Increase external allocation limit.

src/heap.cc

 // Copyright 2012 the V8 project authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #include "v8.h"
 
 #include "accessors.h"
 #include "api.h"
 #include "bootstrapper.h"
 #include "codegen.h"
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                  "semi-space size of %d MB\n", max_semi_space_size_);
       }
     } else {
       initial_semispace_size_ = initial_semispace_size;
     }
   }
 
   initial_semispace_size_ = Min(initial_semispace_size_, max_semi_space_size_);
 
   // The external allocation limit should be below 256 MB on all architectures
-  // to avoid unnecessary low memory notifications, as that is the threshold
-  // for some embedders.
-  external_allocation_limit_ = 12 * max_semi_space_size_;
+  // to avoid that resource-constrained embedders run low on memory.
+  external_allocation_limit_ = 256 * MB;
   ASSERT(external_allocation_limit_ <= 256 * MB);
 
   // The old generation is paged and needs at least one page for each space.
   int paged_space_count = LAST_PAGED_SPACE - FIRST_PAGED_SPACE + 1;
   max_old_generation_size_ =
       Max(static_cast<intptr_t>(paged_space_count * Page::kPageSize),
           max_old_generation_size_);
 
   // We rely on being able to allocate new arrays in paged spaces.
   ASSERT(Page::kMaxRegularHeapObjectSize >=
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       static_cast<int>(object_sizes_last_time_[index]));
   CODE_AGE_LIST_COMPLETE(ADJUST_LAST_TIME_OBJECT_COUNT)
 #undef ADJUST_LAST_TIME_OBJECT_COUNT
 
   OS::MemCopy(object_counts_last_time_, object_counts_, sizeof(object_counts_));
   OS::MemCopy(object_sizes_last_time_, object_sizes_, sizeof(object_sizes_));
   ClearObjectStats();
 }
 
 } }  // namespace v8::internal