diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 1b0e13d..339710c 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -106,21 +106,25 @@ impl Buffer {
   }
 
   /// returns how much data can be read from the buffer
+  #[inline]
   pub fn available_data(&self) -> usize {
     self.end - self.position
   }
 
   /// returns how much free space is available to write to
+  #[inline]
   pub fn available_space(&self) -> usize {
     self.capacity - self.end
   }
 
   /// returns the underlying vector's size
+  #[inline]
   pub fn capacity(&self) -> usize {
     self.capacity
   }
 
   /// returns true if there is no more data to read
+  #[inline]
   pub fn empty(&self) -> bool {
     self.position == self.end
   }
@@ -130,6 +134,7 @@ impl Buffer {
   /// if the position gets past the buffer's half,
   /// this will call `shift()` to move the remaining data
   /// to the beginning of the buffer
+  #[inline]
   pub fn consume(&mut self, count: usize) -> usize {
     let cnt        = cmp::min(count, self.available_data());
     self.position += cnt;
@@ -144,6 +149,7 @@ impl Buffer {
   ///
   /// This method is similar to `consume()` but will not move data
   /// to the beginning of the buffer
+  #[inline]
   pub fn consume_noshift(&mut self, count: usize) -> usize {
     let cnt        = cmp::min(count, self.available_data());
     self.position += cnt;
@@ -156,6 +162,7 @@ impl Buffer {
   /// if there is not enough available space, this function can call
   /// `shift()` to move the remaining data to the beginning of the
   /// buffer
+  #[inline]
   pub fn fill(&mut self, count: usize) -> usize {
     let cnt   = cmp::min(count, self.available_space());
     self.end += cnt;
@@ -186,24 +193,28 @@ impl Buffer {
   /// assert_eq!(b.position(), 5);
   /// assert_eq!(b.available_data(), 3);
   /// ```
+  #[inline]
   pub fn position(&self) -> usize {
       self.position
   }
 
   /// moves the position and end trackers to the beginning
   /// this function does not modify the data
+  #[inline]
   pub fn reset(&mut self) {
     self.position = 0;
     self.end      = 0;
   }
 
   /// returns a slice with all the available data
+  #[inline]
   pub fn data(&self) -> &[u8] {
     &self.memory[self.position..self.end]
   }
 
   /// returns a mutable slice with all the available space to
   /// write to
+  #[inline]
   pub fn space(&mut self) -> &mut[u8] {
     &mut self.memory[self.end..self.capacity]
   }