Allow collection of DOM objects in minor GC cycles.

src/global-handles.h

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   int NumberOfGlobalHandles() {
     return number_of_global_handles_;
   }
 
   // Clear the weakness of a global handle.
   void ClearWeakness(Object** location);
 
   // Clear the weakness of a global handle.
   void MarkIndependent(Object** location);
 
+  // Mark the reference to this object externaly unreachable.
+  void MarkPartiallyDependent(Object** location);
+
   static bool IsIndependent(Object** location);
 
   // Tells whether global handle is near death.
   static bool IsNearDeath(Object** location);
 
   // Tells whether global handle is weak.
   static bool IsWeak(Object** location);
 
   // Process pending weak handles.
   // Returns true if next major GC is likely to collect more garbage.
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   void IdentifyWeakHandles(WeakSlotCallback f);
 
   // NOTE: Three ...NewSpace... functions below are used during
   // scavenge collections and iterate over sets of handles that are
   // guaranteed to contain all handles holding new space objects (but
   // may also include old space objects).
 
   // Iterates over strong and dependent handles. See the node above.
   void IterateNewSpaceStrongAndDependentRoots(ObjectVisitor* v);
 
-  // Finds weak independent handles satisfying the callback predicate
-  // and marks them as pending. See the note above.
+  // Finds weak independent or partially independent handles satisfying
+  // the callback predicate and marks them as pending. See the note above.
   void IdentifyNewSpaceWeakIndependentHandles(WeakSlotCallbackWithHeap f);
 
-  // Iterates over weak independent handles. See the note above.
+  // Iterates over weak independent or partially independent handles.
+  // See the note above.
   void IterateNewSpaceWeakIndependentRoots(ObjectVisitor* v);
 
   // Add an object group.
   // Should be only used in GC callback function before a collection.
-  // All groups are destroyed after a mark-compact collection.
+  // All groups are destroyed after a garbage collection.
   void AddObjectGroup(Object*** handles,
                       size_t length,
                       v8::RetainedObjectInfo* info);
 
   // Add an implicit references' group.
   // Should be only used in GC callback function before a collection.
   // All groups are destroyed after a mark-compact collection.
   void AddImplicitReferences(HeapObject** parent,
                              Object*** children,
                              size_t length);
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   friend class Isolate;
 
   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(GlobalHandles);
 };
 
 
 } }  // namespace v8::internal
 
 #endif  // V8_GLOBAL_HANDLES_H_