Merge pull request #24390 from smarterclayton/byte_slice

Automatic merge from submit-queue

Default conversion for byte slices is incorrect

Nil slices are getting allocated, which is incorrect and changes
behavior in some cases.

   []byte(nil) -> []byte(nil)

@wojtek-t

pkg/conversion/converter.go

@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ func (c *Converter) DefaultMeta(t reflect.Type) (FieldMatchingFlags, *Meta) {
 
 // Convert_Slice_byte_To_Slice_byte prevents recursing into every byte
 func Convert_Slice_byte_To_Slice_byte(in *[]byte, out *[]byte, s Scope) error {
+	if *in == nil {
+		*out = nil
+		return nil
+	}
 	*out = make([]byte, len(*in))
 	copy(*out, *in)
 	return nil