This patch makes functions take vec_perm_indices by reference rather than value, since a later patch will turn vec_perm_indices into a class that would be more expensive to copy.
2017-12-06 Richard Sandiford <richard.sandif...@linaro.org> gcc/ * fold-const.c (fold_vec_perm): Take a const vec_perm_indices & instead of vec_perm_indices. * tree-vectorizer.h (vect_gen_perm_mask_any): Likewise, (vect_gen_perm_mask_checked): Likewise, * tree-vect-stmts.c (vect_gen_perm_mask_any): Likewise, (vect_gen_perm_mask_checked): Likewise, Index: gcc/fold-const.c =================================================================== --- gcc/fold-const.c 2017-12-09 22:47:11.840391388 +0000 +++ gcc/fold-const.c 2017-12-09 22:47:19.119312754 +0000 @@ -8801,7 +8801,7 @@ vec_cst_ctor_to_array (tree arg, unsigne NULL_TREE otherwise. */ static tree -fold_vec_perm (tree type, tree arg0, tree arg1, vec_perm_indices sel) +fold_vec_perm (tree type, tree arg0, tree arg1, const vec_perm_indices &sel) { unsigned int i; bool need_ctor = false; Index: gcc/tree-vectorizer.h =================================================================== --- gcc/tree-vectorizer.h 2017-12-09 22:47:11.840391388 +0000 +++ gcc/tree-vectorizer.h 2017-12-09 22:47:19.120312754 +0000 @@ -1204,8 +1204,8 @@ extern void vect_get_load_cost (struct d extern void vect_get_store_cost (struct data_reference *, int, unsigned int *, stmt_vector_for_cost *); extern bool vect_supportable_shift (enum tree_code, tree); -extern tree vect_gen_perm_mask_any (tree, vec_perm_indices); -extern tree vect_gen_perm_mask_checked (tree, vec_perm_indices); +extern tree vect_gen_perm_mask_any (tree, const vec_perm_indices &); +extern tree vect_gen_perm_mask_checked (tree, const vec_perm_indices &); extern void optimize_mask_stores (struct loop*); /* In tree-vect-data-refs.c. */ Index: gcc/tree-vect-stmts.c =================================================================== --- gcc/tree-vect-stmts.c 2017-12-09 22:47:11.840391388 +0000 +++ gcc/tree-vect-stmts.c 2017-12-09 22:47:19.119312754 +0000 @@ -6506,7 +6506,7 @@ vectorizable_store (gimple *stmt, gimple vect_gen_perm_mask_checked. */ tree -vect_gen_perm_mask_any (tree vectype, vec_perm_indices sel) +vect_gen_perm_mask_any (tree vectype, const vec_perm_indices &sel) { tree mask_elt_type, mask_type; @@ -6527,7 +6527,7 @@ vect_gen_perm_mask_any (tree vectype, ve i.e. that the target supports the pattern _for arbitrary input vectors_. */ tree -vect_gen_perm_mask_checked (tree vectype, vec_perm_indices sel) +vect_gen_perm_mask_checked (tree vectype, const vec_perm_indices &sel) { gcc_assert (can_vec_perm_p (TYPE_MODE (vectype), false, &sel)); return vect_gen_perm_mask_any (vectype, sel);