Stores to external references don't need write barriers.

src/ia32/lithium-codegen-ia32.cc

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 }
 
 
 void LCodeGen::DoStoreNamedField(LStoreNamedField* instr) {
   Representation representation = instr->representation();
 
   HObjectAccess access = instr->hydrogen()->access();
   int offset = access.offset();
 
   if (access.IsExternalMemory()) {
+    ASSERT(!instr->hydrogen()->NeedsWriteBarrier());

[mvstanton, 2013/07/31 13:37:47]

This assert should be in the other platforms too.

[Michael Starzinger, 2013/07/31 13:40:19]

nit: Can we add the same assert to the x64 port as well?

[Benedikt Meurer, 2013/07/31 13:45:39]

Done.

     MemOperand operand = instr->object()->IsConstantOperand()
         ? MemOperand::StaticVariable(
             ToExternalReference(LConstantOperand::cast(instr->object())))
         : MemOperand(ToRegister(instr->object()), offset);
     if (instr->value()->IsConstantOperand()) {
       LConstantOperand* operand_value = LConstantOperand::cast(instr->value());
       __ mov(operand, Immediate(ToInteger32(operand_value)));
     } else {
       Register value = ToRegister(instr->value());
       __ mov(operand, value);
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                               FixedArray::kHeaderSize - kPointerSize));
   __ bind(&done);
 }
 
 
 #undef __
 
 } }  // namespace v8::internal
 
 #endif  // V8_TARGET_ARCH_IA32