SVG rendering ignores xml:space="preserve" attribute for text

Source/core/css/svg.css

 /*
  * The default style sheet used to render SVG.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Apple Computer, Inc.  All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
  * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
  * are met:
  * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
  *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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 */
 
 svg:not(:root), symbol, image, marker, pattern, foreignObject {
     overflow: hidden
 }
 
 text, foreignObject {
     display: block
 }
 
-text, tspan, textPath {
+text {
    white-space: nowrap
 }
 
+tspan, textPath {
+   white-space: inherit
+}
+
 /* states */
 
 :focus {
     outline: auto 5px -webkit-focus-ring-color
 }
 
 /* CSS transform specification: "transform-origin 0 0 for SVG elements without associated CSS layout box, 50% 50% for all other elements". */
  
 * {
     -webkit-transform-origin: 0 0;
 }
 
 html|* > svg {
     -webkit-transform-origin: 50% 50%;
 }