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cmd/compile: -d=checkptr doesn't handle reflect.{Slice,String}Header.Data #35027

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@mdempsky

This program is valid, yet -d=checkptr flags it as unsafe pointer arithmetic:

package main

import (
	"reflect"
	"unsafe"
)

var s []int

func main() {
	s = make([]int, 10)
	h := (*reflect.SliceHeader)(unsafe.Pointer(&s))
	println(unsafe.Pointer(h.Data))
}

This is because I forgot to implement logic to handle rule 6 for -d=checkptr.

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