4 files changed, 13 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/fspath/BUILD b/pkg/fspath/BUILD
index ee84471b2..67dd1e225 100644
--- a/pkg/fspath/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/fspath/BUILD
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ go_library(
     name = "fspath",
     srcs = [
         "builder.go",
-        "builder_unsafe.go",
         "fspath.go",
     ],
+    deps = [
+        "//pkg/gohacks",
+    ],
 )
 
 go_test(
diff --git a/pkg/fspath/builder.go b/pkg/fspath/builder.go
index 7ddb36826..6318d3874 100644
--- a/pkg/fspath/builder.go
+++ b/pkg/fspath/builder.go
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ package fspath
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/gohacks"
 )
 
 // Builder is similar to strings.Builder, but is used to produce pathnames
@@ -102,3 +104,9 @@ func (b *Builder) AppendString(str string) {
 	copy(b.buf[b.start:], b.buf[oldStart:])
 	copy(b.buf[len(b.buf)-len(str):], str)
 }
+
+// String returns the accumulated string. No other methods should be called
+// after String.
+func (b *Builder) String() string {
+	return gohacks.StringFromImmutableBytes(b.buf[b.start:])
+}
diff --git a/pkg/fspath/builder_unsafe.go b/pkg/fspath/builder_unsafe.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 75606808d..000000000
--- a/pkg/fspath/builder_unsafe.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2019 The gVisor Authors.
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package fspath
-
-import (
-	"unsafe"
-)
-
-// String returns the accumulated string. No other methods should be called
-// after String.
-func (b *Builder) String() string {
-	bs := b.buf[b.start:]
-	// Compare strings.Builder.String().
-	return *(*string)(unsafe.Pointer(&bs))
-}
diff --git a/pkg/fspath/fspath.go b/pkg/fspath/fspath.go
index 9fb3fee24..4c983d5fd 100644
--- a/pkg/fspath/fspath.go
+++ b/pkg/fspath/fspath.go
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ func Parse(pathname string) Path {
 
 // Path contains the information contained in a pathname string.
 //
-// Path is copyable by value.
+// Path is copyable by value. The zero value for Path is equivalent to
+// fspath.Parse(""), i.e. the empty path.
 type Path struct {
 	// Begin is an iterator to the first path component in the relative part of
 	// the path.