Experimental: a quick hack to allow different live values to flow down...

src/register-allocator-ia32.h

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   // Record that a register will no longer be used by decrementing its
   // reference count.
   void Unuse(Register reg) {
     ASSERT(is_used(reg.code()));
     if (is_used(reg.code())) {
       ref_counts_[reg.code()]--;
     }
   }
 
+  // Copy the reference counts from this register file to the other.
+  void CopyTo(RegisterFile* other);
+
   static const int kNumRegisters = 8;
 
  private:
   int ref_counts_[kNumRegisters];
 };
 
 
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Register allocator
 //
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   void Use(Register reg) { registers_.Use(reg); }
 
   // Explicitly record that a register will no longer be used.
   void Unuse(Register reg) { registers_.Unuse(reg); }
 
   // Initialize the register allocator for entry to a JS function.  On
   // entry, esp, ebp, esi, and edi are externally referenced (ie, outside
   // the virtual frame); and the other registers are free.
   void Initialize();
 
+  // Reset the register reference counts to free all non-reserved registers.
+  // A frame-external reference is kept to each of the reserved registers
+  // (esp, ebp, and esi).
+  void Reset();
+
   // Allocate a free register and return a register result if possible or
   // fail and return an invalid result.
   Result Allocate();
 
   // Allocate a specific register if possible, spilling it from the frame if
   // necessary, or else fail and return an invalid result.
   Result Allocate(Register target);
 
   // Allocate a free register without spilling any from the current frame or
   // fail and return an invalid result.
   Result AllocateWithoutSpilling();
 
+  // Copy the internal state to a register file, to be restored later by
+  // RestoreFrom.
+  void SaveTo(RegisterFile* register_file) {
+    registers_.CopyTo(register_file);
+  }
+
+  void RestoreFrom(RegisterFile* register_file) {
+    register_file->CopyTo(&registers_);
+  }
+
  private:
   CodeGenerator* cgen_;
   RegisterFile registers_;
 };
 
 } }  // namespace v8::internal
 
 #endif  // V8_REGISTER_ALLOCATOR_IA32_H_