    if (view == NULL) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+    if (view->suboffsets != NULL || !PyBuffer_IsContiguous(view, 'A')) {
+        PickleState *st = _Pickle_GetGlobalState();
+        PyErr_SetString(st->PicklingError,
+                        "PickleBuffer can not be pickled when "
+                        "pointing to a non-contiguous buffer");
+        return -1;
+    }
+    int in_band = 1;
+    if (self->buffer_callback != NULL) {
+        PyObject *ret = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(self->buffer_callback,
+                                                     obj, NULL);
+        if (ret == NULL) {
+            return -1;
         }
-        else if ((size_t)size <= 0xffffffffUL) {
-            header[0] = BINBYTES;
-            header[1] = (unsigned char)(size & 0xff);
-            header[2] = (unsigned char)((size >> 8) & 0xff);
-            header[3] = (unsigned char)((size >> 16) & 0xff);
-            header[4] = (unsigned char)((size >> 24) & 0xff);
-            len = 5;
+        in_band = PyObject_IsTrue(ret);
+        Py_DECREF(ret);
+        if (in_band == -1) {
+            return -1;
         }
-        else if (self->proto >= 4) {
-            header[0] = BINBYTES8;
-            _write_size64(header + 1, size);
-            len = 9;
+    }
+    if (in_band) {
+        /* Write data in-band */
+        if (view->readonly) {
+            return _save_bytes_data(self, obj, (const char*) view->buf,
+                                    view->len);
         }
         else {
-            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError,
-                            "cannot serialize a bytes object larger than 4 GiB");
-            return -1;          /* string too large */
+            return _save_bytearray_data(self, obj, (const char*) view->buf,
+                                        view->len);
         }
-
-        if (_Pickler_write_bytes(self, header, len,
-                                 PyBytes_AS_STRING(obj), size, obj) < 0)
-        {
+    }
+    else {
+        /* Write data out-of-band */
+        const char next_buffer_op = NEXT_BUFFER;
+        if (_Pickler_Write(self, &next_buffer_op, 1) < 0) {
             return -1;
         }
-
-        if (memo_put(self, obj) < 0)
-            return -1;
-
-        return 0;
+        if (view->readonly) {
+            const char readonly_buffer_op = READONLY_BUFFER;
+            if (_Pickler_Write(self, &readonly_buffer_op, 1) < 0) {
+                return -1;
+            }
+        }
     }
+    return 0;
 }
 
 /* A copy of PyUnicode_EncodeRawUnicodeEscape() that also translates
@@ -2417,7 +2659,8 @@ write_unicode_binary(PicklerObject *self, PyObject *obj)
     }
     else {
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError,
-                        "cannot serialize a string larger than 4GiB");
+                        "serializing a string larger than 4 GiB "
+                        "requires pickle protocol 4 or higher");
         Py_XDECREF(encoded);
         return -1;
     }
@@ -4062,6 +4305,14 @@ save(PicklerObject *self, PyObject *obj, int pers_save)
         status = save_tuple(self, obj);
         goto done;
     }
+    else if (type == &PyByteArray_Type) {
+        status = save_bytearray(self, obj);
+        goto done;
+    }
+    else if (type == &PyPickleBuffer_Type) {
+        status = save_picklebuffer(self, obj);
+        goto done;
+    }
 
     /* Now, check reducer_override.  If it returns NotImplemented,
      * fallback to save_type or save_global, and then perhaps to the
@@ -4342,6 +4593,7 @@ Pickler_dealloc(PicklerObject *self)
     Py_XDECREF(self->dispatch_table);
     Py_XDECREF(self->fast_memo);
     Py_XDECREF(self->reducer_override);
+    Py_XDECREF(self->buffer_callback);
 
     PyMemoTable_Del(self->memo);
 
@@ -4356,6 +4608,7 @@ Pickler_traverse(PicklerObject *self, visitproc visit, void *arg)
     Py_VISIT(self->dispatch_table);
     Py_VISIT(self->fast_memo);
     Py_VISIT(self->reducer_override);
+    Py_VISIT(self->buffer_callback);
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -4368,6 +4621,7 @@ Pickler_clear(PicklerObject *self)
     Py_CLEAR(self->dispatch_table);
     Py_CLEAR(self->fast_memo);
     Py_CLEAR(self->reducer_override);
+    Py_CLEAR(self->buffer_callback);
 
     if (self->memo != NULL) {
         PyMemoTable *memo = self->memo;
@@ -4385,6 +4639,7 @@ _pickle.Pickler.__init__
   file: object
   protocol: object = NULL
   fix_imports: bool = True
+  buffer_callback: object = NULL
 
 This takes a binary file for writing a pickle data stream.
 
