The snapshot buffer was being released too early resulting in weird crashes.

runtime/bin/gen_snapshot.cc

Index: runtime/bin/gen_snapshot.cc
===================================================================
--- runtime/bin/gen_snapshot.cc	(revision 13746)
+++ runtime/bin/gen_snapshot.cc	(working copy)
@@ -357,7 +357,6 @@
                                                 snapshot_buffer,
                                                 NULL,
                                                 &error);
-      free(snapshot_buffer);
       if (isolate == NULL) {
         fprintf(stderr, "%s", error);
         free(error);

[Ivan Posva, 2012/10/18 05:45:52]

"Leaking" the snapshot_buffer here.

[siva, 2012/10/18 17:55:43]

Fixing in a new CL.

On 2012/10/18 05:45:52, Ivan Posva wrote:

@@ -384,6 +383,8 @@
 
       // Now create and write snapshot of script.
       CreateAndWriteSnapshot(true);
+
+      free(snapshot_buffer);
     }
   } else {
     SetupForGenericSnapshotCreation();