diff --git a/auto/sources b/auto/sources
index 8cbef9e42..dc8cbc95a 100644
--- a/auto/sources
+++ b/auto/sources
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ CORE_DEPS="src/core/nginx.h \
             src/core/ngx_log.h \
             src/core/ngx_palloc.h \
             src/core/ngx_array.h \
+            src/core/ngx_list.h \
             src/core/ngx_table.h \
             src/core/ngx_buf.h \
             src/core/ngx_string.h \
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ CORE_SRCS="src/core/nginx.c \
             src/core/ngx_log.c \
             src/core/ngx_palloc.c \
             src/core/ngx_array.c \
+            src/core/ngx_list.c \
             src/core/ngx_buf.c \
             src/core/ngx_output_chain.c \
             src/core/ngx_string.c \
diff --git a/src/core/ngx_conf_file.c b/src/core/ngx_conf_file.c
index 742809603..d546fe667 100644
--- a/src/core/ngx_conf_file.c
+++ b/src/core/ngx_conf_file.c
@@ -572,11 +572,28 @@ static char *ngx_conf_include(ngx_conf_t *cf, ngx_command_t *cmd, void *conf)
 ngx_open_file_t *ngx_conf_open_file(ngx_cycle_t *cycle, ngx_str_t *name)
 {
     ngx_uint_t        i;
+    ngx_list_part_t  *part;
     ngx_open_file_t  *file;
 
     if (name) {
+        part = &cycle->open_files.part;
+        file = part->elts;
+
+        for (i = 0; /* void */ ; i++) {
+
+            if (i >= part->nelts) {
+                if (part->next == NULL) {
+                    break;
+                }
+                part = part->next;
+                file = part->elts;
+                i = 0;
+            }
+
+#if 0
         file = cycle->open_files.elts;
         for (i = 0; i < cycle->open_files.nelts; i++) {
+#endif
             if (name->len != file[i].name.len) {
                 continue;
             }
@@ -587,7 +604,7 @@ ngx_open_file_t *ngx_conf_open_file(ngx_cycle_t *cycle, ngx_str_t *name)
         }
     }
 
-    if (!(file = ngx_push_array(&cycle->open_files))) {
+    if (!(file = ngx_push_list(&cycle->open_files))) {
         return NULL;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/core/ngx_core.h b/src/core/ngx_core.h
index 4c2712cfa..0a12fb21a 100644
--- a/src/core/ngx_core.h
+++ b/src/core/ngx_core.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ typedef void (*ngx_event_handler_pt)(ngx_event_t *ev);
 #include <ngx_palloc.h>
 #include <ngx_buf.h>
 #include <ngx_array.h>
+#include <ngx_list.h>
 #include <ngx_table.h>
 #include <ngx_file.h>
 #include <ngx_files.h>
diff --git a/src/core/ngx_cycle.c b/src/core/ngx_cycle.c
index fe6abc25f..05a3a78f1 100644
--- a/src/core/ngx_cycle.c
+++ b/src/core/ngx_cycle.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ ngx_cycle_t *ngx_init_cycle(ngx_cycle_t *old_cycle)
     ngx_pool_t         *pool;
     ngx_cycle_t        *cycle, **old;
     ngx_socket_t        fd;
+    ngx_list_part_t    *part;
     ngx_open_file_t    *file;
     ngx_listening_t    *ls, *nls;
     ngx_core_module_t  *module;
@@ -68,6 +69,30 @@ ngx_cycle_t *ngx_init_cycle(ngx_cycle_t *old_cycle)
     cycle->pathes.pool = pool;
 
