First, thanks Nick for the feedback. I have submitted https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58550 as you suggested.
>If a threaded MPM really isn't an option (for most users the obvious >solution), then the question is what works for you. I can't use threaded MPM as PHP (at least my version) doesn't support it. The patch worked for me very well, but I'm not sure I didn't missed some pitfalls, which someone with much more knowledge about Apache internals (specially on Linux) will easily see. >How well does your patch apply to trunk? You can't apply my patch to 2.4 or trunk, as since 2.4 there is a "prefork_child_bucket" concept, which I don't fully understand its role (and how it relate to other MPMs). I'll be happy to write an updated patch if someone could explain me the role of the "prefork_child_bucket". Regards, Yehezkel Horowitz Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.