The detailed heap snapshot generator was slightly adjusted for tracking sliced strings.

test/cctest/test-heap-profiler.cc

 // Copyright 2011 the V8 project authors. All rights reserved.
 //
 // Tests for heap profiler
 
 #include "v8.h"
 
 #include "cctest.h"
 #include "heap-profiler.h"
 #include "snapshot.h"
 #include "utils-inl.h"
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   const v8::HeapSnapshot* snapshot =
       v8::HeapProfiler::TakeSnapshot(v8_str("numbers"));
   const v8::HeapGraphNode* global = GetGlobalObject(snapshot);
   CHECK_EQ(NULL, GetProperty(global, v8::HeapGraphEdge::kShortcut, "a"));
   const v8::HeapGraphNode* b =
       GetProperty(global, v8::HeapGraphEdge::kShortcut, "b");
   CHECK_NE(NULL, b);
   CHECK_EQ(v8::HeapGraphNode::kHeapNumber, b->GetType());
 }
 
+TEST(HeapSnapshotSlicedString) {
+  v8::HandleScope scope;
+  LocalContext env;
+  CompileRun(
+      "parent_string = \"123456789.123456789.123456789.123456789.123456789."
+      "123456789.123456789.123456789.123456789.123456789."
+      "123456789.123456789.123456789.123456789.123456789."
+      "123456789.123456789.123456789.123456789.123456789.\";"
+      "child_string = parent_string.slice(100);");
+  const v8::HeapSnapshot* snapshot =
+      v8::HeapProfiler::TakeSnapshot(v8_str("strings"));
+  const v8::HeapGraphNode* global = GetGlobalObject(snapshot);
+  const v8::HeapGraphNode* parent_string =
+      GetProperty(global, v8::HeapGraphEdge::kShortcut, "parent_string");
+  CHECK_NE(NULL, parent_string);
+  const v8::HeapGraphNode* child_string =
+      GetProperty(global, v8::HeapGraphEdge::kShortcut, "child_string");
+  CHECK_NE(NULL, child_string);
+  const v8::HeapGraphNode* parent =
+      GetProperty(child_string, v8::HeapGraphEdge::kInternal, "parent");
+  CHECK_EQ(parent_string, parent);
+}
 
 TEST(HeapSnapshotInternalReferences) {
   v8::HandleScope scope;
   v8::Local<v8::ObjectTemplate> global_template = v8::ObjectTemplate::New();
   global_template->SetInternalFieldCount(2);
   LocalContext env(NULL, global_template);
   v8::Handle<v8::Object> global_proxy = env->Global();
   v8::Handle<v8::Object> global = global_proxy->GetPrototype().As<v8::Object>();
   CHECK_EQ(2, global->InternalFieldCount());
   v8::Local<v8::Object> obj = v8::Object::New();
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       "Constructor4", i::V8HeapExplorer::GetConstructorName(*js_obj4)));
   v8::Local<v8::Object> obj5 = js_global->Get(v8_str("obj5")).As<v8::Object>();
   i::Handle<i::JSObject> js_obj5 = v8::Utils::OpenHandle(*obj5);
   CHECK_EQ(0, StringCmp(
       "Object", i::V8HeapExplorer::GetConstructorName(*js_obj5)));
   v8::Local<v8::Object> obj6 = js_global->Get(v8_str("obj6")).As<v8::Object>();
   i::Handle<i::JSObject> js_obj6 = v8::Utils::OpenHandle(*obj6);
   CHECK_EQ(0, StringCmp(
       "Object", i::V8HeapExplorer::GetConstructorName(*js_obj6)));
 }