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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 state
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"unsafe"
+)
+
+// unsafePointerTo is logically equivalent to reflect.Value.Addr, but works on
+// values representing unexported fields. This bypasses visibility, but not
+// type safety.
+func unsafePointerTo(obj reflect.Value) reflect.Value {
+	return reflect.NewAt(obj.Type(), unsafe.Pointer(obj.UnsafeAddr()))
+}