Link function contexts directly to the previous context.

src/arm/code-stubs-arm.cc

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   // Setup the object header.
   __ LoadRoot(r2, Heap::kFunctionContextMapRootIndex);
   __ str(r2, FieldMemOperand(r0, HeapObject::kMapOffset));
   __ mov(r2, Operand(Smi::FromInt(length)));
   __ str(r2, FieldMemOperand(r0, FixedArray::kLengthOffset));
 
   // Setup the fixed slots.
   __ mov(r1, Operand(Smi::FromInt(0)));
   __ str(r3, MemOperand(r0, Context::SlotOffset(Context::CLOSURE_INDEX)));
   __ str(r0, MemOperand(r0, Context::SlotOffset(Context::FCONTEXT_INDEX)));
-  __ str(r1, MemOperand(r0, Context::SlotOffset(Context::PREVIOUS_INDEX)));
+  __ str(cp, MemOperand(r0, Context::SlotOffset(Context::PREVIOUS_INDEX)));
   __ str(r1, MemOperand(r0, Context::SlotOffset(Context::EXTENSION_INDEX)));
 
-  // Copy the global object from the surrounding context.
+  // Copy the global object from the previous context.
   __ ldr(r1, MemOperand(cp, Context::SlotOffset(Context::GLOBAL_INDEX)));
   __ str(r1, MemOperand(r0, Context::SlotOffset(Context::GLOBAL_INDEX)));
 
   // Initialize the rest of the slots to undefined.
   __ LoadRoot(r1, Heap::kUndefinedValueRootIndex);
   for (int i = Context::MIN_CONTEXT_SLOTS; i < length; i++) {
     __ str(r1, MemOperand(r0, Context::SlotOffset(i)));
   }
 
   // Remove the on-stack argument and return.
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   __ mov(result, Operand(0));
   __ Ret();
 }
 
 
 #undef __
 
 } }  // namespace v8::internal
 
 #endif  // V8_TARGET_ARCH_ARM