Essentially, the problem is that safemalloc is excruciatingly
slow as it checks all allocated blocks for overrun at each
memory management primitive, yielding a almost exponential
slowdown for the memory management functions (malloc, realloc,
free). The overrun check basically consists of verifying some
bytes of a block for certain magic keys, which catches some
simple forms of overrun. Another minor problem is violation
of aliasing rules and that its own internal list of blocks
is prone to corruption.
Another issue with safemalloc is rather the maintenance cost
as the tool has a significant impact on the server code.
Given the magnitude of memory debuggers available nowadays,
especially those that are provided with the platform malloc
implementation, maintenance of a in-house and largely obsolete
memory debugger becomes a burden that is not worth the effort
due to its slowness and lack of support for detecting more
common forms of heap corruption.
Since there are third-party tools that can provide the same
functionality at a lower or comparable performance cost, the
solution is to simply remove safemalloc. Third-party tools
can provide the same functionality at a lower or comparable
performance cost.
The removal of safemalloc also allows a simplification of the
malloc wrappers, removing quite a bit of kludge: redefinition
of my_malloc, my_free and the removal of the unused second
argument of my_free. Since free() always check whether the
supplied pointer is null, redudant checks are also removed.
Also, this patch adds unit testing for my_malloc and moves
my_realloc implementation into the same file as the other
memory allocation primitives.
Apart strict-aliasing warnings, fix the remaining warnings
generated by GCC 4.4.4 -Wall and -Wextra flags.
One major source of warnings was the in-house function my_bcmp
which (unconventionally) took pointers to unsigned characters
as the byte sequences to be compared. Since my_bcmp and bcmp
are deprecated functions whose only difference with memcmp is
the return value, every use of the function is replaced with
memcmp as the special return value wasn't actually being used
by any caller.
There were also various other warnings, mostly due to type
mismatches, missing return values, missing prototypes, dead
code (unreachable) and ignored return values.
MERGE engine".
Backport the patch from 6.0 by Ingo Struewing:
revid:ingo.struewing@sun.com-20091028183659-6kmv1k3gdq6cpg4d
Bug#36171 - CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE and MERGE engine
In former MySQL versions, up to 5.1.23/6.0.4 it was possible to create
temporary MERGE tables with non-temporary MyISAM tables.
This has been changed in the mentioned version due to Bug 19627
(temporary merge table locking). MERGE children were locked through
the parent table. If the parent was temporary, it was not locked and
so the children were not locked either. Parallel use of the MyISAM
tables corrupted them.
Since 6.0.6 (WL 4144 - Lock MERGE engine children), the children are
locked independently from the parent. Now it is possible to allow
non-temporary children with a temporary parent. Even though the
temporary MERGE table itself is not locked, each non-temporary
MyISAM table is locked anyway.
NOTE: Behavior change: In 5.1.23/6.0.4 we prohibited non-temporary
children with a temporary MERGE table. Now we re-allow it.
An important side-effect is that temporary tables, which overlay
non-temporary MERGE children, overlay the children in the MERGE table.
and a backport of relevant changes from the 6.0
version of the fix done by Ingo Struewing.
The bug itself was fixed by the patch for Bug#54811.
MyISAMMRG engine would try to use MMAP on its children
even on platforms that don't support it and even if
myisam_use_mmap option was off.
This lead to an infinite hang in INSERT ... SELECT into
a MyISAMMRG table when the destination MyISAM table
was also selected from.
A bug in duplicate detection fixed by 54811 was essential to
the hang - when a duplicate is detected, the optimizer
disables the use of memory mapped files, and it wasn't the case.
The patch below is also to not turn on MMAP on children tables
if myisam_use_mmap is off.
A test case is added to cover MyISAMMRG and myisam_use_mmap
option.
Bug#47633 - assert in ha_myisammrg::info during OPTIMIZE
The server crashed on an attempt to optimize a MERGE table with
non-existent child table.
mysql_admin_table() relied on the table to be successfully open
if a table object had been allocated.
