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diff --git a/pkg/gohacks/BUILD b/pkg/gohacks/BUILD
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+load("//tools:defs.bzl", "go_library")
+
+package(licenses = ["notice"])
+
+go_library(
+    name = "gohacks",
+    srcs = [
+        "gohacks_unsafe.go",
+    ],
+    stateify = False,
+    visibility = ["//:sandbox"],
+)
diff --git a/pkg/gohacks/gohacks_unsafe.go b/pkg/gohacks/gohacks_unsafe.go
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+// Copyright 2020 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 gohacks contains utilities for subverting the Go compiler.
+package gohacks
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"unsafe"
+)
+
+// Noescape hides a pointer from escape analysis. Noescape is the identity
+// function but escape analysis doesn't think the output depends on the input.
+// Noescape is inlined and currently compiles down to zero instructions.
+// USE CAREFULLY!
+//
+// (Noescape is copy/pasted from Go's runtime/stubs.go:noescape().)
+//
+//go:nosplit
+func Noescape(p unsafe.Pointer) unsafe.Pointer {
+	x := uintptr(p)
+	return unsafe.Pointer(x ^ 0)
+}
+
+// ImmutableBytesFromString is equivalent to []byte(s), except that it uses the
+// same memory backing s instead of making a heap-allocated copy. This is only
+// valid if the returned slice is never mutated.
+func ImmutableBytesFromString(s string) []byte {
+	shdr := (*reflect.StringHeader)(unsafe.Pointer(&s))
+	var bs []byte
+	bshdr := (*reflect.SliceHeader)(unsafe.Pointer(&bs))
+	bshdr.Data = shdr.Data
+	bshdr.Len = shdr.Len
+	bshdr.Cap = shdr.Len
+	return bs
+}
+
+// StringFromImmutableBytes is equivalent to string(bs), except that it uses
+// the same memory backing bs instead of making a heap-allocated copy. This is
+// only valid if bs is never mutated after StringFromImmutableBytes returns.
+func StringFromImmutableBytes(bs []byte) string {
+	// This is cheaper than messing with reflect.StringHeader and
+	// reflect.SliceHeader, which as of this writing produces many dead stores
+	// of zeroes. Compare strings.Builder.String().
+	return *(*string)(unsafe.Pointer(&bs))
+}