@@ -4404,12 +4659,25 @@ this interface.
 If *fix_imports* is True and protocol is less than 3, pickle will try
 to map the new Python 3 names to the old module names used in Python
 2, so that the pickle data stream is readable with Python 2.
+
+If *buffer_callback* is None (the default), buffer views are
+serialized into *file* as part of the pickle stream.
+
+If *buffer_callback* is not None, then it can be called any number
+of times with a buffer view.  If the callback returns a false value
+(such as None), the given buffer is out-of-band; otherwise the
+buffer is serialized in-band, i.e. inside the pickle stream.
+
+It is an error if *buffer_callback* is not None and *protocol*
+is None or smaller than 5.
+
 [clinic start generated code]*/
 
 static int
 _pickle_Pickler___init___impl(PicklerObject *self, PyObject *file,
-                              PyObject *protocol, int fix_imports)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=b5f31078dab17fb0 input=4faabdbc763c2389]*/
+                              PyObject *protocol, int fix_imports,
+                              PyObject *buffer_callback)
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=0abedc50590d259b input=9a43a1c50ab91652]*/
 {
     _Py_IDENTIFIER(persistent_id);
     _Py_IDENTIFIER(dispatch_table);
@@ -4424,6 +4692,9 @@ _pickle_Pickler___init___impl(PicklerObject *self, PyObject *file,
     if (_Pickler_SetOutputStream(self, file) < 0)
         return -1;
 
+    if (_Pickler_SetBufferCallback(self, buffer_callback) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
     /* memo and output_buffer may have already been created in _Pickler_New */
     if (self->memo == NULL) {
         self->memo = PyMemoTable_New();
@@ -5212,18 +5483,101 @@ load_counted_binbytes(UnpicklerObject *self, int nbytes)
         return -1;
     }
 
-    if (_Unpickler_Read(self, &s, size) < 0)
-        return -1;
-
-    bytes = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(s, size);
+    bytes = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(NULL, size);
     if (bytes == NULL)
         return -1;
+    if (_Unpickler_ReadInto(self, PyBytes_AS_STRING(bytes), size) < 0) {
+        Py_DECREF(bytes);
+        return -1;
+    }
 
     PDATA_PUSH(self->stack, bytes, -1);
     return 0;
 }
 
 static int
+load_counted_bytearray(UnpicklerObject *self)
+{
+    PyObject *bytearray;
+    Py_ssize_t size;
+    char *s;
+
+    if (_Unpickler_Read(self, &s, 8) < 0) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    size = calc_binsize(s, 8);
+    if (size < 0) {
+        PyErr_Format(PyExc_OverflowError,
+                     "BYTEARRAY8 exceeds system's maximum size of %zd bytes",
+                     PY_SSIZE_T_MAX);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    bytearray = PyByteArray_FromStringAndSize(NULL, size);
+    if (bytearray == NULL) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+    if (_Unpickler_ReadInto(self, PyByteArray_AS_STRING(bytearray), size) < 0) {
+        Py_DECREF(bytearray);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    PDATA_PUSH(self->stack, bytearray, -1);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+load_next_buffer(UnpicklerObject *self)
+{
+    if (self->buffers == NULL) {
+        PickleState *st = _Pickle_GetGlobalState();
+        PyErr_SetString(st->UnpicklingError,
+                        "pickle stream refers to out-of-band data "
+                        "but no *buffers* argument was given");
+        return -1;
+    }
+    PyObject *buf = PyIter_Next(self->buffers);
+    if (buf == NULL) {
+        if (!PyErr_Occurred()) {
+            PickleState *st = _Pickle_GetGlobalState();
+            PyErr_SetString(st->UnpicklingError,
+                            "not enough out-of-band buffers");
+        }
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    PDATA_PUSH(self->stack, buf, -1);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+load_readonly_buffer(UnpicklerObject *self)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t len = Py_SIZE(self->stack);
+    if (len <= self->stack->fence) {
+        return Pdata_stack_underflow(self->stack);
+    }
+
+    PyObject *obj = self->stack->data[len - 1];
+    PyObject *view = PyMemoryView_FromObject(obj);
+    if (view == NULL) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+    if (!PyMemoryView_GET_BUFFER(view)->readonly) {
+        /* Original object is writable */
+        PyMemoryView_GET_BUFFER(view)->readonly = 1;
+        self->stack->data[len - 1] = view;
+        Py_DECREF(obj);
+    }
+    else {
+        /* Original object is read-only, no need to replace it */
+        Py_DECREF(view);
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int
 load_unicode(UnpicklerObject *self)
 {
     PyObject *str;
@@ -6511,6 +6865,9 @@ load(UnpicklerObject *self)
         OP_ARG(SHORT_BINBYTES, load_counted_binbytes, 1)
         OP_ARG(BINBYTES, load_counted_binbytes, 4)
         OP_ARG(BINBYTES8, load_counted_binbytes, 8)
+        OP(BYTEARRAY8, load_counted_bytearray)
+        OP(NEXT_BUFFER, load_next_buffer)
+        OP(READONLY_BUFFER, load_readonly_buffer)
         OP_ARG(SHORT_BINSTRING, load_counted_binstring, 1)
         OP_ARG(BINSTRING, load_counted_binstring, 4)
         OP(STRING, load_string)
@@ -6771,10 +7128,12 @@ Unpickler_dealloc(UnpicklerObject *self)
 {
     PyObject_GC_UnTrack((PyObject *)self);
     Py_XDECREF(self->readline);
+    Py_XDECREF(self->readinto);
     Py_XDECREF(self->read);
     Py_XDECREF(self->peek);
     Py_XDECREF(self->stack);
     Py_XDECREF(self->pers_func);
+    Py_XDECREF(self->buffers);
     if (self->buffer.buf != NULL) {
         PyBuffer_Release(&self->buffer);
         self->buffer.buf = NULL;
@@ -6793,10 +7152,12 @@ static int
 Unpickler_traverse(UnpicklerObject *self, visitproc visit, void *arg)
 {
     Py_VISIT(self->readline);
+    Py_VISIT(self->readinto);
     Py_VISIT(self->read);
     Py_VISIT(self->peek);
     Py_VISIT(self->stack);
     Py_VISIT(self->pers_func);
+    Py_VISIT(self->buffers);
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -6804,10 +7165,12 @@ static int
 Unpickler_clear(UnpicklerObject *self)
 {
     Py_CLEAR(self->readline);
+    Py_CLEAR(self->readinto);
     Py_CLEAR(self->read);
     Py_CLEAR(self->peek);
     Py_CLEAR(self->stack);
     Py_CLEAR(self->pers_func);
+    Py_CLEAR(self->buffers);
     if (self->buffer.buf != NULL) {
         PyBuffer_Release(&self->buffer);
         self->buffer.buf = NULL;
@@ -6835,6 +7198,7 @@ _pickle.Unpickler.__init__
   fix_imports: bool = True
   encoding: str = 'ASCII'
   errors: str = 'strict'
+  buffers: object = NULL
 
