The problem was that in read only mode (read_only enabled),
the server would mistakenly deny data modification attempts
for temporary tables which belong to a transactional storage
engine (eg. InnoDB).
The solution is to allow transactional temporary tables to be
modified under read only mode. As a whole, the read only mode
does not apply to any kind of temporary table.
Bug#11733 (COMMITs should not happen if read-only is set)
Bug#22009 (Can write to a read-only server under some circumstances)
See the work log for details
The change consist of
a) acquiring the global read lock in SET GLOBAL READONLY
b) honoring opt_readonly in ha_commit_trans(),
c) honoring opt_readonly in mysql_lock_tables().
a) takes care of the server stability,
b) makes the transactional tables safe (Bug 11733)
c) makes the non transactional tables safe (Bug 22009)