Bug #55613 mysqld will not accept 18446744073709551615 as value for some CLI options
Submitted: 28 Jul 2010 17:51 Modified: 29 Jul 2010 1:57
Reporter: Luis Soares Email Updates:
Status: Verified Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: General Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:trunk OS:Any
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any

[28 Jul 2010 17:51] Luis Soares
Description:
mysqld will not accept large values for some command line options like:

  - max-seeks-for-key
  - max-write-lock-count
  - max_tmp_tables
  - master-retry-count
  - max-binlog-cache-size
  - binlog-row-event-max-size
  - ...

Moreover, some of these have corresponding dynamic variables, which can
be set to large values in a regular user session, much like:

SET GLOBAL max_binlog_cache_size=18446744073709547519;

Finally, mysqld --help --verbose will actually report that some of 
these have large default values, that apparently cannot be set on 
the CLI. At the very least, this is inconsistent.

I have found this in:

  - tree: mysql-trunk-bugfixing
  - revid: davi.arnaut@oracle.com-20100727132511-fx4bd0xn57p8o52h

It's possible that it also exists in older trees, like 5.1.

How to repeat:
Just start an mtr test case with one of the options above set to
a large value (according to the interval stated in the manual), eg:

  ./mtr --mysqld=--max-tmp-tables=18446744073709547519 main.bool

Suggested fix:
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[28 Jul 2010 18:55] MySQL Verification Team
Thank you for the bug report,