 This takes a binary file for reading a pickle data stream.
 
@@ -6861,8 +7225,8 @@ string instances as bytes objects.
 static int
 _pickle_Unpickler___init___impl(UnpicklerObject *self, PyObject *file,
                                 int fix_imports, const char *encoding,
-                                const char *errors)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=e2c8ce748edc57b0 input=f9b7da04f5f4f335]*/
+                                const char *errors, PyObject *buffers)
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=09f0192649ea3f85 input=da4b62d9edb68700]*/
 {
     _Py_IDENTIFIER(persistent_load);
 
@@ -6876,6 +7240,9 @@ _pickle_Unpickler___init___impl(UnpicklerObject *self, PyObject *file,
     if (_Unpickler_SetInputEncoding(self, encoding, errors) < 0)
         return -1;
 
+    if (_Unpickler_SetBuffers(self, buffers) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
     self->fix_imports = fix_imports;
 
     if (init_method_ref((PyObject *)self, &PyId_persistent_load,
@@ -7254,6 +7621,7 @@ _pickle.dump
   protocol: object = NULL
   *
   fix_imports: bool = True
+  buffer_callback: object = NULL
 
 Write a pickled representation of obj to the open file object file.
 
@@ -7277,12 +7645,18 @@ this interface.
 If *fix_imports* is True and protocol is less than 3, pickle will try
 to map the new Python 3 names to the old module names used in Python
 2, so that the pickle data stream is readable with Python 2.
+
+If *buffer_callback* is None (the default), buffer views are serialized
+into *file* as part of the pickle stream.  It is an error if
+*buffer_callback* is not None and *protocol* is None or smaller than 5.
+
 [clinic start generated code]*/
 
 static PyObject *
 _pickle_dump_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *obj, PyObject *file,
-                  PyObject *protocol, int fix_imports)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=a4774d5fde7d34de input=93f1408489a87472]*/
+                  PyObject *protocol, int fix_imports,
+                  PyObject *buffer_callback)
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=706186dba996490c input=2f035f02cc0f9547]*/
 {
     PicklerObject *pickler = _Pickler_New();
 
@@ -7295,6 +7669,9 @@ _pickle_dump_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *obj, PyObject *file,
     if (_Pickler_SetOutputStream(pickler, file) < 0)
         goto error;
 
+    if (_Pickler_SetBufferCallback(pickler, buffer_callback) < 0)
+        goto error;
+
     if (dump(pickler, obj) < 0)
         goto error;
 
@@ -7317,6 +7694,7 @@ _pickle.dumps
   protocol: object = NULL
   *
   fix_imports: bool = True
+  buffer_callback: object = NULL
 
 Return the pickled representation of the object as a bytes object.
 
