msftbot[bot] 7e252d4d58 Refactoring with .NET 5 Unsafe APIs (#3510)
## Close #3509 
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## PR Type
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- Refactoring (no functional changes, no api changes)
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## What is the current behavior?
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There are a number of usages of `Unsafe.AsRef<T>(null)` and similar that are verbose.

## What is the new behavior?
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These occurrences are replaced using the new `Unsafe.NullRef<T>()` and `Unsafe.IsNullRef<T>(...)` APIs.

## Notes

Leaving this as draft as the new `System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe` package is still in release candidate.

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- [X] Contains **NO** breaking changes
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