diff --git a/src/bailout-reason.cc b/src/bailout-reason.cc
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+// Copyright 2014 the V8 project authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#include "src/bailout-reason.h"
+#include "src/base/logging.h"
+
+namespace v8 {
+namespace internal {
+
+const char* GetBailoutReason(BailoutReason reason) {
+  DCHECK(reason < kLastErrorMessage);
+#define ERROR_MESSAGES_TEXTS(C, T) T,
+  static const char* error_messages_[] = {
+      ERROR_MESSAGES_LIST(ERROR_MESSAGES_TEXTS)};
+#undef ERROR_MESSAGES_TEXTS
+  return error_messages_[reason];
+}
+}
+}  // namespace v8::internal