kubernetes/vendor/github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp/export.go

// retrieveUnexportedField uses unsafe to forcibly retrieve any field from
// a struct such that the value has read-write permissions.
//
// The parent struct, v, must be addressable, while f must be a StructField
// describing the field to retrieve. If addr is false,
// then the returned value will be shallowed copied to be non-addressable.
func retrieveUnexportedField(v reflect.Value, f reflect.StructField, addr bool) reflect.Value { … }