From 7b3743d8dde740f7e7da0038fc18bde4ea78ccbd 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 8f861f930ec89b..2c4f956ff684a9 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.