From 77cfcba7c8cf1e48107deceb1082b1b130d5cfda Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Pooja D.P" Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2020 18:49:33 +0400 Subject: [PATCH] doc: modified memory set statement set size PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/35517 Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen Reviewed-By: Rich Trott Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil --- doc/api/v8.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/api/v8.md b/doc/api/v8.md index 41c4b81f56fa75..2dff776ecc55e5 100644 --- a/doc/api/v8.md +++ b/doc/api/v8.md @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ Returns an object with the following properties: `does_zap_garbage` is a 0/1 boolean, which signifies whether the `--zap_code_space` option is enabled or not. This makes V8 overwrite heap -garbage with a bit pattern. The RSS footprint (resident memory set) gets bigger +garbage with a bit pattern. The RSS footprint (resident set size) gets bigger because it continuously touches all heap pages and that makes them less likely to get swapped out by the operating system.