3 files changed, 25 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/plugins/mod_pep.lua b/plugins/mod_pep.lua
index da74639e..f9e2f808 100644
--- a/plugins/mod_pep.lua
+++ b/plugins/mod_pep.lua
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ local known_nodes = module:open_store("pep");
 
 local max_max_items = module:get_option_number("pep_max_items", 256);
 
+local function tonumber_max_items(n)
+	if n == "max" then
+		return max_max_items;
+	end
+	return tonumber(n);
+end
+
 function module.save()
 	return {
 		services = services;
@@ -56,7 +63,7 @@ function is_item_stanza(item)
 end
 
 function check_node_config(node, actor, new_config) -- luacheck: ignore 212/node 212/actor
-	if (new_config["max_items"] or 1) > max_max_items then
+	if (tonumber_max_items(new_config["max_items"]) or 1) > max_max_items then
 		return false;
 	end
 	if new_config["access_model"] ~= "presence"
@@ -102,13 +109,14 @@ end
 local function simple_itemstore(username)
 	local driver = storagemanager.get_driver(module.host, "pep_data");
 	return function (config, node)
+		local max_items = tonumber_max_items(config["max_items"]);
 		if config["persist_items"] then
 			module:log("debug", "Creating new persistent item store for user %s, node %q", username, node);
 			local archive = driver:open("pep_"..node, "archive");
-			return lib_pubsub.archive_itemstore(archive, config, username, node, false);
+			return lib_pubsub.archive_itemstore(archive, max_items, username, node, false);
 		else
 			module:log("debug", "Creating new ephemeral item store for user %s, node %q", username, node);
-			return cache.new(tonumber(config["max_items"]));
+			return cache.new(max_items);
 		end
 	end
 end
diff --git a/plugins/mod_pubsub/mod_pubsub.lua b/plugins/mod_pubsub/mod_pubsub.lua
index 2c3413fd..19834ad4 100644
--- a/plugins/mod_pubsub/mod_pubsub.lua
+++ b/plugins/mod_pubsub/mod_pubsub.lua
@@ -39,13 +39,22 @@ end
 --   get(node_name)
 --   users(): iterator over (node_name)
 
+local max_max_items = module:get_option_number("pubsub_max_items", 256);
+
+local function tonumber_max_items(n)
+	if n == "max" then
+		return max_max_items;
+	end
+	return tonumber(n);
+end
 
 local node_store = module:open_store(module.name.."_nodes");
 
 local function create_simple_itemstore(node_config, node_name) --> util.cache like object
 	local driver = storagemanager.get_driver(module.host, "pubsub_data");
 	local archive = driver:open("pubsub_"..node_name, "archive");
-	return lib_pubsub.archive_itemstore(archive, node_config, nil, node_name);
+	local max_items = tonumber_max_items(node_config["max_items"]);
+	return lib_pubsub.archive_itemstore(archive, max_items, nil, node_name);
 end
 
 function simple_broadcast(kind, node, jids, item, actor, node_obj)
@@ -99,9 +108,8 @@ function simple_broadcast(kind, node, jids, item, actor, node_obj)
 	end
 end
 
-local max_max_items = module:get_option_number("pubsub_max_items", 256);
 function check_node_config(node, actor, new_config) -- luacheck: ignore 212/node 212/actor
-	if (new_config["max_items"] or 1) > max_max_items then
+	if (tonumber_max_items(new_config["max_items"]) or 1) > max_max_items then
 		return false;
 	end
 	if new_config["access_model"] ~= "whitelist"
diff --git a/plugins/mod_pubsub/pubsub.lib.lua b/plugins/mod_pubsub/pubsub.lib.lua
index b53e0689..e7fa715d 100644
--- a/plugins/mod_pubsub/pubsub.lib.lua
+++ b/plugins/mod_pubsub/pubsub.lib.lua
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ local node_config_form = dataform {
 	};
 	{
 		type = "text-single";
-		datatype = "xs:integer";
+		datatype = "pubsub:integer-or-max";
 		name = "max_items";
 		var = "pubsub#max_items";
 		label = "Max # of items to persist";
@@ -801,10 +801,9 @@ local function create_encapsulating_item(id, payload)
 	return item;
 end
 
-local function archive_itemstore(archive, config, user, node)
-	module:log("debug", "Creation of archive itemstore for node %s with config %q", node, config);
+local function archive_itemstore(archive, max_items, user, node)
+	module:log("debug", "Creation of archive itemstore for node %s with limit %d", node, max_items);
 	local get_set = {};
-	local max_items = config["max_items"];
 	function get_set:items() -- luacheck: ignore 212/self
 		local data, err = archive:find(user, {
 			limit = tonumber(max_items);