 
+    if (old_cycle->open_files.part.nelts) {
+        n = old_cycle->open_files.part.nelts;
+        for (part = old_cycle->open_files.part.next; part; part = part->next) {
+            n += part->nelts;
+        }
+
+    } else {
+        n = 20;
+    }
+
+    cycle->open_files.part.elts = ngx_palloc(pool, n * sizeof(ngx_open_file_t));
+    if (cycle->open_files.part.elts == NULL) {
+        ngx_destroy_pool(pool);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    cycle->open_files.part.nelts = 0;
+    cycle->open_files.part.next = NULL;
+    cycle->open_files.last = &cycle->open_files.part;
+    cycle->open_files.size = sizeof(ngx_open_file_t);
+    cycle->open_files.nalloc = n;
+    cycle->open_files.pool = pool;
+
+
+#if 0
     n = old_cycle->open_files.nelts ? old_cycle->open_files.nelts : 20;
     cycle->open_files.elts = ngx_pcalloc(pool, n * sizeof(ngx_open_file_t));
     if (cycle->open_files.elts == NULL) {
@@ -78,6 +103,7 @@ ngx_cycle_t *ngx_init_cycle(ngx_cycle_t *old_cycle)
     cycle->open_files.size = sizeof(ngx_open_file_t);
     cycle->open_files.nalloc = n;
     cycle->open_files.pool = pool;
+#endif
 
 
     if (!(cycle->new_log = ngx_log_create_errlog(cycle, NULL))) {
@@ -180,8 +206,26 @@ ngx_cycle_t *ngx_init_cycle(ngx_cycle_t *old_cycle)
 
 
     if (!failed) {
+
+        part = &cycle->open_files.part;
+        file = part->elts;
+
+        for (i = 0; /* void */ ; i++) {
+
+            if (i >= part->nelts) {
+                if (part->next == NULL) {
+                    break;
+                }
+                part = part->next;
+                file = part->elts;
+                i = 0;
+            }
+
+#if 0
         file = cycle->open_files.elts;
         for (i = 0; i < cycle->open_files.nelts; i++) {
+#endif
+
             if (file[i].name.data == NULL) {
                 continue;
             }
@@ -190,6 +234,11 @@ ngx_cycle_t *ngx_init_cycle(ngx_cycle_t *old_cycle)
                                        NGX_FILE_RDWR,
                                        NGX_FILE_CREATE_OR_OPEN|NGX_FILE_APPEND);
 
+            log->log_level = NGX_LOG_DEBUG_ALL;
+            ngx_log_debug3(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_CORE, log, 0,
+                           "log: %0X %d \"%s\"",
+                           &file[i], file[i].fd, file[i].name.data);
+
             if (file[i].fd == NGX_INVALID_FILE) {
                 ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_EMERG, log, ngx_errno,
                               ngx_open_file_n " \"%s\" failed",
@@ -287,6 +336,12 @@ ngx_cycle_t *ngx_init_cycle(ngx_cycle_t *old_cycle)
 #if !(WIN32)
 
     if (!failed && !ngx_test_config) {
+
+        ngx_log_debug3(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_CORE, log, 0,
+                       "dup2: %0X %d \"%s\"",
+                       cycle->log->file,
+                       cycle->log->file->fd, cycle->log->file->name.data);
+
         if (dup2(cycle->log->file->fd, STDERR_FILENO) == NGX_ERROR) {
             ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_EMERG, log, ngx_errno,
                           "dup2(STDERR) failed");
@@ -300,8 +355,25 @@ ngx_cycle_t *ngx_init_cycle(ngx_cycle_t *old_cycle)
 
         /* rollback the new cycle configuration */
 
+        part = &cycle->open_files.part;
+        file = part->elts;
+
+        for (i = 0; /* void */ ; i++) {
+
+            if (i >= part->nelts) {
+                if (part->next == NULL) {
+                    break;
+                }
+                part = part->next;
+                file = part->elts;
+                i = 0;
+            }
+
+#if 0
         file = cycle->open_files.elts;
         for (i = 0; i < cycle->open_files.nelts; i++) {
+#endif
+
             if (file[i].fd == NGX_INVALID_FILE) {
                 continue;
             }
@@ -320,7 +392,7 @@ ngx_cycle_t *ngx_init_cycle(ngx_cycle_t *old_cycle)
 
         ls = cycle->listening.elts;
         for (i = 0; i < cycle->listening.nelts; i++) {
-            if (ls[i].new && ls[i].fd == -1) {
+            if (ls[i].fd == -1 || !ls[i].new) {
                 continue;
             }
 
@@ -370,8 +442,25 @@ ngx_cycle_t *ngx_init_cycle(ngx_cycle_t *old_cycle)
 
