Adds a special case for sending an int over a port with the native API.

runtime/vm/message.h

 // Copyright (c) 2011, 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_MESSAGE_H_
 #define VM_MESSAGE_H_
 
 #include "platform/assert.h"
 #include "vm/allocation.h"
 #include "vm/globals.h"
+#include "vm/raw_object.h"
 
 // Duplicated from dart_api.h to avoid including the whole header.
 typedef int64_t Dart_Port;
 
 namespace dart {
 
 class JSONStream;
 
 class Message {
  public:
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           Dart_Port delivery_failure_port = kIllegalPort)
       : next_(NULL),
         dest_port_(dest_port),
         delivery_failure_port_(delivery_failure_port),
         data_(data),
         len_(len),
         priority_(priority) {
     ASSERT((priority == kNormalPriority) ||
            (delivery_failure_port == kIllegalPort));
   }
+
+  // Message objects can also carry RawObject pointers for Smis and objects in
+  // the VM heap. This is indicated by setting the len_ field to 0.
+  Message(Dart_Port dest_port,
+          RawObject* raw_obj,
+          Priority priority,
+          Dart_Port delivery_failure_port = kIllegalPort)
+      : next_(NULL),
+        dest_port_(dest_port),
+        delivery_failure_port_(delivery_failure_port),
+        data_(reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(raw_obj)),
+        len_(0),
+        priority_(priority) {
+    ASSERT(!raw_obj->IsHeapObject() || raw_obj->IsVMHeapObject());
+    ASSERT((priority == kNormalPriority) ||
+           (delivery_failure_port == kIllegalPort));
+  }
   ~Message() {
     ASSERT(delivery_failure_port_ == kIllegalPort);
-    free(data_);
+    if (len_ > 0) {
+      free(data_);
+    }
   }
 
   Dart_Port dest_port() const { return dest_port_; }
-  uint8_t* data() const { return data_; }
-  intptr_t len() const { return len_; }
+  uint8_t* data() const {
+    ASSERT(len_ > 0);
+    return data_;
+  }
+  intptr_t len() const {
+    return len_;
+  }
+  RawObject* raw_obj() const {
+    ASSERT(len_ == 0);
+    return reinterpret_cast<RawObject*>(data_);
+  }
   Priority priority() const { return priority_; }
 
   bool IsOOB() const { return priority_ == Message::kOOBPriority; }
+  bool IsRaw() const { return len_ == 0; }
 
   bool RedirectToDeliveryFailurePort();
 
   intptr_t Id() const;
 
   static const char* PriorityAsString(Priority priority);
 
  private:
   friend class MessageQueue;
 
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  private:
   Message* head_;
   Message* tail_;
 
   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(MessageQueue);
 };
 
 }  // namespace dart
 
 #endif  // VM_MESSAGE_H_