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diff --git a/docs/src/threadpool.rst b/docs/src/threadpool.rst index 05f31d2c..d4dc5b8e 100644 --- a/docs/src/threadpool.rst +++ b/docs/src/threadpool.rst @@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ is 1024). .. versionchanged:: 1.50.0 threads now have a default name of libuv-worker. The threadpool is global and shared across all event loops. When a particular -function makes use of the threadpool (i.e. when using :c:func:`uv_queue_work`) +function makes use of the threadpool (e.g. when using :c:func:`uv_queue_work`) libuv preallocates and initializes the maximum number of threads allowed by -``UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE``. This causes a relatively minor memory overhead -(~1MB for 128 threads) but increases the performance of threading at runtime. +``UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE``. More threads usually means more throughput but a higher +memory footprint. Thread stacks grow lazily on most platforms though. .. note:: Note that even though a global thread pool which is shared across all events |