devlink: pass param values by pointer

union devlink_param_value grows substantially once U64 array
parameters are added to devlink (from 32 bytes to over 264 bytes).
devlink_nl_param_value_fill_one() and devlink_nl_param_value_put()
copy the union by value in several places. Passing two instances as
value arguments alone consumes over 528 bytes of stack; combined with
deeper call chains the parameter stack can approach 800 bytes and trip
CONFIG_FRAME_WARN more easily.

Switch internal helpers and exported driver APIs to pass pointers to
union devlink_param_value rather than passing the union by value.

Reviewed-by: Petr Machata <petrm@nvidia.com> # for mlxsw
Acked-by: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Arthur Kiyanovski <akiyano@amazon.com> #for ena
Signed-off-by: Ratheesh Kannoth <rkannoth@marvell.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260521095303.2395584-4-rkannoth@marvell.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

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