This unblocks new feature work that require this operation from C++,
whilst the porting to C++ is underway.

Bug: v8:5751
Cq-Include-Trybots: luci.v8.try:v8_linux_noi18n_rel_ng
Change-Id: Icb7f05bbea42ecfa1abc3cefb6d1bf8542ed921b
Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/1127082
Commit-Queue: Sathya Gunasekaran <gsathya@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Camillo Bruni <cbruni@chromium.org>
Cr-Commit-Position: refs/heads/master@{#54265}