always search in compile-time specified paths
INSTALL_BINDIR, INSTALL_SBINDIR, INSTALL_MYSQLSHAREDIR. User
can set them to arbitrary values, it's not enough to search only
in their usual values of bin, sbin and libexec, share and share/mysql.
1. detect resolveip location, don' assume it's in $basedir/bin
2. don't guess $scriptdir to (incorrectly) construct the $0 path
3. rename find_in_basedir -> find_in_dirs, don't prepend $basedir
automatically. This allows to use identical path lists in
find_in_dirs and in cannot_find_file.
4. move search path lists to CMakeLists.txt to avoid specifying the
same path list twice (in find_in_dirs and in cannot_find_file).
Backport to 5.5
Current MySQL builds, even on Pushbuild, are not reproducible; they return
different results depending on which directory they are built from (and
Pushbuild uses several different directories). This is because absolute paths
leak into debug information, and even worse, __FILE__. The latter moves code
around enough that we've actually seen sysbench changes on the order of 4% in
some tests.
CMake seemingly insists on using absolute paths, but we can insert our own
layer between CMake and GCC to relativize all paths. Also give the right flags
to get debug information reproducible and turn off build stamping. This makes
the mysqld build 100% bit-for-bit reproducible between runs on my machine,
even when run from different directories.
FROM THE CURRENT DIRECTORY
DESCRIPTION
===========
When 'mysqlaccess' tool is run, it reads (and executes) the
content of its configuration file 'mysqlaccess.conf' from
the current directory. This is not a recommended behaviour
as someone with ill intentions can insert malicious
instructions into this file which could be executed
whenever this tool is run.
ANALYSIS
========
The configuration file is presently looked for, in the
following folders (in given order):
1. Current directory
2. SYSCONFDIR //This gets expanded
3. /etc/
Owing to the reasons mentioned above, we should not permit
the file to be in the current directory. Since the other
two folders are assumed to be accessible only to authorized
people, the config file is safe to be read from there.
FIX
===
Modified the script so that it looks for the config file
now in the following two folders (in the given order):
1. SYSCONFDIR
2. /etc/
If it's absent from above locations but present in current
directory, an error is thrown asking the user to move the
file to one of the above locations and retry.
NOTE
====
The location paths and their precedence are not documented
for this tool. It needs to be noted as part of the
associated documentation.
mysqld_safe is working on real files, however passing these file paths
as is to mysqld as options gives different meaning when paths are
relative.
mysqld_safe uses current working directory as basedir for relative paths,
while mysqld uses $datadir as basedir.
Fix of Bug#25088048 caused paths to be relative, not absolute, this
proved to be problematic.
Fix is to still ignore current working directory, however switch to
using full path of basedir, which is set to parent directory of bin/
directory where mysqld_safe is located.
References to legacy tool mysql_print_defaults are removed, only
my_print_defaults is used these days.
This will also fix:
Bug#11745176 (11192) MYSQLD_SAFE ONLY EVALUATES --DEFAULTS-FILE OPTION WHEN IT IS THE FIRST OP
Bug#23013510 (80866) MYSQLD_SAFE SHOULD NOT SEARCH $MY_BASEDIR_VERSION/VAR AS DATADIR
Bug#25244898 (84173) MYSQLD_SAFE --NO-DEFAULTS & SILENTLY DOES NOT WORK ANY MORE
Bug#25261472 (84219) INITSCRIPT ERRORS WHEN LAUCHING MYSQLD_SAFE IN NON DEFAULT BASEDIR
Bug#25319392 (84263) MYSQL.SERVER (MYSQL SERVER STARTUP SCRIPT) CAN NOT WORK,AND EXPORT SOME ERROR.
Bug#25319457 MYSQLD_SAFE MIGHT FAIL IF $DATADIR HAS TRAILING /
Bug#25341981 MYSQLD_SAFE ASSUMES INCORRECT BASEDIR WHEN EXECUTED WITH ABSOLUTE PATH
Bug#25356221 (84427) MYSQLD_SAFE FAILS TO START WHEN USING A FIFO FOR LOG-ERROR (REGRESSION)
Bug#25365194 (84447) MYSQLD_SAFE DOESN'T CHECK EXISTENCE OF GIVEN BASEDIR PARAMETER
Bug#25377815 ERRORS WHILE STARTING MYSQLD_SAFE WITH SYM LINK ENABLED
* Update mysqld_safe script to remove duplicated parameter --crash-script
* Make --core-file-size accept underscores as well as dashes correctly.
* Add mysqld_safe_helper to Debian and Ubuntu files.
* Update innodb minor version to 35
IS STARTING: CONFUSING ERROR
DESCRIPTION
===========
When mysql server processes transactions but has not yet
committed and shuts down abnormally (due to crash, external
killing etc.), a recovery is due from Storage engine side
which takes place the next time mysql server (either
through mysqld or mysqld_safe) is run.
While the 1st server is in mid of recovery, if another
instance of mysqld_safe is made to run, it may result into
2nd instance killing the 1st one after a moment.
