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doc: add overhead hints for heap snapshot generation #41822

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Expand Up @@ -71,6 +71,13 @@ This JSON stream format is intended to be used with tools such as
Chrome DevTools. The JSON schema is undocumented and specific to the
V8 engine. Therefore, the schema may change from one version of V8 to the next.

Creating a heap snapshot requires memory about twice the size of the heap at
the time the snapshot is created. This results in the risk of OOM killers
terminating the process.

Generating a snapshot is a synchronous operation which blocks the event loop
for a duration depending on the heap size.

```js
// Print heap snapshot to the console
const v8 = require('v8');
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[worker threads][], a heap snapshot generated from the main thread will
not contain any information about the workers, and vice versa.

Creating a heap snapshot requires memory about twice the size of the heap at
the time the snapshot is created. This results in the risk of OOM killers
terminating the process.

Generating a snapshot is a synchronous operation which blocks the event loop
for a duration depending on the heap size.

```js
const { writeHeapSnapshot } = require('v8');
const {
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