Changed code to check return value of the open function before
calling a handler:: function on it.
strict aliasing violations.
One somewhat major source of strict-aliasing violations and
related warnings is the SQL_LIST structure. For example,
consider its member function `link_in_list` which takes
a pointer to pointer of type T (any type) as a pointer to
pointer to unsigned char. Dereferencing this pointer, which
is done to reset the next field, violates strict-aliasing
rules and might cause problems for surrounding code that
uses the next field of the object being added to the list.
The solution is to use templates to parametrize the SQL_LIST
structure in order to deference the pointers with compatible
types. As a side bonus, it becomes possible to remove quite
a few casts related to acessing data members of SQL_LIST.
Fix various mismatches between function's language linkage. Any
particular function that is declared in C++ but should be callable
from C must have C linkage. Note that function types with different
linkages are also distinct. Thus, if a function type is declared in
C code, it will have C linkage (same if declared in a extern "C"
block).
- revid:sp1r-svoj@mysql.com/june.mysql.com-20080324111246-00461
- revid:sp1r-svoj@mysql.com/june.mysql.com-20080414125521-40866
BUG#35274 - merge table doesn't need any base tables, gives
error 124 when key accessed
SELECT queries that use index against a merge table with empty
underlying tables list may return with error "Got error 124 from
storage engine".
The problem was that wrong error being returned.
(make relies GNU extentions). The patch was partially
backport from 6.0.
Original comment:
bug#30708: make relies GNU extensions. Now that we no longer use
BitKeeper we can safely remove the SCCS handling with no loss of
functionality.
This patch:
- Moves all definitions from the mysql_priv.h file into
header files for the component where the variable is
defined
- Creates header files if the component lacks one
- Eliminates all include directives from mysql_priv.h
- Eliminates all circular include cycles
- Rename time.cc to sql_time.cc
- Rename mysql_priv.h to sql_priv.h
Conflicts:
Text conflict in client/mysqlbinlog.cc
Text conflict in mysql-test/Makefile.am
Text conflict in mysql-test/collections/default.daily
Text conflict in mysql-test/r/mysqlbinlog_row_innodb.result
Text conflict in mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_typeconv_innodb.result
Text conflict in mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_get_master_version_and_clock.test
Text conflict in mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_row_create_table.test
Text conflict in mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_slave_skip.test
Text conflict in mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_typeconv_innodb.test
Text conflict in mysys/charset.c
Text conflict in sql/field.cc
Text conflict in sql/field.h
Text conflict in sql/item.h
Text conflict in sql/item_func.cc
Text conflict in sql/log.cc
Text conflict in sql/log_event.cc
Text conflict in sql/log_event_old.cc
Text conflict in sql/mysqld.cc
Text conflict in sql/rpl_utility.cc
Text conflict in sql/rpl_utility.h
Text conflict in sql/set_var.cc
Text conflict in sql/share/Makefile.am
Text conflict in sql/sql_delete.cc
Text conflict in sql/sql_plugin.cc
Text conflict in sql/sql_select.cc
Text conflict in sql/sql_table.cc
Text conflict in storage/example/ha_example.h
Text conflict in storage/federated/ha_federated.cc
Text conflict in storage/myisammrg/ha_myisammrg.cc
Text conflict in storage/myisammrg/myrg_open.c
Conflicts:
Text conflict in mysql-test/r/partition_innodb.result
Text conflict in sql/field.h
Text conflict in sql/item.h
Text conflict in sql/item_cmpfunc.h
Text conflict in sql/item_sum.h
Text conflict in sql/log_event_old.cc
Text conflict in sql/protocol.cc
Text conflict in sql/sql_select.cc
Text conflict in sql/sql_yacc.yy
Conflicts:
Text conflict in client/mysqlbinlog.cc
Text conflict in mysql-test/r/explain.result
Text conflict in mysql-test/r/subselect.result
Text conflict in mysql-test/r/subselect3.result
Text conflict in mysql-test/r/type_datetime.result
Text conflict in sql/share/Makefile.am
SunStudio
SunStudio compilers of late warn about methods that might hide
methods in base classes due to the use of overloading combined
with overriding. SunStudio also warns about variables defined
in local socpe or method arguments that have the same name as
a member attribute of the class.
