Make sure that statements such as: strcpy (dst, "/gnu/store/…"); do not result in chunked /gnu/store strings that are undetectable by Guix's GC and its grafting code. See . --- gcc-5.3.0/gcc/builtins.c 2016-10-18 10:50:46.080616285 +0200 +++ gcc-5.3.0/gcc/builtins.c 2016-11-09 15:26:43.693042737 +0100 @@ -3192,6 +3192,42 @@ determine_block_size (tree len, rtx len_ GET_MODE_MASK (GET_MODE (len_rtx))); } +/* Return true if STR contains the string "/gnu/store". */ + +static bool +store_reference_p (tree str) +{ + if (TREE_CODE (str) == ADDR_EXPR) + str = TREE_OPERAND (str, 0); + + if (TREE_CODE (str) != STRING_CST) + return false; + + int len; + const char *store; + + store = getenv ("NIX_STORE") ? getenv ("NIX_STORE") : "/gnu/store"; + len = strlen (store); + + /* Size of the hash part of store file names, including leading slash and + trailing hyphen. */ + const int hash_len = 34; + + if (TREE_STRING_LENGTH (str) < len + hash_len) + return false; + + /* We cannot use 'strstr' because 'TREE_STRING_POINTER' returns a string + that is not necessarily NUL-terminated. */ + + for (int i = 0; i < TREE_STRING_LENGTH (str) - (len + hash_len); i++) + { + if (strncmp (TREE_STRING_POINTER (str) + i, store, len) == 0) + return true; + } + + return false; +} + /* Helper function to do the actual work for expand_builtin_memcpy. */ static rtx @@ -3207,6 +3243,13 @@ expand_builtin_memcpy_args (tree dest, t unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT max_size; unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT probable_max_size; + /* Do not emit block moves, which translate to the 'movabs' instruction on + x86_64, when SRC refers to store items. That way, store references + remain visible to the Guix GC and grafting code. See + . */ + if (store_reference_p (src)) + return NULL_RTX; + /* If DEST is not a pointer type, call the normal function. */ if (dest_align == 0) return NULL_RTX;