Ensure strings are never externalized as a side-effect of doing a GC.

src/heap.cc

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@@ skipping 89 matching lines @@
       linear_allocation_scope_depth_(0),
       contexts_disposed_(0),
       new_space_(this),
       old_pointer_space_(NULL),
       old_data_space_(NULL),
       code_space_(NULL),
       map_space_(NULL),
       cell_space_(NULL),
       lo_space_(NULL),
       gc_state_(NOT_IN_GC),
+      gc_post_process_count_(0),
       mc_count_(0),
       ms_count_(0),
       gc_count_(0),
       unflattened_strings_length_(0),
 #ifdef DEBUG
       allocation_allowed_(true),
       allocation_timeout_(0),
       disallow_allocation_failure_(false),
       debug_utils_(NULL),
 #endif  // DEBUG
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     old_gen_exhausted_ = false;
   } else {
     tracer_ = tracer;
     Scavenge();
     tracer_ = NULL;
 
     UpdateSurvivalRateTrend(start_new_space_size);
   }
 
   isolate_->counters()->objs_since_last_young()->Set(0);
-
+  
+  gc_post_process_count_++;
   { DisableAssertNoAllocation allow_allocation;
     GCTracer::Scope scope(tracer, GCTracer::Scope::EXTERNAL);
     next_gc_likely_to_collect_more =
         isolate_->global_handles()->PostGarbageCollectionProcessing(collector);
   }
+  gc_post_process_count_--;
 
   // Update relocatables.
   Relocatable::PostGarbageCollectionProcessing();
 
   if (collector == MARK_COMPACTOR) {
     // Register the amount of external allocated memory.
     amount_of_external_allocated_memory_at_last_global_gc_ =
         amount_of_external_allocated_memory_;
   }
 
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 }
 
 
 void ExternalStringTable::TearDown() {
   new_space_strings_.Free();
   old_space_strings_.Free();
 }
 
 
 } }  // namespace v8::internal