arch: Use const StaticInstPtr references where possible

This patch optimises the passing of StaticInstPtr by avoiding copying
the reference-counting pointer. This avoids first incrementing and
then decrementing the reference-counting pointer.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/arch/arm/stacktrace.hh b/src/arch/arm/stacktrace.hh
index f88ed352b..b0a4a8adc 100644
--- a/src/arch/arm/stacktrace.hh
+++ b/src/arch/arm/stacktrace.hh
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class StackTrace
 
   public:
     StackTrace();
-    StackTrace(ThreadContext *tc, StaticInstPtr inst);
+    StackTrace(ThreadContext *tc, const StaticInstPtr &inst);
     ~StackTrace();
 
     void clear()
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class StackTrace
     }
 
     bool valid() const { return tc != NULL; }
-    bool trace(ThreadContext *tc, StaticInstPtr inst);
+    bool trace(ThreadContext *tc, const StaticInstPtr &inst);
 
   public:
     const std::vector<Addr> &getstack() const { return stack; }
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class StackTrace
 };
 
 inline bool
-StackTrace::trace(ThreadContext *tc, StaticInstPtr inst)
+StackTrace::trace(ThreadContext *tc, const StaticInstPtr &inst)
 {
     if (!inst->isCall() && !inst->isReturn())
         return false;