Avoid incremental marking write-barrier when constructing descriptor arrays.

src/heap.cc

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   // cannot be constructed without having these properties.  Guard by
   // the inline_new flag so we only change the map if we generate a
   // specialized construct stub.
   ASSERT(in_object_properties <= Map::kMaxPreAllocatedPropertyFields);
   if (fun->shared()->CanGenerateInlineConstructor(prototype)) {
     int count = fun->shared()->this_property_assignments_count();
     if (count > in_object_properties) {
       // Inline constructor can only handle inobject properties.
       fun->shared()->ForbidInlineConstructor();
     } else {
-      Object* descriptors_obj;
+      DescriptorArray* descriptors;
       { MaybeObject* maybe_descriptors_obj = DescriptorArray::Allocate(count);
-        if (!maybe_descriptors_obj->ToObject(&descriptors_obj)) {
+        if (!maybe_descriptors_obj->To<DescriptorArray>(&descriptors)) {
           return maybe_descriptors_obj;
         }
       }
-      DescriptorArray* descriptors = DescriptorArray::cast(descriptors_obj);
+      DescriptorArray::WhitenessWitness witness(descriptors);
       for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
         String* name = fun->shared()->GetThisPropertyAssignmentName(i);
         ASSERT(name->IsSymbol());
         FieldDescriptor field(name, i, NONE);
         field.SetEnumerationIndex(i);
-        descriptors->Set(i, &field);
+        descriptors->Set(i, &field, witness);
       }
       descriptors->SetNextEnumerationIndex(count);
-      descriptors->SortUnchecked();
+      descriptors->SortUnchecked(witness);
 
       // The descriptors may contain duplicates because the compiler does not
       // guarantee the uniqueness of property names (it would have required
       // quadratic time). Once the descriptors are sorted we can check for
       // duplicates in linear time.
       if (HasDuplicates(descriptors)) {
         fun->shared()->ForbidInlineConstructor();
       } else {
         map->set_instance_descriptors(descriptors);
         map->set_pre_allocated_property_fields(count);
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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