readers       []io.ReaderAt
	orgReaders    []io.ReaderAt
	dataBlocks    int
	offset        int64
	shardSize     int64
	shardFileSize int64
	buf           [][]byte
	readerToBuf   []int
	stashBuffer   []byte
}

// newParallelReader returns parallelReader.
func newParallelReader(readers []io.ReaderAt, e Erasure, offset, totalLength int64) *parallelReader {
	r2b := make([]int, len(readers))
	for i := range r2b {
		r2b[i] = i
	}

		if err != nil {
			t.Fatalf("%s: <ERROR> %s", instanceType, err)
		}
		_, err = obj.PutObject(context.Background(), "bucket", "newPrefix2", mustGetPutObjReader(t, bytes.NewBufferString(uploadContent), int64(len(uploadContent)), "", ""), opts)
		if err != nil {
			t.Fatalf("%s: <ERROR> %s", instanceType, err)

		// Unencrypted objects
		{"nothing", []int64{0}, nil},
		{"small-1", []int64{509}, nil},

		{"mp-1", []int64{5 * oneMiB, 1}, nil},
		{"mp-2", []int64{5487701, 5487799, 3}, nil},

		// Encrypted object
		{"enc-nothing", []int64{0}, mapCopy(metaWithSSEC)},
		{"enc-small-1", []int64{509}, mapCopy(metaWithSSEC)},

		{"enc-mp-1", []int64{5 * oneMiB, 1}, mapCopy(metaWithSSEC)},

		f.ops[0] = s[len(b):]
	} else {
		f.ops = f.ops[1:]
	}
	f.pos += int64(len(b))
	return len(b), nil
}

func (f *testFile) Seek(pos int64, whence int) (int64, error) {
	if pos == 0 && whence == io.SeekCurrent {
		return f.pos, nil
	}
	if len(f.ops) == 0 {
		return 0, errors.New("unexpected Seek operation")
	}
	s, ok := f.ops[0].(int64)
	if !ok {
		return 0, errors.New("unexpected Seek operation")
	}

	bts := make([]byte, 0, v.Msgsize())
	bts, _ = v.MarshalMsg(bts[0:0])
	b.SetBytes(int64(len(bts)))
	b.ReportAllocs()
	b.ResetTimer()
	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
		bts, _ = v.MarshalMsg(bts[0:0])
	}
}

func BenchmarkUnmarshalWalkDirOptions(b *testing.B) {
	v := WalkDirOptions{}
	bts, _ := v.MarshalMsg(nil)
	b.ReportAllocs()
	b.SetBytes(int64(len(bts)))
	b.ResetTimer()
	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {

	bts := make([]byte, 0, v.Msgsize())
	bts, _ = v.MarshalMsg(bts[0:0])
	b.SetBytes(int64(len(bts)))
	b.ReportAllocs()
	b.ResetTimer()
	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
		bts, _ = v.MarshalMsg(bts[0:0])
	}
}

func BenchmarkUnmarshalTierConfigMgr(b *testing.B) {
	v := TierConfigMgr{}
	bts, _ := v.MarshalMsg(nil)
	b.ReportAllocs()
	b.SetBytes(int64(len(bts)))
	b.ResetTimer()
	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {

	bts := make([]byte, 0, v.Msgsize())
	bts, _ = v.MarshalMsg(bts[0:0])
	b.SetBytes(int64(len(bts)))
	b.ReportAllocs()
	b.ResetTimer()
	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
		bts, _ = v.MarshalMsg(bts[0:0])
	}
}

func BenchmarkUnmarshallistPathOptions(b *testing.B) {
	v := listPathOptions{}
	bts, _ := v.MarshalMsg(nil)
	b.ReportAllocs()
	b.SetBytes(int64(len(bts)))
	b.ResetTimer()
	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {

	bts := make([]byte, 0, v.Msgsize())
	bts, _ = v.MarshalMsg(bts[0:0])
	b.SetBytes(int64(len(bts)))
	b.ReportAllocs()
	b.ResetTimer()
	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
		bts, _ = v.MarshalMsg(bts[0:0])
	}
}

func BenchmarkUnmarshalPartialOperation(b *testing.B) {
	v := PartialOperation{}
	bts, _ := v.MarshalMsg(nil)
	b.ReportAllocs()
	b.SetBytes(int64(len(bts)))
	b.ResetTimer()
	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {

	bts := make([]byte, 0, v.Msgsize())
	bts, _ = v.MarshalMsg(bts[0:0])
	b.SetBytes(int64(len(bts)))
	b.ReportAllocs()
	b.ResetTimer()
	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
		bts, _ = v.MarshalMsg(bts[0:0])
	}
}

func BenchmarkUnmarshalSiteResyncStatus(b *testing.B) {
	v := SiteResyncStatus{}
	bts, _ := v.MarshalMsg(nil)
	b.ReportAllocs()
	b.SetBytes(int64(len(bts)))
	b.ResetTimer()
	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {

			t.Errorf("Test %d: Expected %s, got %s this", i+1, tt.expectedErr, err)
		}
	}
}

// Tests parsing hex number into its uint64 decimal equivalent.
func TestParseHexUint(t *testing.T) {
	type testCase struct {
		in      string
		want    uint64
		wantErr string
	}
	tests := []testCase{
		{"x", 0, "invalid byte in chunk length"},
		{"0000000000000000", 0, ""},
		{"0000000000000001", 1, ""},