@@ -7332,12 +7710,17 @@ version of Python needed to read the pickle produced.
 If *fix_imports* is True and *protocol* is less than 3, pickle will
 try to map the new Python 3 names to the old module names used in
 Python 2, so that the pickle data stream is readable with Python 2.
+
+If *buffer_callback* is None (the default), buffer views are serialized
+into *file* as part of the pickle stream.  It is an error if
+*buffer_callback* is not None and *protocol* is None or smaller than 5.
+
 [clinic start generated code]*/
 
 static PyObject *
 _pickle_dumps_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *obj, PyObject *protocol,
-                   int fix_imports)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=d75d5cda456fd261 input=b6efb45a7d19b5ab]*/
+                   int fix_imports, PyObject *buffer_callback)
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=fbab0093a5580fdf input=001f167df711b9f1]*/
 {
     PyObject *result;
     PicklerObject *pickler = _Pickler_New();
@@ -7348,6 +7731,9 @@ _pickle_dumps_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *obj, PyObject *protocol,
     if (_Pickler_SetProtocol(pickler, protocol, fix_imports) < 0)
         goto error;
 
+    if (_Pickler_SetBufferCallback(pickler, buffer_callback) < 0)
+        goto error;
+
     if (dump(pickler, obj) < 0)
         goto error;
 
@@ -7369,6 +7755,7 @@ _pickle.load
   fix_imports: bool = True
   encoding: str = 'ASCII'
   errors: str = 'strict'
+  buffers: object = NULL
 
 Read and return an object from the pickle data stored in a file.
 
@@ -7397,8 +7784,9 @@ string instances as bytes objects.
 
 static PyObject *
 _pickle_load_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *file, int fix_imports,
-                  const char *encoding, const char *errors)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=69e298160285199e input=01b44dd3fc07afa7]*/
+                  const char *encoding, const char *errors,
+                  PyObject *buffers)
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=250452d141c23e76 input=29fae982fe778156]*/
 {
     PyObject *result;
     UnpicklerObject *unpickler = _Unpickler_New();
@@ -7412,6 +7800,9 @@ _pickle_load_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *file, int fix_imports,
     if (_Unpickler_SetInputEncoding(unpickler, encoding, errors) < 0)
         goto error;
 
+    if (_Unpickler_SetBuffers(unpickler, buffers) < 0)
+        goto error;
+
     unpickler->fix_imports = fix_imports;
 
     result = load(unpickler);
@@ -7432,6 +7823,7 @@ _pickle.loads
   fix_imports: bool = True
   encoding: str = 'ASCII'
   errors: str = 'strict'
+  buffers: object = NULL
 
 Read and return an object from the given pickle data.
 
@@ -7451,8 +7843,9 @@ string instances as bytes objects.
 
 static PyObject *
 _pickle_loads_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *data, int fix_imports,
-                   const char *encoding, const char *errors)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=1e7cb2343f2c440f input=70605948a719feb9]*/
+                   const char *encoding, const char *errors,
+                   PyObject *buffers)
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=82ac1e6b588e6d02 input=c6004393f8276867]*/
 {
     PyObject *result;
     UnpicklerObject *unpickler = _Unpickler_New();
@@ -7466,6 +7859,9 @@ _pickle_loads_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *data, int fix_imports,
     if (_Unpickler_SetInputEncoding(unpickler, encoding, errors) < 0)
         goto error;
 
+    if (_Unpickler_SetBuffers(unpickler, buffers) < 0)
+        goto error;
+
     unpickler->fix_imports = fix_imports;
 
     result = load(unpickler);
@@ -7558,12 +7954,17 @@ PyInit__pickle(void)
     if (m == NULL)
         return NULL;
 
+    /* Add types */
     Py_INCREF(&Pickler_Type);
     if (PyModule_AddObject(m, "Pickler", (PyObject *)&Pickler_Type) < 0)
         return NULL;
     Py_INCREF(&Unpickler_Type);
     if (PyModule_AddObject(m, "Unpickler", (PyObject *)&Unpickler_Type) < 0)
         return NULL;
+    Py_INCREF(&PyPickleBuffer_Type);
+    if (PyModule_AddObject(m, "PickleBuffer",
+                           (PyObject *)&PyPickleBuffer_Type) < 0)
+        return NULL;
 
     st = _Pickle_GetState(m);
 
