Start with a maximally large new space reservation

src/heap/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 "src/v8.h"
 
 #include "src/accessors.h"
 #include "src/api.h"
 #include "src/base/bits.h"
 #include "src/base/once.h"
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 Heap::Heap()
     : amount_of_external_allocated_memory_(0),
       amount_of_external_allocated_memory_at_last_global_gc_(0),
       isolate_(NULL),
       code_range_size_(0),
       // semispace_size_ should be a power of 2 and old_generation_size_ should
       // be a multiple of Page::kPageSize.
       reserved_semispace_size_(8 * (kPointerSize / 4) * MB),
       max_semi_space_size_(8 * (kPointerSize / 4) * MB),
-      initial_semispace_size_(Page::kPageSize),
+      initial_semispace_size_(8 * (kPointerSize / 4) * MB),
       max_old_generation_size_(700ul * (kPointerSize / 4) * MB),
       max_executable_size_(256ul * (kPointerSize / 4) * MB),
       // Variables set based on semispace_size_ and old_generation_size_ in
       // ConfigureHeap.
       // Will be 4 * reserved_semispace_size_ to ensure that young
       // generation can be aligned to its size.
       maximum_committed_(0),
       survived_since_last_expansion_(0),
       sweep_generation_(0),
       always_allocate_scope_depth_(0),
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       promotion_queue_(this),
       configured_(false),
       external_string_table_(this),
       chunks_queued_for_free_(NULL),
       gc_callbacks_depth_(0),
       deserialization_complete_(false) {
 // Allow build-time customization of the max semispace size. Building
 // V8 with snapshots and a non-default max semispace size is much
 // easier if you can define it as part of the build environment.
 #if defined(V8_MAX_SEMISPACE_SIZE)
-  max_semi_space_size_ = reserved_semispace_size_ = V8_MAX_SEMISPACE_SIZE;
+  initial_semispace_size_ = max_semi_space_size_ = reserved_semispace_size_ =
+      V8_MAX_SEMISPACE_SIZE;
 #endif
 
   // Ensure old_generation_size_ is a multiple of kPageSize.
   DCHECK(MB >= Page::kPageSize);
 
   memset(roots_, 0, sizeof(roots_[0]) * kRootListLength);
   set_native_contexts_list(NULL);
   set_array_buffers_list(Smi::FromInt(0));
   set_allocation_sites_list(Smi::FromInt(0));
   set_encountered_weak_collections(Smi::FromInt(0));
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       initial_semispace_size_ = max_semi_space_size_;
       if (FLAG_trace_gc) {
         PrintPID(
             "Min semi-space size cannot be more than the maximum"
             "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_);
+  } else {
+    initial_semispace_size_ = max_semi_space_size_;
   }
 
-  initial_semispace_size_ = Min(initial_semispace_size_, max_semi_space_size_);
 
   // 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.
   DCHECK(Page::kMaxRegularHeapObjectSize >=
          (JSArray::kSize +
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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
 
   MemCopy(object_counts_last_time_, object_counts_, sizeof(object_counts_));
   MemCopy(object_sizes_last_time_, object_sizes_, sizeof(object_sizes_));
   ClearObjectStats();
 }
 }
 }  // namespace v8::internal