gdb: pass frames as `const frame_info_ptr &`

We currently pass frames to function by value, as `frame_info_ptr`.
This is somewhat expensive:

 - the size of `frame_info_ptr` is 64 bytes, which is a bit big to pass
   by value
 - the constructors and destructor link/unlink the object in the global
   `frame_info_ptr::frame_list` list.  This is an `intrusive_list`, so
   it's not so bad: it's just assigning a few points, there's no memory
   allocation as if it was `std::list`, but still it's useless to do
   that over and over.

As suggested by Tom Tromey, change many function signatures to accept
`const frame_info_ptr &` instead of `frame_info_ptr`.

Some functions reassign their `frame_info_ptr` parameter, like:

  void
  the_func (frame_info_ptr frame)
  {
    for (; frame != nullptr; frame = get_prev_frame (frame))
      {
        ...
      }
  }

I wondered what to do about them, do I leave them as-is or change them
(and need to introduce a separate local variable that can be
re-assigned).  I opted for the later for consistency.  It might not be
clear why some functions take `const frame_info_ptr &` while others take
`frame_info_ptr`.  Also, if a function took a `frame_info_ptr` because
it did re-assign its parameter, I doubt that we would think to change it
to `const frame_info_ptr &` should the implementation change such that
it doesn't need to take `frame_info_ptr` anymore.  It seems better to
have a simple rule and apply it everywhere.

Change-Id: I59d10addef687d157f82ccf4d54f5dde9a963fd0
Approved-By: Andrew Burgess <aburgess@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/gdb/mips-sde-tdep.c b/gdb/mips-sde-tdep.c
index e54440e..7b36789 100644
--- a/gdb/mips-sde-tdep.c
+++ b/gdb/mips-sde-tdep.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
    in the SDE frame unwinder.  */
 
 static struct trad_frame_cache *
-mips_sde_frame_cache (frame_info_ptr this_frame, void **this_cache)
+mips_sde_frame_cache (const frame_info_ptr &this_frame, void **this_cache)
 {
   struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_frame_arch (this_frame);
   const struct mips_regnum *regs = mips_regnum (gdbarch);
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ mips_sde_frame_cache (frame_info_ptr this_frame, void **this_cache)
 /* Implement the this_id function for the SDE frame unwinder.  */
 
 static void
-mips_sde_frame_this_id (frame_info_ptr this_frame, void **this_cache,
+mips_sde_frame_this_id (const frame_info_ptr &this_frame, void **this_cache,
 			struct frame_id *this_id)
 {
   struct trad_frame_cache *this_trad_cache
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ mips_sde_frame_this_id (frame_info_ptr this_frame, void **this_cache,
 /* Implement the prev_register function for the SDE frame unwinder.  */
 
 static struct value *
-mips_sde_frame_prev_register (frame_info_ptr this_frame,
+mips_sde_frame_prev_register (const frame_info_ptr &this_frame,
 			      void **this_cache,
 			      int prev_regnum)
 {
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ mips_sde_frame_prev_register (frame_info_ptr this_frame,
 
 static int
 mips_sde_frame_sniffer (const struct frame_unwind *self,
-			frame_info_ptr this_frame,
+			const frame_info_ptr &this_frame,
 			void **this_cache)
 {
   CORE_ADDR pc = get_frame_pc (this_frame);
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static const struct frame_unwind mips_sde_frame_unwind =
    for the normal unwinder.  */
 
 static CORE_ADDR
-mips_sde_frame_base_address (frame_info_ptr this_frame, void **this_cache)
+mips_sde_frame_base_address (const frame_info_ptr &this_frame, void **this_cache)
 {
   struct trad_frame_cache *this_trad_cache
     = mips_sde_frame_cache (this_frame, this_cache);
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ static const struct frame_base mips_sde_frame_base =
 };
 
 static const struct frame_base *
-mips_sde_frame_base_sniffer (frame_info_ptr this_frame)
+mips_sde_frame_base_sniffer (const frame_info_ptr &this_frame)
 {
   if (mips_sde_frame_sniffer (&mips_sde_frame_unwind, this_frame, NULL))
     return &mips_sde_frame_base;