Allow partial scanning of large arrays in order to avoid

src/spaces.cc

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   for (uintptr_t key = base; key <= limit; key++) {
     HashMap::Entry* entry = chunk_map_.Lookup(reinterpret_cast<void*>(key),
                                               static_cast<uint32_t>(key),
                                               true);
     ASSERT(entry != NULL);
     entry->value = page;
   }
 
   HeapObject* object = page->GetObject();
 
-#ifdef DEBUG
-  // Make the object consistent so the heap can be vefified in OldSpaceStep.
+  // Make the object consistent so the large object space can be traversed.
   reinterpret_cast<Object**>(object->address())[0] =
       heap()->fixed_array_map();
   reinterpret_cast<Object**>(object->address())[1] = Smi::FromInt(0);
-#endif
 
   heap()->incremental_marking()->OldSpaceStep(object_size);
   return object;
 }
 
 
 // GC support
 MaybeObject* LargeObjectSpace::FindObject(Address a) {
   LargePage* page = FindPage(a);
   if (page != NULL) {
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     object->ShortPrint();
     PrintF("\n");
   }
   printf(" --------------------------------------\n");
   printf(" Marked: %x, LiveCount: %x\n", mark_size, LiveBytes());
 }
 
 #endif  // DEBUG
 
 } }  // namespace v8::internal