Fix starting non-media repos (#17626)

Regressed in #17543.

The `max_download_size` config is not available on workers that don't
load the media repo.

Besides, we should honour the max_size param that was passed into the
function.

changelog.d/17626.bugfix

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix authenticated media responses using a wrong limit when following redirects over federation.

synapse/http/matrixfederationclient.py

@@ -464,8 +464,6 @@ def __init__(
         self.max_long_retries = hs.config.federation.max_long_retries
         self.max_short_retries = hs.config.federation.max_short_retries
 
-        self.max_download_size = hs.config.media.max_upload_size
-
         self._cooperator = Cooperator(scheduler=_make_scheduler(self.reactor))
 
         self._sleeper = AwakenableSleeper(self.reactor)
@@ -1759,9 +1757,9 @@ async def federation_get_file(
                 str_url,
             )
             # We don't know how large the response will be upfront, so limit it to
-            # the `max_upload_size` config value.
+            # the `max_size` config value.
             length, headers, _, _ = await self._simple_http_client.get_file(
-                str_url, output_stream, self.max_download_size
+                str_url, output_stream, max_size
             )
 
         logger.info(