     /* close the unneeded open files */
 
+    part = &old_cycle->open_files.part;
+    file = part->elts;
+
+    for (i = 0; /* void */ ; i++) {
+
+        if (i >= part->nelts) {
+            if (part->next == NULL) {
+                break;
+            }
+            part = part->next;
+            file = part->elts;
+            i = 0;
+        }
+
+#if 0
     file = old_cycle->open_files.elts;
     for (i = 0; i < old_cycle->open_files.nelts; i++) {
+#endif
+
         if (file[i].fd == NGX_INVALID_FILE) {
             continue;
         }
@@ -534,10 +623,27 @@ void ngx_reopen_files(ngx_cycle_t *cycle, ngx_uid_t user)
 {
     ngx_fd_t          fd;
     ngx_uint_t        i;
+    ngx_list_part_t  *part;
     ngx_open_file_t  *file;
 
+    part = &cycle->open_files.part;
+    file = part->elts;
+
+    for (i = 0; /* void */ ; i++) {
+
+        if (i >= part->nelts) {
+            if (part->next == NULL) {
+                break;
+            }
+            part = part->next;
+            i = 0;
+        }
+
+#if 0
     file = cycle->open_files.elts;
     for (i = 0; i < cycle->open_files.nelts; i++) {
+#endif
+
         if (file[i].name.data == NULL) {
             continue;
         }
diff --git a/src/core/ngx_cycle.h b/src/core/ngx_cycle.h
index 84521898c..1b24dd333 100644
--- a/src/core/ngx_cycle.h
+++ b/src/core/ngx_cycle.h
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ struct ngx_cycle_s {
     ngx_log_t         *new_log;
 
     ngx_array_t        listening;
-    ngx_array_t        open_files;
     ngx_array_t        pathes;
+    ngx_list_t         open_files;
 
     ngx_uint_t         connection_n;
     ngx_connection_t  *connections;
diff --git a/src/core/ngx_list.c b/src/core/ngx_list.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10d79575f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/ngx_list.c
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+
+#include <ngx_config.h>
+#include <ngx_core.h>
+
+
+void *ngx_push_list(ngx_list_t *l)
+{
+    void             *elt;
+    ngx_list_part_t  *last;
+
+    last = l->last;
+
+    if (last->nelts == l->nalloc) {
+
+        /* the last part is full, allocate a new list part */
+
+        if (!(last = ngx_palloc(l->pool, sizeof(ngx_list_part_t)))) {
+            return NULL;
+        }
+
+        if (!(last->elts = ngx_palloc(l->pool, l->nalloc * l->size))) {
+            return NULL;
+        }
+
+        last->nelts = 0;
+        last->next = NULL;
+
+        l->last->next = last;
+        l->last = last;
+    }
+
+    elt = (char *) last->elts + l->size * last->nelts;
+    last->nelts++;
+
+    return elt;
+}
diff --git a/src/core/ngx_list.h b/src/core/ngx_list.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4da8343fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/ngx_list.h
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#ifndef _NGX_LIST_H_INCLUDED_
+#define _NGX_LIST_H_INCLUDED_
+
+
+#include <ngx_config.h>
+#include <ngx_core.h>
+
+
+typedef struct ngx_list_part_s  ngx_list_part_t;
+
+struct ngx_list_part_s {
+    void             *elts;
+    ngx_uint_t        nelts;
+    ngx_list_part_t  *next;
+};
+
+
+typedef struct {
+    ngx_list_part_t  *last;
+    ngx_list_part_t   part;
+    size_t            size;
+    ngx_uint_t        nalloc;
+    ngx_pool_t       *pool;
+} ngx_list_t;
+
+
+#define ngx_init_list(l, p, n, s, rc)                                        \
+    if (!(l.part.elts = ngx_palloc(p, n * s))) {                             \
+        return rc;                                                           \
+    }                                                                        \
+    l.part.nelts = 0; l.part.next = NULL;                                    \
+    l.last = &l.part; l.size = s; l.nalloc = n; l.pool = p;
+
+
+#define ngx_iterate_list(p, i)                                               \
+            for ( ;; i++) {                                                  \
+                if (i >= p->nelts) {                                         \
+                    if (p->next == NULL) {                                   \
+                        break;                                               \
+                    }                                                        \
+                    p = p->next; i = 0;                                      \
+                }
+
+
+void *ngx_push_list(ngx_list_t *list);
+
+
+#endif /* _NGX_LIST_H_INCLUDED_ */