Generic slice unmarshal fn

internal/danger/danger.go

@@ -63,3 +63,14 @@ func Stride(ptr unsafe.Pointer, size uintptr, offset int) unsafe.Pointer {
 	//   https://github.com/golang/go/issues/40481
 	return unsafe.Pointer(uintptr(ptr) + uintptr(int(size)*offset))
 }
+
+type Slice struct {
+	Data unsafe.Pointer
+	Len  int
+	Cap  int
+}
+
+type iface struct {
+	typ unsafe.Pointer
+	ptr unsafe.Pointer
+}

internal/danger/slices.go

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+//go:build go1.18
+// +build go1.18
+
+package danger
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"unsafe"
+)
+
+func ExtendSlice(t reflect.Type, s *Slice, n int) Slice {
+	arrayType := reflect.ArrayOf(n, t.Elem())
+	arrayData := reflect.New(arrayType)
+	reflect.Copy(arrayData.Elem(), reflect.NewAt(t, unsafe.Pointer(s)).Elem())
+	return Slice{
+		Data: unsafe.Pointer(arrayData.Pointer()),
+		Len:  s.Len,
+		Cap:  n,
+	}
+}

internal/danger/slices_optimized.go

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+//go:build !go1.18
+// +build !go1.18
+
+package danger
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"unsafe"
+)
+
+//go:linkname unsafe_NewArray reflect.unsafe_NewArray
+func unsafe_NewArray(rtype unsafe.Pointer, length int) unsafe.Pointer
+
+//go:linkname typedslicecopy reflect.typedslicecopy
+//go:noescape
+func typedslicecopy(elemType unsafe.Pointer, dst, src Slice) int
+
+func ExtendSlice(t reflect.Type, s *Slice, n int) Slice {
+	elemTypeRef := t.Elem()
+	elemTypePtr := ((*iface)(unsafe.Pointer(&elemTypeRef))).ptr
+
+	d := Slice{
+		Data: unsafe_NewArray(elemTypePtr, n),
+		Len:  s.Len,
+		Cap:  n,
+	}
+
+	typedslicecopy(elemTypePtr, d, *s)
+	return d
+}