Add a second kind of HandleScope that ties the lifetime of Handles created in its scope to the life…

src/api.cc

Index: src/api.cc
diff --git a/src/api.cc b/src/api.cc
index e3596bef7a2f06e65e3383946d8f459aaf6f7046..376b29616b8b59fa02d391e153c680ed618ed062 100644
--- a/src/api.cc
+++ b/src/api.cc
@@ -6385,12 +6385,28 @@ char* HandleScopeImplementer::RestoreThread(char* storage) {
 
 
 void HandleScopeImplementer::IterateThis(ObjectVisitor* v) {
+#ifdef DEBUG
+  bool found_block_before_deferred = false;
+#endif
   // Iterate over all handles in the blocks except for the last.
   for (int i = blocks()->length() - 2; i >= 0; --i) {
     Object** block = blocks()->at(i);
-    v->VisitPointers(block, &block[kHandleBlockSize]);
+    if (last_handle_before_deferred_block_ != NULL &&
+        (last_handle_before_deferred_block_ < &block[kHandleBlockSize]) &&
+        (last_handle_before_deferred_block_ >= block)) {
+      v->VisitPointers(block, last_handle_before_deferred_block_);
+      ASSERT(!found_block_before_deferred);
+#ifdef DEBUG
+      found_block_before_deferred = true;
+#endif
+    } else {
+      v->VisitPointers(block, &block[kHandleBlockSize]);
+    }
   }
 
+  ASSERT(last_handle_before_deferred_block_ == NULL ||
+         found_block_before_deferred);
+
   // Iterate over live handles in the last block (if any).
   if (!blocks()->is_empty()) {
     v->VisitPointers(blocks()->last(), handle_scope_data_.next);
@@ -6400,6 +6416,12 @@ void HandleScopeImplementer::IterateThis(ObjectVisitor* v) {
     Object** start = reinterpret_cast<Object**>(&saved_contexts_.first());
     v->VisitPointers(start, start + saved_contexts_.length());
   }
+
+  for (DeferredHandles* deferred = deferred_handles_head_;
+       deferred != NULL;
+       deferred = deferred->next_) {
+    deferred->Iterate(v);
+  }
 }
 
 
@@ -6418,4 +6440,75 @@ char* HandleScopeImplementer::Iterate(ObjectVisitor* v, char* storage) {
   return storage + ArchiveSpacePerThread();
 }
 
+
+DeferredHandles* HandleScopeImplementer::Detach(Object** prev_limit) {
+  DeferredHandles* deferred = new DeferredHandles(
+      deferred_handles_head_, isolate()->handle_scope_data()->next, this);
+
+  while (!blocks_.is_empty()) {
+    Object** block_start = blocks_.last();
+    Object** block_limit = &block_start[kHandleBlockSize];
+    // We should not need to check for NoHandleAllocation here. Assert
+    // this.
+    ASSERT(prev_limit == block_limit ||
+           !(block_start <= prev_limit && prev_limit <= block_limit));
+    if (prev_limit == block_limit) break;
+    deferred->blocks_.Add(blocks_.last());
+    blocks_.RemoveLast();
+  }
+
+  ASSERT(!blocks_.is_empty() && prev_limit != NULL);
+  deferred_handles_head_ = deferred;
+  ASSERT(last_handle_before_deferred_block_ != NULL);
+  last_handle_before_deferred_block_ = NULL;
+  return deferred;
+}
+
+
+void HandleScopeImplementer::DestroyDeferredHandles(DeferredHandles* deferred) {
+  if (deferred_handles_head_ == deferred) {
+    deferred_handles_head_ = deferred_handles_head_->next_;
+  }
+  if (deferred->next_ != NULL) {
+    deferred->next_->previous_ = deferred->previous_;
+  }
+  if (deferred->previous_ != NULL) {
+    deferred->previous_->next_ = deferred->next_;
+  }
+  for (int i = 0; i < deferred->blocks_.length(); i++) {
+#ifdef DEBUG
+    HandleScope::ZapRange(deferred->blocks_[i],
+                          &deferred->blocks_[i][kHandleBlockSize]);
+#endif
+    if (spare_ != NULL) DeleteArray(spare_);
+    spare_ = deferred->blocks_[i];
+  }
+}
+
+
+void HandleScopeImplementer::BeginDeferredScope() {
+  ASSERT(last_handle_before_deferred_block_ == NULL);
+  last_handle_before_deferred_block_ = isolate()->handle_scope_data()->next;
+}
+
+
+DeferredHandles::~DeferredHandles() {
+  impl_->DestroyDeferredHandles(this);
+}
+
+
+void DeferredHandles::Iterate(ObjectVisitor* v) {
+  ASSERT(!blocks_.is_empty());
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < (blocks_.length() - 1); i++) {
+    v->VisitPointers(blocks_[i], &blocks_[i][kHandleBlockSize]);
+  }
+
+  ASSERT((last_block_limit_ >= blocks_.last()) &&
+         (last_block_limit_ < &(blocks_.last())[kHandleBlockSize]));
+
+  v->VisitPointers(blocks_.last(), last_block_limit_);
+}
+
+
 } }  // namespace v8::internal