Reviewers: jarin,

Description:
Remove unnecessary NoBarrier_load instructions in store buffer.

There are no stale store buffer pointers anymore. The sweeper thread can not be
in conflict with store buffer processing.

BUG=

Please review this at https://codereview.chromium.org/993983002/

Base URL: https://chromium.googlesource.com/v8/v8.git@master

Affected files (+6, -8 lines):
  M src/heap/store-buffer.cc


Index: src/heap/store-buffer.cc
diff --git a/src/heap/store-buffer.cc b/src/heap/store-buffer.cc
index 7de8632b2ec71636f08ca6bb6470fbfd0c9f77e1..9c3c12c08d83751860a961732695deaeec41b5de 100644
--- a/src/heap/store-buffer.cc
+++ b/src/heap/store-buffer.cc
@@ -350,8 +350,7 @@ void StoreBuffer::VerifyPointers(LargeObjectSpace* space) {
         // When we are not in GC the Heap::InNewSpace() predicate
         // checks that pointers which satisfy predicate point into
         // the active semispace.
-        Object* object = reinterpret_cast<Object*>(
- base::NoBarrier_Load(reinterpret_cast<base::AtomicWord*>(slot)));
+        Object* object = *slot;
         heap_->InNewSpace(object);
         slot_address += kPointerSize;
       }
@@ -382,8 +381,7 @@ void StoreBuffer::ProcessOldToNewSlot(Address slot_address,
                                       ObjectSlotCallback slot_callback,
                                       bool clear_maps) {
   Object** slot = reinterpret_cast<Object**>(slot_address);
-  Object* object = reinterpret_cast<Object*>(
-      base::NoBarrier_Load(reinterpret_cast<base::AtomicWord*>(slot)));
+  Object* object = *slot;

// If the object is not in from space, it must be a duplicate store buffer
   // entry and the slot was already updated.
@@ -394,8 +392,7 @@ void StoreBuffer::ProcessOldToNewSlot(Address slot_address,
     // pointer. Clear the map field now lazily (during full GC).
     if (clear_maps) ClearDeadObject(heap_object);
     slot_callback(reinterpret_cast<HeapObject**>(slot), heap_object);
-    object = reinterpret_cast<Object*>(
-        base::NoBarrier_Load(reinterpret_cast<base::AtomicWord*>(slot)));
+    object = *slot;
     // If the object was in from space before and is after executing the
     // callback in to space, the object is still live.
     // Unfortunately, we do not know about the slot. It could be in a
@@ -440,6 +437,8 @@ void StoreBuffer::ClearInvalidStoreBufferEntries() {
   for (Address* current = old_start_; current < old_top_; current++) {
     Address addr = *current;
     Object** slot = reinterpret_cast<Object**>(*current);
+    // Use a NoBarrier_Load here since the slot can be in a dead object
+    // which may be touched by the concurrent sweeper thread.
     Object* object = reinterpret_cast<Object*>(
         base::NoBarrier_Load(reinterpret_cast<base::AtomicWord*>(slot)));
     if (heap_->InNewSpace(object)) {
@@ -467,8 +466,7 @@ void StoreBuffer::ClearInvalidStoreBufferEntries() {
 void StoreBuffer::VerifyValidStoreBufferEntries() {
   for (Address* current = old_start_; current < old_top_; current++) {
     Object** slot = reinterpret_cast<Object**>(*current);
-    Object* object = reinterpret_cast<Object*>(
-        base::NoBarrier_Load(reinterpret_cast<base::AtomicWord*>(slot)));
+    Object* object = *slot;
     CHECK(heap_->InNewSpace(object));
     heap_->mark_compact_collector()->VerifyIsSlotInLiveObject(
         reinterpret_cast<HeapObject**>(slot),


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