This patch renames methods that might hide base class methods,
to make it easier both for humans and compilers to see what is
actually called. It also renames variables in local scope.
work in 5.1.40)
MERGE engine fails to open child table from a different
database if child table/database name contains characters
that are subject for table name to filename encoding
(WL1324).
Another problem is that MERGE engine didn't properly open
child table from the same database if child table name
contains characters like '/', '#'.
The problem was that table name to file name encoding was
applied inconsistently:
* On CREATE: encode table name + database name if child
table is in different database; do not encode table
name if child table is in the same database;
* No decoding on open.
With this fix child table/database names are always
encoded on CREATE and decoded on open. Compatibility
with older tables preserved.
Along with this patch comes fix for SHOW CREATE TABLE,
which used to show child table/database path instead
of child table/database names.
If a prepared statement used both a MyISAMMRG table and a stored
function or trigger, execution could fail with "No such table"
error or crash.
The error would come from a failure of the MyISAMMRG engine
to meet the expectations of the prelocking algorithm,
in particular maintain lex->query_tables_own_last pointer
in sync with lex->query_tables_last pointer/the contents
of lex->query_tables. When adding merge children, the merge
engine would extend the table list. Then, when adding
prelocked tables, the prelocking algorithm would use a pointer
to the last merge child to assign to lex->query_tables_own_last.
Then, when merge children were removed at the end of
open_tables(), lex->query_tables_own_last
was not updated, and kept pointing
to a removed merge child.
The fix ensures that query_tables_own_last is always in
sync with lex->query_tables_last.
This is a regression introduced by WL#4144 and present only
in next-4284 tree and 6.0.
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revno: 2617.69.21
committer: Konstantin Osipov <kostja@sun.com>
branch nick: 5.4-4284-1-assert
timestamp: Thu 2009-08-13 20:13:55 +0400
message:
A fix and a test case for Bug#46610 "MySQL 5.4.4: MyISAM MRG engine crash
on auto-repair of child".
Also fixes Bug#42862 "Crash on failed attempt to open a children of a
merge table".
MERGE engine needs to extend the global table list
with TABLE_LIST elements for child tables,
so that they are opened and locked.
Previously these table list elements were allocated
in memory of ha_myisammrg object (MERGE engine handler).
That would lead to access to freed memory in
recover_from_failed_open_table_attempt(), which would
try to recover a MERGE table child (MyISAM table)
and use for that TABLE_LIST of that child.
But by the time recover_from_failed_open_table_attempt()
is invoked, ha_myisammrg object that owns this
TABLE_LIST may be destroyed, and thus TABLE_LIST
memory freed.
The fix is to ensure that TABLE_LIST elements
that are added to the global table list (lex->query_tables)
are always allocated in thd->mem_root, which is not
destroyed until end of execution.
If previously TABLE_LIST elements were allocated
at ha_myisammrg::open() (i.e. when the TABLE
object was created and added to the table cache),
now they are allocated in ha_myisammrg::add_chidlren_list()
(i.e. right after "open" of the merge parent in
open_tables()).
We still create a list of children names
at ha_myisammrg::open() to use as a basis
for creation of TABLE_LISTs, that allows
to avoid reading the merge handler data
file on every execution.
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revno: 2617.69.20
committer: Konstantin Osipov <kostja@sun.com>
branch nick: 5.4-4284-1-assert
timestamp: Thu 2009-08-13 18:29:55 +0400
message:
WL#4284 "Transactional DDL locking"
A review fix.
Since WL#4284 implementation separated MDL_request and MDL_ticket,
MDL_request becamse a utility object necessary only to get a ticket.
