1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/libexpr/eval.cc b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
index 7f2065656..18cfd9531 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/eval.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
@@ -344,6 +344,22 @@ static Symbol getName(const AttrName & name, EvalState & state, Env & env)
     }
 }
 
+#if HAVE_BOEHMGC
+/* Disable GC while this object lives. Used by CoroutineContext.
+ *
+ * Boehm keeps a count of GC_disable() and GC_enable() calls,
+ * and only enables GC when the count matches.
+ */
+class BoehmDisableGC {
+public:
+    BoehmDisableGC() {
+        GC_disable();
+    };
+    ~BoehmDisableGC() {
+        GC_enable();
+    };
+};
+#endif
 
 static bool gcInitialised = false;
 
@@ -368,6 +384,15 @@ void initGC()
 
     StackAllocator::defaultAllocator = &boehmGCStackAllocator;
 
+
+#if NIX_BOEHM_PATCH_VERSION != 1
+    printTalkative("Unpatched BoehmGC, disabling GC inside coroutines");
+    /* Used to disable GC when entering coroutines on macOS */
+    create_coro_gc_hook = []() -> std::shared_ptr<void> {
+        return std::make_shared<BoehmDisableGC>();
+    };
+#endif
+
     /* Set the initial heap size to something fairly big (25% of
        physical RAM, up to a maximum of 384 MiB) so that in most cases
        we don't need to garbage collect at all.  (Collection has a