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, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/gdb/rs6000-aix-tdep.c b/gdb/rs6000-aix-tdep.c
index 6fdbf63..db76af6 100644
--- a/gdb/rs6000-aix-tdep.c
+++ b/gdb/rs6000-aix-tdep.c
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ static const struct regset rs6000_aix_vsxregset = {
 };
 
 static struct trad_frame_cache *
-aix_sighandle_frame_cache (frame_info_ptr this_frame,
+aix_sighandle_frame_cache (const frame_info_ptr &this_frame,
 			   void **this_cache)
 {
   LONGEST backchain;
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ aix_sighandle_frame_cache (frame_info_ptr this_frame,
 }
 
 static void
-aix_sighandle_frame_this_id (frame_info_ptr this_frame,
+aix_sighandle_frame_this_id (const frame_info_ptr &this_frame,
 			     void **this_prologue_cache,
 			     struct frame_id *this_id)
 {
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ aix_sighandle_frame_this_id (frame_info_ptr this_frame,
 }
 
 static struct value *
-aix_sighandle_frame_prev_register (frame_info_ptr this_frame,
+aix_sighandle_frame_prev_register (const frame_info_ptr &this_frame,
 				   void **this_prologue_cache, int regnum)
 {
   struct trad_frame_cache *this_trad_cache
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ aix_sighandle_frame_prev_register (frame_info_ptr this_frame,
 
 static int
 aix_sighandle_frame_sniffer (const struct frame_unwind *self,
-			     frame_info_ptr this_frame,
+			     const frame_info_ptr &this_frame,
 			     void **this_prologue_cache)
 {
   CORE_ADDR pc = get_frame_pc (this_frame);