mysql> select @@max_allowed_packet;
+----------------------+
| @@max_allowed_packet |
+----------------------+
|       4194304 |
+----------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql>

mysql> show variables like 'max_allowed_packet';
+--------------------+---------+
| Variable_name   | Value  |
+--------------------+---------+
| max_allowed_packet | 4194304 |
+--------------------+---------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql>

[mysqld]
pid-file = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
socket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
datadir = /var/lib/mysql
#log-error = /var/log/mysql/error.log
# By default we only accept connections from localhost
#bind-address = 127.0.0.1
# Disabling symbolic-links is recommended to prevent assorted security risks
symbolic-links=0

[mysqld]
pid-file = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
socket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
datadir = /var/lib/mysql
#log-error = /var/log/mysql/error.log
# By default we only accept connections from localhost
#bind-address = 127.0.0.1
# Disabling symbolic-links is recommended to prevent assorted security risks
symbolic-links=0
max_allowed_packet = 256M

mysql> show variables like '%max_allowed_pack%';
+--------------------------+------------+
| Variable_name      | Value   |
+--------------------------+------------+
| max_allowed_packet    | 268435456 |
| slave_max_allowed_packet | 1073741824 |
+--------------------------+------------+
2 rows in set (0.01 sec)
mysql>

liumiaocn:~ liumiao$ echo "256*1024*1024" |bc
268435456
liumiaocn:~ liumiao$