Reduce boot-up memory use of V8.

src/heap.cc

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     int map_space_size,
     int cell_space_size,
     int large_object_size) {
   NewSpace* new_space = Heap::new_space();
   PagedSpace* old_pointer_space = Heap::old_pointer_space();
   PagedSpace* old_data_space = Heap::old_data_space();
   PagedSpace* code_space = Heap::code_space();
   PagedSpace* map_space = Heap::map_space();
   PagedSpace* cell_space = Heap::cell_space();
   LargeObjectSpace* lo_space = Heap::lo_space();
+  bool one_old_space_gc_has_been_performed = false;
   bool gc_performed = true;
+  bool old_space_gc_performed;
   while (gc_performed) {
+    old_space_gc_performed = false;
     gc_performed = false;
     if (!new_space->ReserveSpace(new_space_size)) {
       Heap::CollectGarbage(NEW_SPACE);
       gc_performed = true;
     }
     if (!old_pointer_space->ReserveSpace(pointer_space_size)) {
       Heap::CollectGarbage(OLD_POINTER_SPACE);
       gc_performed = true;
+      old_space_gc_performed = true;
     }
     if (!(old_data_space->ReserveSpace(data_space_size))) {
       Heap::CollectGarbage(OLD_DATA_SPACE);
       gc_performed = true;
+      old_space_gc_performed = true;
     }
     if (!(code_space->ReserveSpace(code_space_size))) {
       Heap::CollectGarbage(CODE_SPACE);
       gc_performed = true;
+      old_space_gc_performed = true;
     }
     if (!(map_space->ReserveSpace(map_space_size))) {
       Heap::CollectGarbage(MAP_SPACE);
       gc_performed = true;
+      old_space_gc_performed = true;
     }
     if (!(cell_space->ReserveSpace(cell_space_size))) {
       Heap::CollectGarbage(CELL_SPACE);
       gc_performed = true;
+      old_space_gc_performed = true;
     }
     // We add a slack-factor of 2 in order to have space for a series of
     // large-object allocations that are only just larger than the page size.
     large_object_size *= 2;
     // The ReserveSpace method on the large object space checks how much
     // we can expand the old generation.  This includes expansion caused by
     // allocation in the other spaces.
     large_object_size += cell_space_size + map_space_size + code_space_size +
         data_space_size + pointer_space_size;
-    if (!(lo_space->ReserveSpace(large_object_size))) {
+
+    // If we already did one GC in order to make space in old space, there is
+    // no sense in doing another one.  We will attempt to force through the
+    // large object space allocation, which comes directly from the OS,
+    // regardless of any soft limit.
+    if (!one_old_space_gc_has_been_performed &&
+        !(lo_space->ReserveSpace(large_object_size))) {
       Heap::CollectGarbage(LO_SPACE);
       gc_performed = true;
     }
+    if (old_space_gc_performed) one_old_space_gc_has_been_performed = true;
   }
 }
 
 
 void Heap::EnsureFromSpaceIsCommitted() {
   if (new_space_.CommitFromSpaceIfNeeded()) return;
 
   // Committing memory to from space failed.
   // Try shrinking and try again.
   Shrink();
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   isolate_->heap()->store_buffer()->Compact();
   isolate_->heap()->store_buffer()->Filter(MemoryChunk::ABOUT_TO_BE_FREED);
   for (chunk = chunks_queued_for_free_; chunk != NULL; chunk = next) {
     next = chunk->next_chunk();
     isolate_->memory_allocator()->Free(chunk);
   }
   chunks_queued_for_free_ = NULL;
 }
 
 } }  // namespace v8::internal