MySQL Bugs: #51901: error message references internal variable name innobase_buffer_pool

Bug #51901	error message references internal variable name innobase_buffer_pool_size
Submitted:	10 Mar 2010 6:47	Modified:	2 Jul 2013 14:42
Reporter:	Shane Bester (Platinum Quality Contributor)	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server: Errors	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	5.1.43, 5.1.44	OS:	Any
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
when innodb_buffer_pool_size is too big, we get error that refers to the internal variable in the code, instead of the server startup variable:

100310  8:45:50 [ERROR] innobase_buffer_pool_size can't be over 4GB on 32-bit systems
100310  8:45:50 [ERROR] Plugin 'InnoDB' init function returned error.
100310  8:45:50 [ERROR] Plugin 'InnoDB' registration as a STORAGE ENGINE failed.

How to repeat:
on 32-bit system:

mysqld --console --skip-grant-tables --innodb_buffer_pool_size=5G

Suggested fix:
change "innobase_buffer_pool_size can't be over 4GB"
to "innodb_buffer_pool_size can't be over 4GB"

same with this. "innobase_log_file_size can't be over 4GB"

Thank you for the bug report. Verified just as described:

C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin>mysqld --console --skip-grant-tables
 --innodb_buffer_pool_size=5G
100310  8:59:43 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
100310  8:59:43 [ERROR] innobase_buffer_pool_size can't be over 4GB on 32-bit sy
stems
100310  8:59:43 [ERROR] Plugin 'InnoDB' init function returned error.
100310  8:59:43 [ERROR] Plugin 'InnoDB' registration as a STORAGE ENGINE failed.

100310  8:59:43 [ERROR] Unknown/unsupported table type: INNODB
100310  8:59:43 [ERROR] Aborting

100310  8:59:43 [Note] mysqld: Shutdown complete

Added a changelog entry for 5.7.2:

"When the value provided for "innodb_buffer_pool_size" on 32-bit systems
is too large, an error message would incorrectly reference the internal
variable, "innobase_buffer_pool_size", instead of
"innodb_buffer_pool_size"."

Thank you for the bug report.