Link function contexts directly to the previous context.

src/ia32/code-stubs-ia32.cc

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   Factory* factory = masm->isolate()->factory();
   __ mov(FieldOperand(eax, HeapObject::kMapOffset),
          factory->function_context_map());
   __ mov(FieldOperand(eax, Context::kLengthOffset),
          Immediate(Smi::FromInt(length)));
 
   // Setup the fixed slots.
   __ Set(ebx, Immediate(0));  // Set to NULL.
   __ mov(Operand(eax, Context::SlotOffset(Context::CLOSURE_INDEX)), ecx);
   __ mov(Operand(eax, Context::SlotOffset(Context::FCONTEXT_INDEX)), eax);
-  __ mov(Operand(eax, Context::SlotOffset(Context::PREVIOUS_INDEX)), ebx);
+  __ mov(Operand(eax, Context::SlotOffset(Context::PREVIOUS_INDEX)), esi);
   __ mov(Operand(eax, Context::SlotOffset(Context::EXTENSION_INDEX)), ebx);
 
-  // Copy the global object from the surrounding context. We go through the
-  // context in the function (ecx) to match the allocation behavior we have
-  // in the runtime system (see Heap::AllocateFunctionContext).
-  __ mov(ebx, FieldOperand(ecx, JSFunction::kContextOffset));
-  __ mov(ebx, Operand(ebx, Context::SlotOffset(Context::GLOBAL_INDEX)));
+  // Copy the global object from the previous context.
+  __ mov(ebx, Operand(esi, Context::SlotOffset(Context::GLOBAL_INDEX)));
   __ mov(Operand(eax, Context::SlotOffset(Context::GLOBAL_INDEX)), ebx);
 
   // Initialize the rest of the slots to undefined.
   __ mov(ebx, factory->undefined_value());
   for (int i = Context::MIN_CONTEXT_SLOTS; i < length; i++) {
     __ mov(Operand(eax, Context::SlotOffset(i)), ebx);
   }
 
   // Return and remove the on-stack parameter.
   __ mov(esi, Operand(eax));
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   __ Drop(1);
   __ ret(2 * kPointerSize);
 }
 
 
 #undef __
 
 } }  // namespace v8::internal
 
 #endif  // V8_TARGET_ARCH_IA32