Speed up cloning objects by avoiding a write barrier check.

src/heap.cc

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 MaybeObject* Heap::CopyJSObject(JSObject* source) {
   // Never used to copy functions.  If functions need to be copied we
   // have to be careful to clear the literals array.
   SLOW_ASSERT(!source->IsJSFunction());
 
   // Make the clone.
   Map* map = source->map();
   int object_size = map->instance_size();
   Object* clone;
 
+  WriteBarrierMode wb_mode = UPDATE_WRITE_BARRIER;
+
   // If we're forced to always allocate, we use the general allocation
   // functions which may leave us with an object in old space.
   if (always_allocate()) {
     { MaybeObject* maybe_clone =
           AllocateRaw(object_size, NEW_SPACE, OLD_POINTER_SPACE);
       if (!maybe_clone->ToObject(&clone)) return maybe_clone;
     }
     Address clone_address = HeapObject::cast(clone)->address();
     CopyBlock(clone_address,
               source->address(),
               object_size);
     // Update write barrier for all fields that lie beyond the header.
     RecordWrites(clone_address,
                  JSObject::kHeaderSize,
                  (object_size - JSObject::kHeaderSize) / kPointerSize);
   } else {
+    wb_mode = SKIP_WRITE_BARRIER;
     { MaybeObject* maybe_clone = new_space_.AllocateRaw(object_size);
       if (!maybe_clone->ToObject(&clone)) return maybe_clone;
     }
     SLOW_ASSERT(InNewSpace(clone));
     // Since we know the clone is allocated in new space, we can copy
     // the contents without worrying about updating the write barrier.
     CopyBlock(HeapObject::cast(clone)->address(),
               source->address(),
               object_size);
   }
 
   SLOW_ASSERT(
       JSObject::cast(clone)->GetElementsKind() == source->GetElementsKind());
   FixedArrayBase* elements = FixedArrayBase::cast(source->elements());
   FixedArray* properties = FixedArray::cast(source->properties());
   // Update elements if necessary.
   if (elements->length() > 0) {
     Object* elem;
     { MaybeObject* maybe_elem;
       if (elements->map() == fixed_cow_array_map()) {
         maybe_elem = FixedArray::cast(elements);
       } else if (source->HasFastDoubleElements()) {
         maybe_elem = CopyFixedDoubleArray(FixedDoubleArray::cast(elements));
       } else {
         maybe_elem = CopyFixedArray(FixedArray::cast(elements));
       }
       if (!maybe_elem->ToObject(&elem)) return maybe_elem;
     }
-    JSObject::cast(clone)->set_elements(FixedArrayBase::cast(elem));
+    JSObject::cast(clone)->set_elements(FixedArrayBase::cast(elem), wb_mode);
   }
   // Update properties if necessary.
   if (properties->length() > 0) {
     Object* prop;
     { MaybeObject* maybe_prop = CopyFixedArray(properties);
       if (!maybe_prop->ToObject(&prop)) return maybe_prop;
     }
-    JSObject::cast(clone)->set_properties(FixedArray::cast(prop));
+    JSObject::cast(clone)->set_properties(FixedArray::cast(prop), wb_mode);
   }
   // Return the new clone.
   return clone;
 }
 
 
 MaybeObject* Heap::ReinitializeJSReceiver(
     JSReceiver* object, InstanceType type, int size) {
   ASSERT(type >= FIRST_JS_OBJECT_TYPE);
 
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   isolate_->heap()->store_buffer()->Compact();
   isolate_->heap()->store_buffer()->Filter(MemoryChunk::ABOUT_TO_BE_FREED);
   for (chunk = chunks_queued_for_free_; chunk != NULL; chunk = next) {
     next = chunk->next_chunk();
     isolate_->memory_allocator()->Free(chunk);
   }
   chunks_queued_for_free_ = NULL;
 }
 
 } }  // namespace v8::internal