Allow main thread to contribute to the sweeping phase.

src/spaces.cc

 // Copyright 2011 the V8 project authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #include "src/v8.h"
 
 #include "src/base/platform/platform.h"
 #include "src/full-codegen.h"
 #include "src/macro-assembler.h"
 #include "src/mark-compact.h"
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     int remaining =
         static_cast<int>(allocation_info_.limit() - allocation_info_.top());
     heap()->CreateFillerObjectAt(allocation_info_.top(), remaining);
 
     allocation_info_.set_top(NULL);
     allocation_info_.set_limit(NULL);
   }
 }
 
 
-HeapObject* PagedSpace::WaitForSweeperThreadsAndRetryAllocation(
+HeapObject* PagedSpace::EnsureSweepingProgress(
     int size_in_bytes) {
   MarkCompactCollector* collector = heap()->mark_compact_collector();
 
-  // If sweeper threads are still running, wait for them.
   if (collector->IsConcurrentSweepingInProgress(this)) {
+    // If sweeping is still in progress try to sweep pages on the main thread.
+    int free_chunk =
+        collector->SweepInParallel(this, size_in_bytes);
+    if (free_chunk >= size_in_bytes) {
+      HeapObject* object = free_list_.Allocate(size_in_bytes);
+      // We should be able to allocate an object here since we just freed that
+      // much memory.
+      ASSERT(object != NULL);
+      if (object != NULL) return object;
+    }
+
+    // Wait for the sweeper threads here and complete the sweeping phase.
     collector->WaitUntilSweepingCompleted();
 
     // After waiting for the sweeper threads, there may be new free-list
     // entries.
     return free_list_.Allocate(size_in_bytes);
   }
   return NULL;
 }
 
 
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     if (object != NULL) return object;
   }
 
   // Free list allocation failed and there is no next page.  Fail if we have
   // hit the old generation size limit that should cause a garbage
   // collection.
   if (!heap()->always_allocate()
       && heap()->OldGenerationAllocationLimitReached()) {
     // If sweeper threads are active, wait for them at that point and steal
     // elements form their free-lists.
-    HeapObject* object = WaitForSweeperThreadsAndRetryAllocation(size_in_bytes);
+    HeapObject* object = EnsureSweepingProgress(size_in_bytes);
     if (object != NULL) return object;
   }
 
   // Try to expand the space and allocate in the new next page.
   if (Expand()) {
     ASSERT(CountTotalPages() > 1 || size_in_bytes <= free_list_.available());
     return free_list_.Allocate(size_in_bytes);
   }
 
   // If sweeper threads are active, wait for them at that point and steal
   // elements form their free-lists. Allocation may still fail their which
   // would indicate that there is not enough memory for the given allocation.
-  return WaitForSweeperThreadsAndRetryAllocation(size_in_bytes);
+  return EnsureSweepingProgress(size_in_bytes);
 }
 
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
 void PagedSpace::ReportCodeStatistics(Isolate* isolate) {
   CommentStatistic* comments_statistics =
       isolate->paged_space_comments_statistics();
   ReportCodeKindStatistics(isolate->code_kind_statistics());
   PrintF("Code comment statistics (\"   [ comment-txt   :    size/   "
          "count  (average)\"):\n");
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     object->ShortPrint();
     PrintF("\n");
   }
   printf(" --------------------------------------\n");
   printf(" Marked: %x, LiveCount: %x\n", mark_size, LiveBytes());
 }
 
 #endif  // DEBUG
 
 } }  // namespace v8::internal