From 03254b0bb679ae8db75c3b2bef64f27d80776c7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Garcia Orozco, David" <david.garcia.orozco@intel.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2025 12:55:32 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [SYCL] Use `auto &` to avoid a string copy (Coverity hit fix)

---
 sycl/source/detail/jit_compiler.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/jit_compiler.cpp b/sycl/source/detail/jit_compiler.cpp
index 3b9441455f295..ec4d4b20763d8 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/jit_compiler.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/jit_compiler.cpp
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ jit_compiler::fuseKernels(QueueImplPtr Queue,
     assert(KernelCmd->isFusable());
     auto *KernelCG = static_cast<CGExecKernel *>(&CG);
 
-    auto KernelName = KernelCG->MKernelName;
+    auto &KernelName = KernelCG->MKernelName;
     if (KernelName.empty()) {
       printPerformanceWarning(
           "Cannot fuse kernel with invalid kernel function name");