>Second, the "pagecache" and "buffermem" settings I use make the cp-bug
>quite a bit worse in some situtations, since they reduce the fast
No, the cp-bug crash (not more usable) with the default settings of the
two sysctl with your patch applyed. If I use the two sysctl as you
suggested I am able to kill `cp' pressing C^c.
BTW, I never seen fork out of memory with the stock kernel (but I
shutdown my machine once a day at least...).
Andrea[s] Arcangeli
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