Merge pull request #3560 from minrk/longcell

Remove max_msg_size

The max_msg_size safety limit is just removed.

closes #3124

IPython/html/notebookapp.py

@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ def init_settings(self, ipython_app, kernel_manager, notebook_manager,
 
             # IPython stuff
             mathjax_url=ipython_app.mathjax_url,
-            max_msg_size=ipython_app.max_msg_size,
             config=ipython_app.config,
             use_less=ipython_app.use_less,
             jinja2_env=Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader(template_path)),
@@ -295,11 +294,6 @@ class NotebookApp(BaseIPythonApplication):
 
     kernel_argv = List(Unicode)
 
-    max_msg_size = Integer(65536, config=True, help="""
-        The max raw message size accepted from the browser
-        over a WebSocket connection.
-    """)
-
     def _log_level_default(self):
         return logging.INFO
 

IPython/html/services/kernels/handlers.py

@@ -79,10 +79,6 @@ def post(self, kernel_id, action):
 
 class ZMQChannelHandler(AuthenticatedZMQStreamHandler):
 
-    @property
-    def max_msg_size(self):
-        return self.settings.get('max_msg_size', 65535)
-
     def create_stream(self):
         km = self.kernel_manager
         meth = getattr(km, 'connect_%s' % self.channel)
@@ -109,9 +105,8 @@ def on_first_message(self, msg):
             self.zmq_stream.on_recv(self._on_zmq_reply)
 
     def on_message(self, msg):
-        if len(msg) < self.max_msg_size:
-            msg = jsonapi.loads(msg)
-            self.session.send(self.zmq_stream, msg)
+        msg = jsonapi.loads(msg)
+        self.session.send(self.zmq_stream, msg)
 
     def on_close(self):
         # This method can be called twice, once by self.kernel_died and once