No longer any need to delete the line box tree on our own.

Source/core/layout/LayoutMultiColumnFlowThread.cpp

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     ASSERT(!previousSibling());
     ASSERT(!nextSibling());
 
     // Finally we can promote all flow thread's children. Before we move them to the flow thread's
     // container, we need to unregister the flow thread, so that they aren't just re-added again to
     // the flow thread that we're trying to empty.
     multicolContainer->resetMultiColumnFlowThread();
     moveAllChildrenTo(multicolContainer, true);
 
-    // FIXME: it's scary that neither destroy() nor the move*Children* methods take care of this,
-    // and instead leave you with dangling root line box pointers. But since this is how it is done
-    // in other parts of the code that deal with reparenting layoutObjects, let's do the cleanup on our
-    // own here as well.
-    deleteLineBoxTree();

[leviw_travelin_and_unemployed, 2015/09/11 15:38:39]

Perhaps assert !firstLineBox?

[mstensho (USE GERRIT), 2015/09/11 18:03:49]

And readers of the code will go "huh?", but I can add a comment too. :)

Done.

-
     destroy();
 }
 
 LayoutSize LayoutMultiColumnFlowThread::columnOffset(const LayoutPoint& point) const
 {
     if (!hasValidColumnSetInfo())
         return LayoutSize(0, 0);
 
     LayoutPoint flowThreadPoint = flipForWritingMode(point);
     LayoutUnit blockOffset = isHorizontalWritingMode() ? flowThreadPoint.y() : flowThreadPoint.x();
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     if (LayoutMultiColumnSet* multicolSet = columnSetAtBlockOffset(offset)) {
         multicolSet->addContentRun(offset);
         if (offsetBreakAdjustment)
             *offsetBreakAdjustment = pageLogicalHeightForOffset(offset) ? pageRemainingLogicalHeightForOffset(offset, AssociateWithFormerPage) : LayoutUnit();
         return true;
     }
     return false;
 }
 
 }