diff --git a/Modules/clinic/_pickle.c.h b/Modules/clinic/_pickle.c.h
index 1da2f93..8ac723f 100644
--- a/Modules/clinic/_pickle.c.h
+++ b/Modules/clinic/_pickle.c.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ exit:
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(_pickle_Pickler___init____doc__,
-"Pickler(file, protocol=None, fix_imports=True)\n"
+"Pickler(file, protocol=None, fix_imports=True, buffer_callback=None)\n"
 "--\n"
 "\n"
 "This takes a binary file for writing a pickle data stream.\n"
@@ -83,27 +83,40 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(_pickle_Pickler___init____doc__,
 "\n"
 "If *fix_imports* is True and protocol is less than 3, pickle will try\n"
 "to map the new Python 3 names to the old module names used in Python\n"
-"2, so that the pickle data stream is readable with Python 2.");
+"2, so that the pickle data stream is readable with Python 2.\n"
+"\n"
+"If *buffer_callback* is None (the default), buffer views are\n"
+"serialized into *file* as part of the pickle stream.\n"
+"\n"
+"If *buffer_callback* is not None, then it can be called any number\n"
+"of times with a buffer view.  If the callback returns a false value\n"
+"(such as None), the given buffer is out-of-band; otherwise the\n"
+"buffer is serialized in-band, i.e. inside the pickle stream.\n"
+"\n"
+"It is an error if *buffer_callback* is not None and *protocol*\n"
+"is None or smaller than 5.");
 
 static int
 _pickle_Pickler___init___impl(PicklerObject *self, PyObject *file,
-                              PyObject *protocol, int fix_imports);
+                              PyObject *protocol, int fix_imports,
+                              PyObject *buffer_callback);
 
 static int
 _pickle_Pickler___init__(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
 {
     int return_value = -1;
-    static const char * const _keywords[] = {"file", "protocol", "fix_imports", NULL};
+    static const char * const _keywords[] = {"file", "protocol", "fix_imports", "buffer_callback", NULL};
     static _PyArg_Parser _parser = {NULL, _keywords, "Pickler", 0};
-    PyObject *argsbuf[3];
+    PyObject *argsbuf[4];
     PyObject * const *fastargs;
     Py_ssize_t nargs = PyTuple_GET_SIZE(args);
     Py_ssize_t noptargs = nargs + (kwargs ? PyDict_GET_SIZE(kwargs) : 0) - 1;
     PyObject *file;
     PyObject *protocol = NULL;
     int fix_imports = 1;
+    PyObject *buffer_callback = NULL;
 
-    fastargs = _PyArg_UnpackKeywords(_PyTuple_CAST(args)->ob_item, nargs, kwargs, NULL, &_parser, 1, 3, 0, argsbuf);
+    fastargs = _PyArg_UnpackKeywords(_PyTuple_CAST(args)->ob_item, nargs, kwargs, NULL, &_parser, 1, 4, 0, argsbuf);
     if (!fastargs) {
         goto exit;
     }
@@ -117,12 +130,18 @@ _pickle_Pickler___init__(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
             goto skip_optional_pos;
         }
     }
-    fix_imports = PyObject_IsTrue(fastargs[2]);
-    if (fix_imports < 0) {
-        goto exit;
+    if (fastargs[2]) {
+        fix_imports = PyObject_IsTrue(fastargs[2]);
+        if (fix_imports < 0) {
+            goto exit;
+        }
+        if (!--noptargs) {
+            goto skip_optional_pos;
+        }
     }
+    buffer_callback = fastargs[3];
 skip_optional_pos:
-    return_value = _pickle_Pickler___init___impl((PicklerObject *)self, file, protocol, fix_imports);
+    return_value = _pickle_Pickler___init___impl((PicklerObject *)self, file, protocol, fix_imports, buffer_callback);
 
 exit:
     return return_value;
@@ -272,7 +291,8 @@ exit:
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(_pickle_Unpickler___init____doc__,
-"Unpickler(file, *, fix_imports=True, encoding=\'ASCII\', errors=\'strict\')\n"
+"Unpickler(file, *, fix_imports=True, encoding=\'ASCII\', errors=\'strict\',\n"
+"          buffers=None)\n"
 "--\n"
 "\n"
 "This takes a binary file for reading a pickle data stream.\n"
@@ -299,15 +319,15 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(_pickle_Unpickler___init____doc__,
 static int
 _pickle_Unpickler___init___impl(UnpicklerObject *self, PyObject *file,
                                 int fix_imports, const char *encoding,
-                                const char *errors);
+                                const char *errors, PyObject *buffers);
 
 static int
 _pickle_Unpickler___init__(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
 {
     int return_value = -1;
-    static const char * const _keywords[] = {"file", "fix_imports", "encoding", "errors", NULL};
+    static const char * const _keywords[] = {"file", "fix_imports", "encoding", "errors", "buffers", NULL};
     static _PyArg_Parser _parser = {NULL, _keywords, "Unpickler", 0};
-    PyObject *argsbuf[4];
+    PyObject *argsbuf[5];
     PyObject * const *fastargs;
     Py_ssize_t nargs = PyTuple_GET_SIZE(args);
     Py_ssize_t noptargs = nargs + (kwargs ? PyDict_GET_SIZE(kwargs) : 0) - 1;
@@ -315,6 +335,7 @@ _pickle_Unpickler___init__(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
     int fix_imports = 1;
     const char *encoding = "ASCII";
     const char *errors = "strict";
+    PyObject *buffers = NULL;
 
