Index: include/v8.h |
diff --git a/include/v8.h b/include/v8.h |
index 52b6192b87643bec0a0abff62dac9864da01baf7..049a7f3e14010b2dc212077d59b2afc6880bebb6 100644 |
--- a/include/v8.h |
+++ b/include/v8.h |
@@ -3453,10 +3453,20 @@ enum class ArrayBufferCreationMode { kInternalized, kExternalized }; |
class V8_EXPORT ArrayBuffer : public Object { |
public: |
/** |
- * Allocator that V8 uses to allocate |ArrayBuffer|'s memory. |
+ * A thread-safe allocator that V8 uses to allocate |ArrayBuffer|'s memory. |
* The allocator is a global V8 setting. It has to be set via |
* Isolate::CreateParams. |
* |
+ * Memory allocated through this allocator by V8 is accounted for as external |
+ * memory by V8. Note that V8 keeps track of the memory for all internalized |
+ * |ArrayBuffer|s. Responsibility for tracking external memory (using |
+ * Isolate::AdjustAmountOfExternalAllocatedMemory) is handed over to the |
+ * embedder upon externalization and taken over upon internalization (creating |
+ * an internalized buffer from an existing buffer). |
+ * |
+ * Note that it is unsafe to call back into V8 from any of the allocator |
+ * functions. |
+ * |
* This API is experimental and may change significantly. |
*/ |
class V8_EXPORT Allocator { // NOLINT |