Remove early NaN/Infinity check in MathPowStub.

src/runtime.cc

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   CONVERT_DOUBLE_ARG_CHECKED(x, 0);
 
   // If the second argument is a smi, it is much faster to call the
   // custom powi() function than the generic pow().
   if (args[1]->IsSmi()) {
     int y = args.smi_at(1);
     return isolate->heap()->NumberFromDouble(power_double_int(x, y));
   }
 
   CONVERT_DOUBLE_ARG_CHECKED(y, 1);
+  // Returning a smi would not confuse crankshaft as this part of code is only
+  // run if SSE2 was not available, in which case crankshaft is disabled.
+  if (y == 0) return Smi::FromInt(1);  // Returns 1 if exponent is 0.
   return isolate->heap()->AllocateHeapNumber(power_double_double(x, y));
 }
 
 // Fast version of Math.pow if we know that y is not an integer and
 // y is not -0.5 or 0.5. Used as slowcase from codegen.
 RUNTIME_FUNCTION(MaybeObject*, Runtime_Math_pow_cfunction) {
   NoHandleAllocation ha;
   ASSERT(args.length() == 2);
   CONVERT_DOUBLE_ARG_CHECKED(x, 0);
   CONVERT_DOUBLE_ARG_CHECKED(y, 1);
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   } else {
     // Handle last resort GC and make sure to allow future allocations
     // to grow the heap without causing GCs (if possible).
     isolate->counters()->gc_last_resort_from_js()->Increment();
     isolate->heap()->CollectAllGarbage(Heap::kNoGCFlags);
   }
 }
 
 
 } }  // namespace v8::internal