     fastargs = _PyArg_UnpackKeywords(_PyTuple_CAST(args)->ob_item, nargs, kwargs, NULL, &_parser, 1, 1, 0, argsbuf);
     if (!fastargs) {
@@ -351,21 +372,27 @@ _pickle_Unpickler___init__(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
             goto skip_optional_kwonly;
         }
     }
-    if (!PyUnicode_Check(fastargs[3])) {
-        _PyArg_BadArgument("Unpickler", 4, "str", fastargs[3]);
-        goto exit;
-    }
-    Py_ssize_t errors_length;
-    errors = PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize(fastargs[3], &errors_length);
-    if (errors == NULL) {
-        goto exit;
-    }
-    if (strlen(errors) != (size_t)errors_length) {
-        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "embedded null character");
-        goto exit;
+    if (fastargs[3]) {
+        if (!PyUnicode_Check(fastargs[3])) {
+            _PyArg_BadArgument("Unpickler", 4, "str", fastargs[3]);
+            goto exit;
+        }
+        Py_ssize_t errors_length;
+        errors = PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize(fastargs[3], &errors_length);
+        if (errors == NULL) {
+            goto exit;
+        }
+        if (strlen(errors) != (size_t)errors_length) {
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "embedded null character");
+            goto exit;
+        }
+        if (!--noptargs) {
+            goto skip_optional_kwonly;
+        }
     }
+    buffers = fastargs[4];
 skip_optional_kwonly:
-    return_value = _pickle_Unpickler___init___impl((UnpicklerObject *)self, file, fix_imports, encoding, errors);
+    return_value = _pickle_Unpickler___init___impl((UnpicklerObject *)self, file, fix_imports, encoding, errors, buffers);
 
 exit:
     return return_value;
@@ -426,7 +453,8 @@ _pickle_UnpicklerMemoProxy___reduce__(UnpicklerMemoProxyObject *self, PyObject *
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(_pickle_dump__doc__,
-"dump($module, /, obj, file, protocol=None, *, fix_imports=True)\n"
+"dump($module, /, obj, file, protocol=None, *, fix_imports=True,\n"
+"     buffer_callback=None)\n"
 "--\n"
 "\n"
 "Write a pickled representation of obj to the open file object file.\n"
@@ -450,27 +478,33 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(_pickle_dump__doc__,
 "\n"
 "If *fix_imports* is True and protocol is less than 3, pickle will try\n"
 "to map the new Python 3 names to the old module names used in Python\n"
-"2, so that the pickle data stream is readable with Python 2.");
+"2, so that the pickle data stream is readable with Python 2.\n"
+"\n"
+"If *buffer_callback* is None (the default), buffer views are serialized\n"
+"into *file* as part of the pickle stream.  It is an error if\n"
+"*buffer_callback* is not None and *protocol* is None or smaller than 5.");
 
 #define _PICKLE_DUMP_METHODDEF    \
     {"dump", (PyCFunction)(void(*)(void))_pickle_dump, METH_FASTCALL|METH_KEYWORDS, _pickle_dump__doc__},
 
 static PyObject *
 _pickle_dump_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *obj, PyObject *file,
-                  PyObject *protocol, int fix_imports);
+                  PyObject *protocol, int fix_imports,
+                  PyObject *buffer_callback);
 
 static PyObject *
 _pickle_dump(PyObject *module, PyObject *const *args, Py_ssize_t nargs, PyObject *kwnames)
 {
     PyObject *return_value = NULL;
-    static const char * const _keywords[] = {"obj", "file", "protocol", "fix_imports", NULL};
+    static const char * const _keywords[] = {"obj", "file", "protocol", "fix_imports", "buffer_callback", NULL};
     static _PyArg_Parser _parser = {NULL, _keywords, "dump", 0};
-    PyObject *argsbuf[4];
+    PyObject *argsbuf[5];
     Py_ssize_t noptargs = nargs + (kwnames ? PyTuple_GET_SIZE(kwnames) : 0) - 2;
     PyObject *obj;
     PyObject *file;
     PyObject *protocol = NULL;
     int fix_imports = 1;
+    PyObject *buffer_callback = NULL;
 
     args = _PyArg_UnpackKeywords(args, nargs, NULL, kwnames, &_parser, 2, 3, 0, argsbuf);
     if (!args) {
@@ -491,19 +525,26 @@ skip_optional_pos:
     if (!noptargs) {
         goto skip_optional_kwonly;
     }
-    fix_imports = PyObject_IsTrue(args[3]);
-    if (fix_imports < 0) {
-        goto exit;
+    if (args[3]) {
+        fix_imports = PyObject_IsTrue(args[3]);
+        if (fix_imports < 0) {
+            goto exit;
+        }
+        if (!--noptargs) {
+            goto skip_optional_kwonly;
+        }
     }
+    buffer_callback = args[4];
 skip_optional_kwonly:
-    return_value = _pickle_dump_impl(module, obj, file, protocol, fix_imports);
+    return_value = _pickle_dump_impl(module, obj, file, protocol, fix_imports, buffer_callback);
 
