Bug #48107 --open-files-limit should accept more than 2^16
Submitted: 16 Oct 2009 9:21 Modified: 20 Oct 2009 22:57
Reporter: Mikiya Okuno Email Updates:
Status: Duplicate Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Options Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:5.1 OS:Any
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any

[16 Oct 2009 9:21] Mikiya Okuno 
Description:
Currently, --open-files-limit cannot be set to larger than 65536. However, it's possible to set such large n-files on latest UNIX like OSs. And larger --open-files-limit value is require especially when using partitioning with MyISAM.

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/server-options.html#option_mysqld_open-files-limit

How to repeat:
n/a

Suggested fix:
Please remove such a cap and let it accept more than 2^16 = 65536.
[16 Oct 2009 9:42] Valeriy Kravchuk 
Isn't it a duplicate of bug #47095? Please, check.
[16 Oct 2009 10:01] MySQL Verification Team 
You can verify this bug by starting mysqld using my.cnf like this:

[mysqld]
  ... snip ...
open_files_limit = 100000
  ... snip ...

This will set open_files_limit to 65536
[20 Oct 2009 22:57] Timothy Smith 
This bug is a duplicate of previous Bug#47095