=== modified file 'sql/mysqld.cc' --- sql/mysqld.cc 2011-07-28 10:54:44 +0000 +++ sql/mysqld.cc 2011-08-22 08:46:52 +0000 @@ -3510,6 +3510,9 @@ else if (global_system_variables.log_warnings) sql_print_warning("Could not increase number of max_open_files to more than %u (request: %u)", files, wanted_files); } + if (max_open_files != files) { + sql_print_warning("Could not increase number of max_open_files to more than %u (request: %u)", files, max_open_files); + } open_files_limit= files; } unireg_init(opt_specialflag); /* Set up extern variabels */