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, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/gdb/sparc64-tdep.c b/gdb/sparc64-tdep.c
index 39ad976..8a90dd0 100644
--- a/gdb/sparc64-tdep.c
+++ b/gdb/sparc64-tdep.c
@@ -1063,13 +1063,13 @@ sparc64_skip_prologue (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, CORE_ADDR start_pc)
 /* Normal frames.  */
 
 static struct sparc_frame_cache *
-sparc64_frame_cache (frame_info_ptr this_frame, void **this_cache)
+sparc64_frame_cache (const frame_info_ptr &this_frame, void **this_cache)
 {
   return sparc_frame_cache (this_frame, this_cache);
 }
 
 static void
-sparc64_frame_this_id (frame_info_ptr this_frame, void **this_cache,
+sparc64_frame_this_id (const frame_info_ptr &this_frame, void **this_cache,
 		       struct frame_id *this_id)
 {
   struct sparc_frame_cache *cache =
@@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@ sparc64_frame_this_id (frame_info_ptr this_frame, void **this_cache,
 }
 
 static struct value *
-sparc64_frame_prev_register (frame_info_ptr this_frame, void **this_cache,
+sparc64_frame_prev_register (const frame_info_ptr &this_frame, void **this_cache,
 			     int regnum)
 {
   struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_frame_arch (this_frame);
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ static const struct frame_unwind sparc64_frame_unwind =
 
 
 static CORE_ADDR
-sparc64_frame_base_address (frame_info_ptr this_frame, void **this_cache)
+sparc64_frame_base_address (const frame_info_ptr &this_frame, void **this_cache)
 {
   struct sparc_frame_cache *cache =
     sparc64_frame_cache (this_frame, this_cache);
@@ -1766,7 +1766,7 @@ sparc64_return_value (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct value *function,
 static void
 sparc64_dwarf2_frame_init_reg (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, int regnum,
 			       struct dwarf2_frame_state_reg *reg,
-			       frame_info_ptr this_frame)
+			       const frame_info_ptr &this_frame)
 {
   switch (regnum)
     {