Bug 141951: Set the max_packet_size for attachments (and bugs_fulltext) when connecti...

Patch By Max Kanat-Alexander <mkanat@bugzilla.org> r=LpSolit, a=mkanat

diff --git a/Bugzilla/Bug.pm b/Bugzilla/Bug.pm
index 95e6f6d31210c65bf66eae6ff467928fa1dc9d81..0d1ec66f2579c3a74e7c649271fd39152bc2aec7 100644 (file)
--- a/Bugzilla/Bug.pm
+++ b/Bugzilla/Bug.pm
@@ -230,9 +230,6 @@ use constant UPDATE_COMMENT_COLUMNS => qw(
 # activity table.
 use constant MAX_LINE_LENGTH => 254;
 
-# Used in _check_comment(). Gives the max length allowed for a comment.
-use constant MAX_COMMENT_LENGTH => 65535;
-
 #####################################################################
 
 sub new {

diff --git a/Bugzilla/Constants.pm b/Bugzilla/Constants.pm
index 601ea52b2422dd4b2975f4b40ed23902ccf77035..c081563353eb7a68cf13f7938553ea2ce5ce67d7 100644 (file)
--- a/Bugzilla/Constants.pm
+++ b/Bugzilla/Constants.pm
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ use File::Basename;
     LIST_OF_BUGS
 
     COMMENT_COLS
+    MAX_COMMENT_LENGTH
 
     CMT_NORMAL
     CMT_DUPE_OF
@@ -264,6 +265,8 @@ use constant LIST_OF_BUGS => 1;
 
 # The column length for displayed (and wrapped) bug comments.
 use constant COMMENT_COLS => 80;
+# Used in _check_comment(). Gives the max length allowed for a comment.
+use constant MAX_COMMENT_LENGTH => 65535;
 
 # The type of bug comments.
 use constant CMT_NORMAL => 0;

diff --git a/Bugzilla/DB/Mysql.pm b/Bugzilla/DB/Mysql.pm
index 2f42f9f34e6fbbd2aa832ae8d3ff1eed0469146b..601be102b03588ef42a4b9ac52542e697bdf8402 100644 (file)
--- a/Bugzilla/DB/Mysql.pm
+++ b/Bugzilla/DB/Mysql.pm
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ use Bugzilla::DB::Schema::Mysql;
 use List::Util qw(max);
 use Text::ParseWords;
 
+# This is how many comments of MAX_COMMENT_LENGTH we expect on a single bug.
+# In reality, you could have a LOT more comments than this, because 
+# MAX_COMMENT_LENGTH is big.
+use constant MAX_COMMENTS => 50;
+
 # This module extends the DB interface via inheritance
 use base qw(Bugzilla::DB);
 
@@ -93,6 +98,19 @@ sub new {
         }
     }
 
+    # The "comments" field of the bugs_fulltext table could easily exceed
+    # MySQL's default max_allowed_packet. Also, MySQL should never have
+    # a max_allowed_packet smaller than our max_attachment_size. However,
+    # if we've already set a max_allowed_packet in MySQL bigger than all
+    # of those, we should keep it.
+    my (undef, $current_max_allowed) = $self->selectrow_array(
+        q{SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'max\_allowed\_packet'});
+    my $min_max_allowed_packet = MAX_COMMENTS * MAX_COMMENT_LENGTH;
+    my $max_allowed_packet = max($min_max_allowed_packet,
+                                 $current_max_allowed,
+                                 Bugzilla->params->{'maxattachmentsize'});
+    $self->do("SET SESSION max_allowed_packet = $max_allowed_packet");
+
     return $self;
 }
 

diff --git a/docs/en/xml/installation.xml b/docs/en/xml/installation.xml
index e82cfb31783836dba5e2d7e2071917ddd50b902e..496b5c019a031d414eb9c658e8fb8ec510aab93a 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/en/xml/installation.xml
+++ b/docs/en/xml/installation.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!-- <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"> -->
-<!-- $Id: installation.xml,v 1.161 2008/09/18 22:31:55 lpsolit%gmail.com Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: installation.xml,v 1.162 2008/10/28 00:59:02 mkanat%bugzilla.org Exp $ -->
 <chapter id="installing-bugzilla">
   <title>Installing Bugzilla</title>
 
@@ -787,36 +787,6 @@
           </para>
         </caution>
         
-        <section id="install-setupdatabase">
-          <title>Allow large attachments</title>
-        
-          <para>
-            By default, MySQL will only accept packets up to 64Kb in size.
-            If you want to have attachments larger than this, you will need
-            to modify your <filename>/etc/my.cnf</filename> as below.
-          </para>
-
-          <screen>  [mysqld]
-  # Allow packets up to 1M
-  max_allowed_packet=1M</screen>
-
-          <para>
-            There is also a parameter in Bugzilla called 'maxattachmentsize'
-            (default = 1000 Kb) that controls the maximum allowable attachment
-            size. Attachments larger than <emphasis>either</emphasis> the 
-            'max_allowed_packet' or 'maxattachmentsize' value will not be
-            accepted by Bugzilla.
-          </para>
-
-          <note>
-            <para>
-              This does not affect Big Files, attachments that are stored directly
-              on disk instead of in the database.  Their maximum size is
-              controlled using the 'maxlocalattachment' parameter.
-            </para>
-          </note>
-        </section>
-        
         <section>
           <title>Allow small words in full-text indexes</title>