Use atomic operation to read the length of a fixed array.

src/heap/heap.h

 // Copyright 2012 the V8 project authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #ifndef V8_HEAP_HEAP_H_
 #define V8_HEAP_HEAP_H_
 
 #include <cmath>
 
 #include "src/allocation.h"
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   // Finalizes an external string by deleting the associated external
   // data and clearing the resource pointer.
   inline void FinalizeExternalString(String* string);
 
   // Initialize a filler object to keep the ability to iterate over the heap
   // when introducing gaps within pages.
   void CreateFillerObjectAt(Address addr, int size);
 
   bool CanMoveObjectStart(HeapObject* object);
 
-  // Indicates whether live bytes adjustment is triggered from within the GC
-  // code or from mutator code.
-  enum InvocationMode { FROM_GC, FROM_MUTATOR };
+  // Indicates whether live bytes adjustment is triggered
+  // - from within the GC code before sweeping started (SWEEPING_IS_OFF),
+  // - or from within GC (SWEEPING_STARTED),
+  // - or mutator code (SWEEPING_STARTED).
+  enum InvocationMode { SWEEPING_IS_OFF, SWEEPING_STARTED };

[Hannes Payer (out of office), 2015/03/26 16:27:24]

Can we call it SEQUENTIAL_TO_SWEEPER and CONCURRENT_TO_SWEEPER.

 
   // Maintain consistency of live bytes during incremental marking.
   void AdjustLiveBytes(Address address, int by, InvocationMode mode);
 
   // Trim the given array from the left. Note that this relocates the object
   // start and hence is only valid if there is only a single reference to it.
   FixedArrayBase* LeftTrimFixedArray(FixedArrayBase* obj, int elements_to_trim);
 
   // Trim the given array from the right.
   template<Heap::InvocationMode mode>
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   DisallowHeapAllocation no_allocation;  // i.e. no gc allowed.
 
  private:
   DISALLOW_IMPLICIT_CONSTRUCTORS(PathTracer);
 };
 #endif  // DEBUG
 }
 }  // namespace v8::internal
 
 #endif  // V8_HEAP_HEAP_H_