 exit:
     return return_value;
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(_pickle_dumps__doc__,
-"dumps($module, /, obj, protocol=None, *, fix_imports=True)\n"
+"dumps($module, /, obj, protocol=None, *, fix_imports=True,\n"
+"      buffer_callback=None)\n"
 "--\n"
 "\n"
 "Return the pickled representation of the object as a bytes object.\n"
@@ -519,26 +560,31 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(_pickle_dumps__doc__,
 "\n"
 "If *fix_imports* is True and *protocol* is less than 3, pickle will\n"
 "try to map the new Python 3 names to the old module names used in\n"
-"Python 2, so that the pickle data stream is readable with Python 2.");
+"Python 2, so that the pickle data stream is readable with Python 2.\n"
+"\n"
+"If *buffer_callback* is None (the default), buffer views are serialized\n"
+"into *file* as part of the pickle stream.  It is an error if\n"
+"*buffer_callback* is not None and *protocol* is None or smaller than 5.");
 
 #define _PICKLE_DUMPS_METHODDEF    \
     {"dumps", (PyCFunction)(void(*)(void))_pickle_dumps, METH_FASTCALL|METH_KEYWORDS, _pickle_dumps__doc__},
 
 static PyObject *
 _pickle_dumps_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *obj, PyObject *protocol,
-                   int fix_imports);
+                   int fix_imports, PyObject *buffer_callback);
 
 static PyObject *
 _pickle_dumps(PyObject *module, PyObject *const *args, Py_ssize_t nargs, PyObject *kwnames)
 {
     PyObject *return_value = NULL;
-    static const char * const _keywords[] = {"obj", "protocol", "fix_imports", NULL};
+    static const char * const _keywords[] = {"obj", "protocol", "fix_imports", "buffer_callback", NULL};
     static _PyArg_Parser _parser = {NULL, _keywords, "dumps", 0};
-    PyObject *argsbuf[3];
+    PyObject *argsbuf[4];
     Py_ssize_t noptargs = nargs + (kwnames ? PyTuple_GET_SIZE(kwnames) : 0) - 1;
     PyObject *obj;
     PyObject *protocol = NULL;
     int fix_imports = 1;
+    PyObject *buffer_callback = NULL;
 
     args = _PyArg_UnpackKeywords(args, nargs, NULL, kwnames, &_parser, 1, 2, 0, argsbuf);
     if (!args) {
@@ -558,12 +604,18 @@ skip_optional_pos:
     if (!noptargs) {
         goto skip_optional_kwonly;
     }
-    fix_imports = PyObject_IsTrue(args[2]);
-    if (fix_imports < 0) {
-        goto exit;
+    if (args[2]) {
+        fix_imports = PyObject_IsTrue(args[2]);
+        if (fix_imports < 0) {
+            goto exit;
+        }
+        if (!--noptargs) {
+            goto skip_optional_kwonly;
+        }
     }
+    buffer_callback = args[3];
 skip_optional_kwonly:
-    return_value = _pickle_dumps_impl(module, obj, protocol, fix_imports);
+    return_value = _pickle_dumps_impl(module, obj, protocol, fix_imports, buffer_callback);
 
 exit:
     return return_value;
@@ -571,7 +623,7 @@ exit:
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(_pickle_load__doc__,
 "load($module, /, file, *, fix_imports=True, encoding=\'ASCII\',\n"
-"     errors=\'strict\')\n"
+"     errors=\'strict\', buffers=None)\n"
 "--\n"
 "\n"
 "Read and return an object from the pickle data stored in a file.\n"
@@ -603,20 +655,22 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(_pickle_load__doc__,
 
 static PyObject *
 _pickle_load_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *file, int fix_imports,
-                  const char *encoding, const char *errors);
+                  const char *encoding, const char *errors,
+                  PyObject *buffers);
 
 static PyObject *
 _pickle_load(PyObject *module, PyObject *const *args, Py_ssize_t nargs, PyObject *kwnames)
 {
     PyObject *return_value = NULL;
-    static const char * const _keywords[] = {"file", "fix_imports", "encoding", "errors", NULL};
+    static const char * const _keywords[] = {"file", "fix_imports", "encoding", "errors", "buffers", NULL};
     static _PyArg_Parser _parser = {NULL, _keywords, "load", 0};
-    PyObject *argsbuf[4];
+    PyObject *argsbuf[5];
     Py_ssize_t noptargs = nargs + (kwnames ? PyTuple_GET_SIZE(kwnames) : 0) - 1;
     PyObject *file;
     int fix_imports = 1;
     const char *encoding = "ASCII";
     const char *errors = "strict";
+    PyObject *buffers = NULL;
 
