chore: fix potential nil pointer errors (#3454)

core/mapping/unmarshaler.go

@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ func (u *Unmarshaler) processNamedFieldWithoutValue(fieldType reflect.Type, valu
 
 func (u *Unmarshaler) unmarshalWithFullName(m valuerWithParent, v any, fullName string) error {
 	rv := reflect.ValueOf(v)
-	if err := ValidatePtr(&rv); err != nil {
+	if err := ValidatePtr(rv); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 

core/mapping/utils.go

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func SetMapIndexValue(tp reflect.Type, value, key, target reflect.Value) {
 }
 
 // ValidatePtr validates v if it's a valid pointer.
-func ValidatePtr(v *reflect.Value) error {
+func ValidatePtr(v reflect.Value) error {
 	// sequence is very important, IsNil must be called after checking Kind() with reflect.Ptr,
 	// panic otherwise
 	if !v.IsValid() || v.Kind() != reflect.Ptr || v.IsNil() {

core/mapping/utils_test.go

@@ -218,25 +218,25 @@ func TestParseSegments(t *testing.T) {
 func TestValidatePtrWithNonPtr(t *testing.T) {
 	var foo string
 	rve := reflect.ValueOf(foo)
-	assert.NotNil(t, ValidatePtr(&rve))
+	assert.NotNil(t, ValidatePtr(rve))
 }
 
 func TestValidatePtrWithPtr(t *testing.T) {
 	var foo string
 	rve := reflect.ValueOf(&foo)
-	assert.Nil(t, ValidatePtr(&rve))
+	assert.Nil(t, ValidatePtr(rve))
 }
 
 func TestValidatePtrWithNilPtr(t *testing.T) {
 	var foo *string
 	rve := reflect.ValueOf(foo)
-	assert.NotNil(t, ValidatePtr(&rve))
+	assert.NotNil(t, ValidatePtr(rve))
 }
 
 func TestValidatePtrWithZeroValue(t *testing.T) {
 	var s string
 	e := reflect.Zero(reflect.TypeOf(s))
-	assert.NotNil(t, ValidatePtr(&e))
+	assert.NotNil(t, ValidatePtr(e))
 }
 
 func TestSetValueNotSettable(t *testing.T) {