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8b3136bd30refactor: replace CNode pointers by references within net_processing.{h,cpp} (Sebastian Falbesoner) Pull request description: This PR is inspired by a [recent code review comment](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/19010#discussion_r426954791) on a PR that introduced new functions to the net_processing module. The point of the discussion was basically that whenever we pass something not by value (in the concrete example it was about `CNode*` and `CConnman*`) we should either use * a pointer (```CType*```) with null pointer check or * a reference (```CType&```) To keep things simple, this PR for a first approach * only tackles `CNode*` pointers * only within the net_processing module, i.e. no changes that would need adaption in other modules * keeps the names of the variables as they are I'm aware that PRs like this are kind of a PITA to review, but I think the code quality would increase if we get rid of pointers without nullptr check -- bloating up the code by adding all the missing checks would be the worse alternative, in my opinion. Possible follow-up PRs, in case this is received well: * replace CNode pointers by references for net module * replace CConnman pointers by references for net_processing module * ... ACKs for top commit: MarcoFalke: ACK8b3136bd30🔻 practicalswift: ACK8b3136bd30Tree-SHA512: 15b6a569ecdcb39341002b9f4e09b38ed4df077e3a3a50dfb1b72d98bdc9f9769c7c504f106456aa7748af8591af7bb836b72d46086df715ab116e4ac3224b3b