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If `--max-old-space-size` is passed on the command line, it takes
precedence over `resourceLimits.maxOldSpaceSizeMb` passed to the worker
thread. IMO this is a bug, but seems unlikely to change(?), so let's
start by documenting it. See the attached issue for more details.

Refs: #43991
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kvakil committed Jul 26, 2022
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are passed in `workerData`, a `transferList` is required for those
items or [`ERR_MISSING_MESSAGE_PORT_IN_TRANSFER_LIST`][] is thrown.
See [`port.postMessage()`][] for more information.
* `resourceLimits` {Object} An optional set of resource limits for the new
JS engine instance. Reaching these limits leads to termination of the
`Worker` instance. These limits only affect the JS engine, and no external
data, including no `ArrayBuffer`s. Even if these limits are set, the process
may still abort if it encounters a global out-of-memory situation.
* `resourceLimits` {Object} An optional set of resource limits for the new JS
engine instance. Reaching these limits leads to termination of the `Worker`
instance. These limits only affect the JS engine, and no external data,
including no `ArrayBuffer`s. Even if these limits are set, the process may
still abort if it encounters a global out-of-memory situation. These
limits can be overriden by V8 arguments passed to the main thread. In
particular, [`--max-old-space-size`][] overrides `maxOldGenerationSizeMb`
and [`--max-semi-space-size`][] overrides `maxYoungGenerationSizeMb` for
all created threads.
* `maxOldGenerationSizeMb` {number} The maximum size of the main heap in MB.
* `maxYoungGenerationSizeMb` {number} The maximum size of a heap space for
recently created objects.
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[`'close'` event]: #event-close
[`'exit'` event]: #event-exit
[`'online'` event]: #event-online
[`--max-old-space-size`]: cli.md#--max-old-space-sizesize-in-megabytes
[`--max-semi-space-size`]: cli.md#--max-semi-space-sizesize-in-megabytes
[`ArrayBuffer`]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/ArrayBuffer
[`AsyncResource`]: async_hooks.md#class-asyncresource
[`Buffer.allocUnsafe()`]: buffer.md#static-method-bufferallocunsafesize
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