ANALYSIS
========
In the "while true" loop, we've a check (which is done
after the server stops) for the existence of pid file to
enquire if it was a normal shutdown or not. If the file is
absent, it means that the graceful exit of server had
removed this file.
However if the file is present, the scripts makes a plain
assumption that this file is leftover of the "current"
server. It misses to consider that it could be a valid pid
file belonging to another running mysql server.
We need to add more checks in the latter case. The script
should extract the PID from this existing file and check if
its running or not. If yes, it means an older instance of
mysql server is running and hence the script should abort.
FIX
===
Checking the status of process (alive or not) by adding a
@CHECK_PID@ in such a case. Aborting if its alive. Detailed
logic is as follows:
- The mysqld_safe script would quit at start only as soon
as it finds that there is an active PID i.e. a mysql server
is already running.
- The PID file creation takes place after InnoDb recovery,
which means in rare case (when PID file isn't created yet)
it may happen that more than 1 server can come up but even
in that case others will have to wait till the 1st server
has released the acquired InnoDb lock. In this case all
these servers will either TIMEOUT waiting for InnoDb lock
or after this they would find that the 1st server is
already running (by reading $pid_file) and would abort.
- Our core fix is that we now check the status of mysql
server process (alive or not) after the server stops
running within the loop of "run -> shutdown/kill/abort ->
run ... ", so that only the script who owns the mysql
server would be able to bring it down if required.
NOTE
====
Removed the deletion of pid file and socket file from entry
of the loop, as it may result in 2nd instance deleting
these files created by 1st instance in RACE condition.
Compensated this by deleting these files at end of the loop
Reverted the changes made in patch to Bug#16776528. So
after this patch is pushed, the concept of mysqld_safe.pid
would go altogether. This was required as the script was
deleting other instance's mysqld_safe.pid allowing multiple
mysqld_safe instances to run in parallel. This patch would
fix Bug#16776528 as well as the resources would be guarded
anyway by InnoDb lock + our planned 5.7 patch.
Don't read --ledir option from config file.
Ignore current working for finding location of mysqld
Remove use of chown/chmod in scripts.
Be helpful only when basedir is /var/log or /var/lib.
Removed unused systemd files for SLES.
Set explicit basedir in scripts.
- Remove use of touch and chmod.
- Restrict usage of chown to cases where target directory is /var/log.
- Due to limited feature set in /bin/sh on Solaris, /bin/bash will be
used on this platform.
- Give error if directory for UNIX socket file is missing.
- Privileged user should not log to files owned by different user
(mysqld will log as before).
Argument to malloc-lib must be included in restricted list of
directories, symlink guards added, and mysqld and mysqld-version
options restricted to command line only. Don't redirect errors to
stderr.
IS NOT FOUND
DESCRIPTION
===========
If script mysqld_multi and utility my_print_defaults are in
the same folder (not included in $PATH) and the former is
made to run, it complaints that the mysqld binary is absent
eventhough the binary exists.
ANALYSIS
========
We've a subroutine my_which() mimicking the behaviour of
POSIX "which" command. Its current behaviour is to check
for a given argument as follows:
- Step 1: Assume the argument to be a command having full
fledged absolute path. If it exists "as-is", return the
argument (which will be pathname), else proceed to Step 2.
- Step 2: Assume the argument to be a plain command with no
aboslute path. Try locating it in all of the paths
(mentioned in $PATH) one by one. If found return the
pathname. If found nowhere, return NULL.
Currently when my_which(my_print_defaults) is called, it
returns from Step 1 (since utlity exists in current
folder) and doesn't proceed to Step 2. This is wrong since
the returned value is same as the argument i.e.
'my_print_default' which defies the purpose of this
subroutine whose job is to return a pathname either in Step
1 or Step 2.
Later when the utility is executed in subroutine
defaults_for_group(), it evaluates to NULL and returns the
same. This is because the plain command 'my_print_defaults
{options} ...' would execute properly only if
my_print_defaults exists in one of the paths (in $PATH). In
such a case, in the course of the flow it looks onto the
variable $mysqld_found which comes out to be NULL and
hence ethe error.
In this case, call to my_which should fail resulting in
script being aborted and thus avoiding this mess.
FIX
===
This utility my_print_defaults should be tested only in
Step 2 since it does not have an absolute path. Thus added
a condition in Step 1 so that is gets executed iff not
called for my_print_defaults thus bypassing it to proceed
to Step 2 where the check is made for various paths (in
$PATH)
Patch from Daniel Black:
- Change the charset of mysql.column_stats.{min_value, max_value} from
utf8_bin varchar to varbinary
- Adjust the code that saves/reads the data accordingly.
- Also provide upgrade statement in mysql_system_tables_fix.sql
mysql_secure_installation used incorrect path while looking up for "mysql"
client tool: $basedir/$basedir/bin instead of $basedir/bin.
This patch adapts "my_print_defaults" lookup algorithm for "mysql" client tool.
new features:
set event_scheduler=ON|OFF will now try to init event scheduler
if it's not enabled
set event_scheduler=default will try to enable it based on
the value of the event_scheduler when mysqld was started
