Assert helper threads do not (yet) attempt to access the "current zone".

runtime/vm/base_isolate.h

 // Copyright (c) 2012, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
 // for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
 // BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #ifndef VM_BASE_ISOLATE_H_
 #define VM_BASE_ISOLATE_H_
 
 #include "platform/assert.h"
 #include "vm/globals.h"
 
 namespace dart {
 
 class HandleScope;
 class StackResource;
 class Zone;
 
 // A BaseIsolate contains just enough functionality to allocate
 // StackResources.  This allows us to inline the StackResource
 // constructor/destructor for performance.
 class BaseIsolate {
  public:
   StackResource* top_resource() const { return top_resource_; }
   void set_top_resource(StackResource* value) { top_resource_ = value; }
   static intptr_t top_resource_offset() {
     return OFFSET_OF(BaseIsolate, top_resource_);
   }
 
   // DEPRECATED: Use Thread::current_zone.
-  Zone* current_zone() const { return current_zone_; }
+  Zone* current_zone() const {
+    AssertCurrentThreadIsMutator();
+    return current_zone_;
+  }
   void set_current_zone(Zone* zone) { current_zone_ = zone; }
+#if defined(DEBUG)
+  void AssertCurrentThreadIsMutator() const;
+#else
+  void AssertCurrentThreadIsMutator() const {}
+#endif  // DEBUG
 
   HandleScope* top_handle_scope() const {
 #if defined(DEBUG)
     return top_handle_scope_;
 #else
     return 0;
 #endif
   }
 
   void set_top_handle_scope(HandleScope* handle_scope) {
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 #endif
   int32_t no_callback_scope_depth_;
 
  private:
   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(BaseIsolate);
 };
 
 }  // namespace dart
 
 #endif  // VM_BASE_ISOLATE_H_