Store it by-value in TABLE_LIST with the intent to merge
MDL_request::key with table_list->table_name and table_list->db
in future.
Change the MDL subsystem to not require MDL_requests to
stay around till close_thread_tables().
Remove the list of requests from the MDL context.
Requests for shared metadata locks acquired in open_tables()
are only used as a list in recover_from_failed_open_table_attempt(),
which calls mdl_context.wait_for_locks() for this list.
To keep such list for recover_from_failed_open_table_attempt(),
introduce a context class (Open_table_context), that collects
all requests.
A lot of minor cleanups and simplications that became possible
with this change.
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revno: 2617.23.20
committer: Konstantin Osipov <kostja@sun.com>
branch nick: mysql-6.0-runtime
timestamp: Wed 2009-03-04 16:31:31 +0300
message:
WL#4284 "Transactional DDL locking"
Review comments: "Objectify" the MDL API.
MDL_request and MDL_context still need manual construction and
destruction, since they are used in environment that is averse
to constructors/destructors.
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revno: 2617.23.18
committer: Davi Arnaut <Davi.Arnaut@Sun.COM>
branch nick: 4284-6.0
timestamp: Mon 2009-03-02 18:18:26 -0300
message:
Bug#989: If DROP TABLE while there's an active transaction, wrong binlog order
WL#4284: Transactional DDL locking
This is a prerequisite patch:
These changes are intended to split lock requests from granted
locks and to allow the memory and lifetime of granted locks to
be managed within the MDL subsystem. Furthermore, tickets can
now be shared and therefore are used to satisfy multiple lock
requests, but only shared locks can be recursive.
The problem is that the MDL subsystem morphs lock requests into
granted locks locks but does not manage the memory and lifetime
of lock requests, and hence, does not manage the memory of
granted locks either. This can be problematic because it puts the
burden of tracking references on the users of the subsystem and
it can't be easily done in transactional contexts where the locks
have to be kept around for the duration of a transaction.
Another issue is that recursive locks (when the context trying to
acquire a lock already holds a lock on the same object) requires
that each time the lock is granted, a unique lock request/granted
lock structure structure must be kept around until the lock is
released. This can lead to memory leaks in transactional contexts
as locks taken during the transaction should only be released at
the end of the transaction. This also leads to unnecessary wake
ups (broadcasts) in the MDL subsystem if the context still holds
a equivalent of the lock being released.
These issues are exacerbated due to the fact that WL#4284 low-level
design says that the implementation should "2) Store metadata locks
in transaction memory root, rather than statement memory root" but
this is not possible because a memory root, as implemented in mysys,
requires all objects allocated from it to be freed all at once.
This patch combines review input and significant code contributions
from Konstantin Osipov (kostja) and Dmitri Lenev (dlenev).
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revno: 2630.4.38
committer: Konstantin Osipov <konstantin@mysql.com>
branch nick: mysql-6.0-4144
timestamp: Wed 2008-06-25 22:07:06 +0400
message:
WL#4144 - Lock MERGE engine children.
Committing a version of the patch merged with WL#3726
on behalf of Ingo.
Step #1: Move locking from parent to children.
MERGE children are now left in the query list of tables
after inserted there in open_tables(). So they are locked
by lock_tables() as all other tables are.
The MERGE parent does not store locks any more. It appears
in a MYSQL_LOCK with zero lock data. This is kind of a "dummy"
lock.
All other lock handling is also done directly on the children.
To protect against parent or child modifications during LOCK
TABLES, the children are detached after every statement and
attached before every statement, even under LOCK TABLES.
The children table list is removed from the query list of tables
on every detach and on close of the parent.
Step #2: Move MERGE specific functionality from SQL layer
into table handler.
Functionality moved from SQL layer (mainly sql_base.cc)
to the table handler (ha_myisammrg.cc).
Unnecessary code is removed from the SQL layer.
