cp --link was "remembering" many name,dev,inode triples unnecessarily.
cp was doing the same, even without --link, for every directory in the
source hierarchy, while it can do its job with entries merely for the
command-line arguments. Prompted by a report from Patrick Shoenfeld.
Details <http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.coreutils.bugs/15081>.
* src/copy.c (copy_internal): Refrain from remembering
name,dev,inode for most files, when invoked via cp --link.
Record an infloop-avoidance triple for each directory specified
on the command line, not for each directory in the source tree.
Don't record a dir-triple when x->hard_link is set.
* NEWS (Buf fixes): Mention it.
* tests/cp/link-heap: New file. Test for cp's lowered memory usage.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add link-heap.