The deferred handes list belongs to the Isolate and not to the

src/handles.h

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 //
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   // Closes the given scope, but lets this handle escape. See
   // implementation in api.h.
   inline Handle<T> EscapeFrom(v8::HandleScope* scope);
 
  private:
   T** location_;
 };
 
 
+class DeferredHandles;
 class HandleScopeImplementer;
 
 
 // A stack-allocated class that governs a number of local handles.
 // After a handle scope has been created, all local handles will be
 // allocated within that handle scope until either the handle scope is
 // deleted or another handle scope is created.  If there is already a
 // handle scope and a new one is created, all allocations will take
 // place in the new handle scope until it is deleted.  After that,
 // new handles will again be allocated in the original handle scope.
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   Isolate* isolate_;
   Object** prev_next_;
   Object** prev_limit_;
 
   // Extend the handle scope making room for more handles.
   static internal::Object** Extend();
 
   // Zaps the handles in the half-open interval [start, end).
   static void ZapRange(internal::Object** start, internal::Object** end);
 
+  friend class v8::internal::DeferredHandles;
   friend class v8::HandleScope;
   friend class v8::internal::HandleScopeImplementer;
   friend class v8::ImplementationUtilities;
+  friend class v8::internal::Isolate;
 };
 
 
 class DeferredHandles;
 
 
 class DeferredHandleScope {
  public:
   explicit DeferredHandleScope(Isolate* isolate);
   // The DeferredHandles object returned stores the Handles created
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   inline NoHandleAllocation();
   inline ~NoHandleAllocation();
  private:
   int level_;
 #endif
 };
 
 } }  // namespace v8::internal
 
 #endif  // V8_HANDLES_H_