Step #3: Moved all MERGE specific members from TABLE
to ha_myisammrg.
Moved members from TABLE to ha_myisammrg.
Renamed some mebers.
Fixed comments.
Step #4: Valgrind and coverage testing
Valgrind did not uncover new problems.
Added purecov comments.
Added a new test for DATA/INDEX DIRECTORY options.
Changed handling of ::reset() for non-attached children.
Fixed the merge-big test.
Step #5: Fixed crashes detected during review
Changed detection when to attach/detach.
Added new tests.
Backport also the fix for Bug#44040 "MySQL allows creating a
MERGE table upon VIEWs but crashes when using it"
Backport of:
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revno: 2630.4.1
committer: Dmitry Lenev <dlenev@mysql.com>
branch nick: mysql-6.0-3726-w
timestamp: Fri 2008-05-23 17:54:03 +0400
message:
WL#3726 "DDL locking for all metadata objects".
After review fixes in progress.
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This is the first patch in series. It transforms the metadata
locking subsystem to use a dedicated module (mdl.h,cc). No
significant changes in the locking protocol.
The import passes the test suite with the exception of
deprecated/removed 6.0 features, and MERGE tables. The latter
are subject to a fix by WL#4144.
Unfortunately, the original changeset comments got lost in a merge,
thus this import has its own (largely insufficient) comments.
This patch fixes Bug#25144 "replication / binlog with view breaks".
Warning: this patch introduces an incompatible change:
Under LOCK TABLES, it's no longer possible to FLUSH a table that
was not locked for WRITE.
Under LOCK TABLES, it's no longer possible to DROP a table or
VIEW that was not locked for WRITE.
******
Backport of:
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revno: 2630.4.2
committer: Dmitry Lenev <dlenev@mysql.com>
branch nick: mysql-6.0-3726-w
timestamp: Sat 2008-05-24 14:03:45 +0400
message:
WL#3726 "DDL locking for all metadata objects".
After review fixes in progress.
******
Backport of:
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revno: 2630.4.3
committer: Dmitry Lenev <dlenev@mysql.com>
branch nick: mysql-6.0-3726-w
timestamp: Sat 2008-05-24 14:08:51 +0400
message:
WL#3726 "DDL locking for all metadata objects"
Fixed failing Windows builds by adding mdl.cc to the lists
of files needed to build server/libmysqld on Windows.
******
Backport of:
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revno: 2630.4.4
committer: Dmitry Lenev <dlenev@mysql.com>
branch nick: mysql-6.0-3726-w
timestamp: Sat 2008-05-24 21:57:58 +0400
message:
WL#3726 "DDL locking for all metadata objects".
Fix for assert failures in kill.test which occured when one
tried to kill ALTER TABLE statement on merge table while it
was waiting in wait_while_table_is_used() for other connections
to close this table.
These assert failures stemmed from the fact that cleanup code
in this case assumed that temporary table representing new
version of table was open with adding to THD::temporary_tables
list while code which were opening this temporary table wasn't
always fulfilling this.
This patch changes code that opens new version of table to
always do this linking in. It also streamlines cleanup process
for cases when error occurs while we have new version of table
open.
******
WL#3726 "DDL locking for all metadata objects"
Add libmysqld/mdl.cc to .bzrignore.
******
Backport of:
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revno: 2630.4.6
committer: Dmitry Lenev <dlenev@mysql.com>
branch nick: mysql-6.0-3726-w
timestamp: Sun 2008-05-25 00:33:22 +0400
message:
WL#3726 "DDL locking for all metadata objects".
Addition to the fix of assert failures in kill.test caused by
changes for this worklog.
Make sure we close the new table only once.
WL#3951 - MyISAM: Additional Error Logs for Data Corruption
When table corruption is detected, in addition to current error message
provide following information:
- list of threads (and queries) accessing a table;
- thread_id of a thread that detected corruption;
- source file name and line number where this corruption was detected;
- optional extra information (string).