     args = _PyArg_UnpackKeywords(args, nargs, NULL, kwnames, &_parser, 1, 1, 0, argsbuf);
     if (!args) {
@@ -653,21 +707,27 @@ _pickle_load(PyObject *module, PyObject *const *args, Py_ssize_t nargs, PyObject
             goto skip_optional_kwonly;
         }
     }
-    if (!PyUnicode_Check(args[3])) {
-        _PyArg_BadArgument("load", 4, "str", args[3]);
-        goto exit;
-    }
-    Py_ssize_t errors_length;
-    errors = PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize(args[3], &errors_length);
-    if (errors == NULL) {
-        goto exit;
-    }
-    if (strlen(errors) != (size_t)errors_length) {
-        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "embedded null character");
-        goto exit;
+    if (args[3]) {
+        if (!PyUnicode_Check(args[3])) {
+            _PyArg_BadArgument("load", 4, "str", args[3]);
+            goto exit;
+        }
+        Py_ssize_t errors_length;
+        errors = PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize(args[3], &errors_length);
+        if (errors == NULL) {
+            goto exit;
+        }
+        if (strlen(errors) != (size_t)errors_length) {
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "embedded null character");
+            goto exit;
+        }
+        if (!--noptargs) {
+            goto skip_optional_kwonly;
+        }
     }
+    buffers = args[4];
 skip_optional_kwonly:
-    return_value = _pickle_load_impl(module, file, fix_imports, encoding, errors);
+    return_value = _pickle_load_impl(module, file, fix_imports, encoding, errors, buffers);
 
 exit:
     return return_value;
@@ -675,7 +735,7 @@ exit:
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(_pickle_loads__doc__,
 "loads($module, /, data, *, fix_imports=True, encoding=\'ASCII\',\n"
-"      errors=\'strict\')\n"
+"      errors=\'strict\', buffers=None)\n"
 "--\n"
 "\n"
 "Read and return an object from the given pickle data.\n"
@@ -698,20 +758,22 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(_pickle_loads__doc__,
 
 static PyObject *
 _pickle_loads_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *data, int fix_imports,
-                   const char *encoding, const char *errors);
+                   const char *encoding, const char *errors,
+                   PyObject *buffers);
 
 static PyObject *
 _pickle_loads(PyObject *module, PyObject *const *args, Py_ssize_t nargs, PyObject *kwnames)
 {
     PyObject *return_value = NULL;
-    static const char * const _keywords[] = {"data", "fix_imports", "encoding", "errors", NULL};
+    static const char * const _keywords[] = {"data", "fix_imports", "encoding", "errors", "buffers", NULL};
     static _PyArg_Parser _parser = {NULL, _keywords, "loads", 0};
-    PyObject *argsbuf[4];
+    PyObject *argsbuf[5];
     Py_ssize_t noptargs = nargs + (kwnames ? PyTuple_GET_SIZE(kwnames) : 0) - 1;
     PyObject *data;
     int fix_imports = 1;
     const char *encoding = "ASCII";
     const char *errors = "strict";
+    PyObject *buffers = NULL;
 
     args = _PyArg_UnpackKeywords(args, nargs, NULL, kwnames, &_parser, 1, 1, 0, argsbuf);
     if (!args) {
@@ -748,23 +810,29 @@ _pickle_loads(PyObject *module, PyObject *const *args, Py_ssize_t nargs, PyObjec
             goto skip_optional_kwonly;
         }
     }
-    if (!PyUnicode_Check(args[3])) {
-        _PyArg_BadArgument("loads", 4, "str", args[3]);
-        goto exit;
-    }
-    Py_ssize_t errors_length;
-    errors = PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize(args[3], &errors_length);
-    if (errors == NULL) {
-        goto exit;
-    }
-    if (strlen(errors) != (size_t)errors_length) {
-        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "embedded null character");
-        goto exit;
+    if (args[3]) {
+        if (!PyUnicode_Check(args[3])) {
+            _PyArg_BadArgument("loads", 4, "str", args[3]);
+            goto exit;
+        }
+        Py_ssize_t errors_length;
+        errors = PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize(args[3], &errors_length);
+        if (errors == NULL) {
+            goto exit;
+        }
+        if (strlen(errors) != (size_t)errors_length) {
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "embedded null character");
+            goto exit;
+        }
+        if (!--noptargs) {
+            goto skip_optional_kwonly;
+        }
     }
+    buffers = args[4];
 skip_optional_kwonly:
-    return_value = _pickle_loads_impl(module, data, fix_imports, encoding, errors);
+    return_value = _pickle_loads_impl(module, data, fix_imports, encoding, errors, buffers);
 
 exit:
     return return_value;
 }
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=8f972562c8f71e2b input=a9049054013a1b77]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=8dc0e862f96c4afe input=a9049054013a1b77]*/