Collects unused maps that are only kept alive by map transitions....

src/objects.h

Index: src/objects.h
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--- src/objects.h	(revision 596)
+++ src/objects.h	(working copy)
@@ -1041,7 +1041,11 @@
   // object is overflowed (ie, partially restore the map pointer).
   inline void ClearOverflow();
 
-  static inline Object* GetHeapObjectField(HeapObject* obj, int index);
+  // Returns the field at offset in obj, as a read/write Object* reference.
+  // Does no checking, and is safe to use during GC, while maps are invalid.
+  // Does not update remembered sets, so should only be assigned to
+  // during marking GC.
+  static inline Object* &RawField(HeapObject* obj, int offset);
 
   // Casting.
   static inline HeapObject* cast(Object* obj);
@@ -2421,6 +2425,17 @@
   // Removes a code object from the code cache at the given index.
   void RemoveFromCodeCache(int index);
 
+  // For every transition in this map, makes the transition's
+  // target's prototype pointer point back to this map.
+  // This is undone in MarkCompactCollector::ClearNonLiveTransitions().
+  void CreateBackPointers();
+
+  // Set all map transitions from this map to dead maps to null.
+  // Also, restore the original prototype on the targets of these
+  // transitions, so that we do not process this map again while
+  // following back pointers.
+  void ClearNonLiveTransitions(Object* real_prototype);
+
   // Dispatched behavior.
   void MapIterateBody(ObjectVisitor* v);
 #ifdef DEBUG
@@ -2805,7 +2820,7 @@
   // [builtins]: the object holding the runtime routines written in JS.
   DECL_ACCESSORS(builtins, JSBuiltinsObject)
 
-  // [global context]: the global context corresponding to this global objet.
+  // [global context]: the global context corresponding to this global object.
   DECL_ACCESSORS(global_context, Context)
 
   // [global receiver]: the global receiver object of the context