Use a separate marker value to allocate the arguments object on deoptimzation...

src/heap.h

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   V(Code, js_entry_code, JsEntryCode)                                          \
   V(Code, js_construct_entry_code, JsConstructEntryCode)                       \
   V(Code, c_entry_code, CEntryCode)                                            \
   V(FixedArray, number_string_cache, NumberStringCache)                        \
   V(FixedArray, single_character_string_cache, SingleCharacterStringCache)     \
   V(FixedArray, natives_source_cache, NativesSourceCache)                      \
   V(Object, last_script_id, LastScriptId)                                      \
   V(Script, empty_script, EmptyScript)                                         \
   V(Smi, real_stack_limit, RealStackLimit)                                     \
   V(StringDictionary, intrinsic_function_names, IntrinsicFunctionNames)        \
+  V(Object, arguments_marker, ArgumentsMarker)

[Kevin Millikin (Chromium), 2011/01/06 14:00:47]

I guess this list is unordered, but it makes sense to put all the oddballs
together.

[fschneider, 2011/01/06 16:22:49]

Done.

 
 #if V8_TARGET_ARCH_ARM && !V8_INTERPRETED_REGEXP
 #define STRONG_ROOT_LIST(V)                                                    \
   UNCONDITIONAL_STRONG_ROOT_LIST(V)                                            \
   V(Code, re_c_entry_code, RegExpCEntryCode)
 #else
 #define STRONG_ROOT_LIST(V) UNCONDITIONAL_STRONG_ROOT_LIST(V)
 #endif
 
 #define ROOT_LIST(V)                                  \
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   // Return whether this object should be retained. If NULL is returned the
   // object has no references. Otherwise the address of the retained object
   // should be returned as in some GC situations the object has been moved.
   virtual Object* RetainAs(Object* object) = 0;
 };
 
 
 } }  // namespace v8::internal
 
 #endif  // V8_HEAP_H_