improve Buffer.equals performance

Author: kylo5aby

lib/buffer.js

@@ -860,11 +860,11 @@ Buffer.prototype.equals = function equals(otherBuffer) {
 
   if (this === otherBuffer)
     return true;
-
-  if (this.byteLength !== otherBuffer.byteLength)
+  const len = this.byteLength;
+  if (len !== otherBuffer.byteLength)
     return false;
 
-  return this.byteLength === 0 || _compare(this, otherBuffer) === 0;
+  return len === 0 || _compare(this, otherBuffer) === 0;
 };
 
 let INSPECT_MAX_BYTES = 50;