Optimize call sites that only ever have a single elements transition

src/ic.cc

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   // Don't handle megamorphic property accesses for INTERCEPTORS or CALLBACKS
   // via megamorphic stubs, since they don't have a map in their relocation info
   // and so the stubs can't be harvested for the object needed for a map check.
   if (target()->type() != NORMAL) {
     TRACE_GENERIC_IC("KeyedIC", "non-NORMAL target type");
     return generic_stub;
   }
 
   bool monomorphic = false;
+  bool maybe_monomorphic = false;
   MapHandleList target_receiver_maps;
   if (ic_state != UNINITIALIZED && ic_state != PREMONOMORPHIC) {
     GetReceiverMapsForStub(Handle<Code>(target()), &target_receiver_maps);
   }
   if (!IsTransitionStubKind(stub_kind)) {
     if (ic_state == UNINITIALIZED || ic_state == PREMONOMORPHIC) {
       monomorphic = true;
     } else {
       if (ic_state == MONOMORPHIC) {
         // The first time a receiver is seen that is a transitioned version of
         // the previous monomorphic receiver type, assume the new ElementsKind
         // is the monomorphic type. This benefits global arrays that only
         // transition once, and all call sites accessing them are faster if they
         // remain monomorphic. If this optimistic assumption is not true, the IC
         // will miss again and it will become polymorphic and support both the
         // untransitioned and transitioned maps.
         monomorphic = IsMoreGeneralElementsKindTransition(
             target_receiver_maps.at(0)->elements_kind(),
             receiver->GetElementsKind());
       }
     }
+  } else {
+    if (ic_state == UNINITIALIZED || ic_state == PREMONOMORPHIC) {
+      maybe_monomorphic = true;
+    }
   }
 
   if (monomorphic) {
     return ComputeMonomorphicStub(
         receiver, stub_kind, strict_mode, generic_stub);
   }
   ASSERT(target() != *generic_stub);
 
   // Determine the list of receiver maps that this call site has seen,
   // adding the map that was just encountered.
   Handle<Map> receiver_map(receiver->map());
   bool map_added =
+      maybe_monomorphic ? false :
       AddOneReceiverMapIfMissing(&target_receiver_maps, receiver_map);
   if (IsTransitionStubKind(stub_kind)) {
     Handle<Map> new_map = ComputeTransitionedMap(receiver, stub_kind);
     map_added |= AddOneReceiverMapIfMissing(&target_receiver_maps, new_map);
   }
   if (!map_added) {
     // If the miss wasn't due to an unseen map, a polymorphic stub
     // won't help, use the generic stub.
     TRACE_GENERIC_IC("KeyedIC", "same map added twice");
     return generic_stub;
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 #undef ADDR
 };
 
 
 Address IC::AddressFromUtilityId(IC::UtilityId id) {
   return IC_utilities[id];
 }
 
 
 } }  // namespace v8::internal